"You're still as lazy as ever, Darren."
The circular spiral gate of the Hall of Flesh slowly opened, and a tall woman with four arms growing from her body walked in from outside.
"I just don't want to waste time," Darren said lazily.
The woman glanced at the group of Eyeball Men.
"Still haven't settled on anything? The research department has already released the two Apostles they arranged. The new plan still hasn't been finalized—when the supply chain really breaks down, let's see what you'll use to make up for it to those above."
"Aisiqi, the situation is more serious than you think. You're only here temporarily to inspect things, so the responsibility isn't on you. Of course you're not in any hurry," one of the Eyeball Men said disgruntledly.
"Hehe."
The tall woman, Aisiqi, turned to Darren.
"I'm leaving. Will you see me off?"
Darren sighed and stood up.
"Fine, fine. Who knows how long it'll be before we meet again?"
"Who's to say we won't meet again very soon?" Aisiqi smiled.
"Very soon. Who knows how long 'very soon' is?" Darren shook his head speechlessly. He gave his cloak a shake and strode toward the door.
But after only a few steps—
Beep.
A piercing alarm suddenly rang throughout the entire hall.
'Warning! Warning! An unknown energy source is rapidly approaching the Celestial Tower's spacetime node.'
'Warning! Warning! An unknown energy source is rapidly approaching the Celestial Tower's spacetime node.'
'The Sealing Sky Net is being infiltrated!'
'The Sealing Sky Net is being infiltrated!'
The shrill alarms began reverberating endlessly through the hall.
Darren frowned and stopped.
Aisiqi did the same, a look of eager anticipation appearing on the tall four-armed woman's face.
"Interesting. Something is trying to cross the spacetime node at a time like this?"
"It's