The air grew ever colder, but even more terrifying than the cold were the various natural disasters—
A tsunami twenty to thirty meters high, carrying chunks of ice, roared toward the coastal cities.
The earth trembled and shook without cease, countless buildings teetering on the brink of collapse.
The electrical grids laid across the land were swiftly destroyed by disasters of this scale, plunging vast regions back into darkness.
All they could do was watch in despair as the heavens seemed to fall into eternal night.
Gelin City.
The Rats were racing through the streets.
An earthquake not long ago had caused half a street to collapse, leaving the fates of thousands unknown. Under Iwao Genyako's command, they were rushing to the scene to provide aid.
That was the plan—
RUMBLE!
Another violent tremor surged in from the southwest.
"Boss, can we really hold on?"
Faced with the member's question, Iwao Genyako tossed aside the rubble in her hands and lifted a three- or four-year-old child from the ruins. The gale whipped her hair into disarray, but it could not shake her gaze.
Iwao Genyako looked up at the pitch-black sky and said:
"Even if we can't, we have to."
"Lord Lin Qing said that within twenty-four hours, he would find a way to solve this."
"I believe in him... Wait, what's that?"
Iwao Genyako narrowed her eyes and looked toward the end of the horizon.
Golden meteors streaked across the sky one after another.
The heavens instantly became as bright as day.
As they passed over Gelin City, one golden star remained in the sky.
Rings of golden ripples flowed downward. When they landed on their skin, they brought a reassuring warmth and a faint tingling sensation. Bodies and minds exhausted by the darkness instantly regained their former