The sky was dim, and the land lay in utter silence.
Under the extreme darkness, the first to suffer were not the humans living in the various Safe Zones, but the Anomalies wandering the land.
Non-corporeal Anomalies were still manageable, but corporeal Anomalies were swallowed by the darkness one after another. As time went on, hybrids incorporating Anomaly traits might emerge.
Out of this concern, the Night Watchers distributed specially made drinks to the various Safe Zones while also strengthening their security measures.
Across all of Huaxia, aside from the sixty-four Safe Zones and twelve Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, every other place was shrouded in darkness. In some uninhabited regions, expanding Black Domains had even appeared.
Unlike ordinary darkness, Black Domains were the embodiment of [Extreme Darkness].
Those high-threat hybrids were assembled and fused within Black Domains. Unless a player was rated Epic Grade or above, entering a Black Domain meant only one outcome: disappearance.
Black Domains were actually easy to identify. Any darkness that could not be seen through at all was a Black Domain. Since these things were nearly impossible to dispel, every Safe Zone had players sent out to investigate the surrounding area.
"The seventeenth... This is already the seventeenth Black Domain to appear outside Safe Zone No. 24."
Looking at the patch of darkness in the distance that was completely impossible to see through, Fireworks of Romance frowned as she stood atop a tall building.
"At this rate, Safe Zone No. 24 is practically going to be surrounded by Black Domains."
They were currently in an abandoned urban district, which had already been completely enveloped in darkness. However, this ordinary darkness was nothing to players, who generally possessed night vision.
"Being surrounded by Black Domains isn't much of an issue. We have Teleportation Arrays, after all.