The storm howled past, and the base fell deathly silent again.
Jonathan and the others stood bewildered in the wind. "What happened?"
In the distant level-seven War-Torn Zone, a blazing white light descended from the sky like a nuclear bomb, sweeping a gray, desolate region clean.
The shock waves swept outward for ten thousand miles, and the exposed earth rose in chaotic curves.
The upthrust mountains refused to fall. Blade-like peaks stood lamenting this land's fate, while rocky ridges like a beast's fangs pointed sharply toward the heavens, recording the unyielding will this place had once possessed.
A parched wind swept past. The churned-up crimson earth resembled a giant unwilling to rest even in death. Though lifeless, it looked like an unyielding stone statue glaring at the Abyss through tears of blood, intimidating the distant Calamities.
As a meteor streaked across the horizon toward it, a wind swept through the depths of the earth, releasing an inhuman sigh.
This land seemed to come alive, lifting its weather-beaten eyes to gaze at that distant yet familiar pulse.
"Boom!"
The white light faded, and a group of people were flung onto the land.
Lou Guanshan's heartbeat gradually returned to normal. He gazed into the distance, the sensation of his heart tearing apart making him unconsciously clutch his chest, and sadness inevitably tinged his eyes.
What echoed in his heart was this world's lament.
Ye Buyu pushed aside the rock above her head. Before she could see where she had landed, she spotted Donald not far away. Eroded by Calamity Power and turned into magma, he was kneeling on the ground, worshipping devoutly in a certain direction.
She raised her gun and fired.
The bullet struck Donald's body but elicited no reaction.
A wind blew across the wilderness, and he crumbled into dust.