Tidal Aberration

With a flip of his hand, he produced a box filled with thumbnail-sized compartments. Its surface was silver, yet beneath the shimmering silver sheen, Scarlet Silver could be seen inlaid within.

"This is our team's harvest for the week: nineteen tidal aberrations in total. They're very weak, barely even qualifying as aberrations."

"But that's exactly what needs attention, because they all look alike!"

"They look alike?!" Wu Heng frowned at those words.

Aberrations could not possibly be identical. If these aberrations were similar, then there was only one possibility: they were all avatars of a single aberration.

"Looks like you noticed it too. That's the real cause for concern." The two-star Tower Master wore a grave expression.

"Also, whatever you do, don't go investigate! President Spirit Sacrifice and the others already checked it out. They said that tide can't be cleared away, because its water isn't real water, and it comes from some unknown place underground."

"Even if you expend the power to drain the tide completely, it will refill in an instant!"

The Tower Master seemed afraid Wu Heng would investigate and try to solve the problem once and for all, so he reminded him again. He was extremely practiced at it too, as though he had explained it many times before.

"Thank you for the warning!" Wu Heng said gratefully.

"No need to be so polite. Since everything has been arranged, our team will go rest first. Stay safe, and take care!"

"Take care!"

After the two-star Tower Master and his team of seven performed a Deep Blue Star salute toward Wu Heng's group of five, they flew toward the city in the passageway.

"You four will follow the schedule we arranged earlier and observe the situation from the lookout platform during your respective shifts. If anything unusual