The hundred-meter-tall skeleton tree suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, its immense size exuding a strong sense of oppression.
Jiang Yan reached out and pressed his hand against the trunk of the skeleton tree, a smile appearing on his face: "Let's start. Please enjoy yourselves!"
"Roar!" A terrifying roar erupted from the skeleton tree. The surrounding pedestrians who had stopped heard the sound.
Their expressions changed drastically, and an instinctive fear drove them to flee.
"Ah!"
With a scream, they turned and ran.
At that moment, the hollow features of the skull at the top of the skeleton tree began emitting large amounts of gray smoke.
This Gray Fog seemed endless, rapidly spreading outwards.
The space above, below, and around was covered by the Gray Fog, which surged outwards at an extremely fast speed.
The pedestrians who were running away immediately closed their eyes and collapsed onto the ground after being covered by the Gray Fog, unable to get up again.
Bang, bang, bang! Redd watched the figures continuously collapsing around him, his expression unchanged.
Since the decision had been made, nothing that happened could change his resolve.
Bang! The sound of vehicles colliding rang out as the Gray Fog accelerated.
In a certain part of the city, a young man was jogging with headphones on.
Suddenly, a large amount of Gray Fog appeared ahead of him. He looked confused: "Why is the fog so thick?"
He took out his phone to take a picture of the Gray Fog ahead, intending to post it online, but it showed no network connection.
Zzzzt. The next moment, as the Gray Fog approached, his phone emitted two crackling sounds before the screen immediately went black.
"What the heck is going on?" He looked at his phone with a pained expression; he had just bought it.
As the Gray Fog covered him, he instantly collapsed without any reaction.
The Gray Fog took only a dozen minutes to cover the entire Roset City.
Even the air three thousand meters above was filled with Gray Fog, and all electronic devices throughout the city were instantly damaged upon approaching or entering the Gray Fog.
The entire city was immediately cut off from the outside world.
At the entrance of a high-end villa area in the city center, a Caucasian young man walked out with a grave expression.
"What is this? Such eerie Gray Fog. I feel like my spirit is constantly being invaded." As a Level Three Mental Awakened, he noticed something was wrong the moment the Gray Fog appeared.
Visibility in the Gray Fog was less than five meters. He looked at the people lying all over the ground and the crashed vehicles in the street, his expression slightly changing.
He took out his phone, wanting to contact the outside world, but found he couldn't turn it on at all.
'I have to leave here first!' The scene before him was nothing short of bizarre and terrifying.
Crackle! Crackle!
The Caucasian youth returned to the villa, trying to start his car, but the engine wouldn't turn over.
It seemed he could only leave on foot. He turned and ran toward the city limits.
People were collapsed everywhere along the road, their faces bearing eerie smiles.
The more he saw, the more unnerved the young man felt, and he unconsciously sped up his pace.
Thump, thump, thump! His footsteps echoed through the silent city.
As he ran, the tall buildings around him became fewer, and the young man breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Almost there. Just a bit further and I can leave this city." He had been here for nearly half an hour, and a faint drowsiness began to creep into his heart.
"Where are you trying to go?" A teasing voice sounded right next to his ear.
The Caucasian youth subconsciously turned his head toward the source of the sound —a street intersection to his left.
Standing there in the Gray Fog was a four-meter-tall figure staring at him.
"This is..." The youth only took one glance before turning and sprinting faster. That was definitely not human!
"Hmph hmph hmph!" The King of the Deep Sea let out bursts of sinister laughter and chased after the youth. It was time for its favorite part: the hunt.
High above the Gray Fog, Wei Gaocheng flew over the city in his Birdman Form.
His specialized eye structure allowed him to easily see objects forty to fifty meters away in the Gray Fog. Coupled with the city's current silence, anyone still moving nearby would be detected by him.
At this time, those who could still move were 100% Awakened Ones or Martial Artists.
On the highway outside Roset City, traffic was now backed up.
A Caucasian fat man in a black jacket kicked his truck, saying with a pained expression, "Old buddy, why did you break down?"
A few meters away from him was the dense Gray Fog.
"What the hell is this thick fog? And my phone is broken too," complained a skinny young man next to him.
His modified electric car had broken down not far away.
Just as they were complaining, a plump woman with an afro walked toward the Gray Fog curiously: "Electronic devices are failing. Do you think this Gray Fog might be responsible?"
"Ma'am, you've read too many novels. How could that be possible?" the young man next to her immediately retorted.
A young man walked over: "Nothing is impossible. You all know that the world seems to have changed lately, and Monsters have appeared. This isn't out of the question."
Plop!
Just then, the woman who was near the Gray Fog closed her eyes and fell straight down.
This scene caused the expressions of the surrounding people to change. The fat man in the black jacket instinctively stepped forward to pull her back.
Plop!
Just as he got close, he felt a strong wave of drowsiness wash over him. He collapsed instantly, without even a second to react.
The successive incidents caused fear to appear on the faces of the remaining people nearby.
The young man who had spoken earlier turned and ran, shouting in panic, "Get away from that Gray Fog! Something is wrong!"
Half an hour had passed since Roset City lost contact. The local forums and video websites saw a large number of videos showing the city covered by the Gray Fog.
These videos were all filmed from extremely far away, stirring up a massive wave online.
[Mysterious Gray Fog Appears, Creatures that Approach Lose Consciousness, Electronic Devices Fail!]
[Aliens Invade Roset City, Who Will Save the Lives of Millions!]
Numerous videos with such titles immediately surfaced, their popularity even surpassing the previous Monster incidents.
Although the sheer number of Monsters had shocked them and made them realize the world was changing,
because they were relatively scattered, most people hadn't felt the immediate impact. But Roset City had a large population, making the severity of this incident completely different.
Tizi Country is a large nation with a population exceeding 100 million, ranking medium in strength among the many kingdoms.
Its official Awakened Ones department, the Ao Gang Society, is guarded by two Fifth-Level Awakeners.
At this moment, in the center of the capital of Tizi Country.
A massive black cathedral-style building stood there, reaching a height of over two hundred meters.
Inside a large room in the cathedral, a group of people sat watching real-time satellite footage.
The screen displayed a massive area covered in Gray Fog.