I can find treasures in my dreams.

Yang Fan's words struck Zhao Xiaoying, Wu Dingtian, Liu Yi, and the others like a heavy hammer, giving them a strong psychological impact.

Who could have imagined that the "dark tide" super catastrophe foreseen by the Eye of the Long River was not a geological upheaval or energy burst in the Black Sand Sea itself, but rather an invasion and catastrophe caused by monsters hidden in countless secret spaces deep within the Black Sand Sea, collectively reappearing in the world?

When the images of the Divine Remains Monument were displayed earlier, they only glanced at them briefly, yet they could already clearly feel the savagery and terror emanating from these monsters in the Dark Rift.

It's important to understand that the Black Sand Sea of ​​Death was already extremely dangerous in the past, and all major civilizations needed to form elite teams to protect them when mining resources.

If these terrifying monsters from the Dark Rift were to flood into the Black Sand Sea, which civilization would dare to risk annihilation and venture into the Black Sand Sea to mine its primordial resources?
Zhao Xiaoying was the first to recover from the shock and keenly realized a problem: "Chief, are the Dark Rift monsters capable of discovering the world gates of various civilizations?"

The World Gate is the only passage for various civilizations to enter and exit the Black Sand Sea, connecting their homeland with the primordial world, and is also a crucial line of defense for civilizations. Once it is targeted by monsters, the consequences will be devastating—the monsters are highly likely to break into their homeland through the World Gate and cause a massacre of ordinary people.

Yang Fan sighed softly upon hearing this: "This is precisely the most pressing problem at present."

With just one sentence, Wu Dingtian instantly understood its profound meaning, and he gasped sharply.

Because the chief's meaning couldn't be clearer—the monster has this ability!
Zhao Xiaoying's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

She couldn't even imagine what a terrible disaster it would cause if those giant tentacles covered with 100,000 eerie green eyes suddenly descended upon the center of a bustling city on Azure Star.
Yang Fan did not pause and continued to explain in a deep voice: "Because the Dark Gap Space has been in a highly unstable spatial environment for a long time, the spatial laws are incomplete and chaotic. This very unique environment has given birth to a large number of monsters that are extremely sensitive to spatial power."

"They can easily detect spatial fluctuations and sense the weak points of spatial barriers. The spatial resonance generated when the Gate of the World opens is like a series of bright lights in the darkness to them, which cannot be hidden at all."

The logic behind this statement is easy to understand.

Just as deep-sea creatures are naturally adapted to high-pressure environments, desert creatures are naturally drought-resistant, and ocean fish are naturally good swimmers.

A unique environment will naturally select the organisms that are best suited to it.

The Dark Gap Space is unstable for a long time. Creatures that are not sensitive to spatial power cannot survive the impact of spatial fluctuations and have long been eliminated over the long years.

Through generations of natural selection, the surviving monsters of the Dark Rift mostly possess extremely strong spatial perception abilities and can even manipulate some spatial power; this is an instinct etched into their blood.

He paused, his tone growing increasingly serious: "More importantly, even if we close the gates to the world ahead of time, we may not be able to completely isolate them."

"Because many high-level Dark Rift monsters possess the ability to tear space. As long as they find a weak area in space, they can forcibly tear open a rift and break into the civilized world on the other side."

Zhao Xiaoying pursed her lips, only then realizing just how dangerous the Dark Tide Disaster was.

Despite the long-legged girl's repeated overestimation of the catastrophe, she found that she had underestimated it.

To put it bluntly, a significant portion of the civilized world is very likely to struggle to survive this round of natural disasters.

She couldn't help but think of Gabamda, the Ironfist civilization observer she had previously received.

A thought involuntarily popped into Zhao Xiaoying's mind—could Iron Fist Man survive this ordeal?

Judging from the current situation, the hope seems very slim.

As the female secretary, Liu Yi, listened to this historic conversation, she quickly took notes, her pretty face turning deathly pale.

The reason is simple—it was caused by fear.

Wu Dingtian suddenly interjected, "Chief, when I was presiding over the Eye of the Long River and using the [Time of Time] ability to connect with the River of Time, the power of spiritual time impacted me. Just before I was about to lose consciousness, some fragmented images seemed to flash through my mind."

He seemed to think the word "see" wasn't precise enough, and corrected himself: "Uh... it's not seeing with the naked eye, but rather those images flashing through my mind uncontrollably."

"The vast majority of the images were blurry, with only a few being relatively clear. One of them left a deep impression on me."

Wu Dingtian recalled for a moment, trying to recreate that shocking scene: "I saw a large expanse of orange-red flames, flowing like molten lava, converging into a giant waterfall that blotted out the sky."

"This fiery waterfall cascaded down from the sky and crashed onto a continent where lava rivers flowed everywhere. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the world of Tekken."

Zhao Xiaoying's pupils trembled, and she blurted out, "This should be the flame from the dark crevice!"

Of the twelve dark rift scenes displayed on the Stele of the Divine Remains, one was the boundless ocean formed by orange flames. The texture of the flowing flames and the scorching visual impact were exactly as Wu Dingtian described.

The appearance of this image not only confirms the judgment that "the Dark Rift is about to appear," but also directly confirms Yang Fan's previous deduction that the terrifying Dark Rift monsters will indeed follow the spatial fluctuations and brazenly invade various civilized worlds!
"It is indeed a molten sea crevice."

Yang Fan spoke up at the opportune moment and even gave the specific name of the dark crevice.

He then added an important piece of information: "Among the many dark rifts I have explored, the Molten Sea Dark Rift is one of the largest, and the fire energy within it is extremely concentrated."

"Most of the monsters that inhabit the rifts are born with extremely strong fire-based abilities. Even more terrifying is that many high-level individuals have awakened spatial characteristics, or even spatial abilities, and can tear apart spatial barriers with their own power."

After saying that, Yang Fan nodded slightly to Wu Dingtian, signaling the latter to continue.

Wu Dingtian swallowed hard and said, "Among this huge waterfall that falls from the sky, there are also some enormous monsters."

"Their appearance is very similar to that of a manta ray magnified many times. They are at least two hundred meters long and their bodies are covered with a thick and rough black stone armor like basalt, giving them a very strong sense of oppression."

He paused for a moment and gave his judgment based on strength: "Judging from the pressure felt in the picture, these monsters should be at least high-level knights."

Yang Fan nodded and said, "You're talking about the monsters that are commonly found in the Dark Rift of the Molten Sea. They are called 'Exploding Molten Demon Fish'."

"These monsters can easily unleash a fierce firestorm with considerable power. They are extremely sensitive to spatial rifts, making them natural 'space hunters'."

As a revered being, he gave the assessment that his power was "considerable," which is a very high evaluation.

"The main world of the Ironfist Civilization is full of active volcanoes and lava basins, with abundant fire-type supernatural power, making it an excellent hunting ground for the Molten Demon Fish."

"Judging from the images of enlightenment you obtained, they clearly discovered a spatial rift leading to the world of Iron Fist and sensed the presence of fire energy within it, which is why they joined forces to tear open space and descend."

"Iron Fist Civilization is in danger!"

Zhao Xiaoying couldn't help but sigh.

Just moments before, she was speculating that even with the help of the Azure Civilization, the Iron Fist Civilization would still find it difficult to overcome the prophesied Dark Tide Calamity.

Unexpectedly, the scene General Wu foresaw directly confirmed her conjecture: the probability of the Iron Fist Civilization being destroyed by the Dark Tide Catastrophe was probably over 95%.

five minutes later.

"Boom!—Boom!—"

Accompanied by deafening roars and crashing waves, the massive, violently spinning vortex of cold water, as if its core energy had been drained, suddenly began to collapse inward.

The dark blue water, now freed from its restraints, surged and splashed like a flood bursting its banks.

Water droplets, imbued with the power of time, traced arcs in the air, turning into tiny specks of light upon touching the edge of the pedestal, leaving faint ripples in the air before vanishing in an instant.

"Oh!"

With a deep, heavy thud, the Divine Remains Monument slowly fell back into the groove in the center of the circular platform.

The blue lightning on the surface of the monument completely disappeared, and its open eyes closed again, returning it to its original stone carving appearance.

Soon, the platform and the stone tablet were covered by the water.

The dark clouds in the sky dissipated quickly like a tide, and sunlight pierced through the clouds and shone down.

The first official operation of the "Changhe" (Long River) cultural artifact has thus come to a close.

This time, the Eye of the Long River connected with the River of Time and traced the revelations about the super natural disaster, consuming a full third of the third-level spatial system alien material in the reserves of the Azure Civilization—Lingluo Tianshui.

This precisely demonstrates just how enormous the price is for peering into time and predicting the future.

For civilizations with meager resources and limited resources, even if someone were to hand over the "long river" to them, they simply could not afford such a terrifying expenditure.

Zhao Xiaoying and the others had already left, but Yang Fan remained on the round platform submerged by the cold water.

Yang Fan looked up at the sky, which had become clear again, and sighed silently.

After a while.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, ripples of emerald green spread across the surrounding cold water, and then a green figure slowly emerged from the ripples.

This was a strange being in the form of a tree-man.

Its body shape is similar to that of a human, standing just over two meters tall, but its entire body is covered with layers of triangular leaves.

These leaves are smooth and lustrous, resembling the finest jade, with exceptionally exquisite patterns etched on their surface, making them look like a set of ingeniously crafted, ultra-gorgeous armor.

The tree-man's face is rough, dark brown bark, with crisscrossing grooves that clearly outline the features. The eye sockets are not eyeballs, but a pool of flowing green water, containing unimaginable vitality.

Most notably, it is surrounded by a dense green halo, within which countless illusory leaves slowly float and swirl, with the faint rustling sound of leaves rubbing against each other, interspersed with a faint, silvery laugh, ethereal and mysterious.

This is precisely the realm of laws.

The tree-man's identity is self-evident—he is a genuine Venerable and powerful being!
Zhao Xiaoying and the others had no idea that when Yang Fan suddenly descended upon the Eye of the Long River, a Venerable One was hidden beside him.

"Your Majesty, Raven."

The Tree Man's voice was as deep and resonant as the sound of striking ancient wood, carrying an indescribable quality: "The 'Long River' built by your civilization, presided over by only a quasi-knight, has actually managed to manipulate the laws of time. This is the first time I have ever seen such an ingenious supernatural revelation device."

Although it's a "wooden face" with no visible expression, you can hear the admiration in its tone.

Yang Fan's lips curled up slightly, and a layer of crimson light instantly spread around him.

Pieces of ethereal, fiery red feathers, their surfaces adorned with astonishingly intricate patterns, rapidly emerged from the halo, "splitting" together on his back to form a pair of dazzling, magnificent wings.

Upon closer inspection, each feather seems to surge with extremely violent flames, yet its shape remains stable.

If any fire-type ability user were here, they would easily sense the terrifying, world-destroying energy contained within the feather.

This is also a realm of laws.

After the events in the Sand Abyss Secret Realm ended, this clone finally advanced to the Venerable rank with the superior-grade ability [Radiant Domination] at its core.

From the condensation of the Law Source Seed to its germination and the creation of the Mind Source Palace, the entire process took only a few months.

If word got out that this speed, it would be enough to shock the jaws of all the Venerable Ones in the Primordial World.

Because the main body had already been promoted to a Venerable One and had rich experience, everything went smoothly along the way.

This is the end.

The Azure Civilization already has two Venerables.

In any world group, no civilization would ignore such a civilized world.

The Tree Man Venerable glanced at Yang Fan beside him, and the green water deep in his eye sockets suddenly rippled.

In an instant, within the domain of laws enveloping him, the number of illusory leaves suddenly surged several times over, swirling wildly in the pale green light curtain.

This single, almost imperceptible detail is enough to reveal the deep-seated fear in the heart of this venerable one.

Because the fire-elemental law domain surrounding Yang Fan is the natural nemesis of the tree-human life-elemental law domain.

The Tree Man Venerable had fought against other Venerables who mastered the laws of fire, but none of them had ever made it feel such a terrifying aura that seemed to want to burn everything to ashes, as if even the soul would be burned to ashes.

In the original world, more than 95% of the Venerables possessed superior abilities, but the Tree Man Venerable was certain that even among the superior abilities, this Lord of the Spirit Raven's fire-type ability was definitely among the best.

Yang Fan seemed oblivious to the other party's tension, and casually revealed a secret: "Your Majesty Naraku, according to the intelligence I have gathered, the Dark Tide Calamity that is about to descend upon the Black Sand Sea is also inextricably linked to the 'Eternal God Alliance'."

Naraku is the name of the Tree Man.

It comes from an ancient world called the "Qiongshu Civilization".

The Eternal Alliance, on the other hand, is a supreme power composed of numerous ancient gods.

Although he was just an insignificant grasshopper to this organization, that didn't stop him from trying to uncover the secrets of the Eternal Alliance.

Yang Fan first encountered this name in an ancient ruin that had been sealed away for countless years.

Unexpectedly, while investigating this sudden undercurrent disaster, they discovered clues related to the Ancient God Organization once again.

The green tears in the Tree Man Venerable's eyes suddenly surged violently: "So this Dark Tide Calamity was actually a disaster orchestrated by the Eternal God Alliance behind the scenes?"

Yang Fan nodded slightly: "It's very likely."

Naraku pressed further, "What is the purpose of the Eternal Alliance doing this?"

Yang Fan hesitated for a moment, his tone somewhat confused: "I have a feeling that these supreme beings seem to want to completely destroy the primordial world."

Naraku was immediately taken aback.

To be honest, Venerable Shuren didn't quite believe in this view.

Once you reach the Venerable level, everyone knows that the Ancient Gods are the creators of the primordial world.

On the other hand, the ancient gods are part of the primordial world. If the primordial world is destroyed, it means that the ancient gods will also lose their foundation.

This is tantamount to self-destruction!

Only a madman would do that! (End of Chapter)