Sū Qīngyíng walked along the small path in the back mountain.
Her anger grew with every thought, and she couldn't help but tap her headset lightly, connecting to the Agent.
"I feel like I've been played."
"Huh?"
The Agent looked bewildered.
"Really, what are the odds? Every time I go, I arrive just a step too late. This is definitely intentional!"
"The time before last, that rabbit died. I rushed over and spent the whole night picking up scattered bits of meat. Fine, I'll admit I was late that time."
"Last time, I staked out all night. I just stepped out for a cup of milk tea, and when I came back, the person was gone. The latter half of the day was spent planting flowers and digging soil… The traces all over the ground made my hands tremble; it felt harder than farming on the mountain!"
"This time is even worse. I could see the breakthrough light, just five seconds away, and by the time I ran over, they were already gone. Tell me, what is this if not being played?!!!"
As Su Qingying spoke, her voice came out a little broken.
What a bitter life, I don't want to live anymore.
The Agent on the other end of the line fell silent after hearing this.
She, who had always been fair, felt that what Su Qingying said made perfect sense.
How could such coincidences happen in this world!
To appease Su Qingying's emotions, she decided to change the subject and share some good news to distract her.
"Alright, alright, don't worry about that for now. Actually, I think it's a good thing that you've been out on missions lately."
"Recently,【Anomalies】have appeared."
Upon hearing this, Su Qingying's pupils contracted sharply, and her expression immediately became solemn.
"【Anomalies】… they've appeared again?"
Her voice trembled slightly.
She would never forget those monsters; they were the dark underbelly of the city.
They were evil, bizarre, and brutal.
They extremely disliked humans, easily toying with human lives.
Those monsters often had hideous appearances and cruel methods; it wasn't simple slaughter but a craving for torture. They also benefited from the Great Heaven and Earth Change, just like the pioneers. The only difference was that they were dark high attributes.
Anomalies resembled the 'demons' from some movies and TV shows. They were often powerful and violent. The last time they appeared, the Spiritual Energy Cultivation Association lost several pioneers.
Su Qingying clearly remembered that the Anomaly's appearance was extremely hideous and bizarre. Its body was shrouded in a dark mist, emitting a bone-chilling stench. Its skin was pale as a corpse, covered in cracks and sores, burning with evil.
She had once met its eyes.
They were a pair of scarlet pupils, flickering with endless darkness and ferocity, as if they could devour one's soul!
The Anomaly's behavior was extremely brutal; it didn't just kill simply but reveled in the pleasure derived from torture. Therefore, where Anomalies appeared, the air was always filled with the scent of blood, and the sounds of wailing and cracking bones intertwined, forming a terrifying symphony of death. The word "Anomaly" itself represented endless suffering and despair.
It was a dark nightmare that kept Su Qingying from sleeping well for a month.
The Agent noticed Su Qingying's silence and comforted her.
"It's okay. It's good that you're outside, at least you don't have to face the Anomalies. But you still need to be careful because who knows where those damned things are hiding."
Su Qingying's eyelashes fluttered.
"I understand. Thank you."
...
Soon, a light rain began to fall from the sky.
The rain gradually intensified.
Before long, the rain descended like a mighty army galloping across the heavens. The raindrops wove a blurry picture like silver threads, obscuring the distant scenery and drowning out all sound.
Occasionally, a dazzling bolt of lightning would pierce the night sky, followed by a thunderous roar, as if the heart of the earth was bellowing.
At the windowsill.
Fāng Yì quietly gazed outside.
Observing this natural fury, his eyes were deep, and strands of hair danced on his forehead.
"Was thunder always this terrifying?"
【Which great being is undergoing Tribulation?】
A trending search topic was pushed to the very top.
The accompanying video showed the scene Fāng Yì was witnessing. Comments were refreshing every second.
"This guy has too much content, but this celestial phenomenon is indeed unusual."
"The commotion is too outrageous. Anyone claiming responsibility? I dare to say it, and you dare to believe it."
"My 80-year-old grandpa said this is the thickest thunder he's seen since he was born. He's very scared now, saying the God of Thunder is angry. To break his feudal superstitions, I told him it's the end of the world this year, and we'll all die today. Just now, he fainted from extreme fear and has been sent to the hospital by ambulance for emergency treatment. Family, did I do the right thing?"
"Top comment, extremely unfilial."
"Second to top comment is truly a great filial son. If your grandpa really dies today, he'll definitely crawl out of his grave to slap you on his funeral day!"
The atmosphere was gradually shifting.
Fāng Yì's gaze moved away from his phone.
BOOM!
At this moment, an unbelievably large thunderclap suddenly climbed across the sky. The terrifying sound caused car alarms to blare on the street.
Fāng Yì tapped his fingers gently on the glass.
A guess slowly formed in his mind.
"Such rich thunder attributes, violent, majestic."
Perhaps… this was the beginning of a new Great Heaven and Earth Change?
As the thought emerged, a text message notification arrived on his phone.
【Xia Kingdom Weather Forecast Warm Reminder: Current thunderstorm weather, dangerous on roads, please do not go out.】
This message was like a dose of reassurance.
Fāng Yì smiled slightly, making up his mind.
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He stepped towards the door. A waterproof black coat was hanging on the coat rack by the door; he had prepared it long ago. The coat was tailored precisely, with clean lines, outlining his tall figure and shimmering faintly.
Since he hadn't bought new bindings for his Tang Dao, he omitted them and instead hung the Tang Dao at his waist, concealing its shape with the coat.
Once ready, he opened the door and stepped out into the pitch-black, stormy night…
BOOM!!!
Lightning climbed across the sky, emitting a deafening roar, as if the entire world trembled.
It was like an angry god descending upon the mortal realm, its might like mountains and seas, instilling irresistible fear.
In the flashing light, one could almost see the angry eyes of the lightning god, burning with endless fury, about to turn everything to ashes.
The text message had been too conservative.
In this kind of weather, it wasn't just recommended not to go out; one wouldn't dare to go out at all.
The terror of the lightning lay in its oppressive power, a deep, primal fear of natural disasters imprinted in the bones of living beings. Before the lightning, they seemed so small, insignificant as ants.
CRASH!!!
Lightning fell from the sky, striking somewhere in the back mountain.
Amidst this earth-shattering sound.
Many people witnessed this scene.
"Heavens! What is that?"
"Did heaven strike it with lightning? Fortunately, it's the back mountain and not a residential area, but it's still too terrifying!!"
"Did you see the lightning that just struck? It was thicker than a python, striking straight down. I bet that ancient tree in the back mountain, which requires three people to embrace, won't survive."