The surrounding darkness was so silent, as quiet as an abyss that devoured everything.
Jemis looked up at the sky, only to find that the bright moon hanging in the firmament had disappeared without a trace, leaving behind nothing but an intangible darkness.
The once bright lights along the streets were now as dim as the tail light of fireflies, and the splendid lights at the hotel entrance now resembled the yellow gloom of old incandescent lamps.
The thick darkness seemed to congeal into a tangible fog, absorbing everything around it.
"Minister He, we may have encountered a covert event..."
He shifted his gaze forward, but to his shock, he discovered that the young man who had been standing in front of him had been swallowed by the darkness, leaving only a dim, pitch-black void.
He reached out with his hand, but it only met with the emptiness of an unoccupied space.
The person who had been standing before him had disappeared without a trace.
Ding-ling-ling—
