The Secret of the Beginning and the Final Plan

What on earth had happened?

Standing in the empty Midnight Court, Lu Xin and his family remained silent for a long time.

Above their heads, the person in the judge's robes hung dead in the hall, swaying gently in the wind blowing in from outside.

The surroundings were utterly silent. In many dark corners where nothing could be seen, there was a furtive feeling.

It seemed as if someone was hiding in those corners, secretly watching him.

But when he focused his attention and looked more closely, he found that it was only his own illusion. The entire court was empty.

The Sword Bearer was one of the Thirteen Ultimates.

An Ultimate represented the highest level of biological existence in humanity's understanding of mental power, standing at the very top of the food chain.

Yet the Ultimate had actually been killed long ago inside its own Mental Palace, and someone had even taken control of its body?

If the Ultimate had died long ago,

then what was the Midnight Court's Pollution that had affected practically the entire world?

What will had controlled the Sword Bearer and launched the attack on Qinggang just now?

As Lu Xin pondered these complicated questions, he suddenly realized:

The Sword Bearer's performance was very similar to that of the madmen—or, more precisely, the mindless people—who had spread across the entire world thirty years ago.

They all looked human, possessing complete bodies and the ability to run and walk.

But their cores had vanished. Outwardly they were human, but in reality they were nothing more than walking corpses...

Wasn't the Sword Bearer just now also a walking corpse at the Ultimate level?

For the first time, with Lu Xin and his family all together, he felt a faint trace of fear.

"Phew..."

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