The small building with brick and stone walls, a two-story study, Tang Qi sitting behind the desk, his complexion somewhat murky and uncertain.
Although that large bundle of publications looked voluminous, under Tang Qi's targeted search, they were quickly all read through.
When he put down a newspaper called "Purple Moonlight Newspaper," that initially vague guess at the bottom of his heart had now become clearer than ever before.
His gaze finally landed on the date at the top of the newspaper.
April 28th!
Not the latest newspaper, but an old one.
However, it was this particular date, in Tang Qi's estimation, that was critically important.
"Before the 28th, those paranormal news events did occur sporadically, but both in terms of scale and frequency, they were not at the same level."
"Since that day, everything exploded, those abnormalities, demons, or miracles, all began to erupt in concentration."
"Is this what's called the Spiritual Tide?"
The two words Tang Qi mentioned were also the reason he suddenly began to search for those news clues.
While being hunted by the Blank Dog-faced Man, Tang Qi glimpsed an Information Fragment that mentioned that the creation of the Dog-faced Man was due to the Spiritual Tide.
This also explained the confusion Tang Qi felt at first sight of the monster he had created himself.
After all, corpses and stray dogs, along with so-called Resentful Souls, are not at all rare in a place like Bronk.
If these factors combined could create those monstrously powerful and fast creatures, the Blank District would have been chaotic long ago.
The only unexpected factor: the Spiritual Tide, was the real key.
Now having looked through these clues, Tang Qi felt he was vaguely gaining insight into the fearful changes occurring on this planet.
Before the implementation of the New Calendar, Origin Blue Star was once an incredibly dangerous Mysterious World, rampant with magic and monsters, with various abnormalities happening all over the world, until a mysterious meteor passed by a hundred years ago, and then all of them disappeared.
But now, they're back.
Tang Qi might not be able to traverse the entire Origin Blue Star to find evidence, but the many signs around him were enough.
The Blank Dog-faced Man, since it was named after the "Blank District," certainly was a famous monster from the Blank District a hundred years ago, with many descriptions visible in various related books, incredibly real.
But after the start of the New Calendar, the Dog-faced Man vanished.
Until tonight, Tang Qi personally created one.
Then there's what Old Morgan's diary mentioned, that his terrifying mother's power began to recover, and was even stronger than before, around the 28th.
Of course, the most powerful proof was Tang Qi himself.
Meditation Method, Molten Furnace Eye, Chaga Fighting Technique, Extraordinary Blood... Tang Qi could definitely affirm that his All-Knowing ability, as his blessed Golden Finger from crossing into this world.
But for the others, Tang Qi did not believe he was the only one.
Having deduced this tremendous "Secret," Tang Qi's expression was not so good-looking.
Facing the resurgence of the Mysterious Side, perhaps those who are fond of Mysticism would be very happy, very excited.
But Tang Qi, who had already stepped half a foot into the Transcendent, saw the danger directly.
In his mind, the already intense sense of urgency had climbed another notch.
The world was becoming incredibly dangerous.
Although Tang Qi could also see that in the face of the various mysteries erupting globally, official powers intervened immediately and initiated a cover-up, so Origin Blue Star was still extremely peaceful for the time being.
But in the dark, the waves were already surging.
Most crucially, Tang Qi didn't believe the authorities could keep covering it up indefinitely.
"Sigh~"
Tang Qi sat in the high-backed chair and pondered for a long while before finally letting out a deep breath and putting away all the publications.
Knowing that the world was undergoing great changes was enough; the deeper reasons were certainly beyond the current Tang Qi's ability to investigate.
With a bit of publication, there wasn't much to uncover.
"Power is the foundation of everything."
After muttering this phrase to himself.
Tang Qi left the desk, returned to his bedroom, but did not go to bed to sleep. Instead, he sat down on the carpet in the middle, just like on the first day.
Cultivating while Saint Thorny High School, this sanctuary of peace, he would use all the time he had to strengthen himself.
Tang Qi had a strong premonition that if the entire Origin Blue Star was changing dramatically, the tranquility of Saint Thorny High School wouldn't last too long either.
The last bit of stray thought was suppressed by Tang Qi, and when a hazy moonlight fell upon him, he had entered meditation.
How long it took others to enter meditation with the Golden Furnace Meditation, Tang Qi did not know.
But after turning the Meditation Method into a skill, he only needed one second.
Especially now that the Meditation Method, just like the Chaga Fighting Skill, had reached the beginner level, cultivating it became even smoother.
His spirit visualized the golden Sun, with a warm breath flowing through his body, as if turning into a Melter, burning all the bizarre lights hitting him into golden Light Points swiftly merging into the dim Spirit Space.
A night's time swiftly passed by.
When Tang Qi woke up from meditation again, the sunlight that fell on him was now the early morning sun.
He felt the abundant spiritual power in his mind, glanced at his interface, although he felt he had gained a lot overnight, it was still somewhat less compared to refining, or rather, Devouring a soul for spiritual power.
The Golden Furnace Meditation was still at the Beginner level, and the progress was still at 0.01%.
Without showing surprise, Tang Qi got up, went downstairs, took the medicine box, and changed the dressing on his wound.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but although only one night had passed, Tang Qi felt that his wound had healed a lot and was not as frightening as when he first applied the medicine.
After changing the dressing, Tang Qi took a stone pot and cooked himself a pot of nutrition-rich medicinal porridge.
While the stone pot began to "gurgle" and work, he took the box he had brought home last night.
Upon opening, inside lay the pistol that had an extremely domineering appearance and had saved Tang Qi's life last night.
Blood Python One!
This was a very unique pistol with a pitch-black body, said to be made of a type of black iron that had become very rare.
The existence of that bloodline was the origin of its name, Blood Python.
The same model of pistol was available from Monster Gun Company, but they could only earn the title of Python.
In terms of fame, they were far inferior to Blood Python One.
Perhaps because it had been stained with Tang Qi's blood containing Extraordinary Power last night, as Tang Qi carefully wiped it with a cotton cloth, he felt the bloodline seemed even more vivid.
After wiping attentively more than a dozen times, Tang Qi put Blood Python One back in the box and stored the box in a sturdy safe.
After drinking a large pot of hot medicinal porridge, Tang Qi then left his house with books in hand.
Putting on black-framed glasses, his appearance became that of an ordinary-looking Asian teenager, a honest and diligent high school student.
Even though one of his hands was almost wrapped up like a rice dumpling.
However, with his current physique, apart from temporarily affecting his practice of Chaga Fighting Technique, there seemed to be no other inconveniences.
"It's still a bit inconvenient; going to class like this, I might be misunderstood."
Tang Qi muttered as he locked the iron gate.
Just as he was about to turn towards the Main Campus, a wave of noise suddenly intruded into his ears.