Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 219: Chapter 160: Revelation 3

Amidst the excited shouts of the videographer, the short video froze at the moment the thick fog spread toward the lens.

It seemed as if something broke free from the fog, rushing toward the videographer.

This short video came from an A-Level Erosion Dungeon in Wanming City.

Six hours ago, there was a sudden half-hour vacuum period in the electromagnetic interference enveloping the Erosion Dungeon, during which numerous short videos recorded by survivors within the dungeon appeared on major short video websites.

Since the accounts posting the videos were mostly small accounts with extremely low followings, the review system was very lax, and within just two minutes, videos tagged with #thick fog were automatically boosted to the trending searches.

This change happened so quickly that it caught the Management Bureau off guard. Even though they manipulated reviews to delete posts across the web and even temporarily shut down the servers of major short video sites shortly after, there were still a few that slipped through the cracks, were saved, and spread widely.

The short video that Wu Chang was watching was one of them and also one of the most widely influential.

Not only was it preserved and spread, but some kind-hearted person also renamed the video to ”Turn the volume up to the max and listen to the whispers of the universe.”

At first, people thought it was just a prank, but soon, due to the correct method of opening it, tens of thousands of viewers were influenced by the sound in the fog, preparing to head to Wanming City and, like the videographer, rush into the fog.

The most direct manifestation was that all the high-speed trains and planes passing through Wanming City were sold out within an hour of the video’s appearance.

Even though all public transportation to Wanming City was subsequently shut down, there were still countless viewers driving private cars, blocking the highway exits and charging the military checkpoints.

Due to the urgent situation, the Wanming City Management Bureau had already requested help from all nearby branches.

As the nearest neighbor, the experts from the Wanghai Branch were almost entirely dispatched, including Sword Star and Shi Ning.

It could be said that Wanghai City was currently in an unprecedented state of vulnerability, just right for certain things to jump out.

Wu Chang repeatedly watched the 15-second short video. By repeatedly freezing the frame and almost a frame-by-frame analysis, he vaguely saw a horn-shaped emblem in the fog of the last frame.

That’s it!

After becoming an Explorer, his permissions within the Management Bureau had significantly improved, allowing him to freely browse many common-sense intelligence reports without spending Rotten Silver Coins.

Among these freely browsable common senses, the information on Evil God cultists mentioned the three most active Evil God cults currently.

They were the Peaceful Sect, Bliss Sect, and Revelation.

The Peaceful Sect, needless to say, was an old friend of Wu Chang, with the sect’s symbol being a vertical pupil resembling a crescent moon.

The Bliss Sect, second only in activity to the Peaceful Sect, preached indulging desires, enjoying life to the fullest, and perceiving the world through the body, with the sect’s symbol being a human with four arms and four legs, similar in form to Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.

If one had to say, Wu Chang had also had contact with the Bliss Sect. The Sense Sect worshipped by the islanders on the Peaceful Town Dungeon’s Briff Island was a branch of the Bliss Sect.

They also advocated indulgent freedom and enjoying life, except due to Erin’s influence, they shifted from the extreme of indulgence to the extreme of restraint.

The last of the three major Evil God cults, the Revelation, was a force Wu Chang had yet to come into contact with.

The emblem of the Revelation Cult was a twisted horn.

They differed from the other two Evil God cults in that they worshiped the Evil God not for wealth and power or to satisfy personal desires but to save the world.

They believed the apocalypse was approaching, and all life would perish in a massive catastrophe, while the God they worshipped would grant them a revelation toward the future world. Following the guidance of the revelation, they would lead their followers through the apocalypse to a bright world of the future.

The Revelation Cult seemed utterly selfless, and their purpose very pure, but the more this was the case, the more they believed in their correctness and righteousness, also believing that great endeavors were unbound by small matters.

They believed that all destruction was a necessary sacrifice in the process of welcoming the light.

Because of this, these fanatical lunatics acted more recklessly than the other two cults, causing more serious harm.

The reason the A-Level Erosion Dungeon in Wanming City was so difficult to handle was inseparable from the participation of the Revelation.

Anything that these three groups of guys get involved in becomes extraordinarily troublesome.

Setting down the phone, Wu Chang continued to monitor the Night Song Bar.

Unfortunately, the Night Song Bar did not open all day, and until near the agreed time, he still hadn’t seen any useful information.

At nine-thirty in the evening, Wu Chang’s phone vibrated, lighting up the screen, revealing an updated pinned announcement from the Night Song Chat Group.

The announcement contained only one location: Haiyang Plaza in Peace District’s Cui Lake Park.

Wu Chang raised an eyebrow; he was very familiar with this location, as it was one of the twelve Earthly Divine Kingdom ritual nodes he had scouted last night, and one of the nodes was precisely at this position.

Moreover, the location of Haiyang Plaza corresponded to Wenchang Hall, one in the south and one in the north, being the two major nodes.

He and Erin had speculated last night that if the next event was set at Haiyang Plaza, it indicated that the other party could not wait any longer and would soon conduct the Earthly Divine Kingdom ritual. 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

He swallowed the Transformation Pill, called a cab, and headed straight for Haiyang Plaza.

By the time he arrived, a third of the group had already reached the site, standing dazedly, staring at the sculpture in the center of Haiyang Plaza, and ultimately mumbling their desires subconsciously.

Haiyang Plaza, formerly the Dream Plaza in the Erosion Dungeon, had not disappeared after the Erosion Dungeon was broken through but merged with Wanghai City.

Some portion of the Great Miracle’s Power still lingered here, affecting those who had visited the Dream Plaza or residents who came here to unknowingly wish softly.

Because of this, Tang Renquan and others chose this as one of the critical cores.

They hadn’t waited long before the manager of the Night Song Bar arrived at the site with the Pilot Band, and judging by their posture, it seemed they intended to host an open-air concert here.

However, unlike in the Night Song Bar, the bar manager wasn’t wearing a conspicuous suit but rather a quite classical formal suit, and the bar service staff following behind weren’t sporting bold leather jackets but had switched to similarly styled formal wear.

Their addition gave the open-air party, which was supposed to be full of passion and wildness, an aura of solemnity and sanctity.

This style was very novel, causing many regulars of the bar to gather around and inquire about which store the formal wear was custom-made from.

The bar manager smiled without speaking, only saying that he would send it to everyone later.

Compared to the bar team’s uniquely styled formal wear, Wu Chang was more concerned with the embroidery on the cuffs of their formal wear.

Including the service staff, every bar employee had a twisted horn embroidered on their cuffs.