Crimson Feather's words plunged the Command Center into an unprecedented silence.
The news Dragon Soaring World and Idith had brought was bad enough, but compared with the situation in Kyoto, the fanatical theocracy and endless tide of monsters seemed almost insignificant.
The Void Vortex.
Those two words represented an incomprehensible, ultimate catastrophe.
"Half of Kyoto?" Dragon Soaring World's ragged breathing was painfully clear in the quiet room.
"Yes," Crimson Feather said, his voice dry.
"A huge, spinning hole of darkness appeared out of nowhere above the city, then fell."
"It swallowed half the city, and it's still slowly expanding."
"Anything that gets close, whether it's a building or a living person, is twisted apart and reassembled into an indescribable monster. Then it crawls out of the vortex and attacks everything."
Idith's delicate face grew grave. After a moment's thought, she said, "It sounds like an infection at the level of laws, carried by void power."
Dragon Soaring World slammed his fist onto the table.
"Damn it, half a city is gone! How many people died?"
"What the hell has Apocalypse unleashed?"
The seven divine avatars reacted as well.
Alesha's Night Avatar spoke gravely.
"This is proof that the world is being eroded."
"In any stable world, its laws form a closed system."
"The appearance of a Void Vortex means a breach has been torn in the barrier of this world's laws, one that cannot heal."
She looked at Qin Chuan.
"At the center of that breach, there must be a Void Heart."
"Unless it's destroyed, the Void Vortex will keep drawing sustenance from the real world until it drags the entire world into the void."
Alesha's words made everyone's heart sink.
This was no longer a crisis for one city or one country.
The survival of all Blue Star was