"Xiao Ruan is missing! It's never disappeared without even a word before!"
Zhang Chen frowned.
He felt that Xiao Ruan's disappearance might be related to a parallel dimension.
Because just moments ago, he had also faintly sensed abnormal energy fluctuations from a parallel world.
"This... could it be that it returned to its original world?"
"There are many Gromos species in the sect that were summoned by Xiao Ruan."
"According to Professor Mo Pai's observations, these Gromos frequently travel between parallel worlds."
"They shuttle through parallel worlds as easily as we travel from one city to another."
Zhang Wenwen explained.
"No matter what, let's find it first. This energy fluctuation is somewhat unusual."
Zhang Chen waved his right hand, and four portals slowly opened.
"In the past moment, this world experienced abnormal energy fluctuations almost simultaneously. One of them was triggered by Xiao Ruan's crossing."
"I'm not worried that Xiao Ruan will get lost or be harmed."
"Because with its abilities, nothing in the parallel worlds can do anything to it."
"But I want to know what caused the energy fluctuations in the parallel dimensions to be triggered almost simultaneously."
"Because the time flow in these worlds corresponds to the doomsday timeline, and it flows very quickly! Even a moment's delay can cause a significant deviation."
"So I need someone to enter these four portals simultaneously."
Mo Ran and Xiao Bai nodded simultaneously and said,
"Don't worry, Dad, we'll go find Xiao Ruan and definitely discover the reason for the parallel world fluctuations!"
Zhang Wenwen also nodded and said,
"I can also enter a world and complete the task assigned by the True God!"
"Since the time flow in the parallel worlds is relatively fast, entering and exiting won't delay my work."
"Alright, without further ado, let's go!" Zhang Chen nodded, then entered the first portal.
Mo Ran and Xiao Bai also took teleportation beacons and chose one portal each to walk through.
Zhang Wenwen also entered the last portal.
As the portals slowly closed, the surrounding environment changed... not much...
Zhang Wenwen stood in a dilapidated city.
The sky was a perpetual hazy yellow, as if a layer of smog or dust covered the entire world like a lid.
"It feels no different from the doomsday world, quite familiar!"
Zhang Wenwen muttered to herself.
The gravity in this world was the same as Earth's, so Zhang Wenwen needed to adapt slightly.
Moreover, the energy in the air was very thin, and she needed to reduce the energy activity within her body and relax her body slightly.
This was to prevent her attacks from causing too much damage to the surrounding environment.
"Energy fluctuation..."
"Where exactly is the energy fluctuation coming from?"
"There isn't a single living soul here, how am I supposed to ask around?"
Zhang Wenwen walked aimlessly on the road.
*Thwack!*
Suddenly, her foot kicked something furry.
It felt very soft and light.
With just a casual kick, it flew up, hit a parked car in the middle of the road ahead, and then fell back to the ground.
Zhang Wenwen picked it up and brushed off the thick layer of dust covering it.
Vaguely, it revealed the image of a fluffy rabbit with long ears. The dust had penetrated into every crevice of the fur, making it difficult to clean.
What was once a snow-white rabbit had now turned into a yellowish-brown.
"Xiao Bai likes plush toys, I can collect this for her!"
Zhang Wenwen thought of this and directly stored it in her storage ring.
As she was about to move forward, she suddenly spotted the figure of a little girl in front of the car.
"Someone's here?"
Zhang Wenwen immediately became vigilant.
In such an eerily quiet world, it was impossible for humans to appear randomly, let alone a little girl!
"This is..."
As Zhang Wenwen got closer, she realized it wasn't a person, but a stone statue.
This statue was lifelike, with every detail of the little girl's clothes, shoes, delicate facial features, chubby cheeks, and even strands of hair carved with clarity.
However, the expression on this statue was not happy, but seemed to be crying, with a hint of fear in its eyes.
"Something's wrong..."
Zhang Wenwen's heart tightened!
No one would inexplicably create such a sculpture, especially not on the street!
She leaped lightly and landed on the roof of an abandoned car.
The scene before her sent shivers down her spine.
She saw that the road was filled with all sorts of sculptures, some fleeing, some hiding, and some rescuing their companions.
These were not sculptures, but people, or at least, they were once living people!
It was unclear what had happened to turn them all into stone statues, preserving them in their final moments.
There were also many stone statues by the roadside, scattered by falling debris from buildings. The ground was littered with stone fragments and remains.
"Has everyone in the world turned to stone?"
"What caused them to turn to stone? A virus? Or a disease?"
Zhang Wenwen had never encountered such a bizarre situation.
But this also indicated that she had come to the right place; the energy fluctuation in this world was definitely related to this incident.
*Rustle, rustle...*
Suddenly, a dark shadow crawled past from under the car behind Zhang Wenwen.
"What is that?!"
*Buzz!*
Zhang Wenwen casually unleashed a beam of energy!
*Boom!*
It directly blasted seven or eight cars behind her into scrap metal, with parts flying everywhere and falling to the ground, making lonely sounds.
The entire world was deathly silent, making the explosion seem exceptionally loud.
"I didn't control my strength well. That guy is probably already burned to ashes."
Zhang Wenwen said with a slight sense of self-reproach.
She walked to the crater on the ground and looked.
Indeed, where the skill directly hit, there was nothing but stone. Even the iron fragments had been melted by the high temperature instantly.
"What a shame... I could have captured one to see what this world is like."
"Now I can't assess the combat power!"
"I hope there are still people in this world so I can spread the True God's teachings!"
Zhang Wenwen said to herself.
At this moment, a more dense rustling sound of crawling insects surrounded her from all directions.
She saw that the tops of cars, the roads, and the bodies of petrified people were all covered with creatures about a meter long, resembling centipedes.
But strangely, their heads had features resembling human faces.
"Ah!~"
"Whoa!~"
These insects suddenly started screaming, their voices sounding like a baby's cry.