Outside the Secret Realm.
On the main platform, the large screen that had been displaying the last few images suddenly flickered with chaotic static. Then, with a soft FIZZ, it went completely dark.
The uproar across the entire field came to an abrupt halt.
Everyone understood what this meant.
The beast tide... was here!
Yet, right up to the final frame, there was no sign of Gu Yuexi or the Divine Locust.
...
Shadowland, at the Secret Realm Exit.
A teacher, forcing himself to stay upright, checked the condition of the spatial turbulence in the exit Wormhole once more.
Beneath the gazes of everyone holding onto their last shred of hope, he turned and shook his head bitterly.
It was still too dangerous; they couldn't leave yet.
SNAP.
The last glimmer of light in the eyes of the seventy-some remaining people completely shattered.
Just as they had all prepared for death.
A clear, cold voice suddenly rang out:
"Everyone!"
"Gather together immediately."
