About thirty-six hours ago, not long after the tiger whale sank and Lu Yibei drifted to Free City and was taken in by Vivian, Void found Nameless Book through the strange connection generated by their authorities.

Void: "Sister, sister, something big has happened!"

Nameless Book: "?"

Recently, too many things had distracted her: cleaning up the aftermath of the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate incident, helping Disaster fake his death, eliminating various destabilizing factors caused by Disaster's "death," and the ongoing disappearance of Caishen (God of Wealth) with no clear clues...

So much so that when Void contacted her about the changes in the stars of the winter grand diamond, she was momentarily taken aback.

She hadn't forgotten about it, as it concerned a prophecy leaked by the Eclipse Society Elder Council, but she hadn't expected the new changes to come so quickly.

It felt like an unintentional planting... No, it should be like inadvertently sowing a seed, only for it to grow into a vast patch of poisonous thorns.

After all, any subtle change related to a prophecy from the Eclipse Society Elder Council was unlikely to be a good thing.

Void: "34 minutes and 12 seconds ago, the second star of the winter grand diamond—Aldebaran—extinguished 【Image】 【Image】 【Video】."

Five kilometers from Si Ye Hui Headquarters, inside an inconspicuous apartment building.

Nameless Book, sitting in front of her computer, frowned as she looked at the images and videos Void had sent.

The images showed the sky after Aldebaran had completely dimmed; the "winter grand diamond," which should have grown brighter in the night sky as winter approached, was missing two corners and could no longer form the shape of a diamond.

The video showed Aldebaran, from being faintly visible, gradually dimming until it was completely imperceptible to the naked eye, a process that lasted about fifteen seconds.

During these fifteen seconds, a constantly shifting shadow, radiating an ominous aura, rapidly approached Aldebaran like a beast from the depths of space, opening its maw and swallowing it.

Finally, even the night sky around Aldebaran became darker and deeper, as if some colossal entity was lingering there, refusing to leave.

Nameless Book: "..." Last time, when Capella extinguished, the "God's Gate" incident occurred. What will happen this time?

The God's Gate incident caused three cities to vanish, millions of people and many urban legend to perish, and tens of thousands of urban legend, highly corrupted and fallen due to unknown authority, fled their original habitats, frantically escaping in all directions.

Even now, the adverse effects of the "God's Gate" incident are still expanding, and the local psychic organizations are struggling to control the situation and the spread of rumors.

After learning about the prophecy circulating within the Eclipse Society Elder Council and noticing the subtle connection between the "God's Gate" incident and that prophecy, Nameless Book had tried to communicate with the high-ranking officials of various psychic organizations, reminding them to take precautions...

However, perhaps due to the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate incident and events related to Disaster, Night Watch was currently in a very awkward position, and not many people truly heeded her words.

Nameless Book contacted about seventy high-ranking officials from psychic organizations, but less than a third of them actually took concrete action based on her advice.

As for the ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ other psychic organizations, some responded politely, some accused her of fear-mongering, and some even sarcastically told her that instead of focusing on baseless rumors, she should do something practical, like supporting the "God's Gate" incident...

In truth, the reactions of the major psychic organizations were understandable.

Firstly, Night Watch was currently, in their eyes, an entity that could not be fully trusted due to the impact of the Disaster incident.

Secondly, as the nights grew longer, the surge in urban legend incidents had exhausted many psychic organizations simply by dealing with them and preventing the spread of rumors to avoid urban legend growing stronger; they simply couldn't spare the manpower to prepare for crises without concrete evidence.

Finally, people always harbored a bit of Luck mentality (a glimmer of hope), always feeling that low-probability bad things wouldn't coincidentally happen to them.

Regaining her composure, Nameless Book quickly sent a message back to Void.

Nameless Book: "And then?"

Void knew Nameless Book wanted to ask if any Disaster comparable to the "God's Gate" incident had occurred after Aldebaran extinguished.

Void: "I've already tallied it. In the past twenty-four hours, only one Calamity-level incident occurred. Should I send you the data now?"

Nameless Book: "Yes."

Void: "【West Africa 021.DOCX】"

Closing her eyes, then slowly opening them again, after reading the file's content in her mind, Nameless Book pondered for two seconds, then shook her head.

Nameless Book: "This incident should have no relation to that prophecy."

Void: "Sister is brilliant, I think so too."

The urban legend incident recorded in that file was far smaller in scale than the "God's Gate" incident. The urban legend that triggered the incident originated from local legends about hyena packs, and their psychic fluctuation level was only A. The incident reached Calamity level purely because there was no organized psychic force to intervene locally...

That level of urban legend incident, though causing significant casualties, was far from the scale to be mentioned in the Eclipse Society Elder Council's prophecy, and its scope of harm had significant regional limitations; it wouldn't continuously spread to surrounding areas like the "God's Gate" incident.

Therefore, this urban legend incident should have no direct connection to the extinguishing of Aldebaran.

If the last prophecy transmitted by the Eclipse Society Elder Council before they were attacked and lost contact with the New Elder Council only concerned an incident of this magnitude, it would be as absurd as treating a quarrel between kindergarten children over toys as a large-scale group brawl.

Nameless Book: "..." Was the previous prediction wrong? Or has the incident not happened yet?

As she was thinking, Void, as if knowing her thoughts, voiced her own guess.

Void: "It's also possible that the incident accompanying Aldebaran's extinguishing is too concealed, and its harm is manifesting more slowly? Just like the incidents caused by Maitian God."

Nameless Book: "That makes a lot of sense, but... from now on, stop guessing my thoughts randomly."

Since returning from the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, she had noticed that her "telepathic" connection with Void was becoming increasingly obvious, which made her uneasy; this was not a good sign.

Void: "Got it, Sister, won't do it next time! Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it for you 【Image】."

"..."

Looking at Void's reply and the attached animated selfie of her making a funny face, Nameless Book suddenly felt an indescribably subtle emotion. After a long pause, she coldly replied with a single "Okay" and forcibly cut off contact with Void.

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After cutting off contact, she slumped in her chair, lost in thought for a moment, before refocusing her attention. She pulled out her bao sang cang xiao badge, infused it with psychic energy, and contacted several of her scribes.

Such an important matter, she couldn't just leave it to Void to monitor...

Void was, after all, a urban legend. No matter how good their relationship was, she was still a urban legend, and the possibility of her colluding with the urban legend causing the Disaster could not be entirely ruled out...

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"Hey, hey, hey! Old man, why did you suddenly stop talking?" Lu Yibei saw that Zhang Huainan had fallen silent after she mentioned Nameless Book. After waiting a few seconds, she realized something was wrong and quickly pressed, "What happened? Don't tell me Senior Nameless Book became a traitor and betrayed the organization?"

"Traitor... betrayed..." Zhang Huainan was silent for a moment, then said coldly, "We're already so familiar, you don't need to introduce yourself."

"No, I mean, uh, Jinchang Lang's direct superior, didn't he become a traitor?" Lu Yibei said seriously, "I already know about it over here, you guys don't tell me you still don't know?"

"You little bastard, what nonsense are you spouting again?!" Zhang Huainan said with slight anger, "Who betrayed the organization? Did you hear some random rumors from somewhere again?"

"I saw it with my own eyes!" Lu Yibei said, "Let me tell you, this is what happened: Earlier today..."

There was nothing for her to hide from Zhang Huainan about this. Once she started talking, she quickly spent a few minutes succinctly recounting what she had seen in Zhongliu God's basement rental room to Zhang Huainan.

"What? Zhongliu God is dead? And Caishen (God of Wealth) sent Jinchang Lang to kill him?" Zhang Huainan's emotions rarely showed a ripple. "How is that possible?"

"Why isn't it possible?" Lu Yibei countered.

"Because..." Zhang Huainan hesitated, then, after a moment of deliberation, revealed the truth, "Because before Zhongliu God left for M Country, he protected Caishen (God of Wealth)'s family for hundreds of years. Even if their relationship eventually broke down, Caishen (God of Wealth) wouldn't go so far as to harm a urban legend who had once been kind to his ancestors, would he?"

"In short, Caishen (God of Wealth) is currently only missing. Before there is concrete evidence, we cannot jump to conclusions."

"Alright! Let's get back to the main topic. What exactly do you want from Nameless Book, girl? Before she recovers, I will handle it for you."

Hearing this, Lu Yibei tilted her head, holding the bao sang cang xiao badge. "Oh right, you hadn't finished just now! What exactly happened to Senior Nameless Book? Why was she injured and unconscious?"

"Because of a Calamity-level incident," Zhang Huainan said gravely.

"Calamity-level incident?" Lu Yibei pressed, "What kind of incident? Is it something I can hear about?"

"Of course, it doesn't hurt to listen. Perhaps knowing about it will help you prepare earlier." Zhang Huainan said, "That incident first showed signs a day ago."

"At first, everyone thought it was just a communication breakdown, a few traffic accidents caused by vehicle system failures, and several widespread power outages caused by system glitches."

"No one connected them until that Little Freak whom Nameless Book had been in contact with recently told her that behind those incidents, there were clear, exceptionally severe information explosion phenomena..."

"You even understand information explosion?"

"Why can't I understand? Shut up and listen!"

"Oh..."

— — — —

Twenty-four hours ago, after the Monster Story Chat Group was attacked by a mysterious online urban legend, and at the same time, certain highly correlated information was collected from several seemingly unrelated accidental incidents, Void immediately contacted Nameless Book.

Void: "Sister, sister, I have a new discovery!"

After sending the message to Nameless Book, Void fell into waiting. Having spent time with Nameless Book these days, he already knew that if Nameless Book didn't reply in time, she was most likely within Si Ye Hui Headquarters and needed some time to leave the range of Si Ye Hui Headquarters' defense system.

After waiting for five minutes, Nameless Book finally responded.

Nameless Book: "What discovery?"

Void: "【Frankfurt Communication Failure.7z】, 【Hong Kong City Car Accident and Ferry Accident.7z】, 【Helsinki Blackout.7z】, 【Monster Story Chat Group Attack Details.7z】"

Nameless Book: "?"

What is this? The first few happened simultaneously, and you can sense the seriousness of the situation, but what on earth is the last one? Can it be compared to the first few?

With doubts, after reading the content of the files Void sent, Nameless Book's expression gradually became solemn.

Nameless Book: "Are you sure they are all caused by information explosion?"

Void: "Absolutely sure. The Monster Story Chat Group was also attacked; how could I not know?"

Nameless Book: "Nowadays, such a situation can still occur..."

Information explosion refers to the rapid increase in the quantity of information or data, and the impact brought by such a large volume. When the quantity of data increases, information management becomes difficult, and it is more likely to lead to information overload.

And when information overload exceeds what an individual or system can accept, process, or effectively utilize, it leads to information system failure.

However, with the advancement of technology such as microwave and optical fiber communication networks, it is now almost impossible for Disasters to be caused by information explosion.

At most, it would be a slight network lag, or an individual human receiving too much unverified and unfiltered information from various news and short video apps at once, leading to brain information overload, becoming tired and unwilling to think, but not to the extent of causing a Disaster.

It is possible for work errors to occur due to network lag or thinking about short videos of beautiful women dancing during work, leading to a few colleagues getting into a fight.

Void: "So, this must be a urban legend incident! Think about it, normal information explosion is indeed not enough to cause a Disaster, but what if there's a urban legend at work behind it, increasing the severity by several orders of magnitude?"

Void: "Not to mention various system failures, just the sheer number of people who are overly fatigued and have stagnant thinking, will probably inadvertently cause terrible accidents at work, right?"

Nameless Book: "Hmm, I understand. I'll go to Hong Kong City immediately."

Void is better at online information collection, processing, and analysis, but for the same work offline, she is infinitely better than Void.

Whether Void's conjecture is correct, she can make a judgment simply by going to the scene of the incident in Hong Kong City for an on-site investigation.