Elvira suddenly raised her head, staring fixedly at the approaching black-red clouds.
A chill ran up her spine.
Something… was coming.
“What’s going on?! These Anomalies… how did they suddenly become so strong?! That… that patch of black-red clouds, what the hell is it?!”
Inside the shelter, terrified shouts rose one after another.
Everyone who saw this suddenly felt a chill invade their bodies.
Instinct sensed the fear faster than reason but even in fear, the battles during this period had made them act subconsciously.
“All units, attention! Maintain formation!”
“All White Tiger ships, suppress the gap with firepower!”
“Heavy squads, move up! No matter what, hold the defense line!”
“Everyone, retreat into the shelter in an orderly manner!”
“Repeat, do not panic. Retreat into the shelter immediately!”
Although the situation was urgent, under methodical command, the shelter actually held back the Anomaly invasion for a time.
At this moment, Fuzi also saw the black-red clouds spreading and eroding madly.
On his usually gentle face, for the first time, true disbelief appeared.
“………..”
“The Anomalous World is invading reality?!”
“What?!” Bai Shou, Qing Ling, Cang Yue, and the others all changed expression upon hearing this.
“Fuzi, you mean, a Dungeon is invading reality?”
“But isn’t that something that only happens when a calamity-level Dungeon loses control?”
After a Dungeon loses control, it overlaps with the barrier of real space and produces a reverse invasion.
“Once it occurs, all affected reality will be forcibly dragged into the uncontrolled Dungeon world.”
“Then… it will be devoured and assimilated by Anomaly rules, until it becomes one.”
But now?
It invaded?
Everyone’s expressions turned extremely grim.
“Could it be that the calamity suppressed by Tianqi University, or a nearby calamity, has erupted?”
“That’s not right, is it?” Qing Ling pointed out the difference, “But those Anomalous Creatures were strengthened too, and not only did individual strength increase, even their numbers increased by at least more than double.”
“Have you ever heard that when a calamity erupts, the surrounding Anomalies are also strengthened?”
…Obviously not.
Everyone looked at one another, and a chill crawled up their spines.
Something was wrong.
This situation was too strange, and too unreasonable.
“This situation…” Fuzi murmured, brows tightly furrowed.
“Why does it seem like a False God is pushing and controlling things from behind?”
“But…” Cang Yue could not understand.
“Weren’t those False Gods supposed to have been mostly killed by Tai Xuanzi and Su Fu?”
“Even the Fate Goddess, who was the most troublesome before, was blown up…”
“Unless we missed something.” Qing Ling murmured to herself.
Just then, a huge boom rang out.
“BOOM–!”
The protective barrier trembled violently, and obvious cracks had already appeared.
The dark clouds drew closer, and those Anomalies were buffed more and more fiercely, to an almost unbelievable extent.
Under their ceaseless, frenzied attacks, the protective barrier began to shake violently.
Everyone was panicked, watching the sudden changes outside at a loss.
What on earth is going on?
That patch of black-red clouds came closer and closer, eroding the sky bit by bit, and eroding the light as well.
Just then, someone suddenly cried out: “Everyone, look at StarNet!”
“It’s not just here. The same invasion is breaking out in every region!”
“The entire Fourth Star Ring… no! The Second Star Ring! The Third Star Ring! Even the Central Galaxy Core Region!”
Cang Yue quickly brought up a holographic projection.
Sure enough, StarNet’s trending searches had been completely flooded by “black-red clouds” and “mutated Anomalies.”
Many people posted projections online.
The same black-red clouds were spreading, Anomalous Creatures were going madly stronger, and defense lines were retreating step by step.
In an extremely short time, the dark clouds had already rapidly swept across most Star Domains.
“What on earth… is this thing?!”
Just then, Shen Yan’s voice sounded in every citizen’s ears: [Highest-Level Universal Emergency Alert!
[Intervention by a higher-order power detected. Permission Level: Infinity]
[The spatial barrier between the Anomaly Dungeon and reality is being forcibly torn apart and merged!]
[Its final purpose is still unclear, but the Dungeon has lost control and is assimilating reality!]
[To protect the spark of human civilization and preserve a sliver of survival, Shen Yan will activate the final contingency: Barrier Guardian Protocol.]
[From this moment on, all infected regions will immediately be isolated from the real universe.]
[The final isolation barrier is being constructed–]
[Reminder: This will be the largest-scale isolation Dungeon in history!]
[All surviving citizens within the affected range will be forcibly conscripted to face an unprecedented, large-scale all-citizen survival trial together!]
[Everyone, prepare for the worst!]
[Notice One: Anomalous Creatures within the Dungeon will receive a terrifying massive increase in power! All Test Takers must respond with caution, and never measure the current enemy by past experience!]
[Note this, and remember it.]
[Notice Two: The overall environment within the Dungeon will impose numerous ongoing negative effects of unknown nature! Please remain highly alert]
[Do not underestimate any environmental change.]
[Notice Three: This Dungeon has no safe zones and no revival mechanics. Death is true annihilation. All Test Takers must make survival your first priority.]
[Final Victory Condition: Kill Satan (??? Rank).]
[Afterward, the Shen Yan System will do everything possible to sincerely provide intelligence and resource support to all of you.]
[Everyone, remember all the above notices.]
[Please, by all means… survive.]
[May fortune favor you all in battle!]
[May the torch of human civilization endure ten thousand calamities and never be extinguished!]
[Isolation Dungeon space is being constructed…]
[Space construction complete…]
[Initialization complete…]
[Welcome to the All-Citizen Dungeon: Satan’s Judgment Day]
As the words fell, everyone’s vision suddenly changed.
Bai Shou only felt his vision go black.
The next second, scorching air filled with sulfur and a thick stench of blood madly rushed into his nasal
cavity.
At the same time, a Shen Yan notification appeared before his eyes: [Welcome to the large-scale all-citizen hell-level survival trial online Dungeon: Satan’s Judgment Day]
[Test Taker Information Confirmed:]
[Name: Bai Shou.]
[Divine Pantheon: Chinese Pantheon.]
[Current Strength Rating: God-envoy of S-Class.]
[Dungeon Difficulty Rating: Infinity (Incalculable)]
[Survival Expectation: 1%]
[Blessing BUFF Activated: Civilization Spark (After death, memories will be preserved in the Shen Yan Core)]
“…What is this, digital immortality?”
Bai Shou twitched the corner of his mouth, feeling that things were not good.
Immediately afterward, the blurry scene caused by spatial teleportation gradually faded.
What replaced it was a despair-inducing human hell–
The sky was a congealed dark red, like dried bloodstains.
The earth was barren scorched soil, covered with huge, bottomless rifts.
The pungent sulfur smell he noticed was continuously rising from those rifts.
“This place is…”
“Hell?!”
He looked up into the distance.
He could vaguely see skyscrapers that once represented the glory of human civilization, but now they had become ruins.
But above the ruins, Bai Shou’s pupils abruptly constricted!
Above the ruins, there was unexpectedly a pitch-black phantom over a thousand meters tall, standing between heaven and earth!
A Fallen Demon God Phantom formed from endless dark power, incomparably huge and hideously terrifying!
It was rising up from the shattered earth.
That was–
Satan.
“I…”
Bai Shou heard his own trembling voice.
At the same time, not just Bai Shou; more people appeared beneath the blood-colored sky.
Fuzi, the Principal of Genesis Academy, military department heads of various war zones, Chairman Evans, and Commander Mei, and even Cecily of the Paradise Pantheon, Vice Pope, and so on.
All of humanity’s high-level combat forces and peak powerhouses–none were spared; everyone was drawn in!
Fallen.
Everyone was thrown into a hellish Dungeon personally created by Satan, covering all infected regions of the universe.
At this moment, everyone looked at one another from afar and saw the Satan Phantom standing between heaven and earth, radiating a terrifying demonic might capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Satan has revived!
This place was the graveyard it had prepared for everyone!
“BOOM–!”
The Satan Phantom suddenly raised a hand, and a dark torrent piercing heaven and earth crashed down onto the ground.
Amid the deafening sound of collapse, its voice sounded beside every living being:
[Lowly ants.]
[Your golden age has ended.]
[You betrayed the gods. You betrayed the original enlightener and giver!]
[Now, you will pay the price for what you have done.]
[Judgment begins–]
[Kneel before me…]
[Or, in eternal despair, wail and repent until death!]
As the verdict fell, all Anomalies and Dark Realm Monsters fighting bloody battles against the Human Allied Forces were suddenly strengthened.
Their bodies swelled, claws became sharp, and auras became terrifying.
The already precarious human defense lines, under the assault of these comprehensively strengthened Anomalies, were almost instantly torn to pieces
The monsters originally suppressed by firepower directly transformed into butchers dozens of meters tall, holding giant axes formed from lava. With one axe strike, an entire squad was cut in two, people and armor together.
The Flying Species circling in the sky suddenly had their wings torn apart, transforming into countless blade-like bone spikes that poured down like torrential rain.
The protective barrier that had been migrated in at the same time was instantly pierced through.
The crowd inside did not even have time to scream before they were nailed to the ground.
More kinds of Anomalies appeared…
Wails rose on all sides, and blood dyed the earth red.
Light dimmed, and Divine Power dried up.
The defense lines retreated step by step.
Waves after waves of soldiers fell in the Anomaly tide, and blood gathered into streams, soaking every inch of scorched earth.
Statues of former heroes were toppled, stained with filthy blood and shredded flesh.
Satan sat high above the firmament, like a Founding God looking down on a swarm of lowly ants.
It admired with satisfaction this human hell it had personally created.
At the same time, emergency battle reports kept sounding in Mei’s ears: [Report! The Outer Ring Stars R Zone defense line has collapsed. Pollution index has exceeded the threshold!]
[H Zone lost contact! Wait… signal restored–my God! What is that thing?! (Communication abruptly cuts off)]
[The protective barriers of Tianyuan, Heavenly Prefecture, and other academies have been pierced. Dean-level combatants are severely injured! Requesting support!]
[Proxima Defense Line has collapsed across the board! Requesting emergency evacuation!]
[…]
On the strategic projection screen, the blue zones representing human defense lines were being devoured in large patches by a scarlet pollution tide.
Like paper burned by flame, edges blackened and curled, rapidly turning to ash.
Mei’s expression did not change as she methodically issued one military order after another: [Abandon outer strongholds. All survivors are to contract toward the core circle! Preserving effective forces is the first principle!]
[All strongholds and shelters still holding out, immediately activate the highest-level protective barrier! Wait for support!]
[All squads of the major Divine Academies, assemble immediately. Do not let the frenzied offensive disrupt your formation!]
[…]
Now the enemy had received Satan’s blessing, and their strength was already far beyond what it had been.
The only strategy was to rely on teamwork and the most flexible tactics to find a slim chance of survival.
Evans behind her seemed to age many years in an instant. Unable to hide the grief on his face, he reported in a hoarse voice: “The moment we entered the Dungeon, we lost signals and all contact with at least a dozen important nodes.”
“Now, from the Central Galaxy Core Region to the Fourth Star Ring… all survivor strongholds are suffering unprecedented, devastating strikes. At this rate, we probably won’t hold out much longer…”
“What should we do?”
Mei did not answer.
She slowly raised her head.
Her gaze passed through the broken protective barrier and looked toward that black shadow blotting out the sky and sun.
Satan was looking down at the earth, his face pleased.
As if enjoying a swarm of ants with no escape, making their final futile struggle.
“Ants…” Satan’s voice suddenly resounded throughout the entire Hell.
“What truly moving courage. Even now, you still refuse to give up resistance. But your struggle merely adds a few insignificant decorations to this doomsday feast.”
It suddenly revealed a mocking smile, as if about to share an interesting secret.
“Oh, right.”
“Have I not yet told you some good news?”
It waved its giant hand, and a distorted image appeared in the void.
Su Fu’s figure was torn and crushed amid countless space-time turbulences.
Flesh and bone disintegrated inch by inch, finally turning into a wisp of golden light dust, dissipating scattered into the void of nothingness.
“Your human commander, in whom you still hold illusions, the Su Fu regarded as savior and hope…”
Satan’s tone carried malicious glee as it spoke word by word, incomparably clearly: “She’s dead. Dead and utterly gone. Even her soul was ground to pieces by the space-time turbulence. She has been completely torn apart, forever lost in an instant of despair!”
“You…”
“What are you still resisting for?!”
As the words fell, countless people heard this terrible news and instantly turned ashen.
Satan admired those despairing ants with satisfaction.
This feeling of making them fall from the clouds into the Abyss of despair was truly delicious.
Despair spread like a plague.
Satan inhaled deeply, reveling in the power surging toward it.
Human despair was indeed the most delicious food.
To think… even dead, Su Fu was still so useful!