Chapter 148: 135, Global Abnormal Weather Phenomenon, Warrior's Wall
Afternoon.
Yang Fan sat in the office, having just started a game when the door was knocked again.
"Dong!"
The secretary, Ling Shuiling, pushed the door open and said nervously, "Minister, the sky outside suddenly turned yellow."
Yang Fan looked surprised just right: "Yellow?"
He opened the blinds a crack and found the sky had indeed darkened quite a bit.
Ling Shuiling nodded vigorously: "It's been seen all over the country, now the internet is already exploding."
Yang Fan stood up with a swish: "Let's go to the rooftop to have a look."
He strode out of the office, quickly entered the stairwell, and began to climb towards the rooftop.
The secretary followed closely behind.
Yang Fan kept walking, but felt a bit uncomfortable inside.
He clearly sensed that the secretary's eyes seemed a bit restless, always looking at private areas.
He thought to himself, "Such a pretty girl actually does such a thing, truly can't judge a book by its cover."
Yang Fan quickly accelerated his pace, taking three steps as two.
Arriving at the rooftop.
He immediately looked up at the sky.
Just as the secretary had said, the blue sky was gone, replaced by a sandy yellow firmament.
Yang Fan's gaze flickered, silently sighed: "The foretold objects from beyond the sky in the dream realm are finally about to arrive."
Ling Shuiling looked carefully for a few moments and exclaimed, "Huh? Why do I feel like there are some patterns in the sky?"
Yang Fan nodded: "There are indeed patterns."
He knew very well that the so-called "patterns" were actually the outlines of sand dunes.
Not the dunes of Canglan Star.
But the giant dunes of the Sea of Death Black Sand in the Primordial World.
One sentence.
This is a global super "mirage."
Originally, the Black Sand Sea appeared black, perhaps due to cross-boundary image transmission, causing image distortion, making the color turn sandy yellow.
Ling Shuiling's pretty face showed some worry: "Minister, could the sky anomaly be a foreboding of disaster?"
Yang Fan said confidently: "It's definitely not a disaster."
Ling Shuiling was half-convinced, half-doubtful: "Really?"
Yang Fan smiled: "You forgot who I am? If there's really any danger, I would certainly sense it."
He then provided evidence: "This morning I saw Sister Ma from the administrative department, I feel she might have bad luck today, you'll see later."
This was information given by the Super Sensing Superpower.
Ling Shuiling asked instinctively: "Why didn't you tell Sister Ma?"
Yang Fan was speechless: "If I told Sister Ma, you're going to have bad luck today, wouldn't she feel like I'm cursing her?"
Ling Shuiling realized she had said something foolish: "Seems you're right."
She began to somewhat believe her boss's words.
After all, the boss is really not an ordinary person.
After watching for a while.
Yang Fan said: "Let's go down, probably won't see any changes now, time to get back to work."
Ling Shuiling had to answer: "Okay."
Actually, she hoped to stay with her boss, but alas, her boss had such a strong addiction to games.
The secretary quietly complained "doesn't work but always urges subordinates to work" as she unwillingly walked towards the stairs.
*
Half an hour later.
Ling Shuiling heard some news.
Minister Ma spilled water when she was filling her cup in the boiler room at the administrative department.
The cup hit her thigh, and the boiling water spilled out, burning the skin on her thigh.
Ling Shuiling was so shocked she couldn't speak for a while.
The boss said Sister Ma would have bad luck, and she really did.
How incredible is this?!
The secretary quietly tagged her boss with a third label in her heart.
The first was a potential Superpower User, the second a Divine Doctor, and the third—Divine Man.
*
Great Xia Capital City.
An hour after the anomaly occurred.
Another global emergency online meeting commenced.
After all, the anomaly affected such a large area, the Eastern Hemisphere is daytime now, and people everywhere can see the mirage.
The Western Hemisphere is still nighttime, yet the night sky shines a faint yellow.
The whole world was alarmed.
The countries decided to have a meeting to discuss.
The spokesperson of the Carmenia Federation, Eric, took the lead to report the situation.
"According to our observations, although the anomaly is worldwide, the southern East Continent has the most noticeable anomaly.
"Besides the change in sky color, a lot of black sand has drifted down.
"Last time when two monsters from the Primordial World suddenly appeared in the Lan shi Kingdom, black sand similarly fell from the sky.
"Therefore, we strongly suspect that this anomaly will be a precursor to a massive appearance of Primordial Monsters."
As soon as these words were spoken.
The conference room was abuzz.
The Lan shi Kingdom's representative, Breton, immediately continued: "In light of the southern East Continent's proximity to Great Xia, we urge Great Xia to earnestly fulfill the responsibilities of a major power, and eradicate the impending Primordial Monsters."
It's easy to see these two had discussed beforehand, this was clearly a coordinated effort to play double act.
The Carmenia Federation was undoubtedly trying to suppress Great Xia, which is typical of the Carmenians.
The Lan shi Kingdom had suffered losses last time, with their former top military figure actually going to Great Xia, attempting to use this method to trick Great Xia.
Great Xia's representative Yu Changlong asked with a strange look: "May I interpret your stance as seeing affairs of the southern East Continent should be led by Great Xia?"
This statement implied a hidden subtext—rights and duties are equivalent.
Great Xia can take responsibility, but from now on, the Southern East Continent is under our control, and other countries must not interfere.
Eric immediately said, "Minister Yu, we are discussing this disaster, please do not go off-topic."
This guy is extremely cunning, and of course, he's not willing to admit this point, otherwise, it would mean helping Great Xia expand its sphere of influence.
Yu Changlong shrugged and decisively shifted the blame: "In that case, the problem of the Southern East Continent should be faced by the whole world, rather than Great Xia taking sole responsibility."
He immediately put forward a demand: "Countries should dispatch Superpower Users and troops to jointly take responsibility for the defense of the Southern East Continent."
As soon as the words fell.
Great Xia's allies immediately began to cheer and shout.
"I agree!"
"I support Minister Yu's viewpoint!"
"Countries across the world should unite to face natural disasters together!"
The Carmenians, as usual, did not act human: "Sorry, Carmenia is too far from the East Continent, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to deploy military forces there."
Breton followed: "The Lan shi Kingdom is busy surrounding Primordial Monsters, we really cannot spare any manpower."
Yu Changlong cursed inwardly: Seeing benefits, you run faster than anyone else, but seeing danger, you complain in all sorts of ways, it's really damn not a good thing!
He smiled slightly and directly threw out explosive news: "Mr. Ghost from our country mentioned that spatial rifts contain turbulence, and the location where Primordial Monsters descend may not be the Southern East Continent."
This is a bare threat.
Neither acknowledging the Southern East Continent as Great Xia's sphere nor willing to send troops to support, you bunch of bastards better watch out!
The Lan shi People were the first to become unsettled: "Minister Yu, regarding this matter, we can discuss further."
Countries from the Western Hemisphere were watching the show just now, but they couldn't bear to watch anymore.
"Minister Yu, please calm down."
"Minister Yu, everything can be discussed!"
Eric also stayed silent, not uttering a sound.
Facing the threat from Great Xia People, the Carmenians dared not take it lightly.
They have seen the miserable state of the Lan shi People and naturally do not want a few Primordial Monsters to appear in their own country.
After half an hour.
The online meeting ended.
Great Xia achieved the desired result.
Several major countries acknowledged that the Southern East Continent is Great Xia's sphere of influence.
Of course.
The words won't be explicitly said like that.
The official statements from various nations are — respecting the security protection treaty signed by Great Xia and the countries in the Southern East Continent.
Yu Changlong smiled with satisfaction.
He turned to his assistant and lamented: "No matter what era, between countries, one must speak with strength."
The assistant nodded: "Great Xia has the strongest person on Canglan Star, those white skins have no choice but to respectfully respect us."
*
Shapudian.
Commander Zhang of the Jiuzhou Legion proactively visited Yang Fan.
"Mr. Ghost, countries in the Western Hemisphere have backed down, they have acknowledged Great Xia's dominance over the Southern East Continent."
Yang Fan couldn't help but laugh: "When extraterrestrial objects fall, those white skins will probably be dumbfounded."
Commander Zhang said: "I'm afraid some shameless guys will still secretly send people over."
Yang Fan snorted, "They dare to come, I dare to kill them!"
Before, he was worried that killing too much might damage the national reputation, but now with the agreements between countries, he can unleash and kill them vigorously.
Commander Zhang lamented again: "This time, the Carmenians backed down, largely because they were frightened by your reputation."
This commander also has a feeling that the reputation of the strongest person on Canglan Star is indeed very useful.
If it were before.
Great Xia would have had to compete secretly with the Carmenians to force them to back down, merely relying on rhetoric wouldn't make them compromise.
After chatting for a while.
Commander Zhang bid farewell and left.
Yang Fan sat quietly for a while, his mind slightly moving.
Several lines of illusory text floated up.
[Attributes]
Physical Value: 90
Spirit Value: 100
Life Elemental Power: 1205
Today he increased his Physical Value by 10 points.
Yang Fan could sense that an invisible barrier seemed to appear around him.
He murmured softly: "Is this the 'Warrior's Wall' mentioned in the 'Superpower Secret Scripture'?"
The 'Secret Scripture' states that once the Physical Value reaches 100 points and Life Essence Qi is refined, the Warrior's Wall can be breached.
Under normal circumstances, spending five to ten days, with repeated efforts, would be enough to break through the barrier.
However, Yang Fan had a different feeling.
He whispered: "Why do I feel like the barrier is like a piece of paper, I could poke through it with a finger."
He even had the urge to try breaking through the Warrior's Wall now.
However.
Instinct told him there was no benefit in doing so.
The reason is simple.
A more solid foundation means steadier steps.
Anyway, he doesn't mind whether it's a day earlier or later.
Yang Fan closed his eyes again: "Tomorrow I'll increase the Physical Value to 100 points and then attempt to break through the barrier."
"Hoo!"
"Hoo!"
He emitted even, steady breaths.
The tiny specks of dust in the air began to rise and fall along with the steady breath.
Yang Fan was doing his utmost to refine Power, making it more solid.