Chapter 78: Gravity Anomaly! [Seeking Recommendation Votes]
The cause of the tsunami has finally been understood.
After personally going to Haiti to investigate, Soren discovered that a submarine volcano erupted with an astonishing intensity near the large whirlpool that was close to the fallen Floating City.
At the same time, a large number of Water Elementals were congregating in the area, and these Water Elementals were extremely violent and aggressive, even attacking the nearby Ocean Monsters. Undoubtedly, after losing the control of the Elemental Overlord, many Elemental Lives with little intelligence entered a rampage phase. Most Elemental Lives do not have individual consciousness; only after they advance to the level of Elemental Giants do they truly become as intelligent as humans. As for other lower-level Elemental Lives, they mainly act on instinct.
Modo seems to have regained its peace.
However, after experiencing the disaster of the tsunami, many changes have occurred in Modo City.
For instance, Soren’s followers.
During this time, the number of Soren’s followers has skyrocketed, especially among the Half-Elves, where over ninety percent have become his followers, and a large group of Devout Believers emerged. Soren has never enforced faith because it must be voluntary. The Divine Power provided by ten shallow believers is equivalent to that of one Devout Believer, so if there are Half-Elves believing in other deities, Soren generally does not intervene. However, the proportion of Half-Elves believing in Soren is currently quite high, and the number of Devout Believers has increased by more than fifty percent.
A Devout Believer is someone who formally prays every day.
As for Zealots, they completely regard the deity as everything; the proportion of Zealots within Soren’s church has also increased significantly.
All of this was brought about by Soren’s act of transforming into a true god to exhaust all his divine powers to save Modo City on the day of the tsunami. Although Soren’s Divine Power was nearly depleted at that time, his recovery rate has been remarkably fast since then.
The prayers of his followers have become several times more active.
Soren is recovering his Divine Power at nearly double the pace as before, and this momentum keeps increasing.
Overall,
Soren’s actions this time turned out to be correct.
City Hall.
A hurried official arrived at City Hall and quickly found the minister in charge of construction, saying, “Lord Rafe! There have been some abnormal situations near the southern marsh.”
“This is the report they sent back.”
“We are unable to handle this, so I would like to ask you to pass it on to Lady Gloria!”
The official named Rafe took a glance at the report, and his expression turned serious as he said, “Understood. I will report this to Lady Gloria immediately!”
After speaking, he headed towards the Lord’s mansion.
He was not qualified to meet Gloria directly; he had to be announced by an attendant.
Soon, he was led into a study, and then Gloria’s figure appeared, but it was not her true form, rather an avatar created by the Illusion Spell.
Ever since Soren discovered the Illusion Spell from ancient ruins, Gloria has mostly managed Modo City’s affairs through her avatars, which is also the key to how Grand Archmages in the Arcane Empire could manage Floating Cities while conducting research.
“Um?”
Gloria took a glance at the information, her expression solemn as she said, “Gravity anomaly? Is it near the marsh?”
“Alright.”
“I understand. You may leave now.”
After speaking, Gloria’s figure disappeared from the spot.
In the next moment, her true form temporarily halted her experiment and directly came to Soren’s side.
After this period of recovery, Soren’s depleted Divine Power has been replenished significantly; he was currently researching the modification plan for the Battle Standard Plane, as the next test was about to begin.
When Gloria arrived, he looked up and asked, “What’s wrong? You look a bit serious.”
Gloria handed the information to Soren and said softly, “There has been an anomaly near the southern marsh. The gravity in that area has distorted, and we currently do not know what has happened.”
Gravity distortion?
Soren’s expression turned serious upon hearing this; after taking a glance at the information, he said, “Understood. I will take care of this matter. You should focus on researching [Elemental Fission].”
Gloria nodded and subsequently disappeared.
Whether Modo City could float now depends on her and the Fallen Witch’s research progress. If they successfully resolve [Elemental Fission], then Modo City can quickly upgrade to a Floating City.
Soren finalized the last few runes and then stood up to leave the Battle Standard Plane.
The gravity anomaly is certainly related to the Elemental Plane.
Generally speaking, the gravity of a plane is different. Taking the Material Plane as the standard, the gravity in the lower planes is significantly higher, while the gravity in planes like the Spirit World is only about eighty percent of that of the Material Plane.
—”High-level Teleportation Spell!”
The entire Modo City has established geocentric nodes (for details, see Modo City Phase II Reconstruction Plan), so Soren can teleport to any place in Modo City at any time. As long as he grasps these geocentric nodes, any ability that can cast teleportation spells can gain access to Modo City’s teleportation network connection points.
When he appeared, many people had already gathered near the marsh.
As if performing a monkey act, the movement of these people was sluggish, and it seemed even walking was quite exhausting.
“Elemental anomaly!”
Soren’s deity-level perception instantly revealed the problem.
The gravity here is about twice that of the Material Plane. Normally, such a situation is absolutely impossible since the gravity of the Material Plane is influenced by elemental passages.
The only explanation for the gravity anomaly here is that a passage connecting to the Earth Elemental Plane has formed.
The gravity of the Earth Elemental Plane is quite special.
As a plane with a challenge level above 15, the gravity of the Earth Elemental Plane is approximately twice that of the Material Plane, and in some areas, gravity could reach more than ten times, making it impossible for ordinary people to stand, let alone walk. This marsh originally housed a group of muck monsters, but they had long been cleared from Modo City.
This is the coordinate for Phase IV reconstruction.
Now, within about a kilometer radius, the gravity is noticeably more severe than in other places; once inside the range, one can immediately feel it.
“My lord!”
“Lord Soren!”
“The great Lord of Shadows!”
Various titles rang out as the gravity anomaly attracted not only officials from Modo City but also quite a few witches coming over to take a look.
Hearing this, Soren waved his hand and said, “Alright.”
“You may leave. I will handle this.”
This level of incident is not something ordinary people can intervene in; at least, it requires legends or above and spellcasters with quasi-planar abilities to deal with it.
If there truly is a passage connecting to the Earth Elemental Plane here, then Soren may need to utilize Divine Power to [Alter Space] and temporarily seal it completely. Otherwise, once the passage is opened, it won’t be long before Earth Elementals discover this coordinate, and what Modo City will face is likely an elemental upheaval.
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(PS: First update.) (To be continued ~^~)
