Skysea City, a coastal city, was still bustling. It had not been affected by the Abyss, and everything remained as usual.
In fact, most cities were like this. Most people only learned about the Abyss invasion through the news.
Many people clung to a sense of luck, believing disaster would never befall them.
"Heh, ignorance is a kind of happiness too. If an Abyss passage suddenly opened in this city, it would become hell in an instant."
Qian Renxue was not wrong, but that was all there was to it.
"It's difficult for people to truly empathize with one another. For those who lived through it, it was a catastrophic past, but to everyone else, it was merely a story.
I don't want to say it, but that is the truth. Most people are numb and ignorant. Without a leader to guide them, they will only keep repeating the same lives.
Those who can make their own lives vibrant and wonderful are never ordinary people."
Lan Hong sighed. His eyes could now see through everything, and that was precisely why he found things even more boring.
"Huh, Lan Hong, she's a soul beast, isn't she? She actually dares to stroll down the street so openly. She's got some nerve."
"You have the nerve to criticize someone else? You weren't exactly cautious yourself. The things you used to do were basically dancing on the edge of death."
"That's not true! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense."
Xiao Wu denied it three times in a row, then flashed over and blocked the soul beast she had spotted.
"Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?"
"You're a soul beast. Why are you wandering around here? Aren't you afraid of danger?"
"Y-you... who exactly are you? How do you know?"
The soul beast