Chapter 21: Purple Moon Arrives

Ji Yu had not slept naturally for a long time.

He entered the game as an oak tree so he could rely on meditation to ensure that he would be full of energy the next day.

But as a human, normal sleep was something Ji Yu missed.

Therefore, after chatting with Adam, Ji Yu decided to take a nap.

After setting an alarm, Ji Yu quickly fell into a deep sleep.

…

4.00 am in the Barna Rainforest, at the tribe where the oak tree resided.

Adam was looking around at his surroundings curiously.

As a lifeform that had just been given its own mind, although he was equipped with knowledge of this world, seeing it with his own eyes was very different from the basic knowledge that existed in its own thoughts.

Looking around, Adam was filled with a sense of novelty.

Under the tree, the bonfire was brightly lit. Countless humans were gathered together. Most of them were sleeping, while a few of them were gathered around discussing important matters.

Above the tree, the full moon was shining brightly. A large number of birds perched together on the wide leaves, while a few nocturnal birds were intoxicated by the ochre colored flowers that reflected moonlight like water.

Looking at the rainforest and the sky, for the first time, Adam felt the joy of being alive.

“This is life. Perhaps the meaning of life is to be able to see and sense everything in the world?”

“Thank you, Father, for giving me a life and bringing me to this world.”

Adam was impressed by the beauty of this world, and at the same time, he was brimming with feelings of respect and admiration for his father who brought him to this world.

Adam recalled what his father instructed him and collected his thoughts.

He had plenty of time to appreciate the beauty of the world. Growing was his top priority.

After all, from his conversation with his father, he was still so weak that he needed his father’s personal guidance.

Recalling the exaggerated scene of his father meditating in his memory, Adam immediately felt that he should work harder to grow.

As such, Adam immediately attempted to enter the meditative state.

He focused his mind and withdrew from all stray thoughts. Adam’s first meditation was very successful and he quickly entered the state.

However, Adam soon woke from his meditation.

Adam sighed in disappointment.

The reason was simple. Adam realized that the gains from his meditation were very, very slow.

Compared to the gain obtained when father arrived and meditated, his own meditation was dozens of times slower.

This made Adam feel his lack of talent. At the same time, he finally understood how powerful his father was.

Adam didn’t unduly belittle himself.

After all, to his knowledge, this world was just an ordinary world.

While he was a miraculous life created by his father. Compared to the ordinary lifeforms in this world, his own specialness and talent should be considered outstanding.

Therefore, Adam quickly saw his slow meditation as a reasonable state.

The reason for the difference between him and his father was naturally because of his father’s mysteriousness and greatness.

His father was like the sun in the sky, like the stars of the universe. He was unreachable, sacred and great.

With that thought in mind, Adam’s mood improved greatly. At the same time, he yearned for his father even more.

Soon, Adam calmed down.

However, just as Adam was about to continue his meditation, he suddenly noticed something strange.

He looked up at the sky. The full moon, which had a silver glow, was now covered in a purple veil.

In the dark night, the entire world was instantly enveloped in a faint yet strange purple color.

And it was also at this moment that the birds that were originally perched on the treetop started waking up one after another.

The clamor of birds rose in waves.

However, the birds did not fly up. Instead, all of them eagerly dived under the thick leaves of the oak tree.

The birds looked panicked and no longer sleepy.

They squeezed under the thick foliage, collectively silent and motionless as they stared.

Under the oak tree, the people who were sleeping near the bonfire were all awakened by the night watchers’ hasty shouts.

The moment these people woke up, they quickly ran under the oak tree and hid in the huge shadow created by the oak tree crown.

Under the tree.

“This Purple Moon sure came suddenly, but it’s almost dawn so it shouldn’t last long.”

Reid frowned at the purple color that suddenly descended from the darkness.

“That may be the case, but the radiation intensity of this Purple Moon seems to be something that cannot be underestimated!”

Mallory stood at the boundary between the tree’s shadow and the Purple Moon. Taking out the detector, he pointed it at the Purple Moon. He saw the numbers on the detector increase continuously.

1.23, 1.52, 1.78…

Very soon, the value on the detector stabilized at around 5.68.

This value was not small. It was more than double the radiation intensity of the previous Purple Moon.

It was known that the Purple Moon’s radiation would accumulate within the body of a living creature. The amount of radiation which would be taken in from an intensity of more than 5 was a value that could not be underestimated.

Looking at the radiation intensity on the detector, everyone’s expression became solemn.

Some people even scanned themselves and their faces soon darkened.

“The situation is terrible! I was only exposed to the Purple Moon for about ten seconds and my body’s pollution level increased by 0.21.”

“This… something terrible is happening!”

The moment those words were out, everyone’s expressions changed.

Everyone immediately began to check their bodies.

“0.57.”

“0.36.”

“0.45.”

They were more or less the same. Previously, when the group of people first arrived here, none of their pollution levels were above 0.20. Now, the pollution level of these people has soared by more than 20%.

Alright, with this, people’s mood dived to rock bottom.

These people were not worried about the chaos which may happen in human society. After all, officials of the various countries had already put in place regulatory measures to counter the Purple Moon situation, and most people knew to avoid it.

However, things were different for animals.

Although most animals knew how to hide from harm, there were also some that didn’t have that ability and some of them which were not able to find a place to hide in time.

The entire world was not as peaceful as it seemed on the surface.

Because most of the large-scale contamination incidents caused by the Purple Moon had been concealed by the officials.

For example, the crazy fishes at Maria Trench, as well as the monster-like whale which attacked a ship.

And large-scale extinction events like the one in Moreton Plains, as well as the destruction of towns on Snow Island two months ago by sea lions.

In short, even though those were rare hostile events, all of this had long exceeded the scope of knowledge and understanding of ordinary people.

Officials from the various countries were actively deploying troops to deal with these incidents and to conceal the news.

The entire human world seemed to be at peace, but in fact, it was slowly sliding into an abyss.