Chapter 491: 491
Chapter 491: Black Tide: Part 2
A large, deep blue planet was slowly rotating in space, surrounded by several satellites blinking with light . What differed, however, was the existence of black smoke on its surface . It was difficult to see with the naked eyes . Like worms, it was corroding the planet from the outside . Judging from the level of corrosion, it must have been happening for some time .
As time ticked by, one of the satellites shook, and the signal light on its surface flickered before it suddenly went dark . The same thing happened to another satellite, and then another, until all satellites suffered the same fate . Some of them had even started to disintegrate .
As all satellites were gone, communication on the planet’s surface went haywire . There was no more satellite communication .
Black smoke was spreading throughout the surface of the deep blue planet . It happened rapidly and within a short time, turning the planet into a grayish black celestial body .
Fucard Hidden Realm in Xylond was just a small secret realm, the size of a small town . Staying here was the Fucard clan, which had been controlling the realm for a hundred years . This place was on the outer edge, away from the Black Tide . The nearest city was a hundred kilometers away .
The good thing was that most of the family members of this realm were Darksiders with powerful abilities . Under the command of the family’s most powerful patriarch, a Six Winger, they killed any invading mutant creatures and successfully kept a small area of land safe . Because of this, the mysterious realm had provided a refuge for many survivors .
Inside the defense border, Darksiders, smoking as they chatted in dirty jokes, were coming in and out of sentry towers .
The survivors had just woken up, carefully fetching water out from the well, preparing for their lives for another day . A few powerful Five Wingers were guarding at different locations around the area, warning everyone about the threat of monsters .
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Someone pointed to the black mist outside . “It must be because of a lack of sleep . I feel the black mist outside is becoming thicker and closer . ”
No one had noticed that until he spoke . A few Darksider sentries looked out to the black mist . After a careful observation, everyone began to have a bad feeling .
“This is not right! The black mist is indeed moving!”
A Darksider, who was good at data analysis, had observed the anomaly using the instrument in his hand . His expression changed as he called out to warn the others .
“Get the patriarch . Quick!”
“Activate the purification array! Quick, quick, quick!”
The purification array was a special magic circle, invented by the Darksiders here, after they studied the Sanctum’s holy power magic circle . It used dark energy instead of holy power to push out the black mist, leaving no space for the black mist to exist, keeping it away from an area .
People were in a panic, making telephone calls on their mobile phones, trying to warn their counterparts on sentry duty in other locations . Someone had barged into the mysterious realm, bringing the news to the Darksider patriarch, who was now still in a cultivation session .
But before everyone could react, the black mist in the surroundings suddenly surged and swept toward the mysterious realm as if waves coming to shore .
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The activated magic circle was emitting a green light to ward off the attack . Unfortunately, it only lasted less than three breaths before the black mist wiped it out .
People started to scream in fear as they ran back toward the mysterious realm . In time of this, the mysterious realm was the only place they could find safety . They would be safe as soon as they were inside, away from the surging black mist . But they were too slow .
In less than a second, the black mist overrun the entire survivor settlement like a hungry leopard . Screams and cries were heard in the black mist, but it quickly died down . Voices started to fade, thinning, and at last, silence took over .
It was not just Fucard Hidden Realm was under attack, the entire Xylond, Olro, Redwin, Miga and all other places that had not been affected earlier was overrun by black mist . Only the large defensive cities, which was built earlier, still survived . But their area was shrinking . They only managed to protect a smaller area of land . These places might survive, but compared to the area of defense they had before this, it was a lot smaller . The black mist attack had not only shrunk their land size, but it also caused many other problems .
Henricqal .
Lin Sheng sat on the top of Tower of Dusk, checking the defense situation in different locations through an LAN monitoring system . On one display, the image of multiple top management appeared on the screen . They were teleconferencing .
The atmosphere was depressing . Everyone was trying to attend to the multitude of incoming requests, queries and applications . All major lines of defense were shrinking, and the area under the influence of the holy light’s purification force field had also reduced under the black mist’s attack .
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Fortunately, the Tower of Dusk, with the enhanced holy power force field and the holy crystal font, managed to stop the corrosion of the black mist . Henricqal had lost little ground to the black mist .
“Things are not looking up! We have lost contact with the other mysterious realm . The satellite phone is unusable . We can’t even control the drones we have sent out earlier . Those units that have returned all have some kind of damage . ”
Led by Cainphas, Baine University was the technical support unit .
“Although we have brought many top research talents from the capital, and more workshops are restarting operations, we need raw material supply from the mysterious realms in the vicinity . If this situation goes on, we are going to run out of essential supplies!” Cainphas sounded desperate .
“We are no better there, too . I have sent out a few prisoners of war to check out the black mist . They all dropped dead to the ground just ten meters out . I have tried other more resilient animals, and even the monsters we have captured earlier . Once released out there, they all died instantly!” Margaret said, sounding panic-stricken .
“We have not much food left here . The population influx earlier has exhausted much of it . We are about to run out of reserve of food and monster meat,” a top executive in charge of logistics support said .
“How long could it last?” asked Lin Sheng .
“Not more than a month!”
“A month…”
Lin Sheng’s brows knitted together in a frown . He finally knew how it felt when Blackfeather City experienced the same crisis . It was not about combat strength . When facing the black mist attack, solving the logistics problem was the priority . Food was the single major challenge with so many people to feed . Not to mention the impacts of frenzied, negative emotions .
“Panic buying is happening in the city . Everyone is scrambling for food and water . I’ve limited the sales in all shops and supermarkets,” the logistics manager said .
“Good job! Is there any problem in the safe zone?” Lin Sheng asked .
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