On the gravel beach of the Serenitea Pot landing zone, refugees stood in queues to receive clean drinking water. Without warning, the ground violently shuddered as though a sleeping behemoth were tossing in its sleep. Clay pots rolled off carts and shattered, the frames of temporary tents groaned, and the crowd instantly plunged into panic.
"The barrier has broken?!" someone screamed, clutching their head and crouching down.
Keqing's Lightning Stiletto drove into the ground with a crackle, weaving a fine net of purple electricity to stabilize a ten-meter radius. "Maintain order! It's an external spatial disturbance!" Her crisp voice cut through the clamor. The people raised their heads, still shaken, just as the gray canopy of the sky was suddenly ripped apart by a blood-red gash.
Chapter 46