Chapter 949: Chapter 947: Moon and Worship
Yi Chen really couldn’t stand William’s proficient and seamless acting, so he found an excuse to leave the room,
and came to the smoking area at the end of the corridor to pick up the Divine Realm brand tobacco offered for free here, lighting up a much-needed cigarette.
The fresh and invigorating smoke passed through his lungs as Yi Chen silently contemplated the crucial theory William had just presented.
There’s no denying it, William has indeed accomplished a lot these past two years; the theory he proposed alone is shockingly significant,
perfectly explaining why some humans, as secondary infectees, can be extraordinarily outstanding, not inferior to the native patients of the Old World, and further explaining the randomness of "World Infection."
"William had reached this conclusion long ago, but chose not to reveal it until just now.
On the surface, it seems like he’s explaining Lene’s unique fertility; in reality, there’s probably some particular moment that has ripened... Could it be, when I went to the shelter deep inside, William was doing something under everyone’s noses?"
Thinking about this, Yi Chen extinguished the cigarette in his hand, and as he returned to the room, Lene was staring intently at the screen, listening intently to something while wiping away tears.
"Alright~ Lene, just follow Mr. Yi well. When I am no longer bound by the videotape and can move freely, we can truly meet, and I’ll take you to experience some wondrous worlds and new things."
"Okay!"
Deeply moved, Lene even closed her eyes, yearning to kiss Yi Chen through the television screen.
Unexpectedly.
A wet octopus tentacle suddenly emerged from the TV screen, clearly intending to disrupt the interaction. However, the tentacle was promptly stepped on at the camera’s base by William.
William coughed twice, breaking the intimate gesture, "Cough, cough~ Alright, Lene, you should be tired too, get some rest!"
"Okay~ Goodbye."
The TV switched off, everything returned to normal.
Lene wiped away her last tears with her arm, and then noticed Yi Chen, who had unknowingly returned and was leaning against the door with a cold expression.
"Mr. Yi..."
Yi Chen was earnestly disgusted and wanted to say something to persuade Lene, to encourage her not to focus too much on William, but the words got caught in his throat.
"Get a good rest, if anything comes up, I’ll call you."
"Oh... okay~ Mr. Yi, do you want to stay..."
Just as she spoke, the door was already closed.
Lene wanted to do something, but this trip to the seven-layer Heaven was incredibly exhausting; her body had already reached its limit.
Considering the emotional excitement she felt upon seeing William again, now her brain felt blank, weakness overwhelmed her body, and she fell asleep directly on the fluffy carpet.
A pair of black leather shoes appeared beside her, covering her with a blanket from the bed.
...
The proposal of [Sick Focus Union] by the Golden Lung Venerable received full support from the seven-layer Heaven,
with an expression of triumph and pride, they arrived at the World Gate transmission point, personally guiding the construction work to ensure the sick focus possesses absolute transmission independence.
Moreover, Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who had previously had in-depth conversations with Yi Chen, also came to assist, with even over half of the support from the Life and Death Balance of the Fourth Divine Domain given to this plan.
While Venerable was busy, a special puppet shrouded in a cloak approached.
After explaining the related matters, the Venerable’s expression changed dramatically, temporarily leaving the World Gate project to follow the puppet to the city center and proceed to the World Observation Station.
All worlds associated with the Main Material Plane were displayed here; currently, the entire observation network became unstable due to the comprehensive malicious invasion, with many worlds showing dark sides, which is a direct manifestation of malicious invasion.
Everyone knew the situation was bad, but the Venerable was not here for this matter.
"You say there’s a small probability of [Phenomenon Transition] occurring?"
"Venerable, please look!"
The person, through a gesture of enlargement instruction, magnified a certain Plane area and displayed it before them.
The center of this magnified Plane was the Ring World previously designated by the Venerable, where Moon Trace Lorrian was sent alone to complete a suppression task.
It’s the world where the phenomenon- [Killing Nightmare] occurred.
"Wasn’t there nothing unusual? Since Lorrian entered, the world’s malice value hasn’t shown signs of growth, and the surrounding worlds are all normal, with no signs of darkness.
What is this so-called Phenomenon Transition?"
"There’s indeed no noticeable rise in malice, but the sleeping patterns of humans in surrounding worlds have changed.
Starting two weeks ago, these worlds’ humans began exhibiting multi-region collective sleepwalking, which spread to the entire world in just one week.
Due to severe manpower shortages recently, we barely managed to assign investigators yesterday, confirming global sleepwalking along with a commonality among these sleepwalkers; they’ve developed a peculiar faith towards the [Moon].
Most homes of atheists have started to feature moon-related ornaments, and some cities have even begun constructing large moon sculptures.
Though there’s no direct malice alteration, such multi-world homogenous evolution might be directly linked to the [Killing Nightmare], possibly even showing "Phenomenon Transition."
Moreover, there’s a very small chance of a disaster embryo occurring.
This matter is under your responsibility, Venerable. Can you arrange for personnel to deal with it? If not, we will directly escalate it and handle it swiftly."
"I’ll make arrangements; by the way, these sleepwalking and moon-worshipping humans, are there any physiological changes?"
"None discovered for now, but the investigators we sent haven’t returned yet; they’ve been without contact for six hours."
"I’ll arrange for personnel as soon as possible, today... at the latest tomorrow."
The Venerable gazed at these worlds experiencing peculiar phenomena, harboring an unsettling feeling,
even suspecting whether Lorrian had perished, resulting in the "[Phenomenon]" occupying his unique patient body, thereby triggering some unimaginable transformation.
Considering those young ones just had ’intimate contact’ with the disaster, let them rest for a day before informing them about this matter.
Thinking of this, the Venerable hastily contacted that special restaurant through the wristband.
"Golden Lung Venerable, please confirm, do you want to book a four-person breakfast for tomorrow? The meal level is [Middle]."
"Confirmed... wait~ Change it to high level!"
"We’ve detected your membership card balance is nearly depleted, would you like to recharge?"
"Not for now, funds are tight recently, and change the high level to low... Middle level will do."
"Understood."
The Venerable hung up the call with an expression of helplessness, but didn’t take it too seriously, as the Sick Focus Union was the top priority.
What they didn’t know was that this day of delay caused irreversible changes in the world corresponding to the Killing Nightmare and its surrounding worlds.
A day passed.
"Old Deng, this meal’s quality isn’t as good as the last one."
"Breakfast naturally isn’t as sumptuous as a banquet, and besides... the situation is urgent this time, some pre-ordered dishes weren’t able to be served, everyone should make do for now, the recovery effect is still there."
In the small dining compartment for four, Yi Chen, Lene, and Reagan were all gathered.
"Hurry and tell us, what’s the matter? You said it was urgent, but didn’t mention it on the way here."
"If I told you directly, you might lose the appetite to eat, since the energy recovery this meal offers is important.
Yesterday, didn’t you ask me about Lorrian? It just so happens we received news."
"Has he returned?"
"No... still no word, and humans in multiple nearby worlds have started sleepwalking and developing Moon faith, though the malice value hasn’t changed, I feel uneasy.
Thus, I’m arranging for you all to investigate, and if the Killing Nightmare phenomenon still exists, please make sure to eradicate it; the reward will be attributed to you as well."
"Sleepwalking, Moon worship!?"
Yi Chen recalled what William said on the TV yesterday, feeling deeply troubled.