Visitors from Afar 4

Ye Zhao didn't dare go outside again for the time being. She called Nie Yun, explained what had just happened to her, and asked whether anything similar had happened on their end.

Nie Yun said, "Yeah, I've felt it too. I'd barely been outside for a little while when my body started feeling heavier and heavier, like I was trudging along with a load on my back. I asked the others on the team, and some of them felt the same way. But it affects everyone to different degrees. Some people haven't felt anything at all."

"We tried preparing gifts as soon as we started feeling tired, offering them to the air in every direction, but it didn't do anything."

"What kind of gifts did you offer?"

"What else? Bags, clothes, candy, cookies, instant noodles. We even offered guns and grenades, but nothing worked."

"Have you tried giving it a game item?"

"..." Nie Yun was speechless. Game items were precious. They barely had enough for themselves, so how could they bring themselves to give one to some unknown guest? "I'll have someone try it right away."

About two minutes later, Nie Yun exclaimed, "It worked, Sister Zhao! Holy shit, what kind of guest accepts game items? What do we do? I've got goosebumps!"

Ye Zhao felt a sinking dread. This guest was probably even more terrifying than she'd imagined.

After hanging up, Ye Zhao went to the window. Down below, some people were panting with exhaustion. They didn't think anything was wrong and assumed they'd simply run too hard, so they slowed down. But they kept getting slower and slower. Some even buckled at the knees and fell to the ground, unable to get back up no matter what they did.

It was as if something incredibly heavy were