Though the words came from many mouths at once and were jumbled, together they painted a grim picture of the situation Yorikof Town had faced in the more than two days since the three of them had left.
The pollution brought by Chaos Rain was still spreading. The collapse of the City of Terror did not seem to have immediately reversed the deterioration of the real world. It might even have... tipped some kind of balance further out of alignment, due to some chain reaction they still knew nothing about.
Yu Xing listened quietly, in no hurry to explain where they had been.
He noticed that although the church personnel who had rushed over looked relieved to see them, a gloom that would not lift and deep weariness hung between their brows. Clearly, dealing with one bizarre incident after another over the past few days had put them under tremendous strain.
Qu Xuanqing stood with her arms crossed, expressionless, seemingly unmoved by their concern and questions. Every now and then, she glanced out the window at the dark sky that Chaos Rain had visited.
To be honest, after seeing the sky in the City of Terror, where there was no atmosphere and the universe seemed to stretch overhead, the night sky above Yorikof Town in the real world was strangely reassuring.
Lingren acted as if none of this concerned him. Still, the faint mockery at the corners of his mouth showed his displeasure at all the noise.
Seeing this, Ivan hurried forward to interrupt his colleagues. "Everyone, everyone! These three investigators have just returned from a perilous mission. Their operations are far more high-level, and the dangers they faced far exceeded what we've encountered. They weren't running away, as you seem to think!"
"The Archbishop is waiting in his office