As the sun sank, the crimson glow of the Blood Moon seeped into the sky once more, as if laying the stage for some colossal presence. Inside the observatory, the four were fully geared and ready.
Suddenly, Lu Ye's Eye of the World radar began to tremble—dense clusters of red dots surged in from the east, west, and south.
Predicted Monster Tide Estimated Count: ~100 Composition:
Tier 1 Mutants (Standard / Runners / Bone-Spike Type) × 80
Early Tier 2 Mutants (Corrupted Armor / Four-Armed Leapers) × 15
Peak Tier 2 Special Entity (Psionic Class: Mindbreaker) × 1
Unknown Signal: 1 (Golden, unidentified origin) "Here we go again."
The first wave—Tier 1 Runners—stormed the stadium stands like a tidal wave. Chen Mo led the charge, his bronze-hardened arms sweeping wide, carving a vacuum path through the track. Zhao Yang lurked in the shadows, blood mist flowing across the ground like a pre-laid trap—once the runners stepped in, their speed dropped sharply, and he slit their throats one by one.
Qin Hao stood behind the midfield line, weaving threads of light into a defensive net, patching Chen Mo's torn skin and retrieving fallen crystals. Lu Ye's Eye of the World marked high-threat targets in real time, his spatial freeze intercepting breach points with precision.
Second Wave Bone-Spike and Armored types—fewer in number but heavily fortified. Zhao Yang absorbed their impact with Kinetic Siphon, channeling the energy into his steel lance, piercing three at once. Chen Mo unleashed a shockwave, pulverizing armor into bone dust, then kicked the remains off the stands.
Qin Hao spotted the Mindbreaker in the northeast corner—its psychic ripples slowed Chen Mo's movements and drew blood from Zhao Yang's brow.
Lu Ye closed his eyes, activating his newly awakened Energy Trajectory Vision, syncing it with the Eye of the World to lock onto the source of the psychic waves. He froze the space to sever the ripple's extension. Zhao Yang seized the moment, dragging his "vampire cloak" (for style), blinking behind the Mindbreaker, and drove his clawed hand into its skull, extracting the core crystal.
Obtained:Psionic Crystal
Purity: 58%
Effect: Enhances perception-based abilities; grants minor mental resistance
Qin Hao immediately distributed the high-purity crystal evenly among the team, triggering breakthroughs.
Power-Up
Lu Ye: Mid Tier 2; Eye of the World radius expanded to 80 meters; spatial freeze duration extended to 8 seconds
Qin Hao: Mid Tier 2; Life Sense radius 100 meters; unlocked Life Chain (healing can be transmitted to 3 teammates)
Chen Mo: Mid Tier 2; Shockwave gains 1-second paralysis effect
Zhao Yang: Mid Tier 2; unlocked Blood Mist Domain (5-meter radius; enemies inside suffer 40% movement reduction)
As the battlefield quieted, a golden signal rose from the heap of corpses—a heart-like amber object pulsing slowly, with a miniature galaxy projection suspended inside.
Star Abyss Fragment Origin: Unknown dimensional coordinates Function: Unanalyzed Note: When the Blood Moon reaches its zenith, the bearer will be "observed"
Lu Ye stared at it, the vague silhouette in his mind surfacing once more. Qin Hao murmured, "It's like… it's using these monsters to filter something."
The four exchanged glances. A single thought emerged in all their minds— This was just a probe. The real storm… hasn't begun.