Seeing that Zhou Heng was fairly polite and shared his surname, Zhou, Zhou Dong took a slightly greater liking to him. "From the look of you, you're a new player, aren't you? I'll call you Little Zhou. Roughly when did you come in, and what's the situation outside now?" After briefly establishing a rapport, Zhou Dong went straight to the point.
Zhou Dong spoke casually, but he had asked three questions. First, had Zhou Heng only recently entered? Second, the outside world and the special area "Kingdom of All Beings Country" seemed severely out of sync. Third, Zhou Dong felt extremely uneasy about the situation outside.
After briefly considering the meaning behind his words, Zhou Heng gave the people present a simple account of what he had seen and heard.
"Things aren't looking good. The Pitch-Black Chaotic Sapling has already grown into the Pitch-Black Chaotic Ancient Tree. If this continues, we probably won't hold out until January 1, 10018."
"Damn it. If this place hadn't suddenly connected to the spacetime of the Seventh Chapter, how could we have ended up in such a passive position?"
"Lord Shengtiandao Ichiro has vanished, and support from outside keeps dwindling. Captain, we can't drag this out any longer."
"That's right, Captain. Let's give it everything we've got. Otherwise, once the 'Will of All Beings' breaks out of 'Komachi Town,' everyone here will die."
"Captain, let's do it."
Having heard Zhou Heng's account, the members of Squad 998 of the Thirty-Second Army of the Blue Star Federation Special Operations Division Country Will Army began talking over one another. They had only one topic: fighting their way into "Komachi Town" and finding a way to purify the "Will of All Beings."
Zhou Dong did not respond. Instead, he instinctively reached into his pocket, took out a