Apart from the common people who knew nothing of the truth, a very small number of those in the upper ranks were working day and night to handle all manner of affairs, hoping to reduce the losses the great calamity would cause to the utmost minimum.
"The great calamity has already begun?" The emperor glanced out at the clear, bright sky beyond, unease stirring in his heart.
Liao Zhihe nodded firmly. "Although we still don't know in what form the great calamity will descend, that child Yunji said it has already begun! He himself isn't very clear on the specifics either."
The emperor rubbed his temples with a headache. "Natural disaster or man-made catastrophe, no matter which it is, the ones who suffer are always the people! Sigh..."
The emperor's sigh echoed through the room for a long while, and the Prince's mood was not very good either.
"Two Mountains has already made most of the preparations. When the great calamity truly arrives, they will gather the surrounding people and bring them into Sanfu Town to take refuge. It's just..."
"The people they can look after are limited as well!" the emperor finished the words the Prince had left unsaid.
Liao Zhihe nodded. "According to Yunji, if we cannot survive this great calamity, the mortal world will cease to exist! I truly don't know in what form such a disaster will descend. I really cannot imagine what kind of calamity could possess the power to destroy heaven and earth."
The room fell silent all at once.
At the Prince's Mansion, Liao Xing looked delightedly at the children the Princess Consort had brought back and hugged each of them in turn.
Luo Yunji, however, was idly wandering the streets at this moment. Some shopkeepers were overjoyed when they saw him, while