Within two days after the incident, the entire Jiangdu almost exploded.
Such a big monster was running rampant in the streets of the city, and anyone who was not blind could see it in the nearby streets. Although the river crab master rushed out and worked overtime all day, he still couldn't stop the news from spreading by word of mouth among those who knew about it.
By the next day, the mythical river crab seemed to have simply given up on treatment. The posts were neither deleted nor blocked, and there was a general trend of "destroy it quickly".
The unfettered Internet suddenly became lively, and descriptions of the night before were flying all over the sky. It was as if 10,000 insiders came out overnight, all claiming to be at the scene at the time, and vividly describing the horror of the scene.
crisis.
Rumors are like the devil's carving knife. Every time someone spreads them, they leave some traces of themselves on them. By the time they are spread, they may have been carved into something different.
The mythical beast of the river crab is suspected to have been abandoned, but most of the news circulating on the Internet is still limited to text without videos or images. Anyway, no one has pictures or evidence, so naturally it depends on who makes up the more interesting and more interesting stuff.
In addition to the terrifying madness and terrifying monsters at the scene, the focus naturally fell on the mysterious man who stopped all this.
I don’t know who first broke the news, but gradually everyone came to know that it was a mysterious cross-dressing knight who destroyed the monsters and prevented the disaster.
No one has any image data of him. The information generally accepted on the Internet only says that he looks like a bat. Other than that, people know nothing about him. They only know that this warrior ended up alone without teammates or foreign aid.
The disaster was prevented and the scope of the disaster was prevented from expanding in time.
A large number of "eyewitnesses" came forward one after another and said that they saw the mysterious hero with their own eyes.
"He can fly, I saw it with my own eyes! I saw him flying in the sky fighting with that monster!"
"I saw it too, and I testify! I saw him flying all over the sky from the window of my grandma's room! And he must have super strength. I saw him blow that big guy away with one punch. Loudu
Overwhelmed."
"He can also cast spells, he can breathe fire, freeze, and control the wind and rain. I bet you that he is a mage..."
"..."
As the topic of the incident attracted more and more attention, someone soon discovered the news that had not attracted attention in the previous two nights.
For example, a woman walking home at night is attacked by a crazy man. The mysterious knight appears and breaks both legs of the attacker.
For example, when someone is causing trouble and fighting in the street, the street lights along the street suddenly go out, and the rioters fall to the ground after a burst of smoke.
At that time, some criminals were arrested and shouted in horror about vampire bats and the like, but no one paid attention to them. Now people went back to read the previous news, and suddenly enlightened, realizing that what they said was related to this incident.
The mysterious hero who appears is the same person.
A class representative summarized all the information that could be found on the Internet and sorted out the abilities of this mysterious knight: he can fly, he can become invisible, he has the strength to overturn a car with at least one hand, and he may also know spells...
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As the evening approached on the second day, the official finally stood up and spoke out.
A department called Secret Service Branch 9, which no one had ever heard of in the past, stood up and held a press conference. At this press conference, the spokesperson disclosed information about the existence of infected people to the public for the first time, and even stated that from now on
The official website of Secret Service Branch 9 will be announced starting tonight, and everyone can check more details about the infected people from the website.
One stone stirred up thousands of waves, causing an earthquake at the entire social level.
Although there were not no clues of abnormal events before, there were also some conspiracy theorists who muttered all day long that the official had concealed the information, and there were many reports of alien invasions predicting the destruction of the Earth Star.
But even so, no one believes it, or no one wants to believe that this kind of thing can be true.
The first thing that spread widely through optical fiber and electrical signals was fear.
On the night after the official announcement, everyone quickly or slowly realized that the world they knew might no longer exist.
From now on, they will live in a world where they need to be cautious at every turn. They need to adapt to a life where everyone around them may be a lunatic. They need to be wary of every darkness and shadow they pass by. They need to always check themselves and make sure they are themselves.
No sign of madness.
At the same time, heinous acts occurred in various places that night. All kinds of crime rates suddenly soared overnight. Maybe some people felt lost in the panic about the future, or maybe some people were using infection as a guise to release their innermost feelings.
The evil thoughts that were already entrenched.
That night, the Jiangdu office building of the Ninth Special Service Division.
Luo Yajun stuffed the crumpled uniform into the locker in a mess and changed into casual clothes. He zipped up his backpack and slung it on his back.
"Ready to leave?"
His boss Chen Meiyue leaned against the door at some point.
Luo Yajun didn't look back.
"It's only been a few days since I left my job. It's not the first time anyway." He said nonchalantly.
It is strictly prohibited to shoot privately at ordinary people who are not infected. Although perhaps those he killed were those who deserved their crimes, many of them were ordinary people who had not yet been infected.
In fact, it was just a temporary suspension. Considering that he had achieved meritorious service in this action, it was regarded as an excuse from the superiors.
"Maybe that guy is right," he said suddenly.
"Who?" Chen Meiyue asked.
"That crazy man who laughed wildly." Luo Yajun sat in the swirling clouds and smoke. "He said that what people are afraid of is 'nothing', all the unknown and uncertainty.
Those fears were originally hidden deep in everyone's heart, but the disclosure of the infection incident brought them out. Fear drives society to change, drives people to release their primitive side, and makes the world begin to get closer to its original appearance."
"Starting again?" Chen Meiyue shrugged, "About your pessimist argument again?"
"It's realism. Believe me, the demons created by human beings will surprise themselves. I saw this kind of thing a lot when I was still in the Sheriff's Department."
Luo Yajun took a puff of cigarette and pondered for a moment.
"A new era is about to begin, and the extraordinary will become the trigger." He said, "People's fear of the unknown will be amplified as never before, and uneasiness and anxiety will lead to deeper darkness.
So let me say that there will be a dark era next, and the bottom line will become unprecedentedly cheap. The era when people can sleep peacefully has passed. People need to beware of every darkness and shadow around them, and even need to be vigilant at all times.
Make sure you are still normal."
"So you definitely won't like this era."
"Don't like it? Are you kidding me?"
Luo Yajun laughed and changed the subject.
"I love this era so much." He put out the cigarette butt and smiled lightly, "This means that I will kill endless scum in the future.
I'll kill those lunatics and crush them all until there's not one left, or I'll be done with it before then.
But no matter what, I will enjoy this process very much...even if I do it alone."
Chen Meiyue's beautiful face tensed up for a while, but after a moment she burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, I'm sorry, it's just that the way you said this seriously... is a bit funny." She waved her hand, "But you are too exaggerated..."
She wanted to say something else, but she was interrupted by the sound of rapid footsteps in the corridor. The two of them followed the sound and soon saw Tang Li panting at the door.
"Did you see that?" she asked straight to the point.
"What did you see?" The two looked at each other.
"Quick, look out the window."
Tang Li walked across the room to the window, stretched out his hand and opened the curtain with a loud bang.
Chen Meiyue and Luo Yajun both came to the window.
Then they were all stunned.
The dark night sky, without moonlight or stars, seemed like an endless curtain that stretched to the horizon.
And in the middle of the deep and boundless background, there is only that unique light source that seems to illuminate the entire night.
The golden warm light penetrated the thick black clouds, leaving a circular light field in the night sky, with a sharp-edged bat standing in the middle of the light field.
There is no light path and cannot be traced, just like a full moon hanging high in the night sky out of thin air.
Like the only beacon in the vast darkness, more like a sleepless watcher in the night.
That's a signal.
A simple and shallow signal that anyone can understand immediately after seeing it.
A new era is coming, and the world will usher in changes. But with the coming of this era, there may not be only darkness.
When people walk at night and see darkness and shadows, they don't have to be afraid.
Because there's more than just sin in the darkness.