Chapter 953: 951: Crisis Descends
The priority of the Pathology World has been elevated to [First Tier] due to the performances of Yi Chen, the Great Emperor, and others, recognized for its potential to greatly assist the suppression of malice on the Main Material Plane.
As an important liaison, the Golden Lung Venerable naturally received the praise and commendation of the entire Divine Domain, gaining privileges far beyond his current status, mainly responsible for coordinating with the Patient here.
Many gods of equal status now need to follow his arrangements concerning the Patient.
After arranging for Yi Chen and others to handle the ’suspected malice transition’ event, he devoted himself entirely to the opening of the World Gate,
and a number of Patients have already come here experimentally, successfully checking into the Hotel after undergoing tests.
The Golden Lung Venerable concluded today’s work and returned to his senses, back to the Three Pure Heavens amidst that lung-like great mountain, preparing for a good rest.
Unbeknownst to him, a god cloaked and with winged golden shoes descended with divine Speed, even affecting time, had already been waiting in the cave for the Venerable.
The Golden Lung Venerable’s complexion changed drastically upon seeing this person!
For this person was Hermes, the highest messenger of the Divine Domain, from Avalon. His appearance signified crucial information, and it was often not good news. .
"What matter requires you to personally deliver orders to my abode?""One minute ago, a fluctuation of a Disaster was detected."
"Disaster? Are they preparing for full mobilization... How did they move so much faster than expected?"
"No, it was only one Disaster’s fluctuation.
Hidden and subtle, it was captured due to its large span; I’m here to inform you because the destination of this Disaster is directly related to you."
The Venerable realized instantly, "Those little kids!!"
"Indeed, the area the Disaster is heading towards is precisely where the Killing Nightmare phenomenon occurred on the Ring World... However, none of the malice detectors have detected a corresponding increase in malice in the world, nor can the equipment locate the Disaster. It can only be deduced that it went there.
Based on these traits, it’s likely the existence among the Ten Disasters that does not possess ’against army,’ ’against nation,’ ’against realm’ capabilities.
It can cause limited casualties and won’t lead to widespread malice proliferation.
But..."
"Undying and extremely strong in individual slaughter."
"Exactly, considering it does not possess world-damaging capabilities, and now is not the time to wage war against the Disaster.
The Supreme Gods will not take risks to deal with this particular Disaster, having already prepared to abandon the corresponding Ring World, the World Gate was just abolished, and the Emergency Passage will close in ten minutes.
If you wish to bring back those who have reached ’god-like’ status, you must immediately proceed to the Emergency Passage and sign a liability waiver,
if during the opening of the Emergency Passage, the Disaster follows and reaches the Body City, the situation would be unimaginable.
Therefore, I advise abandoning those few Patients, for although they are exceptionally talented, they are not yet the Plague Masters of the Pathology World."
As soon as Hermes finished speaking, the Venerable had already vanished into a wisp of golden Aura.
...
Emergency Teleportation Station.
The Golden Lung Venerable hurriedly signed the liability waiver at first moment, pledging to block with his life if the Disaster arrived.
The urgent call has already connected to that world, so long as the mission executor wears a special wristband, they can hear the clear call regardless of their location.
The Golden Lung Venerable’s face was solemn, "Pick up! If you don’t answer soon, you’ll really die over there!"
Yet, before the call was answered, the line was directly cut off.
"Venerable, the Emergency Passage has been completely destroyed, and the corresponding [Ring World-0179] has completely lost contact."
"What!"
The Venerable quickly adjusted his breath, using an even rhythm through his lungs to calm the anxiety in his brain, thinking Rationally! Immediately heading to the World Observation Station to retrieve records, upon finding five surrounding worlds affected by the Moon Phase, he returned again to the Emergency Teleportation Station.
"Starting tomorrow, follow the sequence I provided for the five worlds, making an emergency call to one world for one minute every day."
"That seems against protocol."
"Rules? Now’s not the time for rules, if anything happens I’ll take the blame first."
"Understood."
...
Ring! Ring! Ring!
When the team gathered at the Blood Moon Inner Hall, the urgent call drew everyone’s thoughts towards it,
Lorrian was at a critical juncture of condensing his Divine Body, the interruption inducing some irritation, even momentarily suspecting that Yi Chen and others betrayed him.
But Rationality soon suppressed the chaotic thoughts, knowing full well the nature of Yi Chen having acted together for so long with everyone.
"What other possibilities are there?"
Yi Chen offered his hypothesis, "A danger we don’t know may be approaching, the Venerable or other gods might have observed impending danger through the Plane observation, hence urging us to evacuate immediately.
Just like when we suddenly dealt with the ’Hotel’ during the Rain Man incident... Lorrian, the ’Multi-Moon Sacrifice’ you’re conducting might not only reveal to the gods but also attract malice attention.
Maybe someone among the Evil is sensitive to the moon."
Mentioning the Hotel,
except for Yi Chen who has overcome his PTSD after meeting Hannibal, the others still exhibited some symptoms, including Lorrian whose face changed at the mention, despite manifesting the Moon God Prototype.
"I’ve been preparing for this Moon Sacrifice for long, it’s a rare opportunity... You all go answer the call first, if things are fine, return through the World Gate.
If you can’t make it back, create an Emergency Passage to the neighboring world immediately, I will decisively abandon the sacrifice."
"Agreed."
A beam of Moonlight directly carried everyone to the urgently ringing public phone booth.
However,
this public phone booth standing in the countryside was already occupied by a person, and completely filled the booth.
A man dressed in dark electrician attire, wearing thick-soled work shoes stood inside.
A pale human Skin mask seemed to hang on his face,
with a dining knife in hand, inserted directly into the phone receiver, completely ruining the device,
slowly turned that oppressive body, with the pale mask gazing at the group before him,
instantly,
whether Yi Chen, Lorrian, Reagan, or the newly added Lene saw an Image created purely from malice and slaughter energy,
sufficient to completely eclipse the sky behind this person, an Image spread like the evil face beneath his pale mask,
Yi Chen, considered a Murderer in his pre-death world, understood the meaning of this Image, recognizing the same kind from him.
But the weight of a Murderer here was far heavier, multiplying by a thousand times, ten thousand times.
The pure massacre this person has engaged in probably exceeded ordinary definition, achieving such pure slaughter with just this act has elevated him from the lowest level of malice to his current stature.
It’s likely he has conducted slaughter since his birth.
"Disaster!"
Yi Chen and the others simultaneously reached this conclusion.
Almost instantly, Lorrian snapped his fingers, hum! Moonlight instantly transported the group to another end of the world.
This world had been transformed by Lorrian, granting him absolute geographical dominance here.
Yet at the moment of transfer completion,
Lorrian looked down at his twisted Moon God Prototype, discovering warm Blood seeping from his belly.
Unknowingly stabbed sometime,
incapable of healing, unable to regenerate,
just like an ordinary person’s knife wound, at a loss of what to do...