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"What on earth is this book?" I stared in shock at the closed Divine Anomalies Classic: Nine Star Life and Death Diagram that had fallen to the ground, a lingering fear making me hesitate to bend down and pick it up.
Just as my fingertips brushed against the book again, the pages suddenly began to flip violently, as if a fierce wind had swept through, causing the pages to rustle loudly.
Startled, I quickly withdrew my hand from the Divine Anomalies Classic: Nine Star Life and Death Diagram and instinctively shifted my body back.
Looking at the book on the ground again, it had closed itself once more, returning to the state it was in when it fell.
"Could it be reacting to me?" I thought, gritting my teeth. Suddenly, I reached out and grabbed the book firmly.
In an instant, the Divine Anomalies Classic opened by itself again, and a strange whispering sound filled my ears. The voices were chaotic and fragmented, seemingly not even in any human language; I couldn't discern any information from them at all.
At that moment, the flipping pages of the Divine Anomalies Classic: Nine Star Life and Death Diagram abruptly stopped. I looked down and saw that it was displaying the so-called Nine Star Diagram.
On the star map, the black ink dots representing the stars trembled rapidly on the page, as if a ferocious beast lurked behind each star.
Seeing this, I tentatively reached out to touch those trembling stars. To my surprise, they felt completely still to the touch; in fact, if I didn't look at them, I wouldn't even sense their existence.
"Is this an illusion caused by my Void Spirit power being sealed? Or does it signify some kind of danger?" As I pondered this, the increasingly chaotic whispers in my mind grew louder, making me feel as if they were speaking directly inside my head.
A wave of anxiety surged within me. Unable to contain myself any longer, I shouted uncontrollably, "Shut up! Just shut up!"
My loud voice seemed to disturb Yao Long, who was keeping watch in the next room. Hearing the commotion, he burst through the door with a look of concern. "What happened? Is everything okay?!"
At that moment, I had thrown the book onto the bed. The chaotic whispers had ceased. I kept tapping my temples and said to Yao Long, "It's nothing. Maybe I just hallucinated. A good sleep should fix it."
"Are you really okay? You don't look well..." Yao Long said with concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Just keep an eye on Hu Fang for me. I'm going to take a nap; if she wakes up, come wake me." With that, I wrapped the Divine Anomalies Classic: Nine Star Life and Death Diagram in my blanket and pushed it aside before lying down.
"Alright then, I'll be right next door. Call me if anything happens," Yao Long said with a hint of worry before turning to leave and gently closing the door behind him.
Lying on the bed now, my mind was still recovering from all those whispers I'd heard earlier. A constant buzzing echoed in my ears. Despite this, sleepiness gradually overwhelmed my willpower. Whether it was due to exhaustion or something else entirely, I soon drifted off into slumber.
The next morning, the Golden Rooster heralded dawn. Listening to the crowing of roosters outside, I groggily climbed out of bed. The soreness in my body had lessened significantly, but it was not completely gone.
Dragging my slightly uncomfortable body, I got out of bed. Since the autumn morning was still a bit chilly, I casually threw on a jacket and stepped outside to check on the others.
As I exited, I glanced back at the room where Hu Fang was staying. She was still fast asleep, and at that moment, Yao Long was also dozing by the bedside.
"He should get some rest too; he hasn't had a proper break since that fierce battle..." I muttered to myself as I walked into the living room.
At this time, Death Apostle had already risen early, but strangely enough, Li Zhisheng was also standing silently by the bed with Death Apostle, both of them gazing out the window.
"Good morning~" I casually greeted them.
"Morning." Li Zhisheng raised his hand without turning around, his gesture conveying a sense of fatigue.
"What's up with you today? Up so early? Have you given up on sleeping in?" I teased him.
To my surprise, Li Zhisheng sighed deeply and slowly turned around. "It's not that I've given up on sleeping in; I've given up on sleeping altogether."
"You didn't sleep at all last night?" I looked at the deep dark circles under Li Zhisheng's eyes, as if he had been beaten up.
"Not that I didn't sleep; I managed to doze off for a bit."
Hearing this, Death Apostle turned around as well and chimed in, "I can vouch for that. He did sleep for a while. When you all went to bed, he closed his eyes on the sofa for less than five minutes before dragging me to stand here with him all night..." At that moment, Death Apostle covered his mouth and sneezed heavily.
"Forget about that. Shen Xu, do you have any cigarettes left?" Li Zhisheng asked.
"I think I might have some..." I instinctively reached into my jacket pocket where I usually kept my cigarettes, only to find it empty. "I must have lost them during the fight. I'll go buy you some."
With that, I tightened my jacket and prepared to head out.
Just as I opened the door, I heard Li Zhisheng advise me, "Don't buy anything too fancy; Zhonghua will do. Don't you smokers think Zhonghua is high-end enough?"
As I left, I heard someone say, "Don't listen to them; don't talk to those old smokers if there's nothing going on..."
Once I got downstairs, I suddenly remembered that there wasn't much food at home, so I decided to take a taxi to the city center and buy some groceries.
I chose a supermarket I used to frequent and began selecting the food I needed in front of the refrigerated shelves. At that moment, two middle-aged women dressed in bright colors started discussing something nearby.
One of them said, "By the way, did you watch the news yesterday?"
"Who has time to watch the news? Wasn't it that guy's son's wedding? I spent the whole night playing mahjong at their place. What happened?" the other replied.
"It's not just something that happened; it's a big deal..." The first woman lowered her voice mysteriously, as if afraid of being overheard.
I quickly leaned in to listen as she continued softly, "Yesterday on the news, they reported that a meteorite fell about ten kilometers from here. They said it created quite a large crater, but the meteorite itself is missing. It seems like everything around it was severely damaged. Can you imagine if that meteorite had hit the city? How many people would have died..."
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