What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

The people Jin Wanliang summoned were extremely efficient.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the five mangled corpses in the alley were skillfully stuffed into thick, black, waterproof bags.

Pack up and take the dropped weapons with you.

Several men in raincoats even brought professional industrial-grade cleaning agents, which they sprayed all over the bluestone slabs.

Then, a torrential downpour washed away the last trace of blood and malevolent energy from the alley.

The bread truck drove away silently, as if the brief but deadly confrontation had never happened.

Dinner time was approaching, but the rain seemed to have punched a hole in the sky.

Instead of stopping, the rain intensified.

Around 7:30 p.m., a muffled clap of thunder suddenly exploded in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a series of crackling sounds began to rang out densely on the roof of Tingyuxuan.

I walked to the window, pushed it open a crack, and looked out.

Under the dim streetlights, I saw that what was hitting the bluestone slabs was not just rainwater, but also hailstones the size of walnuts.

The hailstones, carried by the gale, pelted the invisible feng shui aura surrounding Tingyu Pavilion, creating ripples in the air.

"This weather is really weird."

Li Qing walked to my side, her brows furrowed as she stared out the window.

"Such heavy hail in June is something we haven't seen in Jiangcheng for decades."

As we were talking, my phone, which was on the coffee table, vibrated.

I picked it up, glanced at the screen, immediately pressed the answer button, and casually turned on speakerphone.

Lu Yan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

The background noise was extremely loud, with dense keyboard clatter, hurried footsteps, and the howling wind and rain outside the window.

Clearly, the Jiangcheng branch is now in complete chaos.

"Chen Yang, can you hear me?"

Lu Yan spoke much faster than usual, revealing an undeniable weariness.

"I heard you very clearly, go ahead and speak."

"The situation has changed; that's bad news."

Lu Yan took a deep breath, seemingly suppressing her inner anxiety.

"I have just reported the situation in Jiangcheng to the General Administration, bypassing the usual channels."

The General Administration took this very seriously and immediately ordered the formation of an elite task force to be airdropped into Jiangcheng overnight.

but……"

She paused for a moment, and the thunder in the background seemed to grow louder.

"However, just half an hour ago, extreme thunderstorms suddenly appeared in the airspace around Jiangcheng."

The plane was unable to land and had to make an emergency landing at a military airport in a neighboring province, 300 kilometers away.

They've switched to the highway, but due to heavy rain, many sections are currently flooded and closed.

Jin Wanliang gasped, abruptly stopping the walnuts he was fiddling with in his hand: "When will the reinforcements arrive?"

"If the weather conditions do not improve, the task force will have to take national and provincial highways instead."

At the earliest... it won't arrive until tomorrow noon, or even tomorrow evening.

Lu Yan's voice carried a hint of helplessness.

"As for Longhu Mountain, two of my senior brothers have already set off."

They were traveling by land, but when they reached the border of Jiangxi Province, they encountered a rare mudslide, which completely blocked the national highway.

Repairs are underway locally, and they won't be able to arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

"In other words, tonight, the entire Jiangcheng is an isolated island."

I concluded calmly.

"Yes."

Lu Yan remained silent for two seconds.

"Chen Yang, you must be extremely careful."

I had a very bad feeling that the other party had gone to such great lengths, and it was definitely not just to let us freeze in the rain.

Something big is definitely going to happen in Jiangcheng tonight.

I have ordered all field personnel at the branch office to tighten their defenses and hold onto several key supply depots and archives.

"While you are in Tingyuxuan, do not show yourselves easily."

"Don't worry, we know what we're doing. Just be careful yourself."

After hanging up the phone, I put my phone back in my pocket.

A brief silence fell over the hall, broken only by the unsettling noise of hail pounding on the roof outside.

I walked to the window and looked out at the dark storm through the wooden frame, my eyes deep and thoughtful.

"This weather is just the right time."

I murmured something softly, as if talking to myself, or perhaps asking the two people behind me.

"It's an unbelievable coincidence."

Li Qing walked up to me, turning a compass in her hand.

"It didn't hail earlier or later, but it just happened to happen when official support was on its way."

Moreover, these thunderstorm clouds completely blocked the airspace over Jiangcheng and the surrounding area.

I turned to look at him and asked, "Li Qing, are you a feng shui master?"

According to the records of the Feng Shui school, can human power truly alter celestial phenomena to such an extent?

Li Qing stared at the slightly trembling pointer on the compass, his brows furrowing into a knot:

"If it were any other time, I would definitely say that's bullshit."

Summoning wind and rain is the power of gods. Even my master can only borrow the wind and water in a localized area at most.

But the situation is different now.

He pointed to the ground beneath his feet: "The three major array eyes of Jiangcheng have been destroyed, and the Yin energy suppressed underground is surging up wildly, forming a deadly situation of the Three Fiends hanging upside down."

When the earth's energy surges to the top, the balance of Yin and Yang is disrupted, inevitably leading to dramatic changes in celestial phenomena.

This extreme weather event was less about someone casting spells to control the wind and rain, and more about...

Someone calculated the timing of the ley line collapse with extreme precision and took advantage of this natural disaster!

"By taking advantage of favorable timing and location, they trapped Jiangcheng to death."

My brows were furrowed.

"What a grand gesture."

"Who cares about any demons or monsters? We just need to protect Tingyu Pavilion."

Li Qing snorted coldly, turned around and walked back to the front of the bill, picked up a vermilion pen and began to draw talismans on a stack of yellow paper.

"If anyone dares to force their way in, my formation is not to be trifled with."

It was a little after nine o'clock at night.

Because of the weather, we didn't prepare any complicated food.

Li Qing carried out a whole box of military self-heating rations and several boxes of self-heating hot pots from Tingyuxuan's warehouse.

On the coffee table in the lobby, three self-heating hot pots were bubbling and steaming.

The rich aroma of butter broth filled the chilly air, adding a rare touch of warmth to the oppressive night.

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first."

I took apart a pair of disposable chopsticks, picked up a piece of tripe, and put it in the bowl.

"No matter how chaotic things are outside, we still have to eat. Only when we're full do we have the energy to work."

Li Qing didn't stand on ceremony and started shoveling food into his mouth.

While eating, he mumbled indistinctly, "Old Chen is right. These bastards don't sleep in the middle of the night. We can't let them waste our time on an empty stomach."

Jin Wanliang, however, seemed somewhat absent-minded.

Although he was holding a bowl, his eyes were fixed on the several mobile phones and a tablet computer on the coffee table.

As an intelligence broker, this kind of time when citywide communications are disrupted and information is in disarray is precisely the most nerve-wracking moment for him.