Zhang Chen was staying in a high-end residential complex in Gonggu District, on the edge of the Brain Realm, in Tengben Xu's home on the fortieth floor.
Gu Chen had already left the complex. Disguised as Tengben Xu, he had gone to a subsidiary cultivated by the Bio-Brain to investigate relevant information, especially methods of reaching the central region of the Brain Realm.
Meanwhile, Zhang Chen could only wait at home while checking other relevant materials to see whether anything had been overlooked.
"Mm!" As Zhang Chen flipped through the pages, he suddenly felt a brief moment of stagnation, as though a stretch of time had been skipped directly by pressing the fast-forward button on a remote control.
"A time domain? Could Qing Gui have already come to the Brain Realm?"
Slightly startled, Zhang Chen immediately used his spatial domain to reach the rooftop of the building, only one floor away. He did not dare use his abilities over a wide area to investigate. Instead, he relied on his own perception to inspect the surroundings of the complex, but found no trace of Qing Gui.
When Zhang Chen returned to the living room, Wang Yizhi had already emerged from the bedroom and was sitting on the sofa, flipping through work notes left behind by Tengben Xu, an ordinary Brain Realm creature.
"It seems Qing Gui has already encountered Xie Min," Wang Yizhi said softly.
"Yi Zhi, what do you mean by that?" Zhang Chen pressed. Evidently, Wang Yizhi had also personally felt the time domain that had swept through earlier.
"The time domain Qing Gui released just now did not merely cover this region of the Brain Realm. It directly covered the entire Middle World."
"The entire Middle World?" Zhang Chen was utterly shocked.
"Something capable of forcing Qing Gui