Virus King - Chapter 369

Chapter 369: Abyssal Search! The Future Plague Garden!

TL: YYang

“Is this the Abyss?”

The black and red sky, along with the world before them, left the group of Plague Bishops utterly stunned.

Among the myriad worlds, the Abyss stood as the darkest and most sinister place of all. Even these experienced Plague Bishops, who had seen much in their time, had never truly witnessed the majesty of the Abyss. Now, at last, they had the chance.

Chen Bai smiled faintly, standing atop the Abyssal Well.

In an instant, endless darkness engulfed them all. The Plague Bishops, just beginning to marvel at the sight of the Abyss, were swallowed by the darkness. Their figures quickly seeped into the Abyssal Well.

The Abyss contained many uninhabited planes.

Chen Bai’s purpose in bringing these Plague Bishops here was to find and select suitable planes for Plague Creatures to inhabit and transform.

Descending rapidly through the Abyssal layers, they soon passed beyond the hundredth layer.

Above the 100th layer of the Abyss, Abyssal Lords resided. From Chen Bai’s current perspective, their strength was insignificant—most were merely second-transfer demons under level 70.

However, since the planes above were governed by Abyssal Lords, forcibly removing them would be too energy-consuming. Transforming an uninhabitable plane into a functional one would be far more efficient.

Soon, they reached a relatively unoccupied Abyssal plane: the 123rd layer of the Abyss.

This layer was unique. Even Chen Bai had a particular impression of it.

The reason was simple—this plane was a vast glacier.

While cold temperatures posed no threat to the demons of the Abyss, these glaciers carried an exceedingly rare Death Aura.

The Death Aura here wasn’t akin to the undead of Gabul’s Undead Kingdom. Instead, it was a peculiar, decaying rule embedded in the very fabric of the plane.

Legend had it that a demigod-level demon who once wielded the Law of Death had perished here, leaving the realm saturated with terror.

Demons of demigod, emperor, or even True God levels could survive here. But with no low-level demons being born in this environment, these high-level demons wouldn’t linger unnecessarily.

Chen Bai and the Plague Bishops exchanged a glance and decided to pass on this place.

While the cold climate could sustain bacteria and viruses—most of which thrived in the cold and were intolerant of high temperatures—Chen Bai wasn’t solely aiming to create a haven for fungal and viral organisms. He needed a plane conducive to the emergence of Plague Creatures.

Moreover, he envisioned this world as his Plague Garden.

An endless glacier of cold and death hardly aligned with his vision of a garden.

They quickly moved on, delving deeper into the Abyss, eventually reaching the 195th layer.

One layer below them lay the domain of the Abyssal Dragon, a formidable entity Chen Bai had encountered during the Abyssal Trial. This semi-divine creature was among the rare few in the Abyss who had the potential to ascend to godhood.

For now, Chen Bai had no interest in dealing with the Abyssal Dragon. Instead, his attention was on the 195th layer.

Unlike the deathly glaciers of the 123rd layer, this plane consisted of barren yellow soil. Though desolate, there were some strange plants scattered across the landscape. Despite its seemingly livable conditions, few demons were present here.

Those few demons, even those at Saint or Emperor levels, appeared unusually docile under the watchful eye of the Abyssal Will. They didn’t fight. Instead, they seemed to be lifting and lowering rocks in a manner resembling human strength training.

And that’s precisely what they were doing.

The 195th layer was known as the Hypergravity Wasteland.

There was nothing inherently dangerous about this plane, except for its overwhelmingly high gravity.

Near the Abyssal Well, the gravity’s effect was minimal, but the further one ventured toward the center of the plane, the stronger the gravitational pull became.

Ordinary gravity in the Abyss was already three to five times stronger than on Blue Star, reducing speed and strength significantly.

In the Hypergravity Wasteland, gravity increased by tens, hundreds, or even thousands of times toward the center.

Here, even the lightest objects became incredibly heavy. Humans, and even most evolvers, would be crushed to death upon entering. Their hearts and blood vessels would rupture under the strain.

While the Abyssal Will could theoretically alter the plane’s rules, the unique gravity had its benefits, as evidenced by the demons training here.

The diversity of planes within the Abyss was something to be preserved. Unless absolutely necessary, Chen Bai didn’t wish to alter the Hypergravity Wasteland.

One plane after another was quickly surveyed by Chen Bai and the Plague Bishops. Most were dismissed in disappointment—either unsuitable for Plague Creatures or requiring prohibitively difficult transformations.

Fortunately, in the deeper layers of the Abyss, beyond the 250th layer, closer to the worlds governed by several True God-level demons, uninhabited planes became more numerous.

After an extensive search, as they delved deeper into the Abyss, encountering fewer and fewer demons, a peculiar world appeared before them.

This world was the one that finally caught everyone’s attention.

It perfectly matched Chen Bai’s requirements.

After inspecting the plane under the Abyssal Will, Chen Bai confirmed it—this plane would become the Plague Garden of the future!