Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 573 573: 572 retract

Watching the few people who were motionless, as if they were suffering from dementia, the Twisted Shadow controlled by Zhou Bai stretched out a hand, beckoning, and the Primordial Spirit Armor on their bodies swiftly flew out from the sea of consciousness and entered the Twisted Shadow's body.

At the same time, the faces of these people showed intense pain, which was an instinctive reaction to the loss of the Primordial Spirit Armor, purely emotional and not needing much intelligence.

Observing their tears streaming down their faces, Zhou Bai thought for a moment, and the black mud on the walls turned back into meaningless graffiti, filling every corner of the room, making it look as if the entire room had become a pitch-black box.

As Zhou Bai withdrew the Fool's abilities, Hai Yi, Xiang Tong, and Yan Seng slowly regained their intelligence. Almost immediately, Xiang Tong screamed and rushed at Zhou Bai, "Give me back my treasure!"

The surrounding black mud surged up, directly eroding her Primordial Spirit power, binding her into a bundle.

The others didn't attack, but they looked unstable, eyeing Zhou Bai as if they could pounce at any moment.

Zhou Bai shook his head, then extended his hand again, and greed surfaced from the others, drawn into his Sea of Consciousness and transformed into Steel of Greed.

Having their greed extracted, the few instantly calmed down, losing any desire for the Primordial Spirit Armor and remembering their actions over the past few days, their faces simultaneously showed regret, pain, and confusion.

And for the Steel of Greed used on them, it was somewhat of a return to initial conditions.

Xiang Tong said lifelessly, "What have I done?"

Hai Yi glared at Zhou Bai and said, "What exactly are you? What have you done to us?"

Everyone's eyes focused on the figure before them, observing the monstrous creature so closely and clearly that they could see the thick black mud covering its body, constantly twisting and turning into bizarre patterns.

With its movements, drops of mucus occasionally fell to the ground, but then bounced and deformed before crawling back into its body.

Feeling that they could communicate normally, Zhou Bai slowly said, "My name... Zhou Bai, one of the many shadows of the Heavenly Dao."

"I grant humans weapons and desires."

Zhou Bai, controlling the Twisted Shadow, curled his body, propping his chin with his hand, as if thinking while observing them, with black mucus dripping down but quickly bouncing back to his body surface.

"And your performances, they have disappointed me."

"I have taken back the treasures I bestowed."

As he spoke, the body of the Twisted Shadow slowly vanished into the wall, as though the wall was a sieve penetrated by black mud, disappearing from everyone's sight.

...

In the dormitory, Zhou Bai watched as the Twisted Shadow returned once more into his own shadow and nodded, "That's it. Including this last group I had to stop personally, all the Primordial Spirit Armors have been taken back."

Zhou Bai looked at the Primordial Spirit Armors within his Sea of Consciousness, and with a thought, Primordial Spirit power wrapped around them, using the special method of greed to refine them again, aiming to reuse some of the Steel of Greed.

Christina asked, "All taken back? Don't we need to profit for a few more days?"

Zhou Bai shook his head, "The uncontrollability of Greed Disaster is even greater than I imagined. If it weren't for the constraints of Steel of Greed, it might have turned all of humanity insane."

"Once human greed is ignited, the speed and extent of their madness exceed my expectations."

"It seems that I shouldn't use it lightly in the future."

However, Zhou Bai glanced at the room next door and then smiled, "But it's quite good to use for our own people. Primordial Spirit Armor is like armor for the Primordial Spirit, enhancing the power and resistance of the Primordial Spirit."

"From my observations these past few days, this is not merely a temporary boost to combat strength but also indirectly lowers the difficulty of cultivation and increases resistance to distortions and aberrations."

In Zhou Bai's view, when people like Hai Yi cultivated, feeling the Primordial Spirit warm up and increasing the efficiency of cultivation was because the Primordial Spirit Armor provided a layer of protection, allowing them to be more resistant whether they absorbed spiritual essence during breathing exercises or learned secrets of the Heavenly Dao.

With that thought, Zhou Bai smiled, "After I go back this time, I'll make one for each of Jing Xiu and the others."

Christina's face pouted, "Where's my scratching post? Didn't we agree to make my scratching post first?"

Zhou Bai replied, "It's just a scratching post. You can make one yourself with cardboard. If it's made of greed steel, you might not even be able to scratch it."

The fur on Christina's body bristled, and the whole cat seemed to puff up, she said angrily, "I want my scratching post."

"Alright, alright, alright," Zhou Bai said helplessly, "I'll make it for you after the Daluo Heaven discourse is over."

While he placated Christina, he glanced at his auxiliary cultivation system panel.

Although the danger of greed disaster had led him to retrieve the Primordial Spirit armament just a few days ago, and despite the limited supply of greed steel, not many godly seeds had spread—just a few dozen people—it still brought Zhou Bai a considerable income.

Laziness: 8.55 million

"I just earned over seven million laziness points in one go. This time the Daluo Heaven discourse should definitely be enough," Zhou Bai thought to himself. "Perhaps even after opening the next divine chart, I'll have enough to light up one or two star points."

Christina asked again, "Didn't you say that you wanted to use the 'Twist of Shadow' to try out the power of the gods?"

Zhou Bai nodded, "I was planning on that, but upon reflection, I'd better not take the risk. I'm currently concerned that those gods might have some abilities I'm unaware of. Once I return to Donghua City, I should ask the Grand Elder what exactly is the difference between the gods and us?"

Christina asked, "Won't those godly seeds secretly report it?"

Zhou Bai shook his head, "The desire to plunder is only temporary. They're unlikely to report it before this Daluo Heaven discourse is over. Even if they do report, it's okay. I didn't leave too many traces. They won't be able to trace it back to me."

Zhou Bai said, "Let's rest early. Tomorrow, they will decide the top ten, and I want to see what tricks they're going to play."

Christina took a deep breath, "Finally, it's starting—the top ten ranking competition."

...

In Hai Yi's room, they initially discussed whether to report the incident higher up, to inform the upper echelons, to tell the Four Righteous Gods.

But as time passed, their plundered desires gradually returned to them.

"I can't report it."

"I want to get my treasure back."

"Let's go back to the construction site and look again. Find that beautiful boy, and ask him to bestow a magical treasure upon us again?"

The group hurriedly rushed to the construction site, but when they arrived at the wall, there were no traces left.

"Gone?"

"The buried beautiful boy?"

"How could he just disappear?"

"Let's look again, maybe we were mistaken?"

Soon, Hai Yi and his group realized they were not the only ones searching. Amid the darkness, several figures lingered at the construction site, coming night after night, searching for any trace of the beautiful boy.

"My treasure."

"Give me back my treasure."

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