The black clouds in the sky?

Charred corpses?

Qiu Dugu looked at the sky in confusion, but couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Rumble!!

At that moment, a thunderclap exploded.

Fang Yue's expression changed slightly, and he looked worriedly at the sky.

The lightning struck in the distance, hitting someone who hadn't escaped from Jiangyun Temple.

The body was instantly charred black, collapsing to the ground, and then... quickly got up again.

With a roar, it charged towards them.

"See? That's the thing. That's what you should be dealing with!"

Without Fang Yue saying anything, Qiu Dugu was already observing the charred corpse. He had witnessed the birth of the charred corpse with his own eyes and believed Fang Yue's words a little more.

His hair transformed into a long blade, and with a few slashes, he easily cut the fragile charred corpse into several pieces.

"Even if the black clouds in the sky are creating the strange occurrences, it doesn't mean you're not a suspect. If you're really innocent, don't run away. Wait for me to deal with this matter, and then I'll question you."

Qiu Dugu found it strange that Fang Yue knew him, because he had never met Fang Yue at all.

Seeing Qiu Dugu about to leave, Fang Yue quickly stopped him.

"Just killing those charred corpses won't do any good. The clouds in the sky are the key to creating them. That kind of lightning will directly transform people into charred corpses after killing them. It's a pity I can't fly, otherwise I'd like to go up and see what's inside."

"I see."

After hearing Fang Yue's information, Qiu Dugu frowned. His hair wrapped him into a ball shape, and then the ball grew roots.

The roots began to grow upwards like a large tree, pushing the ball towards the sky, and soon disappeared into the black clouds.

Fang Yue was stunned for a moment. He knew that the black clouds were much lower than other clouds, but he didn't expect Qiu Dugu to be so decisive, wrapping himself in his hair and rushing in.

After hesitating for a moment, Fang Yue didn't climb the tree he had left behind to 'go to heaven', but waited for A Ming to return, and then took Bai Xiaoya and him, and hid back under the eaves of Jiangyun Temple.

He looked towards the room where he had rescued A Ming earlier. The walls inside were stained red with blood, and the corpses were piled together. There were no survivors.

While the three were talking about this, the hair tree in front finally had new movements. It began to tremble violently. Just as the three of Fang Yue were puzzled, a figure swooshed down from the tree, from the black clouds.

Fang Yue quickly reached out to catch the figure, preventing it from falling to its death.

He looked at the figure, and it was indeed Qiu Dugu.

At this time, Qiu Dugu was in bad shape. When he fought with Fang Yue, only some blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. Now, his entire mouth was full of flowing blood, and his eyes were rolling back, as if he was about to die at any moment.

"Are civil servants from the United Association so useless?"

Fang Yue smacked his lips and said with some dissatisfaction.

But he didn't know that it was actually him who suddenly provided a very crucial piece of information, which made him think that Qiu Dugu was weak.

That is, physical strength.

When Fang Yue synchronized with the game character, he had the real strength of the acquired second-rate realm in reality!

And others, in essence, are still ordinary people! Most people use strange objects with the physique of ordinary people, so they can become civil servants of the United Association and become strong!

In other words, it is not the person who is strong, but the strange object.

And Fang Yue is strong himself, but he only has a parchment strange object that cannot improve his actual combat power, which is equivalent to not having a strange object!

These two are completely different concepts.

In a daze, Qiu Dugu woke up several times.

In another flash of lightning and thunder, he finally woke up completely.

Opening his eyes, he saw Fang Yue yawning.

"It's you? You haven't left yet?"

"? ! You're awake? The reason I haven't left is because I have something to ask you."

"I'm not sure if you're a strange being. Even if you're not, I have no obligation to help you."

That being said, Qiu Dugu quickly noticed that he was being taken care of and had a good rest, so his tone softened.

"Then what do you want me to do to get you to help me?"

Hearing Fang Yue's words, Qiu Dugu frowned. He thought about Fang Yue's previous terrifying strength, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If you can help me solve the thing in the sky together, I promise to help you with a favor within my ability."

The thing in the sky?

Fang Yue raised his head.

This thing was very powerful with its lightning and thunder before, but I don't know if it's because all the living people are hiding under the eaves, and there's no one to strike, so it's been a lot more peaceful.

"I can't get up there."

Fang Yue spread his hands.

"I'll use [Transformation Hair] to take you up."

"But that lightning... I don't know if I can withstand it."

Once they get up there, it's not just a single bolt of lightning, but the entire thundercloud is full of lightning!

This kind of lightning, like the lightning that falls, has the same properties. It can transform people into charred corpses, and Fang Yue really doesn't want to experiment with his life.

"It's okay, I'll use [Transformation Hair] to make a non-conductive armor for you. You'll be fine inside the armor. That's what I did before."

"...Didn't you fall down before? And I caught you."

"That was because I was injured by the strange being inside the thundercloud, which is different from being struck by lightning."

This... seems feasible.

If he can solve the problem of the parchment, Fang Yue will be much more relaxed.

However... Fang Yue has a request.

"Let's act at night."