The sky was dark and lightless, thick clouds gathered like a net, covering the entire city.
The sun did not rise as usual.
a black moon hung in the night sky, strangely visible to the eye.
This black moon slowly expanded, becoming whole.
Black radiance fell, scattering on the ground, and the entire city’s populace looked up, staring at the moon in the sky with fearful expressions.
In the meeting room, everyone was as restless as ants on a hot pan.
No one anticipated such a situation, and many were seeing the appearance of the fifteenth black moon for the first time, completely unsure how to resolve it.
"Communication devices have failed!"
someone shut off their phone with a grim look.
No signal at all, and even the phone’s operation was highly challenging; no information could be sent out.
"Even satellite phones are useless, interference is too severe, signal is very poor."
"Using any electronic component is extremely difficult; possibly Linjiang City’s entire circuit communication has collapsed."
Everyone looked around.
The streets were already devoid of light, plunged into deep darkness.
Countless ordinary people shouted in the streets, panic spreading at an astonishing speed, everyone staring at the sky with pressing black clouds, the despair of doomsday rushing in like a tidal wave, suffocating.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Where’s the government? Faced with such circumstances, a government representative should come out immediately to explain."
"The entire city has lost power, and a moment ago, someone tried to leave the city but couldn’t; the black fog blocked the city’s edge, nothing can penetrate it."
One bombshell after another exploded among the crowd.
Pang Fei’s face was as still as water.
was so similar to three years ago.
A Simulation Realm capable of covering the entire city.
Though unsure how it formed, it surely had something to do with the fifteenth black moon!
"Immediately notify the government and Armed Department, ensure public panic is minimized; social order mustn’t spiral out of control at this time."
Pang Fei rapidly gave orders.
The management level of Linjiang City was basically all present, conveniently allowing him to issue commands.
Under everyone’s operation, buses fitted with loudspeakers took to the streets, beginning to soothe the public’s emotions.
Though it was merely a stopgap measure, there were no alternative solutions at the moment.
Armed personnel, law enforcement officers of the government, were all deployed to maintain city order.
Road blockades, district blockades, community blockades!
All potential disturbances tightly controlled.
Due to communication devices nearly all failing, any orders Pang Fei issued needed personal relay, thus efficiency was low; the entire basic arrangement took three hours to complete.
Temporary operations command center.
Pang Fei pressed his temples, surrounded by officials with grave expressions.
"Up to now, a total of twenty-three mutated beings discovered and fully handled. As for whether there are more hiding in the shadows, temporarily unknown.
The black moon’s light hitting humans causes mutations.
Currently, we’ve strictly forbidden everyone from going out; the streets have been cleared. As long as direct contact with the black moon’s light is avoided, other bizarre incidents won’t occur."
The reporting personnel’s face was pale while summarizing intelligence.
Pang Fei’s face was ice.[/p]
In just three hours, twenty-three mutated beings appeared directly, this number was terrifying, and more undiscovered ones might still exist.
Is this the great power of primordial divine spirits?
"The appearance of the black moon has never been accompanied by a Simulation Realm before; this Simulation Realm was man-made. And it’s extremely similar to the Simulation Realm from three years ago at the Shelter."
Pang Fei had an answer in his heart.
This Grand High Priest of the Abyssal Ascetic Association.
Constantly thinking of ways to make the Abyssal Ascetic Association notorious, seeking prominence among various cult organizations.
"Sir, someone delivered this."
a soldier rushed in, handing over a letter.
Pang Fei didn’t avoid it, openly opening it in front of everyone, the familiar handwriting made him furrow his brows.
"Kaz is in the North District, his real goal is to bring the Divine Descendant of the Lord of Blood into this world, while breaching the Hades Prison."
"This Simulation Realm was created by him using the Sealed Object, Eye of True Wisdom, harnessing the power of the fifteenth black moon, able to cover the whole city!"
"He will use the Devouring Fog to spread a plague, he has a large number of Abyssal Ascetic Association fanatics, even believers from the Abyssal Lord faction have been controlled by him."
"I might not be able to hide much longer, he’s already beginning to suspect me, even stopping me from accessing core matters..."
"Time is pressing, I can only write this much."
The letter abruptly ended here.
The subsequent handwriting was chaotic, clearly written in a very tense environment.
"Indeed, it’s from Allen himself. It seems things are not going well for him over there, but now we can’t help; solving the problem’s root requires finding Kaz."
Since the temporary operations meeting room was filled with absolutely trustworthy personnel.
Pang Fei didn’t hide the letter, allowing it to circulate.
When everyone saw the letter, their expressions were quite complex.
Especially Tang Xiaoyu and Meng Lei.
The former suffered greatly during this period due to Allen’s betrayal, even dragging the entire Sinking Iron Church along. She was puzzled as to how a law enforcement captain could defect, and why a serious situation wasn’t investigated by someone from the Steam and Mechanism God Church Headquarters, but left to her, a Priest, to handle.
Upstairs had long known, Allen was infiltrating the enemy.
And Meng Lei was bewildered.
This guy didn’t betray the church? Then what was that stab all about?
"Allen planned this with me, only I knew he was an undercover. The deaths of those Abyssal Ascetic Association Assistant Priests and believers don’t matter much, the main focus is still on the Grand High Priest in Hades Prison, Kaz."
"Although he’s locked in prison, he possesses the Sealed Object and is a High Tier Extraordinary, coupled with the Abyssal Ascetic Association’s example of reincarnation, we dared not kill him by normal means, only in these three years we used suppression gas to weaken all his abilities.
ultimately, he let a trace of spiritual consciousness escape."
Pang Fei said helplessly, "When Allen first went to see Kaz in Hades Prison, he already found his spiritual consciousness partially missing; he wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
He could only follow the plan, feigning acceptance of Kaz’s inducement."
As the conversation reached this point,
Baiyu finally figured out what he couldn’t understand previously.
Why Allen had numerous opportunities to kill him but didn’t, instead saving him, like pulling him out in front of the Spirit Realm channel of the Seventh Mine.
Why when backstabbing Meng Lei, he only inflicted minor injury on this Holy Light Church giant.
Playing undercover here.