Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 332 - 249: Hidden Information, Alluring Ancient Mysteries

An Array Map appeared in the sky over Antarctica?!

Even for a Saint Expert like Shu Xuanji, the sight was enough to make her spirit tremble.

’What in the world is going on? And what is this Array Map trying to convey?!’

Unfortunately, she knew little about Arrays and Divination. However, with her memory, it wouldn’t be difficult to record the entire Array Map perfectly.

In truth, there was no need. The phenomenon’s reach was simply too vast. Coupled with the fact that the blizzard was now starting to weaken significantly, there were quite a few witnesses to this spectacle.

「Kunlun Station.」

"The snow’s stopped! The snow’s finally stopped!"

As the blizzard subsided, the frightened crowd inside Kunlun Station erupted in cheers. The younger team members couldn’t resist opening the research station’s main door to check the situation outside.

"Everyone, be careful! Just because the blizzard is over doesn’t mean the danger is gone! Don’t forget those monsters we saw earlier!"

Station Chief He shouted from behind the group. He was still holding a firearm, his guard not yet lowered.

But when he followed them outside, he saw everyone frozen in place, staring blankly at a spot in the sky.

"What’s wrong with all of you?"

Station Chief He was confused. He followed their gazes, and then he, too, stood there dumbfounded.

It was a magnificent phenomenon, as dreamlike and beautiful as an aurora, yet it seemed to hold some mysterious information. The sight shook everyone to their core.

"My god, what is that? Is it a natural phenomenon? Or man-made? Is its appearance related to the start and end of the blizzard?"

One of the team members muttered.

This blizzard had exposed them to far too many abnormal phenomena they had never seen before.

An abnormal blizzard, abnormal creatures, and an abnormal atmospheric phenomenon.

"Quick! Find a camera and take pictures!"

Station Chief He yelled. A team member quickly snapped out of it, ran back into the research station for a camera, and began frantically photographing the phenomenon in the sky.

It wasn’t just Kunlun Research Station. Several multinational research stations nearby also witnessed and photographed the phenomenon. Using the gradually restoring network communications, they quickly transmitted the images back to their home countries.

In an instant, undercurrents surged across the nations of the world, and the situation grew turbulent.

「Special Security Bureau Headquarters.」

Wei Cheng, Meng Qianyuan, Wang Chen, Zhao Ping, and other high-ranking officials were gathered together. They stared at the image projected on the large screen, their expressions incredibly grim.

"A short while ago, an extreme blizzard occurred in Antarctica. Just as the blizzard subsided, this phenomenon appeared in the sky."

"We can now basically confirm that this phenomenon is definitely not natural. Furthermore, it is strongly correlated with the extreme weather in Antarctica. Ms. Shu Xuanji was on-site at the time. According to her report, she felt an extremely violent magnetic field fluctuation coming from within the Antarctic permafrost. Through sympathetic resonance, she claims to have seen an unknown ancient ruin beneath the permafrost, which was the source of all the chaos."

"The phenomenon in the Antarctic sky lasted for about half an hour. Ms. Shu Xuanji has temporarily retreated. She reported that she was preparing to investigate the ruins when she sensed several extremely terrifying life fluctuations, forcing her to withdraw for the time being."

"Besides the ruins and the Array Map, many other abnormal phenomena have recently appeared in Antarctica. The most obvious is the sudden appearance of several unknown creatures."

Zhao Ping stood on the stage, giving his presentation to the group. The slide on the screen changed, showing photos of Yetis and other abnormal creatures.

The crowd watched the images and footage in silence.

"Our current theory is that this incident in Antarctica is most likely related to the Ancient Ones of the Hidden Realm and to an ancient civilization unknown to us. The powerful life signatures Ms. Shu Xuanji sensed were very likely Ancient Ones from Secret Organizations fighting over something."

"We have gathered intelligence on other phenomena before, but none have been on the same scale as this incident in Antarctica. We have reason to believe it holds immense value. We have urgently assembled a team of experts in ancient scripts and imagery, as well as masters of Arrays and Divination from the Cultivation Realm, to analyze and interpret this phenomenon. The current conclusion is that it appears to be an Array Map containing some kind of information."

Zhao Ping said in a heavy voice.

"What about Fang Xiuyuan? Can we contact him?"

Wei Cheng asked.

Fang Xiuyuan was the leading figure among the nation’s Earth Masters, a being capable of slaying dragons and decapitating phoenixes. If he were to lead the deciphering efforts, they would surely get results much faster.

Both the Special Security Bureau and the top leadership were taking the Antarctic phenomenon extremely seriously.

Originally, the recluses of the Hidden Realm rarely interfered directly with the Mortal World. As for the Ancient Ones, all nations knew such figures were powerful, but their knowledge of just how powerful was limited.

Especially in the current era, with the rise of thermal weapons, some in the higher echelons didn’t actually pay much mind to this kind of individual power.

But the incident Yi Beidou caused in Japan forced all of the top brass to take individual Cultivation seriously. It also made them truly recognize how terrifying those old monsters from the Hidden Realm were.

They were a group of unknown number, unknown whereabouts, and unknown purpose, but whose strength might very well surpass that of Yi Beidou.

They were a force that could potentially overturn the entire world.

And a matter involving unknown ancient ruins and the objectives of the Ancient Ones demanded even greater attention.

Whoever could obtain the secrets within might just earn the right to vie for supremacy in this nascent new era. How could that not be tempting?