At the moment when the white Other Shore Flowers bloomed, countless memories that did not belong to her flooded into her mind.

Through the endless light and years, she seemed to see a white figure tirelessly, numbly thrusting the lance under a blood-red waning moon, surrounded by endless, tidal waves of monsters, with millions upon millions of monsters almost swallowing the entire world.

A blood-red, enchanting heart made the whole world its nest, with veins covering the shattered sky. In the crimson glow, monsters clad in dark red armor advanced, slaughtering all life before them with their hook scythes, chainsaws, and dismemberment knives.

Overlooking the scene, beneath the silhouette of collapsing skyscrapers were dismembered bodies, people toppling like reeds in a fierce wind, with the flames of war illuminating the fear and cowardice of the survivors, and screams and wails of despair deeply etched into the Corpse Mountain and sea of blood.

In these years echoing with pain and despair, the white figure had once walked with others, but those companions eventually vanished into the river of time, leaving her alone, walking tirelessly and numbly through the ruins, walking through this Purgatory on earth.

The last rays of the setting sun shone on the scorched earth consumed by flames of war, and the piled-up corpses, millions of monsters, the enchanting heart, and the blood-red moon all vanished, leaving the entire world with only the pale of withering, death, and decay, with all life eventually turning into Other Shore Flowers, blooming as she walked.

All pain and loneliness would be borne by her.

"Anya...?" Xu Xiaoyou said, lost in thought.

The figure seemed to hear her faint call, sensing something, and stopped to look back.

Xu Xiaoyou saw a pair of scarlet eyes filled with endless resentment.

The white figure extended a hand, and Xu Xiaoyou suddenly felt a strong sense of suffocation surging up, her consciousness dissipating, as every cell in her body cried out in agony under the invisible pressure, spinning out of control!

The white Other Shore Flowers, after a brief bloom, withered away.

All the petals withered in the wind, turning into dust.

Tang Xin noticed the commotion outside, walked out from the house, and found Xu Xiaoyou standing still in the wind and snow.

"What happened, You? What just happened?" She instinctively reached out her hand.

The scene that followed would be etched in Tang Xin's memory forever as her pupils contracted sharply.

Xu Xiaoyou turned her head, signs of erosion spreading all over her body, with every inch of her skin seeming ready to disintegrate out of control, dark red eyes opening and closing, quivering violently, spinning madly.

An indescribable aura suddenly spread, like a terrifying ghost story under the night.

"Help me." She said.

...

Half an hour later, sharp sirens echoed through the streets.

Amid the noisy discussions, a hovercar roared overhead.

The vehicles of the law enforcers completely surrounded the street, with Tuners organizing order, pulling up long lines of police tape, blocking all the onlookers.

"What happened, is it so serious that the whole street is blocked?" People outside the police tape discussed.

"Not sure, it seems the association detected the mental fluctuations of a disaster-level paranormal entity near the Dream of the Black Swan Apartments a while ago, it's the strongest mental fluctuation detected in the past three months, the association is taking this very seriously."

"Are you saying that a paranormal entity just came into being, and it's so close to our neighborhood?" An onlooker immediately got goosebumps all over.

Most of them were still asleep not long ago, and this feeling of brushing past death gave them a scare.

"What has been happening with the Star of Art recently, the frequency of paranormal entities being born is getting higher..."

Panic spread among the crowd, a Tuner frowned and shouted:

"Unrelated persons, leave immediately, do not approach within half a meter of the police line!"

"This is not an outbreak of a paranormal entity, just a routine drill event."

The Tuner's voice echoed above the streets, and people's expressions changed again and again, then they dispersed one by one.

The association's stance was so bizarre this time, claiming it was a drill. They certainly wouldn't naively believe such a statement meant to pacify children. There was only one possibility: the outbreak of this paranormal entity was beyond the association's expectations and not low in danger level. The situation could get out of control at any moment.

This night was destined to be a sleepless one.

The hovercar eventually stopped in front of the Dream of the Black Swan Apartments. Accompanied by the pressure-relieving gas seeping out from gaps as the car door opened, a black-haired girl in a pure white investigator's outfit leapt down from the air, walking towards the scene with a heavy expression. The Three-Winged Badge on her shoulder was conspicuous amidst the intertwining flashes of blue and white light.

"Investigator Bai." A Tuner stepped forward, looking respectful.

"How is the situation?" Bai Nian'an asked.

"The whole Dream of the Black Swan Apartments has been sealed off, and the mental fluctuations within the apartments far exceed those of the street. The paranormal entity is very likely hiding in the apartments right now."

"Got it, calm the emotions of the residents, send people upstairs to maintain order, and ensure that nothing unexpected happens on each floor," Bai Nian'an nodded and said.

At the bottom of the Dream of the Black Swan Apartments, residents disturbed from their sleep looked displeased.

A portly resident in gold-threaded pajamas shouted: "What are you doing!? Do you know who I am? I've been rated as an art master. If my sleep quality is affected and I can't create works, can you afford to compensate for the mental loss!?"

"Exactly, we are all prominent figures in the art world. Do you believe I'll sue you? If you don't want your name on the headlines tomorrow, get out of this apartment!"

"Get out!" "Get out!"

The discontent quickly escalated into a situation of mass indignation, with the residents gathering in the corridors, shouting in unison at the association members beyond the police line.

"Everyone, please calm down, please calm down."

The girl wearing glasses, who seemed shy, obviously hadn't encountered such a scene before and couldn't handle it for a while, awkwardly trying to comfort them.

Behind her, fully armed association members equipped with anti-pollution gear, with metal ring-like monitoring devices flashing red light in their hands, moved through the apartments, sparing no corner.

"Why waste so many words with these fools."

The boy squatting in the corner only found the anger on the residents' faces foolish, so foolish that it made him want to laugh.

Don't they know that the association is doing all this to protect their own safety?

If it weren't for the association's regulations that civilians must be protected in paranormal events, he wouldn't bother with these people's lives or deaths, and would directly lead Eye Association members in, regardless of their status or identity, exterminating all who came into contact with the paranormal entity's aura, rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go.

The more the boy thought, the more indignant he became, a flash of brutality in his eyes, and he bit his finger until it bled.

Why were they risking their lives working so hard? For the protection of these civilians, many association members lost their lives in paranormal events, only to end up with a chorus of accusations.

"Ning, I know what you're thinking. I didn't get you out of Jingshui Prison to think about killing everyone."

A young man with black hair and a trench coat passed by, speaking calmly. He had a mole under his eye and dark circles, looking very exhausted.

"I got it, President Jian Liu." The boy named Ning sighed.

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