"What... what is that? It’s so beautiful... truly breathtaking..."
"It’s like an ocean in the sky..."
"My god, it’s so beautiful. Is Heaven descending? Allah wants to live in Heaven..."
"The legends of the Purification Holy Assembly say that one day, Heaven and the Divine Spirits will descend together to purify the world and grant everyone eternal life. Could this be the legendary Heaven?"
"Beautiful... It’s just so beautiful..."
...
The sea of light that appeared in the sky, like a blue ocean, was magnificent, even reminding Shen Feng of the aurora borealis, a sight he hadn’t seen in ages.
But he knew that in this apocalyptic world, the more beautiful something appeared, the deadlier it often was.
Whether it was an ordinary human, an enhanced being like himself, or even the super-intelligence Jingwei—if any of them fell into that quantum sea formed from billions of wills, their consciousness would be instantly obliterated, leading to absolute death.
"Let me out! I want to welcome the coming of Heaven!"
"So beautiful, so beautiful! It’s the light! A gentle light! I want to enter that sea in the sky!"
"The sea is falling! It’s flowing toward the ground! The sea of light will be here soon!"
"Let me go! I want to go welcome the sea of light!"
The survivors, both those already bound within the Tower of Quanta and those being dragged over by the Gray Tide, were all staring, mesmerized, at the blue sea of light in the sky.
Many began to struggle desperately, trying to break free of their restraints to enter the sea of light.
Xiaocao, holding her Magic Staff, was also being delivered, a Gray Tide tentacle wrapped around her waist. Unlike the others who were shouting and screaming, she stared through the transparent tower at the expressionless young man, her heart filled with doubt.
’What is that powerful, mysterious person doing?’
’If he wanted to kill them, with his power, it would be as easy as lifting a finger.’
’But what’s the use of just imprisoning them?’
’These survivors are just a group of humans barely surviving in the darkness. They’ve even started to fall into chaos and ignorance. They have no value.’
’Or is this young man just trying to mate and reproduce?’
’But if that’s the case, why imprison everyone here, regardless of age...’
As Xiaocao was lost in thought, the tentacle dragged her into the tower’s upper level, depositing her right at the young man’s feet.
Looking up through the transparent tower wall at the young man above, who stood as still as a statue, Xiaocao’s confusion only deepened.
In the sky, beneath the dark firmament, the blue sea of light grew ever wider as it descended, drawing closer and closer to the ground.
She turned to look toward the distant city ruins and saw the tentacles moving with a frenzy, scooping up terrified survivors one after another and flinging them into the Tower of Radiance.
Then, she heard the young man above suddenly mutter to himself:
"Nine thousand, eight hundred and seventy-two... still short by over a hundred..."
Before Xiaocao could process what he meant, an opening suddenly appeared in the wall of her level of the tower. Then, waving tentacles shoved more than a dozen people inside.
These people were clearly terrified from being dragged through the air at high speed. Their faces were masks of horror. Before they could say a word, even more survivors were shoved in.
At the very top of the Tower of Quanta, Shen Feng looked up at the Billion Wills in the sky, rapidly calculating the numbers.
Before the Billion Wills fully descended to the ground, he had to save as many people as he possibly could!
He knew that once the Billion Wills touched the ground, anyone who hadn’t made it into the Tower of Quanta would become a corpse in an instant!
9,910... 9,935... 9,946... 9,959... 9,967...
More and more survivors were dragged into the Tower of Radiance by the frenzied tentacles of the Gray Tide. Shen Feng was now completely focused, unable to spare a thought for anything else—not even for the few survivors whose bones were broken by the sheer speed of their transit.
The sea of light, formed from the fusion of blue quantum life forms, now filled the entire sky, bathing everything in an eerie and sinister blue glow.
The Billion Wills had arrived directly above Earth, and it was clear it intended to envelop the entire planet!
The Billion Wills had now descended to less than a hundred meters from the ground. The survivors in the tower, Xiaocao included, could finally see what the blue sea of light was truly made of.
It was a mass of human figures, melded together as if half-melted. Their faces were serene or twisted in agony, like half-digested food in the stomach of some great beast. Together, they formed the vast sea of light—the terrifying Billion Wills!
"...One is billions, and billions are one... One is billions, and billions are one..." A voice, as if formed from the simultaneous shrieks of countless people, echoed in everyone’s minds.
The sound didn’t come from their ears, but from the depths of their consciousness—sharp and piercing, like a sinister shriek from the Nine Netherworld Hell!
Gazing at the blue, half-melted figures melded together like wax, and hearing that terrifying, sinister shriek from the depths of their consciousness, the survivors in the Tower of Quanta finally understood. This blue sea of light wasn’t the descent of Heaven; it was something more terrifying than Hell itself!
Terror appeared on everyone’s faces as they turned to look up at the young man at the top of the tower, their gazes filled with pleading and hope.
But even now, the young man remained expressionless, as if he saw none of it. His gaze was fixed on the ruins outside, illuminated by the blue light, where python-like tentacles squirmed with great speed.
...9,983... 9,989... 9,999... 10,000... 10,003!
As the ten-thousandth survivor was brought into the Tower of Radiance by a Gray Tide tentacle, the Billion Wills was only tens of meters from the ground, about to touch the spire of the Shelter.
Shen Feng didn’t hesitate. He instantly had the Gray Tide seal the entrance to the Tower of Quanta. Quantum Force Field Cores spread out evenly across the tower’s surface, forming a Protective Force Field.
The next instant, the sea of light above—a fusion of innumerable Quantum State Life Forms—finally touched down, completely engulfing the Shelter and the Tower of Quanta!
The people inside watched as a few individuals who hadn’t made it in time were enveloped by the blue sea of light as if drowning. Their bodies instantly lost all life, and they toppled to the ground like puppets.
A single touch, and they were utterly dead!
The next instant, the Billion Wills recoiled like a balloon, bouncing off the ground and returning to an altitude of several hundred meters.
Standing in the Tower of Quanta, Shen Feng frowned as he gazed into the distance. He wondered how many people in the blue-lit ruins had been touched by the Billion Wills, their consciousness annihilated, leaving behind silent corpses.
For this indescribably powerful existence, so far beyond human comprehension, erasing a human life was as simple as crushing an insect.
"Xiaofeng, some functions of the Reverse Dyson Sphere are still operational," Jingwei said quickly. "It just sent a monitoring signal. Parts of the Billion Wills made direct contact with several points on Earth’s surface. We estimate an area of roughly three million square kilometers across the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Any survivors in those areas are almost certainly all dead."
Jingwei spoke swiftly, adding with a note of worry:
"The Quantum Force Field Cores also don’t seem to be holding up well against this attack. We have no idea of the principles at play..."
The energy erupting from the Billion Wills was simply too bizarre. The light from the Quantum Force Field Cores in Shen Feng’s tower had dimmed significantly after contact, as if their power could be exhausted at any moment.
’This Shelter might not last much longer!’
’The tower will be destroyed!’
Shen Feng’s expression hardened, his gaze as sharp as a blade. He was ready to risk it all.
’Perhaps directly detonating these Quantum Force Field Cores could actually harm the Billion Wills, this powerful Quantum State Life Form!’
Just as he had this thought, the blue sea of light above began to pour down once more, plunging toward the surface of the Earth!