"Hey! Have you heard? A small town in United States was hit by a meteorite, and the entire town, along with the nearby mountains and forests, has become a wasteland."
"Of course, I've heard about something this big, but this is a different version."
What version? Tell me.
In a university in Huaxia, a few students from the same dormitory gathered together for a chat during a break between classes.
Young people in their twenties are naturally gossipy.
From astronomy and geography to ghost stories and legends, anything interesting can pique their curiosity.
When the topic turned to the United States meteorite event that shocked the world a couple of days ago, everyone opened the floodgates of conversation.
A short, bespectacled boy spoke mysteriously:
"I heard it was a battle between demons and humans."
"An ancient demon was sealed beneath that town, but it escaped for some unknown reason."
"Later, the military suffered enormous casualties, and even nuclear weapons were used to drive them back, but they were misled by false information."
"Demons? Really? Do such things really exist?"
The other guys in the dorm nearby immediately became good straight men.
"Who knows? Anyway, I saw it in a post that broke the news, along with some blurry photos, but it was deleted very quickly."
"Luckily, I was quick enough to screenshot and save a portion of the post."
The bespectacled man said, proudly opening his notebook.
"Damn! It has to be you, Liu Sandao, you can handle anything."
"Let me see, I can't miss something this exciting!"
The dormitory room became lively as everyone put down what they were doing and gathered around Liu Sandao's computer.
Using the clips Liu Sandao had taken, the group watched it to their hearts' content.
The post begins with a blurry image of a giant human figure, which appears to have been taken from a distance without the photographer's knowledge.
In the picture, besides the giant, there is also a blazing Kakkō.
"To be honest, this photo is awful; it looks like it's been photoshopped."
"Could this be that evil spirit? If something this big really exists, surely no one knew about it before?"
Several boys started commenting on the photo.
We all grew up in the new era, and we learned science from elementary school. We've only ever seen things like gods and ghosts in stories.
"Who knows? But the post content was more interesting than the photos, though it was deleted before I could finish taking screenshots."
Liu Sandao clicked the next page button and began displaying the remaining screenshots one by one.
"The sacrificial ritual failed, the Jashin revived, and the US military deployed the 13th Ranger Armored Division to fight it, but to no avail. In the end, it was only with a high-yield nuclear bomb that it was repelled."
"Regarding the deal between demons and humans, the human elite have been performing ancient rituals for thousands of years to protect the Earth..."
"The retreat of the Jashin is not the key point; the real issue is what precedes the next counterattack..."
With their barely passing English Level 4 scores, the group managed to read most of the content in the screenshot of the post.
This message came from the dark web; everyone's just treating it as entertainment.
Until the last screenshot
"The cooperation between the Jashin and humanity has been broken. Please prepare for the apocalypse. They will not let this go and are expected to retaliate..."
That's it. There was more information like predictions in the screenshot, but Liu Sandao didn't have time to take a screenshot before the post was deleted.
"What nonsense about gods and ghosts, and revenge? These foreigners really know how to make things up."
A chubby boy shook his head dismissively and turned back to his bed.
"Yeah, with their limited cultural background, they probably think of everything as something divine or demonic, let alone revenge?"
"Is it that we don't have enough firearms? Or are gods and demons truly invincible? Doomsday my ass, it's obviously fake news."
The group chatted amongst themselves, none of them taking the content of these posts seriously.
That's true, we've entered the 21st century, the age of technology.
Humans have already reached the moon and space; if evil truly exists, how come there hasn't been any news about it for thousands of years?
This incident was forgotten as a joke, and no one paid any attention to it.
Until nightfall
The university town where Z University is located was formerly a mass grave, and it is said that there are still several mass graves from the war.
It wasn't until a few years ago, when the area was being developed into a university town, that it was bulldozed and rebuilt.
There's a saying that young people have strong yang energy, and studying this major in college can suppress those resentful ghosts and monsters—of course, it's just a joke.
As night fell, in a secluded spot behind Z University, the ground suddenly caved in, revealing a deep, dark hole.
Suddenly, a pair of withered and decaying arms pierced out from within.
Immediately afterwards, a stiff, upright figure stood out from among them.
By the bright moonlight, one could see the other's rotting face and a pair of black claws like those of Beast; the body, barely covered by rags, was covered with green fur.
Zombies!
One of the ghostly creatures unique to Huaxia culture has reappeared in the human world.
'Roar~'
Looking up at the moon, it exhaled a breath of corpse air. The zombie's nostrils, which were so rotten they were unrecognizable, twitched twice; it had smelled the scent of a living person.
Just over a kilometer away in front of the hill behind it is the student dormitory of Z University.
With stiff, lifeless hands and bloodshot eyes, the zombie leaped off the hill behind the mountain and landed heavily on the ground.
"Thump~ thump~ thump!"
One after another, zombies jumped and landed, and more than one zombie headed from the back mountain toward the student dormitory of Z University.
In other parts of the university town, black holes shrouded in malevolent energy also appeared, from which ghosts and evil creatures sprang forth, heading towards the world of the living.
This was not a sacrificial ritual arranged by the so-called Administration, but rather the vengeance of the Ancient God.
After the Ancient God in United States clashed with humans due to dissatisfaction with the sacrificial ritual, the other 12 Ancient God hidden on Earth also decided to teach humanity a small lesson.
Let them know who the masters of the earth are.
Inside dormitory 108, Liu Sandao was still scrolling through messages on his laptop.
He was the most unique person in this dormitory. He didn't like sports or socializing; what he loved most was being an active internet addict, immersed in various websites and forums.
Of course, this wasn't because he was bored, but because he was full of curiosity about the world, and the internet was the best way for him to explore it.
The post that was inexplicably deleted during the day piqued his interest, making him even more eager to know more.
But tonight, for some reason, it's unusually quiet outside the dormitory; even the chirping of insects, a common sound in summer, is absent.
Liu Sandao didn't care; without the chirping of insects, he could peacefully search for information online.
Suddenly, a strange smell entered his nostrils, like the stench of rotting pork, blowing in through the open window on the balcony.
"Holy crap! Li Fei, did you go to bed without washing your feet again?"
Liu Sandao casually cursed as usual, but then heard a loud crash from the balcony.
"Bang! Squeak!"
The aluminum alloy window used for security on the balcony made a twisting and deforming sound, and Liu Sandao finally looked up at the balcony.
A rotting, hideous face peered out from the edge of the balcony.