"Little Rain sister, save me! This person is so scary, he's terrified this baby, boo hoo..."
Squirrel widened its eyes, feigning pitifulness, while also snuggling into Fang Xiaoyu's embrace, hoping to gain sympathy and return to her arms.
But Fang Xiaoyu was as hard-hearted as they came, directly shoving it into Wan Lei's embrace.
Wan Lei was also capable. He pinned Squirrel to the ground and unleashed a barrage of punches.
"Kid... Ah! I'm telling you, I'm your master... Ah! You're committing the crime of slandering your master and ancestors, you'll be struck by lightning and have your limbs severed... Ah! Don't force me, I'm a Golden Immortal realm expert after all, don't force me to act."
Squirrel threatened while being beaten, and Wan Lei let go after a good thrashing.
Oh, Golden Immortal realm, then it's nothing.
"Little Rain sister..."
Squirrel looked up, tears welling in its eyes.
"Get lost. How old are you? You're at least over seventy thousand years old, and you still call me sister? Aren't you ashamed?"
"How old are you? Your age is almost equivalent to the universe's, who knows how many billions of years old you are. Have you no shame?"
"You're an elder of the Five Elements Hall, someone who has followed the Immortal Venerable for tens of thousands of years. Can't you have some dignity? What kind of behavior is it to grovel at a disciple?"
"Little Rain sister is so beautiful, isn't it natural for me to grovel? Don't call me Squirrel anymore. I've changed species; I want to be a dog like you."
"What kind of dog are you?"
"A dog that licks is still a dog."
"You damn..."
Fang Xiaoyu could see it clearly now. The reason this adorable squirrel with big, lustrous eyes was扑ing into her arms was purely because it was captivated by her beauty.
She reached out her small hand, grabbed Squirrel by the ear, and tossed it directly into Qingwu's embrace.
Seeing the expansive bosom of Qingwu, Squirrel's spirits immediately lifted. It opened its eyes wide,
"Pika pika..."
"This little cutie is so adorable."
Qingwu looked at Squirrel in her arms, finding it utterly delightful.
"What accent do you have?"
The fleet finally set sail, and under Squirrel's command, over a thousand warships flew towards the space jump point.
The staff there already knew the destination of this expedition and had already calibrated the jump point. The fleet entered the space channel in an orderly fashion.
Soon, when the fleet reappeared, the scenery outside had changed to a dark starry sky.
This was the Anhe Star System in the Qu'an Star Domain.
Qu'an was a large star domain, located in the extreme east of the Immortal Realm continent, incredibly distant. Even during the ancient war between immortals and gods, it was not greatly affected, indicating its remoteness.
Wan Lei glanced at the star chart. This star domain was almost at the very edge of the Immortal Realm's barrier. It could be said that a short distance further east would allow one to break through the barrier and reach the Sea of Bitterness battlefield.
Of course, the Immortal Realm barrier and the barrier of the Prime Plane were not so easily breached.
The Anhe Star System was at the outermost edge of the Qu'an Star Domain, even more remote. Because it was far from the Immortal Realm continent, with the emperor being far away, many criminal organizations had emerged and operated in these areas.
Given such a vast distance, if not for space jump points, it would have taken a hundred years of flying.
"All forces, turn left and proceed to the Black and White Forbidden Zone."
Squirrel, held in Qingwu's arms, issued commands to the fleet.
The fleet flew towards a large, vast celestial body in the distance.
As they got closer, everyone could clearly see the appearance of that celestial body.
It was an irregularly shaped celestial body, about half the size of a star system. Its shape resembled an asteroid, but it was countless times larger. It also had numerous holes leading to the interior. From afar, it looked like it had been drilled with countless large holes, riddled with them.
One could imagine that the interior of this celestial body should be hollow.
Most importantly, this celestial body had no color, only the simplest black and white, and gray where black and white intersected.
"Fleet disperse into ten squadrons. Enter the Black and White Forbidden Zone through the ten frontal passages. Rendezvous in the center of the Forbidden Zone. Open fire on any enemies encountered, maintain communication."
Squirrel, no longer acting cute, became serious and calmly issued orders.
The thousand-plus warships immediately dispersed, formed ranks, and flew into the black and white celestial body.
Wan Lei's main ship led the way, heading directly into one of the passages.
From a distance, these passages looked very small, and Wan Lei worried if the ships could fit.
But upon reaching them, Wan Lei saw that each passage was at least half the size of a planet.
Let alone one ship, even a thousand ships could easily enter side by side.
So, Squirrel's instruction for everyone to disperse was likely to clear enemy forces and search for the Immortal Venerable's son.
However, the moment they entered the passage, Wan Lei and the others were greatly surprised.
Because they found that everything, including themselves, those around them, and even everything within the ship, had turned black and white.
For example, dark hair and Wan Lei's sky-blue clothes had all turned black, while lighter-colored faces, skin, and Fang Xiaoyu's cyan clothes had turned white.
The world had suddenly become a monotonous black and white.
"What's going on?"
Wan Lei noticed that apart from the five of them, everyone else seemed unfazed, showing no panic or surprise.
"This is the Black and White Forbidden Zone. It can turn everything black and white,"
Squirrel explained, without looking back, as it gazed at the passage ahead.
"This is a forbidden zone, so it must be very dangerous. But I don't feel any harm. Why does it turn people black and white? Will they remain black and white after leaving here?"
That would be truly infuriating. This was essentially disfigurement.
"You'll naturally return to normal after leaving the area,"
Squirrel replied.
"Then why is this damned place a forbidden zone? Our cultivation and combat power are not affected at all."
"The reason the Black and White Forbidden Zone is a forbidden zone is because it contains an Apocalypse-level meme, the Black and White Foil."
"Apocalypse-level? A meme just below Fantasy-level, capable of destroying a world when fully unleashed?"
Wan Lei vaguely recalled the meme levels that Gouzi had explained to him.
"Yes, memes are infectious and polluting. The Black and White Foil is a meme that can endlessly pollute. Its greatest characteristic is its infinite extension, turning everything it contacts into black and white.
It doesn't sound like much, does it? Pollution into black and white is just the first step. The second step is to turn you into characters in a black and white comic.
All three-dimensional worlds will collapse and compress into two dimensions, and you will also become a paper-thin figure. You will have no thickness, and because there is no thickness, light cannot refract. To the eyes of the normal three-dimensional world, you will be invisible, and therefore, you will not exist.
The world our eyes see is actually a two-dimensional image. So, if the entire world becomes two-dimensional, then everything you see will be just a point or a line. Do you understand?"