The torrential rain stopped abruptly, as if the power had been cut, leaving a sudden, suffocating silence.
The entire city of Dongzhou looked as though it had just been hauled out of the water, every speck of filth washed away to reveal a clean, gleaming surface. The sunlight that broke through the clouds felt like a harbinger of rebirth and hope. Yet, the series of corpses hanging from the city gate walls also came into everyone's view.
At the same time, a rumor began to circulate throughout the city.
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