The morning light on Evernight City is still bright, and most of the deep pit on Beach has been filled in by the temporary engineering team.
The roar of heavy machinery was continuous, and the construction teams came and went in a lively manner.
Workers wearing protective clothing shuttled back and forth on the exposed Bedrock to load the gravel and transport it away.
Someone was humming a tune while operating the excavator, as if the battle that nearly destroyed the city last night was just a nightmare.
"Hey, have you heard? They are already giving out reconstruction subsidies!"
"I knew it earlier. My cousin is in the Alliance logistics department and said that this time global funding has reached a record high."
"That's right, we won! So many World-Class Wanted Boss were captured, this record is enough to brag about for a lifetime!"
"Isn't that right? Amaterasu has classes regularly at my son's school today, and the teacher also said that there will be a themed class meeting to talk about the deeds of senior Xia Yuan."
"There was no delay in getting to work. I clocked in on time at eight o'clock this morning and the subway has resumed operation."
"Who would have thought that Evernight City was facing a disaster before."
"Thanks to the hard work of senior Xia Yuan, and the efforts of other Contract Spirit and people!!"
"..."
The street cafes have reopened Gate of Opening, and people are standing on the roadside chatting with paper cups in their hands, with smiles on their faces.
It's true that people are sad too.
War God, Owlman, Doctor, Angel...
The damage to many Contract Spirits has made countless people's eyes red, and the sea of white flowers on the streets has not disappeared to this day.
But the human race has never lacked the resilience to stand up from the ruins.
What's more, this victory is really too brilliant.
No less than 20 World-Class Wanted Boss have been conquered, the monster tide has completely retreated, the energy of Abyss has returned to zero, and good news has been reported frequently on all fronts.
These numbers were like a shot in the arm, suppressing those feelings of decadence and despair.
People used shovels to fill craters, water hoses to wash away blood stains, and cranes to lift collapsed signs.
Life, as usual.
Going to class, going to work, shopping for groceries, walking the dog.
Everything is returning to normal at an astonishing speed.
Those inland cities far away from the Coast line are even intact, and people are still living their previous lives.
This is humankind, mourning the dead while striding forward.
And at this moment, in a mysterious space that no one knows about.
Lin Wan clutched his hair with both hands, his eyes were red, and he stared at the suspended light curtain in front of him.
On the light screen, dense strategy notifications rolled like a waterfall, and every name was like a slap in the face.
"15 World-Class Wanted Boss, 15!!"
Lin Wan's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, with hysterical trembling.
Her original plan was perfect, allowing those World-Class Wanted Boss to attack in groups and completely obliterate them.
But what's the result?
In the end, that man withstood the siege of fifteen bosses by himself and killed all the bosses!
"Xia Yuan... Who the hell are you?!"
Lin Wan punched the light screen violently, and the data stream exploded in all directions.
She originally thought that those bosses could at least consume Xia Yuan's spiritual power, force out his trump cards, and even severely damage his body.
But that guy didn't even break a sweat from beginning to end!
From Aizen Form to Wine Sword Immortal Form, from Perfect Susanoo to Hōgyoku status...
His cards come one after another, seemingly endless.
"Are you going to destroy this Game?!" Lin Wan raised his head and roared, his voice echoing in the space.
She had been planning this for so long, even letting those idiots serve as cannon fodder, just to wait for an opportunity.
But before the opportunity came, all the chess pieces were eaten.
"What to do... what to do..."
Lin Wan forced himself to calm down and quickly moved his fingers in the void, calling up all the resources that could still be used.
There is not much BOSS left, the monster tide has collapsed, and human morale is at its peak...
There is no chance of winning in the frontal battlefield.
"It seems that we can only use the last resort."
A crazy light flashed in Lin Wan's eyes.
She turned around suddenly, "Since there are not enough chess pieces, let's change the chessboard."
At the same time, a certain cathedral.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the bench through the stained glass window. The priest had just finished praying for the day and was about to lock the door and rest.
He was wearing a simple white cassock, with a simple cross hanging on his chest, and a kind face.
Even though the companions of World-Class Wanted Boss were defeated not long ago, even though mankind has won this war.
He didn't care at all, because he only cared about the Lord's voice.
"Thank you Lord for the peace you have today..."
The priest chanted in a low voice and was about to turn around and walk to the back hall.
Suddenly, his whole body froze.
His ears moved slightly.
A melody came from the void.
The sound was ethereal, holy, and distant, like thousands of choirs singing in my ears at the same time.
Gospel! This is Gospel!!
The priest's pupils suddenly shrank, and the kindness on his face was instantly replaced by ecstasy.
He fell to his knees with a plop, raised his hands in the air, and burst into tears.
"Lord... is it you? It's your voice..."
The content of Gospel was very simple, but it made him tremble all over.
"Use your abilities."
Just six words.
But the priest understood.
This is a command and a gift.
He slowly stood up, his cassock automatically moved without any wind, and the cross on his chest began to emit a faint golden light.
"Yes, my lord."
The priest closed his eyes and slowly raised his hands.
At this moment, a green figure fell from the sky, and the storm slowly subsided behind her.
Kuang Lan put away the wind blade in his hand and looked up at the inconspicuous church, with a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.
"Have you come to hide in a place like this?"
She walked towards the church door and kicked it open.
"Father, how long will you continue to hide?"
In the church, the priest slowly turned around with his trademark kind smile on his face.
"Master Kuang Lan, what does this mean? I am just an ordinary clergyman, just praying for the deceased."
Kuang Lan sneered and stepped into the church, "Prophet's last prophecy is to kill you to prevent the disaster."
The priest's smile froze slightly.
"Prophet... I haven't heard of it. You must be mistaken."
He sighed and spread his hands, "Sir Kuang Lan, you must have misunderstood, I..."
Before he finished speaking, Kuang Lan had already taken action.
The storm suddenly broke out in the church, with countless wind blades cutting the air and smashing the benches, candlesticks, and stained glass into pieces.
"Prophet's words are never missed!"
The priest was forced to raise his hand to block, and a golden barrier unfolded in front of him, blocking the cutting of the wind blade.
The moment the barrier shattered, a blood bar appeared above his head:
[World-Class Wanted Boss: Priest]
"Tsk." The priest shook his numb palms, and the kindness on his face finally completely disappeared.
"I originally wanted to hear more of my Lord's Gospel...Kuang Lan, but you forced me."
He took a step forward suddenly, his robes making a sound.
Kuang Lan snorted coldly, and the storm condensed into a huge blue dragon behind her, roaring and rushing towards the priest.
"Cut the nonsense! You must die today!"
The church was reduced to ruins the moment the two men fought. The stained glass exploded, the stone walls collapsed, and the cross broke in the middle.
The priest shuttled through the storm, seemingly embarrassed, but every dodge was just right.
Sweat began to form on his head, and his cassock had several cuts made by the wind blade, and blood seeped out.
But strangely, his expression became calmer and calmer.
Because he heard Gospel again.
That melody is getting clearer and louder.
"Speed up."
The corners of the priest's mouth slowly rose, revealing an almost crazy smile.
"Hahahaha... you can't defeat me, Kuang Lan."
He opened his arms and let the storm tear his body apart, but he didn't care.
"Because I am the one favored by my Lord!!"
Kuang Lan's pupils shrank, "What?"
The priest opened his eyes suddenly and began to recite secret words.
His voice became faster and louder, and every word seemed to carry the power of some kind of law:
"Spiral Staircase"!
"Rhinoceros Beetle"!
"Ruined Road"!
"Fig Tart"!
"Rhinoceros Beetle"!
"Via Dolorosa"!
"Rhinoceros Beetle"!
"Singularity"!
"Giotto"!
"Angel"!
"Hydrangea"!
"Rhinoceros Beetle"!
"Singularity"!
He almost shouted the last sentence in a roar.
"Secret Emperor"!!!
Boom!!!
The priest's entire body erupted with dazzling golden light. The light was so intense that even Kuang Lan had to raise his hands to cover his eyes.
In the light, the priest's figure was elongated, and his cassock turned into a gorgeous golden sacrificial robe.
The cross on his chest expanded into a huge golden scepter.
A song like a prayer sounded:
♫I'm crucified. Crucified like my saviour~♫
♫Saintlike behavior. A lifetime I prayed~♫
The priest raised his scepter high and his voice was like thunder:
"Having said this, I order you in the name of God to retreat!!"
An irresistible force spurted out from the top of the scepter and collided head-on with Kuang Lan's storm dragon.
The dragon disintegrated instantly, and Kuang Lan himself was forcibly thrown thousands of meters away by this force, and landed heavily in the ruins.
She struggled to get up, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, and her eyes were full of disbelief.
"What kind of power is this...?"
♫I'm crucified. For the holy dimension~♫
♫Godlike ascension. Heavens away~♫
At this time, the effect of Made in Heaven finally fully unfolded.
The whole world, at the same moment, noticed the abnormality.
Xia Yuan was standing at the teleportation point, and was about to return to Great Xia, because something happened to Satoru Gojo's clone.
But he suddenly found that the rhythm of the waves had changed.
It's not that it's getting faster, it's that... time itself is accelerating.
Sun had just risen from the sea level, the next second it was noon, the next second the sun was setting, and finally it sank to the bottom of the sea.
The whole process takes place in the blink of an eye.
"This is..." Xia Yuan looked up at Sky Manipulation.
Sun left a golden afterimage in Sky Manipulation, flying across the sky. The alternation between day and night was too fast for the naked eye to capture.
This was just the beginning of the changes, and even weirder scenes followed.
Spring Japan and winter snowflakes fall on the same Sky Manipulation, and the scorching sun of summer and the fallen leaves of autumn coexist at the same moment.
Food rots and disappears at a speed visible to the naked eye, flowers and plants age and wither within seconds, and new grass blades begin to sprout again.
Everyone froze in place, unable to move.
It's not that I don't want to move, but that the accelerating torrent of time envelops everything, and the individual will is as small as dust in the face of the law.
Kuang Lan stood up from the ruins and tried to activate the storm, but found that his movements were countless times slower.
She watched helplessly as the priest's figure gradually disappeared in the light, but she couldn't even lift a finger.
"What kind of ability is this?!" she gritted her teeth and roared.
The priest was suspended in mid-air with his hands raised high, his eyes emitting golden light, and his voice spread throughout the world:
"Everyone has to go to heaven eventually!! And I will pave the way for you!!"
His figure is getting lighter and more transparent, but the expression on his face is satisfied and enthusiastic.
"One hundred years later... now, this new era is the paradise I am pursuing!!"
As the last sentence fell, the priest's figure completely disappeared in the golden light.
Made in Heaven, still continuing...
Kuang Lan watched the priest disappear and smashed his fist into the ground.
"Damn, it's still almost..."
She took a deep breath and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with her and that there were no abnormalities such as space collapse in the surrounding area.
Kuang Lan immediately turned into a stream of cyan light and rushed towards the headquarters of the Spirit Tamer Alliance.
Bang!
Bang!!
Bang!!!
The distant and solemn bell sounded from the void, louder than any strategy notification sound.
The sound of the bell spread throughout the world, penetrated the fog of accelerated time, and made everyone who was frozen in place couldn't help but become quiet.
The people who had just fallen into confusion and panic raised their heads and listened blankly to the sound of the bell.
Then, a brand new global announcement popped up in front of everyone at the same time.
[New version announcement: A new era has arrived.]
[Both monsters and Contract Spirit have been strengthened.]
[Contract Spirit opens the MR promotion channel, and monsters open the channel to God-Class Boss.]
[SSR Contract Spirit advanced MR Contract Spirit requires seven Boss Heart, SR Contract Spirit...]
[Raid Boss needs a Heart of Requiem to advance to World-Class Wanted Boss, elite...]
[Full experience value doubled, required progress halved...]
In the aftertaste of the bell, the whole world fell into a brief silence.
Then, there was a deafening uproar.
"New Era?!"
"MR Contract Spirit?!"
"God-Class Boss?!"
"..."
These terms are like bombs, exploding in every corner of the world.
Xia Yuan stood on Beach, looking up into the distance.
"New world..."
With a half-smile expression on his face, "It seems that the chess player hiding behind can no longer sit still."
[In three days, God-Class Boss will arrive.]
[Gentlemen and ladies, welcome to the new world!!]