The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Two suns appeared in the sky.

Right next to that familiar golden sun, another sphere of light, radiating the same light and heat, hung in mid-air.

One large and one small, one bright and one dark, complementing each other.

The streets and alleys fell into a deathly silence in an instant.

Everyone stopped in their tracks, vehicles stalled in the middle of the road, and the screeching of brakes rose and fell, only to be quickly swallowed up by an eerie silence.

Countless people looked up, mouths agape, their pupils reflecting the incredible celestial spectacle, their minds blank.

"What...what the hell?!"

A food delivery guy dropped the food container in his hand with a "thud," and scalding soup splashed onto his trouser leg.

But he was completely oblivious, just staring blankly at the sky.

That exclamation was like flipping a switch.

The deathly silence was shattered in an instant, replaced by a deafening roar!

"Two suns! There are two damn suns in the sky!"

A middle-aged man screamed hysterically, his voice filled with unbelievable fear.

"The end of the world is coming! The real end of the world is coming!"

Although it was expected, some people still couldn't accept it when the day actually came.

A young girl broke down on the spot, squatting on the ground and crying her heart out.

"Quick! Take a picture! I need to post this on Douyin (TikTok). I've never seen anything like this in my life!"

Panic, curiosity, excitement...

Countless complex emotions fermented violently among the crowd.

"A second sun has risen! It's an apocalyptic heatwave! It's definitely an apocalyptic heatwave!"

"The end of the world is really coming! One sun is already this hot, two suns... they're going to roast us alive!"

An older woman's scream alerted everyone.

"Hurry home! Turn on all the taps, fill the bathtub with water! Fill everything you can hold water! I've seen videos like this before. In a post-apocalyptic world with extreme heat, water is the most important resource!"

"A bottle of mineral water can even be exchanged for a pound of gold!"

The crowd began to stir. People recovered from their initial shock, and their instinct for survival took over.

But this time, the riots did not escalate into large-scale disorder and chaos.

Having weathered the previous storms, an invisible order has quietly been established.

Although people were panicked, they acted with a bit more order, heading straight for supermarkets and homes instead of blindly scattering and fleeing.

Meanwhile, the internet was in an uproar.

Those posts that mocked China were dug up from their graves by countless people and publicly executed again and again in the most direct way.

[C? Do you still use C? Did you guys get your C keys removed? Come out here and show yourselves!]

[@Luo Shengmou, don't panic, it's all a misunderstanding, what you saw was just an illusion. Let's keep the music playing and the dance going.]

[This is hilarious! A bunch of stubborn idiots, aren't they ashamed now? I can practically hear the slaps through the screen.]

[Thanks, official team! I know I should buy a weapon now, so I've started practicing with my knife! By the way, are there any weapon shops where you are?]

The more frustrated you were before, the more satisfying it is to be proven wrong now.

At this moment, all the people of the Dragon Kingdom felt a sense of pride and exhilaration that ran deep in their bones.

They don't even need to say anything more; just screenshot those mocking posts, add a real photo of two suns overhead, and that's enough to make the loudest, crispest slap in the face.

Crackling.

On the internet, the keyboard warriors and so-called experts who were previously jumping up and down have now fallen silent.

Of course, there are always some people who refuse to accept reality and try to save face with their last bit of stubbornness.

[This...this must be a rare optical phenomenon! Like a mirage, yes, it's an abnormal refraction of light by the atmosphere! Otherwise, how come I wasn't roasted to death by two suns?]

Some people are trying to save face by using science.

But his explanation seemed so pale and powerless under the scorching light of the two suns.

Stop struggling, I'm embarrassed for you all.

[Reality is already blatantly attacking you, and you're still stubbornly clinging to your old ways. Your atmosphere is truly amazing; it can refract a star.]

Is it so hard to admit that someone else has foresight? Is it so hard to admit that you're a clown?

The prevailing opinion on the internet has reversed dramatically at an unprecedented speed.

......

A quiet meeting room.

On the giant holographic projection, a real-time image of the two suns in the sky was clearly displayed.

The light illuminated the room brightly, yet it couldn't dispel even a trace of gloom.

Inside the meeting room, the air was so heavy it was almost solid.

The faces of the four elderly men and Chi Zhengyang were all solemn.

Those two suns hung overhead, pressing down on everyone's hearts.

"Bang!"

Mr. Qian's agitated voice was like a thunderclap, breaking the suffocating silence.

"What's going on here? Wasn't the apocalypse supposed to be five years away? How much time has passed?!"

His question reflected the same question in the minds of everyone present.

Everything happened too fast, faster than anyone expected, disrupting all plans.

Old Master An gently tapped the table, making a soft tapping sound, signaling him to calm down.

"Old Qian, calm down, rushing won't solve the problem."

Old Wei pushed up his reading glasses: "It seems that the world really keeps surprising us one after another, never giving us a moment's rest."

The usually silent Elder Wu sparingly uttered two words.

"variable."

All eyes eventually turned to Chi Zhengyang.

He was the only one who remained silent from beginning to end.

Chi Zhengyang didn't look at them; his gaze remained fixed on the newly appeared, smaller sun on the screen.

It's as if you want to pierce through it with your gaze and see through its true nature.

A voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

Those were the words that the sparrow beside Lin Mo once said to him.

Those who underestimate time will ultimately be looked down upon by time.

Chi Zhengyang took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling almost imperceptibly, and finally spoke slowly, his voice calm and without a trace of emotion: "Perhaps the unexpected turn of events is actually a good thing."

"What?"

Old Qian turned his head sharply and glared at him: "Did I hear wrong, or are you crazy? This is supposed to be a good thing?"

Chi Zhengyang spoke calmly, his voice not loud, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter: "This precisely shows that we have been on the right path from the very beginning."

He turned around and met the gazes of the four elderly men, some with doubt and others with scrutiny.

His eyes were calm and deep, revealing a sharp insight that seemed to see through everything.

"This unexpected change precisely confirms this point."

"Our preparations, our resistance, have already attracted 'its' attention."

"It? Who?"

Mr. Qian was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked another question.

Chi Zhengyang said, enunciating each word clearly: "Time."

The entire conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone was stunned speechless by Chi Zhengyang's bold, almost insane, deduction.

To regard the ethereal concept of time as an adversary with a will is beyond their comprehension.

Ignoring their shock, Chi Zhengyang continued, "Time is trying to correct our changes, pulling everything back onto its destined, destructive trajectory."

"So, the end of the world has come early."

After a long silence, Chi Zhengyang's voice rang out again, resolute and firm.

"No one can predict what will happen next."

"But no matter what, from the very beginning, we had no way out."

"We can only keep moving forward!"