She was afraid from the bottom of her heart that she might suddenly collapse after the earthquake.

But this time it was obvious that she was overthinking it. Bai Qiyun stared at the gradually cracking ground under his feet without panicking.

From his perspective, the subsidence of the ground is not caused by any external force, but simply by the weakening of the ground's bearing capacity, causing the ground to be unable to bear the weight of several people. It is a very common natural phenomenon.

But Bai Qiyun discovered something unusual in the subsidence in front of him.

The land here has turned into desert.

You must know that this is a snow-capped mountain, a place covered with snow all year round. The water content is so high, how could there be such a thing as sand?

Bai Qiyun leaned down, took the deserted soil in his hands, felt it carefully, and murmured to himself.

"It feels like...the life force of the soil has been taken away, including the plants around it."

Hearing this, Vatalef couldn't help but nodded after thinking for a moment.

The young man's description is indeed in line with the current situation, but if it is said that there is an existence that can absorb the life power of the earth, his experience is still too little.

"Well... let's go take a look at the bones over there."

Bai Qiyun felt that this matter was inseparable from the power of the dragon.

He found a giant rib stuck in the ground and gently touched it.

But just this gentle movement actually pulled out a piece of bone from the rib in front of him.

Obviously, this thing has begun to wither, but because it is too huge, it cannot completely collapse in a short period of time.

"Has the power of the dragon here also disappeared?"

If a coincidence happens once, it can be called a coincidence, but if it happens one after another, it is not a coincidence.

Kujo Sora and Kosai Palace also discovered something was wrong. The snowy mountain flowers that originally grew nearby were all withered, which was completely inconsistent with the laws of daily life.

As long as the ecological environment does not change, if one person dies, a large area will die.

"Hey, hey, hey, what on earth is happening here?!" Wei

Hu Zhaigong grabbed his white fox ears and went crazy.

As the vanguard, if they do not understand the hidden dangers here, their work will be somewhat derelict.

"I think this is man-made, and it happened very recently."

Kujo Sora looked around. Although he found no human footprints, in a place with heavy snow all year round, even if there are human traces, they will be covered up quickly, so it cannot be used as a basis for judgment.

"And there are no Zero Beasts around here, which is very strange. You must know that the three core areas we previously divided in the Knights' monitoring equipment are all areas with many Zero Beasts."

Although the monitoring results are no longer very accurate, after all, there has been an accident in which two level five zero beasts jointly injured people, such an abnormal phenomenon still deserves everyone's vigilance.

"Yeah, but let's make sure again. You should still have that thing with you, something that can attract zero beasts." Wei

Following Bai Qiyun's suggestion, Kujo Sura used the instrument that could emit blue mist.

In an instant, the snow-white ground was covered with a layer of blue mist.

Seeing this thing, Vatalef on the side nodded secretly.

This instrument was made by him, and he developed it based on the one in Zhenjun Liuyun's hands.

Although the purpose of attracting zero beasts is not as great as driving away zero beasts, it plays completely different roles in different fields, and the price paid is very low. It is not the vitality of the precious World Tree, but just some commonly used minerals.

The blue smoke was like an ocean current, crisscrossing the snow.

But even after a long time, no zero beast appeared around.

"As expected, there aren't any."

Although this could be regarded as completing the mission of eradication, Bai Qiyun couldn't be happy at all.

Bai Qiyun frowned, opened his elemental vision, and planned to search the area again.

But before he could step out of the snowfield, a black aura hidden under the white snow caught his eye.

"Is this...the aura of heritage? Why is it hidden so deeply?"

Seeing this, Bai Qiyun subconsciously thought that the abnormality here must be the work of the Xuan Demon Society.

But then I thought that it might be left by people from the relief society. There was indeed a person named Demon Sword among the people accompanying this time.

It would be best to go back and ask him before making a decision.

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"Me? I've never been around there."

In the camp, Bai Qiyun and others had just returned and found the magic sword who was wiping his weapons aside.

He was also surprised after hearing the young man's inquiry.

"No? I understand."

After getting the exact answer, Bai Qiyun felt a sense of clarity.

He finally understood where the series of dissonances he felt since entering the snow-capped mountains came from. Those unusual anomalies might not be filled with the presence of the Spin Demon Society.

What do these haunting guys want to do? Is he the target of this attack, or do they want to sabotage the plan to open up the Knights?
Chapter completed!