The atmosphere was as oppressive as Mount Tai bearing down, the crushing pressure spreading like thick ink.
Stark white mingled with pitch black, soaking into a mottled gray that weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.
The Flagship tore through the Void, its tremendous momentum stirring countless ripples that collided and raised waves, every surge carrying a dull sense of danger.
If anyone could have looked down from an unreachable height, they would have read the urgency of an approaching storm in that gray-shrouded atmosphere.
It was as though all the malice in the world had united to descend upon this vast Star Domain, and the omnipresent disaster had finally set its sights on the surviving civilization.
Like black clouds pressing overhead, intent on swallowing the last light.
Ding...
A deep, far-reaching peal raised the curtain. Under everyone's tense gazes, a vast, bell-like voice burst from the Flagship, mingled with countless indistinct voices, and slowly spread.
"Evergreen, under orders from the Rift, has come to wage war on the Primordial Beginning Tower!"
Lan Huaiyu and the others, already prepared to set out, abruptly raised their heads.
Ever-what?
A figure brimming with heroic spirit and surging power appeared before the Flagship. His enormous form stood at the forefront, his pitch-black eyes fixed on the Primordial Beginning Tower as he spoke again.
"Evergreen of the Rift has come to attack!"
Slyder opened his mouth, looking like a cracked stone statue as he stared blankly at that dazzling cucumber head.
Then he looked at those familiar gestures and those slightly over-the-top lines.
What the hell was this?!
Lan Huaiyu and the others stood dumbstruck, only able to let out an ambiguous...
"Huh?"
It was as though their breathing had stopped, their brains had run out of information, and their bodies had lost all nerve function.