Chapter 392

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Chapter 392: The Gray Tide

There are three types of natural disasters in the world.

There is a kind of red moonlight in December called the Scarlet Curse. It comes from the Chaotic Witch who was killed by the Supreme Will. She is not completely dead and sings a wordless song on the moon.

There is a malevolent god called the otherworldly god. It is seen as a natural disaster and its followers wreak havoc all over the world, causing countless casualties. It is both a man-made disaster and a natural disaster and cannot be eradicated.

There is a special climate called the Grey Tide that ravages the global oceans in winter. It blocks the sea, making it impossible for any ships to pass through. When entering the Grey Tide, not only all instruments malfunction, but it also becomes difficult to return to the mainland.

Both the Scarlet Curse and the malevolent god have their origins, and they have existed for a long time. The disaster caused by the malevolent god has recently increased rapidly, while the disaster caused by the Scarlet Curse reappears on the earth after five hundred years. Only the Grey Tide occurs once a year, never ceasing.

So what is the source of the Grey Tide?

Undoubtedly, it still comes from the ancient gods, from the ancient war.

Just like the story in the Elden Ring, the Scarlet Curse ravages the Galed region as a consequence of the war between the Shattered Star General and the Valkyrie Marlenia. Battles of god-like level often bring endless consequences, and the gods themselves have to bear unbearable pain. The Shattered Star General goes mad, killing and feasting on corpses on the battlefield, while the Valkyrie Marlenia loses her fighting spirit and lives as a resentful woman in seclusion.

The Grey Tide also comes from the remnants of the war period, but it is not formed by a single god, but by the entire ancient war.

The remnants of ancient gods, old gods, and outer gods are piled up and thrown by the victors into the deepest part of the spiritual world ocean. The gods are immortal, even those who are not very powerful, are still beings worthy of mortal admiration. They gather in groups, and the thoughts they form once shook the spiritual world ocean, causing endless tides to emerge from the depths below the abyss, and even crossed the void space to reach the real world.

This is said to be the initial origin of the Gray Tide.

The actual situation is a bit more complicated than this.

In the historical records of the Golden Family, it is clearly stated that this period of history was once altered, and the alterer was from the Sacred Religion.

One of the direct causes of the Gray Tide is related to the Supreme Will. The battle between them and the Chaotic Witch was not a complete victory. Both sides suffered losses, with one losing eight hundred and the other losing a thousand. The former lost half of their life, while the latter lost more than half.

The Supreme Heaven ruled by the Supreme Will was also on the brink of collapse in this war. Its fragments fell into the human world. Heaven is the divine domain of the Supreme Will and can be understood as a part of his body. The original purpose of the Sacred Religion was to recover these heavenly fragments. Up to now, the Sacred Religion has been able to summon angel legions and command gods, relying on this covenant.

No one knows how many pieces of heaven have been lost, but to this day, there is still one-sixth of the heavenly murals in the Cathedral of the Sacred Religion that has not been completed.

Just think about how long it took the curtain general to repair the glass lamps, and it may take thousands or even millions of years for the Sacred Religion to fully restore heaven.

Or perhaps, they don’t want to completely restore it and fulfill the covenant between humans and gods.

The Gray Tide was formed after this battle. The blood of the Chaotic Witch didn’t fall into the sea, but an endless number of heavenly fragments sank into the deepest part of the spiritual world ocean, which later gave rise to the vast and countless Gray Tide.

The hidden part of history that the Sacred Religion deliberately conceals and erases is for the sake of their religious image and their convenience. In the past, the Sacred Religion grew stronger step by step through wars launched under the pretext of "recovering fragments of heaven." Whether they actually found them or whether they themselves placed them there, no one knows.

Bai Wei dared to confront the Scarlet Curse of the Chaotic Witch directly, but he couldn’t do anything about the Ash Tide that covers the global seas.

If it can cover even the continents, it would indeed be a huge disaster. But if it only hinders maritime traffic for a certain period of time, that can be acceptable.

In the past, humans rarely exploited resources from the sea. Even today, aside from global shipping, the most we do is go fishing at sea. We cannot venture into the deeper parts of the ocean where various sea creatures reside. The endless ocean is no joke. Temporarily banning fishing in winter to allow fish to breed and migrate also benefits ecological conservation.

However, the Ash Tide is called a "tide" because it also has its ups and downs. It changes very complexly, based on days as the basic unit and years as the cycle. Sometimes it lasts for decades, sometimes even over a century. There will always be a period of high tide, and the most severe one submerged half of Europa’s territory in the Ash Tide. The level of disaster caused by this is far greater than the Scarlet Curse, thousand times over.

Although such situations are extremely rare, they may still occur.

As the Sacred Religion continues to recover fragments of heaven, the Ash Tide becomes more and more stable. The historical records of the disasters caused by the Ash Tide in the past five hundred years are not even one twentieth of those caused by a typhoon.

However, what kind of strange phenomena will occur once the Ash Tide rises is still unknown. When Bai Wei was emperor, he had no interest in risking his life to explore that. He’s not so arrogant to challenge two major natural disasters at once.

Bai Wei’s Golden Power has been suppressed, and it can only be the result of the influence brought by the rising Ash Tide.

The beginner-level Golden Power is still three levels away from the full Golden Power, being suppressed is normal.

Being suppressed doesn’t mean disappearing completely, Bai Wei’s ability to maintain his will in this situation is a guaranteed result of the Golden Power.

But staying here is not an option, staying here without knowing what is happening is not safe, we must enter the depths of the Gray Tide to find out.

Bai Wei suppressed his Golden Power, this time, he saw the faint grey mist swirling in the air, like rolling waves.

Its height has reached tens of meters, perhaps it is not just engulfing the music festival, maybe half of Hokkaido is already covered in the Gray Tide.

However, those caught in it may find it difficult to perceive.

Letting the Gray Tide engulf his body, in the air, his figure becomes gradually fainter, until disappearing completely in the mist.

…

Meanwhile, in the continent of Europa.

"The ash tide is coming," Sasha said as she picked up the phone. "Announce to the whole city that all citizens should stay at home and rest, don’t go out. All shops are closed today."

Bloodman has seen the rising and falling of the ash tide several times, and knows how much disaster it can bring. However, each time the ash tide is different, and no one knows what happens unless they are there.

Sometimes, there are no casualties after the tide rises, but there have also been cases where the population disappeared completely after the tide, and a kingdom was destroyed, recorded as the Day of Disappearance.

Even if Sasha responds quickly, it will definitely be too late. Her request is simply a reminder. In fact, to defend against the ash tide, she relies not on her own power, but on the golden tree.

The giant golden tree emits a soft light, like an oasis in the desert, creating a clean land. The golden leaves rustle and fall, scattering in the wind. The ash tide surges, but it only brushes past Gaodeng City.

Bloodman breathed a sigh of relief… Luckily.

At the same time, her eyes were complicated. This golden tree has protected Gaodeng City countless times, and she has mixed feelings about it. The dazzling gold once took everything from her, teaching her to hate to the core. When she saw the gold again, she thought she could take revenge herself, filled with joy. But time passed too long, and even her hatred settled into another emotion she couldn’t quite understand.

Shaking her head, she pushed her thoughts aside. Just then, the phone rang again, bringing a new notification.

Sasha answered the phone, "Hello? What did you say?!"

The person on the other end of the phone said that today happened to be the day when the new students of the Tulip Academy went to visit elsewhere. The entire first grade was empty and not in Gaodeng City, so they naturally didn’t receive the blessing of the golden tree.

"Alena…" Sasha anxiously pushed open the French window. The blood condensed into wings, and the blood descendant shook its wings and flew into the depths covered by the gray tide. It unfolded the Holy Domain, forming an absolute protection where the spaces intersected, isolating the gray mist like an accelerating cannonball, forming a trail of red shadows.

…

In another place, the first-grade students of the Tulip Academy were accompanying their teachers to visit the remains left from the great war five hundred years ago.

This patriotic idea needs to be unfolded from time to time. Although it may not have much effect on adults, it still has a positive meaning for new students.

The necessity of military training.

Michelle held her milk tea and followed the group. The Tulip Academy housed the geniuses among geniuses. The total number of students in the first grade was not too many, divided into seven classes. In the first grade, everyone has mandatory subjects and they haven’t been completely separated into different departments yet, so they attend classes together. Each class has over seventy students, and during the visit, they walk separately in their respective classes.

Michelle stood out among the first-grade students, so she unconsciously walked into another group. Alena was on the left, and the student council representative from the third-year class, who was in charge of leading the group, was on the right. Judy regretfully didn’t come.

The two girls listened to the explanation absentmindedly, and suddenly, the sky darkened.

"Why does the weather change so suddenly? Is this a seaside city?" Alena complained as she wanted to take out a foldable umbrella from her backpack.

Michelle stopped her and held Alena’s hand. "It seems like this isn’t just weather changes…"

The rolling gray tide in the distance seemed to sweep in like a dust storm. From afar, it had a powerful and overwhelming presence.

"Gray tide…?!" Alena exclaimed, "Oh no!"

"It’s too late," Michelle gritted her teeth and activated the Golden Engraving on her back, trying to stop the gray tide.

However, as the gray tide came crashing in, the golden light was also engulfed within it.

The gray tide swept through, and everyone vanished on the spot. In the blink of an eye, their bodies rapidly faded, as if an eraser was wiping away a pencil drawing.

Except for some people indoors or the mages of the Holy Domain, too many people on the streets of the city were swallowed by the gray tide.

The rising tide of the gray tide this time was only at the average level of historical scale, but the number of people swallowed by the gray tide easily reached millions.

…

In the Sacred Church, the Cardinal in a red robe said, "The prophecy has been fulfilled, go."

The blindfolded saintess stood at the front. She walked towards the depths of the church, like a beam of light, disappearing into the tattered dome at the top.