The Creatures That We Are-Chapter 1099: Deal a Good Card

“What double heaven?” War Tiger was lost, and so were many others.

“Three Double-Hours. Heavenly. Tribulation.” Baili Yi clarified each part. “Three Double-Hours of Heavenly Tribulation.”

“Oh, I get it now,” Liao Liao explained. “It means that the heaven will bring tribulation lightning upon the death monsters, which they must weather. It’ll last six hours.”

Baili Yi nodded. “That night, the moon will turn white, and the Heavenly Way will return briefly to its peak, suppressing all elite monsters, including the death monsters.”

“When will it come?” Vermilion Bird asked.

“Forty-nine days after the awakening of the death monsters.”

“Wait!” Chen Ying said worriedly. “Aren’t you changing our causality by telling us this?”

Baili Yi shook his head. “I’ve made the calculations many times. Whether I told you or not, you would launch the final battle the night of the Three Double-Hours of Heavenly Tribulation.”

“And what happens after?” Vermilion Bird pressed.

“I don’t know,” Baili Yi said calmly. “I don’t know whether you’ll win, what will happen if you win, if there is ever a Gates of Closure, how you are going to change fate.”

“You can’t calculate any of that?” War Tiger asked.

“I can’t. There’s nothing else for me to do here.”

“Forty-nine days. It’s been three days already. Clock’s ticking.” Dr. Jia looked troubled. “I’ve got many studies to conduct and many hypotheses to prove!”

Bailli Yi didn’t deem that a response.

“Fuck, I thought a big shot was coming to help us, but you’re just a bystander.” War Tiger reached into the back pocket of his pants and fished out an empty pack. He crushed it in frustration, tossing it into the fire.

“Apologies.” Baili Yi’s eyes glinted with sadness. “I want to fight more than any of you. I should’ve gone on the battlefield a hundred years ago.”

War Tiger huffed out a laugh. “Feels terrible to be a deserter, yeah?”

Baili Yi smiled and was about to say something when his eyes sharpened. He seemed to have sensed something. Glancing down at his watch, he said, “I must go back, everyone.”

“Huh?” War Tiger immediately argued. “What’s the rush? We have a lot to talk to you about.”

“Don’t worry. You’ll get your chance.” Baili Yi smiled faintly. “Now comes your causality.”

With that, he dove into the diary in a flash of white energy.

Vermilion Bird picked it up and shook off the sand, pocketing it.

All of a sudden, Gao Yang’s double teleported to the group. “Enemy incoming, approaching quickly!”

“How many?” Gao Yang asked.

His double said, “One for now.”

“Wandering Tune,” Gao Yang ordered without hesitation.

“Portal!” Wandering Tune quickly summoned a portal, and the group rushed in, led to the laboratory underground.

“Dr. Jia, take the important research materials!”

“Dead Pig, grab Heavenly Dog and Xiao Xin.”

“The others—”

“It’s coming!” Sunny had foreseen the threat with Crisis Alert.

“The enemy’s powerful!” Chen Ying shouted, sensing it too. “Strong energy detected!”

“Absolute Barrier!”

Gao Yang dropped down and slapped the ground.

Waves of energy spread across the ground, climbing up the walls before sealing up along the ceilings. It took only two seconds for the laboratory to be tightly enclosed from the inside.

Meanwhile, a brown shooting star streaked across the deep blue veil of night dotted with twinkling stars. The ball of energy spun like a vortex, the head of which trailing toward the heart of the desert like a drill turned up to the eleven.

A few seconds later, the drill hit the sand and triggered a short-lived storm.

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Wild brown energy scattered the sand, creating a crater the size of a soccer field. At the center was a translucent golden barrier, housing dozens of people. While a majority of them seemed panicked, they were unhurt.

Standing atop the barrier was a slim, sinewy old man wearing only a pair of boxer shorts. He was on his knee, having punched the Absolute Barrier. Brown energy rolled out from under his bare feet.

One of the death monsters, Wrath of Horn, Mark.

“Oh? This is an interesting golden turtle shell.” Mark jumped down to the front of the Absolute Barrier, looking inside. “Greed hasn’t lied. You are hiding here.” His expression turned wild and his eyes blazed with excitement. He shouted, “Which of you is Gao Yang?”

Standing at the very front, Gao Yang said coolly, “That’s me.”

“Death monster, Wrath, here to kill you.”

Gao Yang found Mark familiar at first glance. He put a name to the face now. “So it’s you.”

Mark started, his wild gaze gaining an edge of madness. “You! You! We met before! Then that little bastard must also—”

His gaze fell on a tall, unkempt man behind Gao Yang. War Tiger pushed past the group and walked to the front with the Dragonslaying Giantsword on his back. While his expression was impassive, his eyes were red, and tears were running down his face.

In a trembling voice, he said, “Damn old man, who would’ve thought you were...a death monster.”

“Little bastard, peeing your pants already?” Mark eyed him derisively. “What a loser. You’re still trash after all these years.”

“I’m not afraid, old man. I’m, I’m...beside myself with joy!” War Tiger spoke in starts and sobs from crying so hard, pounding on his chest. “All these years, do you know how painful it had been for me to stop myself from killing you?”

“Now, I can finally kill you fucking bastard like I’ve always wanted! Is there a greater joy than that?”

“God, you’ve given me a great gift! You know what I need!”

“Hahaha!”

“Hahahahaha!”

He tipped his head up and spread his arms, breaking into hysterical laughter. Energy rumbled from him. The wild, malicious presence made everyone feel as if their heart had been seized.

Killing Expert, now level 7!

War Tiger drew the greatsword from his back, eyes blazing as he stared at Mark through the barrier. “I’ve finally found my conviction, Gao Yang. All my life, I’ve been waiting for this moment, it turns out. I’ve been waiting to kill my father.”

Gao Yang wasn’t sure what to say. After a pause, he managed, “Congrats.”

“Let me out,” War Tiger said impatiently. “None of you are getting involved tonight. This is family business.”

Gao Yang remained calm. “You can fight, but not now.”

War Tiger paused. His rationality returned after the burst of ecstasy. Gao Yang was right. Based on what Mark said, they had been found by the death monster, Greed. Then it must mean that all seven death monsters had found out where they were. They would be facing more than one enemy. Mark was simply the first to arrive.

In that case, not only would they stand no chance, but War Tiger would also be unable to have a proper fight with Mark. They had to run now to avoid a total party kill.

The Three Double-Hours of Heavenly Tribulation. They had to buy time until then. In the meantime, they might comprehend new Talents or push their Talents to level 8, increasing their odds in the final battle.

War Tiger sheathed his sword reluctantly. “Fine. I’ll listen. What now?”