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Chapter 210 Sudden Disaster (Part 2)

Holding the "Children's Play Sword," Wang Xi found the purple crystalline patterns on the back of the card dazzling.

'Another epic purple card.'

He currently possesses three purple cards.

Among them, "Crown of the End" and "Childhood Fun Sword" are upgradeable purple one-star skill cards, while "α Titan Unit-01" is a non-upgradeable dark purple five-star item card.

Wang Xi smiled as he admired the card design.

The card features a wooden sword radiating seven-colored starlight, with a vast expanse of stars and seas in the background.

Wang Xi immediately put it into use.

hum-

The "Childhood Fun Sword" then disappeared, transforming into a vibrant purple light that enveloped Wang Xi's body, flickering a few times before vanishing.

"Here comes the sword."

Wang Xi immediately raised his hand.

Dreamy little stars appeared above my palm, and in the blink of an eye, they coalesced into a 30-centimeter-long toy wooden sword.

It appears to be harmless.

The moment Wang Xi grasped the sword hilt, he felt the magical power within his body surge uncontrollably.

He had a gut feeling.

As long as you swing the sword and activate any main battle card, the extraordinary power will be "filtered" by the wooden sword and transformed into entirely new effects through unknown imagination.

"The 'Playful Sword' acts like an amplification medium, raising the original potential of wild cards..."

Wang Xi suddenly realized something.

But he was at home and it was inconvenient for him to test it, so he had to wave away the wooden sword.

Next, they began to carefully examine the other six wild cards—

"Hibernation in the Clouds (Blue)" allows the user to remain suspended in high-altitude clouds for extended periods, recovering from injuries and replenishing energy through sleep. One-star quality, cannot be upgraded.

"Absolute Bite (Blue)" greatly increases your bite force, but it's not limited to the mouth. Theoretically, you can transform any part of your body into a crocodile's snout to bite your target. Three-star quality, cannot be upgraded.

'Hmm...this card might be able to be stacked with "Heart Thief" to create a new combo!'

Wang Xi seemed to be thinking about something.

His conjured black hand can most likely benefit from the "Absolute Biting" bonus.

"Upstream (Deep Blue)" This card contains a portion of the power of time, greatly increasing the user's speed during its activation and producing effects similar to frame drops or flashes. Two-star quality, cannot be upgraded.

Just like the posture of the Time Crocodile when it finally escaped Wang Xi's ice shard blockade on Dream Island.

"Warning Line (Dark Blue)" This card contains a portion of the power of rules. Once the "warning line" is drawn, the target must not easily cross it, otherwise they will be bound by the line, sealing off their physical mobility and internal energy.

Samsung quality, not upgradable.

A very powerful control card.

It belongs to the category of mechanism supermodel.

As for "Dragon Breath (Deep Blue)" and "Dragon Scale Resistance (Deep Blue)," as the names suggest, they are unique offensive and defensive abilities of dragons, which are also very compatible with Wang Xi.

The former is an upgradeable skill card, while the latter is a non-upgradeable function card.

Keep all six cards.

Wang Xike was reluctant to use them all, so he chose to activate them all.

A deep blue light flickered continuously, clinging to his body surface and then disappearing one after another.

The "Dragon Scale Resistance" completely disappeared after use, and illusory dragon scales appeared on Wang Xi's skin.

He could clearly feel that his own defense had been greatly enhanced, and his "turtle shell" had become thicker again.

Dragon scales offer excellent resistance to physical attacks, elemental magic, and curses.

Wang Xi said secretly.

After doing all that, he began to examine his own bibliography—

"Wang Xi (Upper-tier 5-star/Hero)"

Five stars above the silver frame.

'Unbeknownst to me, my strength has become comparable to that of Mr. Qu Tao, the president of the Lucheng Brave Association…'

Wang Xi was somewhat moved.

'Could this be considered stepping halfway into the realm of "Taiyu"?'

His trip to the world of fairy tales was extremely fruitful, resulting in a rapid increase in his abilities.

...

...

After returning to the main world, Wang Xi naturally did not forget what he had promised Chu Nai two days ago.

This means helping to find any "sacred symbols" that the "Etching Sacred Symbol Association" might have secretly left in Gucheng, in order to prevent such incidents from happening in the first place.

He began "street sweeping" that very day.

Bai Qimeng had already sent over a white hover sports car, which looked clean and neat, with a soft shape and lines, like a flat piece of jade.

Wang Xi had looked it up online and found that the hovercar was called "Phantom White Jade," and it was also a "Phantom Series" supercar developed and produced by the Shining Group, worth tens of millions.

As for the license plate, documents, and owner's certificate, Bai Qimeng had already taken care of them, so Wang Xi could just drive it directly.

He then drove the hovercar along the streets of the Nest City District, where his Prism Community was located, while secretly unleashing his primordial spirit and using the "Swimming Fish Touching Inkstone" mark to release the Yin-Yang fish for investigation.

In just one day, Wang Xi turned Chaodu District upside down.

However, there were no substantial gains.

In the process, however, many people's secrets were discovered, including unethical affairs, unscrupulous transactions, and two-faced behavior...

All aspects of life and all kinds of beings are exposed under the scrutiny of the primordial spirit, revealing themselves completely in the eyes of the yin-yang fish.

Wang Xi seemed to have become a ghost wandering in the city, coldly observing the various lives unfolding.

He even glimpsed a teenage boy through the yin-yang symbol, who was lying paralyzed on the bed due to excessive indulgence, muttering something like "the last time" before falling into a coma.

This made Wang Xi sigh:

Perhaps, in a higher dimension unknown to me, there exists something else silently observing the world in the same way?

Three days later.

Wang Xi then visited all of the dozen or so districts, including the Dawn District, the Furnace District, the Rust Belt District, and the Central District.

But still, nothing was gained.

There are indeed many strange graffiti and carvings in various corners of Valley City, but according to Caius's investigation, they are not the so-called "holy symbols" at all.

This morning.

Wang Xi made a phone call to Chu Nai.

When the call connected, a girl's voice came from the other end: "Good morning, Brother Xi."

"Good morning," Wang Xi greeted with a smile. "Have you had breakfast yet?"

"I'm eating now. I have a meeting later, and if I don't eat now, I probably won't have time to eat at all."

"So busy," Wang Xi remarked.

After exchanging a few words, he cut to the chase: "I've searched all over Gucheng these past few days, but I haven't found anything unusual..."

"Hmm." Chu Nai didn't doubt Wang Xi's abilities, but after a moment's thought, her tone became serious: "Actually, the bureau has also speculated that the 'Holy Mark' still has a very high probability of existing, perhaps not inscribed within the city."

"Not inside the city?" Wang Xi frowned. "Could it be outside the city..."

“Yes,” Chu Nai affirmed. “The ‘Etching Holy Symbols Society’ has a criminal record in the five great nations over the years, including instances where ‘holy symbols’ were engraved outside cities.”

"After all, their ultimate goal is to trigger a disaster and destroy the city, so as long as the 'Holy Symbol' is close enough to the city, it can achieve its objective."

"You've shifted your focus to the areas outside the city?"

Wang Xi asked.

Chu Nai sighed on the other end of the phone: "Today's meeting is about this. Although Gucheng is just a small human settlement, the area within two kilometers outside the city is not small. A carpet search would take a lot of time, manpower and resources."

Two kilometers is the distance estimated by the top management of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, because only within this range will the destructive power of the disaster on the city be the greatest.

Chu Nai then said:

"The longer the delay, the higher the likelihood of a disaster. The bureau is under a lot of pressure right now."

“These past few days, bad news has been coming in one after another from the monitoring tower. The reality distortion in Gucheng and its surrounding areas has begun to rise continuously…” Listening to Chu Nai’s words, Wang Xi also vaguely sensed that an unknown danger was brewing.

The public cannot receive this classified information, but the officials and high-ranking officials of Gucheng and various institutions certainly know it.

Perhaps they are all in a state of utter chaos as a result.

At this time.

Wang Xi looked up at the bright, clear sky, but felt a strange chill. Even the "Fu" character imprinted in his mind began to tremble faintly, as if giving him a warning.

—"A stroke of genius (branding)"

This warning, though not strong, still illustrates the point.

"If you need any assistance or help, please let me know."

Wang Xi held his phone and said in a deep voice.

"Mmm." Chu Nai's voice was sweet. "Thank you, Brother Xi."

...

...

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

These five days seemed calm on the surface, but undercurrents were surging beneath. The day after Wang Xi spoke with Chu Nai, he was invited by the Overlook Bureau to participate in the "search operation outside the city".

The Bureau of Overlooking Affairs not only deployed elite members from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Exorcism Section, but also brought in personnel from the Defense Force and the Public Security Bureau for assistance.

Various advanced artificial cards that are not available on the market have been put into use, including large vehicles, radar-like detectors, and some strange and unusual small scanning machines.

Before the operation, Wang Xi revealed to the higher-ups of the Overlook Bureau through Chu Nai that he possessed mental detection capabilities, so he was assigned to an elite team to conduct a thorough search from the other side.

However, as time went on, the task force found nothing. Meanwhile, the "Fu" character imprinted in Wang Xi's mind sent increasingly strong warning signals.

That evening, Wang Xi, dressed in a tight-fitting combat suit, leaned against an armored hovercraft, watching the sunset over the countryside, and sent a message to Chu Nai on his phone:
"Is the Bureau of Astronomy prepared for a disaster?"

Above the chat box, the words "typing" frequently appeared on Chu Nai's end.

But in the end, the reply was:
"Does Brother Xi have a bad feeling?"

“Hmm,” Wang Xi typed. “The fact that the Gucheng authorities and the Overlooking Bureau have gone to such lengths, yet still haven’t been able to find the ‘Holy Mark,’ indicates that the other side is extremely well-prepared.”

"If things are beyond our control, then we must face the disaster positively."

After a while.

beep.

Chu Nai sent a message:

"Actually, the bureau had already prepared contingency plans, but the type and location of the disaster were really hard to predict, so we could only deal with it as it came."

Wang Xi took a deep breath.

That night.

He then received two text messages in succession.

They are from Yongxie and Cupid Housekeeping, respectively.

As the vice president of the Yongxie Association and the chief steward of Cupid Housekeeping, Wang Xi naturally received the notification immediately.

It is a confidential document issued by the Bureau of Overlooking.

The general idea is to prepare for potential disasters in the near future. The Yongxie (勇协) team needs to deploy personnel in advance, stationing them in various districts, while Cupid Housekeeping needs to assist the authorities in implementing traffic control measures and issuing warnings to residents in each district, preparing them psychologically.

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...

late at night.

Neon lights, like blood, stain every crevice of the steel forest.

The nights in the heart of Gucheng never sleep; holographic advertisements flow between skyscrapers, projecting all sorts of luxury goods and multi-brand products into the pupils of pedestrians.

In the secluded alley where no one was paying attention, the darkness suddenly twisted for a moment.

blah-

The sound of the air being torn apart was barely audible, and a purple rift appeared out of thin air. At first, it was only as thick as a hair, but in the next second it suddenly expanded, turning into a violent vortex.

The center of the vortex churned, like a wound torn open by an invisible hand. A stray cat in the alley bristled and hissed at the purple vortex, only to be instantly shredded into a bloody mist by the dissipating energy.

at the same time.

Overlooking the lobby of the bureau's monitoring department.

Beep! Beep! Beep!
A piercing alarm blared, and red warning lights stained the control room crimson. Several staff members were jolted awake, spilled coffee splattering onto their trousers.

"not good!"

someone exclaimed.

"The central area's energy level is continuously soaring!"

"49...no, 52!"

A woman observing the data screen almost cried out in a hoarse voice, "Quickly notify the director!"

On the monitoring screen, the curve representing energy fluctuations resembled wildly growing thorns, instantly piercing the yellow warning line and approaching the orange threshold.

A bespectacled staff member rushed to the terminal, his fingers leaving afterimages on the virtual keyboard, and quickly connected to the phone with Director Deng Tang, who was looking down at him.

After the urgent report, a deep male voice came from the other end of the phone: "Disaster location, rating, and type, report immediately!"

"Location confirmed: Blackstone Street back alley in the central area. The rating has moved from the yellow 'major incident' level to the orange 'sudden disaster' level, with the type currently unknown..."

"Orange?!" Director Deng Tang's voice suddenly changed, and the staff even sensed a hint of tension.

The bureau chief had never reacted like this before.

They can actually understand.

After all, an orange catastrophe means the entire Valley City could be reduced to ruins...

Immediately afterwards, the bureau chief was heard shouting sternly:
"Activate the highest level of combat readiness! Immediately notify 'Taiyu' Gu Li, Exorcism Section Chief Chu Nai, Foreign Affairs Minister Zhao Dong, and Brave Association President Wei Xuan..."

He read out a series of names.

now.

Back alley of Blackstone Street in the central area.

pat.

A pair of emerald green embroidered shoes adorned with pearls slowly stepped out of the twisted purple vortex.

This is a woman in a cheongsam with a graceful figure.

She was also holding the hand of a six or seven-year-old boy in a red bib.

I want to eat candy.

The boy spoke, his voice still childish.

The woman in the cheongsam immediately raised her hand and drew a vortex in the air with her index finger, instantly solidifying the golden syrup.

She handed the lollipop to the boy, who took it and licked it with his tongue, a blissful expression on his face. But his gaze was fixed on the night view outside the alley, the neon lights reflected in his dark eyes.

He suddenly chuckled: "Fuzhan, the lights here are so bright, and the houses are so tall, it's really beautiful."

The boy looked up and said, "I want to go play."

The woman looked at the boy.

She didn't have a beautiful appearance; instead, she had the head of a dead black dog. There was an irregular bloodstain on her neck, as if the woman had been decapitated and the dog's head had been forcibly pieced back on.

The dog-headed woman uttered a sweet, cloying voice: "Okay, go ahead, Fuyun, but don't go too far."

The child skipped and hopped towards the alley entrance, but suddenly turned back at the corner. His mouth stretched to his ears, revealing serrated sharp teeth: "I want to mold more clay."

"Whatever you like," Fuzhan chuckled.

Once the child had disappeared from sight, she began to walk slowly towards the other side of the alley.

But soon, the woman with the dog head stopped.

At the end of the alley, a man in sunglasses emerged from the darkness, a cigarette butt flickering between his fingers.

Gu Li exhaled a smoke ring, his voice heavy and low:

"Orange Cataclysm, Gemini..."

(End of this chapter)