Chapter 49: Meeting over the Flood
Heavy rains have been going on throughout Wang'an City.
Towering buildings, like isolated islands above the water,
And as far as the eye can see, it's all an ocean,
The rain washed over the buildings that were still standing, and also hit the ocean,
I don't know if it's a strong wind or some kind of monster lurking underwater, which floods the entire city of Wang'an from time to time.
Huge waves hit those isolated island buildings in the ocean, and seemed to destroy these buildings as well.
The scene that has become a shadow leaps between the shadows of this world,
In this rainstorm, all that can be seen outside the buildings are official rescue boats and transport drones traveling in the face of violent storms and great risks.
"Boom la la ......"
The dense rain hit the flood ocean, and the sound was extraordinarily noisy, like the background noise of the world for a long time, drowning out everything else.
In such a rainstorm, it is difficult for ordinary people to breathe outside, and even if they scream hoarsely, they can't spread far.
The shadow of Jing Chen, who fell on the outer wall of a building, raised his head and looked up at the sky.
Above the dome, thick and dense dark clouds, heavy mountains and mountains like mountains, obscuring everything, black and oppressive,
It's just that the torrential rain keeps pouring down, but the original sky can no longer be seen.
Although it was morning, it was no different from night.
Looking at the sky and the torrential rain, listening to this monotonous and noisy sound, Jing Chen also frowned.
It's really irritating, I can't wait to drag some monster out behind me and pinch it to death!
The irritable Jing Chen lost most of the expression on his face, tilted his head, and looked directly at the dark clouds with no emotion in his eyes.
It's just that it seems to have switched places with the heavy dark clouds, obviously looking up, but it's more like looking down.
"Tweet ......"
At this time, the blood eagle hovering in the sky above Jing Chen's head,
It seemed that seeing that Jing Chen was not leaving, he screamed, and the sharp sound easily pierced the barrier of the rainstorm,
Spread to Jing Chen's ears,
Jing Chen heard this, paused, and then lowered his head.
I was still a little irritable and a little worried at the same time.
Let's not talk about the monsters after this rainstorm, or whether some god will come,
This catastrophe of torrential rain and low temperatures alone, if it continues for a long time, will be enough to destroy most of the human beings and those who have taken Gu potions.
Even if he had taken potions, he had only taken potions twice, and he could withstand this apocalyptic disaster.
And then, most of them are dead, just with those twisted and chaotic monsters?
After another pause, Jing Chen raised his head again and looked at a small ship that had just passed by in the distance in the rainstorm.
Immediately after, he continued to leap quickly through the shadows towards his original destination.
If he could, Jing Chen still wanted to try his best to help the Bureau of Anomalies find an opportunity to deal with this crisis.
But is there a chance?
His ability to peep into the future is quite a lot, and he can only bring the hope that exists in the future in advance.
What if the future is also a dead end?
What if with the power of humanity and the power of the Heterogeneous Bureau, there is no way to deal with the crisis of this 'King of Disaster'?
With some worries, Jing Chen jumped forward quickly.
In this rainstorm, the whole world is under the shadow of rain clouds,
Jing Chen, who has the ability to shadow, is like being in an environment where he is like a fish in water.
……
"Crawler, I'm going to go to the Wang'an River."
"Go to that mysterious powerhouse?"
"Yes."
Lao Chen and the reptile are on a video call.
"He's not necessarily there. We don't know who he is, we can't remember his face or any features. The only way to contact him is to find him by the Wang'an River. ”
"Now, under the torrential rain and floods, the Wang'an River is gone."
But he also knows that, and he knows about the disaster. If this mysterious powerful being is willing to give us another revelation, we will naturally meet him there. ”
Lao Chen took over and said that he was already on the helicopter heading to Wang'an City.
The reptile nodded, and didn't say anything more, he didn't object, he just stated the facts.
Even he had a kind of extravagant hope in his heart, hoping that he could once again get the answer to solve this crisis in the mouth of that mysterious powerful man.
"Hmm...... The heavy rain in Wang'an City is still continuing, and the hourly rainfall shows no signs of weakening, and the data of the meteorological department shows that the rain clouds that have gathered over Wang'an City are still increasing and expanding. ”
The reptile just talked about the situation in Wang'an City again,
"At present, the flood water in Wang'an city is spreading further downstream. At the same time, the scope of rainfall has expanded, and heavy rain has also begun to fall on the outskirts of Nanshan City near Wang'an City and in the west of Tian'an City...... At the junction of Wang'an City and the capital, there is a serious hail disaster...... As things stand, we may only have a week to resolve the crisis...... Beyond this time, the range of meteorological anomalies will exceed the limits of what we can bear, the number of casualties and victims will exceed the limits of what we can bear, and other crises will extend to collapse this terrible world in an instant...... This is an optimistic estimate. ”
"I'm not optimistic right now, I don't feel like it's going to take seven days...... Yesterday night, we have already dealt with many monsters in Wang'an City...... The calamity was accompanied by rumors and panic, which also encouraged the emergence of many other monsters, who heard their call and crawled out without stopping...... It's like a glutton, River Terror. I feel that if we continue, some other 'gods' will get closer and closer to our world. ”
The reptile's words made Lao Chen listen, a little silent, and then nodded,
"We don't have a lot of time...... The temperature in the capital has dropped by five degrees compared to yesterday, and the heating channel in the south of the city has risen a little, and something has happened, but fortunately, the repair was completed in time. ”
"Lintian City, as well as several other surrounding cities, have also begun to be affected by the cooling of the capital, which is like a source of devouring temperature, continuously draining the temperature of other places."
"I need SY010 items to see if I can smooth out the wind and waves of the flood and move people as much as possible. Here in Wang'an City, it should be regarded as an ocean. ”
The reptile just said out loud.
SY010 is naturally one of the special items mastered by the Heterogeneous Bureau.
By number, it's already one of the hole cards of the Anomaly.
SY means 'use with caution', and it may cause other problems after use.
This item also has a name, the Horn of the Wind and Waves.
The function is to calm or set off a large area of sea wind and waves after blowing.
Except for some contamination when used, there are no side effects on the surface.
But every senior investigator who has used it has a serious sense of unease about his keen and ultra-high inspiration.
It seems that in the direction of the sound of the trumpet, something terrible is approaching,
Moreover, this feeling of uneasiness becomes stronger with each use.
"Okay, there's going to be someone here doing the sadhana and sending things over."
"Here in the capital, many investigators with sun, light, and heat-related abilities are also using their abilities as widely as possible to raise the temperature as much as possible, or to alleviate the trend of the temperature continuing to decline."
When there is no way to solve the 'god' behind this meteorological anomaly here for the time being,
The Bureau of Anomalies can only try to solve or postpone the superficial problems and barely maintain them.
"Hmm."
The reptile answered again, and ended the call after saying a word,
"I'll go with you in a moment to find the one by the Wang'an River."
"Okay."
……
Jing Chen has arrived at the Wang'an River.
It's just that the Wang'an River is on the bank of the Wang'an River, and the green trees on the side of the walking path have been flooded.
The Wang'an River did not flow as before, but it was higher than the riverbank, and the other floods melted into the ocean.
The shadow of Jing Chen's incarnation, standing on a tree trunk on the flood of the ocean,
Probably at the beginning, it was destroyed by the rolling of the opposite bank, and there were some branches and leaves, just with the raging waves,
From time to time, it fluctuates, ups and downs.
"Tweet ......"
Standing on the trunk of the tree, returning to its normal state from the shadow,
The blood eagle that followed Jing Chen in the sky roared softly, like an eagle in a mountain stream and empty valley, crossing the sky and landing on Jing Chen's shoulder.
Jing Chen glanced at the Blood Eagle, and then turned his head to look at the Wang'an River, which was no longer visible in the continuous rainstorm.
If it weren't for some buildings not far from the river that had not collapsed, it would be difficult to see Jingchen, this was the original Wang'an River.
However, it is in such a rainstorm, under the dark rain curtain,
Jing Chen even saw two familiar figures,
It's not Lao Chen and the reptile that Jing Chen is waiting for, but the fortune teller Old Man Hong and his wife who doesn't know where they came from.
Jing Chen turned his head and looked at the old man Hong, who was also sitting on a dead tree not far away.
Old man Hong sat there, his face was red, smiling, looking forward, as if he was still waiting for the guests to come,
His wife stood next to him, holding an umbrella for the two of them, with a kind smile on her face.
It seems that everything is just as it was when I saw it before.
But this is under the dark and dense rain curtain, above the ocean,
This is a somewhat strange scene, which is really heart-wrenching.
“…… Let's have a sip of water, the next guest may not be here for a while. ”
"Then I'll take a saliva...... Wife, you drink too. ”
The old lady handed a glass of water to Old Man Hong, who was still smiling, and took a sip with a red face.
handed it back to the old lady, smiled again, looked in front of him and waited for the guest to come,
It seems that he is completely unaware that it is difficult for any more guests to come to Wang'an City, which has been flooded by the ocean.
Just following the guidance of 'fate'.
Jing Chen looked at the two of them and paused for a long time.
"Boom ......"
A thunderclap roared, and the thunder light lit up half of the pitch-black sky.
also reflected the red faces of the old man and his wife,
Looking at Jing Chen, there was a chill in his heart.
What the hell is this......
After a pause, Jing Chen didn't leave, turned his head,
Standing on top of this trunk, let this trunk be pushed up and down by the undulating waves,
He also relied on the ability to control his body after taking the 'Lord of Flesh' potion, and stood firmly.
However, in the torrential rain here, before waiting for the people from the Abnormal Adjustment Bureau to come, Jing Chen also turned his head from time to time and looked towards the position of the old man Hong next to him.
He wanted to see what the strange old man and his wife were waiting for.
……
"Boom la la ......"
The torrential rain kept pouring down, Jing Chen was wearing a black raincoat, waiting for people on the ocean by the Wang'an River.
And the old man and his wife have always been there, never left, but there are no 'guests' to patronize the old man Hong's 'stall'.
Standing on top of the tree trunk, Jing Chen's gaze looking into the distance paused at this time, and then slowly lowered his head and looked at the tree trunk and the flood at his feet.
The floods, which had been undulating and tumbling, seemed to have calmed down somewhat.
The wind has also stopped?
Jing Chen stretched out his hand and felt it.
Indeed, the torrential rain is still falling, and there is no sign of stopping, and the dark clouds are still thick and oppressive.
But the wind did stop.
What did the Bureau of Divergents do?
Almost at the moment when he felt the wind stop, in the noisy rain, Jing Chen also heard a very subtle, but diffused sound.
The sound is melodious and long, like a horn or a horn, and it makes people feel reassuring to listen to.
Did the Bureau of Divergents use something?
But it seems, only works against wind and waves.
Jing Chen raised his head, and then looked at the dense rain curtain in the dark clouds.
And at this very moment.
Finally, a searchlight, cast from a little farther away to a closer place in this dense rain curtain, shone a little faint light.
Then, the pillar of light in the rain gradually approached, shining on the rain curtain like a waterfall, and also shining on the location where Jing Chen was.
The searchlight was issued by a small boat.
In addition to the person driving the boat, there were two people standing on the boat, both wearing dark hooded raincoats.
The boat stopped at the original location on the bank of the Wang'an River.
Jing Chen saw the people on the boat, and the people on the boat naturally saw him.
However, the two people on the boat turned their heads, and their eyes fell on the old man and his wife one after another.
In this rainstorm, above the ocean, I saw the two old men Hong, obviously, both of them were also stunned.
“…… A little closer. ”
The two people on the boat are naturally the Chen investigator and the reptile.
Let the investigator in charge of controlling the boat move the boat closer to Jing Chen's side,
Lao Chen stood at the head of the bed, opposite Jing Chen who was standing on the trunk of a tree on the water.
"Sir, it seems that we still have some tacit understanding."
This time, there was no more hesitation in his tone,
In the vast ocean here, they will be waiting for them on the bank of the Wang'an River, except for the somewhat weird old man and wife Hong,
The only thing left is this mysterious and powerful man.
Lao Chen raised his head, a smile appeared on his face, then the smile faded, and then said calmly,
"Thank you, sir, for being there at this time."
Whether or not we can get further inspiration and guidance from this mysterious and powerful man,
At this time, the powerful man was willing to meet them, and he was already worthy of thanks.
"What does Investigator Tatsu want to ask?"
Jing Chen was waiting for the people from the Anomaly Bureau here, and when he saw Lao Chen and the two, he naturally didn't talk nonsense anymore, and asked directly.
"We want to ask, Lord of Calamity, we want to ask, where is the hope...... Or, is it still possible? ”
Lao Chen stood at the bow of the boat, and after a silence, he asked out loud.
The reptile next to him didn't speak, just stood aside with Lao Chen, his head down as usual.
"If there's a revelation in the future, I'll tell you."
"If there is no future......
Jing Chen just said this and didn't answer directly.
Lao Chen nodded, just stood in front of Jing Chen, waiting quietly.
Jing Chen ripped off the hat of his raincoat and raised his gaze to look directly at the investigators of the Investigation Bureau in front of him.
Focused,
Immediately after,
A picture of the future is presented in front of Jing Chen's eyes.
……
“…… Bang. ”
The thunder is still roaring, and this is a vast ocean.
The torrential rain continues on the surface of the sea, and beneath the surface of the sea are submerged human structures.
There is no sign of human activity in the entire ocean.
The waves are constantly turbulent, as if they have been constantly overturned.
This is the first picture of the future that Jing Chen saw,
Jing Chen frowned, in the picture, the top of the landmark building in Wang'an City has been broken,
Let him confirm that this is the future Wang'an City,
And the time of this future picture ...... Six days later?
Is there no hope for the future?
Jing Chen frowned,
Then another picture was peeked into.
It's a frozen world, and the edge of the city is the frozen waves,
In the city, there are buildings covered with ice and snow, and occasionally you can see some stripped naked and frozen corpses.
The capital and its surroundings?
This is also the picture six days later.
After this picture fades,
Another picture.
In the picture, it is probably a shelter deep underground, or somewhere.
It's just that the people in the shelter are killing each other at this time.
“…… Dreams, the pen of dreams...... I'm going to live......"
A man with red eyes, holding a pen and muttering in his mouth,
While holding a pen, he stabbed another person in the neck.
In the eyes of others, most of them have similar madness.