Tiancheng Central Plaza.
The space around the Zhenguo Pagoda suddenly distorted slightly. Luo Fei slipped and was forcibly pushed out by the space, staggering onto the cold stone slab.
Rainwater mixed with sweat soaked him to the bone, leaving him looking utterly disheveled.
Still shaken, Luo Fei looked at the mysterious blonde woman before him and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Who...are you? Why did you save me?"
Darcy simply waved her hand casually, her figure beginning to blur in the rain, her voice drifting faintly over:
"Who I am is not important. Saving you was just a spur-of-the-moment decision. You'd better watch yourself. The 'hounds' of Zhongzhou have very keen noses."
Before she could finish speaking, Darcy slipped and vanished completely into the rain and mist, as if she had never been there.
Luo Fei looked in the direction where Daxi disappeared, knowing that it was already incredibly lucky that she had saved him once, and there was absolutely no way she would help him again.
"Damn it... these beasts..." Luo Fei growled through gritted teeth.
Thinking about everything he had just witnessed, he felt as if a fire was burning in his heart, making it difficult for him to calm down.
The horrific scene was beyond his tolerance.
Although these beasts' behavior goes against his values, it is a matter of life and death. If the leader and manager give him a chance, he might as well join them. Why force him to this point?
Luo Fei sighed. He had originally planned to persuade the manager to pretend to join in in order to uncover more substantial evidence, but the other party was so cautious that they didn't give him even the slightest chance and tried to silence him right away.
This added a layer of helplessness to Luo Fei's anger.
"Heh..." As he thought about it, Luo Fei suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly.
Despite his mediocre skills, he actually harbored a so-called 'righteous' heart.
In this dog-eat-dog world, I'm practically courting death.
Besides, he just wanted to earn some extra money by transporting goods in a simple and ordinary way so that he and his mother could live a slightly more stable life.
It was as if God was deliberately working against him. With such low expectations, he was able to encounter such an extraordinary event. His luck was truly 'good' to an absurd degree.
The thought of finally awakening his superpowers and his life just beginning to improve filled Luo Fei with resentment:
"Is there really no way out? I really don't want to die."
Luo Fei slowly closed his eyes, letting countless raindrops pelt his face.
Cold raindrops slid down his cheeks, yet he seemed to sense a touch of reality in that coldness—the reality of being alive.
At that moment, for the first time, he deeply realized how wonderful it felt to be alive, and how every breath and every heartbeat became incredibly precious.
Luo Fei, who was exhausted to the extreme, seemed to find a sense of relief.
"Perhaps, this ending isn't so bad..."
For such an insignificant person as him to be able to come into contact with such a major event is like a floating object seeing the blue sky—pitifully small and utterly powerless to change anything.
"Or maybe I should just accept my fate..."
Just as Luo Fei was about to give up and accept his fate, he suddenly remembered his mother waiting for him to come home.
His mother's expectant gaze struck his heart like a heavy hammer.
Thinking that after he left, his sick mother would have no one to take care of her, not only would she be unable to continue her treatment, but she would also not have enough money to pay her taxes on time to make a living. His mother, who had no income, would soon be kicked out of Tiancheng.
At that time, the mother's fate will be as tragic as that of the refugees outside the Heavenly City.
Just thinking about it rekindled Luo Fei's previously extinguished will to survive.
He just wanted to live, even if it was only for his mother.
After resting for a while at the foot of the tower, Luo Fei felt that he had finally regained some of his strength.
By this time, the sky was beginning to brighten.
Luo Fei looked around, and the entire Heavenly City seemed like a giant beast awakening, exuding a chilling and murderous aura.
On the distant streets, the patrol density of fully armed law enforcement teams increased sharply, and the sound of chaotic footsteps could be heard incessantly;
The city gates were also sealed off, and strict checks were conducted on everyone entering and leaving. Under such tight security, even a suspicious crow could hardly fly through, making it virtually impossible to get out.
Seeing this, Luo Fei knew he had no way to escape!
Despair gripped my heart again, but the will to live was stronger than despair!
"I can't die yet!"
His mother still needs him.
Luo Fei's mind raced, searching for the only possible way out.
Suddenly, a crazy idea flashed through my mind like lightning!
"Reporters! Public opinion!"
The shocking headlines from the newspapers of the past flashed through my mind.
He thought of going to reporters and newspapers to make the evidence and his experience public! To expose everything to the light of day! To put himself in the eye of the storm of public opinion!
Perhaps... perhaps those who want to silence witnesses will have some reservations before the truth comes out?
He knew that the newspapers and reporters might not help him, but as long as he could make a big fuss, even if the newspapers were unwilling, he would at least not die for the time being.
This is the only chance of survival in a world where death is the only possibility!
A glimmer of hope appeared in Luo Fei's eyes, and he was about to move towards the newspaper office he remembered when...
A sharp shout, accompanied by the buzzing of the energy detector, came from afar:
"Quickly, we must find him, even if we have to dig three feet into the ground!"
Luo Fei looked around in shock and found that the only building was the Zhenguo Pagoda.
He looked up and his gaze instantly locked onto the ancient building in the center of the square.
The top of the Zhenguo Tower! That's the highest point for sightseeing, and the only place that might offer a moment's respite and a chance to observe!
Without hesitation, Luo Fei unleashed his last bit of strength and rushed toward the base of the tower, frantically climbing upwards with both hands and feet!
"Abnormal residual energy fluctuations, target locked, in the direction of the square."
"Quickly! Surround the central square!!"
The perception-type awakened individuals from the Thunder Bureau, like falcons, instantly detected the faint energy fluctuations in the plaza!
The pursuers are upon us! They're almost here!
Feng Lie led his team to the scene quickly, only to be surprised to find that there were quite a few people in the square.
As dawn broke, a large number of people gathered in the square, and the crowd continued to grow.
There were tourists from other places who came because of its reputation, devout believers who came to pray for blessings, and many awakened people who did not hide their energy fluctuations. The mixed atmosphere disturbed the energy fluctuations in the square.
"Where is he?" Feng Lie turned around and looked at the perception-type awakened one.
"It's in the square, I'm looking for it." The sensory awakener was being interfered with by various energies and couldn't pinpoint the location accurately, so he could only keep increasing the energy input and search carefully.
However, as the range of perception expanded, the awakened one's expression gradually became one of shock.
He discovered that there seemed to be several high-level awakened beings in the square today, so much so that his probes could not get close and were repelled by powerful mental energy.
Meanwhile, a large crowd of tourists had gathered at the foot of the Zhenguo Pagoda. A man who appeared to be a tour guide warmly greeted them and introduced the pagoda to the crowd:
Legend has it that the monk Xuanji once observed the stars at night from the top of the pagoda... hence the name "Pagoda that Protects the Nation".
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