Compared to how it had been in the beginning, the Shadow World had now completely changed. Based on population distribution, the current Shadow World could roughly be divided into three regions.
The first was the original starting town, later Night City, and now Tree City. The second was the base that housed a hundred thousand people from Hong Ye World, now named Hong Ye City. The third was Mechanical City, which for the time being had no one stationed there.
However, with the addition of nearly a million people from Tombstone Apartment, a fourth region would likely soon appear in the Shadow World.
"Go on. What is this important matter?"
Pulling his gaze away from Rain, who was walking toward that monster, Bai Zhi looked at Hong Ye, who was drinking coffee in front of him.
No matter the time, she always seemed just as disheveled—a simple white lab coat, along with long hair as messy as a bird's nest... it was practically unchanged.
"Mm... it concerns the Shadow World. You'd better make a decision sooner rather than later. This can't be delayed any longer."
Setting her coffee down on the table before her, Hong Ye raised a hand and pointed overhead.
"As this world is reconstructed, it is gradually being reborn. But along with that rebirth comes a whole series of problems. The most important of them is the anomaly factor."
"Anomalies..."
Bai Zhi's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
In the past, there had been no anomalies in the Shadow World other than Qingyi. But now, with the Shadow World's revival, anomalies would inevitably appear in this world once more.
No one could avoid that.
Anomalies originated from the contamination of the [Tide]'s aura. Although the largest [Tide] had receded, the remnants it left behind continued to pollute every world