The Mysterious Card Maker: Starting with Zhang Jiao's Deification

Silence fell again in the meeting room.

The burly man opened his mouth, his face full of frustration, "What else can we do? Are we just going to wait here for the truck association to come and rescue us?"

A man nearby sneered, "The Card Association?"

"Have you forgotten? When we established the New World, we clearly stated that the Card Association was not allowed to interfere in the affairs here," the man said in a deep voice.

"And the chairman who is hiding in the Card Association, he also said before that the Card Association would not take the initiative to investigate matters concerning us."

He paused here, his gaze sweeping over the crowd, "So, don't expect them to suddenly come and help."

The burly man's face darkened further. "What do we do then? We can't just stay cooped up here! This is too stifling. We might as well just fight our way out!"

Many people around the conference table frowned, but no one spoke, because everyone knew that staying here and not leaving still offered a sliver of hope.

If they actually rushed out and engaged in a real fight with those strange beings, that would be a different story. After all, even Wang Bo, the vice president of the All-Spirit Society, suffered a setback in front of those strange beings. Who knows what might happen to them if they went out?

The meeting room fell silent, and everyone's eyes involuntarily fell on Zhao Zhong, looking at the true person in charge of the foundation, waiting for him to make a decision.

Zhao Zhong naturally noticed those gazes, but he didn't speak immediately. Instead, he lowered his head and kept considering various possibilities in his mind.

The more he thought about it, the heavier his heart became.

When Wang Bo had just escaped back to the manor yesterday, he rushed over to check on the situation, initially with a bit of a "let's see what's going on" mentality.

Only after talking with Wang Bo did he truly realize the seriousness of the situation. According to Wang Bo, there were already no fewer than ten Purple Domain-level monsters outside.

Ten Purple Domain level creatures—that number is already quite alarming.

It should be noted that even in the midst of a supernatural tide, it is not possible to encounter so many high-level supernatural phenomena at once.

At first, Zhao Zhong thought that these strange things were only temporarily gathered because of Wang Bo, and that they would naturally disperse after a while.

But the result was completely beyond his expectations; those strange creatures continued to attack the defensive light barrier until dawn.

But when there was no sign of an attack on the light screen and everything outside quieted down, Zhao Zhong even thought the matter was over.

But just now, Su Wanqing hurriedly found him and said that the strange things outside hadn't left at all; they were still there, as if waiting for something.

At that moment, a very bad premonition rose in his heart.

After all, the supernatural is always an independent entity, but the supernatural things outside are all somewhat terrifying in a unified way.

"First, take Wang Bo into custody. If the strange atmosphere outside doesn't subside by then, then throw him out."

"What if there are All Souls' Guild members on our estate, and they report this to them? What should we do then?"

Zhao Zhong remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "Wanqing, go see Lin Fan and tell him to start preparing He Jin immediately. We need to be prepared to turn against the Wanling Society at any time..."

Before Zhao Zhong could finish speaking...

"Didi didi"

A piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the conference room, and everyone's expression changed.

"What happened?!"

"Have those strange creatures made some kind of move again?"

The scene became chaotic for a moment.

"Quiet!" Zhao Zhong frowned, looking at the people sitting around. "You all react like this to the slightest noise."

He looked at Su Wanqing beside him and said to her, "Wanqing, go and see what happened."

Soon, Su Wanqing ran back.

"What happened!" Zhao Zhong's heart tightened as he looked at Su Wanqing's troubled expression.

Su Wanqing didn't say anything, but picked up a panel on the table and quickly started operating it.

Immediately afterwards, a series of surveillance images popped up on the huge display screen in the center of the conference room.

Everyone's eyes turned to look.

The area around the manor was now filled with countless eerie creatures, and some were even gathering from afar.

They didn't attack as frantically as before; countless pairs of scarlet eyes stared intently at the manor.

The entire conference room was eerily quiet.

"How can there be so many..."

"Where did they come from? Their density even surpasses the eeriness of the ghost tide!"

"Wait, what's that!" The man who had been yelling about charging out suddenly stood up and pointed to a scene on the screen.

The surveillance footage there only showed blurry black shadows, as if they were covered by a layer of fog.

"Strange fog!" Su Wanqing exclaimed.

"The eerie fog... doesn't that mean a wave of strange phenomena is coming?!"

"Damn it, no wonder! I was wondering why those weird creatures were gathering outside and wouldn't leave; they were waiting for the monster tide to form!"

"Now that the strange tide has appeared, the Card Association can no longer afford to ignore it, even if they want to play dead!"

The tension on everyone's faces noticeably eased, after all, the number of strange creatures gathered outside far exceeded the normal range.

If there were no explanation for the supernatural tides, that would be truly terrifying, since supernatural tides are something they understand, which also means that things are not completely out of control.

This actually gave them more confidence.

Zhao Zhong's originally gloomy expression softened slightly. He slowly stood up and addressed the crowd.

"According to the regulations, if a strange event of the level of a supernatural tide occurs, the Card Association must intervene. We just need to stay here and wait for the Card Association to deal with the strange events outside."

He turned to look at everyone and said, "You all need to tidy up your things first. If the ghost tide ends and the Card Association comes in to investigate, don't leave anything that shouldn't be left behind."

"clear."

"it is good."

"I'll arrange it right away."

The dark cloud that had been hanging over everyone's hearts seemed to have dissipated considerably, and some people even showed relaxed smiles.

But at this moment

"Uncle..." A hesitant voice suddenly rang out in the conference room as Su Wanqing tugged at Zhao Zhong's sleeve.

Zhao Zhong was also slightly taken aback. "What's wrong?"

Su Wanqing's face was a little pale at this moment. She pointed to a scene on the monitor and said, "Isn't the color of this strange fog a little off?"

The group, who were about to leave, stopped in their tracks because of Su Wanqing's action and looked in the direction she was pointing.

With just a glance, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and their hearts were once again in their throats.

In one scene on the screen, a fog of another color appeared and instantly covered the surveillance footage.

In several other surveillance videos, different colored mists appeared, swirling and eventually mixing together.

暗红

惨白

Bluish-black.

Several colors intertwined, as if constantly devouring each other.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Zhong's pupils suddenly contracted, and he said in disbelief, "This strange tide...is not just one wave."