As the group talked, the female Night Watch suddenly frowned and pulled a faintly glowing communicator from her waist.
She quickly checked the information on it, her expression gradually turning grave:
"Leonard,
the Astronomical Society just sent word that ambient spiritual-energy fluctuations within the Solar System showed a momentary anomaly.
And it was directly aligned with the Earth Beacon where we are.
Although it quickly returned to normal, could a change of that magnitude be related to what we're facing now?"
The Night Watch captain's eyes flashed with surprise.
"Ambient spiritual-energy fluctuations?
Cosmic background science is far too complicated. Did the Astronomical Society provide a more specific analysis?"
She shook her head,
then showed Leonard the information on her communicator.
"Unfortunately,
the Dark Matter Tide in the cosmic background is simply too complex.
Like the endless stellar activity above the sun, nearly all of it lies within chaotic, unobservable data.
Unless we can find a true Laplace simulation.
If nothing abnormal happens, this fluctuation will ultimately be recorded as merely one of countless minute changes buried deep in the database."
"Stay alert.
Whether it's the Black Tide receding or the abnormal spiritual-energy fluctuations, it may mean some unknown force can no longer hold itself back."
But at that moment,
the data on the abyss-depth measurement instruments continued to update, as if telling an even grander story.
Far beyond the pitch-black torrential rain,
the sound of the waves began to change. It was a surge beyond the scope of nature, heralding the return of some massive entity from beyond the deep sea.
Attention,
abnormal deep-sea fluctuations detected,
a large life-form or unknown structure is suspected to be approaching.
The instrument's alarm sounded, carrying a note of urgency and unease. But at that moment, the woman seemed to have finally remembered something: