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Chapter 100 - 93: Apocalypse-Level Crisis

Chapter 100: Chapter 93: Apocalypse-Level Crisis

At this moment,

Kunlun Mountain, in a large video conference room.

A massive rosewood table was set up here, large enough to seat thirty people, but at the moment, only about a dozen were gathered in the conference hall, discussing something with serious expressions.

Across the table, several 100-inch liquid crystal displays were set up, engaged in a video call.

The counterparts of the conversation were not members of the Black-Clothed Guard but representatives of supernatural institutions from around the globe.

Over the past month, a total of 19 instances of the red mist events had occurred globally!

The longest lasted for 30 minutes, and the shortest was a mere two minutes.

Once the red mist dissipated, every building and creature inside disappeared, along with the soil down to a depth of 5 meters—it was as though a piece had been cleanly sliced off with a knife, leaving an unnaturally smooth edge.

Additionally, over one hundred and sixty cases of disappearing vehicles had taken place, ranging from personal cars to trams and buses... These missing vehicles have yet to be located.

Of course, when added together, these incidents were still not enough to draw significant attention.

There were too many people in the world, and across the four oceans and five continents, supernatural accidents occurred daily.

But these two seemingly unrelated supernatural events were linked.

Even, supernatural organizations across the globe had raised their security alert levels and convened a major security conference.

This was because a Subordinate Demon God harboring extreme malice— the Blood Demon— was rising!

According to astrological signs, the Blood Demon’s parallel world was intersecting with the human world in the Etheric Abyss.

"This is a ’damn’ mess, a revelation sent by God!"

"An unimaginable super lifeform is descending into our world, and all of humanity needs to unite to confront this powerful foe."

A woman with gray hair and a face full of wrinkles was loudly calling for action on the central screen.

In the top-right corner of the screen, there was a bright red Crystal Ball.

"All that is happening now is merely a prelude to a disaster."

"After this, an apocalyptic-level crisis will come!"

"If we don’t take action now, it will be too late."

The number 1 old man of the Black-Clothed Guard, listening to the person in the video who was emotionally charged, couldn’t help but have his drooping eyelids twitch twice.

He did not like dealing with these people, as their way of thinking deviated drastically from that of a normal person, often mentioning things like "God’s revelation," "apocalyptic crisis," "apocalyptic Prophecy," "divine decree," and so on.

In reality... God never issued any revelations.

Everything was merely a result of human ability.

The Demon God "God" had never issued any "divine decrees"; it was simply an unconscious idealistic creation.

It just needed human faith to maintain its anchorage.

As for the divine decrees propagated by humanity themselves, it was obviously the result of churches making tall claims and vying for power.

Number 1 had always believed that although human superpower was not strong, as a low-entropy entity in the Etheric Abyss, having the wisdom and rationality was enough to struggle against powerful oddities.

Of course, the West also had some traditions like astrology and tarot cards, which could predict and foretell.

Now that a Stargazing Mage had issued an end-of-the-world warning, it should be taken seriously no matter what.

This astrologer, named "Jenny," was a very famous Gypsy lady worldwide, in possession of the Strange Object "Crystal Ball," which could make Prophecies.

The Crystal Ball reflected a vision of dark red lights filling the sky: one day in the future, the entire world would be swallowed by this red light, entering a state of true destruction.

By then, there would be no survivors.

This prophetic vision created a tense atmosphere at the conference.

Jenny’s Prophecies had always been very accurate, whether it was predicting earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, her predictions had saved over 100,000 lives.

In the silence that ensued, the first to speak was a woman from the Kapsingar Research Bureau.

"Based on the available information, the only entity causing these supernatural phenomena around the world is the continuously rising Subordinate Demon God, the Blood Demon."

"If Lady Jenny’s prophecy is true, the Blood Demon is not giving us much time; it will soon emerge from the Etheric Abyss into our world."

"To put it another way, our world might be devoured by it."

The Kapsingar Research Bureau, although not as profound in background as the Black-Clothed Guard, was still considered a powerful supernatural organization and specialized in creating high-yield thermal weapons, colloquially called hydrogen bombs.

Of course, hydrogen bombs were not a cure-all, because many parallel worlds had subtly different rules from the human side, and a slight change in physical parameters could render a hydrogen bomb useless.

Someone asked, "Do you have any evidence to assert that it is the Blood Demon?"

The blonde woman spoke calmly, "Our Investigators, through investigation, obtained a small amount of information: the territory encompassed by the red mist would enter a certain parallel world, that is, be completely devoured."

"The missing vehicles would also enter that parallel world."

"Our Investigators detected the ether value of the red mist using scientific instruments, and we can basically confirm it as the characteristic fluctuation of the Blood Demon."

"But this time, the ’Blood Demon’ has undergone a rather significant change compared to the past; it no longer appears as the landscape of Paradise Village, but now as a mix of urban and rural areas."

"Our investigative team carried a batch of heavy weapons, including a high-yield hydrogen bomb..."

"Please note, the Strange Objects we use for communication may not be able to penetrate the red mist and transmit information."

"At least, ordinary communication Strange Objects won’t work. The ’Blood Demon’ probably has some rules for shielding."

This news was truly catastrophic. Even Number 1 took a deep breath and frowned, sensing the severity of the situation.

The inability to transmit information via Strange Objects meant that once inside, no assistance would be available.

Either you succeeded in containment on the first try, or died within.

The blonde woman continued, "Two hours after entering the red mist, our team of heroes was completely annihilated."

"The telepathic Superpower User in the team, in the moment before death, sent a very small amount of information to her twin sister: the detonation of the hydrogen bomb failed, there are at least twenty different powerful anomalies in that parallel world, with unknown numbers; unknown abilities; the location of the Blood Demon’s true form, unknown."

She paused for a moment and did not reveal the most core information.

Information signified bargaining chips.

No single organization could suppress a global supernatural event like this on their own; each party had to take on some responsibility.

This information was their contribution, as well as their bargaining chips.

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"The situation sounds quite serious. The Russians have brought in another hydrogen bomb..." Number 1 muttered with a sigh. "Their approach is as straightforward and brutal as always, just use Big Ivan for physical destruction, heh."

Another elder chuckled, "Pity, the true form of the ’Blood Demon’ is unknown, how could it be simply killed with a hydrogen bomb..."

"That’s their style of thinking, which is quite good, actually."

"But a hydrogen bomb is a low entropy body, it’s only supported by the physical laws of our world. In the parallel world, even minor changes to physical laws might prevent successful detonation."

"That’s true."

"However, taking different approaches isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If one path is a dead-end, we can learn from each other."

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The meeting continued.

A spokesperson from the Kapsingar Research Bureau spoke: "We believe that the Blood Demon may have completed its rules."

"It is no longer the appearance of an ancient village provided by the information from the Black-clothed Guard."

"It has now evolved into a much larger world, with some high-rise buildings. It has grown at an incredibly fast speed over the last hundred years."

The Blood Demon completed its rules!

The atmosphere at the scene became slightly tense.

An elder from the Black-clothed Guard frowned slightly, "It shouldn’t be, how difficult it is for a Subordinate Demon God Level anomaly to ascend?"

"How could it have been achieved in a hundred years? It hasn’t killed that many people either..."

"Unless..."

Someone asked, "Unless what?"

"There are many possibilities. First, it was originally a Demon God, but became a Subordinate Demon God for some reason; second, it eliminated its archenemy and grew at a rapid pace; as for the third possibility, it may have found something beneficial, but it’s some idealistic phenomenon that we don’t understand..."

Anomalies don’t think; they are governed by their own idealistic rules, which is an experiential formula discovered over thousands of years and is as axiomatic as existence itself.

The reason why anomalies have such a prelude to killing is limited by idealistic rules: if they kill indiscriminately, it would be chaos.

Chaos does not make an anomaly.

Completing rules is the innate drive of every anomaly.

After the completion of rules, it is like expanding their own rules, diversifying their actions, decreasing vulnerabilities, and behaving more like a normal life form.

Meanwhile, this makes them harder to deal with.

The environment of the Etheric Abyss is extremely harsh, and the giant beings restrain each other, which gives humanity a chance to breathe.

But if the rivals are gone, its growth naturally accelerates.

Thinking of this, he pressed the speaking button: "Gentlemen, let’s proceed according to protocol, dealing with this anomaly with the highest standard of procedures."

The Hill Treaty is signed by various organizations to cooperate in dealing with supernatural events, with the goal of avoiding a situation where "three monks have no water to drink."

Of course, the treaty aside, reality is reality, and the situation where "three monks have no water to drink" still exists, just like the Kapsingar Research Bureau, which is not too willing to share information paid for with lives directly.

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(PS: Due to the recent purification campaign, this Chapter seems to have been censored; I don’t even know why this one was blocked, and it took a while to fix. However, the author’s backend can still see everyone’s comments, they should be released after a while, so you can continue to leave messages as normal.)

(But the reading dropped by 1000! There are only 1300 left! It was halved in just two days after launch, terrifying, terrifying. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the plot, has everyone gone to read pirated versions, or are they waiting? Or have they all gone to follow some sensational news?)

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