Chapter 1: Wedges

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March 3, 2025 at 12:50 p.m.!

Major TV stations in Shangzhou City began to broadcast a statement issued by Dai Xiaorui, a famous local program host: "Dear viewers and friends, it is already 12:50 p.m., and there are only ten minutes until 1 a.m. Please put down your work when you are working overtime, and put down what you are doing when you are going out, and find a comfortable place to sleep deeply. At 1 o'clock in the morning, in nine counties and one city in Shangzhou, major TV stations and radio stations will be suspended, buses, taxis, and subways will be suspended, and all shops and major shopping malls will be closed......"

Dai Xiaorui's voice spread to every place in the nine counties and one city in the Shang and Zhou regions.

On the outdoor screen of the shopping mall, Dai Xiaorui's statement is played everywhere on the major TV stations, radio stations, and various advertising screens.

From this moment on, the whole world seemed to be quiet, a second ago, there was a lot of noise, and now, shops are closed, night market stalls are closed, supermarkets are closed, taxis and buses are suspended, and pedestrians are hurrying back to their homes or nearby hotels, ready to fall asleep.

Tick tock!

Little by little, it was close to 1 o'clock in the morning.

"Damn, it's too late to rush home. A middle-aged man with a shy belly scolded, hurriedly entered an express hotel, and said to the hotel's service staff: "Hurry up and arrange a room for me." ”

The service staff of the express hotel immediately took a key to the middle-aged man and said, "Room 203, hurry up and get in, it's almost 1 o'clock in the morning." ”

After that, the service staff of the express hotel immediately lay on the bed in the service desk, covered the quilt, and closed their eyes.

......

On the quiet street, an Audi car is speeding towards a community, a young man in the car is stepping on the accelerator to rush to the community, and the young woman in the passenger seat of the car is looking at the time on the mobile phone.

"Qiangzi, it's too late, there's only three minutes, we'll be in the car all night. It's almost 1 a.m. The young woman, with an anxious look on her face, looked at the young man and asked him to make up her mind.

"I could only stay in the car for the night, so I rolled down the windows a little bit so that I didn't run out of oxygen in the car. From 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., that's a long 6 hours. The young man immediately parked the car in the parking space next to it, rolled down the window a little, turned off the park, leaned back in the chair, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The young woman leaned back in the chair, lay on her back, and glanced at the man, her eyes full of affection.

......

"Xiaohua, hurry up and turn off the fire, it's only a minute until 1 o'clock in the morning. A fat-headed, big-eared proprietor at a night market stall yelled at his daughter-in-law.

The woman, named Xiaohua, hurriedly turned off the fire and sat down on a chair.

The fat-headed and big-eared boss lay directly on a table.

......

Residents of every household turned off the lights, closed their windows, and lay quietly in bed.

The white-collar workers who worked overtime in the company did not have time to go home, so they could only lie on the sofa of the company.

Even stray dogs and cats find a comfortable place to lie down.

Tick tock!

It's one o'clock in the morning!

The streets were empty, and the people of the nine counties and cities of Shang and Zhou fell into a deep sleep for a second, and only the sound of snoring sounded.

A sanitation worker who didn't have time to find a chair to lie down fell directly on a piece of grass and fell into a deep sleep.

The couple, who were arguing at home and forgetting the time, fell directly on the carpet of their home, and both fell into a deep sleep.

The rats that were squirreling back and forth on the dilapidated streets fell to the ground with a thud and fell into a deep sleep.

It's like a hypnotic master who hypnotized all the creatures in the nine counties and one city of Shang and Zhou.

Night, dead silent night!

Whew!

The northwest wind was blowing, rolling up the newspapers on the ground, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground, and making a rustling sound.

Woooooo

A low whimper sounded from the nine major cemeteries, from the cemeteries, from the yin mansions.

There was no sound in the whole world except the sound of the wind and the sound of whimpering.

"It's dry, watch out for the candles!"

In the nine major cemeteries, there are husbands wearing ancient costumes who come out.

At this moment, the whole world changed.

In the nine major cemeteries, there were originally places where tombstones were placed, but now, they have become pavilions, and ancient houses have risen from the ground.

The cemetery was turned into a house, and in the middle of the room sat men in ancient costumes, and they were smiling gloomily.

The desolate vacant land in Shang and Zhou City is full of houses and pavilions.

In 1912, hundreds of people from the underworld wearing ancient costumes exuding yin qi walked out of the cemetery and walked towards the bustling streets of the city.

That scene is the scene of a hundred ghosts walking at night that only appears in novels!

Some military bases, some important places, some important government offices, some famous schools, stations, and shopping malls in Shangzhou City have appeared one after another martial artists who exude a strong yang energy, they are the awakened among the people, and when the people are in a deep sleep, they are responsible for guarding the safety of people's lives and property, and their cold eyes look at those people in the underworld who walk without touching each other.

All this, the people of the nine counties and one city of Shang and Zhou did not know that they lived comfortably because there were awakened people who carried the burden for them.

Tick tock!

6 a.m.!

The world that was as silent as death came to life at once.

People who wake up early to work wake up, stretch, brush their teeth and wash their faces, and get ready for work.

Rats, stray cats, and stray dogs lying on the street woke up and ran towards the alleys to the side.

The couple who fell to the ground because of the quarrel woke up, and the two continued to argue.

The sanitation worker who fell on the grass was chilled, and he got up to start a new day's cleaning.

The young couple who had been lying in the car for six hours woke up, smiled at each other and said good morning to each other.

The white-collar workers who slept on the company sofa all night woke up and began to line up to go to the bathroom and touch up their makeup.

Because they didn't have time to get home, the men and women living in the hotel woke up and started calling their families to explain why they didn't go home to sleep last night.

A new day has come, and everyone continues to live despite their doubts, not knowing what is going on in the world from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., and they fall into a deep sleep for six hours.

"It's the morning news ......."

"It's morning broadcast time......"

The nine major cemeteries in the nine counties and one city of the Shang and Zhou dynasties are still the nine major cemeteries, where there are no pavilions, no houses, only tombs and tombstones.

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