NOVEL NEXT Chapter 398: The Fourth Blood Moon Descends
Fourth Dimension, projection on the Moon's far side.
Long lies on a pile of shattered glowing fragments, deeply asleep.
Suddenly.
An ominous chill surges up.
Long abruptly opens its eyes, looking towards the void.
There resides the Heart Domain of a certain tribe.
The Dream Clan.
In the Time-Space River, it has seen the history of this race.
A tribe that once produced a transcendent being.
Unfortunately, back then, the king of this tribe, to break through the Seventh Rank, recklessly charged into the inner realms of the Blood Moon Relics to hunt, ultimately dragging the entire race down to become nourishment for the Blood Moon Relics.
Now, those Dream Clan are merely a few distant remnants of the past.
Long previously ignored them, simply waiting for them to transcend.
Only in the Transcendence Realm can rule power be nurtured and its foundation enhanced.
Otherwise, it's just satisfying a craving, a mere indulgence.
That's why Long had not moved against those octopuses before.
Why does something regarded as food cause a sudden chill of foreboding?
Long pondered, rising slowly, transforming into a rainbow light, piercing the surrounding void, reaching the Time-Space River of this Star Domain, seeking to probe the source of the ominous sensation.
No more of those disgusting parasites.
After devouring the souls from the glowing fragments, Long's overall mental state improved considerably.
With a fractured head, it soon appeared outside a halo river.
The Time-Space River is the river of reflection.
All life active in the Material Realm eventually leaves an imprint in this river.
The powerful can even swim upstream, arriving in eras beyond the present, traversing time and space.
Of course, Long cannot do this.
It can only rely on Original Rules to gain insight into the Time-Space River, glimpsing fragments of distant history.
However, this ability consumes significant origin power and poses great risk if glimpsing fragments of powerful beings, which is why Long seldom used it after losing its physical form.
Otherwise, it would have long discovered Brian's anomaly.
Thus, Long didn't come this time to trace back time and search for the source of disquiet but to cross the Time-Space River and gain insight into its future fate.
Being able to perceive the past, surely one can also see the future.
This is the great prophecy art.
For its own safety, Long finds it necessary to pay a painful price.
..
Standing over the Time-Space River.
Long hesitated for a moment, then without delay, stepped directly into the Time-Space River, encased in Original Rules, like a fish swimming, struggling to break through the current temporal anchor, heading towards the future.
With the constant forward movement.
Long's origin power was rapidly consumed.
Simultaneously, numerous fragmented images resurfaced in Long's mind.
Without the influence of brain-eating parasites, Long clearly received these images.
The next moment.
It felt overwhelmed, quickly extricated itself from the Time-Space River, returning to its temporal anchor.
Reviewing the new memories in its mind, Long's expression turned grim.
Through the future, it saw its own demise.
The true demise.
It was a figure whose shape couldn't be discerned.
The opponent bore a massive world on its back.
Its power was strong enough to tear apart the dimensions of the Spirit Realm.
Its origin ignored Long's time origin's erosion.
As a unique cosmic creature, an existence of the Seventh Rank Time-Space Dragon, Long was alive and killed by the opponent's fists.
That was the only scene Long saw clearly.
Human fists.
"So, I was killed by a human?"
Digesting all the future images received, Long felt both incredulous and a bit relieved.
It couldn't comprehend how it could be slain by a human.
Yet relieved it had left that planet early.
"The future is constantly changing; what I saw is merely one possibility, but I dare not gamble..."
Long murmured a sentence, already planning to escape.
As long as I run fast enough, danger can't catch up!
Long decided upon returning, to wait for the fourth Blood Moon projection to descend, opening the time node, then swim upstream to return to the Inner World of the Blood Moon Relics.
Even if this descent results in significant loss, it refuses to continue staying here.
This world is a man-eating realm.
Alive, there's hope.
..
Time flows like water.
A year passes in the blink of an eye.
In Los Angeles, midnight marks the time for the fourth Blood Moon descent.
Once the time arrives.
Regardless of other places' timelines.
Whether day or night.
The light of the Blood Moon will instantly spread across the globe.
On this day.
People worldwide paused their work.
Individuals gathered in their homes, prepared recording equipment, awaiting the Blood Moon's descent, or entered sealed chambers, shelters, preparing to safely endure the day.
Nowadays, thanks to the Galaxy Federation Government's science education, most people are already aware of the secret of the Blood Moon projection.
For this Blood Moon descent, the official stance is voluntary.
Citizens not wishing to become Mutants can choose to hide, avoiding the Blood Moon's corruption.
Those wanting to seize the opportunity to transform fate can give it a try.
Anyway, afterward, these individuals must undergo unified inspection.
With the aid of global technological power.
Now, less harmful testing methods are available.
The only ones without a choice are the heavy criminals.
Under armed suppression, they are all driven to open areas, awaiting the Blood Moon's descent.