Outside the repair pod, beyond the still-unrepaired damaged structures of the Mechanical Divine Domain, three presences arrived almost instantly within the Beyond-the-World void, which had been chaotic yet relatively calm.
These three presences were completely different from the chaotic, deathly silent Beyond-World Undead from before.
They were immensely solid and dense. Each contained distinct, powerful fluctuations of Authority laws, intertwining to form an incomparably heavy field of pressure that swept toward the battered Mechanical Divine Domain like an invisible tsunami.
That pressure was not purely malicious. It was more like a declaration, an arrival that could not be ignored, founded upon absolute strength and status.
The mere approach of those presences made the already fragile rule fields around the Mechanical Divine Domain emit overwhelmed hums. Many injured Authority Holders who had been regulating their breathing were jolted awake, fear and confusion appearing on their faces.
A violent fluctuation briefly ran through Alvin's data stream, and his expression turned grave.
"Someone's here."
"And... they don't mean well."
Shen Yi's gaze sharpened. He quickly instructed Wen Ke'er and Fei Mi, "Stay inside the repair pod. Don't go out, and don't remove the barrier."
Then he turned and left the repair pod with Alvin and Lilith.
Within the Mechanical Divine Domain, the Authority Holders who had only just gained a brief respite and had yet to recover from their fright were also startled awake by the three sudden, mountain-heavy waves of rule pressure.
Panic spread once more. Anxiety was written across the faces of many Authority Holders. The Mechanical Divine Domain was now in ruins, and its defensive system had only barely been repaired. It truly could not withstand another large-scale assault.
If anything else went wrong, the entire divine domain would likely collapse completely.
Yet when they saw Alvin and Shen Yi