No one notified me in advance. Everyone in the end times is crazy.

Chapter 564 I'm just here to deliver a chapter

The young couple held hands as they arrived at the laboratory, where they saw a woman waiting there from afar.

She was dressed elegantly and gracefully, with a simple floral hairpin adorning her single bun, and a bright green dress with scattered flowers. Like a lady from an ancient noble family, she sat demurely outside the classroom waiting. At first glance, one might mistake her for someone who had escaped from a film crew.

As the footsteps drew closer, she looked up and her eyes met Luo Shiyu's.

The woman smiled gently, tucked a stray hair behind her ear, and said to Luo Shiyu, "Can we talk alone, Luo Luo?"

Luo Shiyu stood there, stunned, her lips trembling, unable to utter the words "okay" for a long time.

He Gui noticed Luo Shiyu's unusual behavior; it didn't seem like he was seeing this woman for the first time.

"Xiaoyu?"

Luo Shiyu took deep breaths to calm herself down, repeatedly telling herself to stay calm.

"Luo Luo?" The woman spoke again, and Luo Shiyu's rationality snapped completely. Large tears slid down his cheeks, and he choked up, unable to utter a single word, even though he knew the person in front of him was not his teacher.

Luo Shiyu's reaction terrified He Gui. He was scared, afraid that Luo Shiyu would leave with that woman.

Xiao Yu once said she liked women who wore green. Could this woman be Xiao Yu's first love? Or Luo Chen's mother? No, she should be dead long ago, definitely dead.

My little Yu must never be taken away by anyone else.

"Xiaoyu, it's getting late, let's go back first."

After crying, Luo Shiyu calmed down completely. His eyes became sharp, and he shook off He Gui's hand, walking straight towards the woman.

"Didn't you want to talk? Let's go." Luo Shiyu's voice was cold, completely devoid of the joy one would expect upon seeing someone after a long separation; instead, it was filled with disgust.

The woman was pulled into the stairwell by Luo Shiyu for a talk, while He Gui wisely stood guard outside.

The moment the door closed, Luo Shiyu stopped pretending, grabbed the woman by the neck and slammed her against the wall, saying fiercely, "You'd better come up with an excuse in three seconds."

"What are you saying, Lolo?"

"Don't call me Luo Luo! Did you think I wouldn't kill you just because you appeared in front of me wearing her skin?" Luo Shiyu roared, his hands tightening around the woman's neck. "You've got some nerve, pretending to be my teacher to get close to me!"

"Wait...wait a minute..."

The woman's nails dug into Luo Shiyu's flesh, but even so, she showed no intention of stopping.

"I……"

The woman's eyes rolled upwards due to lack of oxygen, and saliva dripped from the corners of her mouth. Luo Shiyu released her hand in disgust, letting her kneel on the ground, exhausted.

"You only have one chance. Tell me! What is your purpose in approaching me?"

The woman coughed several times in a row. She lowered her head and dared not look at Luo Shiyu. The feeling of surviving a disaster made her body tremble uncontrollably. She dared not lie and said truthfully, "I have come to convey God's will."

"Do you think I'd believe your nonsense?"

Luo Shiyu took a step forward, and the woman immediately shrank back, shuffling her legs along the ground.

“I’m not lying! It’s true! Don’t you see how I look now? This is all the work of the divine messenger, the will of the creator god.”

"A creator god? I've never heard of that."

"He knows everything in the past and the future."

"You're just being mysterious. What does this divine messenger you're talking about look like?"

The woman swallowed hard and shook her head: "I can't say."

"Okay, then I'll say he was wearing a white cloak and carrying a dog-headed cane, right?"

The woman paused for a moment, then quickly shook her head and said, "I can't say."

"Looks like I was right. What did he offer you that made you willingly take this risk, lying that you were pregnant with my child to get close to me? It couldn't be just a simple matter of passing on a message, could it?"

"I was really just relaying a message. The divine messenger said that only if I become like this will you be willing to listen to me."

"Okay, go ahead and say it."

"The stars and the sea will perish together, the sun and moon will shine forever in the sky, and when the cycle of reincarnation begins, our lord will lead a new order to descend. That's all there is to it."

Luo Shiyu stroked his chin, deep in thought.

Who exactly is the creator god behind that mysterious person? Why was this message delivered to me? Does this mean I'm being targeted? And what about the people around me...?

"Ah—help me! Help me!"

A piercing scream shattered Luo Shiyu's thoughts. He watched as the woman's skin peeled away in patches, like hot, viscous wax dripping from a lit candle, making a "plop plop" sound as it fell to the ground.

Luo Shiyu was stunned by the scene before her, and stood there motionless in a daze.

In just a few seconds, the living person who was just talking to him was reduced to a skeleton standing on rotting flesh.

[They're using this method to silence people! Who is behind this mysterious figure, and what are they planning?]

Luo Shiyu clenched his fist, making a "crackling" sound.

If anyone dares to lay a hand on my friend, I will definitely not let them get away with it.

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A giant tree is drawing energy from the plane at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye. Its lush canopy is the size of a planet, and its thick trunk has carved out a cavern.

Behind the crystal beaded curtain, a woman whose entire body is entwined with tree roots sits on a chair made of roots.

Her eyes were closed, and her body was completely controlled by the tree.

Two “guards” stood on either side of her: a male who was half-deer and half-human, and a female who was half-crane and half-human.

In the woman's arms was an orange cat with an injured front leg.

Below, separated by a curtain, sat some familiar faces.

"Tell me, what have you been doing lately? How's the recovery of the Four Divine Artifacts going?" The woman spoke, or more accurately, it was the tree using the woman's body to make the sound.

“No one’s speaking? Then I’ll report first.” Liedanqing, who was sitting closest to the beaded curtain, spoke first. “The good news is that the spirit puppet I casually threw out successfully awakened the sleeping soul of the demon god. The bad news is that he has completely merged with the Grip of Hercules. We are still trying to awaken the other three calamities. As for the whereabouts of the other three divine artifacts, we do not know yet.”

"The Demon God is still so difficult to deal with, what about the others?"

Luo Shiyu kept her head down, looking just like a student afraid of being called on by the teacher.

Sitting next to her, Tian Changliu seemed to be disgusted, but actually came to her rescue, saying, "Women are useless. Please listen to me, my lord. I have found out the location where the Plague God is sleeping. It is in the void, but we still need to investigate the exact location."

Liu Yunyi dropped his amused expression, closed his folding fan, jumped up from his chair, and volunteered, "Me! Me! Let me go! The void and all that sounds like a lot of fun."

The person behind the curtain seemed uneasy and asked, "Just you?"

Despite having a designated spot, Jin Fanling stood guard behind Liu Yunyi like a bodyguard and spoke up: "I will protect Xiaoyi by my side at all times."

"Alright, I'll leave this matter to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a box the size of a Rubik's Cube floated into Liu Yunyi's palm.

Liu Yunyi curiously examined the box, even trying to bite it with his teeth.

"Ptooey! It doesn't taste good. I thought it was a reward, what is this?"

"The sealing array will activate automatically once the Plague God is found. Don't break it; I won't be responsible if you get sealed inside."

With an innocent tone, Liu Yunyi uttered a sharp question: "Then can it seal you?"