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Chapter 505 After the Dramatic Change
Wu Chang had more rewarding moments, and he also settled Schultz's grudges, which made him return to Crimson Courtyard later than other players.

Just as he was completely bewildered by the current situation, he saw a message from Hou Jingchuan inviting him to come over for a detailed discussion.

However, the location is not in the Crimson Garden, but in reality.

Wu Chang did not agree immediately, but instead took Raven back to the Yongguang Research Institute.

As soon as he entered the research institute, he heard He Yun's solemn voice coming from not far away.

"You're finally back. There was a problem at the research institute just now. The Omniscient Crystal suddenly absorbed a large amount of energy and disappeared into thin air..."

He Yun stopped halfway through his sentence, turning his gaze from Wu Chang to the raven behind him.

Raven was completely naked, wearing only a coat, and moved very close to Wu Chang, as if she wanted to stick to him. This behavior made He Yun frown.

"she is?"

Wu Chang shrugged and said:
"You might not believe it, but she is the Omniscient Crystal that suddenly disappeared. Her current name is Raven."

He Yun's brows relaxed. She walked around in front of the raven, carefully observing its condition. With the help of the research institute's detection, she confirmed that what was in front of her was not some kind of projection, but a real existence. Her eyes were full of curiosity and a desire to explore.

"As expected, when I was studying the Omniscient Crystal Mother, I vaguely sensed that it contained life, but when I asked it related questions, it remained silent and did not answer."

"It now appears that my prediction was correct. Let me explain in detail what happened."

Wu Chang summoned Eileen and explained the existence of the raven to the two of them.

As one of the spirits of the Saint's Remains, Eileen can clearly sense the changes in the Saint's Remains and knows that the void in the Shadow of Balance has been filled by some being.

But upon learning that the raven came from the Omniscient Crystal, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

She witnessed the changes in the Omniscient Crystal all along. Before the Omniscient Crystal was tricked by the Miracle Walker and signed a one-way soul contract, she checked the Omniscient Crystal many times to ensure Wu Chang's safety.

Even after the Omniscient Crystal transformed into the Mother, in her eyes, the Omniscient Crystal was not much different from ordinary props, and she was completely unaware that the Raven was inside the crystal.

This made her feel guilty for her dereliction of duty, but also curious about the existence of the raven.

She was certain that the Raven's existence was far beyond her own level.

When Wu Chang explained that Raven had lost all memories of herself due to a damaged soul, he said that the two of them needed to help Raven restore her soul and gradually regain her memories.

The curiosity in Eileen's eyes turned to pity. She gave Raven a hug and said:

"Trust me, I will definitely help you regain your memories."

Both of them are the spirits of the relics of the saints, and they naturally feel a sense of closeness to each other. Raven sensed Eileen's kindness and felt a strange emotion.

Since emerging from the omniscient crystal, her expressionless face has finally changed; a smile appears on her lips, and a look of nostalgia emerges in her eyes.

Unaccustomed to such emotional expression, she quickly closed her eyes and whispered:

"Thank you."

He Yun also came over, his gaze fixed on the raven, and stretched out his hands towards it, saying in an excited tone:
"I will help you develop a comprehensive, detailed examination from head to toe, inside and out, and use technology to help you recover your memory!"

Raven trembled slightly, as if trying to avoid He Yun, and snuggled even closer into Eileen's arms.

Seeing that the three of them got along well, Wu Chang said:
"I have to go out for a while. The three of you should get along well. Eileen, take good care of Raven. She's very weak right now, so don't let He Yun ruin her."

Although Raven transformed from the Omniscient Crystal into human form, she retained her omniscient abilities, and they were even more convenient than before.

Previously, he needed to hold an omniscient crystal, but now, whenever he wants, the raven can directly see what he sees through mental connection and communicate with him mentally.

He left Raven at the Everlight Research Institute and returned to Earth alone, heading to the Administration Bureau.

Back in reality, Wanghai City was peaceful and nothing unusual had happened.

He glanced back at the Haikou branch office. The management staff who remained inside said that today was the same as usual, with no changes.

Wu Chang scratched his head, feeling that the situation was becoming increasingly bizarre.

But when he activated the teleportation array and, after several jumps, was teleported to Yanjing, where the Administration Bureau was located, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

A faint energy permeated the air, and there were few pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, a few people could be seen, and their faces carried a hint of unease.

He sniffed, sensing the atmosphere of Yanjing, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

He could smell the scent of the Abyss game instance in the atmosphere of Yanjing.

He re-established a mental connection with the raven and inquired about its unusual behavior. The raven's response confirmed his suspicions.

Just as he sensed, the world outside of Wanghai City was suffering from a supernatural erosion that was several times more intense than before the world instance, with a concentration almost reaching the level of the Abyss Game.

What's happening here?
Logically speaking, a large portion of the abyssal erosion accumulated in the real world and the wasteland has already been channeled into the world instance. Once the world instance ends, the abyssal erosion in the real world and the wasteland should be alleviated. Why has it worsened?

He suddenly realized something and felt a pang of guilt.

Could it be that the world instance failed to upgrade the Abyss Erosion to the Realm of Reason, and instead left the Abyss directly, failing to take the Abyss Erosion with it, causing the Abyss Erosion to flow back into reality?

Fortunately, Raven promptly refuted this conjecture, saying that although the Abyss Erosion was not sent to the Realm of Reason, it was discharged outside the Abyss Game through the rifts that led out of the world instance plane.

The anomaly in reality at this moment has nothing to do with the world instance.

This made Wu Chang breathe a sigh of relief, and he straightened his back again.

If it has nothing to do with him, then what is the reason?

He was using Peace's image in the Wasteland at this moment; his face was his pass, allowing him to enter the Administration Headquarters directly.

The atmosphere at the Administration headquarters was even more tense than outside; everyone he saw had an unyielding gloom on their face.

Upon learning of his arrival, Jianxing rushed to the door and said to him:
"Boss, come with me, something big has happened this time."

Wu Chang asked, "How big of a deal is it?"

Jianxing swallowed hard, still shaken, and said:
"According to Professor Shi, it was a major event that almost destroyed the world."

Wu Chang was taken aback; that was indeed quite large.

He followed Jianxing into the conference room, and as soon as the door opened, he was almost shoved out by the smoke inside.

The conference room was filled with over a hundred people, including high-ranking officials from the Administration Bureau and representatives from the other three major organizations in Xia Country. Except for a few who did not smoke, everyone else held a lit cigarette in their hand, taking puff after puff with a worried expression.

No-smoking signs were posted on the wall right at the entrance of the conference room. Even when Wu Chang came here to discuss business before, when he was just passing on Xu Dejun's intelligence to Hou Jingchuan and others that the Realm of Reason had completely fallen into the hands of the Evolutionists, the senior officials of the Administration Bureau had never lost their composure like this.

This incident seems to be quite serious.

As soon as Wu Changyi appeared, everyone in the room turned their attention to him, and they subconsciously sat up straighter and nodded to him.

Before the world instance, no matter how strong Peace is or how much praise he receives, only a few people have actually seen him in action.

In the eyes of many high-ranking members of the four major organizations, Peace is nothing more than a super player without an organization. Super players are rare, but they do exist.

For example, the painter and Huanxi are both super players.

The four major organizations have stood for so many years and have seen many super players. No matter how strong an individual is, it is difficult to shake the four major organizations.

But this time is different. More than half of those sitting in the conference room have participated in the world instance, and many of them have even followed An Rong in the sacrificial ceremony.

They witnessed firsthand how a demigod-level demon king, who could be considered the final boss even in an S-rank dungeon, was killed by He Ping with his bare hands, and swallowed whole by him.

This is only what they can see. According to Leng Shan, Jian Xing, and a few others, in places they cannot see, He Ping has summoned a god so powerful that it is beyond comprehension, and brought out a god-level mech capable of dealing with 16,000 demon kings.

In the past, if they had heard such words, they would have scoffed and ridiculed the other party for exaggerating. Why not boast that peace could destroy the Abyss game and take the plane away from the Abyss?

But now, they have no choice but to believe it.

The super player before them was so far beyond their comprehension that they had to show him the utmost respect.

Jianxing led Wu Chang to the front row of the conference room, to the center, and seated him to Hou Jingchuan's left. Once Wu Chang was seated, Shi Ning on the podium lit up the screen and began to tell everyone about the events that had occurred in reality.

As Shi Ning described it, Wu Changcai learned that while they were conquering the world instance, the Light Society had been doing so much in the real world.

First, they attacked Abyss Island, rescued the leaders of the Evolution Faction, and then led them into the power space of the four major organizations to seize control of the power space and destroy it.

Due to the continuous erosion of the instance during this period, reality has been riddled with holes. With the collapse of the power space, the real world lost its support and was almost dragged into the abyss.

Shi Ning spent a great deal of time explaining the reasons why reality could be dragged into the abyss. Wu Chang, with the foundation laid by Christine, quickly understood what had happened.

So while Hou Jingchuan and the others were still listening to Shi Ning's theory, he was already thinking about the matter itself.

Judging from Shi Ning's description, the Light Society was very well prepared and should have been prepared to fail in the world instance from the very beginning.

If the progress of the world instance is not going well, take action in reality.

No wonder he only saw two of the four fantastical deities in the world instance, excluding the White Wolf; it turns out the last one had been hidden in reality all along.

However, Huanxi has gone a bit too far this time, actually trying to drag the real world into the abyss. Clearly, she's playing with fire.

According to the raven's answer, if Joy's plan were to lead the real world into the abyss, then the real world's chance of escaping the abyss would only be theoretically possible.

When Shi Ning said that it was thanks to the existence of a fifth, supreme authority in the Desolate Realm, in addition to the four major organizations, that Blue Star was successfully prevented from falling into the abyss.

When he said that, everyone's eyes fell on him.

The highest authority in the desolate realm, though it has no combat power itself, is even rarer than S-rank items.

In the two decades since the four major organizations, no fifth supreme authority has appeared in the Wasteland. Even within the four major organizations, there are no records of anyone obtaining supreme authority.

Extraordinary organizations from countries like White Elephant and Sakurajima have been clamoring for the highest authority to help the four major organizations share the responsibility of stabilizing the world.

The White Tower and the Western Alliance had considered supporting them to rise to power, but firstly, their strength was not worthy of being on the table, and secondly, the White Tower and the Western Alliance did not know how to obtain the highest authority, so this matter had never succeeded.

There's even a theory within the four major organizations that the highest level of authority is just a name, not actual, attainable authority.

There are only four of them, and they have already been acquired by the four major organizations. To obtain supreme authority, one must seize them from the four major organizations.

But now, Shi Ning's words have shattered this theory. It turns out that supreme authority really is authority, and can be obtained by players just like ordinary temporary administrative authority.

If something that hasn't appeared in over twenty years could suddenly be obtained by someone, there's only one possibility.

That is peace, which is deeply loved by the Abyss Game Administrator!
Some people even began to suspect that the reason why Peace was favored by the Abyss Game and rose so rapidly in just one hundred days to a level that did not belong to the Desolate Realm might be because he entered the Abyss Game with the highest authority of the Desolate Realm.

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Wu Chang did not give any answer, but simply sat there with an innocent expression.

Let them guess if they want. Supreme authority has absolute legitimacy and can distort people's perceptions. As long as he doesn't say anything, no one can find him.

No matter how different Wanghai City is, people will think that Wanghai City should be like this, without any doubt or suspicion that it is related to the supreme authority.

He didn't initiate conversation, and no one dared to ask. The stalemate continued for a while, and then Shi Ning continued the meeting.

The Bright Society's plan failed, and Blue Star escaped a calamity, but there was one thing to say: death may be spared, but punishment is inevitable.

The Earth is currently mostly submerged in the abyss, a situation that will have a significant impact on reality, and the four major organizations must deal with it with caution.

First, there's the proliferation of extraordinary abilities and the expansion of the Abyss Game. It will take at least a year for the four major organizations to re-incubate supreme authority and rebuild their power space.

In other words, within this year, the four major organizations' control over the Wasteland and reality will be greatly reduced.

The proliferation of extraordinary beings will lead to an increase in wild extraordinary beings. After the world dungeon, a large number of Earthlings will be selected by the Abyss Game and become Abyss Game players.

Among these selected players, there is a high possibility that there will be wild superhumans.

These wild superhumans, having also gained the qualifications of Abyss players, will have a tremendous destructive impact on reality.

If they are not handled properly, the real world will completely spiral out of control.

The second issue to address is the threat from the Realm of Reason.

Although the blue planet did not completely sink into the abyss, the partial submersion still had a huge impact.

As the supernatural encroachment on the real world increases, the real world is getting closer to the desolate and rational realms, and its capacity to accommodate the supernatural becomes stronger, which makes the Pillars of the Real World even thicker.

Originally, players in the Realm of Reason would face many restrictions if they wanted to return to reality through the Pillar of the Present World, but now, according to Shi Ning's calculations, these restrictions will be greatly relaxed.

The level cap for passing the Pillar of the Present World will likely be raised from 45 to 50-55. Moreover, the cost for players below level 50 to pass through the Pillar of the Present World will be much smaller.

In other words, the players in the Realm of Reason who control the Pillars of the Present World can send a large number of players into reality, which is very troublesome for the Order faction in the Desolate Realm.

The already chaotic real world will become even more chaotic due to the involvement of the Realm of Reason.

Finally, after the world instance, the high-ranking members of the Desolate Realm Order Faction will basically be promoted to the Realm of Reason.

While they were in the Desolate Realm, they were able to contend with the Light Society by relying on the dimensional barrier and the Evolutionist faction. However, if they were to enter the Realm of Reason, they would have no power to resist.

If the Evolutionists and the Light Society send a large number of players into reality, the Orderists will lose their voice in both the Wasteland and the Realm of Reason.

The conclusion reached by Shi Ning, Hou Jingchuan, and others was that if they wanted to achieve great results with limited resources, they had to rely on the rules of the Desolate Realm, even if the rules had been weakened; this was the only way.

They also want to engage with the evolutionists in the realms of reality and the wasteland.

At this point, Shi Ning fell silent. Hou Jingchuan stood up and said to Wu Chang beside him:

"If it really comes to that, we would like to use Your Excellency's influence to enable players who belong to the Order faction to return to reality."

"If we allow the Evolutionists to seize the Wasteland and Reality, they will eventually do something like what happened today again, in alliance with the Light Society."

"The fate of Earth and humanity must never be entrusted to them."

After Hou Jingchuan finished speaking, all the members of the management bureau in the entire conference room stood up and looked at Wu Chang with pleading eyes, together with Hou Jingchuan.

Wu Chang shrugged and said:
"I don't know what you mean by 'space of influence'."

"However, as for the Pillars of the Present World, I can lend you a few."

Wanghai City has Eileen's divine kingdom, his supreme authority in the desolate realm, and He Yun's super factory. Even if a nuclear war breaks out on Blue Star, and the outcome is more tragic than in the underground shelter plane, it will not affect Wanghai City in the slightest.

But at least he has the title of hero. Even if he doesn't want to bear the fate of humanity himself, he still has to help humanity find a better future.

Even without the influence of the Illuminati, he preferred the Order faction to the Evolution faction.

Even the worst order is better than no order at all.

Moreover, according to evolutionary theory, the strong should have greater say and gather more resources to serve themselves.

As the strongest being in both reality and the desolate realm, he commanded the evolutionists not to influence reality, so they should have obeyed unconditionally.

After the emergency meeting ended, Wu Chang declined Hou Jingchuan's invitation to stay for tea, citing a lack of time.

The appearance of the raven and the digestion of world dungeon rewards will both take a lot of time; he's very busy right now.

If there are guys from the Light Society and the Evolutionists that they can't handle, he can take five minutes to deal with them, but he'd rather not try to test the waters or win them over.

His mind was filled with the rewards from the world dungeon, and no one could stop him from going home.

Just as he was about to leave the administration, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Peace, there are some things I'd like to talk to you about."

Wu Chang turned his head, about to give a formal refusal, but saw that the person standing behind him was Shi Ning.

He had always been curious about Shi Ning's identity and had planned to find an opportunity to talk to Shi Ning and find out more about him after he finished dealing with his current matters. He never expected that Shi Ning would take the initiative to come to him.

"Of course I have time. I happen to have some questions that I need Professor Shi to answer."

(End of this chapter)