The Rain-Listening Pavilion was utterly silent.
The silence lingered for a long time.
Chu Mu could not help wondering whether he had gone about triggering it the wrong way.
He had clearly created the most favorable conditions possible.
Yet Kafka still had not appeared.
Could it be that Elio's script had no plans for this scene?
Chu Mu could not help feeling a little disappointed.
Waiting around like this was no solution. As it happened, his Doppelganger had finished saying goodbye to Bailu and now had some time to spare.
Chu Mu simply took control of his Doppelganger and wandered around Exalting Sanctum, gathering information while also giving himself something to do and clearing his head.
Many wounded people had been brought to Exalting Sanctum Plaza, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers.
These wounded people came not only from Cloudford, but from other areas as well.
They should have been sent to the Alchemy Commission, but chaos seemed to have broken out there. Most of its medical officers had been urgently evacuated and were now gathered at Exalting Sanctum Plaza, treating patients on the spot.
Perhaps it was the Stellaron's influence, or perhaps there was another reason. These wounded soldiers returning from the battlefield were exceptionally prone to becoming mara-struck.
This put the Xianzhou authorities at an even greater disadvantage.
According to the rumors, varying degrees of chaos had broken out not only in the Alchemy Commission, but also in the Artisanship Commission and the Divination Commission.
These commissions of the Xianzhou were vast, with expansive grounds and sparse populations. Compared to the residential districts, their defenses were weak, leaving them among the first to bear the brunt of this disaster and suffer severe damage.
Of course, a major reason for this was the Disciples of Sanctus