Chapter 257: 256 Those Are Human Lives

Wang Wu and his group of four were tasked this time with heading to a border region of this star domain, a place called 'Songlan', where, according to reports from below, a true calamity was currently raging.

The Three Calamities and Eight Tribulations—at least most of the time, what they had to face here was just true calamities, not like over in Tianyuan Realm where demon calamities and true calamities came together all the time.

But to be fair, whether it was demon calamities or true calamities, the intensity of the disasters over in Tianyuan Realm couldn't compare to those here.

Wang Wu didn't know the reason for this, but he guessed it might be because the cultivators here were stronger.

The more powerful a cultivator, the larger and more intense the true calamity they turned into when devoured by the True Realm.

In this regard, there was no difference between Tianyuan Realm and here.

In the ship's cockpit—the vessel was on autopilot most of the time, and the few of them were only responsible for checking whether the course had deviated and whether the radar had picked up anything unusual.

In the room, Li Quan, Wang Wu, and Xuan Youzi and her junior sister had all gathered here. Wang Wu and Li Quan sat together, while Xuan Youzi and her junior sister sat together.

Watching Li Quan, who didn't even bother to hide her relationship with Wang Wu in front of her, Xuan Youzi felt a little—how should she put it? —even though her face showed no expression.

Li Quan had a husband—well, more than one husband, actually.

It wasn't that there was anything wrong with Li Quan's behavior, or that it violated morality. Since Li Quan could have a second husband, naturally she could also have a third, a fourth, a fifth...

Although she only had two at the moment, that didn't stop her from finding a third.

But Wang Wu and Li Quan clearly hadn't reached that stage yet—or rather, Li Quan probably had ideas, but Wang Wu was definitely willing.

There were many things Xuan Youzi found disagreeable about Wang Wu, but his private life... well, it was indeed one of the reasons she disliked him, and perhaps even the biggest one.

She was the typical pure-love type, believing in one person for a lifetime with certain monsters—whether herself or the other party, both should love only one person forever, never having a second thought.

That was her way of thinking.

Obviously, someone with values like hers would find it hard to get along with a pure lecher like Wang Wu. Add to that Wang Wu's usual rudeness, pettiness, and his habit of killing without blinking...

Well, those weren't really the issue; it was mainly the first point.

Wang Wu wasn't loyal enough to love—no, Wang Wu wasn't devoted enough to his lovers.

Sometimes Wang Wu would bring his wives from home to visit here. After all, staying here for a long time, even if the environment was only so-so, it was still a chance for the wives to broaden their horizons.

Sometimes one came, sometimes two, sometimes all of them.

But most of the time, they came one by one, since everyone had their own little schemes, wanting to monopolize Wang Wu for a while.

A harem was like that—though there were little schemes, it was still harmonious, because it was a ha... well, you get the idea.

Although Xuan Youzi found Wang Wu very disagreeable, due to certain reasons, she had to deal with him frequently, and even if they didn't interact, they often ran into each other.

After all, their assigned residences were close by, only a few thousand kilometers apart.

That was certainly a great distance for ordinary people, but the problem was that neither she nor Wang Wu were ordinary—they were superhumans whose flight speeds reached sub-light velocity.

Not to mention Wang Wu, who was already at 0.3 times light speed, while she was at a full 0.5 times light speed.

Plus, there were only a few training grounds on a planet, and some weren't open to disciples like them, so they naturally had to see each other all the time.

But it had to be said, Wang Wu truly loved his wives—even Xuan Youzi, who disliked him so much, had to admit that.

And because of his public displays of affection, many male disciples of the same cohort found him even more grating. Oh, right, it also made some female cultivators change their opinion of him.

Having many wives—no, many spouses—was perfectly normal around here.

And it wasn't even that many wives. The thing was, Wang Wu's number of spouses was actually on the low side around here. More importantly, the love he had for each of his spouses—damn it, anyone who wasn't blind could see that kind of love.

It was overflowing, almost bursting out, enough to suffocate someone.

No matter how you looked at it, it was irritating, no matter how you looked at it, it was displeasing.

Commonly known as being fed dog food.

But this guy Wang Wu, who loved his wives so much—that love she saw in his eyes was exactly the kind of love Xuan Youzi had once fantasized about seeing in her own beloved's eyes.

And yet, this guy turned out to be...

Every time she thought about it, Xuan Youzi felt waves of anger, thinking he couldn't and shouldn't show that expression.

"I heard the situation over in Songlan Realm is pretty bad."

Her mind was churning because of the little gestures between Wang Wu and Li Quan, but just then, Wang Wu's voice pulled her back to reality.

"It's pretty bad."

Li Quan nodded. When it came to work, she immediately became more serious.

As she answered Wang Wu, she waved her hand forward, and an image appeared before everyone.

It was a planet shrouded in mist, which meant you couldn't see inside from outside, nor could you see outside from inside.

According to information sent back by the spiritual artifacts thrown into the star, this planet might have already completely fallen, fully dragged into the True Realm.

"So what tier is this true calamity?" Wang Wu looked at the mist-shrouded planet. In this state, his vision couldn't penetrate the mist to reach the planet's surface, so he could only watch the churning fog.

"What about the footage from inside? Got any?"

Li Quan nodded, and then the image before them shifted, and a somewhat blurry video began playing in front of everyone.

"This place..."

The scene that appeared made Wang Wu pause, because the style was very familiar to him—it was very close to the modern society of his hometown.

That place was different from the civilization of the March people; their home planet was much more sci-fi, while this place was a true 'modern society' in every sense.

Apart from the different script, there was almost no difference.

"Was this place always like this?" Wang Wu turned his head and asked Li Quan beside him.

"No." Li Quan shook her head. "This true calamity seems to have connected Songlan with some unknown place. Our spiritual artifacts found some surviving commoners inside."

Wang Wu listened to Li Quan's words, stroking his chin, and fell silent.

"What, can something like this trouble you?" At that moment, a sarcastic voice rang out.

"Going by your usual methods, shouldn't you just directly..."

"Shut up!"

The one who interrupted wasn't Wang Wu, because Wang Wu didn't care about such idiotic behavior at all—it posed no threat to him.

The one who interrupted was Xuan Youzi. A rare look of anger appeared on her face as she snapped at Xuan Qingzi beside her: "At a time like this, don't bring personal likes and dislikes into it!"

Those are human lives! They're not a tool for you to mock Wang Wu!

(End of chapter)