Chapter 356: Darkness Descends

The cleanup plan for the ancient battlefield continued to progress smoothly that night, yet Lin Feng did not relax because of it.

According to the reports from the Twin Specters and the Embroidery Specter, the situation in the human realm had not improved at all; many remote towns and villages had already been destroyed once and for all by the repeated ravages of the specters.

Within the Specter Towers of every province, many ordinary commoners or martial artists had now entered seeking a way to survive; after all, once targeted by a specter, only the Specter Towers could keep them alive.

"Master, some people have already moved into the second floor. These people originally had some foundation in dealing with specters, and after entering the Specter Tower, they received rewards, so they are much faster than others. For the sake of fairness, should we suppress them a little?"

After inspecting the situation of all the Specter Towers, the Embroidery Specter discovered this point and could not help but pose this question to Lin Feng.

"Do not worry about it. The situation ahead might become even worse; being able to grow strong quickly is their ability!"

"As long as they can abide by the rules of the Specter Tower, then no matter what method they use to grow strong, it is their own capability."

Lin Feng shook his head directly; facing a life-and-death crisis was never child's play. Besides, if the price of fairness was so-called suppression, then such fairness was better off not existing.

"Oh, alright Master, I have noted it!"

The Embroidery Specter nodded, seemingly understanding yet not quite. Although she did not fully grasp Lin Feng's thoughts, it did not hinder her from obeying Lin Feng's orders one hundred percent.

"According to the current situation, more specters will surge into the human realm next. The trouble in the netherworld is far from being resolved. Perhaps the root of the problem does not lie in the netherworld, but in the human realm itself?"

Through the information reported by the Twin Specters and the Embroidery Specter, Lin Feng could not help but associate it with some things mentioned by the Keeper of the Year.

"Let's leave it at this for tonight. The ancient battlefield should be completely cleared out by tomorrow. At that time, we will focus on dealing with the problems in the human realm."

In the end, Lin Feng made this decision; some things left unattended would always be a hidden danger.

"Yes, Master!"

"Understood, Master!"

Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, the Twin Specters and the Embroidery Specter immediately agreed. Afterward, Lin Feng walked out of there and stood on the open ground of Xinglong Ridge.

He looked up at the sky and found the night to be extremely deep; not a single glimmer of starlight appeared in the sky.

"Is it going to snow again?"

Seeing such a night sky, Lin Feng frowned. It was nearing the beginning of spring, so logically it should not be snowing again, unless they had encountered a late spring cold snap.

This question flashed through his mind, and then Lin Feng began to continue working on his own affairs, because a new god-man corpse had been sent back by the Specter Iron Statue, and he had not yet had time to process it.

The time of this night passed quickly, but the next day did not arrive as it usually did.

In the north, the wind and snow in Liang Province continued. The deep sky showed no signs of morning light at all; looking out, no matter the direction, it was pitch black.

"Baa~ baa~ moo~"

"Awoo~ woo~"

The cattle and sheep had already begun to cry out constantly due to hunger, and the dire wolves in the barbarian tribe were also howling incessantly due to an inexplicable fear and danger.

A large number of ordinary barbarians walked out of their tents, soothing the cattle, sheep, and dire wolves while praying toward the direction of the shaman's great tent in the tribe.

They did not understand why the sky remained so dark even though so much time had passed today; even if they had encountered a blizzard, logically it should not be this dark, right?

However, these ordinary barbarians did not know that at this moment, the shaman, the tribal chief, and others inside the great tent were also filled with worry.

Just a moment ago, they had held a ritual to communicate with the Ancestral Saint, but they had not received an accurate response from the Ancestral Saint; they only knew that the sky seemed to have been covered by something.

Such an answer left them not knowing how to respond, because if even the Ancestral Saint did not know the situation, how could they figure it out?

Yun Province, the province where Lin Feng had deployed a large number of paper dolls and completely brought under his command.

At this time, in Yun Province City, the Corpse-Collecting Zhiren led its disciples to stand on the city wall, looking into the distance, but no matter how they looked, everything was shrouded in darkness.

Only some lamps within the city allowed people to see things clearly; apart from that, everything was dim everywhere.

"Master, it is already past the Si hour. In the past, the sun should have already risen to the mountaintop."

Shitou stood beside the Corpse-Collecting Zhiren; he had just asked others for the time, but clearly, it was not their senses that were wrong, but that today the sun truly had not risen as it usually did.

"Click, click, click."

Hearing him say this, the Corpse-Collecting Zhiren shook its head directly and then pointed toward the Great Saint Temple in the city.

Such a huge change had long since ceased to be something that could be solved by human power!

"That's right, the Grandmaster must have a way!"

"Let's go, hurry and go worship the Grandmaster!"

"..."

Such scenes were simultaneously happening in every province. The sun, which had long been taken for granted, no longer appeared, and everyone felt an inexplicable panic.

Jiang Province, countless commoners looked at the sky outside through doors and windows, but no matter how they waited, they did not see the sun appear in the sky.

An inexplicable panic began to rise in the hearts of the commoners. This fear was not intense, not even comparable to hearing a horror story, but it was exceptionally unsettling.

"Caw~ caw~"

"Woof, woof, woof~"

"Woo~ woo~"

Old crows reporting funerals, wild dogs barking, children crying; corresponding to this were the streets and alleys that should have been bustling in the morning, now quiet to a terrifying degree.

In the City Lord's Mansion, Li Yanbing was hurriedly telling a small wooden puppet about the situation at hand:

"Senior, the hour is late, but the sky has yet to brighten. This junior does not know the reason for this, and I hope Senior can provide clarity!"

If it were any other matter, she would not be this anxious, but the sun not appearing concerned all living beings. A day or two would be fine, but if it lasted a long time, the human realm would likely turn into a dead zone completely.

"Darkness descends, obscuring the sky and blocking the sun; gather firewood and collect fire, to weather the crisis together."

Afterward, a line of blood-red characters appeared before her. Upon discovering this situation, Lin Feng immediately obtained the relevant intelligence through the Keeper of the Year.

The true calamity had finally descended; this was the people from beyond the heavens making their move!

"Yes, this junior obeys the order!"

Seeing this line of blood-red characters, Li Yanbing's heart could not help but sink. Although she did not know what the disaster mentioned by that senior was, since the other party could not solve it directly, then such a calamity likely far exceeded their imagination.

The Princess of Qingyuan in Ming Province was also praying to Lin Feng in the Great Saint Temple to ask about the situation, and the answer she received was much the same.

Besides this, many believers also surged into the Great Saint Temples in various provinces and regions, because when facing such a situation, the only thing ordinary people could do was pray to the gods.

In Xinglong Ridge, after Lin Feng replied to Li Yanbing, the Princess of Qingyuan, and others, he also looked toward the sky with a grim expression.

According to the results of his investigation, the entire human world is now shrouded in an incomparably deep darkness; this dark power cannot be dispelled, nor can it be isolated.

At most, one can only continuously fly toward higher altitudes, out of the range covered by the darkness, to see the sun that had long since risen.

Yesterday he already felt that something was wrong, but he never imagined that things would change so quickly, and that the opponent's move would be so ruthless!

By obscuring the sky and preventing the sun's light from shining upon the earth, then within ten to fifteen days, a large number of living beings in the human world will die.

Even if some people could survive by using stored food, what would they do once the stored food is finished?

In no more than half a year, ninety-nine percent of the living beings in the human world will perish due to reasons such as hunger and cold.

The entire process does not even require the opponent to personally intervene; they only need to wait for a large number of living people to die, and the human world will be completely occupied by the eerie, eventually becoming a terrifying place like the Yinjian.

"Hahaha, truly impressive, such a layout and method is indeed highly ingenious!"

Thinking of how he had always assumed all the problems lay in the Yinjian, Lin Feng could not help but laugh.

How could those black hands, who have been preparing for who knows how many years, possibly let go of laying out the human world?

I fear all of this was arranged who knows how many years ago; they were merely waiting for a suitable moment to detonate it!