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Su Mu stood there, staring at the slowly moving dark tide for a few seconds...

There were so many that there wasn't even a gap to be found.

At this moment, the ghosts that had been scattered and lurking in the shadows, as if awakened by some command, were surging in from all directions.

What the sky had been sleeping, what it had been quietly dormant, what it had been hiding, has now all come out.

"These things... all came out at night."

Su Mu cursed under his breath.

He turned and ran, heading directly towards the designated area.

The road beneath his feet changed from broken bricks and stones to soft mud, and then to corroded metal fragments, but he always walked on it as if it were flat ground, and his speed did not slow down in the slightest due to the changes in terrain.

The dark silhouettes behind him surged in the mist, chasing him slowly but steadily like a tide.

The first attack came from his right side.

Su Mu did not turn around. His blocking talent had already erected an invisible shield before the attack even touched his body. The attack was deflected, like a stone hitting an invisible wall.

Then came the second wave, the third wave... coming from different directions, not densely packed, but continuous, as if those ghosts were testing the limits of his speed, reaction, and defense.

He didn't stop to retaliate, but instead quickened his pace, pushing himself to near his limit.

The attacks were completely ineffective against him; he only wanted to break out of the area before the ghosts completely closed in.

There were so many that they were countless, as if something was awakening all the dormant ghosts in the city and driving them all toward the same direction.

.......

Meanwhile, some changes are taking place in the regular areas of Ash City.

Fine lines appeared on the ground, as if something beneath the surface had been activated.

When the first tower rose from the ground, the ground barely shook.

The gray-white tower slowly emerged from the ground, gradually becoming more angular from solid stone. The top of the tower was covered by a layer of pale golden light, which spread out to form a semi-transparent shield.

Then the second, the third, the fourth...

Every so often, a tall tower rises from the ground, its surface engraved with metallic armor patterns. At the top of each tower stands a huge stone sword, its tip pointing upwards, like rows of soldiers lined up in battle, waiting for something.

The towers formed three straight lines, running east-west across the entire area, with four towers on each line. Ultimately, the three lines converged at a single point...

There was a huge white area, nearly three kilometers in diameter, with a luminous, translucent film covering the ground. Fine light patterns were constantly flowing across the surface of the film.

The Golden Pagoda organization members who had descended from the sky had appeared on the outskirts of the white area at some unknown time. They stood in the open space between the towers, some holding swords, some holding staffs, and some standing silently with their hands clasped together.

No one spoke; everyone's eyes were fixed on the red area, as if waiting for a signal.

Immediately afterwards, the monsters that had been roaming the regular areas began to move...

They didn't rush towards humans or attack anyone; instead, they all ran towards the row of towers closest to the edge of the red zone.

It wasn't a chaotic, frantic run, but rather as if drawn by something, converging layer by layer around the base of the towers along the three routes connecting them.

The number is increasing and the density is increasing, like tributaries constantly flowing into the sea.

The scene was grand and silent. The monsters stood quietly at the base of the tower, like a ragtag army that had been conscripted, waiting for their commander to give them orders.

.......

On the other side of the red ghost area, three routes are also forming.

The tower over there doesn't rise from the ground.

First, they appeared as mist... a dark purple, almost solidified mist...

The mist slowly condensed along three fixed routes in the red area. At each condensation point, the mist began to surge upwards, and then a tall tower made of stacked dark gray bones rose from it.

Several skull-shaped faces were embedded in the tower, with eerie green flames flickering in their eye sockets.

The will-o'-the-wisps formed lines, extending in the same direction along three routes, eventually converging into a huge crater.

A viscous liquid, bubbling with dark green light, continuously gushed from the pit, like a cauldron that had been boiling for hundreds of years. The mist released when the bubbles burst condensed above the pit, forming enormous, swirling outlines... Su

The strange creatures Mu had seen on the cable car before—the stinking, rotting corpses larger than a person, the translucent alien evil spirits, and some enormous creatures he couldn't identify—were slowly emerging from the pool.

They were numerous, huddled together in layers, slowly floating in the mist, occasionally emitting faint sounds, like the murmurs of a sleeping beast turning over in its sleep. The sound was immense, yet utterly silent.

People in the regular areas are unaware that the entire city is undergoing this restructuring.

All they saw were the towers and the changing monsters, and the ground beneath their feet trembling slightly.

The channel exploded with activity, and messages were flooding in.

"Those towers! Did you see them? They suddenly popped up from underground!"

"And those monsters! They've all run towards the tower! And they're not attacking anyone!"

"Me too! A big lizard just ran past me, and I was terrified, but it completely ignored me and just ran away."

"There's a group of minotaurs over there, also heading towards the tower!"

"What's going on? Defense mode?"

Some people were repeatedly checking if they were seeing things, while others began trying to step out of their cover to check the monsters' movements.

Once the first person discovered that the monsters really didn't attack humans, the news spread faster and faster.

Soon, those who had been hiding in the ruins emerged one after another, standing on the edge of the street watching the beast tide that was converging on the tower base. The expressions on their faces changed from fear to confusion, and then from confusion to an inexplicable doubt.

"These towers... look like they're defending against something."

"The towers are arranged towards the red area, and all the monsters are heading in that direction. Are they gathering forces?"

Some guild leaders began analyzing the situation in the chat, each noticing the same details.

...............