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Chapter 305. Widespread Confusion

Jiang Jianxin subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of Xiayang City.

Of course, this place is too far from that city.

Her gaze swept across the desolate wilderness, finally settling on only a messy graveyard.

Several mutated crows, entirely black, stood quietly on the withered branches. They did not show any aggression, but rather stared at her with their blood-red eyes, tilting their heads to examine her with a hint of friendliness in their gaze.

The cemetery was unusually quiet at noon, without the usual eeriness.

Jiang Jianxin glanced back and saw that the tombstone behind him was slowly sinking back into the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Before long, all that remained behind them was a small, slightly raised mound.

She simply sat down, tapped her fingertips, and opened the mobile forum.

Ping An Forum always updates information the fastest. After logging in, several newly trending topics were already on display.

#Xiayang City and its surrounding areas were bombed#
#Dream Core Series Weapons Successfully Developed by Dream Pavilion#
#The power of the "Dream Core" series weapons far surpasses that of the "Childhood" series#
#Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals and Dream Pavilion declare war on Rose Group#
Just by looking at the trending search terms, it's clear that the world has undergone tremendous changes during the time Jiang Jianxin was "dead."

She clicked on each item to check and finally understood the truth behind the inexplicable bombing.

It turns out that the Dream Pavilion had previously occupied the War Alliance's base as a weapons factory and publicly issued a recruitment order to mobilize a large number of workers to produce the "Dream Core" series of weapons they had developed.

Now, six months later, this research and development has finally borne fruit.

The scorching shockwave that exploded above Jiang Jianxin's head was the new missile codenamed "Nightmare" from the Dream Core series.

Unlike conventional missiles, this missile is not a traditional elliptical solid body, but a dark, hazy, misty substance.

Under the cover of the brilliant sunrise at dawn, it slowly drifted over Xiayang City, and then suddenly exploded at a great height, blooming into a terrifying mushroom cloud.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, the Rose Transportation System was unable to activate effective defenses in time.

This attack not only destroyed almost all the main roads in several surrounding cities, but also caused the deaths of many powerful figures stationed there.

Despite its formidable power, the "Nightmare" missile still has a fatal flaw—it creates a large radiation zone centered on Xiayang City after its explosion.

The eastern ward of Akihachi City was not spared either.

This is also why her intuition told her she couldn't revive on the spot—

People in radiation zones will only die from festering sores all over their bodies.

Has Dream Pavilion gone mad? They're actually putting a half-finished missile into service?!

As his fingertips swiped across the screen, Jiang Jianxin questioned his intuition in disbelief.

As a force renowned for its manufacturing industry, Dream Pavilion has always maintained a low profile in the power struggles among major forces. However, its sudden use of such a deadly move has caught everyone off guard.

Everything has a reason.

The intuitive response was brief, yet carried an enigmatic depth.

Jiang Jianxin felt as if a heavy lead stone was pressing on her chest. Pain surged uncontrollably—the Persian cat Blue Bubble curled up in her arms, its fluffy body still warm from the sun; the little girl named Della she had just said goodbye to had a bright future; this was just another ordinary mission for her.

But now, everything is gone.

They all died on that ordinary day, their lives frozen at a moment no one could have predicted.

War is cruel like that.

Who knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident?

Intuition calmly stated:
Jiang Jianxin pursed his lips, then, as if remembering something, asked:
Is the guide still alive?

She is still alive, for she has materialized and vanished into the light.

"I answered instinctively." Jiang Jianxin felt a little better. She silently continued scrolling through her phone, when suddenly she saw a new trending topic pop up on the hot search list:
#Wen Yu, Chief Elder of the Dream Pavilion, issues a declaration of war#
The meaning of this entry is simple and straightforward, but to truly understand its intricacies is as blurry as looking through frosted glass.

Jiang Jianxin stared at the line of words, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

She stared blankly at the screen, a sudden "buzz" going through her mind—

A sense of absurd dislocation suddenly gripped her, as if time and space had been crumpled and then unfolded haphazardly, leaving her in a daze, wondering "what year is it tonight?"

[Wait...wasn't Wen Yu kidnapped by Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals?]

Her fingertips unconsciously traced the edge of the screen, her thoughts churning.

[When did they escape? How did they even end up in the position of Chief Elder?]

Driven by her doubts, she quickly clicked on the trending topic, her fingertips flying across the page to the very bottom of the comments section.

She had expected to face an overwhelming barrage of criticism—

"Wasn't Wen Yu arrested?"

"When did he return to the Dream Weaving Pavilion?"

"What did Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals say?"

Surprisingly, the comment section was unusually quiet, with not a single message discussing Wen Yu's "sudden appearance".

It seemed that everyone assumed that this "Chief Elder Wen Yu" was already a core figure in the Dream Pavilion, and that he had never been detained by Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals.

He came back today.

Her intuition calmly unfolded in her mind.

[Just ten minutes before you crawled out of your grave, the moment the 'Nightmare' missile exploded in Xia Yang City, he had just taken up the position of Chief Elder.]

[It's "distorting the truth"—it's started working again.]

A chill ran down Jiang Jianxin's spine, and goosebumps spread down his neck and back.

She stared blankly at her phone screen. The lively comments, the soaring trending topics, and the seemingly self-evident status of "Chief Wen Yu" all seemed to have taken on a cold hue.

It turns out that it wasn't the world that was out of place, but rather the world...

Forgotten again.

At this moment, in Ideal Thirteen City, at the headquarters of Dream Pavilion.

Chu Zhibai slammed the blueprints for the Nightmare Missile onto Wen Yu's table in displeasure, and said:
"Elder Wen, why are you doing this! The missile isn't even fully finished yet, didn't I tell you that before?"

Behind the black wooden desk, the young man in a gray robe remained gentle and mild-mannered, though a hint of gloom had crept into his eyes.

"Elder Chu, the pavilion urgently needs this, please understand."

Wen Yu said with a smile.

Chu Zhibai stared at him, feeling that Wen Yu in front of him was somewhat unfamiliar.

During the War Alliance incident, Wen Yu stayed behind in the Thirteen Ideal Cities and was unable to reach the Hope Base in time. After returning, things turned out like this.

According to him, it was out of guilt that he felt that if he had flown faster, he might have been able to reach the Hope Base and save the people from their suffering.

When Chu Zhibai heard this, he felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Thinking about it... it's probably just her overthinking it.

Ah, no wonder my peers like to take a break from updating to start a new book. Once you've written a certain number of words, you really can't help but want to write something new. It's so itchy and itchy inside.