The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

"He has recovered?"

Lorian frowned, shocked and bewildered, his pale golden eyes filled with confusion: "But... how could He appear in a place like the Rift Abyss?"

The Devouring Gods, especially their leader Zogra.

That is an existence that even the Star Council of the Starfall Divine Realm must treat with utmost respect.

His resurrection should have been a momentous event that shook many divine realms.

Furthermore, the target of its power projection should be a rich and abundant higher-dimensional plane.

And the Rift Abyss?

What could possibly warrant such a massive effort from the Lord of Devouring Dimensions in such a barren corner where even decent divine crystal veins are hard to find?

They even use such a clumsy and laborious method to perform cross-dimensional projection?

This is illogical.

"Unless... something extremely special has appeared in the Rift, such as an Ancient Scar that could pique the interest of the Lord of Devouring Dimensions?"

A jumble of thoughts flashed through Lorian's mind, making him feel vaguely uneasy.

That's why he suppressed the urge to rush into the Rift Abyss to investigate.

With his current power level of 120, venturing into such an event that is clearly beyond his capabilities would be tantamount to suicide.

Moreover, as a Star Ranger, his primary responsibility is to observe, issue warnings, and report.

Instead of solving the problem alone.

"Although the Rift Abyss is located in a remote area, it is still within the boundaries of the Starfall Divine Realm. This situation must be reported to Ashmerkton immediately!"

Thinking of this, he raised his hand, and a silver feather quickly appeared in his palm.

This is the [Star Feather], a remote communication tool commonly used by rangers. It can directly connect to the Starry Sea Beacon within the Divine Realm to transmit information in encrypted form.

As he poured his spiritual power into it, Xingyu began to flicker incessantly, attempting to connect outwards.

"what?"

However, after a moment, Lorian froze.

Because, after the star feather trembled slightly a few times, its light quickly dimmed.

In the end, it turned into a few specks of silver and dissipated into the void.

Message transmission failed.

"What's going on? Are we being suppressed by the power of a higher dimension?"

The thought immediately popped into Lorian's mind. After all, the fluctuations in high-dimensional energy in this area were quite large, which often caused items to malfunction.

But he soon realized he was wrong.

He discovered that [Star Feather] was not being interfered with, but rather that there were simply no available "nodes" to connect to in this area.

The coverage of the Starry Sea Beacon radiates outward from each powerful and stable plane or divine realm core.

In places like the Rift, which are filled with unstable low-dimensional planes and have scarce energy, beacons are never deployed.

As for the reason, it is naturally because it is a thankless task with extremely high maintenance costs. In other words, he is now an "isolated island" that cannot contact the outside world.

Damn it.

Lorian muttered a curse under his breath, his tone tinged with helplessness.

He looked around and saw only the eternal starlight and the cold starry sky, as well as the distant chasm that was constantly "breathing".

Not a single other wandering knight could be seen.

"What else can be used to send messages?"

Lorian frowned, mentally reviewing the Star Ranger's equipment and items.

"Anchor of Time? No way!"

"A glass sandbox? That won't do either!"

He quickly realized that no tool could enable long-distance communication in this environment.

The only solution now is to leave this area without beacon coverage and find the nearest beacon node.

Or... return directly to the nearest Divine Realm Outpost.

"This is troublesome."

Thinking of this, he muttered to himself, his expression turning somewhat grim.

Then he looked up again, towards the direction of the Rift Abyss. The dark red mist was still slowly churning, and the cracks in space were still struggling to expand.

That unsettling pressure still lingered, and everything indicated that the crisis was escalating.

But given his abilities, he had no other choice but to record it all.

"We need to get back as soon as possible."

Lorian made a decision after his gaze hardened.

Instead of wasting time here, we should get back as quickly as possible and deliver this crucial intelligence.

Every moment of delay could introduce more variables.

He took one last look at the abyss, which resembled the eye of the apocalypse, and noted every detail of this strange phenomenon.

He memorized everything, including the energy characteristics, the degree of spatial distortion, and the nature of that terrifying pressure, and then quickly turned around.

The next moment, the white cloak drew an arc behind him.

His toes touched the brown star again, and his figure suddenly blurred, turning into a pale golden stream of light, flashing rapidly in the opposite direction from the Rift Abyss.

The stars rushed past him, and the winds of the starry sea brushed against his cheeks.

……

Gu Xu was naturally unaware of what had happened outside the plane, but his progress toward the City of Eternal Winter was slightly slower than before.

The reason is not that the Calamity Domain was suppressed or that its own strength was insufficient, which resulted in the inability to eliminate those puppets.

Rather, it's because a strange change is taking place in the sky.

The sky is visibly darkening rapidly.

It looked as if someone had poured a bucket of thick, sticky blood over your head from the sky.

As time passed, the dark red substance began to spread and slowly devour the original light.

What surprised Gu Xu even more was that deep within the rapidly spreading crimson sky, one could vaguely see fine cracks.

Those cracks are slowly lengthening and widening.

Although it wasn't obvious, Gu Xu's mental strength could naturally sense it quite clearly.

Moreover, according to Gu Xu's perception, the energy fluctuations coming from the direction of the City of Eternal Winter suddenly became more intense, spreading outwards in waves of increasing strength.

"Tsk."

Gu Xu smacked his lips lightly, his brows furrowing slightly.

Ivan and the other two behind him also noticed something was wrong, and they all looked up, their expressions becoming even more unpleasant.

"Damn it! This fluctuation... is more than twice as strong as before."

"What happened up ahead?"

For a moment, the three of them were also shocked and puzzled.

After all, the scene before them was enough to make them despair.

If we were to go even further...

They really didn't know what to do.

Although Gu Xu knew exactly what had happened, he did not answer their questions.

He simply watched the ever-expanding crack in the sky for a few seconds, then turned around and looked at the three remaining demigods of the Northern Alliance behind him.

"That noise up ahead isn't right."

At this point, Gu Xu pointed to the dark red sky ahead: "I need to go check out the situation first. You guys... follow me."

After saying that, he didn't wait for the three to respond; he simply had a thought.

The next instant, the black mist beneath his feet suddenly contracted, and his entire figure, along with the surrounding calamity domain, vanished from the spot without warning.

Without any spatial fluctuations or residual energy, it simply evaporated into thin air.

Only a few wisps of black aura remained, slowly dissipating in the same spot.