The grotesque, terrifying giant spacetime rift stretching across the sky above New York was completely annihilated and sealed shut beneath the triple crushing force of Chaos Magic, the Elemental Barrier, and the Space Shockwave.
The twisting, surging black spacetime mist above the heavens abruptly faded away. The altered colors of the sky, forcibly warped by the overlapping planes, slowly returned to normal, revealing a clear, brilliant blue sky once more.
The Zombie Universe law fluctuations that had shrouded the entire city—cold, deathly, and reeking of apocalyptic decay—instantly lost all further sources as the rift was completely sealed.
With that, the invasion passage from the parallel Zombie Universe was completely severed.
But the crisis was far from over.
The high-altitude rift could be forcibly closed, and the planar passage could be completely cut off, but the Zombie Law Virus that had already seeped into the city—blending into the air, soil, water supply, and the bloodlines of living beings—still stubbornly remained.
This was no ordinary biochemical virus. It was not some low-level pollutant that could be eradicated through high-temperature burning, chemical purification, or radiation sterilization.
It was a mutated product born in the Quantum Realm, rooted at the quantum level, entwined with the genetic chains of living beings, and hidden within every inch of the city.
On the ground, hundreds of thousands of infected people who had just stopped their bloodthirsty rampage remained frozen in place, still shackled by the virus.
Across the streets, ruins, high-rise windowsills, and main roads, countless zombies maintained the poses they had held in their final moments. Some reached out to pounce and claw, some gaped their jaws to bite, and some stood with twisted, rigid limbs. Their pale gray eyes were hollow and lifeless, and their bodies exuded a cold, decaying aura.
The most conspicuous of