Even hybrid monsters have their day

With a curious mind, she casually opened the email, only to be shocked by its contents.

Heng Yihao was the first to stand up from his seat, muttering in disbelief, "How is this possible..."

Mu Yuebin glanced at the people in the office. "You all received it too?"

Bu Luoyuan looked puzzled. "Why would the higher-ups cancel this?"

Gu Xia's eyes didn't leave the computer screen, and without looking up, she said, "Could this decision be related to the Anywhere Door malfunctioning?"

"Captain Jin, what do you think?" Gan Ruwu always made it a habit to consult his boss first.

Jin Mo tidied the documents on her desk, which were already neatly arranged. "It seems the Underworld is about to change..."

Everyone in the office looked somewhat apprehensive, uneasy about something that had never happened in the underworld before.

Geng Miaowan suddenly remembered what Shui Hanling had said that day. The big event she mentioned must be this matter. She had only been in the Underworld for a few months and didn't yet have the bewilderment of suddenly having to change a habit that had been passed down for thousands of years, but she also had a vague feeling that things were not simple.

Back at her place, she told the two dogs at home about it. Xu Ruwen didn't react much, only saying lightly, "It's good this way, so you won't get beaten up."

Before Geng Miaowan could react to his words, Huangfu Aoran jumped up from the sofa with a drastic change in expression, his speed almost leaping. His golden-gray eyes were filled with horror. "You mean the Underworld has canceled the once-every-five-years group selection competition and even closed the arena?"

Geng Miaowan glanced at Huangfu Aoran and nodded. Although she also felt that this matter was somewhat complicated and even serious, he was, after all, an ancient ferocious beast that had lived for tens of thousands of years. Did he really need to act so exaggeratedly, as if the sky was about to fall?

She couldn't help but chuckle and asked, "Is it that serious?"

"Serious?" Huangfu Aoran sat back on the sofa after a moment of stunned silence, but his posture was no longer as comfortable as before. He glanced indifferently at the bewildered Geng Miaowan and the nonchalant Xu Ruwen, and finally fixed his gaze on an unseen focal point in the distance. "It's far more serious than serious."

Geng Miaowan was surprised to see the gold in his eyes flicker, eventually settling into a faint gray. "Ah, your eyes..."

This was the first time she had ever seen someone's eyes change color, so she was naturally surprised. However, Huangfu Aoran scolded her, "Can't you even listen to the point?"

Even when the sky is about to fall, she still has the leisure to pay attention to such trivial matters.

"I was listening to the important points, but you haven't said them yet." Geng Miaowan pouted, but didn't look away.

Huangfu Ao blinked, and a faint golden light reappeared in her eyes. She exclaimed inwardly in amazement. However, her face remained expressionless, showing not a trace of it.

His expression grew increasingly solemn, his eyes seeming to see into another dimension through what was before him, and even his tone became distant, as if asking her, or perhaps talking to himself, "You should know that everything in the underworld can function because of the divine power left behind by the ancient gods, right?"

Ancient gods? She remembered Xiaobai telling her these things before: if one day the divine power left behind by the ancient gods disappeared, then all space in the six realms, including the underworld, would vanish.

Thinking about the problems with the Anywhere Door, she considered a possibility: "Could it be... that the problem with the Anywhere Door is due to a problem with the divine power left behind by the ancient gods?"

Huangfu Aoran didn't look at her. He only sighed softly, but Geng Miaowan knew that this was tantamount to admitting her statement. She then connected these recent events and murmured, "But, the Anywhere Door is malfunctioning. What are they trying to do by sealing off the arena?"

She really couldn't understand this.

"They want to transfer the energy that sustains the arena to the Anywhere Door through energy transfer."

“That makes sense…” Geng Miaowan nodded. “But didn’t Xiaobai say that the divine power left behind by the ancient gods could at least maintain the normal operation of the underworld for ten thousand or eight thousand years? How come there’s a problem now?”

She looked at Huangfu Aoran as if he were a fraud. She thought to herself, she hadn't encountered the apocalypse in the human world, but she was about to encounter the apocalypse in the underworld.

Huangfu Aoran's face showed a seriousness, even solemnity, that was completely unfamiliar to her. "The divine power left behind by the ancient gods would not have problems without a reason. There must be a bigger problem in some part of it."

His words were like a silent bomb dropped among them. Although they made no sound, they shocked them all, leaving them stunned and unable to recover for a long time.

The group discussed the cause, process, and outcome of the incident in the room, but these were all just their guesses, and no one came to confirm the results.

Although Geng Miaowan wanted to know what had happened, she knew that even if she went to Jiao Lingfeng and asked him, he wouldn't tell her anything.

When Geng Miaowan received the mission again, it was two months later.

She hadn't been idle during those two months. Besides going to get off work on time, she spent the rest of her time cultivating. Her cultivation level jumped from the late Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage in a flash. This speed made the others in the office envious, which spurred them on. They all declared that they would definitely level up by the end of the next mission, so she wouldn't look down on them.

Another significant breakthrough was her combat ability, as sparring with Xu Ruwen had become one of her interests over the past two months, naturally taking place within his sea of ​​consciousness.

Occasionally, when Huangfu Aoran was in a good mood, he would offer a few words of guidance, which were always very helpful to her.

However, Huangfu Aoran was not often interested in giving pointers, because he spent most of his time arguing and even sparring with Luan Hao.

It wasn't a friendly sparring match; it was a real fight. Fortunately, they were mindful that this was her sea of ​​consciousness, and feared that a full-force attack might seriously injure her. So, they all held back their spiritual power during the exchanges, relying solely on their fists and feet. As a result, the two of them often ended up with bruises and swelling on their faces.

Otherwise, given the fighting style of those two ancient demons, they would have already scattered her.

Over time, even their martial arts skills improved considerably. Sometimes, she would sit beside them and watch them spar, and she would also benefit from it. (To be continued.)