This was truly bad news.
Xu Zhi had not previously believed there were aberrations a whole major rank above her. After all, according to past Federation news, newborn aberrations were already far stronger than humans, but they were still only "newborns." They needed to feed to obtain energy and grow.
Yet the aberrations in Cloud City had headed for the city center from the moment they were born. Xu Zhi had seen them several times through her Spirit Vessel, and they had not slaughtered one another. Instead, they quietly guarded the city center. They did not seem particularly aggressive, and even with the Black Fog, they could not possibly have grown so quickly that an [Archbishop]-level existence had suddenly emerged.
But the sight before her gave Xu Zhi an ominous feeling.
Still, no matter what, she had already come this far. She could not back down over a mere guess.
Besides, the Game Console had not stopped her.
That was what truly gave Xu Zhi the confidence to keep moving forward.
Conveniently, there was an aberration here. Xu Zhi intended to test just how effective the cloak's concealment was.
So she deliberately walked toward the aberration. She made no loud sounds, keeping her footsteps extremely light, and under the cloak's effect, she silently drew near it.
The aberration that was feeding completely ignored Xu Zhi's presence. It was not especially focused on eating, and it occasionally glanced around as if on guard, yet even when Xu Zhi had walked right behind it, it still failed to notice her.
In its eyes, Xu Zhi was merely a slightly denser patch of black mist.
There was nothing more common than that in the city center.
Xu Zhi inwardly marveled at how outrageously effective it was.
Of course, she also understood that the