The beginning of the year.
The weather was gradually warming, and spring was approaching, yet this time of year was often the coldest.
"Hah."
Chen Fan breathed into his palms and walked toward the Vehicle Workshop inside Nameless Mountain. With these past few months of work finished, it was time to attend to the Mortal Domain's own affairs. Its various buildings needed upgrading, too.
Just then-
Rumble!
Rumble!
An immense noise came from the horizon, shaking the earth.
Even the ground was trembling slightly.
It was as though the sky had collapsed.
Chen Fan's expression shifted slightly. He hurried toward a nearby Flying Boat and took to the air, searching for the source. He saw nothing. It was foggy today, and visibility was poor. He took a Message Talisman from his robe and said gravely,
"Locate the source of that sound immediately!"
What worried him most right now was... that the mountain ranges in Jiangbei had collapsed.
Those unbroken mountain ranges were manifestations of the Eternal Night Continent's core grand array. It could be said that these mountains were the main means of preventing the Strange Tide from coming ashore. Their defense line merely patched up the areas where the formation patterns had shattered.
If all the mountain ranges in Jiangbei collapsed,
that breach
would be impossible to seal.
Jiangbei would have to be abandoned, and he would also have to decide quickly whether to retreat to the New Continent or the Yellow Springs Pass Defense Line. Once night fell, the Strange Tide would devour Jiangbei.
Soon,
he received a reply.
The Mortal Domain members closest to the source rapidly passed the news up through the ranks until it finally reached Chen Fan.
"Domain Lord."
It was Shao Qiu's voice.
"Starting from Jiangbei Defense Line Western Section 1, the ground