De Nuo City · South District
The world seemed to fall silent at that moment. The sky, already somewhat dim, appeared to grow even darker.
The light-sensitive streetlamps along the road switched on automatically as hurried pedestrians quickly crossed the streets.
A blood-red glow replaced the gray, hazy sky, shining through the gaps between buildings like sunset clouds and falling beneath the feet of passersby.
Some people finally sensed that something was wrong and raised their heads to look at the sky.
Twisted scarlet stretched across everyone's heads like a long veil. The fiery setting sun seemed to have passed through a vast Blood Pool, dyed an eerie crimson.
It continued to sink slowly, growing larger and "closer." Within an incredibly short time, it became a massive disk hanging in the sky, like a single eye opened by the heavens, watching the insignificant lives below.
The crowd stared blankly at the sky, seemingly unable to react for a moment.
"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"
Someone came to their senses and screamed in panic, running forward as if their life depended on it.
"Wake up, wake up!" Someone stood in the street, slapping their own face, trying to awaken from this sudden distortion.
An invisible presence drifted through everyone's clothes with the cold, desolate wind.
Blood-red cold light illuminated everything beneath the sky.
Inside a glass display window lit by Ming Guang, decorative pink plastic petals slowly sprouted blood-red buds and extended lush, vibrant green vines.
"Nothing will happen... Hey, Pa Xiu, can you hear me?"
Wei Jinna, driving through the streets, raised her head and looked at the sky.
Blood-red sunset light was spreading from the south of the city like expanding clouds.
Every area touched by that radiance—whether skyscrapers or clouds, streets or the sun—was