Chapter 982 (2/2)
“How’s the situation in the city?” Hao Ren set aside the issue concerning Eva and focused on Lorenz’s status.
“All according to plan.” Lorenz nodded. From the comm device, he seemed to be near the Furnace of the Ancestors. “All the buildings at the transformation boundaries were destroyed, but they are mostly simple tents or houses. Some machines fell into the gaps between the moving parts but we have 200 years to clean that up. The biggest problem is the castle in the Kingdom of Highspire. Some parts of the castle were located right at the edge of a transformation part. There were some major structural collapses, but we managed to disperse the people and avoid casualties.”
The old man smiled all of a sudden. “At least, we know what the next step is—fixing the buildings.”
Hao Ren smiled as well, but then he turned serious. “What about the confusion among the people?”
“It’s as expected.” Lorenz shook his head. “No one’s crying about the end of the world. The nobles and soldiers did not disappoint this time. They are trying to calm the people down at the moment. The goddesses of fire and ice are a very important part in the rebuilding process. I hope to start a new religion that’s beyond the Four Kingdoms, a community of worshippers for the goddesses. It will replace the current jumble of religions and spiritual organizations.”
“Sounds good.” Hao Ren found it interesting. “I can’t speak for Vivian, but Lily will definitely be the first to agree. She just can’t wait to be part of the action—”
Before Hao Ren could finish, the sound of a gigantic wave from afar cut him off!
It sounded like rolling thunder, or like an approaching tsunami. Hao Ren turned back to look and saw something shocking in the horizon—a wave as big as a mountain range was heading his way. It started out as a silver lining, but quickly reached close enough to fill his vision. It was like a huge wall that reached from the sky to the sea, and it was heading towards the fleet of arks with no signs of stopping!
Lorenz saw the wave from a vantage point on the ark. He gasped in surprise. “What is that?! Is it a natural phenomenon of this planet?!”
Having lived on the ark for his entire life, he did not know what it was.
“It’s a wave… but it doesn’t look natural!” Hao Ren quickly estimated from the speed of the wave that it would cause a problem for the arks. Another thought came to him—could this be Eva’s doing?
The sudden appearance of the massive wave took everyone by surprise. Hao Ren realized that this could be Eva throwing a tantrum. He immediately jumped into the sea to reestablish a connection with her, but Eva’s mental focus was not with him. He tried to no avail, and in those few baffling seconds, the wave had already reached the edge of the fleet!
However, it quickly shrank in size, becoming so small so quickly that it seemed to have suddenly become a surge of harmless waves. Behind them were things that were carried together with the waves. The people on the ark stared at them and exchanged looks of bewilderment.
It was a wide spread of green seaweed, intermingled with all kinds of weird marine plants. They were all tangled with each other in a mess and brought to the Royal Throne courtesy of the waves.
The small waves around the seaweed converged rapidly into the shape of a woman. The figure grew and grew until it reached a few hundred meters tall in an effort to speak to the city’s people. Eva pushed the seaweed mix towards the city and spoke through clear, loud splashes of water. *Splash, splash.*
Hao Ren could finally hear Eva talking. She was repeating something in excitement, “Food, food, food!”