Ten minutes earlier, Kyoto, China.
Busy people rarely stopped to gaze at the sky they ordinarily never looked at, but at that moment, students on their way to school and busy white-collar workers alike stopped what they were doing. The streets were filled with stationary cars. Everyone emerged from the shelter of buildings, staring in fear and astonishment at the enormous purple black hole in the sky.
"Look! What's that thing!"
"It looks so eerie... is it some kind of astronomical phenomenon?"
"Why does it look like a black hole? I've got a bad feeling about this..."
Before long, the news story [Giant mysterious purple black hole appears over Kyoto] topped the trending searches. Beneath the enormous black hole, people raised their phones to film it. Gusts of chilling wind emerged from the massive black hole overhead, making goosebumps rise all over their bodies.
Though it was the hottest season of the year, they could not help feeling their hair stand on end.
Inside their office, Long Lan and He Xisong nearly stopped breathing. The next moment, one of them-it was unclear who-reacted first, issuing an emergency warning to every senior government official at tremendous speed. Breathing heavily, the two elderly men hurriedly threw on their coats, kicked open the door, and ran out.
Even without that emergency warning, anyone with some experience and knowledge realized something was wrong.
In a dark conference room somewhere, a man whose face could not be seen abruptly opened his eyes.
The commotion outside continued as everyone discussed what had appeared in the sky.
But at that very moment, countless phones suddenly vibrated with unprecedented intensity. Their buzzing sirens merged into a symphony announcing danger and the need to take shelter.
Many people had already forgotten that this alarm sounded only when a disaster