Sword of Dawn

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But suddenly, the confusion on Torig's face disappeared, his body shook imperceptibly, as if his mind had restarted, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he said with a normal and natural smile: "The lord has always been a reclusive person. A high-level mage like him will always focus on magic research..."

Bird Bee quietly watched the young man who was born and raised in Prandell, and watched the other party's natural smile.

She knew that this was really a living person with flesh and blood.

But not quite.

"That's true," the young black-haired girl laughed, and then waved her hand to say goodbye. "It's getting late, and I have to go back to the store to take over. Goodbye, Mr. Torig—we had a good talk."

"Of course, Miss Flora, I too...I'm very happy too," Torig responded quickly, his tone a little nervous, and he couldn't help but say more when he saw the black-haired girl in front of him about to walk away He said, "Well... can we have a meal together at noon tomorrow? I have prepared the best pine cheese, which is made by the best cheese workshop in this city..."

"Sorry, I still have plans tomorrow," Sparrow Bee shook her head apologetically, "But next time I have a chance, I will take the initiative to visit."

She waved her hand, turned and left, and walked towards the ramp leading to the inner block, and the moment she turned around, the faint smile on her face slightly retracted, and a cautious and serious look appeared instead.

Plandel doesn’t produce pine cheese at all, a specialty of the inland city of Paransanto.

The new setting has been changed, and the "cut" between this city and the "Violet Inland" is becoming more and more obvious...

Finchbee didn't stay in the border area of ​​the city anymore. She quickly passed through the streets and familiar shops in the border area, and entered the inner block of Plandel before the night fell completely.

The magic street lamps on both sides of the road are gradually brightening, and the soft light is dispelling the darkness in the city. As you enter the inner block, you will see more and more pedestrians on the road. The crowds coming and going dispel the cold, loneliness.

Finchbee slowed down and walked through the wide and tidy streets of the city like ordinary citizens. The pedestrians passing by in front of her were dressed in the style of the Violet Kingdom. Those coats and blouses with dark colors as the main color looked deep and elegant. There is a faint sense of distance lingering, just like the impression left by this mysterious hermit country on other countries in the Loren continent. The magic street lamps with iron carvings on the roadside cast a warm light yellow light, It leaves shadows of different shades under the feet of pedestrians on the road.

On both sides of the street, the windows of critical stores were also lit up. Occasionally, the doors of the stores were pushed open, and the crisp copper bells jingled.

This is a very normal street scene at night. Quefeng has been living here for a year and a half, and has seen it for a year and a half, and has long been used to it.

But for some reason, an indescribable sense of disobedience always emerged from the bottom of her heart. Even looking at such a normal scene, she felt that everything she saw seemed to be covered with a layer of suspicion. I feel like the whole city is "deceiving" me.

If it is said that the anomalies she discovered here in the past period of time were all conclusions drawn from clues and intelligence, then at this moment... she seems to be directly "touching" the anomalies in this coastal city.

Or to put it another way: the anomaly has already happened, it's just been hidden, and it has been accumulating until today, and finally reached a certain point where it has to collide with the real world.

Chapter 1470 Extraordinary Vision

The street lamps with black wrought iron carvings sprinkled warm light yellow light, and the figure of the bee floated through the crowd like an inconspicuous fallen leaf, leaving no ripples among the pedestrians.

She came to a shop at the end of the block. Outside the shop was the "Three Towers" emblem that foreign businessmen must hang when they open a shop in Violet. In the display window, you can see all kinds of novelty groceries from across the strait. , At this moment, there is a wooden sign hanging on the door of the store, with the words "Closed Business" written on it.

Quebee's eyes stayed on the "Closed Business" wooden sign for a second, then pushed the door open and entered.

The store was empty, due to the suspension of business, there was no customer inside, only a young man in a dark coat sitting behind the counter and packing up the sundries.Hearing the movement from the door, the young man raised his head, and he seemed relieved when he found it was a bee, and nodded slightly in greeting.

"Why is there a sign that the business is temporarily closed?" Quefeng quickly walked to the counter and said in a low voice, "Also, what about the 'store manager'?"

"The store manager has gone to Beicheng District." The young man quietly followed the movement near the door, and said casually in a low voice, "I received an order from the bureau today. The Violet Kingdom has been seriously affected by extraordinary visions. All contact points are suspending activities and preparing to evacuate, and the store manager intends to collect as much information as possible before evacuating."

"...Ready to evacuate?" Sparrow Bee's face showed a look of astonishment, "The situation has become so serious? Then we are here..."

"It's more serious than you imagined. All the operators in Lenghai City have lost contact, and no news has been sent back." The young man wiped the shiny ornaments on the counter, his movements were smooth and natural, but his tone was extremely serious. When sending back messages normally, suddenly there is no audio at all, not even the 'whistle' that should be sent out in the most urgent situation."

"Didn't the whistle come out?!" Quefeng couldn't believe what she heard, "There are well-trained operators over there, and they are also carrying the most advanced communication equipment, how could they disappear so quietly? Connected?"

"...The biggest possibility is that the anomaly has spread to Lenghai City, and all the local operators died before they had time to respond. And in fact, it is not only our intelligence personnel who lost contact, but also the ones who lost contact... It's the whole Lenghai City." The young man temporarily put down his work and looked up into the eyes of Sparrow Bee. "Some ordinary Loren merchants who do business in Lenghai City have also cut off contact with the mainland. Since yesterday, the Beigang side The communication station never received any magic net signal from Lenghai City.

"This morning, I also saw the spies of the Typhon people rushing to No. 23, Xicheng Street. I suspect that they have also noticed the anomaly and are preparing to evacuate."

Buzzard's eyes widened, but in just two seconds, she forced herself to calm down, and at the same time, she understood Director Amber's order to evacuate—even though the evacuation order was sudden, even though "because some intelligence personnel suddenly Evacuate all contact points if you disappear" seems a little impulsive, although it is regrettable to give up the foundation of the business here, but she knows that this is a last choice.

Visions are happening, which are large-scale mutations caused by incomprehensible magical powers or other extraordinary forces, rather than conventional secret intelligence warfare, public opinion confrontation, or special infiltration, the latter is the field that the operatives of the Military Intelligence Bureau are good at. But the former...has gone beyond the "job scope" of ordinary intelligence personnel, and this kind of professional work should be left to a professional team.

In fact, when she realized that Prandell was being affected by the extraordinary vision, Finchbee thought that she might receive an order to evacuate, but she didn't expect this day to come so early-in the recent period of "" "Extraordinary Vision" did not show any real danger, but now the situation has taken a turn for the worse.

But even if there is no such layer, as long as Director Amber's order is issued, Sparrow Bee will still choose to execute it unconditionally-this is the iron law of all MIB operatives.

"This is no longer the front line for intelligence activities. Our mission is over. The bureau chief stated in the order that the Violet Kingdom will be treated as an 'abnormal area'," the young man shook his head, his voice deep , "But after all, it is still an independent 'kingdom' on the surface, and we cannot take any military action against it until it shows no infringement and hostility towards the alliance... There will be an elite steel army We were replaced by a team of Rangers and two paranormal countermeasures specialists in investigating and countering paranormal phenomena."

Sparrow Bee nodded slightly, and then said as if casually mentioning: "I saw Torig on the way back, and talked to him for a while."

"Torrig... the mage apprentice who lives in the inner city?" The young man thought for a while, and quickly matched the names in his mind, "What did you talk about? Did you find anything new?"

Sparrow Bee has a serious expression: "Do you still remember that Torig has an uncle? It's a wizard who lives in Palansanto - I deliberately mentioned this person in the conversation, but Torig didn't seem to remember that he had such an uncle at all. A relative seemed to be completely unaware of the existence of the inland city of 'Palansanto', his mind was obviously confused and blank, and then he 'skipped' our topic..."

Quebee told about the situation she encountered today, and the young man behind the counter frowned a little bit, and after a moment of thinking, he said in a low voice: "Since this period of time, there have been rumors about 'inland' in Prandell City. There is less and less news, and people don't talk about anything related to the city of a thousand towers or inland cities like Paransanto. Trade goods, letters, visitors from the inland cities... all that kind of stuff is in the Disappeared, but until today, the situation has not been as weird as you just mentioned, at least when we take the initiative to mention the inland to ordinary people in this city, they will still answer normally...

"But now, there is a local resident who has obvious mental abnormalities when talking about this topic..."

"It feels as if the 'inland' of Violet is gradually peeling off from this kingdom, or wrapped in some kind of 'cocoon'," Finch Bee murmured thoughtfully, "There is some kind of force in the 'Delete' all information related to the inland, and even prevent ordinary people in the border areas from talking about and recalling inland cities like the City of Thousand Towers... Is this some kind of barrier? A barrier of cognition and memory?"

"...I feel worse than that," the young man shook his head. "Today I went to the central market to investigate the origin of Matillon wine in the city-you should know that until noon yesterday, this wine could only be bought from It is an 'foreign product' brought over from Cold Sea City, and at the same time, this wine is not a local product of the Violet Kingdom. It is produced in the winery opened by the Gray Elf merchant in Cold Sea City. It is moss forest honey wine 'Localization' adjusted product, but since noon yesterday, this wine has become Prandel's 'local specialty'.

"I bought a bottle of 'Matillon' in the central market, and it's on the shelf on your left. Open it and have a look."

Sparrow Bee was stunned for a moment, and looked up to see the bottle of wine on the shelf. The dark brown bottle was still printed with the logo of a brewery in Plandel City. She reached out and took the bottle over, and found that the cork had been removed. After opening it once, she immediately noticed something was wrong after pulling out the plug - she didn't smell any aroma of wine.

"This is... clear water?" She sniffed the liquid inside carefully, and took a small sip at the prompt of her colleague, with a look of astonishment on her face, "Is it clear water when you buy it?"

The young man behind the counter nodded: "Yes, but the locals don't seem to have noticed that they trade clear water as wine, and there are people in the market who drink this stuff and get drunk, but the others are 'transformed' into Not so with local products.

"Pine cheese is at least cheese when it becomes a local specialty, iced wine is still wine when it goes from a Paransanto specialty to a local wine, and all kinds of other things that used to be transported from inland are now local commodities. Stuff...although the 'setting' has changed, but at least the stuff is still true, only this Matillon... has turned into clear water outrageously."

"Why is this happening..." Sparrow Bee was stunned and confused for a while, and then vaguely guessed, "Could it be because... although this thing was produced in Cold Sea City, its source was brought in by gray elf merchants 'The mosswood mead, from 'basics', is it down to 'things beyond violets'?"

"That's the only difference between Matillon and the other commodities that are being replaced," her colleague nodded, "and it gives me the feeling that there's some sort of massive ... 'rule' that's controlling This mutation, this rule can affect all things that originally belonged to Violet, can erase the existence of Paran Santo from the memory of the residents of Plandel, and can turn a city's specialty into another city's local goods , but...things outside the Violet Kingdom have jumped out of this system, and it can't 'copy' things that don't exist in its own system, so the Matillon wine that the gray elves brought to this country is in the central market of Prandell turned into clear water."

The scene described by the other party made Sparrow Bee feel strange and frightened, and an imaginary scene suddenly popped up in her mind—if Cecil's businessman opened a business in a seaside city other than Prandell A factory that produces magic devices, and has been exporting goods to other cities, so what will it look like now after the vision occurs?

Will there be "locally produced" magic devices in the central market?And because the 'rule' that caused the vision couldn't replicate things outside the Violet system, those "magic devices" turned into a bunch of strange empty shells?

She said what she had conceived, and the young man behind the counter thought about it seriously and nodded slowly: "It's not impossible... If our guess is correct, what happened to Matillon The anomaly of the obviously happens to other similar things too. But we are doomed to have no way of verifying this.

"Except for the gray elves with super mobility, no Loren people have successfully built factories in the Violet Kingdom. All the 'foreign goods' on the market are directly shipped from Los Angeles via the circum-continent route. It was shipped over from Lun, so naturally there is no 'wrong replacement'."

Bird Bee nodded, and then she seemed to realize something suddenly, and subconsciously looked up at the mechanical clock hanging on the opposite wall, her tone became a little nervous: "How long has the store manager been out? Is there a safety signal back? "

"He went out six hours ago," replied the young man behind the counter, and then seemed to have a sudden reaction, "...he shouldn't have been alone for so long without signaling...especially when When extraordinary visions have appeared in the city."

While talking, he took out an ordinary-looking pocket watch with a brass case from his pocket, pressed the button to open the cover, and all the hands on the seemingly normal dial were fixed at the 12 o'clock position And not moving at all.

The expression of the young man changed slightly. He quickly pressed the button three times, and the dial of the pocket watch opened with a snap, revealing the movement below, as well as the intricate runes and fine crystal structures around the movement. One of the small crystals At this moment, it is exuding a slight red light, and there seems to be an uneasy rhythm in the flickering of the light.

This is a dedicated communication tool for officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and it is the smallest communication device that can be achieved with current technology.

In order to reduce the size and enhance security, this small device does not have the complete function of the magic network terminal, but it can send and receive specific rhythm signals through vibration, buzzing, etc., and these signals can transmit important information by encoding in advance. The rune array inside its movement can also be used to monitor the operation status of other operators' communication equipment.

"...'The manager' may be in trouble," the young man suddenly raised his head and looked at Finch with the same serious expression, "I can't track his signal reaction here."

"It's also possible that there is an emergency and you have to switch to silent mode - don't send him a signal rashly." Sparrow Bee said quickly, and then seemed to notice something suddenly, and suddenly turned back to look in the direction of the shop window.

At some point, there was already a thick fog outside the window.

Everything on the street is shrouded in dense fog, the carriage parked by the roadside, the outline of the opposite building, and even the lampposts that are close at hand, everything has become a hazy and gloomy void in the dense fog. The shadows were vaguely visible, only the warm light from the street lamps lit up in the fog, like sparks floating in the fog, vaguely outlining the direction of the street.

But in this thick and strange fog, Sparrow Bee didn't see any pedestrians.

The thick fog will of course hinder people from traveling, but it is somewhat weird that no one can be seen on the road, especially the bird bee is 2% sure, at least 2 minutes ago when she glanced at the window from the corner of her eye. Seeing such a heavy fog, there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the road—2 minutes, in such a short period of [-] minutes, what happened in this city? !

She exchanged glances with her colleague behind the counter. The latter had already reached out and took out two sets of small melt-cut daggers and magic terminals for combat from the hidden compartment of the counter. They skillfully and quickly put on the wrist-like terminal, He hid the dagger behind the hem of his close-fitting and easy-to-use clothes, and then cautiously walked towards the window.

Chapter 1471 In the Fog

Outside the window, there is only thick fog rolling in. In the thick fog, there are dim yellow street lamps arranged along the road and extending into the distance, as well as the faint silhouettes of buildings in the dim light.

There was not a single person to be seen on the wide street, as if this was an empty city, and the bustling appearance of people coming and going a few minutes ago was just an illusion left in Quefeng's mind.

"...The situation is very wrong," Sparrowbee stared at the faintly surging gray-white mist on the road outside, and said to his companion in a low voice while observing and comparing all the details, "Ye Xiao, go and check the communication station. "

There is a dark room in the basement of the store that serves as a contact point, and a high-power magic network communication device is placed inside. This communication device is connected to a "merchant ship" that has been traveling on the strait for a long time, and is forwarded through the equipment on the merchant ship. Connected to the Military Intelligence Bureau branch in Beigang, in this coastal city of Prandell, this secret communication station is the most important way for Military Intelligence Bureau operatives to contact the local area.

The young man called "Night Owl" nodded silently, quickly and quietly left the window and walked into a hidden door behind the counter, but turned back after a while, with a serious look on his face: "Strong interference, the relay station and the main station have no signal."

"...The extraordinary vision has strengthened again, this time it is no longer the 'contradiction' and 'violation' hidden under the surface, but directly affects the real world," Quesbee calmly analyzed in a low voice, even though she was Before becoming an officer of the Military Intelligence Bureau, she was just a low-level mage apprentice, but with the teaching of Director Amber and the support of the technology and knowledge of the new era, a low-level mage apprentice like her can also have a certain understanding of extraordinary visions of this scale. Analysis and understanding, "We are afraid that we have fallen into some kind of 'crack' between the real world and the distorted world, and the interference of communication equipment is the evidence."

Ye Xiao frowned, first he quickly checked the things in the shop, and after confirming that the weird fog had not invaded the room, he was slightly relieved, and then he seemed to think of something suddenly: "Wait, you said... ...Did the same situation happen in City of Thousand Towers, Palansanto and Lenghai City!?"

The bee suddenly turned around: "What do you mean?"

"Since this period of time, the information about the 'inland' has been disappearing. First, the city of a thousand towers, the 'capital of the kingdom', was naturally hidden in people's daily conversations, and then the local products from Palansanto changed It became a locally produced product, and then the news of Lenghai City was completely cut off. This is obviously not just a 'communication interruption', but more like the existence of these inland cities, and even the evidence of their existence is constantly being 'cleared up' '," Ye Xiao analyzed, "Think carefully...these cities are spread out from the center of Violet Island..."

"Do you think...it is this kind of gray-white thick fog that is constantly devouring the entire Violet Kingdom from the center of the island?!" Sparrow Bee instantly understood what his colleague said, and speculated, "And the devoured area... its 'existence' itself is also Will it be deleted?"

Ye Xiao shook his head: "I'm just guessing, and this guessing can't explain why 'outsiders' like you and I still remember things about the City of Thousand Towers and Palansanto. If the area will be completely deleted, you and I should not remember these inland cities, but now it seems that the vision affects only the cognition of the Violet people themselves.

"However, one thing is certain - this large-scale extraordinary phenomenon probably started to erupt from the City of Thousand Towers, and it is constantly spreading and strengthening towards the border area of ​​the Violet Kingdom!"

Biting her lips subconsciously, the anxiety in her heart grew stronger. She had to admit that Ye Xiao's guess was very possible, and at the same time she had to start worrying about one thing: Will this vision continue to spread?Will this gray-white thick fog spread beyond the Violet Kingdom?If this thing is uncontrollable and has no limit... Could it swallow the whole world! ?

She had to forcefully suppress the uneasiness in her heart, and let the teachings of Director Amber and the mission of being an officer of the Military Intelligence Bureau fill her mind: "I'm afraid it's useless to analyze these now, the more important question is how we can get out of the predicament , and find a way to report what happened here to the bureau... This thick fog doesn't look like something harmless to humans and animals."

Ye Xiao frowned tightly, looking at the misty world outside the window, his hand was on the weapon at his waist, but this weapon that can be used to fight against the enemy could not bring him any benefit in such an occasion A sense of peace of mind: "If the situation is as I guessed, we must find a way to leave the city. We can go to the pier from the southwest of the city, where there are boats to return to Beigang..."

"But first, we need to get out the door and through that thick fog." Finchbee's voice was low and serious.

A difficult problem was posed in front of the two senior officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau: Should we stay in this small shelter, or risk opening the door and stepping into the thick fog?

Finchbee looked up and looked around the shop. She saw that the doors and windows were still closed. Although these ordinary doors and windows could not be completely sealed, it was clear that the gray mist outside had not seeped into the room through the gaps, and the window was filled with thick fog. The dark and weird streets and the bright and warm indoor scenery in the window seem to be two worlds, and the latter... has an indescribable attraction at the moment.

But she knew that this seemingly warm and safe hut might not be as "stable" as imagined. If the City of Thousand Towers, Palansanto, and Lenghai City had been engulfed by thick fog, then this small hut might not be as stable as expected. The store can't be a safe shelter, and staying in it is mostly just waiting to die - but is it really feasible to go through the thick fog outside?

Finchbee even suspected that the port in the southwest of the city had been engulfed in thick fog at this moment.

"It's not long before the night falls, and there is still a whole night before the sun rises," Ye Xiao's voice came from the side, "but if all this is really caused by extraordinary visions, then the rising sun may not be able to dispel the obvious Abnormal dense fog."

Quefeng didn't speak, she was still hesitating, but she also knew that she couldn't hesitate any longer.

At this moment, her eyes suddenly fell on the next window.

The mist outside the window was billowing, and under the continuous licking of the thick fog, some small scratches appeared on the surface of the cold silhouette of the crystal glass. Those scratches were slowly extending in front of her eyes, as if there was a bird Invisible hands are holding sharp objects to carve on the crystal, and they slowly form a line of letters: "Do not stay indoors!!"

Quebee held her breath for a moment, and Ye Xiao who was beside her suddenly widened her eyes. They stared at the scratches on the glass, and then Quebee suddenly got up and walked towards the gate: "Get out of here quickly!"

"Wait, don't you want to confirm?" Ye Xiao subconsciously shouted as he got up, "This may be a trap..."

"Didn't you recognize it?" Quefeng turned to look at Ye Xiao, "Although the words are written backwards, it is the handwriting of 'shop manager'."

Ye Xiao's eyebrows jumped suddenly, and he quickly followed in the footsteps of Bird Bee. Two senior operators came to the door of the store, and Bird Bee had already put his hand on the brass doorknob—through the small inlay on the door, Through a piece of crystal glass, one can clearly see that the gray-white thick fog is undulating and flowing on the street outside, like a cold and silent pale fire.

Finchbee took a deep breath, and slowly pushed the door open a crack—the mist hovered outside the crack of the door, showing no sign of flowing into the room.

She suddenly pushed the door open completely, and walked into the foggy street. Ye Xiao followed closely behind her. The two kept a close pace, and they left the shop and came to the avenue while covering each other.

Finchbee activated the Breeze Shield as soon as he went out, wanting to see if the protective barrier that can block most harmful gases can block the weird thick fog, but he saw the gray-white fog as if it was not affected at all Appearing inside the barrier - it's like a flowing phantom rather than a real thing, not blocked by the shield at all.

The two operators could only turn off the useless breeze shield, and proceeded cautiously towards the street.

During the whole process, Ye Xiao kept holding his breath subconsciously. The ubiquitous gray-white thick fog made him extremely disturbed. He didn't even dare to inhale it at will, until he walked a certain distance outside and confirmed that his body was fine. Affected by erosion, and the protective equipment such as the amulet on his body did not issue a warning, he slowly began to breathe under great restraint, and adjusted his heartbeat and breathing rate little by little.

"Breathing is normal... I don't feel the slightest moisture on the skin," Finchbee looked down at her hands, watching the mist flow away from her fingers. Breathing also didn't feel like inhaling dense fog, "these fog... have no 'feeling' at all."

It is impossible for such a thick fog not to bring a "feeling". Although it is an intangible and invisible thing, breathing and walking in the dense fog will inevitably be different from ordinary times. Whether it is water vapor or particles in the fog, it will It irritates people's nasal cavity-but these "feelings" that should exist do not appear, which brings a great sense of disobedience to the bee and the night owl.

It's as if this thick fog just appeared in their "vision", a pure illusion.

But they dare not really regard this dense fog as an illusion that can only affect vision—in extraordinary visions, the more unreasonable something is, no matter how harmless it is currently, it is absolutely great source of crisis.

What's more, the vision here is not only a dense fog, but also passers-by who suddenly disappeared, empty streets, and a whole silent empty city!

"It was indeed the store manager's handwriting just now," Ye Xiao said in a low voice while looking at the situation on the street, "but why did the store manager's words suddenly appear on the window glass?"

Quebee didn't answer right away, she just subconsciously turned her head to look in the direction she came from, only to see that the surface of the shop's window glass had been restored to cleanliness, and the letters clearly engraved on it had been erased at some point .

"...I don't know, but he must want us to avoid some kind of deadly danger," Sparrow Bee felt uneasy for some reason, and she could only suppress the uneasiness while whispering, "Now we should think Way out of town—the way to the docks is in this direction."

She stepped towards the direction leading to the southwestern city gate in her memory, but just two steps away, she felt an invisible airflow suddenly blowing towards her face. As if she continued to move forward, Ye Xiao also stopped - he seemed to feel the same thing.

"The store manager?" Ye Xiao frowned slightly, calling in a low voice to the team leader who had gone to investigate the information but hadn't returned in the empty street. In the past year or two, he and Sparrow Bee have become accustomed to using The "store manager" came to address the superior, "Is that you here? Are you in trouble?"

As a senior operator who has dealt with many troublesome incidents and accidentally dealt with other extraordinary visions, he has guessed something from these subtle clues.

He guessed that the "store manager" might be trapped by extraordinary visions.

"What can we do for you?" the bee next to him also asked.

The empty street was silent, and there were no figures other than the two of them in the turbulent fog, but suddenly, Bird Bee saw a small, pale figure suddenly appearing on the lamppost closest to them. nick.

Those notches extended and connected, gradually forming a line of letters: "I am safe now, but I cannot meet with you. You should complete the task first."

Immediately below this line of letters, a new notch appeared: "Don't go to the port. The port has disappeared. It is safe to leave the city from the southeast and reach the coast."

Finchbee looked at the letters on the lamppost in astonishment: "The port has disappeared? What does this mean?"

The letters on the lamppost did not answer her question, but a few very deep and sharp scratches suddenly appeared. These scratches seemed to remind them to get nervous, followed by a line of people who were obviously in a hurry. Handwriting: "No time, get out of here as soon as possible, pay attention to the handwriting on the lampposts along the way!"