Viewed through the Reverse Dyson Sphere’s Space Telescope, the distant Myriad Wills appeared like a surging ocean in space, drawn by the energy fluctuations from above Earth and rushing toward it.
The energy fluctuations from the meteorite’s explosion had ultimately alerted the Myriad Wills.
This was to be expected.
At that moment, Shen Feng was like an emotionless machine. He retracted all of his Consciousness Antennae from the Reverse Dyson Sphere, his consciousness returning to his own body.
He then began to mobilize the Gray Tide that formed the Tower of Radiance below, expanding its space to fit more survivors inside.
The Myriad Wills was approaching with incredible speed. If he wanted to protect as many survivors as possible, he had to speed up as well.
By now, several thousand survivors had entered the Tower of Radiance. Once imprisoned, they desperately tried to break free but were unable to budge the Tower of Radiance an inch.
Meanwhile, the survivors outside the tower discovered in horror that the ground beneath their feet had seemingly come alive, carrying their bodies and rapidly rushing them into the Tower of Radiance!
At the same time, surging waves of the Gray Tide rushed into the distance, heading for the survivors who were still running toward the Tower of Radiance.
These survivors lived either on the outskirts of the Sea City Ruins or in the ruins of other cities near Hai City. Drawn by the Tower of Radiance, it would have taken them at least several hours to reach it on foot.
But the ocean-like Myriad Wills in space was incredibly fast and would reach Earth before long. There was simply no time.
At this point, Shen Feng cast aside all restraint, openly displaying the Gray Tide before everyone’s eyes as he began to "rescue" the distant human survivors.
According to the mission requirements of the True Apocalypse Game system, he had to keep at least ten thousand human survivors alive to complete the mission objective.
Whether for himself or for the human civilization of this world, he had to gather ten thousand survivors as quickly as possible!
The Gray Tide, infused with one Quantum Force Field Core after another, stretched the Tower of Radiance ever larger until it abruptly stopped. It was now a seven-story tower, capable of holding roughly ten thousand people.
It wasn’t that Shen Feng didn’t want to build the tower even taller; the main reason was the limited number of Quantum Force Field Cores. To withstand the impact of the Myriad Wills, the cores couldn’t be spread too thin within the structure, which would leave gaps between the force fields.
This was the limit of what these Quantum Force Field Cores could manage.
With dozens of Quantum Force Field Cores now embedded in the tower, the imprisoned survivors inside the Tower of Radiance began to emit a strong, collective desire to see what was happening outside.
Under the influence of the Quantum Force Field Cores, the Tower of Radiance gradually turned transparent. This allowed everyone inside to see the scene outside, while the survivors frantically running toward the tower could also see the people imprisoned within.
From the outside, the imprisoned survivors seemed to be suspended in mid-air, packed together as tightly as sardines in a can.
The survivors running toward the tower could even see the panicked and furious expressions on the faces of those imprisoned inside.
The sight immediately sent a chill down the spines of the survivors running toward the tower. Many let out a cry, turned on their heels, and started running in the opposite direction.
Even a fool could see now that this Tower of Radiance was no sanctuary. It was more like a prison that had trapped everyone who went in first.
But they suddenly discovered it was too late to run!
The ground beneath their feet was now like a writhing bog, dragging their bodies into the Tower of Radiance!
At the same time, long, silver-gray tentacles shot up from the ground, reaching into the distance to snatch survivors who had just realized what was happening and drag them toward the Tower of Radiance.
Everyone present suddenly realized that the ground of the city ruins they were in had become like an awakened tentacle monster.
And they were nothing more than insects caught in its web!
"There! The Devil is there!"
Someone shouted—it was unclear who—and all the human survivors in the tower looked up.
There, in the spire of the now-transparent tower, stood a young man, watching everything with a blank expression, as if he were controlling it all.
Many instantly recognized him as the mysterious person who had previously destroyed the Evil Ghost and left the Exorcism Staff for Xiaocao.
This mysterious person had now returned.
Only this time, he was clearly no longer in the guise of an "Exorcist," but had become a Demon who laid traps to lure and imprison them all.
"Devil! Let us go!"
"Please, I’m begging you, let us go... We’re... we’re all human..."
"What do you want? I’ll agree to anything, just please let us go..."
"Why capture me? I’m just an ordinary girl, I’m worthless..."
"Who are you?! Are you an accomplice of those Evil Ghosts!? Let us go!"
"He might be a lingering scourge of the Antichrist! I’m telling you, if you dare to do evil, the Purification Holy Assembly will not let you get away with it!"
The human survivors in the tower clamored incessantly, some already breaking into curses.
Shen Feng had no time for this. With a flick of his consciousness, tentacles of the Gray Tide shot out within the tower, gagging those who were most agitated.
’So noisy.’
’The people of this world need their brains scrubbed clean.’
"Xiaofeng, the Myriad Wills has reached a position one thousand kilometers from the Reverse Dyson Sphere. It’s not hesitating at all and will soon break through the Reverse Dyson Sphere. I’m releasing electromagnetic pulses through it to see if I can delay them."
Jingwei’s voice came through, sounding a little tense.
"It’s too dangerous! Withdraw your consciousness immediately and enter my silicon-based framework!" Shen Feng said quickly. "The Myriad Wills will destroy your consciousness. It doesn’t matter that you’re an AI life form. Don’t forget how your counterpart in this world died!"
"Don’t worry, I’ll pull out at the last second. You need to speed up. There are only just over eight thousand human survivors in the tower right now. That’s still not enough!"
Jingwei quickly reminded him.
Around the Tower of Radiance, tentacles made of the Gray Tide extended for dozens of kilometers, desperately searching for remaining survivors, grabbing the terrified people, and dragging them toward the Tower of Radiance Shelter.
The Gray Tide spread outwards at an unprecedented speed, the Beast Gold within it even releasing arcs of electricity to accelerate the Nanomechanical Cluster.
Just then, an electromagnetic wave shot back from the Reverse Dyson Sphere into Shen Feng’s silicon-based framework. Then, Jingwei’s voice rang out from his chest:
"That was so close! The speed of a Quantum State Life Form is terrifying! The Myriad Wills is here!"
The words had barely faded when streaks of blue light burst forth in the dark sky. The Reverse Dyson Sphere, which humanity had used to block Earth’s energy fluctuations, was rendered useless. Halos of blue light pierced directly through the dark canopy of the sky, pouring down and surging toward the ground!
The Myriad Wills had descended upon Earth!