Chapter 1865: Master, Help!
It turned out that among the hundreds of thousands of people in Tianqi City, strange individuals had suddenly appeared. They seemed to have no consciousness, like sleepwalkers wandering in a daze.
At first, only a handful of people were like this, but it spread incredibly fast. In less than an hour, it had reached every corner of Tianqi City. Even the villages and towns outside the city were affected.
Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the Capital had been afflicted, with more than half of them reduced to this state. Even many of the soldiers guarding the city had become mindless.
The remaining residents hid in their homes, afraid to go outside. The guards who were still clearheaded locked up those who weren't, but more people kept losing their senses, until the cells were full.
By the time Xiao Se received the news, more than two hours had passed. He interrupted the meeting and took the ministers to check on the Imperial Guards. They discovered that some of them had been affected as well.
The situation among the Imperial Guards was under control, but most of the city guards had already been transformed. Nearly all the people in the city had become mindless, wandering around like sleepwalkers.
Seeing this, many ministers believed it was Heaven's punishment. They couldn't help clutching their heads and weeping, and some even demanded that Xiao Se issue an imperial edict acknowledging his crimes.
Faced with the horrifying situation, Xiao Se was utterly dumbfounded. For a moment, he didn't know how to react. Had he really done everything wrong?
But he hadn't even wanted to be emperor. What had he done wrong?
Seeing what was happening, Si Kong Qianluo seemed even calmer. She quickly reminded him, "Xiao Se, hurry and