Chapter 57: The End of the World
The theater group leader was unscathed.
Next up, it’s time to give Kuro some trouble.
He should be near Luo Xi at this very moment; I need to get out there and find them right away.
But before Night Star Lan could move, Mo Rabbit appeared inside the theater with a severely serious expression.
“The audience member, something has happened. The number of star eclipses in society is rapidly increasing, and the stars hidden within humans are also transforming into star eclipses. Even most of the night watchers can’t avoid it!”
“Ahh?”
Night Star Lan was stunned for a moment and quickly realized what was going on.
This was definitely Kuro’s doing.
The same terrible disaster that Luoxi had mentioned.
Night Star Lan had witnessed the beginning of the story and knew the source of the celestial power within humans.
It was a gift from destiny. Initially, humans were born with powerful strength, only it couldn’t awaken immediately. As genes continued to multiply and pass down, the potential for star powers to awaken became possible.
Countless eras passed, making the number of star holders increase tremendously. However, many of these holders remained invisible.
If those star holders turned into star eclipses, the catastrophic consequences would have a huge impact on human civilization!
Just like the initial nine-star eclipse contamination back then.
Night Star Lan listened as Mo Rabbit detailed the increasingly dire situation.
Now, quite a few weaker star holders were being forced into star eclipse status. The chaos in the night watcher base was in disarray, making it impossible to maintain order.
Only star holders with grade-B spiritual power or higher could barely hold on by sheer willpower but wouldn’t last more than half a day under prediction mode.
A bunch of elite night watchers were floundering while trying to suppress abnormal states, yet the pace of others turning into star eclipses couldn’t be stopped.
Not just domestically, even internationally, things were becoming chaotic. This disaster was affecting the entire world.
After hearing this, Night Star Lan’s head began to hurt.
“What a mess!”
All star holders were affected, including her friends. No need to imagine how those little lolis in the base looked.
The current situation only made Night Star Lan even more irritated.
“Wish princess, can you stop this disaster?”
“Involving destiny’s curse, wishes cannot be granted.”
“Mmm…”
Night Star Lan took a deep breath and looked at nearby theater members.
Now they could only deal with it as best as they could.
“Theater leader, lead the rising sun theater group to help the night watchers quell the turmoil. Anyway, everyone is our potential audience, we mustn’t let any audience members get hurt.”
The theater leader nodded gently.
“I understand, audience member.”
Subsequently, the theater leader led all the theater group members out to suppress the unruly star eclipses outside.
Perhaps those star watchers turned into star eclipses needed to be treated with caution, just focusing on the issue of pollution.
But some naturally irritable types would inherit their bad temper even in star eclipse form.
Combining pollution and intentional mayhem? It was unimaginable.
That would require the theater leader to step in to handle it.
But obviously, it wasn’t nearly enough!
With a single thought, Night Star Lan stepped into the star eclipse nation and called for Lotus Shana.
“Lotus Shana!”
Hardly had the words left her mouth when the purple-haired little loli arrived in front of her.
“What do you want? Just say it… no way am I going after Lord Kuro.”
Lotus Shana spoke firmly, acting submissive, seemingly worried Night Star Lan would send her to deal with Kuro.
Night Star Lan was momentarily speechless.
“Who said anything about dealing with Kuro? I don’t expect such boldness from you anyway. For now, I need you to contribute. I’m giving back all your authority.”
Immediately after,
Night Star Lan returned all the forcibly traded authorities to Lotus Shana.
“Now, there are many star eclipses here. You lead them out to suppress the riots and bring back all the malevolent star eclipses to the star eclipse nation! Remember, there are other star eclipse nations abroad as well, and you’ve collected plenty of them.”
“Ugh… I’ll try my best.”
Then Night Star Lan left the star eclipse country and summoned the other first-generation stars with the wish machine.
In a flash,
All seven first generations were now before her.
At Night Star Lan’s call, they appeared more than willing to respond.
After all, in their memories, Night Star Lan was the lover of the Great Bai.
This identity was immensely important to them.
It was as if Bai himself called them forth.
Of course, the first generations would respond.
Even if Hilos, Oyas, the uncrowned wanderer, judges, perpetual mechanisms, and record keepers had encountered obstacles from her.
Night Star Lan earnestly stated, “I need your help. I hope you can help me contain the influence of Kuro andbai, just preventing things from worsening.”
The curse wasn’t Kuro’s desire.
Nor was it driven by Kuro’s intent to cause all star holders to become star eclipses.
It was the curse effect of Kuro and bai sharing the same space-time.
So having these first generations assist in cleaning up wasn’t an issue.
Though a few had caused her much trouble, now was not the time to dwell on that.
The seven first generations nodded easily and quickly mobilized.
With such powerful first generations helping, it seemed likely they would make it through the disaster.
Night Star Lan sighed again but stayed alert.
Her phone rang suddenly.
Someone was contacting her.
Picking it up, she saw it was Ling Feng, the head of the night watchers.
“Leader…”
“What happened?”
“Mmm… Probably the end of the world kind. Star eclipse origin Kuro is causing problems. It’s going to be really troublesome.”
The other end was silent for a moment, as if they hadn’t expected “the end of the world,” a phrase so often used in science fiction stories.
“Can you fix it?”
“I think so…”
“I believe in you.”
“Thanks, but there are so many new star eclipses being formed. I’m afraid ordinary people might not cope. Though I’m already doing my best…”
While Night Star Lan often complained about slacking off, facing the end of the world, she naturally couldn’t just relax.
Once the peaceful routine was gone, how could she slack off?
A B-grade wish machine had no power in such times.
Then Ling Feng casually added, “You just need to focus on solving the root problem. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“Uh huh, got it.”
The call ended.
Night Star Lan couldn’t help but daydream.
“Kinda feels like the leader’s planning something big… whatever, I’m going to find Kuro and bai.”
In the capital headquarters, at the top of a building.
Ling Feng watched the dark clouds looming over the city, sighing at the worst era he ever faced.
But in a sense, this was also a blessed era.
Though the end of the world was happening, there were still saviors who came to the rescue.
He had once imagined himself as one such hero in his youth.
Looking back, he realized he lacked the power to make that happen.
“Phew…”
Ling Feng took a deep breath, feeling the pervasive star eclipse contamination in the air and grew resolute.
“It’s time to put my muscles to work.”
