Frontline, [Azure] Pillar.
"How is it? Any results?"
Looking up at the figure who had entered to report, the man dressed in casual wear remained expressionless.
Half a system hour ago, in the Outer Realm, an enormous black pillar of light shot into the sky. At the same time, a small portion of the population on the frontline underwent a bizarre transformation, dense White Bugs growing all over their bodies as they continuously knelt and worshipped that black pillar of light.
A catastrophic disaster had thus unfolded across the frontline.
Although the major factions reacted swiftly and promptly dispatched personnel to deal with the situation, they had underestimated the actual strength of the Aberrant Crowd.
While Mythical beings made up only a small proportion of them, there were indeed Mythical beings among the aberrant crowd. Perhaps because of the White Bugs on their bodies, all of their strength had collectively risen by an entire tier.
Those who had originally been Epic rose to Legendary, those at the Legendary Level rose to the peak of Legendary, while Low Myth beings uniformly rose to the Mid Mythical Tier. As for those at the Mid Mythical Tier, they made a tremendous leap straight into the ranks of High Myth.
This utterly terrifying boost in strength had dealt their side a severe blow.
What was even more horrifying was that the aberrant crowd possessed a certain degree of infectiousness. In a short time, the size of their group had surged severalfold.
The only fortunate thing was that the infection had currently been confirmed to affect only those below the Mythical Level. It was at least a small blessing amid the misfortune.
As of now, although the aberrant crowd was still wreaking havoc, the vast majority of people had already fled into the major cities