noveltune Chapter 271 Deadly Silence and Frost Disaster
Chapter 271 Deadly Silence and Frost Disaster
Chapter 271 Deadly Silence and Frost Disaster
"The twenty-first... Didn't we already capture a group of Beacon Legion members? How come there are still so many rats who have infiltrated?"
Xu Sui put psionic suppression shackles on yet another legion member. Before this, he and his teammates had already killed or captured twenty legion members.
What puzzled him was what exactly went wrong, allowing so many Beacon Legion rats to infiltrate Xu City.
"Could it be that there's an enemy within our ranks?" Xu Sui couldn't help but become suspicious, his expression shifting between light and dark. "Once this incident is over, an internal investigation is inevitable."
Regardless of where the problem occurred, the fact that the enemy infiltrated Xu City is undeniable, and the higher-ups of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs will not let this go.
"I wonder how things are going with Lao Chang... Hey, what a coincidence, he called me right after we were talking about it."
As soon as the call connected, Chang Jingtian's familiar, rough voice came through.
"Old Xu, how's it going on your end?"
"Things went well. It took a bit of work, but we got it done." Xu Sui dusted off her clothes and asked, "How about yours?"
"I'm fine here, but I heard there were some...unexpected situations on the other side."
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Chang Jingtian paused for a moment, then continued, "Captain Li and his team encountered high-ranking members of the Beacon Legion."
Xu Sui's heart tightened, and she asked, "What's the situation there? Do they need support?"
"That's the strange thing. According to them, there seemed to be internal conflicts among the high-ranking officers of the legion, which led to a bloodbath, and none of them survived."
Chang Jingtian was also a bit confused. He had seen the on-site data that had been uploaded back. The corpses either had their heads blown to mush or suffered from mental exhaustion. These were attack methods that the Legion was good at.
"Fratricide? Could there be some kind of conspiracy involved?"
Xu Sui became wary; the Beacon Legion's expertise in scheming had become a stereotype.
The incident in the West Third District was orchestrated by the Beacon Legion; how could they possibly have internal strife on the eve of their success?
"Better safe than sorry. As long as we can hold out until the Gate of Heaven opens, everything will be alright."
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As soon as he finished speaking, a rapid alarm came from Chang Jingtian's end. Xu Sui was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was an alarm about psionic fluctuations.
Moreover, the alarm only sounds when extremely high-level psionic fluctuations are detected.
Chang Jingtian's voice was noticeably distorted, sounding somewhat panicked, "Extremely high-level psionic fluctuations have exceeded the sensor's threshold; that copy entity is about to descend!"
Towards the end, the conversation became so distorted that it was almost impossible to hear clearly; the outward-spreading psionic fluctuations severely affected the quality of communication.
Xu Sui suddenly looked up, and an incredible sight was reflected in his pupils.
The hazy, illusory image covering the entire city overhead is constantly materializing, and it looks like it's about to descend into reality from a higher dimension.
Everyone present knew that this was a sign of the arrival of the physical entity, but Xu Sui still felt that something was wrong.
According to calculations, the copy entity shouldn't have arrived so soon, but the opposite happened, and it arrived so quickly that it was as if something was chasing it, forcing it to take this drastic measure.
Even if the physical entity of the instance has not fully descended, it can still cause a huge phenomenon. If it can be forced to such a point, what kind of existence will follow behind?
"I hope I'm just overthinking it." Xu Sui suppressed his unease and ordered the entire team to retreat.
As soon as the signs of impending doom appeared, his superiors notified him to evacuate as soon as possible.
The guidance from the Heavenly Gate needs to be accelerated.
At the other exit, Chang Jingtian was also looking up at the sky. Unlike the others, he vaguely felt a sense of awe from the thick vortex of clouds that the copy entity had manifested.
Just like the ancient people's worship of gods, he, who did not believe in any gods, suddenly had the idea of worshiping them.
Chang Jingtian felt that this thought was very abnormal, but he didn't know where it came from. While he was wondering, he noticed that the purple clouds in the dome had changed.
A crimson hue spread outwards, gradually attempting to replace the dominant purple cloud.
An indescribable sense of familiarity welled up in his heart. Chang Jingtian stared at the blood-stained sky and felt that the surroundings were unusually quiet, with only the sound of his heartbeat rising and falling.
Wow.
The sound of waves came from the sky. Chang Jingtian felt some kind of liquid splash on his face. He wiped it haphazardly and found that his face was covered with blood.
"Blood?" He looked up again and saw that blood rain had started falling from the sky. What should have been a purple vortex of clouds was instead a sea of blood, with waves of blood rising and falling, occasionally sprinkling large drops of blood.
"Another psionic signal has been detected, and its frequency band matches a signal in the database... It's the Crimson Blood Sea, that alien deity that recently descended upon Xu City!"
An operator exclaimed, pulling everyone back to reality from their shock.
"How did He get involved? Could it be that He's in cahoots with that copy of the entity?"
"No, maybe they're enemies... Look, they're fighting!"
"So exciting, so exciting!" a bloodthirsty operator screamed, trembling all over. "Just standing beneath the battlefield of two powerful figures is enough to make me want to ejaculate!"
"Damn, how come there's a lunatic in the team?"
Chang Jingtian paid no attention to other people's opinions. He stared intently at the sea of blood hanging upside down in the sky and finally understood where his sense of awe came from.
The Crimson Blood Sea, also known as the Witch King, is the source of his witch contract.
Suppressing the urge to kneel and worship, he forcibly shifted his gaze away from the inverted sea of blood hanging in the sky.
He was afraid that if he looked at it any longer, he would be unable to resist reciting disgusting praises.
Meanwhile, what he and the other agents witnessed was transmitted to the headquarters of the Bureau of Paranormal Affairs outside the city via special equipment.
Due to the sudden intervention of an alien deity, the plans prepared by the higher-ups of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs have been changed repeatedly. Now, they are even unsure whether to open the Gate of Heaven.
"Crimson Blood Sea has intervened. He and the instance entity seem to be hostile. Perhaps we can observe for a while longer and reap the benefits."
"I think we should keep the Heavenly Gate open. That way, we might be able to eliminate two potential enemies at once."
"But what if the Gate of Heaven fails to resolve their problems? Or rather, if it fails to resolve the Crimson Sea of Blood, wouldn't that just push a god to the opposite side of us?"
"Although the Crimson Sea of Blood descended upon Xu City, it didn't cause any disturbance. Perhaps this is related to His apostle. We shouldn't take this risk."
"So you mean to just let these two dangerous factors fight each other in the city, putting the people outside at constant risk? Don't forget, once the Heavenly Gate is in guided mode, it burns a lot of resources every moment."
The upper echelons of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs are not a monolithic group; on the contrary, many of them have their own ideas and can be broadly divided into radical and conservative factions.
The one who insisted on opening the Gate of Heaven was a radical high-ranking official. Although he was not even a Chosen One, but just an ordinary person, he wielded considerable power within the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.
The opposing side was a high-ranking conservative selector, and the struggle between the two sides can, to some extent, be seen as a microcosm of the struggle between ordinary people and extraordinary individuals.
As the argument seemed to be escalating, the director, who had been sitting at the head of the table and had remained silent, spoke up, and the entire conference room fell silent.
"We can put aside the matter of the Heavenly Gate for now; the struggle between them will soon be resolved."
Upon receiving the latest intelligence, everyone's expressions changed. The radicals looked grim, while the conservatives frowned.
Neither side expected this outcome.
The scene fell silent. The two who had been arguing the loudest earlier were now quiet. Seeing this, the director spoke again: "As you have seen, the Crimson Blood Sea has gained a complete advantage. The descending instance entity is no match for it."
A single, simple sentence is enough to describe the situation on the ground, even though most people have not yet accepted the outcome.
"Should we maintain the guidance of the Heavenly Gate?" a high-ranking official asked.
"Keep it running, make sure it's always ready to be turned on."
The director agreed to his idea and added, "By the way, contact the sect leader of the Ancient Immortal Sect and tell him... I've granted his request."
The entire room fell silent, and the two factions that had been arguing earlier silently carried out the orders, as if the argument had just been a performance.
No one dared to voice their opinions at this time; everyone tacitly kept their thoughts to themselves.
In the conference room, the director remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a soft sigh.
"Such a calamity has occurred so quickly; could it be that this year's evolution game is progressing ahead of schedule?"
Neither he nor the humans of Xuanxing were prepared to face the test. If the process were accelerated, the countless worlds that had perished would serve as a cautionary tale.
Modi's interference not only disrupted the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs' arrangements, but also the Beacon Legion's plans.
The commander of the Beacon Legion, a bald man with a large beard and wearing a black cloak, stared intently at the sea of blood in the sky and the purple clouds compressed into a small space by the sea of blood.
Whether he admits it or not, the facts before him prove that his plan is on the verge of failure.
"Commander, Kane has failed. Should we continue with the original plan?"
One of the followers clenched his fists tightly, lowered his head, and dared not look him in the eye.
"Hiss—a breath." The legion commander took a deep breath, suppressing his restless mental energy, and slowly said, "The plan has failed. We cannot rescue the Soul Fusion Overlord. Let's retreat."
"But perhaps our black obelisk can..."
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"There's no such thing as 'maybe.' If you lose, you lose." The legion commander pierced his follower with a hawk-like gaze, which frightened him into lowering his head even further.
"Only an energy entity can make the Black Stone Obelisk work to its full potential, but that crimson sea of blood is clearly not one. We can't gamble on that possibility."
The legion commander pulled up his hood, letting the shadows obscure his face.
"Let's go back. There are countless worlds destroyed by the evolution game. We'll always find a suitable target again."
In any case, they have already traveled to many worlds, and a temporary setback cannot stop their progress.
The eerie green teleportation light flickered on, and when it went out, the remaining Beacon Legion forces in Xu City were all withdrawn.
The western third district was still shrouded in bloodshed, and the drizzling raindrops falling from the sea of blood had already formed pools of blood on the ground.
The encirclement of the sea of blood continued to shrink, leaving only a purple cloud with a diameter of only a few hundred meters inside. Even though it had condensed to this extent, the blood waves on the outside were still relentlessly devouring it.
The wailing of the Soul Fusion Overlord resounded throughout the entire West Third District in the form of psionic energy fluctuations. Even the high-rise buildings made of reinforced concrete showed tiny undulations on their surfaces due to the interference of the psionic energy fluctuations.
"I didn't realize you could shout like that."
Modi stood on the crest of the wave, gazing into the distance at the materialized Soul Fusion Overlord, occasionally severing the flowing ribbons and whiskers with his sword.
With the outcome already decided, the materialization of the Soul Fusion Overlord was his last gamble, but even in the material world, he still couldn't defeat this overwhelming sea of blood.
His most effective mental attacks are ineffective against a martial arts master who has achieved a unity of body and spirit. Even after materialization, his spiritual energy, which can freely interfere with reality, cannot erase the sea of blood.
Faced with dire straits, the Soul Fusion Master once again played the emotional card and the self-interest card.
"We are both foreign deities, why must you press us so hard?"
A chorus of tens of thousands of voices rose up simultaneously, and faces appeared on the thick purple clouds, gazing at the youth on the crest of the wave.
"My presence can relieve your pressure. The evolution game will not allow opportunistic behavior. Stowaways like you and me will arouse its instinctive hostility."
"If I die, you will have to face its pressure head-on and become the target of the calamity. If you do not meet its requirements, you will die before the test arrives, and you will not even have the chance to transform into my form."
In the face of life and death, he revealed some secrets, all of which came from the memories of the soul he had merged with.
But Mordy's reaction was unusually cold: "Oh, and then?"
"What, and then?" The Soul Fusion Overlord was taken aback. "You really believe you can reach that level and become the first successful player in all these evolution games?"
"You said a lot of nonsensical things, but this one sentence was right."
Modi sheathed his two swords and instead reached into his sleeve, taking out a long sword that was entirely ice-blue.
I believe I can.
The longsword was over three feet long and looked as if it had been carved from a block of ice. As soon as it was taken out, it stirred up a cold wave and froze a large sea of blood.
Although the Soul-Merging Supreme Lord could not feel the cold, the substances that made up His body were also frozen, entering a state of death, turning into ice shards that fell to the ground.
"Is this the Calamity of Death and Silence? You've been to that world and acquired its power?"
Modi remained silent, only brandishing his sword.
A chilling, deathly current condensed into blades of energy, which he used to slash at the purple clouds, leaving only deathly silence in their wake.
The last words spoken by the Soul Fusion Overlord, and the psionic message he sent out, failed to be transmitted as intended, and instead fell into complete silence in the deathly stillness.
The aftershocks of the cold wave enveloped the entire West Third District, and the whole city was silent, just like the world that had experienced the cataclysmic event of death.