The Fourteenth District has now become a human-turned-purgatory, shrouded completely in gloom.

In just a few days, such a dramatic change unfolded, truly catching many off guard.

The fusion of worlds, the scent of mutation eroding the wilderness, forcing the fierce beasts to flee, forming a beast tide that crashes into the urban districts, the slaughter between the Transcendents and the fierce beasts was initially alleviated with support from other districts, but the intense qi and blood further spurred the mutation to expand wildly, enveloping the Fourteenth District in a very short time.

The occurrence of everything was so unexpected.

The gloomy sky was raining countless flakes of ash.

Accompanied by a creaking sound, a massive and bizarre terrifying entity slowly walked through the urban district amidst the mist. Its eyes were deep and haunting, like a standing giant, but its proportions made it appear extremely discordant.

Countless exposed bloody fibers emitted a scorching magma-like aura, looking exceptionally menacing.

It walked among the skyscrapers like a rancher patrolling their estate.

At this moment.

The nearby populace, originally silent like corpses, had their communicators emit a series of urgent buzzes; everyone moved, rushing to the windows to cast fearful glances at it.

Some even hurriedly dashed into rooms to wake their sleeping family, hurriedly brought them to the floor-to-ceiling windows, and stared in terror at that bizarre creature!

The atmosphere was tense to the utmost degree.

This is what they call the 'Great Demon of Fear'!

Within its range of appearance, everyone must fix their fearful gaze upon it, otherwise, once it perceives any living being ignoring it or lacking fear, it will plunge into a frenzied rampage, slaughtering all life nearby!

Therefore.

Even if you're squatting on the toilet, once you receive news of this eerie creature's presence, you must immediately cut it short and rush out to pay attention!

This rule was discovered at the cost of dozens of Apostle-level transcendents!

And this is just one of the many abnormalities in the Fourteenth District.

For instance, there is a gigantic terrifying alien corpse, with black and red air flowing along its white bones, and its massive bone spurs extending into the void as if linking to the Ten Thousand Realms; anyone who sees it must create music within a minute, whether singing, playing, or producing rhythmic sounds by striking objects.

Otherwise, they will go into a frenzy!

These are just the visible ones; the deaths caused by those invisible entities are even more horrifying.

In a neighborhood to the east of the city, lights must be kept on around the clock, day and night, ensuring everyone is always under the illumination; once stepping out of the light, disaster strikes.

Some even dream of a godly podium, randomly placed with an item atop it. In the day that follows, they must locate and destroy this item; otherwise, it appears beside them upon their next sleep, potentially leading to eternal slumber.

These discovered rules are all derived from countless lives lost!

Yet, there are more anomalies for which no patterns have been found.

The aberrations remain rampant, and death continues unabated!

In just three days, the death toll in the Fourteenth District has surpassed half, and whether ordinary people or transcendents, none are not trembling with fear, desiring to escape this uncanny city; yet, outside, fierce beasts and anomalies abound!

At this moment, Xia Shengxuan gathers the remaining transcendents in the city, managing to barely sustain this precarious situation under the shelter of the corpse of a Beast on Disaster level.

Everyone's nerves are stretched taut, continuously collecting information on anomalies, analyzing and monitoring their movements, then conveying it to the ordinary populace, trying to save more lives.

However, many are acutely aware that this patchwork approach, aside from allowing everyone to survive a little longer, changes nothing substantially.

Within the City Lord's Mansion, a data analyst suddenly stood up, screaming wildly, tears of blood streaming from the corners of their eyes, startling everyone present; the transcendents responsible for vigilance immediately isolated him with energy!

"Zeng Jing, what's wrong with you!?"

"What happened!?"

Everyone looked at Zeng Jing as if confronting a formidable foe, deeply worried about an aberration invading here.

It was understood that now the corpse of a Beast on Disaster level tightly surrounded the City Lord's Mansion, its Destruction-level Power isolating most anomalies; if an anomaly truly invaded the City Lord's Mansion, its level causing absolute despair!

Exactly.

Anomalies also have levels.

Some anomaly attacks can be directly withstood by transcendents.

However, this resistance is purely passive, for they cannot ascertain the level of the anomalies they face; even some seemingly inconspicuous anomalies can instantly kill Apostle-level transcendents!

Hearing the commotion, Xia Shengxuan, accompanied by Xiaoyan, hurried over with a solemn look; he released his spiritual power, carefully observing the surroundings.

"Brother, please, tell us about your situation."

The tone was slightly cold, but everyone knew this rule: encountering an anomaly within the City Lord's Mansion must be reported immediately, and if the pattern cannot be discerned, then the individual must be cast outside to fend for themselves.

The directive, though somewhat harsh, was undeniably a helpless measure necessitated by circumstances.

Once the City Lord's Mansion can't function normally, the situation facing the millions within the district can well be imagined.

At this moment, Zeng Jing, who had been avoided by everyone, halted his screaming upon hearing this, surveying the room before breaking into a manic grin: "There's no hope... all of us are going to die here, any struggle is futile!"

"It's all futile, sob sob sob..."

Upon hearing this, Xia Shengxuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as in such extreme terror, ordinary people's spirits getting traumatized was not the first instance.

Clearly, the analyst before them was in such a condition, though deranged, they at least maintained a certain logic in their speech.

Relatively, transcendents were more suited for this work; however, they still had to be dispatched to handle the fierce beasts rampaging through the city, which was an unavoidable matter.

The expressions of others slightly softened, and Xiaoyan spoke up suddenly to console, "I know these times are unbearably painful, but please believe that support is on the way, and the Destruction-level powerhouses from the Holy City will arrive soon; we will ultimately conquer this disaster."

"Heh."

Zeng Jing disenchantedly sneered a few times, pointing to the continually flashing information on the screen: "Look at that, what do you see? Each line indicates the discovery of a new anomaly, both in numbers and ranks skyrocketing!"

"What we see is just the tip of the iceberg; when true terror descends, even Destruction-level Transcendents will be swallowed!"

Xia Shengxuan did not argue with him but instead signaled for the nearby transcendents to take him away.

In many cases, all explanations are powerless.

Only true hope can awaken those crushed by terror.

Once Zeng Jing was led away, the atmosphere in the office of the City Lord's Mansion remained subdued, even causing some female workers to sob, covering their mouths.

Nonetheless...

No one dared to make a sound, fearing it would invite misfortune.

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