Chapter 750: Shocking News! (8/10, Request Subscription)

"Heaven Devour…"

Fang Yue withdrew his gaze.

He arrived before Qiu Dugu's office and knocked on the door.

"The door isn't locked, come in."

He pushed the door open; Qiu Dugu leaned back in his chair, a thick stack of documents piled on his desk.

Qiu Dugu rubbed his brow, complaining wearily: "You're here… The Chairman really is something else—running off so fast and leaving me all this mess to handle."

Fang Yue shrugged; in the original United Association's Qingshui District, Qiu Dugu had always been second-in-command, so naturally the Chairman left such tasks to him.

Qiu Dugu then rose from his chair, took a bottle of red wine from a nearby cabinet, opened it, poured two glasses, handed one to Fang Yue, and walked to the large floor-to-ceiling window, gazing down.

Fang Yue took the glass, joined him, and looked down with him—the night of Jianghai City spread out beneath them.

Neon lights, bustling streets.

This place, the most prosperous city in Huaguo, was like the capital Jingcheng of Qing Guo in a game!

"Look your fill—tomorrow you won't see it anymore. Maybe never again."

Qiu Dugu spoke with hidden meaning.

Fang Yue frowned slightly: "So pessimistic? After 【Heaven Devour】, what exactly will happen? Has the United Association known everything all along?"

Qiu Dugu glanced at Fang Yue, hesitated, then said: "Do you truly want to know?"

"Yes!"

Fang Yue stared intently into Qiu Dugu's eyes.

The latter fell silent, then sighed.

"This matter was meant to be disclosed only at the final moment. Even within the United Association, personnel of your low rank would learn the truth only on that day."

"But… you're different…"

Qiu Dugu took a deep breath, his deep gaze fixed on the Yin-Yang Moon above.

"For now, I can tell you… At the moment 【Heaven Devour】 fully forms, the Blue Sea will descend upon our world!"

What?!

Fang Yue's eyes widened instantly, his mind buzzing blank.

So… it's really…

"Descend… descend?!"

"No… 'descend' isn't precise—it's fusion, Synchronize! The Cheater left a prophecy before falling asleep: on that day, the two worlds will merge, the passage will open completely!"

At that time, the strange will descend, the apocalypse will strike!

All of us will hang by a thread—only by desperately accumulating power can we earn the right to survive!"

Is it really like this?

Is it really like this!

Fang Yue's mind flashed with memories: the strange appearing in reality, and deaths in the game mirroring deaths in the real world.

Everything suddenly had an answer.

That world… is gradually merging with our reality, gradually Synchronizing!

The passage… Qiu Dugu just mentioned the passage—the parchment also mentioned it…

"If… if we seal the passage? If the passage is sealed, won't this happen?"

"Seal the passage?"

Qiu Dugu gave a bitter smile, looked up at the sky, said nothing more, but pointed at the Yin-Yang Moon in the night sky.

"Do you know what's happening up there?"

"No."

"The moon… has genuinely split into two halves!"

Fang Yue froze for a moment, then suddenly understood Qiu Dugu's meaning.

"You… you mean the moon split? Physically?"

"Yes! Physically split into two halves! The normal half representing Yang, we can still observe via satellite—but the other half, the Blood Moon, we can only see, never touch. We've tried every method available, even used strange artifacts—none can interact with the Blood Moon in the slightest! It's neither real nor unreal, like a countdown to the apocalypse."

Fang Yue's face darkened: "What does this mean?"

"It means the apocalypse is near! The Cheater's prophesied day is almost here!"

The Cheater… prophesied day… 【Heaven Devour】…

Fang Yue clenched his fists.

Just the fact that death in the game meant death in reality was already enough to drive one to despair.

If those strange entities from the game descended into the real world… what kind of apocalyptic scene would unfold? Fang Yue couldn't even imagine!

Aside from those of us who possess strange artifacts and can protect ourselves, everyone else will face life-or-death peril!

Remember, how many people are there in the United Association?

Most people in the world are ordinary civilians!

Once the strange descend and the two worlds merge… the consequences are unthinkable!

The apocalypse… this will be a true apocalypse!

"Then what's the United Association's solution? You must have prepared something!"

"For humanity's future, the United Association has naturally prepared—but what exactly we've done, even I don't know. The Chairman probably doesn't know everything either. But one thing is certain: the Cheater is our last trump card!"

And three days ago… the 【Heaven Devour】 moon suddenly accelerated its splitting—when it split into two halves, someone on the Cheater's side awoke."

The Cheater… awoke?

Fang Yue opened his mouth wide, staring dumbly at Qiu Dugu.

How could that be? Didn't they say the Cheater would only awaken on the day the prophecy arrives?

Why did they awaken early?

"W-who awakened? What does she want to do? Will the Cheater save us?"

"I don't know. Information about 【the Cheater】 is top-secret. All I can tell you is that one of the Cheaters has awakened. As for the specifics, I need the Joint Council above to pass the message down, then President Qian to tell me, and only then, if he permits me to share it with you, will I be able to reveal part of the information."

Qiu Dugu found Fang Yue's reaction a little strange.

By all rights, Fang Yue shouldn't have had any contact with the Cheater, but judging from his reaction, it seemed he knew something about them?

Still, it was just a feeling, gone in a flash, and Qiu Dugu didn't take it to heart.

As Fang Yue's brows knit tightly, as though pondering something extremely important, Qiu Dugu sighed and said, "Don't spread the news I've told you, or the entire Joint Council will become your enemy.

Besides, if the public learns of this, it will only cause massive panic and chaos. By then, we won't even need the arrival of 【Heaven Devouring】 for the world to destroy itself."

"... I know my limits."

Fang Yue acknowledged, his thoughts still digesting the bombshell Qiu Dugu had revealed.

【Heaven Devouring】 aside — that wasn't something he alone could handle; it was a matter the whole world needed to consider!

But as for the Cheater...

Could the one who awakened be Meiyu?

Fang Yuejian had seen Meiyu Xianzi's avatar. He didn't know whether the current Meiyu would still recognize him, or whether the Cheaters truly retained their Inner Side strength.

Wouldn't that mean... an awakened Cheater is no different from a god on earth?

(End of chapter)