“Huh?”

Ju Tianfu was stunned by the words and narrowed his eyes to look closely at his phone.

The Ajanta Caves are located in Maharashtra, India. The earliest caves were excavated in the 2nd century BC and continued until the mid-7th century AD. They have been expanded many times and are famous for their beautiful murals. In the early 7th century, the eminent monk Xuanzang from the Eastern Land even visited Ajanta on a pilgrimage.

Later, due to the decline of Buddhism in India, the caves became deserted until they were accidentally discovered in the early 19th century by John Smith, a British military commander (whose name is truly full of potential jokes), during a hunting trip.

The mural on the phone screen should be the Jataka of King Shibi—

King Shibi sat in the center, his face kind and gentle, holding a pigeon in his right hand. His legs were crossed in a relaxed posture, with someone on his left side holding a sharp blade, cutting flesh from King Shibi's leg to feed a white, hungry eagle standing opposite him.

It was exactly the legendary scene of cutting flesh to feed an eagle.

The phone's camera seemed to be controlled by an ordinary tourist and was not focused on the Jataka of King Shibi, but rather passed in front of the mural like a normal sightseer.

However, relying on professional software to pause, enlarge, and add details,

it was clear that when the tourist passed in front of the mural,

the corners of King Shibi's mouth raised in an arc, his eyes slightly opened, and a few drops of blood dripped from his left leg, which had been cut open by the sharp blade...

"If it's just a moving image, it's at most a green-level abnormal event. After the video was uploaded to the foreign tourist's personal social media, netizens discovered the anomaly that night and informed the tourist."

Zhu Xuemin said in a deep voice, "The European Heavy Industries Group was the first to notice this and suppressed the spread of relevant information before the Global Supernatural Alliance. They also dispatched their special mobile force in central India to investigate Maharashtra.

As a result, when they arrived, the Ajanta Caves, built on the steep cliffs of the Vindhya Mountains, had already undergone an anomaly."

Zhu Xuemin swiped his finger and played the next video.

The video's shooting angle seemed to be from the perspective of the night vision goggles of a member of the European Heavy Industries Group's special mobile force.

In the picture, Mount Vindhya, which housed the Ajanta Caves, continued to erupt with collapsing sounds.

The entire Ajanta Caves, like a machine, were self-replicating, expanding, and building,

eroding and assimilating the mountain, turning it all into a complex of caves.

"One and a half hours after the anomaly occurred, the expansion of the caves gradually slowed down. The European Heavy Industries Group's personnel went to explore the caves, but none of them returned."

Zhu Xuemin said, "For safety reasons, the European Heavy Industries Group has jointly sealed off the area with local Indian institutions. The Global Supernatural Alliance has intervened and pulled us in as an observation group.

Currently, the message sent back from the front line is that the Ajanta Caves are highly likely to become a red-level mobile anomaly, similar to our Prison of Demon Kui.

This may be a sign of the anomaly's revival,

or it may be a starmap opening to another world."

"Anomaly revival..."

Ju Tianfu groaned, a string of bubbles coming out from below his respirator.

As a member of the Special Intelligence Agency with a very high security clearance, he had access to many classified documents, including the report of the Prison of Demon Kui exploration team—during and after the Doorway War, the number of layers inside the Prison of Demon Kui had increased, and the seals of some of the powerful demons at the bottom were gradually loosening, and they could break free at any time.

"Not only that, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has experienced geological subsidence, revealing dark, lightless underground caves that constantly emit ominous auras;

The Roman Colosseum was covered by thunderclouds, lightning and thunder, wind and rain, accompanied by roars of unknown origin;

A cruise ship in the Mediterranean was attacked by a giant sea monster suspected to be a kraken;

An earthquake occurred in northeastern Japan, and a village believed to have been destroyed in a landslide disaster last century reappeared in the center of the earthquake zone..."

Zhu Xuemin concluded, "After the Wan Jia Xiong Meng game version update, the frequency of orange and red-level anomaly disasters has increased significantly to the point where it cannot be ignored.

Although I don't want to say it, the situation outside seems to be developing in a bad direction—whether for transcendents or ordinary people.

The think tanks in the bureau even have a guess that

the doorways obtained in this large-scale event are not just resources and wealth,

but also shelters."

"You mean..."

Ju Tianfu instantly thought of what Zhu Xuemin had just mentioned, the fact that Han Shuishi's D-level doorway led to a colonizable ecological planet.

"Yes."

Zhu Xuemin nodded, "Of course, migrating to alien colonies is just one of the development plans that has just been proposed.

Most likely, we will first build a small-scale base on the other side of the starmap, observe the planet where the starmap is located, and the recent situation on Earth, before making any plans.

In any case, it is definitely necessary to prepare for a rainy day."

"..."

Ju Tianfu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the thought that the modern civilization order in which he lived was likely to undergo drastic changes filled his heart with a strong sense of powerlessness and frustration.

If Earth fails to cope with the cataclysm...

The dark, oppressive, and desperate world of the Demon Sunflower might very well be Earth's future.

"There is not much we can do in the face of the general trend."

Zhu Xuemin sighed, "In short, rest assured and rest.

The sooner you complete the *Cui Xu Xuan Pin Lian Ti Mi Fa* (Emerald Void Mysterious Yin Body Refining Secret Method), the sooner we can replenish your body, and the sooner we can open the doorway you hold, adding a little hope to preserving the spark of civilization..."

Buzz—

The card-like personal communication terminal in Zhu Xuemin's pocket vibrated. He took out the terminal, glanced at it, and rubbed his brow in distress.

Ju Tianfu asked, "What's wrong?"

"There's a slight problem with the third phase of the Sky Patching Project."

Zhu Xuemin waved his hand, "There's something over there, I'll go first."

"Okay."

Ju Tianfu nodded. The so-called Sky Patching Project had already begun planning in the early stages of the Wan Jia Xiong Meng game.

That is, using all means related to the Wan Jia Xiong Meng game to protect human civilization and maintain social order.

The entire plan is vast in content and scope, involving countless departments and personnel.

Great Xia cities, the Sky Net surveillance system, the abnormal event early warning system, and the Mobile Task Force are all projects under the Sky Patching Project.

The project that Zhu Xuemin is involved in mainly utilizes Sheng Nan Wang (a conscious entity formed by the power of countless aborted souls), Kido Yukari (a transcendent who is naturally able to control and contain cataclysms), and other abnormal entities,

to limit cataclysms within the scope of the Earth,

just like the Special Intelligence Agency used to throw all the demons into the Prison of Demon Kui.

Ju Tianfu watched Zhu Xuemin's departing back and slowly closed his eyes.

The situation is treacherous, and the storm is coming,

Perhaps, as Zhu Xuemin said, migrating to the doorway world is the only way to maintain peace as much as possible.

Who will be the one to obtain the A-level and B-level doorways...