"What's the plan after this? For guarding against the Withering Power?" the Group Leader asked, turning to Chen Shu and Ning Qing.
"There are a few things to cover," Chen Shu said. Ning Qing had briefed him two days earlier and asked him to pass it on to the group. She was too lazy to talk to people who were getting more ridiculous by the day.
"Take your time," the Group Leader said.
"First, we need to talk about the properties we've observed in the Withering Power," Chen Shu told them. "The Withering Power..."
"Keep it simple," Zhang Suannai cut in.
"Right." Chen Shu cleared his throat. "There are two things everyone needs to know. First, the Withering Power hasn't shown signs of attacking us yet, but it has already 'eaten clean' that plane. It won't be too long before that process is complete. As for exactly when it will reach us, nobody knows."
According to the Front Plane's history, the force that destroyed a plane would begin showing signs of encroaching on neighboring planes after several decades. Once it spread in earnest, its assault on the Plane Barriers would grow stronger and stronger, until it broke through and brought disaster to new planes.
But they had gone to the Withered Plane to fight ahead of time. No one knew whether that had provoked or affected the Withering Power, so to be safe, the Front Plane's history could no longer serve as a reliable guide.
"Go on," Wu Eiwei said coldly.
"Second, the Withering Power keeps weakening. Once it has completely 'eaten' the life from one plane, it encroaches on its next target—usually the nearest plane with life. The moment it opens a breach in the Plane Barrier, it pours through in a stream, leaving not a scrap behind... Or