Apocalypse Forecast

"Wait!"

Huai Shi instinctively raised his hand to object, only to see Crow throw a full travel bag at him. "Take it, you'll need it on the way."

"What is it?"

He instinctively asked, not missing a beat.

In the next moment, Huai Shi slipped under his feet.

A large hole appeared beneath Huai Shi, and with a scream, he fell into darkness.

The Special Affairs Office returned to silence.

"Such a pity, it's like leaving no one alive..."

Crow spread its wings, gliding over the messy dungeon, flying up the stairs, and landing on the roof of the Special Affairs Office. It looked up at the black smoke column that was invisible to the naked eye.

Looking down from the sky, through layers of disguise and hidden surging power, everything was revealed in Crow's crimson eyes.

Like a huge shadow of a flying bird, slowly unfolding, covering the entire city.

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Nine ferocious heads pointed in different directions, devouring the sacrifices and offerings from all over the city, as if returning to the egg.

Lurking in the darkness, nurturing changes from hell.

"The Nine Phoenixes? How interesting."

She chuckled softly, "Should I say they are determined or brainless? But in the end, it will all be in vain."

No one responded.

The stage was set, and the curtain was about to rise.

But this time, who would be the protagonist?

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Huai Shi felt himself falling in the darkness.

The sound of the wind whistled past. After an unknown amount of time, he finally sat on the ground, but before he could get up, a strong gust of wind blew towards him, and a heavy iron whip stopped right in front of him.

Close at hand.

Huai Shi's hair stood on end.

"Who!"

Huai Shi followed the iron whip with his eyes, only to see a burly man standing in front of him. His left arm was already severed at the shoulder, his face pale, but his eyes were burning like fire, bloodshot.

"Big brother, don't shoot, it's me..."

Huai Shi instinctively raised his hands and said halfway, realizing it was not right, and quickly changed his words, "I'm an ally! I'm an ally!"

The burly man looked at him coldly, the iron whip hanging in front of him, motionless, as if he would stab him to death with the slightest movement.

He felt the chilling killing intent from the man.

Looking at the strange and bloody corpse behind the man, it was clear that the killing intent was real.

Even though they were only a few inches apart, the pressure from the iron whip felt heavy on his shoulder, making it difficult for him to move, and he was sweating profusely.

"Well, let me explain..."

"The Astronomical Society?"

The burly man asked first.

Huai Shi was stunned, "Uh, yes, how did you know?"

The man glanced at the bag that fell earlier, and someone had thoughtfully attached his work card from the Astronomical Society to the seal of the travel bag.

Name, age, and photo... It was like a blind date, indicating his identity to avoid friendly fire.

How thoughtful.

It would be better if the landing was more stable!

"Huai Shi, right?" He looked at the innocent face of the young man in front of him, and his expression became even more unpleasant. "You are the local Sublimator mentioned in the report, I know you."

"Uh..." Huai Shi didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, "Who are you?"

"Special Operations Department of the Social Security Bureau, Third Rank, Jin Mu."

After confirming Huai Shi's identity, he slowly retracted the iron whip and threw a metal badge from his pocket. The badge bore the unmistakable source material fluctuations and his military rank.

After going through Ai Qing's training, Huai Shi knew how to verify its authenticity. After confirming that it was genuine, he quickly returned it with both hands, "Sorry for the disrespect."

"Follow me."

With a clear favor towards Huai Shi, he took back the badge and carried the iron whip on his one arm. He walked ahead, not looking back, "Just don't slow me down."

Until now, Huai Shi finally had time to observe the surroundings.

They seemed to be underground, in a huge tunnel. There were traces of excavation everywhere. With the flickering light bulbs above their heads, they could see the signs of fighting everywhere, clearly having experienced a fierce battle.

As Huai Shi took a step, he stepped on a broken rail.

A railway?

Huai Shi was stunned for a moment, then realized, "Subway?"

Combining the surroundings, he could almost determine where he was.

No, if the Pure Net people wanted to cause trouble, undoubtedly the unfinished subway line in Xin Hai would be the most convenient place, right?

With one hand holding the bag and the other holding the instructions given by Crow, Huai Shi followed Jin Mu from behind, "Where are we going?"

Jin Mu walked ahead without looking back, "To find my partner, Shen Yue, and your superior."

"Ai Qing?"

Huai Shi was surprised.

Jin Mu said, "Before I was dragged down, I saw him grabbing the inspector. They should have fallen together."

"Oh."

Huai Shi nodded and then focused on the instructions in his hand, occasionally nodding and marveling.

Until Jin Mu turned around and frowned, "What are you looking at?"

"The instructions." Huai Shi closed the instructions, which he had only read a little, and put them in his pocket. "I understand a little bit after reading it for a while. Next time, I'll ask her to prepare a simplified version for me. There's just too much information in the long version."

He put down the travel bag in his hand and took a deep breath.

"Wait for me, let me try..."

He took a horse stance, clenched his fists, and made a sound, exerting force. His face turned red, but it looked more like constipation, making Jin Mu puzzled.

A long and awkward silence.

"Sorry, I'm not in the right condition."

Huai Shi coughed awkwardly, "Let's continue."

Jin Mu looked at him coldly for a while, then turned around and walked forward. But as soon as he took a step, his arm seemed boneless as he swung the iron whip towards behind him.

He blocked the axe that was swung down from behind.

He slowly turned his head, staring at the slightly surprised young man, his expression gloomy.

"Have you gone mad?"

"You have to believe me, it's a misunderstanding." Huai Shi looked at the axe in his hand, awkwardly took a step back, "I originally planned to kill you painlessly, but since I've been discovered, there's no other way."

He grinned, twisted his neck, and stretched his stiff muscles that had been trapped in the cage for a long time. With the creaking sound, strands of gray flames slowly emerged from under his clothes, inch by inch, igniting his skin.

Soon, apart from the pale source material flames in his hands, his whole body was enveloped in a gray and gloomy flame. In that dancing flame, everything seemed to become blurry, unable to distinguish whether it was substance or illusion, faintly melting into the darkness.

And right in front of his chest, the crack like a vortex slowly rotated, like a furnace in the depths of hell.

Radiating light.

Holy Mark · Yin Soul, activated.

"It's a pity that you told me so much, but... it ends here."

In the enveloping flames, the young man, like a ghost, revealed a smile. "So, should I kill you painlessly first and then examine your body, or should I obediently take off this fake face and let me see your true face?"

"Discovered... already?"

In that instant, a moment of stiffness appeared in Jin Mu's solemn expression. Then, his mouth slowly curled up, revealing an almost exaggerated smile that extended almost to his ears.

Immediately, from his open mouth, viscous black liquid slowly poured out, emitting a foul smell. The liquid boiled almost violently, making a sticky sound.

"Where did I... go wrong?"

"To be honest, when the Holy Mark was activated at the beginning, I thought there was something wrong with my eyes."

Huai Shi held the axe in his hand and pointed to his own eyes, which turned from black to iron gray. In their reflection, the figure of Jin Mu, who had been completely shattered, appeared, showing signs of decay. Purple-black liquid flowed slowly in his corpse-like body, revealing his true appearance.

This was everything Huai Shi saw in that instant when the Holy Mark was activated.

Fortunately, the instructions were detailed enough.

But even so, Huai Shi found it hard to believe that there were border anomalies that could even disguise source material fluctuations. Now, it seemed that they could even obtain some memories. It was truly surprising.

"Unfortunately, it stinks."

Huai Shi murmured softly, "If you had taken me somewhere else, I probably wouldn't have suspected you."

He sniffed the increasingly strong stench in the air, a mixture of decay and blood, making him nauseous.

"Anyway, it's enough here..."

In the almost 180-degree twist of his neck, the ghostly figure looked towards the direction they were originally heading, and in the darkness, pairs of blood-red eyes slowly lit up. Soon, one deformed creature after another crawled out of the darkness.

Some looked like humans, but with deformed skeletons and no hair left on their bodies. Some looked like wild dogs or cats, but their bodies were huge, like lions. There were also a bunch of ghost-like creatures that looked like rats.

In the howl of the imposter Jin Mu, those dozen or so deformed creatures crawled forward, some directly lying on the ceiling of the tunnel, dripping foul saliva, falling at Huai Shi's feet.

"One last question."

Huai Shi awkwardly looked at the monsters surrounding him, raised his finger and asked, "Do you border anomalies have a habit of seeing a psychologist?"

No one responded.

In the screech of the transformed Jin Mu, those ghostly creatures surrounded them and the stench overwhelmed them.

It seemed that there was none.

What a pity.

But for Huai Shi, it seemed just right.

He could try the Holy Mark talent recommended by Crow with five stars, it seemed to be called...

In that instant, as Huai Shi spread his arms, the gray flame of calamity that covered him instantly spread in all directions, turning into a thin and conspicuous rusty mist!

In the enveloping mist, an eruption of endless fear instantly invaded every conscious being capable of thought, blending the pain, sadness, and terror extracted from countless deaths into one, erupting from the deepest part of their consciousness.

The screams of fear suddenly resounded, and in that instant, from the rusty mist, a pair of flaming pupils slowly lifted, and a smile appeared at the corner of the mouth.

This was the core talent of the Holy Mark Yin Soul, with a radius of three meters...

"Fear Aura!"