Gamers Are Fierce

"Hmm?"

Ju Tianfu paused upon hearing this, squinting his eyes to look closely at the phone.

The Ajanta Caves are located within Maharashtra, first excavated in the 2nd century BC and continuing into the mid-7th century, undergoing multiple expansions and becoming famous for their beautiful murals. In the early 7th century, the Eastern Land high monk Xuanzang made a pilgrimage to Ajanta.

Later, due to the decline of Buddhism in India, the caves fell into disuse until the early nineteenth century when they were accidentally discovered by the English military commander John Smith during a hunt. (That name is quite full of irony.)

The mural on the phone screen should be the Sibi King Life Chart—

Sibi King sits at the center, with a gentle and kind countenance, holding a dove in his right hand, his legs crossed with the left leg hanging down. Beside the left leg is a person with a sharp blade, cutting into the Sibi King's leg to feed the flesh to a white hungry hawk standing nearby.

It is precisely the legendary scene of cutting flesh to feed the eagle.

The phone camera seems to be controlled by an ordinary tourist, not focusing on capturing the Sibi King Life Chart, just passing by the mural like a normal sightseer.

However, relying on professional software to pause and zoom, supplementing details,

it can be clearly observed that as the tourist passes in front of the mural,

the Sibi King on the mural raises a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, his eyes slightly open, and a few drops of blood drip from the left leg, which is vividly sliced by the blade...

"If it's just a picture moving, it's merely a green warning level anomaly. After the video was uploaded to the foreign tourist's personal social platform, netizens noticed the anomaly that night and informed the tourist himself."

Scholar Zhu said solemnly, "The European Heavy Industry Group was the first to notice this matter, suppressing the dissemination of related information ahead of the Global Occult Coalition and mobilizing their special mobile unit in central India to investigate in Maharashtra.

As a result, when they arrived, the Ajanta Caves built on the steep cliffs had already undergone a mutation."

Scholar Zhu swiped his finger and played the next video.

The shooting angle of the video seems to be the night vision view of a member of the European Heavy Industry Group's special mobile detachment,

in the footage, the Vindhya Mountains housing the Ajanta Caves continue to erupt with crashing sounds,

the entire Ajanta Caves, like a machine, replicates and constructs itself,

corroding and assimilating the mountain, completely transforming into complex caves.

"One and a half hours after the mutation occurred, the trend of cave expansion slowed down. The personnel from the European Heavy Industry Group who went to explore the caves all went without returning."

Scholar Zhu said, "For safety considerations, the European Heavy Industry Group has already joined local Indian agencies to seal off the area, with the Global Occult Coalition getting involved and bringing us in under the guise of an observation group.

Currently, the news from the front line is that the Ajanta Caves are highly likely to transform into a red warning level mobile mutation phenomenon, similar to our Demon Prison.

This might be a sign of the revival of mutations,

or it could be a Star Gate opening to the other world."

"Mutation revival..."

Ju Tianfu pondered for a moment, a string of bubbles emerging from beneath his respirator,

As a member of the Heterodox Academy with quite a high level of secrecy, he has access to numerous confidential documents, including reports from the Demon Prison exploration team—during and after the Portal World conflict, the layers inside the Demon Prison increased, some seals of powerful demons on the lower levels are gradually loosening, potentially breaking free at any moment.

"Not just that, geological subsidence occurred at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, revealing a dark, lightless underground cave emitting ominous vibes;

The Roman Colosseum is covered by thunderclouds, with lightning and thunder, torrential rain, accompanied by unidentified howling sounds;

A cruise ship in the Mediterranean encountered a suspected Kraken attack by a giant sea monster;

An earthquake struck northeastern Japan Islands, with a village thought to have been destroyed in a last-century landslide disaster reappearing at the center of the earthquake zone..."

Scholar Zhu summarized, "After the Killing Game updated, the frequency of orange and red warning level mutation disasters has significantly increased, reaching an unavoidable extent.

Though I hate to admit it, the external situation seems to be heading in an ominous direction—for both Transcendents and ordinary people.

The think tank within the bureau even has a speculative hypothesis,

that the portals gained in this large-scale event offer not only resources and wealth,

but also a refuge."

"You mean..."

Ju Tianfu instantly thought of the previous mention by Scholar Zhu of Cold Waterstone acquiring a D-rank portal leading to a potentially colonizable ecological planet.

"Yes."

Scholar Zhu nodded slightly, "Of course, colonizing and migrating to the alien planet is just one of the recently proposed development plans.

Most likely, they'll first establish a small-scale base on the Star Gate side, observe the planet where the Star Gate is located, and Earth's recent situation before making further decisions.

In any case, preemptive planning and preventive measures are definitely necessary."

"..."

Ju Tianfu slowly exhaled a breath of impure air, and the thought that the modern civilized order in which he lives could undergo drastic changes surfaced a strong feeling of helplessness and frustration.

If Earth fails to cope with the disaster...

The dark, oppressive, and despairing Magic Sunflower world might very well be Earth's future.

"In the face of great trends, there's not much we can do."

Scholar Zhu sighed, "Anyway, you rest for now.

Quickly complete the Heavenly Mystical Maiden Body Refining Method, restore your body, and we can open the portal you hold, adding a bit of hope to preserve the fire of civilization..."

Buzz——

The card-like personal communication terminal in Scholar Zhu's pocket vibrated. He took it out, glancing at it while rubbing his brow with some annoyance.

Ju Tianfu asked, "What's wrong?"

"There's a slight issue with phase three of the Heaven-Replenishing Plan."

Scholar Zhu waved his hand, "Something came up, I have to go."

"Alright."

Ju Tianfu nodded, the so-called Heaven-Replenishing Plan had been under planning since the early stages of the Killing Game,

utilizing all means associated with the Killing Game to protect human civilization and maintain social order.

The plan's content is diverse and extensive, involving numerous departments and personnel.

Skyscraper cities, the Sky Network monitoring system, abnormal event warning system, Mobile Detachment, are all projects under the Heaven-Replenishing Plan.

The engineering Scholar Zhu is involved in primarily uses King of Shengnan (an entity formed by the will power of countless deceased souls), Yuka Yuri (an innate extraordinary being capable of controlling and containing disaster), and other anomalies,

to restrict calamities within Earth's range,

just like how the Heterodox Academy used to throw all demons into the Demon Prison.

Watching Scholar Zhu's departing silhouette, Ju Tianfu slowly closed his eyes.

The situation is treacherous, stormy weather arrives,

maybe just as Scholar Zhu said, the migration to The Portal World is the only way to maintain peace as much as possible.

Who will ultimately obtain the A-rank and B-rank portals...