“I think we might be able to go to North City first when the time comes.”
The words Shen Yan had said to her before couldn’t help but echo in Su Aoxue’s mind.
The tone had been beyond dispute. Looking back now, it felt strangely… reliable?
However, Ling Feng asked with some doubt, “Hmm? Why would you think of going to North City?”
“Well, because my friend is going there too. He was the one who told me that a City-Destroying Level disaster is about to break out.”
“Maybe there is a special reason for going to North City?”
The more she realized how accurate Shen Yan’s information was, the more Su Aoxue became curious about how he knew.
Along with that, she didn’t doubt at all that North City was a safe zone.
“Oh? Then your friend is quite a talent if he can discover something like this.”
Ling Feng nodded slightly, suddenly taking a bit of interest in this “friend” of Su Aoxue’s.
However, at that moment, she suddenly remembered—did Su Aoxue even have other friends? From what she had seen so far, she had only noticed two.
Involuntarily, Ling Feng thought of that little fellow named Shen Yan.
‘Could it be that kid who is suspected of being a high-level Pharmacist?’
‘He seems to be a research talent. If I can swindle him into the 3rd Base City as well…’
……
Meanwhile, inside the emergency meeting of the Base City’s upper management.
The noise was incessant.
“Impossible, absolutely impossible! Twenty years have passed, and there hasn’t been a single City-Destroying Level Gray Mist Tide!”
“How could a City-Destroying Level Gray Mist Tide break out this time?”
“Besides, aren’t all Mist Wraiths above the Elite-level blocked by the Core Base City? How could Gray Mist creatures beyond the Elite-level appear here!”
“If a Commander-rank Mist Wraith really showed up, it would have attacked us a long damn time ago. There’s no way there wouldn’t have been any movement until now!”
“I’ll say this right now: if a City-Destroying Level disaster really happens, I’ll be the first one on the front lines!”
Section Chief Xiong of the City Guard Department looked at the leader of this meeting with a face full of disbelief.
That was the Director of the Research Department.
Just yesterday, the Chief had publicly declared with absolute confidence that this Gray Mist Tide would only reach a B-rank Local Disaster Level.
Today, it had evolved into an A-Rank City-Destroying Level disaster. Wasn’t that a slap to his face?
However, as a researcher who insisted on seeking truth from facts, the Director spoke bluntly. “Section Chief Xiong, I know what you are thinking.”
“According to data from the last twenty years, the 12% probability of a City-Destroying Level disaster comes from the 11% probability of Gray Mist creatures evolving into Commander-ranks in the later stages. Excluding the autonomous evolution of Gray Mist creatures, the probability of a City-Destroying Level disaster breaking out is indeed only 1%…”
“That is the source of your confidence that it won’t break out, right?”
“But if we look at the data from twenty years ago, the frequency of Gray Mist creatures appearing recently fully meets the prerequisites for the Local Disaster Level Gray Mist Tides that appeared back then. The probability has soared to 86%! That is the current standard for a City-Destroying Level disaster.”
“Furthermore, we have harvested twelve corpses of Elite-grade Gray Mist creatures recently, which is more than the total of the past few years! This is undoubtedly an abnormal phenomenon.”
“Not only that, a large number of Gray Mist creatures have already bypassed the Life Monitoring Instruments we buried 20 kilometers outside the Base City and are closing in on us.”
“Our Base City has been at peace for twenty years. No large-scale Gray Mist creatures have attacked us during these twenty years. Maybe those Mist Wraiths evolved a Commander-rank Mist Wraith during this time!”
“So, I suggest it is better to act with caution and take necessary measures.”
As the Director of the Research Department said this, he felt a bit guilty in his heart.
Because he hadn’t discovered these abnormalities at all. On the contrary, until today, he had been immersed in the pleasure of having a large amount of high-level materials.
After all, those Elite-grade Gray Mist creatures had extremely high research value and were all top-tier research materials!
He had researched them nearly to the point of forgetting to eat or sleep!
It wasn’t until he was reminded by that adult from the Core Base City that he suddenly woke up to the danger.
At the same time, everyone was shocked after hearing this set of data.
Twenty years had passed, and the concepts of the past had long since become blurred.
Fortunately, the people present were all old-timers. With this reminder, they quickly reacted.
If judged by previous standards, the probability of a Commander-rank Gray Mist creature appearing now was indeed very high.
However, one middle-aged man in the meeting seemed to realize something.
He pointed at the Research Department Director and asked in confusion, “Wait, isn’t the maximum burial distance for Life Monitoring Instruments 10 kilometers? What do you mean by 20 kilometers?”
The Research Department Director awkwardly adjusted his glasses. “This is a top-secret technology of my department. But please rest assured, at a necessary time like this, we will share this type of information.”
“No, you group of businessmen, why are you still hiding such important technology!”
Just as the atmosphere became awkward, the Association President spoke up.
“It seems the probability of a City-Destroying Level disaster occurring has reached a point where it is extremely likely to happen. With our Base City’s current combat readiness, we must be prepared to abandon the city at any time…”
Hearing this, Mayor Chen Xun’s hand under the table clenched into a fist.
It had been difficult to produce an SS-rank Talent Potential holder in the Base City, and now, before the city could even receive investment, it was being forced to abandon the city and flee?
Just as the atmosphere in the meeting room turned strange, a hurried knock sounded at the door.
“Come in.”
The Vice President of the Martial Arts Association walked in. He went straight to his own President without lowering his voice.
“President, the support team that went to assist the group that fired the distress flare has returned.”
“At the same time, eight of the twelve Hunt Teams that went out of the city have returned. Every one of them has suffered heavy injuries. According to the information they provided, six teams encountered Level 3 small Gray Mist Tides, and two encountered Level 2 Gray Mist Tides.”
“Judging by the movement of the Gray Mist Tides, they are suspected of closing in on the Base City, and the numbers are still accumulating.”
“According to the Intelligence Department’s predictions, more Gray Mist creatures will likely approach our Base City in the coming days, which will potentially form a Local Disaster Level Gray Mist Tide.”
A Local Disaster Level Gray Mist Tide would involve no fewer than twenty Elite-grade Gray Mist creatures leading a massive number of low-level Gray Mist creatures to attack the Base City.
This could easily cause a sector of the city to fall, hence why it was called a Local Disaster Level.
As the Vice President finished speaking, the entire meeting room fell into an unprecedented silence.
Even the most defiant Section Chief Xiong had long since fallen silent.
He had just said the Gray Mist Tide hadn’t attacked yet, only to have his face slapped in the next second.
The Gray Mist Tide really was coming!
……
The piercing sound of a siren suddenly began to echo throughout the entire Base City.
Yellow flames instantly lit up the dome of the city barrier, and every corner of the Base City was illuminated in an instant.
At the same time, everyone received an emergency disaster warning notification on their phones.
Shen Yan, who was at home persuading his mother to go to North City, showed a look of confusion upon hearing the piercing siren.
He looked at the yellow light in the sky with some confusion and muttered, “A Local Disaster Level alarm… why is a Local Disaster Level alarm sounding at this time?”
In his previous life, no Gray Mist Tide had broken out at this point in time.
It had happened seven days later, on the day the Awakening Ceremony had completely ended.
That was why the high-ranking officials of the Base City only realized the danger the day before the City-Destroying Level disaster broke out. By then, it was already too late.
Shen Yan remembered this clearly because it was also at that time that he learned he possessed SSS-rank Talent Potential and received priority protection.
However, in this life, why did the Local Disaster Level alarm sound so early? Was it a chain reaction caused by his rebirth?
“Yan, that siren doesn’t sound like a normal one.”
“You were trying to get me to go to North City just now. You know something is about to happen, don’t you?”
Shen Yan’s mother suddenly grabbed her son’s hand and looked out the window, unable to hide the worry in her heart.
“Yes, I do…”
At that moment, Shen Yan’s mother suddenly said urgently, “Your father just sent me a message.”
“He said there’s a Gray Mist Tide, and they’ve started attacking the Base City!”
Shen Yan’s mother paced back and forth in the room with her phone.
“A yellow light… that’s a Local Disaster Level…”
At this moment, Shen Yan’s mother’s heart was full of worry for her husband, who served in the City Guard.
“Your father is such a stubborn mule who fights like his life doesn’t matter. I hope he takes it easy. Sigh.”
However, Shen Yan frowned.
‘It really is a Local Disaster Level. The Gray Mist Tide is early. It’s actually ahead of schedule…’
This was the first change he had encountered since his rebirth.