The air here was noticeably murky.
From Zhou Zhi's perspective, he could see an azure planet.
This was...
"Pestilence World?"
From top to bottom.
World Continent.
And, beyond Mobius Lake, spanning countless miles, the Dark Continent that could barely be seen.
That patch of pure black.
Then this perspective...
Zhou Zhi could sense that this so-called universe—or outer space—was separated from Pestilence World by a thick barrier.
It was not something that could be breached through technology or any technique.
It was like the world outside an operating room.
Outside...
"Outer God... Kindly Father?"
Black light flickered in Zhou Zhi's pupils.
His body seemed to be torn apart and destroyed.
[Maggots] [Decay] [Cracks] [Fractures]...
All manner of injuries appeared, then vanished.
"Could it be that this perspective is Kindly Father's [Dream], and I am currently... outside Pestilence World—in other words, outside the Plague Exterminator system?"
Zhou Zhi's pupils dilated as he abruptly looked around.
The world he had been in before was not Pestilence World.
Did that mean that, in this outer space, he might be able to see the world he once came from?
Though he had never felt attached to his past life, tracing the origin of diseases and uncovering the truth behind the disease that had brought him into this world were things a Plague Exterminator ought to do.
Yet the surroundings were empty. There was nothing at all.
Zhou Zhi reached out, only to find that it was empty as well.
There was nothing.
It was as though he had never existed.
Zhou Zhi's expression shifted slightly.
This was not the real world.
It was merely a dream.
Even his physical form did not exist?
Just as his expression changed—
In the darkness far away, a terrifying beam of heavenly light burst forth, so dazzling it