In front of Dr. Zhuang and the others, within a huge glass prison, a youth could be seen standing in place, turning his gaze towards the Elder and the others outside the cage. He even walked a few steps occasionally, as if observing the situation inside the glass prison. Dr. Zhuang asked in confusion, "Isn't this a living person?" The Elder said gravely, "His sea of consciousness is completely dead, without a Primordial Spirit or awareness. Moreover, his heartbeat has already stopped, and his brain is no longer functioning. From these indicators, he's deader than dead." "But he can still move," Zhao Xiu Ran said in surprise, "This feeling..." Dr. Zhuang thought to himself: 'It's just like a distortion phenomenon, unbelievable, defying common sense, yet it's indeed happening. But in the era of Qing Yun Zi's death, the Heavenly Dao shouldn't have been distorted.' Jiaojiao stared in a trance at the living corpse in front of her, and said slowly, "Zuo Qing and the others found this corpse while searching the ruins of the Kunlun Heavenly Palace. He was locked in a damaged chamber and when they first discovered him, the living corpse was walking back and forth with wide-open eyes. They initially even thought he was a living person." Jiaojiao approached the cell, her Primordial Spirit power swept over the living corpse in front of her, muttering in astonishment, "This corpse... seems to be continuously sending some kind of signal into the void, just like what we're doing." Dr. Zhuang thought inwardly: "I only learned from Christina that this living dead is Qing Yun Zi's remains. The Elder and the others seem to be unaware of the identity of this living corpse." Dr. Zhuang observed the fervor and excitement in their eyes, feeling a growing sense of foreboding: 'Something seems off.' Dr. Zhuang suddenly turned his head towards the living corpse, it was as if he heard something. "No response to changes in light." "No response to sound." "No response to Primordial Spirit power." "The body is nearly indestructible." "Slight increase in void corrosion rate." Dr. Zhuang thought inwardly: 'Indeed, Qing Yun Zi's remains are sending signals to some existence within the void. We have no idea what's in the void, we should find a way to seal him up.' At this moment, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter. He turned to see Zhao Xiu Ran standing in front of the glass prison, facing the living corpse behind the glass cage, with a slight smile on his face. Dr. Zhuang frowned and saw Zhao Xiu Ran's mouth opening and closing as if he was saying something, but no sound emerged. Dr. Zhuang: "What are you saying?" Zhao Xiu Ran seemed to wake up from a dream: "Was I speaking?" Dr. Zhuang frowned: "You were just opening and closing your mouth non-stop towards the test subject." Zhao Xiu Ran chuckled: "You must have seen wrongly, why would I talk to him for no reason?" Dr. Zhuang watched the back of Zhao Xiu Ran leaving, then turned to face the living corpse in the glass prison, only to find it staring back at him with wide eyes. Dr. Zhuang sighed inwardly: 'Qing Yun Zi, are you now alive or dead?' On the other side, Zhao Xiu Ran, who had his back to Dr. Zhuang, seemed to be silently saying something as his mouth opened and closed. The sound of footsteps continuously echoed from the depths of the corridor. Dr. Zhuang groggily stood up: "What is that sound?" He came to the corridor and saw someone walking towards the direction of the glass prison. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ noᴠelfire.net He frowned and followed, finding more and more people along the way. They gathered in front of the glass cell, looking at the living corpse inside, muttering something, but no matter how intently Dr. Zhuang listened, he couldn't hear the contents of their speech. Finally, he heard a voice: "Praise the Heavenly Dao..." Dr. Zhuang suddenly covered his mouth, realizing that the voice had come from him. The situation became increasingly bizarre over the following days, yet it seemed that no one except Dr. Zhuang remembered these odd occurrences. And their research on the living corpse grew even more fervent, with Dr. Zhuang's suggestion to seal it directly rejected. A few nights later, Dr. Zhuang was awakened by a loud explosion. He saw complete chaos across the whole grotto, with fires and explosions everywhere. After another earth-shattering explosion, five terrifying auras soared into the sky, a canopy of pure darkness enveloping the entire grotto, and everything began to collapse. Only a few days later did Dr. Zhuang learn that in that explosion, Qing Yun Zi's remains completely vanished, and Christina was never seen again afterward. Upon seeing this, Zhou Bai's heart skipped a beat: "Christina? Could she have taken away Qing Yun Zi's remains? Is that why Jiaojiao is hostile towards Christina?" "No, something still doesn't seem right." "If it were only Christina, Jiaojiao's hostility wouldn't be that great." "What really happened between them that night? Perhaps... I might find a chance to ask the Elder." Zhou Bai continued to read on; he was becoming increasingly curious about this Tomorrow Plan. It seemed that anything related to Qing Yun Zi had an immense impact on this world. After that incident, the Tomorrow Plan was completely terminated. But though the Tomorrow Plan was halted, the anomaly within Qing Yun Zi's bloodline lingered constantly before my eyes. Within the void, there exist unknown beings, and they certainly do not possess goodwill towards humanity. The legacy of Qing Yun Zi's bloodline could very well be about contacting the void generation after generation, continuously awakening humans within humanity capable of wielding void forces. If we allow his bloodline to continue propagating , one day the void's erosion of the Material World will transform into a disaster. We must stop them, halt the continuation of Qing Yun Zi's bloodline, and find a way to completely destroy Qing Yun Zi's remains. Only then will we have a chance to complete the Sealing Heaven and Earth, with the potential to eliminate the void's influence. To you who read my message, you should be the successor I have chosen, inheriting the improved Original Taoist Canon from me. I hope you will fully cultivate it, ending the void and Heavenly Dao's influence on humanity, and attaining true freedom. Zhou Bai looked towards the final part of the manuscript, which recorded the location of the Original Taoist Canon 08. "Original Taoist Canon 08 is hidden in the Zuo Family treasury?" Zhou Bai felt a bit surprised, could it be that after the Tomorrow Plan was terminated, Dr. Zhuang still maintained some connection with the Zuo Family, thus hiding Original Taoist Canon 08 there? He glanced at Zuo Dao beside him, wondering if it was this reason that led Zuo Dao to find the 'Sihai Zatan' and hide the latter half.