Chapter 608: The Astral Realm is Twinkling!
“Holy—Holy crap?!”
The youth couldn’t help himself, his eyes widening and his mouth opening as he stared intently forward.
Or rather, he was staring at the astral map within the monocle.
Team Leader Zhao leaned back in his chair, lazily digging in his ear with his pinky finger while kicking the youth’s stool. “What are you yelling about? So easily startled.”
The youth remained standing in place, unmoving, looking as if he had seen a ghost.
Team Leader Zhao frowned.
The monocle on the youth’s nose was a God Relic called the Star Glass of Sight. It allowed one to observe the grand overall state of the Astral Realm from a specific position, consuming specific Spiritual Material.
Under normal circumstances, the Astral Realm only showed significant reactions when a Star God descended, awoke, or fell. These reactions would be observed by the Star Glass of Sight and reported to the council and the Four Pillars of the Empire.
“What, could it be that one of the Star Gods has awakened?” Zhao Changkong asked, puzzled.
The youth stiffly turned his head, parting his lips slightly. He didn’t seem to know what he had seen, speaking incoherently, “The stars…”
“Look at how scared you are, so pathetic,” Team Leader Zhao tutted, snapping his fingers. The youth’s monocle floated into the air, and he caught it, putting it on.
“It’s just a Star God awakening. That Goddess over at the Black Moon has woken up several times these past few thousand years. What’s there to be so surprised about—”
“Surprised”
As he was teasing, his voice gradually lowered, his eyes widening just like the youth’s.
“Holy crap!?”
In the field of vision, the vast, dead silent, and seemingly unchangingly dark grand astral map of millennia was now frantically blinking on and off, like a broken light bulb.
“Team Leader… are you okay?”
The youth’s confused voice pulled Zhao Changkong back to his senses. “Damn!” His expression changed slightly, he cursed, and his figure flickered, disappearing from his spot.
In an instant, Zhao Changkong appeared at the highest point of the observatory, in the central hall of the star-gazing tower.
Three other team leaders, all wearing the same azure blue cloaks as him, were already present. However, the central chair was empty.
“Where is Director?”
“It seems to be Director’s fishing time right now.”
“Fishing again?” Zhao Changkong rubbed his forehead helplessly. After exchanging glances with the other three team leaders, their expressions turned solemn as they each flashed back to the ninety-second floor of the star-gazing tower.
The Astronomical Bureau was divided into the Macro Group and the Micro Group, based on their methods of observing the Astral Realm.
The Macro Group used God Relics like the Star Glass of Sight to observe changes in the overall astral map of the Astral Realm.
The Micro Group was responsible for precisely observing specific star regions.
Thus, there were also a large number of star observers in the Micro Group, a total of twelve thousand people.
In the grand building of the star-gazing tower, from the first to the ninety-second floor, all were observers.
In front of the magnificent star-gazing tower, there was an astral map matrix composed of tens of thousands of light screen grids, nearly a thousand meters high.
Zhao Changkong then realized that they, the Macro Group, didn’t need to observe. These astral map matrices could already clearly see—
The Astral Realm was twinkling!
The astral map matrix naturally couldn’t encompass the scenery of all star regions in the Astral Realm. It only focused on star regions dense with Star Dust (the corresponding bodies of non-Spirit Masters in the Astral Realm) and star dust.
But at this moment, no matter where the observation eye of any grid in the matrix shifted its view, even to gray areas without Star Dust, it was blinking on and off rapidly.
“What in the world is happening?” Zhao Changkong’s expression was solemn, and he was still somewhat dazed.
The current situation in the Astral Realm was outrageously abnormal. Even if a Star God descended to the Real World, only the star region where the Star God was located would suddenly light up.
But now, the entire Astral Realm was lighting up and twinkling, as if celebrating the arrival of some great being!
“Found it! Found it!!”
A sound of horror rang out. “It’s Sirius!!”
Within the team specifically observing the Sirius region, someone suddenly stood up. Everyone’s gaze followed the sound. In the lower-left corner of the astral map matrix, at the Sirius region observation point, a dark planet appeared, one that everyone yearned for.
The observers were all too familiar with this planet. It was Sirius, which they had been hoping to find for months!
And now, this evil Sirius was emitting intense light like a star, instantly dispersing all the gray starlight that enveloped this region.
Everyone’s heart couldn’t help but tremble. Could this be the Number 1 Sirius that had only twinkled once?!
“This energy fluctuation… it’s becoming a Venerable!” a researcher said, trembling as they operated the equipment.
“Can the ascension of Sirius cause this level of anomaly in the Astral Realm…”
In fact, everyone hadn’t fully believed the prophecy that Sirius would bring about world destruction. But seeing these eerie scenes, they, the observers, had no choice but to believe.
“The process of becoming a Venerable takes at least seven days at the fastest. Quickly, activate the Eye of Cruz, and locate Sirius!”
Zhao Changkong quickly issued the order.
The observers’ eyes also lit up with excitement. After working so hard to monitor for so long, they finally saw hope for a huge reward!
However, just as they activated the Eye of Cruz, another astonished shout rang out. “Not right! Look quickly! Over there…”
As the observation eye shifted, within the Sirius region, a second Sirius appeared!
!
It also emitted scorching light like a star, dazzling to the extreme!
“How, how is this possible?!” Everyone instantly thought, “Number 2 Sirius didn’t die?”
But the next moment, the astral map matrix changed, and another Sirius appeared in the Sirius region.
“A third one?”
As the Sirius region became increasingly brighter, gradually dispelling the starlight.
A fourth Sirius appeared…
“?!” Everyone was completely dumbfounded, their scalps tingling.
One Sirius becoming a Venerable in less than two years was unprecedented.
Now, four Sirian stars appeared all at once… What was going on?
It was no wonder the prophecy spoke of Sirius bringing about world destruction… With four peerless geniuses in the same era, it was hard to imagine them fighting each other without inadvertently destroying the world!
“It seems… it’s not over yet.” An observer felt that something was not right and nervously moved the view.
Sure enough.
The 5th.
The hearts of over ten thousand observers leaped into their throats, gasping for air.
The 6th.
“!!”
7892021—
When the 22nd Sirius lit up, the Sirius region, which had been dark for hundreds of millions of years, was now free of any darkness!
It was all light, illuminating the Astral Realm!
Everyone’s hearts died at this moment, their faces numb.
“Ding ding ding~”
Zhao Changkong’s call to the Director, which he had tried to make for a long time, was finally answered. From the speaker came the old man’s impatient voice, “Zhao Changkong, you scared one fish away. You better have something important!”
“Director, something big has happened in the Astral Realm!” Zhao Changkong, still reeling from the shock, said with a trembling voice.
The old man leaned back leisurely on the long chair, his fishing line submerged in the lake of twinkling starlight.
“Oh? Something big?”
He had lived for so many years; what kind of abnormal event in the Astral Realm hadn’t he seen?
Whether it was the descent of three gods, the strange spectacle of two Sirian stars, or the minor event of a god’s demise.
He had witnessed it all.
These things that the young people considered major events might not necessarily be major events.
“Plop—”
Just then, ripples spread across the calm, golden lake, and the fishing line sank. The old man’s lazy eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled.
“Good luck.”
