Rumble--
Space trembled, and ripples visible to the naked eye spread through the void.
Everything caught in it was twisted and deformed like dough, becoming completely unrecognizable.
Jiang Qiao stood high above.
He looked down upon the mountains and earth from a godlike perspective.
He watched as that ruined, desolate world continuously pressed against Lian City in reality, trying to forcibly break through the World Barrier and invade Blue Star.
Under this influence, Lian City also began undergoing astonishing changes.
A fierce, sinister wind swept through the streets.
It carried Incense Ash and the pervasive smell of burning paper.
White Paper Flowers, bundles of mourning chrysanthemums, and Soul-Calling Banners suddenly appeared from the swirling wind for no apparent reason, falling along both sides of the roads.
Then.
One wandering figure after another underwent a gradual transformation, like a scene from a film.
Their outlines, composed of only a few lines, slowly became translucent. Then the translucent figures became corporeal, and finally, the corporeal figures came alive.
Before long.
Groups of Lost Souls, clearly devoid of any living person's vitality, appeared throughout the streets and alleys.
However.
The changes had not stopped.
Scarlet blood seeped from the twisted blood vessels spread throughout the city. Bright yellow liquid dripped from the writhing sarcomas, and clumps of flesh pulsed everywhere.
When these things stained the deathly still spirits.
Immediately.
Vitality began to appear in the spirits' bodies. Their appearances changed, and their clothes were replaced.
They were becoming alive!
One Lost Soul after another became living beings. They were no longer mechanical and dull, nor stiff and gloomy. Confusion, strangeness, delight, and curiosity appeared on their faces.
Apart from these inexplicably appearing Strange Entities.
Inside the buildings, in the alleys, and in the dark corners everywhere, the corpses of those who had clearly