21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 911 - 905: Storm
Chapter 911 -905: Storm
“Even the world consciousness of the Sanzu River Bank, a realm between life and death, has reacted so violently. It seems the rule extracted by Chen Yu is truly extraordinary!” The Inari God glanced around, noticing fissures caused by the earthquake at the Sanzu River Bank, and couldn’t help but marvel.
As a deity, and a powerful one at that, the Inari God had an understanding of world rules and world consciousness. When a rule is extracted, causing a disruption to the world’s operation, world consciousness would naturally respond intensely.
The intensity of the reaction from world consciousness depends directly on how significant the extracted rule’s impact is on the world.
The Sanzu River Bank, as an interstitial realm between life and death, shares a very tenuous connection with the world. It is perhaps the weakest point of world consciousness in the entire realm.
This is precisely why the Sanzu River Bank’s environment has always been extraordinarily stable. After all, the tributaries of the Nether River drawn by various pantheons act as guarantees for the prosperity of mortal worlds under those pantheons. If the Nether River’s domain were plagued by regular natural disasters, no pantheon would be able to tolerate such turmoil.
But now, the area where the Sanzu River—managed by the Japanese deity system—resided had actually been struck by an earthquake, and judging by the traces left on the riverbank, it seemed the Sanzu River water had flooded as well. This goes to show just how intense the reaction of world consciousness was.
If this were happening in the present mortal world, it might have already resulted in a catastrophic natural disaster. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
Faced with such a situation, how could the Inari God not be astonished?
“The rule I extracted is the storm. I must admit, the reaction from world consciousness has exceeded my expectations. It seems the importance of this rule is far greater than I had imagined.” Chen Yu made no effort to hide what he had done and openly revealed the rule he had extracted to the Inari God.
The storm, strictly speaking, is not considered a particularly crucial rule. It represents merely a component of the atmospheric cycle, a type of natural disaster, a common weather phenomenon and natural occurrence—not the cornerstone of world operation.
Although the divine duty symbolized by this rule is notably ancient, it is not particularly powerful. Most pantheons seem to have gods of storms, yet their status is rather low.
Based on Chen Yu’s estimation, this would at most amount to an intermediate divine rank—just sufficient for him to gift to Xiao Lan, fulfilling his promise to grant her an intermediate divine rank.
He had assumed the reaction from world consciousness wouldn’t be too strong and that staying at the Sanzu River Bank would shield him from major disruptions.
However, reality deviated from Chen Yu’s expectations. Though the storm rule indeed belonged to the intermediate divine power level, its significance surpassed his predictions.
The storm is merely a weather phenomenon, a single segment within the atmospheric cycle—but it’s an exceedingly vital component.
It may be difficult to comprehend this importance, but one need only reflect on the countless typhoons generated worldwide each year and the number of storms formed to grasp the significance of this rule in the atmospheric cycle.
Despite being at the intermediate divine power level, it is closely linked to the foundational operation of the world’s atmospheric cycle, being a crucial constituent. Any problem with the storm rule would disrupt the atmospheric cycle, which would, in turn, affect the world at large.
Thus, when Chen Yu extracted this rule from the Network of Rules, the intense reaction from world consciousness came as no surprise.
After all, the storm is no longer merely an isolated weather phenomenon as it was conceived in ancient times. Technically speaking, it has become a vital part of the world’s operation.
“Storms, is it? It seems the significance of natural phenomena has risen greatly compared to the past!” As the Inari God listened to Chen Yu’s explanation, He quickly understood the situation. However, while this development had been within His and Chen Yu’s expectations, they hadn’t anticipated the world rules’ reaction to be so violent.
The Inari God didn’t dwell further on the matter, simply nodding in acknowledgment before asking, “What are your plans, Lord Chen Yu? Will you proceed according to the original plan?”
“While the response from world consciousness has exceeded my expectations, this does not impact the original plan. Everything will proceed as planned.” After brief consideration, Chen Yu responded, his gaze shifting toward the opposite bank of the Sanzu River as he finished speaking.
Over there, the gray flying creatures that had previously clustered together had already dispersed, though a large number of them still hovered in the air, seemingly attempting to cross the Sanzu River.
On the river’s surface, the bottomless ferry that was nearly sinking continued its wobbling journey toward their side, with its damages gradually being repaired.
Following Chen Yu’s line of sight and noticing this scene, the Inari God’s eyes narrowed sharply, adopting a solemn tone as He remarked, “I hadn’t expected the Stygian River Ferry to be such a situation. It seems the Yomotsu no Oni Kuni isn’t willing to remain idle!”
“The Yomotsu no Oni Kuni, huh?” Upon hearing the Inari God’s words, Chen Yu showed little reaction—merely nodding thoughtfully.
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“The weather is so strange today! Why did such thick clouds roll in all of a sudden? It looks like it’s going to rain!” In the office of General Surgery, Kohinata Kaori leaned against the window, observing the abrupt change in weather outside with a puzzled complaint.
However, Kohinata Kaori didn’t pay it much heed, only worrying slightly about how she’d get home without an umbrella if it did start raining.
Tokyo is a coastal city, and rain in this season is perfectly normal. If not for the sudden emergence of heavy cloud cover today, Kohinata Kaori might have overlooked the change altogether.
“It does seem odd. I remember the weather forecast in the morning said it’d be sunny all day!” Daimon Michiko also approached to take a look at the unusual weather, her expression tinged with confusion.
Doctor Kaji, flipping through patient records nearby, overheard the two women’s comments and raised his head to interject, “The weather forecast must’ve been wrong, right? These forecasts are barely reliable nowadays. Last time they said it’d be sunny, I didn’t put the top up on my convertible, and the rain totally drenched the car. Took me ages to clean out all the water!”
Though Doctor Kaji attempted to join in on Kohinata Kaori and Daimon Michiko’s discussion, the two women completely ignored him, leaving him awkwardly hanging.
Meanwhile, Qingdai tapped on her phone, checking the updated weather forecast, only to exclaim in stunned disbelief after reading it: “Typhoon alert? Is this for real? How could they suddenly issue a typhoon warning without any previous indication? It’s heading straight for Japan’s mainland! Did this typhoon just pop out of thin air?”
