Chapter 460: Chapter 359: Second Senior Brother, What Did You Actually Foresee?

"There are still sixty percent of unexplored locations remaining."

"In the forty percent of locations we have already explored, we found this."

A photograph was transmitted to the virtual meeting room.

It was something resembling a totem.

About the height of an adult man, entirely black, with strange patterns carved artificially.

They were erected in various places around the city, unnoticed corners, underwater, or buried in the soil.

"To complete the exploration of this forty percent, we lost four hundred Spirit Contract Masters and two thousand intelligent patrol robots," Ye Qiu said solemnly.

Most of them were contaminated by the Breath of Corruption during the approach to the totems, leading to self-destruction.

After self-destruction, the ink splattered onto others and the intelligent devices, repeating and recycling endlessly.

Ye Qiu’s expression was not pleasant.

"Second Senior Brother, I hope you’ll tell us the truth."

"As a Divination Master who comprehends the River Map and Luo Book, you should have foreseen today’s events from the hexagrams."

"Otherwise, you wouldn’t have urged Little Junior Brother to enter the Fruit World urgently, seeking the only solution."

"But, I want to hear you personally tell me, how many Combat Spirit Contract Masters must die, how many companions’ lives must be sacrificed to fill this ’gap’?"

Sacrifice is an awareness that should be there, but it can’t be as unclear and meaningless as it is now.

Ye Qiu thought of the deceased Meng Xiaobei and couldn’t help but ask:

"Second Senior Brother, what exactly have you predicted?"

Compared to the calm Shen Zheqi, Ye Qiu is more emotional and passionate, related to their responsibilities and personal characters.

Lin Jingxuan was not surprised by Ye Qiu’s words, nor did he mind.

"What I’ve predicted, I can’t say now." He shook his head, "However, I hope you’ll be mentally prepared."

"Because the Imperial full-scale attack on North County has just begun."

...

North Strange Peak is located south of Jubei Pass, a precipitous mountain peak.

Standing atop the mountain, one can see the faint outline of Great Xia North County.

The mountain wind is biting, causing the green grass hidden in the stone cracks to shiver tightly against the stone wall.

Clip, clop, clip, clop.

Several figures on warhorses appeared on North Strange Peak.

"The entire sky over Great Xia North County is already shrouded in the Breath of Corruption."

"With its nourishment, the Fallen Stone Sculptures planted in various cities can successfully take root and sprout."

Louis XVII, speaking to this point, turned his head to look at the high sky behind him.

There, a massive obsidian-like book was flipping on its own, with black gas forming new words above it.

"How is the deployment status of the Imperial Knight Order?"

"The Four Great Knight Orders have already completed assembly, beginning deployment to the designated locations."

"Have the other major forces responded?"

"The Longevity Company rejected our invitation, their leader Frog has entered seclusion, and during this time, the whole company will be dormant, making no movements."

"Dream Demon Frog, huh? When I first met him, he was still a formal scientist."

Above the Knight’s Code, faint black words gather and dissipate.

"The Can Shang Company is overwhelmed, they are fighting fiercely with the ancestors, and it is estimated there will be results soon."

"As for the Old Covenant..."

The Old Covenant now barely exists, leaving only the Pope as its sole figure.

The knight’s code, shimmering with obsidian luster, turned another page, and new dark words emerged.

"We can offer him more promises."

Louis XVII was momentarily stunned; he looked up at the knight’s code, his gaze deep and profound.

It was just a brief motion; he quickly lowered his head again and responded, "Understood."

"The Four Great Knight Orders will reach the target location in three days. Last time, when we surrounded and attacked Li Shutong, the Imperial did not display its iron hand."

"This time, it’s time for everyone to know the prestige of the Imperial Iron Riders!"

Once again, the knight’s code did not respond, nor did it generate new words.

It seemed to have fallen into sudden silence.

Louis XVII said no more. He only silently looked behind him as four Imperial Knights stepped forward to catch the slowly descending Imperial Supreme Treasure.

He glanced back in the direction of North County.

The black aura and golden light entangled and flickered among the clouds, ebbing and flowing.

Louis XVII withdrew his gaze.

He was unsure of what he thought in his heart.

He spurred his horse and leaped down from North Strange Peak!

...

Three days.

During these three days, the loss of Combat Spirit Contract Masters and intelligent mechanisms continued to increase.

The troublesome nature of the Breath of Corruption caused significant difficulties for North County.

If not for Lin Jingxuan’s Original Daoist River Map and Luo Book, suppressed by the Heaven and Earth Array and Eight Trigrams.

With Shang Siteng’s Heaven’s Origin breaking through one by one.

North County might have already become a living purgatory by now.

Even so, many lives were still lost.

Their sacrifices were not in vain.

Dozens of dark totems were eradicated, reduced to powder.

Given another ten days, North County could eliminate these dark totems and unravel this long-plotted conspiracy.

However, things went contrary to plans.

Just past the third day, those remaining dark totems in North County, after absorbing a large amount of the Breath of Corruption, had grown from human height to the height of buildings.

Resembling black obelisks rising from the ground.

Engraved upon them were strange, eerie patterns.

Some depicted strange-shaped beasts, others simply had ghastly faces and monsters.

Twisted, chaotic, corrupt.

As these black totem obelisks rose, a series of calls seemed to emerge from the abyss beneath the earth in North County.

Everyone in North County could clearly hear it!

Something was breaking through the earth, emerging to descend upon the world!

As the leader of the Heaven and Earth Array,

At the node of the formation, a trace of black vapor suddenly appeared in Lin Jingxuan’s brow.

But soon, it was dispelled by the golden light enveloping his body.

Lin Jingxuan suddenly opened his eyes, his expression grave.

He made no extra movements, directly opening the emergency communication channel prepared by Celestial Net Bob.

"Those black totem obelisks are coordinates for the arrival of the abyss of corruption."

"Each coordinate is an anchor point; they lock North County’s location. Soon, the abyss of corruption will descend."

"By then, North County will become the new abyss of corruption; no one will be able to leave alive."

"I must retrieve all the defensive forces of the Heaven and Earth Array, focus fully on suppressing the anchor points, and prevent the descent of the abyss of corruption."

"Now, I appoint Shang Siteng to take over my subsequent command work; everyone report to her!"

Communication ended.

Underneath the cushion where Lin Jingxuan sat cross-legged, a golden-white scroll slowly unfolded.

On this day, the Heaven and Earth Array that protected all of North County disappeared without a trace.

All the people in North County felt a chill.