Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 558: Will Robbing a Bank Lead to Destroying the World?

A brief period of sunshine does not mean that this inexplicable rainy season has ended.

Aside from brief periods of sunshine and overcast skies, most of the time lately has been filled with continuous drizzle, interspersed with occasional showers.

As time went on, the number of complaints about this matter online also increased.

Although officials had been reporting for a long time that frequent rainfall was caused by the aftereffects of the earthquake and frequent friction with the water park.

But it's been so long already, and it doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. When are they planning to stop?

Isn't this rain a bit too much? I've been caught in random downpours several times in the past week alone!

The more remote, mountainous areas have already experienced multiple floods, and landslides and mudslides occur frequently. If preventative measures aren't taken soon, it feels like a major problem is brewing.

[Aren't the relevant authorities planning to regulate the water park situation? Something seems off.]

Let's hope this doesn't escalate into a major incident.

[This might be a bit difficult. The Pure White Society was embroiled in another scandal a few days ago. They're probably struggling to protect themselves right now and don't have the time or energy to deal with other matters.]

[That's obviously fake news. How could the Pure White Society be so poor as to order others to rob a bank? Isn't that an organization composed of the most elite scholars in the country? Don't you think it's ridiculous to say they rob a bank?]

The bureau just issued a notice.

【ah? ? ? 】

Lin Yilin turned her gaze away from the screen: "The Bureau of Handling Affairs has finally issued a relevant announcement, but as expected, they won't make a big fuss about it publicly. I just don't know if there's any movement within the Association."

It was raining heavily outside. Zheng Fan, like a sparrow, was perched on the windowsill with Toast, Lulu Shoes, and the Blanket Spirit.

Toast was reminiscing about the days when he and Mo Mang raced cars under the sun, but now Perfect Toast was almost moldy.

Lulu Shoes nudged Toast, who was casually rolling around and squeezing herself to the side. Toast then stuck out her bottom and pushed Lulu Shoes off the windowsill.

The blanket spirit stuck out a corner and scooped Lulu's shoes back, then pushed the toast aside to make room for Lulu's shoes.

"Awoo!" Toast cried out, then was slapped on the wing by Zheng Fan, and immediately became well-behaved and dared not make a loud noise.

"Mr. Illusion, didn't you say there was a performance coming up soon?" Lin Yilin also saw the related discussion.

"It's too rainy and we had to cancel it." Zheng Fan yawned. "If it's just a little rain, it won't be a problem, but it's like a typhoon every now and then. There's no way the show can go on."

The Monastery Orchestra has a history of performing continuously despite the heavy rain.

Zheng Fan and his troupe could even take advantage of the rain to perform some special acts for the audience that they didn't usually do. But such things could only happen occasionally. After that performance, far more audience members and fans fell ill than usual when the crowds were too excited. For the safety of the audience and fans, performances couldn't be held without restraint on rainy days.

Sigh, once you become popular, you inevitably have to consider a lot of things.

The weather forecast says there will be continuous heavy rain for a while, so the Monastery Orchestra's planned concert tour will have to be temporarily suspended.

Doris and her party recently returned to their mansion on Stanley Street, which allowed them to get some time off.

Lin Yilin continued to review the latest intelligence when a message suddenly popped up, making her slightly startled.

"Mr. Illusion, it seems the Tide Army has made a move."

"What?" Zheng Fan pondered for a moment what kind of force this was. However, he quickly recalled that it was an organization specifically responsible for the expansion and invasion of multiple worlds.

I had a discussion with them before, back in the world of Little Potato and Radish. Their average level is above the Processing Bureau, but their positioning is below Pure White Lighthouse.

I've never seen any cutting-edge combat capabilities; I only remember that sergeant major yelling "Brother, save me!" when he couldn't win.

"In a sense, they also lean towards the Pure White Society, right?" Zheng Fan stood up and transformed back into human form from a sparrow.

"Although the Tide Army has always claimed to be independent, in reality, they rely on the Pure White Beacon for their weapons and equipment, and for advanced combat capabilities, they depend on it. In addition, the Pure White ideology is prevalent, and the people in it are basically all deeply ingrained in it. So they are basically in cahoots with the Pure White Beacon," Lin Yilin gave an affirmative answer.

"So their actions at this moment may also be related to the current situation of the Pure White Society... What about the Lighthouse?" Zheng Fan asked. Lin Yilin glanced at the computer screen and said, "The Lighthouse hasn't made any moves yet."

"Perhaps they're just waiting for the right opportunity."

After all, the Pure White Society, the owner of the Seed of Light, can basically be mobilized at will, and all the researchers of the Lighthouse are former members of the Pure White Society. It is impossible to expect the Pure White Lighthouse to be completely at peace.

Lin Yilin's gaze returned to the movements of the Tide Army, but she suddenly widened her eyes: "This... they have begun to endlessly exploit the value of the observed worlds under their control. It started about an hour ago, and so far they have destroyed five observed worlds."

She looked up at Zheng Fan.

Squeezing every last drop of value out of other worlds, and destroying them when necessary, has indeed been the Dominion's long-standing policy towards them. However, this process is usually quite lengthy, and most of the time, they don't simply destroy them, because the cost of destroying a world is less than the cost of simply abandoning or banishing it.

However, the Wave Army is now actively accelerating this process, which is completely contrary to the interests of the majority and is a short-sighted approach.

What do they want to do?
Did they intend to overturn the table and use it as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the central government of Dadu?

"What are their plans next?" Zheng Fan asked, his expression unchanged.

Lin Yilin once again mobilized her methods to delve deeper: "The Tide Army has also dispatched a large number of people to speed up the observation and search for the wandering world. This is no longer the kind of invasion as before... this is completely a locust swarm of the apocalypse."

Their sole aim is to squeeze the world's value dry as quickly as possible, disregarding any so-called world value and indiscriminately destroying everything.

The wave of troops seemed to have suddenly lost control.

In such circumstances, the pure white lighthouse's deathly silence seemed rather odd.

Pure White Beacon should have some prior knowledge of any movements made by the Wave Army.

Playing dead now is tantamount to tacit approval.

Pure White learned what she planned to do.

After a moment's reflection, Zheng shrugged: "Forget it, it's not really our concern for now. The biggest headache right now is probably in the capital. I wonder if they expected the Pure White Society to suddenly become so turbulent. It can't be that they're planning to destroy the world just because they failed to rob the bank, can it?"

This joke lightened Lin Yilin's somewhat heavy mood: "That's true, there's not much we can do right now. I'll continue to follow up."

Zheng glanced at the heavy rain outside and said, "I'll go check on Little Potato and Radish."

Lin Yilin had no objection.

Although they had helped Rabbi and Carrot settle their scores back then, now that the Tide Army has become ruthless again, they might just find some clue and launch a counterattack.

Just as Zheng Fan disappeared, Lin Yilin was about to contact Hong Yijia, Luo Ye, Niu Qianliu, and others when her phone suddenly rang.

She picked up her phone and discovered that it contained some long-forgotten names from her contacts.

"Hello, Miaosheng?"

……

Boom——

As soon as we arrived, thunder roared in the sky.

It's still quite a distance to the Hakchu mine, but Jilei City is currently the closest city under Kabala's supervision to the mine.

However, due to the influence of external divisions and wars, Kabala naturally had no intention of paying attention to this small border town anymore.

Zheng turned around and saw Radish and Rabbi walking on the street in the pouring rain.

Then several figures suddenly appeared from the side, using various techniques to attack Carrot and Rabi.

Opening lightning strike.

(End of this chapter)