In Granny Du's room, everyone was utterly silent.
They had already received emergency alerts from China and around the world, and had learned what had happened through news footage.
They were far from the only ones who had seen the news. The corridor outside was already filled with clamor. Voices rose one after another, forming a stark contrast with the silence inside the room.
Su Han clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her palms. An unprecedented rage rose in her heart.
Cheng Tian gently put his arms around her shoulders, and only then did she loosen her fists slightly.
A long time passed before a beep came from the door as a key card was swiped. Granny Du hurried in from outside, leaning on her cane. She shut the door with a bang, cutting the room off from the noisy world outside.
Granny Du took off her enormous pink hat. The first words to emerge from her aged, solemn face were:
"Giratina has appeared."
Everyone present nodded, unsure for a moment whether to feel shocked or to sigh.
"I always thought this creature's existence was just a legend," Han Yu murmured. "All that talk about how it would destroy the world as soon as it appeared... I didn't believe it before..."
"How powerful is this creature? Overlord level? Guardian deity level?" Cao Min found a chair and sat down, lowering his head as he pushed up his glasses.
"Will it... really destroy the world?" Long Weixi asked somewhat dazedly.
The answer was actually very clear. All of them already knew it in their hearts.
"Children, this creature actually descended once before, twenty years ago," Granny Du said in a low voice. "I wonder how much all of you here know about the 'Great Calamity.'"
Han Yu, Long