Fang Yi's home.
"The rain's getting heavier and heavier."
Silvery threads of rain swept across the glass window, blurring the outside world into indistinct black shadows.
From within those shadows came eerie shrieks from time to time, accompanied by the faint sound of gunfire that chilled the listener to the bone.
The gunfire had never stopped. Perhaps it was meant to kill Anomalies, perhaps it was for other reasons. Before social order completely collapsed, armed force was the most effective means of deterring ordinary people.
As the rain intensified, panic and unease settled over everyone's hearts.
Zhao Meng stood up, then sat back down, visibly restless. "Just how long is this rain going to last?"
A tiny piece of paper, no bigger than her little fingernail, was stuck over her right eyelid. It was supposedly a folk remedy to stop eyelid twitching, but her eyelid seemed to be twitching even worse.
"Maybe it'll stop soon. Maybe it'll rain all day."
Lu Jiahe squirmed in her chair. "Stop standing up and sitting down again. You're driving me crazy just watching you."
Li Wenzhu adjusted the glasses on his nose. "You two should both calm down. Didn't Ant Tooth Black in the group say that the Spirit Association had prepared for this long ago? Trust the Spirit Association, trust the authorities, all right?"
"Since things have come to this, let's eat first."
The fragrance of food had long filled the table. Lin Yiyi had cooked, so the quality was guaranteed, but most of those present had little appetite. The meal tasted like wax.
"Yiyi, aren't you eating?"
Fang Yi's voice pulled Lin Yiyi back from her daze.
Lin Yiyi withdrew her gaze from the window, lowered her head, picked up a slice of green vegetable, and chewed it dryly.
"I... I'm a