The haphazardly cobbled-together scene inevitably brought to mind the technique of "grafting" plants.
But grafting animals and grafting plants were entirely different concepts. Animals involved much more complex souls, and once a soul was contaminated, death followed!
Even the knowledgeable Old Bai Ze felt his heart pound at one bizarre sight after another.
He forcibly suppressed the tremor deep within his soul. "This place... is the world?!"
He kept feeling that this damned place was even more chaotic than the Demon God's Sea.
Stone Mama said, "This is my first time encountering such a bizarre world, too. But this place is indeed the world."
"Oh, that reminds me of a saying... the Red Spider Lily. The Red Spider Lily blooms on the far shore, and through it, one can attain true immortality."
"Immortality?" Bai Ze said scornfully. "All I see are souls piled haphazardly together, merging with one another. If this counts as immortality, I'll pass."
Amid torment and waiting, the long night finally passed.
As the first ray of sunlight rose, the uncanny flowers rapidly withered, as though they had exhausted their vitality overnight. Under the breeze, the flowers turned to drifting ash.
The countless animals that had charged into the lake were almost entirely wiped out.
Only a tiny handful survived. They slowly sank to the bottom, becoming one with the lake.
The pelican captain, who had struggled all night while hanging by her feet, also regained her senses. Recalling last night's experience, she let out a lingering cry of fear. "Gah!"
Retreat! Retreat!
Tears nearly spilled from the eyes on her bird face. In fact, the pelican's initial Sixth Sense had warned her to flee, but the position of "captain" had tethered her and clouded her heart.
This was the first time in her life that she