Just as Daniel was about to set aside the [Gnome Communicator], a fresh breaking news headline suddenly popped up in the center of the screen.
"The Millennium Apocalypse Draws Near—What Form Will It Take This Time?"
"Terra Fortress Loses Contact—Could This Be Tied to the Coming Apocalypse?"
...
There were plenty of similar headlines appearing one after another.
But this time, Daniel's expression grew noticeably more solemn.
For years now, he had been quietly investigating the origin of the Blood Moon Incident. And the deeper he dug, the more he became convinced that the tragic fall of the Crossbridge Kingdom, which began with the emergence of a blood moon and ended in utter annihilation, might have been the first sign of the incoming Millennium Apocalypse.
Yes—contrary to what most believed, the apocalypse wasn't something that simply erupted out of nowhere. There had always been omens, scattered and subtle.
Some people might take note of them. Others might not.
