Chapter 4639: Crawl More

The cultivators who had enough energy to spare to glance in Roan’s direction couldn’t hide the disdain on their faces. In their eyes, he was already giving up after barely arriving. Not only had he attempted to use an aid, but he had also done so before even trying to endure the pressure on his own. To them, such behavior was nothing short of pathetic.

Roan, however, couldn’t care less about the onlookers. They were about as important to him as the stones scattered along the roadside.

Instead, he focused on the man who had kicked the pill out of his hand. Roan wasn’t angry with him. From the warning the man had just given, it was clear that he was simply enforcing the rules of this place.

’Where is this place?’ Roan asked through Godly Sense, directing the question toward the expert standing beside him.

The man narrowed his eyes. That was definitely not the kind of question he expected to hear from someone who had just arrived. He looked at Roan as though the latter had asked something utterly ridiculous. "What are you even doing here if you don’t know where this place is?"

Then, the man seemed to notice something that made him pause. His expression changed as he examined Roan more carefully, apparently sensing the cultivation level hidden beneath the overwhelming Godly Pressure. "Wait! A Zone God?!"

His attention immediately shifted to the rest of the twins’ group. He examined them one after another, and his eyes widened further as he realized what he was dealing with. "You are all Zone and Law Gods?! Why would you be sent to this place with such puny cultivation? What were your elders thinking?!"

His raised voice attracted more attention than anything that had happened so far. Several cultivators who had previously been watching Roan turned their attention toward the rest of the group, their expressions changing as they assessed the newcomers.

The disdain they had shown moments earlier soon disappeared, replaced by something far more unsettling.

Indifference.

They no longer seemed to regard Roan and his companions as foolish newcomers who had given up too easily. Instead, they looked at them as one might look at a group of men who had already been sentenced to death.

That reaction told Roan quite a bit.

They were definitely not in the so-called Ruckus Region. His instincts had been correct from the beginning. Something had been wrong with the sudden appearance of that woman who had guided them through the Sprouting Portal. Unfortunately, by the time he realized it, it was already too late to turn back and demand an explanation. Even if returning were possible, he was almost certain that the woman would no longer be waiting at the other end.

’Our situation is complicated. Can you tell us where we are now?’ Roan asked again through Godly Sense.

The expert shook his head, seemingly uninterested in answering. Rather than providing an explanation, he glanced toward the nearby buildings. "I would be more worried about whether you can reach any of those buildings in time."

He then raised his head toward the sky. The darkness was beginning to recede, and a faint glow was spreading across the distant horizon. "If you’re still outside when day arrives, there will be no tomorrow for any of you."

The man’s words were delivered so casually that they sounded almost like an ordinary reminder. Yet, considering how the other cultivators had reacted to Roan’s group’s cultivation levels, there was little reason to dismiss the warning as an empty threat.

Before leaving, the expert turned his attention toward Luxa and Lunelle. Unlike everyone else in the vicinity, the two Eternal Beasts were standing perfectly upright, entirely unaffected by the immense Godly Pressure. "These two are a lot more interesting. You don’t seem that strong, but you’re obviously immune to Godly Pressure already."

He studied them for another moment before continuing. "In any case, make sure not to intervene. If you help anyone, you’ll pay the price instead."

Having said that, the man offered no further explanation. He didn’t even stay to hear any more of Roan’s questions. Instead, his figure blurred, and he disappeared in an instant, leaving the twins’ group with more questions than answers.

Roan narrowed his eyes as he watched the place where the expert had stood. Then, he contacted the others through Godly Sense. ’We’d better get to that building nearby.’

The building in question was only about a hundred meters away. It looked more like a shop than anything else, with a balcony overlooking the street and various items displayed inside. From their current position, they could even make out some of the merchandise arranged on the shelves.

Unfortunately, the sight also revealed a rather troublesome detail.

It really was a shop, and there were customers inside. The problem was that those customers were crawling around just like everyone else outside. Some had managed to reach the counters, while others were dragging themselves between the shelves. The items displayed on the upper shelves remained completely out of reach, no matter how desperately the cultivators tried to stretch their arms toward them. Most didn’t even try.

Even shopping had apparently become a challenge in this place.

’This is so fucking difficult!’ Arcis complained through Godly Sense.

He was circulating as much Godly Energy as he could muster, trying to force his body to respond. His limbs trembled under the effort, and every attempt to move forward felt like an exhausting struggle. Still, thanks to the immunity he had developed in Woster, he could at least move a little.

’Roan,’ Rean contacted him through their Soul Connection, ’we could make the Anti-Godly Pressure Pill appear directly inside our bodies. Alternatively, we could enter the Great Void and take the pills there before coming back out.’

Roan immediately rejected both suggestions.

’Anyone with a Spatial Ring could do the first thing you mentioned. There’s no doubt we’re being observed, and if we try that, we’ll be caught. As for entering the Great Void, we should avoid it. We don’t have the cultivation level normally required to access a Pocket Dimensional Realm. Revealing that ability here would attract far too much attention and could bring us even more trouble.’

The others listened to the exchange.

’Anyway,’ Roan continued, beginning to circulate his own energy, ’try to crawl toward the shop ahead.’

Kentucky shifted his attention toward Luxa. ’Can’t Luxa and Lunelle simply bring us inside? They don’t seem to be affected by the Godly Pressure.’

*Rawr!*

’I can drag you all along.’

*Caw!*

’We already said we could do that anyway.’

Roan, however, refused. ’No. Leave it. You heard what that guard, or whatever that guy was, said earlier. If you help us, the authorities here might actually come for the kill.’

He wasn’t about to risk their safety over a hundred meters of crawling.

Luxa raised her head and glanced toward the horizon. The faint light spreading across the sky was becoming increasingly noticeable, and she quickly relayed her assessment to the others. ’Rean, I’d say you have less than an hour before daylight reaches this place.’

That only made the situation more urgent. The group still didn’t understand why remaining outside when day arrived would be fatal, but the expert’s warning had been serious enough that none of them wanted to stay behind and discover the reason firsthand.

Rean began circulating his Godly Energy as well, forcing his body to respond to his commands. ’In the worst-case scenario, we’ll activate the Yin Yang Sanctuary and limit its range to our group alone. Just don’t suddenly get up and start running. That would make it far too obvious that we’re doing something to overcome the pressure. Most likely, that would be considered a violation of the rules here, too.’

’The idiot is right,’ Roan agreed. ’Besides, this situation isn’t entirely bad. With a concentration of Godly Pressure that is obviously far greater than anything we experienced in Woster, we should be able to achieve 100% immunity if we remain here long enough. That might even be one of the purposes of this place.’

Roan paused briefly before continuing. ’As for where we are, why we were sent here, and what we’re supposed to do next, we can think about those things after reaching the shop.’

And so, they continued their struggle.

Moving a single limb was already difficult enough. Using those limbs to drag the rest of their bodies forward was considerably worse. Every push required them to circulate their Godly Energy, brace against the weakening effect, and force their muscles to obey despite the overwhelming pressure. Even the slightest progress demanded an unreasonable amount of effort.

Nevertheless, they persevered.

A few centimeters at a time, they slowly advanced toward the shop. Compared to the distance they had traveled over the past five years, a hundred meters should have been trivial. Yet, at their current pace, it might as well have been several kilometers.

Tobao, however, was having the hardest time of them all.

His immunity to Godly Pressure was considerably lower than that of his companions, and the difference had become painfully apparent in this environment. While the others could at least manage a few centimeters every second, Tobao struggled to make even that much progress. His movements were slow and unsteady, and each attempt to pull himself forward left him with little strength to spare for the next one.

Whether he would reach the shop before daylight arrived was difficult to say.

But there was no other choice.

All he could do was keep trying.

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