Suffocating.
Though a typhoon was clearly about to arrive, what they felt at this moment was an oppressive heaviness that nearly left them unable to breathe.
The air was thick with excessive moisture. Every breath felt heavy and viscous, difficult to draw in and impossible to exhale.
And when the first bean-sized raindrop fell from the sky, the promised coolness did not arrive. The dense, heavy curtain of rain poured down like a deluge, covering everything in an instant.
It was as though the entire world had been submerged by a flood.
Everything warped.
Amid waves of thunder, a fierce wind suddenly rose, sweeping up countless raindrops, dust, insignificant dead branches and fallen leaves, shattered stones and rubble... The unbreathable air was now forcibly poured into their lungs.
Simply standing in the torrential rain brought the terror of drowning in the deep sea.
Wind and rain swallowed everything.
As the wind speed steadily climbed, all things swayed and churned without rest.
Even the buildings rooted in the earth began to tremble faintly, vibrating ever so slightly as creaking noises echoed out.
In the brightly lit downtown district, Coast Industry's lights had dimmed.
The power had long since gone out. Unlike other companies, a ramshackle outfit like Coast Industry was now nothing more than a lighter factory, with barely any business to speak of. After starting the generator, they kept the air conditioning and lights running, while the only two or three stragglers gathered around the office desk to have hot pot. Beyond the tempered glass strengthened with Materiality Enhancement, crackling sounds rang without pause as raindrops and all manner of debris slammed against it in the surging gale.
Amid the chaotic airflow, the entire building swayed faintly, bringing waves of weightlessness.
Unlike everyone else's composure, Yan Fei alone could not