...It was hard to put that feeling into words.
When their bodies touched the mist, it felt as though they were passing through a layer of transparent vapor. But when they came into contact with the colossal thing constantly rolling and shifting within the fog, it was like having a huge basin of icy cold water dumped over their heads in the height of summer.
The extreme chill of that instant made even Bai Zhi shudder.
Then, in the next moment, the group of seven appeared on a bustling yet ruined street.
It was bustling because shops of every kind lined the street, their decorations dazzlingly splendid. It was ruined because the road was covered in cracks choked with weeds, the signs by the roadside were dim and dust-covered, and most of the cars parked along the street were rusted beyond recognition.
At a glance, the street before them looked like a scene from the Apocalypse.
Before Bai Zhi could make sense of their surroundings, dense swathes of green characters flooded the sky above them, flowing like streams of data in a digital world.
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...minimum calibration...basic...entry...
...permission execution...failure...data contamination...
After the initial mass of chaotic characters that even the system could not translate, scattered words that barely conveyed some meaning began appearing in the sky. However, they still could not be connected into sentences, and most of them remained incomprehensible.
"...Did this sort of thing appear when you came in before?"
After staring thoughtfully at the vast fields of rapidly refreshing green characters overhead for a while, Bai Zhi lightly pressed a hand to his forehead and turned to Butterfly Orchid beside him.
"No, not even once."
Still watching the swiftly scrolling characters above, Butterfly Orchid shook her head with a somewhat bewildered expression.
"Whenever we entered before, we