The students, who had been laughing and teasing one another only minutes ago, felt the shift instinctively. Conversations died mid-sentence; as the music of the evening seemed muffled, swallowed by a growing unease that the human mind could not rationalize.
Before they could even understand what was happening, a rift appeared above them, slowly turning into a door-like appearance, floating above the top of their head.
Ling Yu's gaze was fixed on the horizon. The currents of the ocean moved differently now. The patterns of the waves were subtly irregular, as if some immense hand were pushing and pulling from below.
Her pulse quickened, not with fear, but with recognition.
"System, check what's going on?! Why is it suddenly occurring before the time limit ended?" Ling Yu was not afraid of confronting the monsters, but she had to prepare to ward them off.
[System Alert!]
[Abnormal Rift Detected. Host in proximity to sea-based anomaly.
Probability of aquatic threat: Extreme.]
