After leaving the "Land of Longevity" and the "Land of the Howling Gale," Zhou Heng discovered that a day had already passed. It was now September 2, the day he had logged into "Boundless Endless." The land was now completely covered by the "Fated Black River." In fact, the moment he stepped out, he found himself on the bank of one of its tributaries. Looking ahead from the bank, he saw the Fated Black River's thick black waters flowing toward the Land of the Howling Gale. The two met at the edge of his vision, yet remained distinctly separate.
Looking up toward Far Sky, he saw a Black Giant Eye like the one he had seen inside the Fated Crystal's space floating on the Longevity-Cursed Species' side of the rift. Thick black liquid dripped from the corner of its eye, its nature unknown. Activating "Wind's Vision," Zhou Heng surveyed the area within a 1,000-kilometer radius. The ratio of the Longevity-Cursed Species to the Blue Star Federation's troops had reached 1:2, a substantial improvement. Yet some of the fallen Federation soldiers never rose again. Their Revival Coins had long since been placed under centralized management.
Instinctively, Zhou Heng looked toward the Light Greatsword towering over ten thousand meters high. The total number of Revival Coins displayed on it had fallen by a full 7.5 billion since his first look. That meant that, excluding the comrades who had not been revived, the death toll had reached 7.5 billion. For the first time in his life, Zhou Heng truly witnessed the brutality of war. It was a contest of blood and fire, and a struggle between life and death.
Archers loosed countless arrows high in the distance, tracing streaks of colored light across a sky that was growing darker for some unknown reason.