To deal with these tenacious Blind Believers, Su Na launched a targeted assault on their faith. It proved extraordinarily effective, forcibly "burning" a large hole in the Light Barrier that was difficult to fill and would remain open.
Blind Believers who approached often lasted only a short while before catching fire, and even the Goddess Statues were affected, either burning up or plummeting downward.
On the Nightmare Star's deck, almost every player now wore a white hood, a replica of "Unseeing."
Though its effects fell far short of "Unseeing," it was sufficient to resist the Great Statue's influence. At least Zhao Tie remained unaffected, only feeling a little hot, which he attributed to the bonfire on deck.
He successfully contacted Huang Shishi, Huang Zhuang, and the others below. The system chat function had recovered.
"They're alive!"
Zhao Tie danced with excitement, then immediately explained.
"I mean, a lot of people are still alive.
"Although they've split into small groups, Green Island's terrain is complex, so quite a few players have actually survived!"
Su Na nodded, then reminded him, "Tell them to open their Portals.
"Since chat is back, the Portals will probably work too. They can take refuge on Steam Island!"
Su Na's words made Zhao Tie's eyes light up. He immediately put them into action and, in his capacity as island administrator, extended the Teleportation Plaza's designated area to encompass the entire island, allowing Green Island's residents to open Portals almost anywhere on the island, if they had one.
A mass evacuation thus began among Green Island's survivors. With the system functions restored, players who had Portals and found suitable corners to open them all posted their coordinates and locations on the forum, urging players hiding nearby to hurry.
Once this call to action went out, many players hiding