A few hours ago.
Lucente.
A big red screen appeared, showing the same thing.
This wasn't the only screen. There were a lot of other screens showing the same thing.
"What is going on?"
"Huh?"
"What is this?"
They were looking at each other, wondering what was happening. After five decades, people started to forget about the screen that once terrorized the world.
This screen has caused the world to undergo a huge change. And this time, this screen would make another huge change.
"Aaaaahhhh!" Someone suddenly screamed.
The dumbfounded people were startled and tried to see what was going on. It was there they found a man dropping to his butt. He was pointing at the man in front of him.
This man had his upper body gone. It wasn't sliced or destroyed by someone. Instead, his body turned into pixels as though his entire existence had been removed.
"Kyaaaaaaa!"
Another scream filled the street. When they followed the voice, they couldn't help but widen their eyes. One more person disappeared.
Soon, people became even more terrified.
"Up there!"
"What is going on?!"
People raised their heads and saw the top of a building at the corner of the street started to scatter like pixels before disappearing into thin air.
It gradually enveloped the entire building until it completely disappeared.
"Aaaahhhh!" The people inside the building screamed as they fell to the ground.
Once there was a casualty, chaos ensued.
Everyone began screaming and running for their lives.
"No!"
"Please help me!"
"What is going on?!"
"Please, someone!"
They were scrambling around, not knowing what to do. Unfortunately for them, there was no escape.
More and more people disappeared. Buildings, roads, and all other objects in the area disappeared.
Nothing was spared. Even the blood of the people who fell from the building was erased completely.
Gradually, a huge black void appeared in the middle of the street. It gradually expanded as more and more areas were erased, like the data had been deleted.
However, this wasn't the end of it. This void started to increase its speed of expansion.
They were on the other side of the world, so everyone could see everything because of the sun. Not many people were sleeping, so they were aware of them being removed.
The terror that happened before the removal was nothing less than terrifying. People were running for their lives, but not a single survivor was in sight.
They were unable to fight for their lives. Even the Tier 8 humans were trying to escape with all their strength, but it was impossible.
Some humans tried to charge toward the void, trying to do something different. However, they were removed.
The void continued to expand, but what was even more terrifying was the hopelessness of the people at the border.
"Run!"
"Run for your life!"
The soldiers who were stationed at the border didn't even understand what was going on.
Looking at the people trying to pass the border without proper procedure, the soldiers raised their weapons, trying to threaten them to back off.
However, when the void continued to expand toward them, the soldiers began to turn pale.
"I'm not getting paid enough for this."
"Run!"
"Nooo!"
The soldiers from another country were also running when they had the chance.
"NOOO!"
"Why? Why can't I pass?"
Suddenly, the screams coming from behind turned weird. A soldier suddenly turned around and saw people right at the border between the two countries.
These people were trying to enter their country, but they suddenly stopped as though there was an invisible wall in front of them.
"NO!" Those people looked back and saw the void coming for them. Their tears streamed down their faces as they banged the invisible barrier, begging to leave the country.
They just wanted to survive whatever was targeting them.
"NOOO!"
"Help me…"
"Please!"
The soldier who turned around looked at the void devouring them in horror. He breathed heavily as though he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
The void stopped expanding right at the border, as though the invisible wall was made to stop the void's expansion.
The soldier walked back and approached the void that had stopped expanding.
"This…" The soldier didn't dare to come too close, but there was nothing that could be found. It was just pitch-black. Even if he pointed a flashlight toward the void, the light disappeared without a trace.
"What has just happened?"
…
Clovis, on the other hand, had just received the news a few hours later after waking up.
"What?"
"Lucente has disappeared." Melody nodded with a serious expression. She projected the screen, showing the news about Lucente.
[The mysterious disappearance of Lucente.]
[An entire country is 'deleted' from this world.]
[This world is indeed a simulation. Once again, we're being made aware of that fact.]
There was a lot of news asking about what had happened. Many countries were dispatching their own teams to understand what was going on.
"The president is asking me about the situation. He wonders if you know something about it…"
Clovis' face turned pale. He never thought that the situation would reach this point.
Since there was only Melody here, Clovis said, "Before I passed out…"
Clovis told her about what 'Melody' said. He definitely recognized her voice, and this time, her voice was the only one ringing in his mind.
"What?" Melody was dumbfounded. She never expected that the situation was this severe. "An attack? What kind of attack? This world… I mean, the server that contained this world must have been attacked. I don't know if it's software or hardware, but…"
Melody didn't finish, but the meaning was clear. This world could actually be erased.
She suddenly projected another piece of news. This time, the news came from the Spear Saint.
[Spear Saint: Clovis Hacfield and the Libation Fiesta have just opened Pandora's Box. If not for their seeking the truth, this might not have happened.]
"Our enemy is using this devastation to strike at us. People are raging because they think we've done something."
"…" Clovis breathed heavily before saying, "Tell the president that I need to meet him. Also, arrange a press conference as well."
"What are you going to say?"
"Calling out their bullshit."
