Calamity of Tomorrow

As the images on the projection spread throughout the human world, countless people gasped at the changes in Daluo Heaven's space-time.

"Is Zhou Bai really a variant?"

"If not, why didn't he react?"

"Think about it, his combat achievements are simply not something a human being could accomplish, right?"

At Dao School in the east, Lin Muqing stared blankly at the images in the projection, disbelief filling her eyes.

Xia Li said blankly, "No... it can't be, there must be some kind of misunderstanding, right? How could Zhou Bai possibly be a variant?"

Jing Xiu kept shaking her head, "It's impossible, Big Brother Zhou has done so much for the human race, he can't possibly be a variant."

Lu Wanzhen sighed. Although she did not want to admit that Zhou Bai was a variant, it seemed to be the case from the images in the projection. Next, Master Bi was going to thoroughly examine Zhou Bai, and it seemed that there would be no chance to participate in the Daluo Heaven debate.

Lu Wanzhen slowly said, "If Zhou Bai is really a variant, then the him now is no longer the him from before."

Hearing Lu Wanzhen's words, both Xia Li and Jing Xiu's expressions dimmed, their eyes filled with sorrow.

Xia Li bit her lip, distressed, "Zhou Bai... when did he become a variant? How come there were no signs at all?"

The original hope for seizing first place was completely extinguished, and even Zhou Bai, who everyone had placed so many hopes on, was about to plummet from the sky over Central City.

At the same time, it was as if a storm had come to the entirety of Eastern City; the cafeteria ladies, Dao School teachers, students, factory workers, military soldiers, government officials, and researchers.

Countless people, both familiar and unfamiliar with Zhou Bai, watched the images in the projection with endless disappointment and even anger. It was a feeling of having been deceived.

Zhou Bai is actually a variant?

The Zhou Bai who represented Dao School and achieved victory after victory... is a variant?

How long has he been deceiving us?

Confusion... inability to accept... uncontrollable anger...

The images in the projection dealt a devastating blow to the morale of Eastern City.

All at once, the hopes and expectations of the people turned to despair; not to mention taking first place in the Daluo Heaven debate, even the genius they were proud of had become an enemy.

It was even a serious blow to the expectations of the other three major cities.

At this moment, with the fall of Zhou Bai and Sun Jingping, the Daluo Heaven debate was completely unrelated to the four major cities, leaving only the geniuses from Central City as the remaining competitors.

"The four major sects are still not good enough."

"Dao School can't even differentiate whether their own students are human or ghosts, what are they doing?"

"It really should be the disciples of the Immortals leading us, they are of pure lineage, at least they won't suddenly produce a variant."

At this moment, the prestige of the four major cities sank to its lowest point.

Elsewhere, at the arena's stands, Ying Hui suddenly stood up and transmitted a message to Yun Chonghe sitting beside him, "Quick, get the Heavenly Sword elder over here, the situation is out of control."

Seeing Yun Chonghe unresponsive, Ying Hui sharply looked over, "Did you hear me? Hurry up and get the Heavenly Sword elder to come provide support! With this situation, Zhou Bai will definitely be taken away by the Immortals!"

Yun Chonghe looked at Ying Hui and slowly shook his head, "Ying Hui, if Zhou Bai really is a variant, would you still help him?"

"Accept the reality. This Daluo Heaven debate has already failed. If the Celestial Court takes Zhou Bai away under the pretense of investigating whether he's a variant, we have no excuse to intervene... or to say..."

Yun Chonghe said, "If Zhou Bai really is a variant, why should we save him? He deserves to die."

"Things are already messed up, this Daluo Heaven debate probably has nothing to do with us anymore."

"But..." Ying Hui's entire being suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon, thinking of Zhou Bai possibly being a variant, thinking of all that Eastern City, from top to bottom, had contributed for Zhou Bai.

"Is this the end?"

He thought of Zhao Shouyi, who covered for Zhou Bai, thought of Jiaojiao and the many elders who sacrificed their variant blood, Ying Hui felt as if his bones were being drained, that certain something he had been holding onto was completely gone.

"Damn it... all the efforts... all the sacrifices... the elders who sacrificed... all for nothing!"

Ying Hui's eyes reddened, and the sense of all his efforts going to waste brought him unimaginable pain.

In the time-space of Daluo Heaven, faced with the current situation, Christina panicked and said, "Zhou Bai! This is no good, there's no way to prove our innocence like this. If the Immortals catch us for inspection, heaven knows what they will do to us. We'd be completely putting our lives in their hands."

Christina continued, "We should use the gemstone to reverse time quickly! Go back to one hour ago, and as soon as Sun Jingping takes the stage, kill him in the blink of an eye, giving him no chance to speak..."

"No." Zhou Bai directly vetoed Tina's suggestion, "Even if we stop it once, if Xuan Nu isn't killed, she can arrange a second, a third, even countless attempts."

"Time Reverse should be the last resort... And before that, I'll try to see if I can settle this matter once and for all."

Christina exclaimed, "Settle it once and for all? What do you plan to do?"

Zhou Bai asked, "Remember what Qian Wangsun said?"

Christina replied, "Hey! You're not thinking of... going for the Heavenly Sword now, are you? Didn't you say yesterday to wait until after getting first place in the Dao discussion?"

"Plans cannot keep up with changes."

Zhou Bai did not continue to converse with Christina. Instead, he turned to Sun Jingping and spoke slowly, "Sun Jingping, you've said so much, simply because you believe that anyone who isn't distorted under the impact of the aberrant blood and the Submerging Golden Body visualization must not be human, right?"

"But you've got one thing wrong. I'm not unaffected because I am a mutant; it's just that my strength is sufficiently great."

Hearing this, Sun Jingping scoffed with a cold smile, "Nonsense. What does that have to do with whether your strength is great or not? When humans encounter distortions, they become aberrant— it's a human trait!"

"That's just because you're too weak," Zhou Bai said indifferently. "Such a level of distortion, let alone a few seconds, even the impact of one or two hours is no different from a breeze to me."

Sun Jingping said with a laugh, "Go tell your cunning excuses to the Immortals."

Zhou Bai disdainfully glanced at Sun Jingping, took a step forward, and was already stepping on empty air, moving step by step towards the Heavenly Sword in the sky.

This Heavenly Sword had been placed in the sky within the time-space of Daluo Heaven by Tianyang Zi since the first day of the Daluo Heaven Dao discussion, quietly observing all the contests.

At this moment, Zhou Bai's steps toward the Heavenly Sword immediately aroused everyone's curiosity and puzzlement, not understanding what he was trying to do.

Zhou Bai, as if aware of everyone's curiosity, spoke while walking:

"To tell the truth, the top ten contestants of this Daluo Heaven's Dao discussion have greatly disappointed me."

"You... are just too weak."

"You can't even cause me the slightest pain."

"This Daluo Heaven's Dao discussion has made me truly realize that I am humanity's hope. Now, I am probably the strongest among the human race."

"No one in all of humanity is more qualified than I am to wield the Heavenly Sword."

"The Heavenly Sword will surely recognize this."

As he spoke, Zhou Bai was stepping on air, step by step, arriving in front of the Heavenly Sword.

Christina exclaimed, "Even when solving problems, he doesn't forget to show off. Zhou Bai really is a genius. Write it down, quickly write it down, Elsa!"

Elsa said with a sigh, "Ah... he always says so much."

Meanwhile, Zhou Bai reached out and grabbed. His Primordial Spirit's force surged toward the Heavenly Sword and immediately met with layers of magical restrictions, preventing him from truly touching the sword.

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit's power completely enveloped the Heavenly Sword, like a gigantic eggshell.

Instead of trying to forcibly break through the restrictions around the Heavenly Sword, he activated his Primordial Spirit's power, constantly vibrating the air, sending continuous messages to the sword, whispering something.

"I, Zhou Bai, a 20-year-old pure-blood human."

"For breakfast, I ate human rations."

"The person I like the most is myself."

"My dream is to revitalise the human race!"

The next moment, Zhou Bai looked at the information on his auxiliary cultivation system panel, his lips curling up into a slight smile. He recalled what Qian Wangsun had told him.

"The Artifact Spirit of the Heavenly Sword still maintains its sanity. Those restrictions are just to prevent us from bothering it but can't trap the Heavenly Sword itself."

Zhou Bai looked at the information on the auxiliary cultivation system panel and continued to activate his Primordial Spirit's power, sending constant messages.

Heavenly Sword intelligence -5