"What is this!?"
"What exactly happened tonight? I feel like something is wrong with my whole body."
"First there was the rain of light, and then these inexplicable energy fluctuations. I'm just an ordinary person, yet I can actually sense the energy that only ability users can touch. Am I about to awaken an ability on the spot?"
"Mom, I heard the plants talking to me."
The changes in Longwind Territory had not happened slowly. Wave after wave, astonishing transformations unfolded at a speed that seemed utterly unimaginable.
For humans, the most obvious difference was that as long as they closed their eyes and immersed their minds in the surroundings, they could vaguely hear certain sounds.
Those sounds came from all directions, like countless little people whispering among themselves.
The instant they reacted and opened their eyes, the sounds vanished, as though they had never existed.
The changes were even more astonishing in the areas around the red walls of the Outer City and the Misty Forest.
The Misty Forest in particular had originally been the place where Spirit Plants such as Treant Guards and Frost Treant Guards had been settled during the Harsh Winter to fight the Abyss Black Tide that swept across Jiangzhou. It was also where Spirit Plants like the Spore Shooter Mushroom colony and Delirium Mist Dandelions grew.
Subjects were allowed to gather some plants around the outskirts, but the interior was off-limits to all subjects.
It was shrouded year-round in the mist of Delirium Mist Dandelions. Coupled with the growing number of mutated animals moving into Longwind Territory recently, there was no way to guarantee it was safe.
Yet at this moment, the Misty Forest was undergoing earth-shaking changes at a rate that seemed to shift with every passing second.
The first change was the