The moment the thirteenth pillar of light rose, Xu Zhi, who knew something about formation arrays, understood that this was the final moment.
Yet the earth-shaking upheaval she had imagined never came. Everything was unexpectedly calm. Even the animals that had been restless and crazed these past few days had quieted down. No, perhaps it could not be called quiet. In that instant, they had merely sensed some sort of presence that made them dare not make another sound.
The only thing that had changed drastically was the Federation's "sun."
Ever since the formation array had lit up, the Federation's sun had turned blood-red, and the light it cast seemed to carry a certain contamination. But now, the blood-red sun was gone as well. All that remained was a pure black sun hanging in the sky, its edges radiating intense light. Like a black eye weeping blood, it poured out great quantities of black liquid, slanting down into the mortal world.
The sight felt exceptionally familiar to Xu Zhi. Soon, she remembered. When she had first picked up the Game Console, the screen that appeared after the game finished loading had shown this exact scene.
It was identical.
Xu Zhi gritted her teeth slightly. This could not possibly be a coincidence. The Game Console had known from the very beginning that this day would come. But the Narrator often said it could not foresee the future, so that image should have been a prediction made after learning certain things?
Or perhaps the Game Console had believed back then that, if things continued developing as they were, this day was bound to come sooner or later.
It made Xu Zhi feel as though someone was leading her by the nose. Some lofty figure had laid out a chessboard, while she was