Global Game: AFK In The Zombie Apocalypse Game

Chapter 2717  Exploring the Abyss of Despair

As they were talking, Fang Heng saw Teacher Gu Luo and his group walking toward them from a distance.

Teacher Gu Luo patted Fang Heng on the shoulder and praised, ”You did well, kid. To be able to fight the source of the Disaster to this extent, you didnʼt bring shame to our undead faction. How about it? Have your injuries healed?”

”Yeah, mostly.”

Teacher Gu Luo nodded and asked, ”What are your thoughts on this battle?”

Fang Heng seriously recalled for a moment, then nodded and said, ”Nothing particularly special. I just feel like my strength is still lacking. If I lost, at least it was clean.”

”Well, Iʼve got some bad news for you.”

Fang Heng calmly nodded and said, ”Instructor, donʼt joke around. Just say it. Thereʼs already enough bad news, one more wonʼt make a difference.”

”Well, your attitude is good. Hereʼs the thing: we reviewed the battle with the source of the Disaster. We believe that the source of the Disaster was severely injured at the time and in a state of heavy damage.”

Fang Heng was shocked when he heard this.

That wasnʼt even the source of the Disaster at its full strength?!

How terrifying would it be in its full state?

Teacher Gu Luo seemed to have noticed the doubt in Fang Hengʼs mind and nodded, ”We canʼt determine the full strength of the source of the Disaster during its victorious state, but after our analysis, we believe that the Dark Clanʼs claim wasnʼt wrong. The source of the Disaster had originally been sealed by Empress Persephone.”

”Due to an accident in the Empressʼs mausoleum, the seal was broken, and the source of the Disaster escaped.”

”After escaping, the source of the Disasterʼs power was greatly suppressed. It likely wanted to use the power of the Nether River to recover, and similarly, the Nest of Disaster that spread throughout the world could also provide it with strength.”

”Itʼs still far from its peak state. Although we were fortunate enough to heavily injure it this time, it will likely return soon, and when it does, the source of the Disaster will only be stronger.”

Fang Heng asked, ”Has the undead council discussed a response? What should we do?”

”Unfortunately, we donʼt have any other combat plans at the moment. The only thing we can think of is to act quickly. While the source of the Disaster hasnʼt fully recovered, we need to help you complete the teleportation of the death realm as soon as possible.”

Teacher Gu Luo paused for a moment, then continued, ”Also, we originally hoped to fully transport the Nether River into the world of the vampires, but unfortunately, after the last time we sent the Nether River in, it didnʼt achieve the effect we had anticipated.”

”Yes, Iʼve heard about that. Also, Instructor, when I was absorbing the power of the Nether River, I made some new discoveries. From my guess, it might be related to the Abyss of Despair.”

Fang Heng quickly recounted everything he had seen in the illusion.

”God-level... Underworld Lord...”

Upon hearing this, Teacher Gu Luo immediately lowered his head and fell into a brief moment of thought.

”What you saw, I have never heard of. I will relay these discoveries to the undead council as soon as possible. As for the Abyss of Despair, we currently have very little information collected.”

”Mm, Iʼll go to the Abyss of Despair myself soon to check the situation. Thereʼs also one more thing,” Fang Heng whispered in Teacher Gu Luoʼs ear. ”The Dark Clan is powerful, and keeping them here to fight the Disaster creatures is a waste. Iʼll find a way to take them to the Vampire Apocalypse.”

”Can you really persuade them?”

Teacher Gu Luoʼs eyes lit up, and he nodded, ”The strength of the Dark Clan is undeniable. If you can make it happen, the undead council will have no objections. Right now, we need to act on two fronts. On one hand, we need to accelerate the transfer of materials from the death realm to the Vampire Apocalypse. On the other hand, we must also speed up the formal exploration of the Abyss of Despair. If we can uncover the secrets of God-level necromancy before we evacuate, it would be ideal.”

”Mm, Iʼll head to the Abyss of Despair soon.”

”Donʼt push yourself too hard.” Teacher Gu Luo looked at Fang Heng and cautioned, ”Your personal abilities are strong, but donʼt forget, the undead council is always your support. If anything happens, we will assist.”

”Thank you, Instructor. Time is tight. As for everything related to God-level necromancy, once things settle down, I will personally return to the undead council and explain it in detail.”

Fang Heng respectfully bowed to Teacher Gu Luo and then called out.

”Ji Xiaobo, letʼs go!”

”Coming!”

Ji Xiaobo excitedly shouted, quickly jumping onto the Bone Dragon behind Fang Heng, and together they sped off toward the Abyss of Despair.

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Abyss of Despair.

The sky displayed a heavy lead-gray hue, with thick dark clouds hanging low, and black stone fragments, affected by some special force, floated in the air.

Fang Heng and Ji Xiaobo were seated on the back of the Bone Dragon.

As they approached the periphery of the Abyss of Despair, the Bone Dragon quickly encountered pressure from the high-altitude flight restrictions.

[Hint: The player is in a special area, flight is not allowed in this domain.]

The Bone Dragon circled in the air several times before slowly descending.

Was this a soul body?

Fang Heng continued to observe below.

On the gray-brown barren earth, numerous scattered spiritual creatures could still be seen.

The spiritual creatures had expressionless faces, their eyes hollow, and their bodies devoid of vitality. They moved slowly, as though influenced by some force, and wandered toward the deeper areas of the Abyss of Despair.

This was still the periphery of the Abyss of Despair, and the barren land was filled with tumor-like Nest of Disaster. However, strangely, the Nests of Disaster and the Disaster creatures showed no hostility toward the soul bodies here.

Whoosh!

What was that?

Fang Heng turned his head to the right.

A small vortex suddenly appeared in the gray-white space, and a twisted soul bodyʼs face emerged from it. The soul body then struggled to climb out of the vortex.

As the soul body crawled out of the vortex, the expressions of anger and sadness gradually disappeared from its face, and it eventually fell to the ground, joining the other soul bodies as they continued moving deeper into the Abyss of Despair.

Fang Heng lowered his head in thought.

Recalling the scenes he had seen earlier in the illusion, it became clear that the Abyss of Despair was the true source of the death realm, capable of converting the power of souls.

When undisturbed, all souls from different worlds would be absorbed by the death realm and enter the Abyss of Despair, where they would be cleansed and purified until their souls were reborn.

During this process, the death realm also absorbed energy.

Hmm?

Fang Heng furrowed his brow, suddenly realizing that he had momentarily lost focus.

His soul and will were affected by some force, and he unconsciously felt an urge to move toward the gathering of soul bodies. However, the effect was not strong, and Fang Heng quickly noticed it and regained control.

[Hint: The player has entered a special area. The playerʼs will attribute has reached the limit, immune to special effects.]

A game prompt appeared on Fang Hengʼs retina.