tkworld Chapter 261 The Crimson Eye on the Far Side of the Moon
Chapter 261 The Crimson Eye on the Far Side of the Moon
Inside the courtyard house, Lin Fan frowned.
This is a very subtle, almost negligible movement. But for someone accustomed to eternal stillness and a tranquil mind, it is a rather dramatic reaction.
"Quarrel."
He silently uttered a single word in his mind.
He Yuzhu was refining the Breath of Earth Cauldron in the Qinling Mountains. His domineering spirit, as if he wanted to treat everything in the world as food, was quite noisy.
When Zhang Sanfeng founded his school in Kunlun, the movement that stirred up the dragon veins of the mountains and restored the balance of Yin and Yang was quite a spectacle.
Fang Qingxue's so-called "World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament" in Bermuda, where tens of thousands of superhumans fought to the death, and the overwhelming resentment and killing intent made his head ache.
Not to mention Ares and Aiolia, those two warmongers, who hunt down rule-breakers all over the world, creating more explosions and roars every day than firecrackers during the Lunar New Year.
He thought that by placing a few chess pieces and establishing some rules for this newly recovering world, he could gain a long-lasting and peaceful sleeping environment.
In hindsight, he had oversimplified things.
These little guys, who have just gained power, are like a group of babies who have just learned to walk but want to run. Their boundless energy makes this old man, who just wants to sleep, feel exhausted.
However, these were just "noises," annoying but still within his control. He could cut them off at any time.
But the "noise" he just caught was different.
It was a kind of disharmony that felt slightly familiar to him, something primal and unsettling.
His divine sense, like an invisible sword, instantly pierced through Earth's atmosphere, passed over the dense array of artificial satellites in near-Earth orbit, and was directed towards the tranquil planet that has hung above Earth since ancient times—the Moon.
The near side of the moon is utterly desolate. Countless craters bear witness to its billions of years of solitude.
But when Lin Fan's divine sense swept over that eternally dark area that was always facing away from the Earth, he "saw" something.
It was a vast, boundless shadow.
This shadow is larger and deeper than any crater on the moon. It seems to devour all light; any optical signals or radar waves from any detection equipment disappear without a trace once they enter this area, as if sinking into the ocean.
This is why, despite launching so many probes, humanity has yet to obtain a complete, high-resolution map of the far side of the moon.
Because something is "sleeping" there.
Now, this "sleeping" thing seems to have been awakened by the noisy "noise" on Earth.
Right at the very center of that dark shadow.
A pair of eyes slowly opened.
Those were enormous eyes, beyond description. Each eye was larger than a continent on Earth.
The pupils of the eyes were an utterly profound emptiness, as if connected to the ultimate end of the universe. The whites of the eyes, on the other hand, were a deep crimson, like the congealed blood of billions of living beings, radiating the most primal and purest malice and destructive desire.
The moment those eyes opened, an invisible wave of consciousness, filled with violence, madness, and hunger, swept towards Earth like a storm!
This fluctuation in consciousness has no effect on ordinary people.
But for those extraordinary individuals with strong mental power or profound cultivation, it is no less than a thunderclap that explodes deep in their soul!
……
Deep within the Taoist temple in Kunlun Mountain.
Zhang Sanfeng, who was meditating with his eyes closed, comprehending the Dao of Heaven, suddenly shuddered, and for the first time, a solemn expression appeared on his white-haired, youthful face.
He suddenly opened his eyes, looked up at the sky, as if trying to see through the thick layers of rock and the heavens.
"What...is this?"
He sensed a vast malice emanating from beyond the realm. That malice was cold, evil, and filled with contempt and greed for all life.
Faced with such malice, the A-level alien beast, the Black Armored Swordback Bear, that he had encountered before seemed like a docile kitten.
He did some calculations with his fingers, only to find that the secrets of heaven were in complete chaos, as if shrouded in a thick, impenetrable blood-red fog.
"A great calamity... this is a true calamity that is about to befall us!" Zhang Sanfeng muttered to himself, his brows furrowed.
He knew that this level of disaster was beyond what he could handle alone.
He had to report to that unfathomable Mr. Lin!
……
In North America, at a secret underground military base.
The piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire base.
"Warning! Warning! High-intensity gamma-ray burst detected from the far side of the moon!"
"No! It's not a gamma-ray burst! It's a form of energy we've never seen before! It...it's conscious! My God!"
"All deep-space telescopes, all radio arrays, immediately turn to the far side of the moon! I need to know what's happening there!"
A white-haired general roared furiously at the static on the screen that represented lost signal.
Their best detectors overloaded and burned out the moment they detected the unusual signal.
A fear stemming from the unknown gripped the hearts of every staff member.
They didn't know what it was.
But they knew that a terrifying being, far beyond their comprehension, had awakened.
……
In the courtyard house.
As Lin Fan felt the sweeping storm of consciousness, a strange expression appeared on his face.
"Oh... so it's you."
He remembered.
During his long and immeasurably long slumber, he had seen something similar in a galaxy in a certain era.
A colossal skeletal beast born from the dark side of the universe, feeding on the life essence of planets.
They have no fixed form; they can be a nebula, a planet, or even a black hole. They are the scavengers of the universe, and also the ultimate nightmare of all civilizations.
Unexpectedly, a cub was hidden in this corner of the solar system.
It seems that it was trapped here by the energy storm during the formation of the solar system and fell into a deep sleep. Now, it has been abruptly awakened from its slumber by this sudden burst of life energy (spiritual energy) on Earth.
"They really know how to pick their timing."
Lin Fan sighed.
Although this cub of the stellar behemoth is not yet an adult, the energy level it contains is far beyond what these "little players" on Earth can compare to.
Once it gets close to Earth and starts "feeding," the entire planet will be sucked into a dead star in a very short time.
At that point, forget about sleeping; he'll probably even end up chewing up the rocking chair he's lying in as dessert.
"trouble."
Lin Fan's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the rocking chair.
He originally didn't want his "Earth Project" to enter the space phase so soon.
But now it seems the plan needs to be brought forward.
He needs some "pawns" who can operate in outer space and go toe-to-toe with this kind of cosmic monster.
The few he currently possesses—He Yuzhu, Zhang Sanfeng, and Fang Qingxue—all follow a path that leans towards "rules" and "order." Their direct combat power, especially against monsters of this size and extremely high energy level, is still somewhat lacking.
The only ones suitable for this kind of rough work are those two war fanatics.
Lin Fan's divine sense instantly locked onto Ares and Aiolia, who were chasing a rebellious superhuman with elemental abilities all over the world in South America.
"Stop playing."
His voice resounded directly in their minds.
"A big guy has woken up. Your job is here."
Ares and Aiolia, who were enjoying the hunt, suddenly stopped.
They exchanged a glance, and in each other's eyes they saw a hint of seriousness, and... an uncontrollable, fervent excitement!
Big guy?
What kind of powerful being must it be to be called a "big guy" by the gentleman?!