The sound of gongs rang throughout the entire city, symbolizing that the final act of The King in Yellow had arrived. The King in Yellow had descended here, and it was about to awaken from its dark slumber and seal. It would become the end of kings. This place was Carcosa, because Carcosa had arrived!
Gourmet Detective and Idol Detective clutched their heads tightly and let out soundless screams. They felt an unimaginably powerful force pressing toward them through the air, while the voices of neither man nor woman reached their ears.
"King of Extinction devours the gods, blotting out the sky and sun. The Bones of the Earth God tremble in terror, and the stars cease their motion. The Hyades fall silent as ice, for they have seen the king. Appearing alongside his mighty power, the King of Extinction devours the mortal world!"
"No... stop!!"
The two wailing detectives fell to their knees. At this moment, they could not even breathe. They could only grit their teeth and instinctively resist the pressure descending from the heavens. But in the end, their minds could no longer withstand the impact, which was like mountains overturning. Their vision went black, and they completely lost consciousness.
Because of that, they failed to see the surging Sea of No Light beneath the skyscraper.
"Be liberated."
At Duanmu Huai's command, the bodies of the shadows began to change. Their original human forms rapidly melted before merging together, gathering into rivers of pitch-black shadow that flowed toward the skyscraper. It was like countless rivers converging into the sea.
The rivers formed from shadows surged forward, mercilessly devouring everything. People, monsters, buildings, vehicles—everything was completely swallowed. Their information was scanned and devoured before being gathered together. They converged into a sea without light, and all color vanished