The trees here were the wrong color.
Their leaves were not a vibrant emerald green, but a bruised blue-purple.
The trunks twisted and coiled, as though some force had forcibly wrung them into knots.
The surroundings were terrifyingly silent.
There were no insects chirping, no birds calling, not even the rustle of wind passing through the leaves.
The entire core region resembled a massive, deathly silent vacuum chamber.
"The ecosystem here has been rewritten."
Han Yuchen reached out and touched the leaves of a nearby bush.
An icy chill pierced his fingertips. It felt less like a plant and more like a slab of cold iron.
Leng Yuebai walked at his side, the Star Radiance Heavenly Silk in her hand trembling faintly.
It was an instinctive warning from her martial soul.
"Watch your step."
Han Yuchen suddenly spoke.
Before his words had even faded, the air around them abruptly sank.
The gravity field had changed!
The previously normal gravity instantly increased more than threefold.
It was as though someone had suddenly pressed down hard on their shoulders.
Leng Yuebai swayed, and the soil beneath her feet immediately caved in as her body tilted to one side.
Though she was a Titled Douluo, this sudden change in the rules still caught her off guard.
A strong hand steadily supported her elbow.
"Don't panic. Go with it."
Han Yuchen's voice sounded beside her ear, calm as if he were taking a walk through his own backyard.
Leng Yuebai used his support to steady herself and shot him a somewhat surprised glance.
Han Yuchen had not even activated his martial soul, yet he stood perfectly straight under triple gravity as though nothing had happened.
"The magnetic field here is chaotic."
Han Yuchen let go and pointed at the ground beneath their feet.
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