"Ten thousand Black River Guardians?" Zhou Heng guessed as he looked at the densely packed black silhouettes shaped like dragging bottles. But the next second, he rejected his guess. There were far more than ten thousand of these silhouettes. Their dense ranks numbered at least a million, if not over a hundred million.
Just as Zhou Heng was wondering why the "Fated Black River" had let him observe all this, the countless black silhouettes slowly dispersed, forming solid text that appeared directly before him.
"Slaughter across hundreds of millions of black rivers, creating the Guardian of the Strongest Black River... stop... devour... merge..."
"So that's how it is..." After figuring out "Su Longevity's" Black River Guardian plan, Zhou Heng erased the text before him. Only then did he survey the space, turn, and leave the area.
When Zhou Heng opened his eyes again, he was back inside the "Fated Black River" Control Room in the deepest part of "Sakast." He did not know whether it was his imagination, but after he examined the two eerie patterns, the constantly writhing black tentacles around him seemed to have drawn closer.
Suppressing this doubt, Zhou Heng looked at the final eerie cyan pattern. Neither of the first two needed any modification from him, which meant that whatever he could modify had to be within this eerie cyan pattern. But what would be inside it? With that question in mind, Zhou Heng reached out...
"Temporary Custodian detected. Initiating the 'Fated Black River's' hidden program..."
"Welcome, Temporary Custodian 'Sakast Player · Zhou Heng.'"
"Please proceed to the central Control Console to perform your desired operation. As Temporary Custodian, you have one, and only one, opportunity to perform an operation."
As the cold, ethereal voice rang out, the space before Zhou Heng shifted hazily. Soon, he