The high-ranking officials of various countries waited anxiously and tensely. The video conference was connected in real time, and the atmosphere was silent and oppressive.
Disaster was imminent, and the nations had no way to stop it. They could only wait, entrusting the fate of the entire Earth to Bai Yang. The feeling of having no control over their own fate and being forced to leave everything to chance was infuriating, but there was nothing they could do.
Time crept by. Beside every participant in the video conference, a timer counted down.
The timers all counted down in sync. The closer it got to the end, the more each flickering digit made them shudder, until even breathing became difficult.
Most of them were drenched in cold sweat. The moment was almost here. What would become of Earth—and of all humanity?
Looking up at the sky, they could no longer see the bright celestial body overhead. That stirred hope in everyone's hearts, though none of them were certain.
Beep...!
When the countdown reached zero, everyone participating in the video conference instinctively held their breath. The meeting was so quiet that a pin could have dropped.
At that moment, everyone's thoughts came to a halt.
No one knew how long passed before someone finally came to their senses and let out a soft breath. The disaster they had expected had not arrived!
Bai Yang had succeeded!
Since the disaster had not struck, Bai Yang must have averted this world-shaking calamity.
But that had been a colossal celestial body more than five thousand kilometers in diameter, hurtling toward Earth at thirty thousand kilometers per second. How had Bai Yang dealt with it?
Their minds churned, but they couldn't imagine what method Bai Yang had used to avert the disaster.
"Everyone, the disaster has