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Chapter 373. The Eternal Night Is Coming
"According to the evening news report, large flocks of crows have been seen migrating erratically in many areas today..."

"Click."

In the dark basement, the light from the screen was the only source of illumination, lighting up the small room filled with electronic devices.

A girl wearing purple pajamas sat cross-legged on a chair.

She clicked the mouse, pausing the news broadcast, leaned forward slightly, and stared at the frozen screen.

That was the sky captured by an ultra-high-definition camera—flocks of crows, like an ominous dark cloud, swirled and surged under the blood-red sunset, exuding an unsettling aura.

The girl casually tugged at the fuzz on her pajamas, then clicked the mouse again to zoom in on a specific part of the image.

"Click."

Under the lens, the crow's outline is clearly visible, and every feather is distinct.

She moved the cursor, shifting the focus away from the flock of crows and slowly dragging it towards the faintly visible cyclone in the background.

The silence lasted for a long time.

She then switched to the background and opened a folder containing hundreds of screenshots of high-altitude cyclones.

The images are densely packed, recording every subtle change in the airflow, silently testifying to the observer's long-term focus.

"Wind manipulation... that's a familiar technique."

Baili Song chuckled softly and said in a low voice.

She wasn't familiar with Feng Shiman, the war tycoon of the Wind System, but people never find it troublesome when they're digging for melons.

In the post-apocalyptic world, those who understand meteorology include not only strategists but also con artists.

The former is naturally gifted, which is obvious at a glance, while the latter is supported and studied diligently generation after generation in order to deceive the former.

By the time her generation of con artists reached that, thanks to the support of their predecessors, they had become top-tier swindlers who knew everything from astronomy to geography.

When Feng Shiman manipulated the airflow to create a giant whirlwind, Xu Huan and she also noticed it.

But Baili Song didn't say that.

Journalism taught her that some things should be publicized, while others should be kept to oneself and let go with a smile.

Just like now, witnessing the unusual arrangement of cyclones in the sky, she simply opened the Ping An Forum in silence and casually typed a few lines of code in the programming window next to it.

The page suddenly switched from "Chaos Forum" to "Light Forum".

The members of the Light faction were clearly much more active. At the very top of the homepage, a highly-rated post titled "..." was prominently displayed.
A Special Study on the Methods of Blood Sacrifice

Baili Song clicked on the post and glanced at its contents:

As we all know, blood sacrifice is a special way to obtain immense power by making a deal with a "demon" and offering up flesh and soul as sacrifices. But have you ever thought about this question—which god is this "demon"?

I've given this issue serious thought. Judging from their behavior, the "demon" must be a member of the dark pantheon.

However, according to the Basic Law, extraterrestrial gods under the Truth are prohibited from directly projecting their power into the world and interfering with human life. The act of blood sacrifice should be considered a direct transaction of power, which completely violates the Basic Law, yet it has not been punished by the Death Order. Is it possible that...?

[Perhaps the method of blood sacrifice itself is not the evil act of "demons" that the public perceives it to be?]

[Or is it a proper employment contract from the Death Order God Throne to recruit subordinates?]

There were thousands of comments below the post, and she scrolled down to read them one by one.

[The Great Master on the Journey to the West]: "No, in this day and age, are there still people as stupid as Guangminggang who only just found out about this?"

【Cute and Adorable Strategic Expert】: "Hehe, the confirmed poster must have been watching too many short videos outside, which lowered their IQ, so they actually came back to ask the forum members such an idiotic question."

【Invincible Strategist】: "Did you post on the wrong forum? This is the Guangming Forum~" 【Short-Legged Plate Arranger】: "Don't look anymore, they're just deliberately using low-IQ content to attract traffic."

Amidst a sea of ​​negative comments, the original poster also offered a new explanation.

[Original Poster]: "That's not what I meant. I know that everyone on the forum knows about this... I mainly want to ask everyone, why is it that the blood sacrifice method, which is the contract of the Grim Reaper, rarely, if ever, awakens in our Light?"

[Original Poster]: "To put it simply, why doesn't Death give us employment contracts? Is there anything special about us?"

The comments below this post are quite consistent:

"I don't know. The poster has malicious intentions and lured poor Guangming in to kill him."

"I don't know. Those involved are often blinded by their own perspective. How can we know what's going on?"

"By the way, does anyone know why our company is called Guangming? I feel like the future in our line of work isn't bright."

"I don't know... You know what, it's true. Does anyone on the forum know about blood sacrifice methods?"

"I do not have."

"No."

Neither I nor my friends have any.

"No."

……

The lengthy commentary was followed by a new wave of panic.

"No, it suddenly dawned on me, something's not right. What's going on? Isn't the path to awakening based on probability? Why did Death send over the offer letter? Did he adjust the probability?"

"No, if we adjust the probability, we in Guangming should also have a probability. The current situation is that the dead order has isolated us."

"This is really getting tough. A while ago, the TV station incident killed a lot of low-ranking officials, and now this has suddenly happened..."

Has anyone studied how Death delivers the letter of appointment?

"How can we study this? Death is a black curtain, and the operation is all in a black box. The order of death is truly a dark place, and no one knows its rules of enforcement."

"Speaking of which... I have a little guess. Is the reason why Death isn't sending us job offers? It's because we've already been hired and aren't in the job market, so we can't be hired at all?"

"???"

"?"

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……

The post had been flooded with hundreds of comments, all asking "???", and the entire Guangming Forum seemed to be ignited by this question, with waves of debate, speculation, and questioning constantly flooding the screen.

Baili Song closed the page, his gaze naturally falling to a newly trending post:

I strongly suspect that something strange has infiltrated our Bright Forum.

The post included a screenshot below the title, which turned out to be a screenshot of the comment with the question mark at the end of the previous post.

The poster circled the word "talent" in the comment heavily in red and added the following comment:
[Based on this bizarre joke.]