Alvin's gaze swept over the three figures floating not far away—Mia, Miao Xing, and Deklan from the Association.
His emotions still could not fully settle.
Based on his past understanding and the consensus forged over countless years Beyond the World, Mia and Miao Xing, along with the other four, were Supreme Beings who stood apart from the usual circle of Authority Holders and almost never involved themselves in specific affairs.
They guarded the depths of the Void Domain, pursuing the secrets of the Boundary Land. They had always maintained a detached, even indifferent attitude toward the survival or destruction of the Boundary Zone and most Authority Holders.
Yet now, not only had they appeared, they had also brought Deklan from the Association. Miao Xing had even personally erected a starry defensive barrier on this scale.
"Had things really gotten this bad?"
Shen Yi stood beside Alvin, his gaze likewise resting on Mia and the other two as he frowned slightly.
The same question lingered in his mind.
From Alvin's earlier description and everything he had seen and heard since arriving Beyond the World, beings on Mia's level operated in a fundamentally different manner from ordinary Authority Holders.
Their eyes seemed to be forever fixed on places farther away and closer to the root of things. Ordinary disasters, death, and changes in power were rarely enough to draw their attention or intervention.
But now, not only had they come, they had come in the Association's name, carrying the clear mission of "assisting with defense and observing and evaluating." They were even willing to expend enormous effort to construct long-term defenses.
This was definitely not as simple as Feng Qingyao detonating the Boundary Land and causing the undead to multiply.
There had to be a deeper, more urgent reason behind this—one that