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Everyone quieted down after hearing this.

Lucas kept holding his cell phone in his hand. At this time, Emily came to her senses and realized that something big might have happened, because she knew that Lucas almost never showed his cell phone to outsiders.

She went to the coffee machine and poured herself a cup of coffee without sugar. The bitter but smooth taste made her wake up faster.

Lucas put away his phone, turned off the lights in the living room, then walked to the window, opened the curtains and looked out.

It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything.

This is both normal and abnormal.

It was the dead of night, and it was naturally pitch black outside, but at the foot of the hill were other residents' houses. In addition to street lights, the lights at the doors of many residents and even in their homes would be kept on all night long. It would be extremely abnormal to not see any light at this time.

Lucas operated the mobile phone in his hand, and the lights outside the house lit up, but it was hazy and extremely blurry, as if through the frosted glass of the bathroom.

There was a heavy fog outside.

Previously, the surveillance camera connected to the outside through the mobile phone screen was not certain because it was all dark, but now it is certain.

Lucas lowered the curtains and turned on the lights in the living room again. He returned to the sofa with his phone and said to everyone:

"Something has happened. The power and phone lines are down. The town's water supply is probably going to be cut off as well. The water in the water tower will probably run out soon."

"???"

"???"

"???"

"What? What's going on outside?" Claire asked as everyone else looked confused.

"I don't know exactly what happened. The only thing I can be sure of is that the power and telephone lines are down. If no one goes to the town's water tower to turn the valve, the town's water supply will soon be cut off."

Emily held the coffee cup and looked at Lucas without saying anything. Hope, like her, trusted Lucas very much.

Naomi and Maggie were hugging their respective stuffed toys, nodding their heads and seemed to be about to fall asleep.

Carolina, like Claire, sat on the sofa with her legs crossed and her arms folded across her chest, asking, "What does all this have to do with the alarm in the villa?"

Lucas thought for a moment and replied:

"The exterior decoration of my house looks like glass panels, but it is actually a high-tech photovoltaic power generation device that can generate electricity through sunlight. However, part of it has been specially modified so that it will not generate electricity when exposed to sunlight."

"So?" Carolina demanded.

"They will only generate electricity in one situation and trigger the alarm system."

"what's the situation?"

"The environment outside has become at least similar to the space in the Mist Realm."

At this point, Emily and Hope seemed to understand, but the others were still confused.

"No way, Lucas, are you saying that the space outside has become the same as the space in the Misty Realm?" Hope said bluntly.

"I hope that's not the case, but we have to wait until the fog clears or daybreak to confirm. During this period, for safety reasons, you all stay in your rooms and don't go out. As long as you stay in the villa, there will be no danger.

When I built the villa, I used a lot of special materials, so the safety is guaranteed."

0029

Lucas' emotions were very stable at this time. Currently, there was too little known information for him to judge the situation in the outside world or what happened outside.

"I think everyone should go back to sleep. Staying here won't help. As long as you don't go out, there won't be any safety issues staying in the room," he said.

"Oh……"

These are Naomi and Maggie. The two girls were holding their stuffed toys. They stood up drowsily and wanted to go back to their room.

Carolina and Hope looked at each other and took turns picking up the phone on the low table next to the sofa. There was no busy tone nor the sound that should be heard when picking up the phone. Instead, there was no sound at all, which was consistent with what Lucas said about the phone line being disconnected.

Following them, Laurel and Zhuo Yisi also made the same attempt.

"Do you want me to go home? My home is not far from here..." Hope looked at Lucas and asked.

"Let's not do that. The fog outside is very strange. God knows what's in there. Just stay here with me. I'll find a way to contact Merry after daybreak," Lucas said. After thinking for a while, he added, "Others may not have noticed anything unusual outside. I think Merry should still be asleep at this time."

Carolina is a semi-social person who usually plays wildly, so she doesn't listen to adults. She looked at Lucas and said:

"I want to go out and take a look. I drove here, so there shouldn't be any problem in the car, right?"

The tone didn't sound like he was asking for his consent.

"I don't recommend you do this. As I said before, there are unknown dangers in the fog. If you want to go home, you can wait a few more hours. At least the light after dawn will reduce your risk of traffic accidents. If you want to know the situation outside, I suggest you turn on the TV and radio. The former may not have any information, but the latter may have some news."

Lucas knew very well how to get along with teenagers who were sixteen or seventeen years old and thought they were adults, and there was no natural tone in his voice.

"Yes, that's a good idea. I know there are many late-night radio stations that broadcast live. They should be able to provide first-hand information about abnormal situations in the outside world."

Laurel interjected.

There was a TV in the living room. Although Lucas didn't watch TV much, he had bought a lot of major pay-per-view channels. Claire, who was closest to the TV, turned on the TV, and everyone's attention was focused on it.

Most TV stations do not broadcast programs late at night, and a few pay TV stations will broadcast some regular programs or special programs.

Some TV stations will not be broadcasting but will have a signal icon.

Carolina looked at it for a moment and said, "This is of no help. Even if something happens, the TV station won't report it until tomorrow... this morning's morning news."

Laurel retorted, "Some of them are still useful. The signals of some TV stations have disappeared. Look, this should be HNWS TV station. They have night broadcasts, but the signal is gone." After Claire turned on the TV, she replaced Claire to adjust the channel next to her. "This means that either their equipment is malfunctioning, or they are in a power outage like us... A power outage is unlikely. The TV station should have a backup generator like the hospital. Even if the broadcast is interrupted, it will not last too long."

"One more thing," Zhuo Yisi said, "In addition to HNWS TV station, the signals of many other TV stations have disappeared. It is impossible for so many TV stations to have equipment failures at the same time..."

After hearing this, Carolina showed a look of realization. After thinking for a moment, she looked at Lucas in surprise.

Normally, she always heard Emily bragging about how great and amazing Lucas was, but she couldn't say what it was specifically. She thought Emily was blinded by love and her mind was full of some organ of Lucas. Now it seems that he does have some good points.

Later, they turned on the radio to listen to the intelligence.

Compared with TV stations that only broadcast recorded content, radio stations broadcast much richer content. There are even car radio stations that use car radios and radio networks to broadcast some road information in real time.

To summarize all the valuable information:

'The road is cut off'

"Thick Fog"

"Massive power outage"

'The ground is cut off'

“The pipeline was cut off”

"X highway is impassable"

Due to the limited wavelength of the reception, these situations seem to occur on a large scale in California and several neighboring states, and almost all radio stations that are still operating at night are broadcasting these contents.

At this time, Lucas was actually still calm because he could hear the radio from the outside world. He guessed that there was just thick fog outside and some ground cracks.

"Zhoice"

"Yes, sir"

“Turn it off”

"This, but..."

"Like I said, there may be some unexpected situations outside, but we can hear the radio, and judging from the situation, it is just the impact of some power outages and thick fog. Instead of making yourself anxious here, it is better to go back and continue to sleep until tomorrow... This morning, I believe that more detailed news will be released, and then we will plan the next step."

After saying that, Lucas ignored everyone else and went upstairs with Emily in his arms.

Customer

The rest of the people in the hall looked at each other. Claire stood up, stretched her body, and yawned with her hand covering her lips:

"That's true. Even if we stay here, we won't get accurate information until tomorrow morning. The government's efficiency is not that fast. I'm going back to sleep."

"I'm going back too"

Carolina stood up, stretched her neck and walked towards the guest room.

Zoey and Laurel looked at each other, and the latter turned off the radio with a click.

"Are we going back to bed too?"

"What else can I do?"

"Uh……"

During the conversation, Zhuo Yisi came to the phone, picked up the receiver and listened, then put it down after a moment with a look of disappointment on his face.

Luo Ruier went to the window and tried to pick up the "Spirit Fox" who was squatting there looking out, and then she succeeded.

In the "嘤嘤怪"'s list of close friends, Lucas>Emily>anyone else. She and Zhuo Yisi have lived together in the villa day and night since they moved in, so she naturally knows that there is a big-eared cute creature from the "Misty Realm" in the villa, but she usually fails to hold it in her arms nine times out of ten.

……

It was early morning.

Laurel and Zhuo Yisi sat in the living room all night. Later, they turned on the radio. In addition to the things extracted by Lucas, they also heard some new content one after another, such as the loss of contact with the government and the National Guard, and the garrisons in California and several neighboring states could not be contacted. There were also some town-level or county-level official agencies issuing reassurance broadcasts, asking residents to stay at home and store food and water.

What surprised the two was that the nearby city of Rossanki and the state government had no relevant news at all.

Unfortunately, their experience is still insufficient. If Lucas had stayed in front of the radio all the time, he would have found that the number of radio stations he could receive was gradually decreasing.

Moreover, if one could mark the locations of all these radio stations that can be heard on a map, and then compare them with an edition of "Overview of the 'Misty Realm' in the Flower Country" published in the 1970s, one would find that most of these radio stations are located near the "Misty Realm".

For two young and beautiful girls, listening to the radio for a few hours was basically the same as listening to a few hours of trash talk.

In the end, both of them fell asleep leaning on the sofa, and the radio was turned off by the "cry monster" who thought it was too noisy with its nimble claws.

Shortly after dawn, Lucas and Emily went downstairs together.

Both of them looked like they were panting and hadn't gotten enough sleep. In the early morning, Emily drank two cups of strong coffee. Nowadays, coffee basically does not remove the caffeine or reduce the process. As a result, Emily was extremely energetic after returning to the room. She was about to dance on Lucas' head.

After struggling for a long time, Lucas had to press her down with his weight to make her calm down. As a result, she was half asleep when it was time for them to get up, looking listless.

Lucas woke up Laurel and Zoey.

"Wake up, wake up, go back to your room and sleep"

"Oh well"

"OK, all right"

The two girls got up and left in a daze.

Lucas usually prefers to drink tea, but tea is mild in nature and its effect is not as fast as coffee. He estimated that Merry might come to his house soon, so he poured himself a cup of coffee and added sugar and milk to speed up the recovery of blood sugar levels to a level where he could think normally.

"Are we still going out for a run today?"

Emily yawned and tried to pour herself some coffee, but Lucas slapped her hand away and took out his usual glass pot and brewed her a pot of tea.

"Let's not do it today. If you feel sleepy, go back to sleep. There's no need to get up so early."

“No, I want to be with you.”

"Let me cook first. Hope's mother may come over soon. I want to discuss countermeasures with her. She may have accurate information from the outside world."

"Oh"

It was estimated that this girl was still sleepwalking, lying on his arm, her originally lively blue eyes now staring dully at the teapot. She used her other hand to poke the floating tea leaves inside through the glass, and her fingertips and the glass pot made a slight "tapping" sound.

Lucas smiled. As someone who often stayed up late in the past, he naturally knew how it felt to have your normal sleep interrupted and not wake up naturally. He touched her head and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

The sky outside was shining, but still dim because the thick fog had not dissipated. In this light level, it appeared gray and black.

Not long after, just as the fog changed from gray-black to slightly gray-white, he heard the doorbell ring at the front door.

She took out her cell phone to check and saw it was Merry as expected. Emily, who was lying on the dining table, ran over to answer the door.

As the voices of greeting came vaguely, footsteps came from far away. Lucas had just finished setting the last plate of breakfast. He didn't go to the dining table. He put the last portion of bacon and eggs on the table in front of him and greeted the visitor:

"Good morning, Merry. Did you miss breakfast?"

"Morning, Lucas, you knew I was coming?"

"Isn't it obvious? You are a police officer and Hope is still here with me."

Merry didn't hesitate at all. He went to the sink to wash his hands, took two pieces of toilet paper from the paper drawer, and sat down at the dining table while wiping his hands.

"I mean, did you know something happened outside?"

"I knew it last night, but..."