The alarm was piercing.
Scarlet flickered and flowed.
In the pale space without size or distance, beneath the entanglement of invisible chains, the grand projection of the present world operated silently.
But suddenly, a scarlet mark rose from the surging azure seas, swiftly occupying the main observation window.
Amidst the sharp, shrill alarm, one after another, the projections of souls, like little pencil figures, appeared, hurriedly logged in and gathered.
"The stability index of the vortex is starting to show abnormalities."
"Is this signal the aggregation of the Great Evil?"
"Flame Tide Seed... What is the Observation Department even doing? How could they not notice such a prolonged re-ignition!"
"It's merely the abnormal heat source of the deep sea, along with the outer layer lockdown. Do you know how many undersea volcanic eruptions occur every day?
If every heat source were to be checked, then the 'Eye' would do nothing else!"
"Well, now it can do nothing! It's as good as being blind."
"Alright, stop fighting!"
An elderly voice interrupted the bickering and blame-shifting between the two departments, "Have all the surrounding 'lines' been cast out? Can the situation be determined?"
"The situation is almost clear. Although there are differences in the details, the specific ritual manifestations and core are identical to the situation in Spring City before... It's definitely the Evil Cult!"
The Evil Cult?
The Evil Cult is damn well making a comeback?!
Under the flickering scarlet alarm, everyone fell silent. Even if the soul's avatar couldn't show facial expressions, surely they all looked grim.
Who could have thought that some people could be so hazardous even in death...
Perhaps, this was part of his plan from the very beginning!
The chaos in Spring City in the past was just a start. As he secretly cultivated it, no one expected that this guy's hand already reached beyond everyone's sight, laying such an astonishing groundwork.
At this moment, with the sudden outbreak, all the observers were shocked and speechless.
One wave had yet to subside before another arose. After the first attempt failed, there was another try. Even if Lu Changsheng were dead and the Evil Cult appeared to crumble and disintegrate completely, in secret, they had already fragmented and reassembled, causing such a significant event!
No, the most horrifying thing lies here instead.
Who knows what else is waiting ahead?
Moreover...
——Has Lu Changsheng really died?
Despite being plagued by the same questions and doubts, no one dared to voice them, only sweating profusely in stifling silence.
Unable to believe the reality before them!
Smack!
Under the projection of the present world, the grand vortex formed of dark aggregation was expanding once again, and even from the eye of the ominous storm, tendrils extended, intertwining with the present world through resonant connections.
Finally, they reached...
——[Fulcrum]!
Boom!!!
The entire pale space suddenly resonated, as the alarm grew more shrill and intense.
In the present world within the projection, over that sea region of blinding light and wanton storms, no trace of daylight was visible anymore.
Only a swath of seemingly tangible darkness suddenly opened from the sky.
Like a bizarre giant eye.
The spreading darkness was like ink dripped into water, dispersing rapidly, without any sign of dilution or fading.
And from the depths of that dark eye, strands of illusory and vivid rainbow light gradually rose, eerie and splendid, like the legendary perpetual neon in polar night skies.
Pure darkness breeding filthy colors, eroding the human world.
As the alarms grew ever more piercing, various indices soared and fluctuated, and in the graph, a curve rose steeply, crossing the limits!
Fast, too fast!
So fast that everyone was caught off guard, the worst result was already slapped in everyone's faces: "Anchoring has been completed!
The phase of the vortex and the present world began to overlap!"
The shadow of the vortex seeped into the present world, completing the staining and overlap with that sea region. If this continues, having that sea region along with the entire Crack Realm fall into the vortex would already be the best outcome!
Possibly, another Void Abyss is about to be created...
Moreover, at this moment around that projection covered by darkness, one black spot after another kept appearing, closing in, gathering, even fanning the flames...
Upon sensing the onset of the fall, all around, the suffering like flies sensed and rushed here!
Not to mention the infamous organizations like Rust Wind, Blood Eye, Wolf Nest, which had arrangements in the surrounding seas long ago, plus countless chaos-fearing individuals in the Thousand Islands...
When the wall falls, everyone gives it a push.
Every fall is a spurt of the essence of the Great Evil, a pollution of the present world. And for those who suffer, just a straightforward opportunity and blessing.
Like a heaven-sent rain.
The New Year has arrived!!!
And what truly left everyone dumbfounded was, with the gradual cracking of the seal over the Crack Realm, the spiritual mass projection onto the sky!
Solemn and majestic temples, cities and ruins shrouded under the shadow of the tower and the fire of the burning dome, numerous mortal struggles and fights.
Amidst these tumultuous affairs, at the very center of the Crack Realm, a crisp jade ringing sound gradually became resonant!
From the deepest part of the temple, prompted by the external changes, a dream-like, dazzling flash suddenly lit up!