Fanning didn't feel at ease for long before he heard some news.

——A city experienced a large-scale power outage today.

The power outage did not cause much panic at first, because everyone was prepared for short-term power outages. If some places need maintenance, the power will be cut off for half a day or most of the day. This time, in addition to the power outage, the network became very bad, and the news in the city could hardly be transmitted. The Taoists had to use more traditional methods to pass the news out.

The Taoists in the city found that this power outage was somewhat unusual and passed on the news very promptly. When Fanning received the news, he only hesitated for a moment and immediately sent people to provide support.

There are some formations that can make certain power facilities unaffected by demonic power. Yuan Yuanyuan had seen them before. The people Fanning called over implemented this formation in the city where the power outage occurred. Soon, the power system in the city was restored to operation, and the network followed.

[What happened? Suddenly there was no electricity, and the internet was down. I couldn't even access the internet at home. I wanted to know why there was a power outage, and I found that there was no signal at all.]

[Me too, today I was halfway through cooking when the power went out. Is there any official explanation? ]

[It seems there is no answer... Let's wait and see. 】

At about nine o'clock last night, the official report finally came down, saying nothing more than that there was some kind of malfunction in the cable. The explanation was not very clear, but for the general public who don't know much about these things, it was a passable explanation.

Some power system workers felt that something was wrong and posted some speculations and doubts online, but they were deleted within a day.

"We have managed to fool around with this matter for now, but now they are actually targeting these things? Isn't it said that monsters don't understand these things? Who came up with this idea?" said someone on Fanning's side.

"It's normal that other people don't understand..." Fanning said, stroking his chin, "but I think Yuan knows this very well..."

…The clothing store didn’t have internet back then, and I can still vividly remember the scene where Yuan was so angry that he slammed the table and cursed while complaining about the monster’s poor quality.

Logically speaking, this incident would not cause any disturbance, but that was on the assumption that there would not be a second power outage at that time.

But on the next day, the city that had suffered a power outage yesterday suffered a power outage again... and this time it was at night.

The experience during the day after the power outage at night was completely different. The whole city was in chaos. Fanning had to endure a whole day and night, worrying that monsters would attack at any time and anywhere, and also worried that ordinary people would see something fishy.

After a day, Fanning felt that he had no strength left. He said weakly, "Quick, call more people over to stabilize the fabric."

"We don't have that many people." Someone next to him said, "Originally, this is an unpopular item, and the cost is too high. To be honest, those formations should have been carved from the beginning. Now we have to repair them..."

After hearing this, Fanning was silent for a while... and then lay down on the table again.

…

Gao Ling has been restless these past few days. There has been a lot of discussion on the internet recently about the power outages that occur without cause. Once there is a power outage, a city basically stops functioning. One or two days may be ok, but three or four days will definitely be chaos.

Moreover, there was no news about the power outage this time, and there was even no network. Generally speaking, power outages in cities will not affect the network, unless there is a major natural disaster. Otherwise, most people can just prepare a power bank and basically get through the day, and rely on gas for meals, but there is really no way to replace the network.

While Gao Ling was still thinking, the screen in front of her suddenly went out and she was stunned.

"My lady, is there any light? Come on, give me some light." The voice of Gao Ling's mother came from outside.

"...Hey, hey, here it comes." Gao Ling was stunned for a moment and then turned on his mobile phone. His eyes happened to look at the signal point, only to see that there was no signal at all, just a bar of nothing.

It’s just the same as the situation in City S that has been circulating on the Internet these days.

Gao Ling stood there for a long time without coming to her senses. It was not until her mother called her again that she walked over and turned on the flashlight to illuminate the way for her mother.

"What's going on? There's a power outage in the middle of the night." Gao Ling's mother said, "A few days ago, there was a mysterious power outage in S City, and today it's our turn. I can't believe it."

"Mom, wait a moment, I'll go get some candles." Gao Ling said as she walked towards the bedroom. Power outages are rare nowadays, and even in big cities, power outages don't happen at night. There will basically be power again after seven o'clock, so these candles haven't been used for who knows how many years.

Gao Ling took out two candles. They were more than ten years old and not much younger than her. She didn't know if they would work. After she turned them on, she suddenly felt a bright light flash outside the window. It was so bright that she could see it through the curtains.

"What is it?" Gao Ling walked over puzzledly, opened the window a little, and looked outside.

A long galaxy-like team appeared in the sky. This "galaxy" was purple, dotted with countless red stars.

The ancients said that dark clouds were pressing down on the city and that it was about to be destroyed. That was a visual feeling, but it was also a psychological pressure. Gao Ling stood there and suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe.

The galaxy in the sky seemed to be even wider than the city on the ground. If they went a little deeper, they would be able to crush this seemingly solid city.

Especially since the power is out in the city right now, the neon lights are turned off, and there is not much light in the sky above the entire city, making the monsters in the sky even more conspicuous.

The purple light they projected onto the tall buildings, casting a ghostly hue on the tall buildings that looked familiar at ordinary times.

Gao Ling suddenly understood why there was a large-scale power outage in the city.

City S is the first, but City C is definitely not the last. Such incidents will happen more and more frequently, too many to count.

"Bang, bang, bang." There was a loud knock on the door. "It's me. Why is there a sudden power outage? Is there a power outage in your house too? Is the internet down too?"

Gao Ling heard the sound of her mother opening the door. She was startled and shouted, "Don't open it!"

Gao Ling's mother was shocked.

Gao Ling came to the door and asked tremblingly, "Uncle, who are you?"

"Me? Uncle Zhang next door, Xiaoling, what's wrong?" the neighbor outside asked in confusion. Gao Ling's mother also felt that Gao Ling was a little crazy, so she patted her and quickly opened the door.

The door opened, and Gao Ling quickly closed it again, leaving the two people next to him puzzled.

Yuan Yuanyuan didn't know that Gao Ling was so scared. She led the monster army behind her and rushed to City C again. They flew back from the sky all the way from the city of the King of Monsters. To be honest, they had been in the sky for a whole week.

She came back to City C not to destroy the power equipment in City C... In fact, she came mainly for the remaining forces of the Patriarch of the Li family. She did not arrange monsters to destroy any power facilities, but the demonic energy was so heavy that City C fell directly.

Countless people were wondering why there was a sudden power outage. They didn't see a gorgeous team of monsters flying over their heads. The team was so long that they couldn't see the end even after flying for half an hour.

Gao Ling was stunned watching below. It’s not like she hadn’t seen the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons before, but what was happening in front of her... was beyond the scope of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons. They were probably being attacked by monsters.

"There's someone blocking the road ahead, and he wants to see you." A monster said to Yuan Yuanyuan. She glanced at the monster standing in front of her. It was someone she knew, the mayor of City C.

The little old man whom I met once a long, long time ago.

Standing next to him were Lin Gutou and the woman in white.

"Please stay, Lord Yuan!" Lin Gutou shouted.

The monsters around him all looked at him, one could say that Lin Gutou had a really good mental state...he didn't even waver.

It is possible that he was shaken, but he did not show it. Yuan Yuanyuan glanced at Lin Gutou, asked the monsters behind him to stop, and she walked forward.

"I didn't expect you to be so majestic when I left last time." The old city lord said, "Where are you going?"

"Let's go to the Li family." Yuan Yuanyuan said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything in City C."

The city lord was hesitant to speak. Just when he was about to say something, Yuan Yuanyuan went back again. He could only watch Yuan Yuanyuan leave.

"This is a little different from what I thought." said Lin Gutou from the back.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I can't say."

…

Fanning listened to the noisy noises below and felt like his brain was going to explode. He wanted to slam the table and yell, "Stop it." Actually, he didn't have a bad temper, but he just couldn't calm down recently.

"I really didn't expect the monsters to have this method." A woman said, "We were indeed too careless... Yesterday we compared the current number of monsters and humans and found that if they really want to work hard in this area... we may not be able to control them."

"How serious could the consequences be?" a man asked.

"...it might be a loss for both sides." The woman said after careful consideration, "It will be difficult for humans in the early stages, and there may be large-scale casualties..."

After listening to this, Fanning looked up and asked, "Is there really no other way?"

"Maybe... no more."

"The longer we delay, the more prepared the monsters will be, and the more disadvantageous it will be for us."

"Okay, then prepare some people for me." Fanning finally made a decision. The eyes of the people following him all lit up and they rushed out one after another. For a moment, he was the only one left in the room.

Fanning was in the room, silent for a long time, and finally stood up and walked out, slowly closing the door.