Chapter 197

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a huge man-made structure, which blended perfectly with its surroundings, was floating above the water. The structure, which was built with the latest human technology, was called ‘Island’. It was a boring and uncreative name. But that name embodied just how mundane the Island’s function was; observing the Hell Gate.

However, contrary to its mundane and boring function, the structure shouldered a heavy burden of humanity’s survival. It was safe to say that it was the very first line of defence humanity had against the Hell Gate. This reflected well on the fact that billions of dollars were invested in the structure every year.

So far, humanity has attempted to conquer Hell Gate several times. But success was a word which had never accompanied these attempts. The expedition that Yoo Seodam had joined years ago was only successful in digging up the material inside. They had barely managed to come alive from scouting, and as surviving itself was so difficult, conquering it was an impossible dream.

And today, their mundane lifestyle of observing the ever-stagnant Hell Gate comes to an end.

Weeing! Weeing! Weeing!

“Hey, what is this…!”

An abrupt change happened in Hell Gate. Usually, when Hell Gate started to show signs of activity, it meant that all the materials and energy inside were exploding, and it was vomiting the environment and monsters contained inside towards Earth, inflicting great damage. That’s why everyone on Earth was always wary of it.

However,

“It’s absorbing energy from Earth?”

The current phenomenon was something which had never happened before. Instead of pouring out energy, Hell Gate had started to absorb energy from Earth. In other words, they were pulling Earth towards it!

Although the absorption rate was very small… What if the phenomenon was accelerated?

“Earth might be in great danger.’