Chapter 46: The Storm Is Coming
“Red card warning, one time.”
Xia Feng quietly landed on the ground and walked towards the middle-aged man with his hands in his pockets. The spade symbol on his face changed into a smiling face. He slightly bowed and said in a very provocative tone:
“Want to play again? I won’t fight back this time~”
The gaunt man’s face suddenly turned grim.
“Interesting. Since you want to die, I’ll grant you your wish.”
He patted his sleeves, stood up, spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground, pointed at Xia Feng, and coldly looked at the bartender: “Mino, I want to challenge this fool, 100 picks 20!”
“Wait.” Xia Feng quickly spoke out.
The gaunt man twisted his neck and grinned teasingly: “This is the rule, you have no right to refuse.”
“Is that so?” Xia Feng looked at the bartender with doubt, “I want to challenge a higher specification, is that not allowed either?”
“Oh?” Mino’s interest was immediately piqued, “Of course, that’s possible. Respected guest, you cannot refuse someone else’s challenge, but you can increase the specification, and the opponent cannot refuse either.”
“But I must remind you, the winner still needs to finish the remaining liquor~ The higher the specification, the more Calamity Force liquor will remain,” the handsome bartender smiled.
The gaunt man was amused and angered: “Fine, kid, you’ve got guts. 100 picks 30, right? I’ll play with you, let’s see who dies first!”
He was a Calamity Eater. Unlike humans who would die upon contact with Calamity Force, he could withstand a very high concentration of Calamity Force. 100 picks 30 was not impossible to try.
“Okay.” Xia Feng nodded, “Then I challenge the 100 picks 90 specification. Let’s start quickly.”
As he spoke, he walked to the bar with hidden excitement and sat down, looking at the table full of Calamity Force liquor with the expectation of getting a free meal.
The gaunt man stood frozen on the spot: “.”
“You—are you crazy!” He snapped back to his senses, his face changed drastically, and he rushed to the bar, “Mino, wait, wait! I’ll discuss it with that kid again.”
“Kid—” He felt that this man with the spade mask didn’t realize the seriousness of the matter. 100 picks 90, even a high-level nightmare beast would have to consider if it would die.
“No need to discuss, let’s start quickly, I’m in a hurry.” Xia Feng didn’t want to waste words with this person.
“Alright, respected guest.” The bartender bowed elegantly, “As you wish.”
***
[Unknown Number: A fatal gap has appeared in the Boundless Realm, location: Pingshan Hospital, Blood Calamity Street. God’s Calamity Society will invade District 51 within three hours.]
Holy Department Council Hall.
Twelve men and women of varying figures sat around a dimly lit round table, looking down at the information on their tablets.
To the east of the round table sat an old man with white hair, wearing a white standard-issue military robe. His closed right eye had a long diagonal scar. His face was old and solemn. His drooping deep red left eye quietly gazed at everyone, exuding authority without anger.
At this time, a middle-aged man stood up and said in a deep voice, “Bureau Chief, we cannot trace the origin of this information in a short time. However, according to intelligence secretly passed from our informant in God’s Calamity City, God’s Calamity Society is indeed making a big move recently.”
“Dong dong—”
The old man, seated in a wheelchair, tapped the ground lightly with his cane and said in a deep voice, “No need to say more. Take action, activate the S-grade combat readiness plan.”
“Wh—” The middle-aged man was caught off guard and his eyes widened, “Bureau Chief, but this message might be fake. We’ve encountered this before—”
“This message is real.” The old man shook his head.
Everyone immediately understood. The Bureau Chief had probably confirmed the reliability of this message from other sources.
Seeing this, everyone immediately perked up, their expressions solemn.
“Li Sheng, you are familiar with Blood Calamity Street. Go and liaise with the Military Department, responsible for civilian evacuation.”
“Freya, Chen Xingdao, you will each lead a small team to the depths of Blood Calamity Street to search for any civilians who may not have evacuated in time.”
“Lin An, you lead…”
***
District 51 is also divided into many cities.
Junlin City, where Blood Calamity Street is located, is the central city of District 51. The suddenly ringing disaster siren quickly broke the city’s tranquility. The piercing sound made tens of millions of people stop what they were doing.
After receiving the emergency text message from the Gray Realm about invading District 51, shops closed, windows were shut, and city residents rushed to shelters, their faces filled with anxiety and unease.
The streets were in chaos. Ambulance convoys and military vehicles sped past, and the entire city was enveloped in a sense of urgency.
Mushroom also quickly ran into the anti-calamity underground basement of her villa. However, just as she was about to close the door, she suddenly froze and anxiously took out her phone to check it.
Xia Feng’s last message to her read, ‘I won’t play the game anymore, I have something to do and I’m going to Blood Calamity Street.’
Her face turned pale.
“Boom!!!”
Just then, heavenly thunder struck.
The northern sky abruptly flashed with lightning and thunder. Heavenly thunders like white dragons struck down, with purple lightning occasionally scattering, and dark clouds pressing down on the city.
Riiip—
!
Suddenly, as if the sky had opened one eye, a long, narrow, giant black crack appeared in the sky filled with lightning.
Even from such a distance, everyone could vaguely see continuous streams of gray airflow surging and spreading from within the crack.
The faces of everyone in the city changed drastically. That was Calamity Force so dense it had substance!
“Ding dong—”
Freya glanced at her phone, and an unknown voice message popped up. She casually clicked it.
“Fre, Teacher Freya, I’m a student who took your class, Xia Feng. Xia Feng went to Blood Calamity Street this afternoon and hasn’t come back yet! Fre—”
“Boom!!”
The heavenly thunder rumbled again, and Freya felt the entire ground shake. The signal was interrupted. She looked at the dark clouds in the sky with a worried expression.
A giant, cloud-like nightmare beast emerged from the spatial crack. It was the [Void Calamity], possessing a vast internal space. It could release its dense Calamity Force by self-detonating.
Freya instantly understood that God’s Calamity Society intended to turn everyone in the city into Calamity Eaters.
Only twenty [Void Calamities] would be needed for the vast, dense Calamity Force to consume the entire city.
Freya looked up at the Void Calamities emerging one after another from the crack in the sky. She knew that this city was doomed.
Not only her, but other Holy Department agents and military personnel also looked up at the terrifying scene in the sky, stunned.
One Void Calamity was a kilometer in diameter; four or five would be enough to cover the sky and the sun.
This mighty army, dispatched to the heart of the disaster, appeared very small beneath these colossal beings.
“Bureau Chief’s order, rescue plan is canceled, all troops retreat!”
Amidst the rumbling thunder, a hoarse, intermittent urgent voice came through the radio.
Following the order, everyone began to retreat, but Freya remained standing in place. She listened to Mushroom’s voice message again and couldn’t help but sigh, “This brat, always making me worry.”
However, as soon as she finished speaking, she saw a figure in a robe swiftly charge into the mist.
Freya was stunned, and then stepped forward to follow, “Old Taoist Chen, why aren’t you leaving?”
“I received news that my friend’s daughter, Mu Qingtong, is still on Blood Calamity Street.”
Chen Xingdao sighed, “She’s so weak, yet she insists on running around here. It’s truly worrying.”
