On the surface of that darkness-filled field of vision, which churned slowly like a curtain, an expanse of shimmering ripples suddenly appeared.
Only several seconds later did Hao Ren realize that those flashing ripples were actually the Night Watcher forces made up of the Starry Sky People.
One cluster after another of spindle-shaped or disk-shaped light emerged from the surface of the field of vision. Their sizes ranged from several hundred meters to hundreds of kilometers, a difference as vast as heaven and earth. Their one common feature was the yellow-white light they emitted. Electric arcs flashed constantly within them, while multiple bright cores moved through their depths. These were the Starry Sky People in the midst of relocation—they had abandoned their starship forms and transformed into more primitive energy-aggregate forms to speed their progress through the Dark Abyss. Tens of thousands of Starry Sky People gathered in this form produced a sight that could only be described as magnificent.
It was a roaring Ocean of Light.
Yet behind this Ocean of Light, countless stretches of chaotic darkness were still in pursuit.
"Attention. A large-scale Madness leak has been detected. Derivatives visually confirmed... All weapon restrictions lifted. Lock onto firing sectors C-3 through C-6!"
As the Night Watcher forces broke free, the dark field of vision churned violently like boiling oil. Countless bizarre shadows detached themselves from the curtain's surface, rapidly condensing into physical forms in space and transforming into all kinds of monsters that made one's scalp prickle at a glance. Some were giants covered in countless limbs; some were masses of flesh riddled with eyes of all sizes; some were simply clouds of smoke, from which rotten flesh and torn faces continuously erupted. These mindless, foolish Derivatives clung tightly to the Night Watcher forces' retreating path and surged