A week passed in the blink of an eye. For seven full days, there had been no activity anywhere—neither along the southern border nor at the central base, nor within Spikes territory or the Land of Buried Bones. It seemed as if such calm would continue forever, and many people forgot just how quickly time passed amid that uneventful tranquility.
For once, fifty members of the Bai Family's legitimate bloodline had mobilized together. They were outstanding individuals selected from different branches, and after being screened, they followed Young Master Bai You to Yin Yang Valley.
Naturally, the Bai Family knew the history of this legendary place and understood its importance even more clearly. Yet setting foot there, especially following Bai You inside, still filled them with unease.
This was the place their Bai Family had yearned for and feared for generations?
Like the Bai Family, the Luo Family had also mobilized in force this time. They had even more people than the Bai Family, with eighty members of the legitimate bloodline in total. However, their overall strength was inferior to the Bai Family's fifty. Most Luo Family members did not possess particularly strong bloodlines and had only barely reached the level required to open two Gene Locks.
Not only were there very few high-level combatants, but among all those direct-line descendants, only Roger's bloodline was remotely decent.
However, among those eighty-odd people, Roger had also brought someone from the research institute he had invested in: Chu Yuntian.
Hu Menghao had originally been the more suitable candidate. He was young and an exceptionally intelligent Mensa member. Unfortunately, his legs were disabled, making it inconvenient for him to move around in a wheelchair. Yin Yang Valley was an enormous place; even New Humans might lack the stamina to traverse it all, much