night.
Linhai City Supervision Bureau, Restaurant.
The group sat together, eating dinner while waiting for news.
"Um, I've broken through to Tier 3," Le Gu Nan said quietly to everyone.
"Huh? Really?" Han Ling puffed out her cheeks as she looked at Le Gu Nan.
"Yes, I just broke through during the day." Le Gu Nan nodded slightly.
"Hehe, that's great!" Han Ling couldn't help but laugh.
Shen Heng looked at Le Gu Nan and carefully sensed the total amount of Origin Power within the other party's body.
It's a bit more than me; it has indeed broken through to Tier 3!
"Hey, Shen Heng, you'd better hurry up, you're the only one who's not at the Third Tier now!" Han Ling looked at Shen Heng.
"No, he's even faster! He's already the fastest cultivator among us!" Wu Cheng exclaimed in surprise.
"That doesn't stop him from being the last Second Tier in our Linhai Supervision Bureau! Gu Nan has already broken through to Tier 3," Han Ling said nonchalantly.
Wu Cheng clicked his tongue, feeling a bit of a headache.
Since returning from the training camp, Shen Heng's strength has experienced an explosive increase.
Although the ability level is not high yet, there are still some limitations.
However, those limitations can be ignored in most cases.
Meanwhile, Le Gu Nan's combat strength gradually improved.
If things continue like this, in another year or two, won't I become the weakest person in the Linhai Supervision Bureau?
That doesn't seem right... Hmm? Something's not quite right.
If you are the weakest person, does that mean you are the one who needs protection and is the safest?
Thinking of this, Wu Cheng couldn't help but smile slightly.
Shen Heng glanced at Wu Cheng, who was grinning foolishly, and then turned his gaze to Han Ling.
"It's almost time. I expect to break through to Tier 3 in about half a month."
Han Ling nodded upon hearing this and turned to look at Wang Hai.
"Captain, what about you? When will you break through to Fourth Tier?"
Wang Hai swallowed the meat in his mouth and said, "About six months more, then we can submit the application."
"Is that so? That's great! Then our Linhai Supervision Bureau will have all members at Third Tier, and the team leaders at Fourth Tier," Han Ling said with a smile.
"This staffing level must be among the best in the country, right?"
"Aside from a few Fifth Tier leaders and a few provincial capitals, no other Supervision Bureau can compare to us," Wang Hai nodded.
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.
Shen Heng looked at Wang Hai with some confusion.
Do I still need to apply to break through to Fourth Tier?
"Hmm." Wang Hai picked up a piece of meat. "But I don't know the specific reason either. I only know that there seems to be a huge gap between the Third Tier and Fourth Tier."
A huge gap... Shen Heng nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.
He recalled what Instructor Cao, who was in charge of combat training at the training camp, had said: a bunch of Third Tier couldn't beat a Fourth Tier.
And what Daoist Master Li said about the Fourth Tier requiring the cultivation of spiritual power.
Could it be caused by mental energy?
Suddenly, a serious voice came from the television hanging on the restaurant wall.
"Today's news broadcast will only include this one item, so please listen carefully."
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the television screen had suddenly switched to a serious interface with blue background and white text, and the announcer's expression was more solemn than ever before.
"They're here," Wang Hai said in a deep voice.
Everyone nodded; this was the news they had been waiting for.
Although they had already learned through internal channels that the government would inform the general public about the Calamity Beast in tonight's evening news.
But they still wanted to see for themselves how the government would specifically issue an announcement.
The restaurant was unusually quiet.
The announcer, dressed in a neat black suit, began to speak under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
"In accordance with Article 12 of the National State of Emergency Law, and after deliberation by the highest decision-making body of the state, the following important matters are hereby announced to all citizens."
"Since 2012, for unknown reasons."
"Our Blue Star and another world (hereinafter referred to as the ' Ruins Realm ') have begun to show signs of alternation and overlap."
This overlapping phenomenon makes...
" The Ruins Realm...?"
Shen Heng silently watched the news broadcast.
He understood that this was the name given to the alien by headquarters to unify how everyone would refer to them.
The news briefings continued on television.
However, this time the scene switched to an image of a Calamity Beast that looked to be twenty or thirty meters tall.
With its four legs firmly planted on the ground, its lizard head was ferocious, and its Scalearmor gleamed with a cold, icy blue light in the sunlight.
Qilin Ice Lizard!
"And the Calamity Beast are creatures that were superimposed during the overlap of the two worlds."
"They..."
Yu Haoming leaned against the headboard, his left leg crossed over his right, scrolling through short videos with a bit of boredom.
Feeling the current video was uninteresting, he habitually swiped his thumb upwards.
A new video appeared before his eyes.
He glanced at it; it was a live news broadcast.
It's pointless.
He swiped his thumb upwards again.
But the new video is still a news broadcast.
He didn't pay much attention and made two more strokes.
But the next two videos were both news broadcasts.
He realized something was wrong, so he stopped swiping and started watching the live news broadcast.
The live stream showed images of destroyed neighborhoods, Distortion and deformed armored vehicles, and the remains of the victims, forever blurred out.
"Because the places they pass through are reduced to ruins as if ravaged by disaster, we collectively call them -- Calamity Beast!"
The scene shifts to a transparent isolation chamber.
A coral-like crystal was emitting a faint, shimmering white light.
When the researcher brought the ordinary iron sheet close, its surface instantly became covered with ice crystals.
The announcer's voice continued to ring out.
"Along with the alternation and overlap of the two worlds, the Origin Power was also superimposed along with the Calamity Beast!"
"This is a kind of energy that can directly change reality."
"As long as humanity absorbs enough..."
"No way, is this for real?" Yu Haoming stared wide-eyed at the live stream on his phone, completely incredulous.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he quickly entered the live broadcast room.
The next moment, the rapidly scrolling comments on the screen told him that it was true.
He raised his finger to tap the live chat, wanting to see what other people thought.
"??? I was scrolling through a short video and suddenly I was told it was the end of the world?!"
"I've moved to Bengbu. Are they going to broadcast the Spiritual Energy Revival tomorrow?"
'Wait! The overlap started in 2012? The Mayan prophecy is true?!'
Yu Haoming quickly glanced at more than a dozen messages.
Discovering that everyone else was just like me, I was shocked! Shocked!! Still shocked!!!
Although many people seem to express disbelief, it's only because they're so shocked they don't know what to say.
"It's true!"
Yu Haoming loosened his grip somewhat weakly, letting the barrage of comments slide by at lightning speed.
He just stared blankly at the live stream that was still playing on his phone.
He didn't know what had happened, but he knew that from today onwards...
This world is about to change!