217: Chapter 217 Global Panic

Thunder roared.

Continuous clouds surged violently, pressing extremely low. Accompanied by blood-red lightning constantly leaping between the cloud layers, it felt as if the sky would collapse at any moment.

The rainstorm became even more torrential.

"This weather..."

Everyone looked at the scene in disbelief, all of them feeling as if doomsday had arrived.

Those eerie blood-red lightning bolts occasionally converged and fell in dense clusters, twisting and intertwining to form various strange 3D patterns. They seemed like some kind of manifestation, incredibly bizarre.

"This is..."

Chu Xuan stared blankly at the scene, his mind deeply shaken.

He recognized one of the 3D patterns that flashed by.

Countless tiny blood-colored ring structures were intertwined, twisting and intersecting to form a massive blood-red ring...

"I saw this at the Night Demon's promotion ceremony. It represents the Evil God of the Clone sequence, the King of the Endless Soul Abyss, the Lord of All Spirits..."

Chu Xuan's thoughts raced, instantly recalling the scene from back then. He couldn't help but look at Qin Qing, who had also attended, and she happened to turn her gaze toward him at that exact moment.

Their eyes met, and Qin Qing gave a slight nod.

Chu Xuan felt a chill in his heart as he continued to look out the window. 3D patterns formed by blood-red lightning lines flashed one after another.

"It seems that every pattern formed by the lightning lines might represent an Evil God..."

At this thought, Chu Xuan's pupils constricted. There were too many patterns; although not every one was as clear as the ring structure, they all possessed a soul-stirring sense of eeriness.

Some patterns looked like the claw marks of ancient beasts, some like the trajectories of celestial bodies, and some like massive wings...

Especially when a pattern shaped like a vertical pupil appeared, Chu Xuan's heart suddenly throbbed. He felt as if he were being stared at by that vertical pupil at this very moment, and his entire body felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Gazing through the false, weaving dreams—this is the only True God... the manifestation of the Final Phantom God!" Phantom Demon's voice suddenly rang out, filled with fervent devotion.

Chu Xuan's scalp tingled, and the feeling of heart palpitations grew stronger. It wasn't until two or three seconds later, when the vertical pupil vanished and the blood-red lightning converged into other patterns, that he felt much more at ease.

After about seven or eight minutes, the blood-red lightning continued to leap within the clouds, but it no longer converged into those bizarre patterns.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief from their shock, and their pent-up tension eased slightly, though the expressions on their faces remained heavy.

"Everyone should have felt it, right? Those patterns represent the Evil Gods of the Dark World. When the Evil God pattern corresponding to our respective sequence appears, we feel a palpitating sensation..."

He Jun, sitting at the head of the table, was the first to snap back to reality. He looked around at everyone and slowly let out a breath.

"Regarding the candidate for the new Captain of the Haicheng Night Watchers, headquarters has not yet given clear instructions. It's not ruled out that they will parachute a Captain in, but for the time being, Zhang Qiang will serve as the Captain. From now on, all matters related to Haicheng will be decided by Zhang Qiang. Furthermore..."

Pausing slightly, He Jun added, "Furthermore, this weather today isn't right. According to the previous predictions of Revelation, this is likely a change in certain rules related to the Dark World. As for specific deployment, Captain Zhang knows Haicheng's situation better than I do, so I won't interfere too much. I will contact headquarters immediately to report the strange weather in Haicheng and seek the Captain General's advice."

After saying this, He Jun stood up and left the meeting room with his companions, under the gaze of the Haicheng Night Watchers led by Zhang Qiang.

"Since headquarters has appointed me as the temporary Captain, I won't stand on ceremony with everyone."

Zhang Qiang lit a cigarette and said amidst the smoke, "Luo Xiaotian, contact the Publicity Department immediately. Through traditional media like television and radio stations, as well as relevant social media platforms, issue an emergency notice to all citizens of Haicheng: do not go out today or tomorrow unless absolutely necessary."

While Luo Xiaotian started making arrangements, Zhang Qiang continued, "Everyone else, get ready to move at a moment's notice and be prepared for emergencies. We will still follow the previous sector divisions; report any situation immediately.

Although the incident rate of Specter events in Haicheng has dropped to almost zero after intensive screening over the past few days, we still cannot let our guard down. Today's phenomenon is very likely to cause many more Dark Rifts to appear.

Also, that rat that escaped from Star City Plaza still hasn't been found. Even though no similar cases have occurred since, it doesn't mean that rat has left Haicheng."

As he spoke, Zhang Qiang's gaze fell on Tang Zheng, and he gave a light cough. "Tang Zheng, if an emergency occurs, we might have to trouble you."

"Don't worry, with Brother Zheng here, there won't be any accidents!"

Tang Zheng grinned and said, "Since Azure Dragon has been dealt with, Brother Xuan and I naturally won't be leaving."

As he spoke, Tang Zheng turned to look at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan's expression remained normal, and he did not speak.

In Future Tang Zheng's description, the two of them were supposed to be candidates for the Seed Project and would be invited by the Beijing Inspection Team to travel with them to Beijing.

But He Jun had not mentioned this matter.

Chu Xuan thought back for a moment.

After leaving the wasteland where they had killed Azure Dragon that afternoon, the group had gone to the airport to pick up the Inspection Team led by He Jun, while simultaneously reporting the situation regarding Azure Dragon to headquarters.

Headquarters had immediately appointed He Jun as the temporary Inspector General to check if there were any other Resurrection Society members within the Night Watchers.

After an afternoon of screening, they had found nothing.

It was worth mentioning that the Lie-Detecting Beads He Jun used were developed by the Haicheng Research Department with Zhang Qiang's assistance. When Luo Xiaotian was questioned, Zhang Qiang was right beside him.

Similarly, when Zhao Hongchan was questioned, she had been holding the baby the entire time.

After the inspection ended, they went to the Research Department to inspect the Specter corpses on-site. Most had already been dissected, while others were preserved in formalin.

The numerous Specter corpses were categorized, making it look like a small museum.

The Transcendents like He Jun were fine and didn't show much reaction, but the ordinary people who had come as high-level official representatives from Beijing were incredibly shocked, as if they had received a massive blow.

The tour didn't end until late at night.

And until just now, when Chu Xuan returned with Zhang Qiang and the others after capturing Xinyue Fox to attend this emergency meeting, He Jun had never once mentioned the Seed Project.

Right, Future Tang Zheng's description back then was that a great upheaval would occur globally, and only then would the Beijing headquarters launch the Seed Project and arrange for them to go.

Could this upheaval refer to the weather just now?

In other words, the phenomenon just now wasn't just in Haicheng, but...

Global in scale!

Chu Xuan's gaze suddenly froze.

"Chu Xuan, what's wrong?"

Zhang Qiang noticed the change in Chu Xuan's expression and asked, "What did you sense this time?"

Chu Xuan let out a long breath and spoke slowly.

"This world is about to change..."

That night.

All major mainstream social media platforms were flooded with posts from netizens about the bizarre blood-red lightning spectacle tonight.

In the country alone, even though it was late at night, the topic's popularity had already exploded.

It wasn't until four in the morning, when several shocking reports were released by the official media,

That the entire nation was in an uproar.

Global panic!