Fang Xin clicked on the video Xiong Mao Jie sent.
The video showed a small mountain village.
However, the small mountain village had now become ruins.
Scorched earth emitted wisps of smoke, as if it had experienced a fire.
On the ground, there were also cracks nearly twenty centimeters deep.
The camera pointed at a dark crack, and a stone was thrown down, but no sound of it hitting the bottom could be heard for a long time.
Besides that, one could vaguely see the bodies of livestock lying haphazardly in some collapsed sheds.
Looking closely, the skin and flesh on those bodies were festering, as if they had died from disease.
The person filming the video raised a hand and pointed along the main road of the small mountain village.
At the end of the line of sight was a strange-looking mountain.
It looked like two steamed buns had been forcibly squeezed and pieced together.
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The person filming the video said with a trembling voice, "There used to be another mountain village over there. After the earthquake, the village was sandwiched between two mountains. Everyone in the village, old and young, was crushed underneath! More than two hundred people in the entire village were trapped inside."
The camera was shaking a bit, and just from this video, one could feel the sense of suffocation it conveyed.
As the camera shook, there were also people in uniform walking through the ruins.
Among them, a young man in uniform quickly stepped forward and pressed down on the camera, "No filming allowed. Delete the video you just recorded and leave immediately. No entry without permission. Violators will be killed!"
The video stopped abruptly there.
Fang Xin watched the video again, confirming that it was not synthesized with any special effects.
"Where is this? When did this happen?" Fang Xin asked.
Xiong Mao Jie's message replied quickly, "It happened yesterday. This village is called Suidong Village, a small mountain village in Tianhai District. Yesterday, this place could still be found on the map, but today it can't!"
After seeing this message, Fang Xin immediately opened his phone map and searched for it, and sure enough, he couldn't find the place.
After a brief thought, Fang Xin opened his zhilian device. Through the map that came with the zhilian device, he found that the village was still on the map, but a small triangular icon with a red exclamation mark appeared above the Suidong Village icon. Clicking it showed that viewing required authorization.
Fang Xin's eyebrows couldn't help but twitch. This meant that the content of Xiong Mao Jie's video was real.
Thinking of what Xiong Mao Jie had just said, Fang Xin asked, "Are you sure the King of Calamity appeared in this place?"
"Little brother, do you still need to think about it? Earthquakes, fires, plagues—these combined factors pretty much fill in the words 'King of Calamity' in the answer box. Plus, I also learned some inside information through my own channels. Want to know?"
"Yes!" Fang Xin said honestly.
"Take off your pants!"
Fang Xin rolled his eyes, "Be serious!"
"Then send a voice message, and act cute for your big sister, just say 'Please, big sister!'"
Fang Xin was silenced again.
A moment later, Xiong Mao Jie laughed maniacally like a perverted villain, "There are still survivors in those villages, and the survivors saw the King of Calamity with their own eyes! Now, the officials have already dispatched their respective experts to search for the King of Calamity based on that survivor's account!"
"Is that all the news you have?"
"Of course not. The officials have a treasure that can draw a portrait based on a person's description. The portrait of the King of Calamity has already been drawn based on the survivor's description. There's an official netizen in the group I joined, and he talked about this matter in the group. Someone used a taunt, saying he was bragging, and that person finally sent out the portrait!"
As she spoke, Xiong Mao Jie sent over that portrait.
Fang Xin glanced at it. It was a teenager wearing a hoodie, a bit hunched. Fang Xin's gaze fixed on the back of his hand. There were several mysterious runes on the back of his hand and fingers. The position of those runes was exactly the same as where the Slaughter Runes appeared on Fang Xin's hand when he activated his Slaughter Talent.
However, the patterns of the runes were different.
But in the portrait, besides this teenager, there was also a figure whose appearance was unclear. He was not tall, even very short, and his hood covered half of his face.
"Who is this again?" Fang Xin asked in confusion.
Xiong Mao Jie seemed to have anticipated Fang Xin asking this, and immediately replied, "According to the officials, he is his companion, but based on my deduction, this short person should be one of the Judicators who restrain the King of Calamity!"
Fang Xin was stunned, "A Judicator would be with the King of Calamity?"
"Isn't that normal? The reason Judicators are called Judicators isn't just to judge the Seven Kings, okay? They also judge others. If they find someone they think needs to be judged, they will let the Seven Kings act!"
Based on my deduction, the villagers in the two villages that the King of Calamity swept through this time were all descendants of former criminals. These villagers have not repented all these years and have done many heinous things, so the Judicators issued a judgment order, and the King of Calamity took action!"
As she spoke, Xiong Mao Jie sighed with emotion, "Oh my god, the King of Calamity, who hasn't even fully grown yet, is already so strong. When he grows up, won't he soar to the sky! How terrifying must the strongest one, the Head of the Seven Kings, be!"
Fang Xin replied with a message, "Probably just so-so!"
"Little brother, you can't say such things carelessly, you know? If you're targeted by that legendary Head of the Seven Kings, you won't even have a chance to escape! Listen to your big sister's advice: if you ever encounter these legendary Seven Kings or Judicators, just grovel! Throw away your dignity and just grovel! Trust your big sister! It will only bring you benefits, no harm!"
Fang Xin said disdainfully, "I don't have that habit!"
Xiong Mao Jie's conversation started to go off track, "Ah, still young, haven't suffered the beatings of society. A true man must be able to bend and stretch. Be firm when you need to be, and yield when you need to. Don't be stubbornly hard for no reason. If you really can't get rid of this bad habit, next time your big sister will help you soften up!"
Fang Xin scanned the portrait of the King of Calamity with his zhilian device, and the result was "no such person found."
In other words, this person was not on record, an unregistered individual. This would make it quite difficult for the official personnel to find him.
Taking advantage of this time, he should focus on improving his perception-based realm. If he could recruit the King of Calamity to his command before the officials, wouldn't he be soaring?
Fang Xin suddenly remembered something. Logically, with the King of Calamity appearing, Bai Mao Zai, as a Jie Liu Zi of the Ninth Division who loved to wander around, would definitely go to join the fun. Why would he still have time to come to Fang Xin?
Muttering to himself, he sent an emoji to Xiong Mao Jie, ending the conversation with the perverted Xiong Mao Jie.
Fang Xin planned to go find Cheng Bingqing and put improving his perception-based realm on the agenda.
The Sky Shield Bureau's goddess, Cheng Bingqing, was currently slumped over her desk, pouting and staring at the screen. Fang Xin had good eyesight and could see that Cheng Bingqing had sent more than a dozen messages to Bai Mao Zai, but Bai Mao Zai hadn't replied yet.
The goddess that Lao Se Pi Shang Tianque yearned for was treated like a bootlicker by Bai Mao Zai. It really was infuriating how people compare.
"Instructor Cheng?" Fang Xin called out.
"Fang Xin is here!" Cheng Bingqing looked up. Her face had many marks from being pressed, and her long hair was slightly disheveled. Far from affecting her beauty, it added a touch of disheveled charm.
"I'm here to borrow the key to the meditation room!"
"Oh! Here you go! If you don't understand anything, you can ask me anytime!" Cheng Bingqing handed the key to Fang Xin.
"Thank you, Instructor Cheng!"
Just as Cheng Bingqing was about to speak, her phone vibrated. A message from Bai Mao Zai. Cheng Bingqing's speed was faster than a cat's reaction. She immediately grabbed her phone, and after seeing Bai Mao Zai's reply, her face was filled with a fan-girl's infatuated smile.
Holding the phone with both hands, she said softly, "Xiao Bai, there are more mosquitoes in Tianhai District. I prepared mosquito repellent for you. Why didn't you come to get it from me when you came back just now?"
Fang Xin was stunned when he heard this, "Zhuge is in Tianhai District?"
"That's right. Something happened in Tianhai District, and he went there yesterday. Didn't he take time to come back and find you today? Didn't he tell you?"
Fang Xin was dumbfounded.
Damn it!
He couldn't pretend, he absolutely couldn't pretend!
This Bai Mao Zai was truly the King of Show-offs!
His combat power was second to none among peers, he ignored beautiful women throwing themselves at him, and his background was also extremely powerful in the country.
Fang Xin took the key and went to the meditation room.
Inside the meditation room was a treasure called the "Enlightened One's Scroll."
It was specifically for training the precognition skill of the perception-based system.
The Enlightened One's Scroll depicted character diagrams. The people in these character diagrams were all real individuals who had existed. By observing the life trajectories of different people on it, one could summarize, deduce, and then open the Eye of Perception.
This process was very draining on spiritual energy.
Fang Xin stayed in the meditation room for over three hours.
His eyes were bloodshot, his spirit was listless, and his face was oily. His state was like someone who had pulled several all-nighters at an internet cafe and also masturbated several times during that period.
Cheng Bingqing rushed in from outside. Seeing Fang Xin's condition, she quickly said, "The perception-based system gets harder the further you go. Don't spend so much time at once. It's very damaging to your spiritual energy and you could easily faint! This needs to be done gradually!"
Fang Xin rubbed his face, "Instructor Cheng, at level six of the perception-based system, how far can one foresee?"
Cheng Bingqing thought for a moment, "It varies from person to person. Normally, one can foresee events happening five minutes before and after. However, foreseeing the past and future consumes a lot of spiritual energy. Generally, don't easily try to foresee others' past or future, and some people might even have terrifying existences protecting them! Foreseeing them could lead to very serious consequences for you!"
"What do you mean by 'terrifying existences protecting them'?" Fang Xin asked, puzzled.
Cheng Bingqing looked at Fang Xin, "For example, some people have very powerful beings in their families, and those beings will protect their descendants. Besides that, there's another type of person who has gained the recognition of gods and demons, and they are protected by gods and demons!"
"Gods and demons?"
Cheng Bingqing explained, "They are certain indescribable terrifying existences within the God and Demon Ruins. They will choose some people to inherit their mantle and also grant protection to those inheritors!"
Those who can receive the protection of indescribable terrifying existences are all favored children of heaven with flourishing luck!"
Fang Xin rubbed his head and stood up, involuntarily asking Situ Shenshu in his mind.
"What terrifying existences are in the No. 9 God and Demon Relic?"
Situ Shenshu was silent for a moment.
"If the Buddha is not there, then it can only be This Monk!"
Cheng Bingqing gave Fang Xin a fruit to replenish spiritual energy, "Student Fang Xin, take your time. No one can get fat in one bite, and there aren't that many overnight successes. Keep a calm mind and don't rush.
Just like your main Strength Talent, if you don't undergo long-term training, can you go from level five combat power to level six combat power in one go?"
