Above The Crossroads, the "Boundary Bridge" extending from a distant dimension continued to "grow." The pollutants spilling from the remains of the ancient Outer Gods continued corroding the Great Shield without pause. Across the shield's surface, countless cracks, both large and small, kept spreading and widening, while viscous shadows seeped through them and dripped into the city, transforming into terrifyingly chaotic illusions.
The fog was spreading, and the city was "turning over" one block after another. To protect the real Boundary City, the Special Operations Bureau had no choice but to replace more and more areas with Mist City. Although they were reversing the successfully purified areas as quickly as possible, as the contamination continued to expand, the number of "foggy areas" throughout the city still inevitably kept increasing.
Across the entire region, the boundary between reality and illusion was gradually becoming blurred. Fog of varying density slowly spread through every block, with Mist City and the real Boundary City interwoven and coexisting. Deep within the haze, all the buildings and streets seemed to have been covered by a bizarre, fantastical filter.
"It's over, it's over... This time, we might really be doomed..."
Luo looked at the situation around her and heard the constant thunder of heavy weapons firing in the distance, as well as the sharp, overloaded shrieks that occasionally came from the Great Shield overhead. She finally couldn't help muttering to herself. At that very moment, a group of shadows that had wandered over from a nearby block had already noticed the "prey" here.
Those shadows had almost completely lost their human forms. They were more like monsters that could only exist in the nightmares of Outer Gods—seeming to embody all of humanity's fear of death and the end. Twisted and warped, they charged over along the nearby