"Someone?"
Zhang Chen couldn't help but be startled.
Because with his current strength, if someone approached him, he would have noticed it.
He turned his head and saw a disheveled woman hanging upside down on the roof, her long hair reaching from the roof to the ground, messy and voluminous.
"You haven't cut your hair in a long time. It seems you've been living a hard life here!"
Zhang Chen couldn't help but sigh.
"Ah!~"
Suddenly, the little boy behind him let out a sharp scream.
The woman on the roof also began to crawl down the wall in a bizarre posture...
"Screaming like that isn't good for your throat!"
Zhang Chen took out a throat lozenge from his ring, popped it into the little boy's mouth, and closed his mouth.
Then, the moment the long-haired woman rushed towards him, Zhang Chen flicked his right wrist!
Her long hair was instantly cut off, leaving only short hair reaching her ears.
In that instant, the woman and the little boy were both stunned.
This man... wasn't playing by the rules!
Not only was he not afraid, but he also helped by giving them throat lozenges and cutting hair?!
"Heeheeheehee..."
The woman opened her mouth and let out a series of terrifying cackling sounds.
*Poof!*
Zhang Chen then stuffed another throat lozenge into her mouth.
The cackling abruptly stopped!
"Your attributes are very peculiar. You are not corporeal, existing between corporeal and spiritual forms!"
Zhang Chen looked at the two with a strange expression and said slowly.
Similarly, the woman and the little boy stared at Zhang Chen with strange expressions.
The terrifying aura they exuded had no effect whatsoever on the man before them.
"There's nothing to be surprised about. I can also transform into a spiritual form!"
As Zhang Chen spoke, he vanished from his spot instantly.
To ordinary people, Zhang Chen was no longer in this world's dimension.
But to the woman and the little boy, Zhang Chen had precisely entered their dimension.
It was precisely because Zhang Chen possessed the ability to switch between corporeal and spiritual forms at will that he could touch them and affect them.
"Alright, have you noticed anything strange around here?"
Zhang Chen asked.
The woman and the little boy stared at Zhang Chen with unblinking eyes, not saying a word.
Their expressions seemed to convey: "You are the strangest thing we have seen!"
"Never mind. Your spiritual levels are too low; you can't even speak. You only know how to spread fear, so asking is useless!"
Zhang Chen shook his head helplessly.
*Rustle... rustle...*
The little boy quickly drew in his sketchpad with a pen.
He drew himself, the long-haired woman, and many other strange things. Then, in the center of the sketchpad, he vigorously scribbled with the pen.
Soon, a giant black vortex was drawn.
Even so, the little boy did not stop, as if entering a frenzy, continuously drawing circles.
"Alright, I get it. You want me to find this black hole, right!"
Zhang Chen reached out and gently touched the little boy's hand, and the latter immediately snapped out of his frenzied state.
Then, he nodded obediently.
"Hmm, even though you are spiritual beings, you should still wear some clothes. It's quite unsightly otherwise, isn't it?" Zhang Chen looked at the little boy and then at the woman, frowning.
"Uh... heeheehee..."
The woman and the boy looked at Zhang Chen, completely bewildered.
Their original fear-inducing abilities and mental damage capabilities had failed, leaving them with only cuteness to offer—although... their appearances had little connection to cuteness.
"Take these clothes and wear them. Stop being so scary!"
Zhang Chen took out a piece of clothing prepared for Xiaobai and another for Zhang Mo, threw them over, and then turned to leave.
The woman, as if possessed, put on the JK uniform Zhang Chen had thrown to her. She gently touched her short hair, looking somewhat lost in thought...
On the other side, after Zhang Chen left, his spirits lifted slightly.
Although he hadn't found what he was looking for, he had at least found a clue.
That giant black hole, and the monsters surrounding it.
It was highly likely that the black hole was causing spatial disorder between this world and its surrounding parallel worlds, and at the same time, it was causing such a tearing effect.
It was drawing monsters from various worlds into this one.
Even quasi-spiritual beings had appeared.
The last time Zhang Chen encountered spiritual beings was when he himself was in a spiritual state... those soul-devouring beasts were indeed troublesome...
Since he couldn't sense the black hole in his corporeal form... perhaps switching to his spiritual form would allow him to sense it?
Zhang Chen's mind stirred, and he instantly switched to his spiritual form.
The surrounding world didn't change, but the colors became dimmer.
He slowly closed his eyes, focusing all his attention on perception.
This time, it worked!
His perception rapidly expanded, and soon, he located the black hole.
It was near the equator of this world.
It wasn't devouring anything, but was continuously releasing energy outwards, along with shattered parallel worlds and the monsters from those worlds.
"I'm going there!"
Zhang Chen switched back to his normal form, then gently exerted force with his legs, and instantly soared into the air.
Above him, a mass of dark clouds had inexplicably gathered in the sky.
Occasionally, lightning flashed within the clouds.
"Let's go!"
Zhang Chen ascended into the middle of the clouds and abruptly accelerated, breaking the sound barrier!
*Bang!*
With a loud roar,
A powerful shockwave instantly dispersed the dark clouds.
Zhang Chen rapidly traversed the skies above the city.
After flying out of the city he was just in, another city immediately appeared.
However, this city was peculiar in every way.
Neatly planned streets, all houses looked identical, and they were arranged in an orderly fashion.
Each street was a full ten kilometers long, and at the end of the road was a very concealed spacetime warp tunnel.
Upon entering this area, one would be randomly teleported to other streets in the city.
Below, dozens of people were using flashlights and torches to explore this peculiar city.
In the corners of the blocks, several skeletons sat leaning against the walls.
It seemed they had died of exhaustion or old age without being able to leave this place.
On distant streets, people were naively drawing marks on the walls, and some were even using long ropes, measuring something unknown.
Zhang Chen ignored them, as this world had completely collapsed.
Even if he rescued these people from the maze, the monsters in other surrounding areas would still pose a fatal threat to them.
Zhang Chen flew over this city, and on the ground, prehistoric dinosaurs appeared, running in herds...
After flying for a while longer, a walled city suddenly appeared before him.
Around this walled city, countless giants had appeared, slowly closing in on the high walls.
"So ugly!"
Zhang Chen frowned and snapped his fingers casually.