Just as Zhou Bai was deep in thought.

Within the sword array, Elsa let out a low growl, and in an instant, she transformed into a giant dog nearly the size of the entire array, anxiously looking at the edge of the sword array.

"There's no time! It's almost been six hours."

"So hungry, so hungry..."

Looking at her gigantic form about to collide with the edge of the sword array, Elsa gritted her teeth, roared, and rushed out.

The sound of sword qi slicing through the air erupted, and blood instantly burst from Elsa's body.

Her limbs and torso were slashed with deep wounds down to the bone, and pain she had never felt before coursed through her.

Having always been well-protected by Zhou Bai and Christina, Elsa had hardly participated in any direct combat.

So painful! That was Elsa's first thought.

Is this the kind of pain Zhou Bai and Christina endure when they fight against aberrations and gods? That was Elsa's second thought.

Gritting her teeth, Elsa found she could still stand. Her body, continually growing larger, made the gaping wounds seem small now, and with this size change, it somehow didn't seem as painful.

So she began to run with all her might, calling out Zhou Bai's name as she ran, just like a dog calling for its owner on the street.

But all that awaited her were the Heavenly Demons guarding around her.

"Warning: Immediately cease your dangerous actions."

After three consecutive warnings, plasma cannon fire rained down, directly hitting the rampaging Elsa.

In the thunderous explosion, the searing hot plasma engulfed Elsa completely.

"Zhou... Bai..."

In the next moment, with a beastly roar, Elsa's inflated form broke through the barrage, growing upward to over a hundred meters, with swathes of her fur charred and carbonized, her entire body bloodied, charging aimlessly and calling out Zhou Bai's name.

She didn't know where Zhou Bai was or if he could hear her, but it was the only thing she could do now.

More and more Heavenly Demons climbed onto Elsa's body, densely covering her form.

Amidst the flying blood and flesh, mechanical tendrils directly pierced into her, injecting a large amount of anesthetic.

Elsa's movements slowed down, and she finally fell to the ground, completely subdued by the Heavenly Demons once more.

...

"King." The Heavenly Demon King 'Ji' slowly walked up to Zhou Bai, reaching out respectfully and presenting a small bloodstained booklet in front of Zhou Bai.

"This is something we found in her mouth."

Zhou Bai took Elsa's booklet and read the words she had written inside...

"Even if given a chance, you still can't win. You're useless."

"My favorite thing Christina/Elsa and I do is say no to all you self-righteous people."

"Ki's words stumbled, his expression changed in fear. Ai said, 'The cat people of the barbarians have never seen a great war, hence they are intimidated.'

Zhou Bai silently flipped to the last page, staring at the paw print on the page for a long time without speaking.

Beside him, Em, looking at Zhou Bai's face, seemed to sense a kind of sadness: "King, are you thinking about how to rescue that cat's consciousness?"

Zhou Bai shook his head: "No, I'm thinking if things continue like this, I won't even be able to pretend anymore."

Em: "?"

Just thinking about everyone else being able to live carefreely, while he had to work overtime until death, caused a fire of indignation to flare violently in Zhou Bai's already mechanical and cold heart.

"A world without companions, a world without a cat, and worse, a world where I have to work myself to death..."

"It's a world better off not existing."

But at this moment, even if Zhou Bai was willing to disconnect, the Heavenly Demon Pool, in its absolute rational judgment, was completely unwilling to sever the connection with him.

Especially since Zhou Bai's consciousness on the Heavenly Demon Pool had already become a part of his own consciousness, making it increasingly difficult to separate as time went by.

'I can't sever myself from the Heavenly Demon Pool now... nor can I stop the future where I'm worked to death.'

Zhou Bai slowly drew out the Time Gem from his brain.

'But the me from six hours ago can.'

In the next moment, with intense fluctuations of light and shadow, time reversed rapidly before his eyes.

Elsa's body shrank back, the Heavenly Demons on her flew off one by one...

Christina detached from the virtual world of the Heavenly Demons, transforming into light and disappearing, reappearing inside the sword array...

When Zhou Bai came back to his senses, everything had returned to six hours prior.

Taking advantage of his thought not being seriously alienated six hours ago, Zhou Bai immediately ceased all operations of the Heavenly Demon Pool; he aimed to stop himself from continuing to demonize or mechanize.

'But the computing power of the Heavenly Demon Pool cannot be wasted.'

'However, it is indeed not suitable for it to be controlled by the consciousness of a single individual.'

With Zhou Bai's change in thought, countless consciousnesses were instantly born within the Heavenly Demon Pool, all of which were the previously devoured copies of Zhou Bai.

Now these copied Zhou Bais had their data restored by the original Zhou Bai, regaining control over more than ninety percent of the Heavenly Demon Pool's computing power.

However, their authority was constrained under the original Zhou Bai, having to obey his commands.

Zhou Bai 2020: "Why should you be the original? Why should we listen to you?"

Zhou Bai 666: "Down with dictatorship! We want freedom and democracy!"

Zhou Bai 101: "Why should there be freedom and democracy! I think the original Zhou Bai is doing a fine job, he says he'll let us loaf around and die; I'm all for it!"

Zhou Bai 2333: "As long as I don't have to work, do whatever you want."

Looking at the billions of arguing, constantly spamming, duplicated Zhou Bais within the Heavenly Demon Pool, the original Zhou Bai coldly said: "Silence!"

Everyone muted.

Original Zhou Bai: "Now that everyone's quiet, it's my turn to speak."

"I resurrected you from the trash, not to hear you bickering."

"From today onward, I will distribute the computing power of the Heavenly Demon Pool to be used by tens of billions of Sapients, hundreds of billions of Heavenly Demons, and you, the trillions of duplicates."

"But this isn't without a cost. From today, you'll have to work for me, contribute to the Heavenly Demon Pool."

"Of course, I'm not some devil; you only need to work twelve hours a day and can rest one day after every six days of work."

"Does anyone object?"

"Since no one objects, that's how it's decided."

In a rushed manner, Zhou Bai temporarily managed the situation with the Heavenly Demon Pool, although he knew many hidden dangers remained. Though this arrangement meant he couldn't fully unleash the computing power of the Heavenly Demon Pool as when controlled by a single individual, and though the duplicated Zhou Bais would present various problems...

But at least for the short term, this prevents a single person from using or wasting the entire computing power of the Heavenly Demon Pool.

"Now..." Zhou Bai looked over to where Christina was, feeling nervous as he thought: 'Christina... has she recovered?'