The turn of events was far more unexpected than Bai Zhi had anticipated.
Based on his usual reasoning, even if a conflict were really going to break out, it should at least have happened several days later within the fifteen-day deadline.
Unfortunately, while he could predict the Players' movements, he had absolutely no way of guessing what the Natives of the Shan Hai Realm were thinking.
He had originally planned to lie low for a day or two, secretly find other allies, and join forces to explore a way out. Yet just as his conversation with A Lu had ended, a massive disturbance erupted outside.
In that instant, it was as if an earthquake above magnitude ten had struck. The earth heaved, the heavens and ground overturned, and before Bai Zhi could react, the ceiling and metal supports above them came crashing down on their heads amid violent tremors.
In less than half a second, the entire room had been completely buried beneath dust and rubble.
The incident had happened too suddenly, and the force transmitted from afar was simply too immense. Bai Zhi had no time to react and was directly buried in the ruins alongside A Lu.
If one were to look down from high altitude at that moment, they would clearly see that the area where Bai Zhi was located had been reduced to ruins. Above the wreckage, the body of an extremely bizarre and grotesque creature was continuously expanding.
...It was difficult to describe this creature's appearance in words.
From a distance, it looked somewhat like a bloated long snake made of one Michelin Tire after another. But upon getting a little closer, one would find that every section of its immense body—the "Michelin Tires"—contained a distinct human face.
Sorrow, pain, joy, rage, happiness...
Every face