Unfortunately, compared to the countless moths that were still rushing towards the candle flame, the moths surrounding Xu Zhi were just a drop in the bucket.

But it’s much better than the dozens before.

This hallucination did not last too long, and when Xu Zhi woke up from the hallucination, she also felt that she had indeed reached the end of the road she could currently walk, of course, not the end of the forest.

It may not be easy to embark on this path again next time.

Now she can no longer successfully enter the forest by eating a few [Moth] attribute cores.

Xu Zhi didn't know how big the forest was, but she could see that she was still very far away from the candlelight in the sky, and compared to that, the number of moths she could attract was not many.

She felt that she still had a long way to go.

But she had no experience and didn't know what lay ahead.

However, Xu Zhi always felt that the hallucination just now did not appear suddenly, but had some meaning, so she took out the game console directly from her pocket after waking up.

Sure enough, the narrator did not disappoint her expectations and gave the answer directly.

[Congratulations, you have understood a small part of the knowledge in your mind and have reached the minimum requirement in terms of knowledge.]

Minimum requirements.

It seems that her reserves of mysterious knowledge are indeed far less than the energy she possesses now.

"Although it's just the minimum requirement, it's still much better than my previous semi-illiterate state."

"But after this reaches the minimum requirement, will there be any changes?"

【certainly. 】

The narrator replied affirmatively.

You should have noticed that what is happening now is, in a sense, glowing.

"Um"

Indeed, in the hallucination, she was also glowing faintly, attracting the moths chasing the fire.

"What does this mean?"

[Represents danger.]

"ah?"

This is not the same answer as Xu Zhi expected.

She thought it would mean something like she was now qualified.

Light is limited.

The narrator gives the explanation slowly and unhurriedly.

Every time a new light comes on, it means competition arises. If you want to continue shining, or even become the brightest, you must extinguish the lights of others.

"That's quite artistic."

Isn't it just about killing all the competitors?

She remembered that the narrator had said early on, even at the beginning, that this was a brutal competition.

"So, this is why you warned me in the first place?"

【Yes. 】

[Before this, no matter how powerful you appeared among human transcendents, in the final analysis, you were still just an ordinary transcendent. You could only be considered to have entered the race and participated in the competition, but you had no real competitiveness.]

【Now, you have emerged. 】

ah.

Xu Zhi knew that a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

[Human transcendents are never your competitors, they are too young, and your real competitors are the ones who are dangerous.]

[Luckily, they can't interfere too much with the real world right now, and you're in Cloud City. Otherwise, your little flame could easily be snuffed out by someone else.]

The narrator's tone seemed to be somewhat relieved, however, the next second after it finished speaking, another line of subtitles appeared on the screen.

Oh no.

Xu Zhi was just about to ask what was wrong when he saw the screen of the game console suddenly go black, just like a TV turned off instantly after a power outage.

Outside Cloud City, Federation.

The Federation is now in the process of gradually stabilizing. After Xu Zhi appeared and resolved the crisis of the Archbishop of Jincheng, the originally chaotic situation became worse. Those believers with the [Cup] attribute seemed to have suffered a heavy blow and instantly wilted a lot. This made the Federation feel much more relaxed.

Now, seeing that the number of extraordinary people in the Federation is steadily increasing and their strength is slowly increasing, the originally tense atmosphere has just eased, but a huge change suddenly occurs again.

The time is 3 pm.

To be more precise, it was after Xu Zhi woke up from the hallucination and talked with the narrator for a while.

The moment the narrator said "Oh no" and the screen went black.

The Federation's sky was like a game screen, instantly turning dark.

".What?"

"What's going on?"

"Solar eclipse? There was no announcement?"

The people of the Federation stood on the street, looking at the sky which had suddenly turned dark with a confused look on their faces, wondering how the sun which had just been hanging high in the sky could suddenly go out?

No, the sun will not go out. They were wondering, what is blocking the sun?

The moment the change occurred, it immediately alarmed the federal top brass. Soon, they were informed that it was not just one area that was plunged into darkness, but the entire federation.

"How is this possible?"

This is not a total solar eclipse at all. A total solar eclipse cannot completely block the sun!

Kyoto.

When the seer, who was usually enshrined in the tower, looked up at the sky, his eyes, which could see the future clearly, suddenly seemed to be pierced by something, and scarlet blood flowed out. Amid the screams of those around him, the seer lowered his head. Someone beside him carefully placed a finger on the seer's philtrum. Then, with a look of horror, after confirming several vital signs, he spoke tremblingly to the people around him:

".Dead."

He just looked up and tried to use his extraordinary ability to predict the future, but he died without any resistance.

Was it a backlash?

Or did my peeping cause someone to be displeased?

Panic began to spread among people.

About ten minutes after it was completely dark, the darkness that covered the sky seemed to subside.

When the light gradually emerged, people initially thought that the sun was coming back, but soon they were surprised to find that it was not the sun that returned to the sky.

But it was a scarlet blood moon.

Black and red "blood" flowed out from the huge moon in the sky, which looked like the eye of a demon, and turned into waves of blood and merged into the earth. The bloody smell filled the entire federation.

The believers who had been hiding like rats came out from the corners and walked to the streets. They appeared in the sight of the Federation openly, opened their hands and looked at the blood moon in the sky with fanaticism, as if they were on a pilgrimage.

In a basement, a thin boy tied with iron chains saw the blood moon outside the narrow window. At that moment, his eyes widened, and countless things he could not understand began to rapidly drill into his mind. The blood moon appeared in his eyes like a replica, and his own aura was also rapidly rising.

In the ritual formation, the formation that was originally just conducting an ordinary sacrificial ceremony was suddenly favored by the blood moon. A large amount of red mist swept through the formation, and a red light shot up from here. The woman in the formation also gradually rose up like a fish, floating in the air, as if receiving some gift.