Fate's Choice: Livestream at the Start Summoning Billions of Ravens

Tokyo time, 11:00 AM.

Only one hour remains until the prophesied moment when the "doors" will open.

The live broadcasts from more than 300 mainstream media outlets around the world were all focused on the same area.

The Tokyo metropolitan area is deserted.

In the upper right corner of the screen, the bright red countdown numbers relentlessly ticked.

The Five Nations Joint Operations Command Headquarters on the outskirts of Tokyo.

The atmosphere inside the huge circular command hall was so oppressive it felt like you could wring water out of it.

Commanders from China, America, Russia, the United States, and France stared intently at the tranquil city on the main screen, saying nothing.

At the same time, deep within the dark web, unseen by humans.

The "New World Pioneers Forum" has completely erupted in excitement.

"One hour to go! I bet five cents it's definitely a large-scale solar eclipse caused by high-dimensional energy interference!"

"Bullshit! Geological data shows that the geomagnetic field in the Tokyo area is abnormally weakening, which is definitely a precursor to a geomagnetic reversal! The door will tear open the earth's crust!"

"I've bought the coordinates; I've staked everything I have on a diamond mine in South Africa! If I can get in, I'll be the next De Beers!"

Countless anonymous IDs were frantically refreshing the post, greed and fanaticism intertwined in the torrent of code.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened.

The sun over Tokyo, that star that has hung there for billions of years, is losing its light at a rate visible to the naked eye.

In just three minutes, the sky changed from a clear azure blue to an ominous, unsettling dusky yellow.

Global weather satellites simultaneously issued stern warnings.

The atmosphere over Tokyo has experienced violent energy disturbances that cannot be explained by existing models.

The temperature in the stratosphere dropped by a full ten degrees Celsius within five minutes.

On the "New World Pioneers Forum," posts about "high-dimensional energy interference" and "geomagnetic reversal" were instantly pushed to the top of the homepage.

The gloating and sarcastic remarks have disappeared.

Instead, a tremor mixed with fear and excitement arose.

Everyone realized that the prophecy was coming true.

A dim, yellowish light enveloped the entire dead city.

The cold concrete jungle has been tinged with an eerie, apocalyptic atmosphere.

That somber, deathly atmosphere was clearly conveyed to billions of people around the world through the live broadcast.

Time passed by, second by second.

The moment the countdown numbers on the screen finally reach zero.

In the heart of Tokyo, directly above the Shibuya Crossing.

The space cracked open silently.

A singularity, pure black and reflecting no light, appeared out of thin air.

It made no sound and produced no explosion.

It just floated there quietly.

Three seconds later, this singularity expanded rapidly in a geometric progression that defied the understanding of physics.

Ultimately, it formed a huge, absolutely black sphere with a diameter of over fifty kilometers.

It hovered there above the center of Tokyo, swallowing up the sunlight and casting endless shadows.

Like a man-made black sun.

All high-precision observation equipment malfunctioned at that moment.

The feedback was just a single, cold line of text.

"Unable to resolve".

It does not reflect, absorb, or radiate electromagnetic waves of any known frequency band.

The real world seems to have been forcibly ripped open.

Under the horrified gaze of billions of people around the world, the enormous black sphere began to slowly descend at a constant speed of one hundred meters per minute.

At its base, the first thing you touch is the towering spire of Tokyo Skytree.

Everyone instinctively closed their eyes, awaiting the earth-shattering impact.

But nothing happened.

The black sphere, like a phantom existing in a three-dimensional world, pierced directly through the steel structure of the Skytree.

It maintained a constant speed and continued to descend.

The world-famous tower remained intact, as if it had just been pierced through, leaving only a wisp of air.

This scene left physicists around the world, watching from their screens, completely blank.

When the sphere had descended halfway, its enormous size had already obscured half of the Tokyo metropolitan area.

All live broadcasts related to Tokyo worldwide were cut off at the same time.

All the screens were engulfed in a blinding snowy display.

The state of being out of contact lasted for a full three seconds.

The signal was restored after three seconds.

In the live broadcast, half of the huge black sphere had already sunk into the ground.

It formed a perfect black hemisphere, completely engulfing Tokyo's most bustling core area.

A "door" to an unknown world has been opened wide in an almost unreasonable way.

Inside the temporary command post of the five-nation joint operation force, there was a deathly silence.

After a long silence, America's commander broke the silence, his instructions being transmitted throughout the hall via microphone.

"Notify all units to begin operations."

Almost at the same time.

In Tokyo, within just three minutes, all participants chosen by the Holy Grail, along with their Masters, vanished from the real world.

Inside the Joint Operations Command, shrill reports rang out one after another.

"Report! All signals from extraordinary targets have disappeared!"

Defense Secretary Mark Thompson picked up the microphone on the highest-encrypted line and gave the order.

"They've already gone in."

"Now, it's our turn!"

The commanders of China, Russia, the United States, and France issued identical orders at almost the same time.

On the outskirts of Tokyo, the advance armored forces of the five countries, which had already assembled, roared simultaneously with their engines.

The tracks turned, kicking up dust.

A steel torrent of over a thousand tanks and armored vehicles began its charge toward the massive black hemisphere in the city center.

Inside a "Warrior" armored vehicle of the Chinese vanguard.

Jiang Mingjing sat quietly in the mirror, intending to follow the advance team.

The moment the "Warrior" armored vehicle plunged into the darkness, everything was swallowed up.

The sturdy emergency lights inside the vehicle, the numbers flashing on the instrument panel, the tactical flashlights on the soldiers' helmets... all the light sources went out in an instant.

The roar of the engine, the vibration of the tracks grinding against the ground, and the noisy electrical hum in the communication channels all disappeared.

Absolute darkness.

Absolute silence.

The concepts of time and space seemed to be stripped away. The soldiers inside the vehicle felt as if they had been thrown into a void, a deep sea, their senses completely deprived, and they couldn't even hear their own heartbeats.

This insane state lasted for about ten seconds.

Sudden.

"Clatter".

The emergency lights on the roof suddenly turned on, their stark white light instantly dispelling the darkness.

Almost simultaneously, the engine's electronic system emitted a series of beeps indicating a self-check, but did not restart. The vehicle remained silently stationary.

"What's going on?!"

"We...are we out?"