Weirdness is coming: Chen Mu Nugui started with trillions of ghost coins

The rain is still falling.

After Chen Mu finished his dinner, he went upstairs to his study.

In the study, he asked Xu Yueji to find the information reported by each black hole before the last "Four-Direction Flood" and compare them in detail.

After reading for half an hour, Chen Mu closed the thick report and asked Xu Yueji, "Are there any unusual movements among the black holes at the moment?"

"Not yet. Everything is as usual."

"I hope I'm worrying too much."

Chen Mu put the report aside, leaned back in his chair, and looked at the heavy rain outside the window.

Such heavy rain is indeed extremely rare.

But it's the beginning of summer now, so it's not hard to explain why there are heavy rainstorms.

Chen Mu didn't know why he felt so uneasy tonight.

He considered the current situation and felt that there were two things wrong:

1. The Black Hole has been quiet for too long. There has been no Tide of Strange Beasts for over a month, and no new Trickster Gates have appeared.

2. It rained heavily tonight.

To be honest, both of these things can be reasonably explained, and neither of them is a sharp anomaly.

Logically speaking, why would I, who am well-informed and experienced, feel uneasy because of these two things?

Chen Mu didn't understand, but he believed in his intuition.

Before going to bed, Chen Mu told Xu Yueji, "If there's any news reported to me from the Black Hole tonight, wake me up immediately."

Generally speaking, Chen Mu is undisturbed during sleeping time.

As long as it is not a matter of life and death, we will wait until Chen Mu wakes up.

But Chen Mu felt that anything related to the black hole that was reported to him was no small matter.

On weekdays, you can wait until you get up to deal with it, but if something happens tonight and you delay it for too long, there might be changes.

After explaining everything to Xu Yueji, Chen Mu returned to his room to rest.

The lights in the villa went out, and Chen Mu fell into a light sleep in the pouring rain.

Tonight, all the black holes, following Chen Mu's order, entered the second-level alert state.

The soldiers stationed at the black hole were all confused. They didn't know why they were suddenly on emergency alert.

It was still raining heavily outside, and the defense line was covered in mud. Holding a weapon and holding an umbrella was inconvenient, so I was soaked in half a minute.

In the past, when the alert level was four, on rainy nights, we mostly relied on machines and surveillance patrols to keep watch.

Tonight, almost 90% of the soldiers came out to keep watch in the heavy rain, and they were wet and cold all over.

When encountering such a situation, grassroots employees will more or less feel that their leader has "something wrong with his brain" and made the decision on the spur of the moment.

But when the soldiers on Wangjiang Watch learned that it was Boss Chen who gave the order, they had no complaints and instead looked nervous.

Because they know that Boss Chen's judgment has always been beyond doubt.

The fact that Boss Chen suddenly issued an order means that something bad might be about to happen.

Even if nothing happens, they will carry out Boss Chen's orders without complaint.

In addition to the soldiers on guard, the Duke, the former commander-in-chief of the polar defense line, also hurriedly packed his bags and set off from his home in the mountain and water courtyard on this rainy night.

"Where are you going so late at night?" The Duchess was puzzled. "To the War College? Who teaches students so late at night?"

"Let's go to the Polar Black Hole," the Duke said. "I saw Boss Chen's alert level. He didn't call me because he was considering my recovery from my injuries. He didn't have the heart to inform me out of consideration. Now that I know, I still have to go and take a look to put my mind at ease."

As a core member of Chen Mu's team, the Duke has retreated to the second line, but when the crisis comes, the Duke is not the kind of person who lies down.

Just because of Chen Mu's order, on a rainy night, the Duke boarded a plane and flew to the Pole without hesitation.

Over at the desert black hole, Tian Shihan lit the candles on the table. She was reading a book, killing the boring midnight hours.

She also did not sleep tonight. As the most powerful ghost in the desert, she was also paying attention to the movements of the black hole.

Outside the forest black hole, Xiaoye was commanding the harvest army, temporarily withdrawn to strengthen the defense. Lin Shanmu was at the edge of the black hole, and he also felt a little uneasy.

Outside the black hole of the prison, Chief Kong pushed open the prison door and slowly walked towards "himself" who was tied to the pillar.

"I'm sorry, I came here early tonight to get some of my own strange energy. Maybe it will be useful when something goes wrong."

Chief Kong also sensed something unusual. The other chiefs, all of whom were Gui Zun, felt unease to varying degrees.

Chief Kong came to the pillar and extracted more of his own innate strange energy from his body.

Early in the morning.

Polar black hole.

The Duke's plane landed and he arrived at the polar headquarters, where Ye Changsheng, the replacement commander, was also in charge.

"Your Excellency the Duke? Why are you here? Please sit down." Ye Changsheng said in surprise.

"Come and see, I can help if something happens."

The two were chatting.

At this time, the polar ice wall was brightly lit all night long.

Every twenty meters, there is a fully armed soldier standing guard.

Every five minutes, a patrol team of ten people passes by.

A soldier, soaked to the skin, was wearing a useless raincoat and standing guard vigilantly in the cold rain.

His level wasn't high, only at the level of a Cunning Citizen, or even lower. The cold raindrops made his body shiver, and his lips froze.

In front of him, looking down, was a vast white plain of ice and snow.

And in the very center of the plain is the polar black hole.

There are still many troops stationed on the plains.

Theoretically, the troops on the ice plains would be the first to face the attack. Those remaining on the polar ice wall were considered second-line troops, and therefore not very strong.

He rubbed his numb hands, put his left and right hands together, and put them to his mouth to breathe on them to keep warm.

Just as he exhaled a breath of hot air, he suddenly heard a strange sound in his ears.

The sound sounded like some unknown existence growling at him from the abyss.

The soldier was horrified to find that he couldn't even describe the characteristics of this sound in words. He could only feel the deep fear that came from deep within.

"Something is screaming..." The soldier looked around in horror, wanting to ask his companions for confirmation.

However, the soldiers on guard twenty meters away from him all seemed to have heard nothing and continued to stand upright in the heavy rain.

No abnormal alarm signals appeared in the entire polar ice wall.

Looking down from the sky, everything was normal for both the guards and the patrol teams.

Suddenly, a sense of fear washed over him, and the soldier wondered if he was the only one who had heard that sound.

Could it be that the voice was directed at me?

Although he was in the middle of a crowded defense line, his heart was filled with loneliness and fear.

Fortunately, the patrol team quickly came to him.

He hurriedly shouted to the patrol team, attracting their attention.

"What happened?" The patrol captain came over, followed by the deputy captain.

"Did you hear that sound? I heard it. It's ringing in my ears again. Every five seconds, it's ringing in my ears."

The soldier spoke in panic, even becoming a little incoherent.

The patrol captain and deputy captain looked at each other. "Did you hear that?" asked the captain.

The deputy captain shook his head.

However, the two did not regard the soldier as a madman. After all, this was the Black Hole Defense Line, where anything against common sense could happen.

What's more, not long ago, Boss Chen issued a level two alert.

The captain's expression immediately changed and he looked serious.

"Let's go and report to the command center immediately," said the captain.

A few minutes later.

Two powerful auras rose from behind the polar ice wall and flew towards the soldier's location.

These two auras were none other than the Duke and Ye Changsheng.

By the time the two arrived quickly, the patrol team had already surrounded the area.

The two listened to the brief introduction. According to the captain's description, in this huge circle of polar ice wall, only the point where the guard was standing could hear the whispers.

The Duke also tried it, and when he stood in the position of the guard, he indeed heard an unspeakable sound in his ears.

Then Ye Changsheng also tried it and confirmed what the captain and the guard said.

"Have you ever heard this kind of sound?" Ye Changsheng asked the Duke. In contrast, the Duke came from Hell and had some experience with Hell.

The Duke shook his head. "No, although I have no memory of hell, subconsciously, I have never heard it. This is not the voice from hell."

"Then it's most likely a black hole." Ye Changsheng looked at the black hole, "It's strange, the army on the plains and other outposts can't hear this sound.

Only from this point can you hear it. Could it be that the creature in the black hole is only releasing sound waves towards this point? What is it trying to do?

No one present could answer Ye Changsheng's words.

"Let's notify Wangjiang City about this first. Boss Chen might be able to figure it out." Ye Changsheng said.

The Duke nodded in agreement. "The alert level here has been raised to Level 1! The Polar Black Hole has entered a state of war."

During the past two years of development of Wangjiang Shouwang, an efficient and stable communication link has been established from the front line to the rear.

Just a few minutes later, Chen Mu, who was sleeping in the mountain and water courtyard, was awakened by Xu Yueji.

Xu Yueji told Chen Mu about the strange things about the polar black hole.

Chen Mu frowned slightly. "An indescribable sound? Can only be heard from a certain position?"

This was the first time Chen Mu had encountered such a strange phenomenon. This kind of delicate operation was not something that could be done by a reckless creature like a strange beast.

"Xiaoyue, what do you think?" Chen Mu asked.

"As an AI, I can search vast amounts of knowledge and infer answers. Last month, the Wangjiang Shouwang Data Center was restored, and I can now access most of humanity's past knowledge."

Xu Yueji calmly replied, "Based on my research and judgment, I think this might be an acoustic phenomenon called an 'echo gallery.'"

"Whispering Wall?"

"Yes, Boss Chen. The polar ice wall has a unique structure. It's a circular ice wall with a strange energy barrier above it, similar to an 'echo wall'.

If someone is whispering against a wall and another person is standing against a wall far away, the sound can be accurately transmitted to the person's ears through precise reflection, as long as the position is right.

Other people around will not hear similar sounds. You can compare sound to light: light emitted from a certain point, after complex reflections, accurately hits another point thousands of miles away.

Chen Mu nodded slightly, "Can you calculate the location of the sound?"

"The data center has blueprints of the polar ice wall. I can calculate that the sound originated from... 13.287 kilometers away from the guards, on the polar ice wall.

That place seems to be the Beast Cavalry's frontline camp."

Chen Mu's expression was serious. "Tell the Duke and the others immediately!"

Half a minute later, the Duke at the front line received news from Chen Mu.

"The source of the sound is near the Beast Cavalry's camp?" The Duke read the intelligence in a low voice.

Ye Changsheng clenched his fists, "Those beasts! I told you not to trust strange beasts. There must be something wrong with them!"

"Don't jump to conclusions too quickly. Let's go take a look first."

The Duke and Ye Changsheng leaped and flew towards the Beast Cavalry.

At the same time, patrols near the Beast Cavalry camp were also called together to search for the source of the sound.

"Sound? I didn't hear any sound?"

"I heard someone heard it 13 kilometers away."

"They can hear it from so far away, but we can't?"

The soldiers were somewhat confused, but they all faithfully followed the orders and searched for the source of the inaudible sound.

After the Duke and his companion arrived, they took a quick look around and used the strange energy detection method, but they did not detect any other strange energy around.

There is no unfamiliar weirdness, there are only two possibilities.

Either the enemy is very weak or even has no strength at all.

Either the enemy is extremely powerful and can conceal his presence.

In contrast, the Duke prefers to believe the latter.

"It seems that we are in trouble tonight." The Duke said slowly.

As the soldiers dispersed to search, this section of the city wall was filled with soldiers inside and outside.

It was night, making it difficult to search. Furthermore, it was raining heavily, blurring people's vision and making it even more difficult to find the target.

What's more, no one knows what the so-called "sound source" is, how big it is, and what it looks like.

It is even impossible to determine whether the "source of the sound" exists.

After searching for an hour, the soldiers still found nothing.

At this moment, the soldier on guard 13 kilometers away suddenly reacted - the unspeakable sound... disappeared.

The sudden disappearance of the sound not only did not make the Duke feel relieved, but made him even more nervous.

"Changsheng, are there any unusual movements from the Beast Cavalry?" asked the Duke.

The Duke and Ye Changsheng split into two groups. The Duke was responsible for searching for the unknown "source of sound" on the polar ice wall; Ye Changsheng was responsible for going to the Beast Cavalry camp to check the situation of those strange beasts.