July 4th, 10:48 AM, Luo Dehua Commercial Street, Second Layer of Wanxiang City.
Bai Zini held a dolphin stuffed toy in one arm and a cellphone in the other, a shopping bag slung over her shoulder, as she walked out of the toy store, head bowed, engrossed in her phone.
She soon realized something was amiss.
The entire mall was eerily silent, and from a corner of Wanxiang City, a sobbing sound could be faintly heard. Turning to look, she saw that all the tourists had been herded into a corner, silenced.
"Zi Ling, is she among that group of tourists?" Bai Zini frowned, wondering.
She remembered Bai Ziling was just next door in the video game store playing Metal Slug, but now she was nowhere to be seen.
Bai Zini turned her cheek slightly, casting a glance backward with her peripheral vision, only to see the toy store owner who had been enthusiastically greeting her moments ago now passed out on the counter.
