Bi Mo Zhi Jian

Chapter 311 The Terrifying Aspects of the Evil God Faction [1/3]

The disaster of the red moon, of course, would not end like this.

Within the Dawn Base City, the stir that had just begun quickly subsided, but in places untouched by the dawn's light, fear, despair, and the demonic continued to grow and spread.

Fang You had also made some arrangements for those areas not yet illuminated by the dawn's light.

However, they could not be as complete as in the base city.

Tragedy was unfolding.

This was merely the beginning.

"The Red Moon Ritual can at most plunge our Blue Star into chaos and tear apart all order, but it cannot shake the foundation of power."

"This red moon is merely an appetizer, where is the main course?"

Being forced into a passive defense made Fang You slightly displeased.

But there was no other way; reacting to events as they unfolded was the most appropriate course of action at this time.

In the future, he would definitely forge Blue Star into an impregnable fortress, and establish defensive strongholds in the dimensional rift, so that Blue Star would no longer repeatedly become a battlefield.

He was thinking too far ahead.

The immediate priority was to protect the remaining land of Blue Star.

The red moon became even more eerie, but these areas within the base city seemed to have fallen into a strange silence once more.

No more disasters appeared; it was peaceful, yet the peace itself was unsettling.

That red moon continued to exist, seemingly present everywhere on Blue Star, yet also seemingly no longer on Blue Star.

Fang You had tried to shatter this 'red moon spectacle.' With his current strength, amplified by the power of the secret realm, he could shatter smaller stars, but he couldn't find the true location of the red moon.

At this moment, the看板娘 Xiao Huan suddenly appeared,

"Master, anomalies of demonic energy convergence have appeared in multiple locations. Preliminary estimates suggest the formation of several, even over a dozen, million-level demonic surges."

Just like in Shuize Prefecture, demonic energy convergence had appeared again.

A scale of only a million wasn't very large, but the fact that over ten such anomalies had appeared simultaneously, and a majority of them were targeting base cities still under construction or being migrated to, and not yet illuminated by dawn, made Fang You frown.

The mission dispatch module opened before him, revealing many red markers converging and moving.

Their speed was not very fast.

By the time the surges reached the base cities, it might already be half a day or a full day later.

Fang You pondered,

"Firstly, the lackeys of the evil gods cannot fully control the surges; they can only guide them, thus requiring time to gather, and their scale is not very large."

"Secondly, it's likely... the enemy is deliberately slowing down. This appearance of anomalies in multiple places, yet moving so sluggishly, is more like telling us, 'The surges are coming, I've made my move, how will you respond?'"

"Then how should we respond?"

Xiao Huan asked.

Her hands danced, manipulating the map, marking out the eleven areas of anomalous convergence with a series of 'ding ding ding' sounds, and simulating their projected trajectories.

The trajectories were also relatively scattered, not concentrated like the surge that attacked Shuize Base City, pushing forward as a single mass.

The denser the convergence, the exponentially higher the danger of the surge.

If sparse, the threat level of the surge would significantly decrease.

However, it would also require more time to clear out these surges.

"This is a stratagem."

"The evil god faction is forcing us to divide our forces, aiming to deplete our strength in advance."

If high-end forces were not deployed, the surges would breach those base cities and destroy the dawn's radiance.

Therefore, they had to defend.

If they were to take transport planes now and fly to distant base cities, then by the time reinforcements arrived, the surges would likely be at the city gates.

Fortunately, each of those base cities, including those not yet illuminated by dawn, had established Xin Huo Level One branches, and possessed a secret realm passage known only to official Xin Huo members.

This could buy them considerable time.

"Xiao Huan, draft the mission, and begin dispatching personnel."

"And notify the secret departments of various countries."

"Yes,"

This was merely a single, insignificant microcosm.

At the airport of Shuize Base City, dozens of transport planes took off simultaneously. Some carried Xin Huo warriors, others were investigators, special forces personnel, and those demonic hunters, who survived either alone or in small teams, also laughed heartily and followed the official teams to their designated tactical locations.

For a time, it was like a hundred birds departing, embarking on a campaign afar.

Such scenes were being observed by one, several, or dozens of pairs of eyes, a fanatical scarlet glint deep within their pupils as they stared at the departing transport planes, transmitting messages.

"The Awakened power of the Blue Star people has departed."

"They are flying to various base cities, flying into the wilderness."

Shuize, Huangdu, Jiangnan, Western Europe, Bai Xiong... Actions were being taken in base cities one after another, and such movements were naturally difficult to conceal from those with intentions.

...

In a certain location in the wilderness.

A powerful being clad in dark red armor, with a spiral horn growing from its forehead, gazed at the seething blood pool before him. Through the messages brought by the bursting blood bubbles within the pool, he reached out and touched, nodding slightly.

"The Blue Star people, as expected, are forced to dispatch their forces."

"Those base cities are their lifeline."

"... Heh, how foolish. To weaken their own strength for those ordinary people, this is the fatal flaw of beings like humans. Only low-level creatures possess such flaws."

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."

...

"Bang—!"

"You are involved in cult activities. Surrender and cease resistance immediately, and you may have a chance to survive, otherwise..."

In a single room of thirty to forty square meters, more than a dozen ordinary-looking humans were crammed in. However, their eyes were fanatically fervent as they cut open their wrists and poured their crimson blood into the blood pool before them.

The blood pool boiled.

They were chanting strange incantations.

These strange notes were completely contained within the small room until... with a 'bang,' the door was kicked open, as if shattering the barrier. The strange chanting spread outward.

In the single room, over a dozen fanatical cultists twisted their necks, some by ninety degrees, others by one hundred and eighty degrees, and all turned to look at the young man who had kicked down the door. In the depths of their fervent eyes was an endless coldness.

"Hahaha..."

The young man seemed startled, letting out an awkward laugh.

The next moment, a phantom avatar, bearing a striking resemblance to the young man, suddenly appeared not far away, in the center of the dozen cultists who were twisting their necks around the blood pool.

Like sheep entering a wolf's den.

Or perhaps...

'Mental Shock'!

The eyes of the young man and the phantom avatar simultaneously emitted brilliant light, instantly illuminating the entire room white like a flashbang. Formless power impacted, creating an invisible hurricane that ravaged the room.

When this power subsided, before them lay a floor of cultists spewing white foam with clouded eyes, some still twitching.

Gou Ping'an wiped his non-existent sweat from his forehead,

"Cultists are truly terrifying."

He waved to the distance, "The rest is up to you."

...

In Shuize Base City, envoys from various oases also witnessed the takeoff of metal birds.

They were somewhat perplexed.

"What happened?"

"Could it be that a major battle has broken out somewhere on Blue Star, and these people are rushing to support?"

"What new trick has the evil god faction pulled? Damn it, we can't see it!"

At this moment, the majority of envoys still remaining on Blue Star were on 'missions from higher-ups,' their purpose being to transmit first-hand news of what was happening on Blue Star back.

But many envoys were unwilling.

The evil god faction was about to make a move, and it was incredibly dangerous. Compared to 'missions from higher-ups,' they were more concerned with arranging escape routes. When the great crisis arrived, they could logically execute a strategic retreat.

Moreover, with only their three-awakened elite capabilities, it was truly asking too much to understand events outside Shuize Base City.

"News, where is the news from Blue Star?"

"Quickly broadcast first-hand information to us, damn it!"

This was the impotent rage.

But some major oases possessed extraordinary means.

Such as White Tower, and Sword Flower City.

At this moment, Dean Zhange was beating a small drum, and invisible power radiated outward.

This power was not strong, in fact, it could be said to be very weak, but it captured the most 'heated' sounds in the world at that moment.

"It's a demonic surge."

"A surge has occurred outside Shuize Base City?" Dean Meigui asked.

Dean Zhange nodded, then shook his head.

"Yes, but not entirely."

"According to the information I've heard, not only Shuize Base City, but several other locations, perhaps even more, have experienced demonic surges, million-level demonic surges."

"The sudden, simultaneous outbreak clearly indicates the means of the evil god faction; only they can manipulate demonic energy to form surges like this."

Dean Zhange's expression appeared solemn.

Putting himself in their shoes, if the evil god faction manipulated demonic energy to form massive surges that impacted their Sword Flower City, then... resisting them would undoubtedly be very difficult.

They weren't afraid of a million-level surge, but one must remember that the quantity of demonic beings in the dimensional rift far surpassed that of Blue Star at present.

However,

Dean Meigui spoke, "I don't quite understand."

"Take the incident in Xu Ye Zhi Xiang, for example. The new world they supported was instantly crushed by the evil god faction. A god descended, and then crushed it."

"I had expected that what Blue Star would encounter would also be a god descent. A mythical avatar could sweep away all resistance on Blue Star, why would they need to gather demonic beings to form surges?"

"From what I know, it's quite troublesome for the evil god faction to control surges of this magnitude."

And Blue Star was capable of resisting million-level demonic surges.

They might not be able to resist all of them, but resisting one or two, or two or three, should always be possible.

Demonic surges alone could not destroy Blue Star's resistance.

But god descent could.

God descent was the most efficient and direct method for high-level existences.

Dean Meigui found it perplexing.

She pondered over and over, and could only come to one conclusion.

"The terrifying existence leading this event for the evil god faction is overly cautious."

"Despite possessing overwhelming power, they remain extremely cautious. Is this the terror of the evil god faction!"

Her expression also became extremely solemn.