"A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest...Master, I was negligent..."

The old man in white murmured to himself, his eyes full of annoyance. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly stood up from the bluestone chair and made a gesture to walk out of the cave.

"Monday! What are you doing?"

Xianyu Qi, who looked equally ugly, saw the old man in white making moves and quickly shouted to stop.

Although he and Li Baiyi were in the same position, they actually came from the same school. If they were ranked by seniority, Li Baiyi could be regarded as Xianyu Qi's junior brother.

After many years of getting along with each other, if we say who knows Li Baiyi best in the world, then Xianyu Qi dares to say he is second, and no one dares to say he is first.

"What are you going to do? The answer has been put in front of you and me. The survival of the human race is in danger. Naturally, I have to use the vertical and horizontal technique to deduce it again. If it is true as little friend Zhang Heng said, you and I will have to go out and find a way.

!”

Li Baiyi's face was livid. Deduction skills were his strong point, but now he was told that there was a huge flaw. How could he not feel anxious and irritated?

"You want to deduce the development of human beings now? Don't be ridiculous. If you force the deduction without adequate preparation, you will die of mental exhaustion!"

The pottery bowl in his hand was smashed to the ground by Xian Yuqi and turned into pieces on the ground.

"Then what do you think we should do? Before Master passed away, he specifically asked the two of us to protect the human race and carry forward the Zongheng lineage. But what about now? The two of us have lived on this mountain for more than eighty years. Not only have we

If we don’t find a descendant of the Zongheng lineage, we will see that the future of the human race will be ruined in front of us!”

Li Baiyi was so excited that the black and blue trident in his hand seemed to be sensing it, and it even made a low buzzing sound.

"This is... sword intention?!"

Zhang Heng, who had been sitting at the stone table, did not get up or say anything. He just narrowed his eyes and carefully felt the fluctuations coming from the trident in Li Baiyi's hand.

"Mom, what can I do? Of course I have to slowly think of a solution. Why are you more impatient than me now? Have you given back to Master all the things you learned back then?"

Facing Li Baiyi's sword intention, Xian Yuqi also tightened the narrow-mouthed long knife in his hand and faced the opponent's gaze without any fear.

During the conversation, the old man in black also moved, and a more majestic momentum surged out from between his eyebrows, resisting Li Baiyi's sword intent.

"Huh? It's not the intention of the sword...Xianyu Qi's qualifications are actually not as good as Li Baiyi..."

Feeling the fluctuations coming from the black-clothed old man's sword, Zhang Heng frowned slightly.

According to the memory in his mind, Li Baiyi and Xian Yuqi, the descendants of the two factions, have already entered the realm of semi-human beings. Otherwise, their life spans would not be far beyond that of ordinary people, reaching a shocking one hundred years.

Over sixty years old.

Logically speaking, although a martial artist of this level has not yet reached the state of controlling his 'mind', it should not be difficult to release some of it with the help of the weapons in his hands.

Moreover, the weaker Li Baiyi was able to release his sword intent, but Xian Yuqi, who was stronger than him, was unable to release his sword intent.

This detail obviously does not match what Zhang Heng remembers.

However, although there was a question mark on his forehead that needed to be resolved urgently, Zhang Heng decided to stabilize the situation at hand first.

It would be terrible if these two old monsters start fighting again without dealing with each other and delay their own affairs.

"Seniors, don't be impatient. How about you listen to what the juniors have to say first?"

After hearing Zhang Heng's dissuasion, the smell of gunpowder that originally filled the air suddenly subsided by half. The two eccentric old men obviously realized that there were still guests, and they each restrained their aura.

"It makes little friend Zhang Heng laugh. The two of us are like this. Because we have accepted the [vertical] and [horizontal] inheritance respectively, we have never stopped fighting each other since we joined the disciples."

Li Baiyi sighed, and even though he was anxious, he still opened his mouth to explain to Zhang Heng.

"I understand, Guiguzi's vertical and horizontal lineage can only be passed down to two people. One is vertical and the other is horizontal. They restrain each other and play off each other. Each generation understands the artistic conception of vertical and horizontal while fighting each other."

Zhang Heng recited the memory in his mind as if he was endorsing it. This was not because he actually heard the story from Grandmaster Guiguzi himself, but because he knew it through information obtained through certain means.

"I didn't expect that little friend Zhang Heng from another world would know so much about the Zongheng lineage. Normally, I would definitely have a good exchange with you."

Seeing Zhang Heng reciting the secrets that only belong to the Zongheng lineage, Li Baiyi nodded unconsciously.

"But as my little friend said, the survival of the human race is at stake. If I don't carry out the deduction, I'm afraid I will really be unable to save it..."

At this point, Li Baiyi wanted to run away, but Zhang Heng's next words made him completely give up the idea of ​​​​rehearsing the deduction.

"The human race is indeed on the verge of survival, but it has not yet been determined. But if Senior Li insists on conducting deductions, it will completely ruin the possibility of humankind's continuation."

"What?!"

"Is this really happening?!"

Li Baiyi and Xian Yuqi spoke at the same time, questioning the authenticity of Zhang Heng's words.

"Yes, I have been to too many worlds. There are also human races there, and there are existences similar to the two seniors. But without exception, the human races in these worlds were eventually destroyed, and the reason for this..."

Having said this, Zhang Heng paused for a moment, blinking his peach blossom eyes a few times, as if he was considering his next wording.

In fact, the original meaning of his words is that he has been to too many timelines, and in order to change the final direction of human destiny, he has made countless decisions that affect timelines.

In the long river of time, each different decision will form a different timeline and produce completely different results.

The decisions Zhang Heng made in those timelines did not change the ultimate fate of humankind's demise.

One of the most important ones is to allow Li Baiyi to use the art of vertical and horizontal to deduce the overall situation of mankind on the eve of the disaster.

If he did this, no matter how much changes Zhang Heng made in the end, he would not be able to reverse the final result of human genocide.

Seeing Zhang Heng's sudden silence, the two old men thought that the other party had something to hide, so they softened their attitude and spoke.

"My little friend has a special status. You don't have to worry about anything. Just tell me."

After hearing Xian Yuqi's words, Zhang Heng nodded and continued.

"And the key factor that caused the genocide of human beings in these worlds lies in the two seniors."

"If senior Li Baiyi insists on conducting the deduction of the Zongheng technique now, then all the achievements made by this junior will be in vain, and the future of mankind will eventually go into darkness and be beyond redemption."

Zhang Heng's words obviously startled Li Baiyi. At this time, the trident in the hand of the old man in white no longer buzzed, and he felt a little calmer.

"Is Monday...really important?"

Although Xian Yuqi believed most of it, the suspicion in his eyes still did not dissipate completely. He glanced at his junior brother who had calmed down and asked.

"The embankment of a thousand miles."

Zhang Heng didn't say anything else, he just spat out four words from his mouth.

These four words were like morning bells and evening drums, completely clearing away the impulses in Li Baiyi's mind and returning to reason.

"I was reckless earlier. Little friend, please continue talking. Is there a solution to the danger of genocide in the human lineage?"

Although Li Baiyi is an old man who is one hundred and sixty-six years old, he has no airs about being an elder at all. If he makes a mistake, he is wrong, and he has no taboo against a junior pointing out his mistakes.

"The way to solve the danger of genocide...then I'm here..."

A helpless smile appeared on Zhang Heng's face. He traveled through so many timelines, didn't he ultimately want to rewrite the fate of the human race?

Although the two old men were still doubtful, they regained their patience and sat back at the bluestone table again to listen to Zhang Heng's continued words.

Among them, Li Baiyi took the teapot on the table and prepared to pour another cup into the porcelain cup in front of him.

Seeing the actions of the old man in white, Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows and decided to use the water as the starting point to start his story.

"Senior, do you know why I don't drink the glass of water you gave me?"

Facing Zhang Heng's clear gaze, Li Baiyi hesitated and stopped pouring water in his hand.

"You shouldn't be afraid that I've poisoned you in the water, right? I act openly and aboveboard. Even if I wanted to plot against you, I wouldn't use such despicable means."

Li Baiyi said sternly that although the sect he studied under was not very famous, it was not one of those evil sects after all. Moreover, although he was wary of Zhang Heng in his heart, he had no intention of harming him.

At best, it’s just a matter of guarding against others.

"Haha, this water is indeed poisonous, but you didn't poison it for me, senior."

The old man in white thought that Zhang Heng would wave his hands and explain, but he didn't expect that the other party nodded after listening to his words, and immediately confirmed that the water was poisonous.

"How could the water be poisonous? If it were poisonous, wouldn't he have been poisoned and died by now on Monday?"

Xian Yuqi, who had a fierce look on his face, was a straight man who couldn't bear his temper. When he heard what Zhang Heng said, he immediately spoke in his loud, lion-like voice.

"Senior Xianyu Qi, please don't be anxious and listen to me slowly."

Zhang Heng still kept a smile on his face and explained patiently.

"The poison in the water was naturally not caused by the two seniors, and the cup of poisonous water that Senior Li Baiyi drank earlier will not cause any serious problems for the time being."

"The poison in this cup comes from outside. If ordinary people are infected, they will contract an incurable disease."

"This disease will not kill people. On the contrary, it will enhance various functions of the human body to a certain extent."

"But at the same time, it can also cause people to completely lose their minds and become a blood-eating, flesh-eating monster. They can spread it through biting and scratching to achieve the purpose of spreading among the human population."

Listening to Zhang Heng's explanation, two words popped out of Xian Yuqi's mouth.

"plague?"

"Almost, very close."

Zhang Heng nodded, confirming Xian Yuqi's understanding.

"Is this the reason that led to the extinction of the human race?"

Li Baiyi also heard the key point and interjected.

"No, not only is this plague not the cause of the extinction of the human race, but it may become an opportunity to change the fate of the human race!"
Chapter completed!