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Chapter 212 The Beginning of the Full Moon: Death or Rebirth?

At the boundary of the area, the invisible light curtain was instantly shattered.

A crimson mist surged, like a tidal wave sweeping across the world, pressing down on the center of the region.

Xiao Yun stood on the Heavenly Feather Platform, his Myriad Manifestations True Understanding fully activated, yet he was still unable to break through the barrier of the mist.

Hundreds of messages appeared on the channel within tens of seconds, all of them reports from various places.

Immediately afterwards, hurried footsteps sounded behind me.

Gu Shen poked his head out and quickly reported:

"Ah Yun, the statistics on the effects of the fog have been released. The field of vision limit for the ninth sequence is less than 10 meters, and even the seventh sequence is only 30 meters."

Xiao Yun's heart sank. He opened the guild channel and quickly issued instructions.

"Everyone, turn on your spotlights. Turn the spotlights at maximum power in the main building, the south campus, and Xin Xingfuli, and illuminate the beacon towers along the way to help personnel stationed outside identify directions."

Ji Mingyu and the others quickly responded.

But Xiao Yun noticed something was wrong.

Why aren't Principal Sun from the South District and the chubby prison guard from Xin Xingfuli replying?

Xiao Yun's gaze sharpened as he looked at the mist that had filled the entire Ideal Country area, and suddenly realized:

"The fog will disrupt guild channel communication!"

Not only Xiao Yun, but everyone else in the channel also realized what was happening.

Ji Mingyu: "The fixed-point teleportation portal is still working. Plan B has been activated urgently, and I have already sent people to contact both sides."

Jiang Shangzhen: "The magic communication station is being tested and is barely usable, but there is a lot of static. I just tried it and found that people with low intelligence who force themselves to use it will suffer mental damage very quickly."

Su Muqing: "@Jiang Shangzhen, we are arranging manpower. The communications officer will arrive in three minutes."

Wang Tianyuan: "Thanks for the invitation. I just came back from the South District. They've already activated Plan B there. It's been verified that people within each guild's territory can communicate normally via channels, only cross-territory communication is unavailable. It's still holding up."

Seeing everyone communicating and acting in an orderly manner, Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

"Everyone has improved since the guild was officially established; it's no longer the makeshift operation it was at the beginning."

Xiao Yun still remembered that when he went missing, a group of people had a big argument because of their disagreements, and the newly established order almost collapsed.

"Although we had a meeting at the beginning to discuss and list different plans to deal with different situations, it's already quite good that we were able to react so quickly and avoid any problems."

Seeing how helpful everyone else was, Xiao Yun relaxed a little.

"In that case, I only need to maintain overall stability and put out fires when problems arise."

Just then, another new change occurred.

Suddenly, the blood-red full moon shone brightly in the sky, and the world fell into dead silence.

No matter how skilled a professional is, at this moment, they all feel as if they have been stripped away from the world, and a strong sense of unease surges into their hearts.

My heart was pounding wildly; the oppressive silence was suffocating.

The next second, the wind picked up.

A fierce wind howled and swept across the land.

Amidst the howling wind, eerie murmurs could be faintly heard, as if countless tragically deceased people were weeping in one's ear.

Heaven and earth wept as red snowflakes fell.

Snowflakes fell to the ground, but suddenly turned into thick mud, emitting a strong, fishy stench, like blood mixed with pieces of corpses.

Xiao Yun suddenly felt a strong sense of dizziness, like the feeling when a severe cold strikes.

I finally recovered, but my brow felt stiff and my head was throbbing.

Xiao Yun took out the Spirit Spring, about to take a sip to recover his condition, but found that the spring water had frozen into a lump of ice, and the sudden cold had even cracked the glass bottle that served as the container.

A biting chill swept over me, penetrating to the bone marrow, and even my starry cotton coat couldn't completely keep me out.

Xiao Yun subconsciously took a breath, but it felt like he had swallowed a knife, as if countless insects were scratching at his lungs.

The murmurs around him grew even louder, and Xiao Yun's heart sank.

"The impact... is stronger than I anticipated!"

Xiao Yun exclaimed inwardly, and sure enough, chaos had begun to break out at the guild headquarters.

Huang Haoran: "On the second floor, in room 239, something strange has happened. So far, three lost souls and one White Walker have appeared. The guards have intervened immediately, but I'm afraid..."

Ji Mingyu: "It's appeared on the third floor too. The effects of the full moon are more intense than we imagined. We can't delay any longer, otherwise..."

Ji Mingyu stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Less than a minute later, Ji Mingyu approached Huang Haoran, accompanied by a group of burly men from the Criminal Law Department.

"Minister Ji, what's going on...?"

Huang Haoran's face darkened, and he instantly guessed what he was going to do.

Ji Mingyu nodded indifferently and said in a low voice:

"I'm responsible for everyone, Lao Huang."

A flicker of pain crossed Huang Haoran's eyes, and his voice trembled:

"But... most of them are ordinary people, even the elderly and children."

Ji Mingyu paused for a second, then waved to the members of the Criminal Law Department behind him:

"Go check it out. If more than half of the people inside have mutated, then... kill them all."

"No……"

Before Huang Haoran could say anything more, Ji Mingyu suddenly reached out, pressed his hand on Huang Haoran's shoulder, and shook his head heavily.

"We have nearly 10,000 people here, Lao Huang. I know it's difficult, but for everyone's sake, this is a necessary sacrifice."

Huang Haoran shook his head and smiled bitterly, then sighed softly:

"You'll be cursed to death..."

Upon hearing this, Ji Mingyu suddenly laughed:

"Let them criticize us. If the Criminal Law Department isn't getting criticized, it means we're not doing a good job."

After saying that, Ji Mingyu turned around, ready to help his family complete the task.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw the group of people who had just gone in slowly walking back.

"What's wrong with you guys?!"

Ji Mingyu's face darkened, and he was about to burst into a tirade.

At this moment, Xiao Yun's voice rang out from behind the crowd:

"Stop yelling, it's already resolved."

Xiao Yun, carrying two children on either side, with Little Fire Dragon and Rebellious Son carrying a bunch of survivors beside him, pushed through the crowd and came to Ji Mingyu and Huang Haoran.

Xiao Yun stopped and nodded slightly to Huang Haoran:

"What are you standing there for? Take it!"

"oh oh!"

Huang Haoran snapped out of his daze, quickly took the child from Xiao Yun's arms, and didn't forget to call out to the medical team behind him:

"Quickly, quickly, everyone lend a hand. Arrange for the Ice Heart Crystal Core and the Spiritual Spring. Those with low body temperature should be sent to the hot springs for recuperation immediately."

Before he finished speaking, a group of people quickly sprang into action, occasionally casting admiring glances at Xiao Yun.

In this situation, it is difficult to make a choice for the greater good, but it is even more difficult to choose to save lives at all costs.

At this moment, everyone thought of the phrase hanging on the gate of the Ideal State headquarters—

"So that more people can live."

Gu Shen stood at the back of the crowd, his expression complex.

Honestly, under the same circumstances, he wouldn't have handled it better than Xiao Yun.

but……

"Being too attached to responsibility is like putting shackles on yourself... Ah Yun, sigh..."

Gu Shen sighed and quietly left.

On the other side, Xiao Yun put down all the people he had rescued, looked at the people from the Ministry of Criminal Law, and nodded slightly:

"Please clean up the battlefield and take necessary isolation and protection measures."

"Yes."

A group of tough guys from the Criminal Law Department quickly responded, glancing at their silent minister with somewhat bitter expressions.

Xiao Yun also turned to look at Ji Mingyu and patted him on the shoulder:

"The one on the third floor is a bit serious, I need to go there right away. You can take someone to the others who aren't too serious."

"Um."

Ji Mingyu responded, and just as Xiao Yun's figure was about to disappear from sight, he suddenly spoke again:

"Ah Yun, even you can't save everyone..."

Xiao Yun paused for a moment, then chuckled softly:

How will you know if you don't try?

After saying that, he disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

Only Ji Mingyu remained standing there, silent for a long time.

After half an hour.

With Xiao Yun's help in the early stages, the chaotic situation caused by the sudden change had room to be buffered.

Thanks to everyone's tireless efforts, the situation gradually improved.

Although everyone was extremely busy, thanks to the unlimited supply of Soul-Replenishing Potions produced by the Ice Heart Crystal Core, Glimmering Sand, and the Sanctuary of Restoration, there were no major casualties.

Having experienced a full moon and survived in Eternal Terra for so long, the group is no longer the naive youths they once were.

The oppression and tension remain, companions may disappear quietly at any moment, and even you yourself may have a mental breakdown and become a monster in the next second.

But everyone persevered and managed the internal situation in an orderly manner according to the plan.

Xiao Yun dragged his frost-covered body back to his dormitory and leaned against the sofa, panting.

"The Lost Ones and the White Walkers, these two monsters mutated from humans, are much more troublesome than normal wild monsters."

The White Walkers, in particular, not only possess an extremely powerful sanity-draining aura, but also have ice-based abilities that are no weaker than B-rank talents. Each of them is also terrifyingly strong, almost reaching the top level among professionals of the same rank.

Xiao Yun was initially very puzzled about the principle behind this phenomenon, but when he returned and saw the additional kill notifications on the panel, he suddenly knew the answer.

[Defeat Zhang Funian (The Lost One), 100% combat contribution, attribute points gained: Strength +39, Agility +28, Constitution +43, Intelligence +11...]

[Defeat Lei Haoxuan (The Lost One), 100% combat contribution, attribute points gained: Strength +93, Agility +81, Constitution +106, Intelligence +33...]

……

[Defeat Tang Yue (Alien), 100% combat contribution, attribute points gained: Strength +157, Agility +145, Constitution +173, Intelligence +99...]

[The True Understanding of the All-Encompassing Talent has been activated; benefit analysis in progress...]

A large number of attribute points were added to his account, more than the number he gained from killing Xu Shanhai, and almost one-fifth of Xiao Yun's current attribute points.

Power surges from every part of my body, and the feeling of fullness and strength is intoxicating.

But Xiao Yun couldn't be happy; he muttered to himself:

"Are those who have been turned into wanderers and White Walkers not truly dead?"

"One characteristic of the night of the full moon is called 'Rebirth of the Dead.' Does this mean that transformation is not death, but a new beginning?"