Chapter 198 - Master of the Dimension (2/2)

Those sudden words scared the hell out of him. He took one look at Bai Wu’s face and trembled while pointing at the sun.

“To-today, we didn’t receive any mission.”

Bai Wu took one step and slammed the door shut, leaving the person terribly shaken. Once midday came, everyone was already standing by the well, pacing back and forth uneasily. Bai Wu was swarmed by all of them as soon as he stepped out.

“Elder…”

“Elder, this…”

“Enough. Don’t be too anxious. It seems that there weren’t any newcomers last night, plus we don’t have any missions today, so this strange occurrence further reinforces my guess.” Bai Wu squinted and said in all seriousness.

“So what do we do now? I don’t suppose we’ll just sit down and wait to die?” The businessman came forth and remarked, to the support of a few others.

“…check the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. See what situation they’re in when there’s no mission assigned. Zhang Fei, Sheng Ya, Mr. Businessman, Mr. Crew-Cut and I, the five of us will each lead a group to those five elements. Whoever has a wristwatch on them shall return to this spot after two hours.”

Bai Wu walked over to the well and looked into it before giving out the solemn order.

“Yes!” The crew-cut man was the first to stand up and answer.

“Will do,” the businessman said. A row of ten or so people was further divided into five groups. Each of those groups were to head toward a different element.

‘Meow!’ came a cat from the well just ahead of Bai Wu, causing him to turn his head abruptly. A boundless void appeared right in front of Bai Wu, and with the deep, dark well as its axis, it gradually began splitting open. The black cat was hanging for dear life on the edge of the void, and it looked at Bai Wu while crying out in despair.

Bai Wu was frozen stiff from head to toe, and he simply stood still. Xu Lan noticed the change and pushed the crowd aside to get to him. Xu Lan followed Bai Wu’s gaze and looked down.

“This…”