Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Chapter 108 The Tumultuous World

Many, countless.

Beyond the gradually torn sky, worlds of varying sizes, each encased in a bubble and containing mountains, rivers, villages, and cities, hang abruptly upside down in the darkness.

The so-called star-like light that Zhang Wei initially saw was nothing more than the sunlight naturally emanating from the world during the day.

Against the dark backdrop of the sky, it became dazzling and eye-catching.

Of course, on Earth, people can only see the mountains, rivers, and landforms in those larger "worlds" through a membrane, but they can't see the more detailed things clearly.

Each and every one of these worlds, large and small, hangs high above the mundane world.

It's hard not to feel worried, fearing that these giants might suddenly fall from the sky and send everyone to their doom!

A quick glance.

Just outside the rift that had been torn open, hundreds of worlds of varying sizes were densely packed together, each encased in a bubble.

Looking across the entire sky, within the range that Zhang Wei could directly see, the rift was merely a drop in the ocean.

It's hard to imagine how many worlds are shrouded in darkness, wandering around the mundane world, beyond the unbroken skies that still reveal blue skies and white clouds.

Of course, these are secondary.

Judging from how they quietly and slowly sink in the darkness, you can tell that these worlds—no, they should be called silhouettes now?

Many of these were likely already cleared away by the patrols, just waiting to be integrated into the secular world and eventually become part of the landscape under Zhang Wei's feet. Others were still being cleared, or were in the very beginning of the planning phase.

But what truly tears away the illusion of the mundane world and exposes the terror of the outer realms to the world is the enormous silhouette that is slowly emerging from the pitch-black sky right in the center of the rift, obscuring the sky and the sun.

Its mountains and rivers are so majestic, and its land and sea so vast, that even a crack that can hold hundreds of silhouettes cannot fully contain it.

Through the bubbles enveloping the silhouettes, Zhang Wei could see the intense sunlight within, and the mountains and land that had transformed into a unified, dusky yellow hue.

Just one glance across the vast expanse of heaven and earth, and the boundless heat and oppression were enough to make one feel restless and irritable.

At this moment, the continuous ringing of cell phones in the carriage only intensified this feeling of frustration.

"Zhang Wei on patrol?"

"It's me!"

"A silhouette suddenly appeared, tearing through the shield of the Mountain and River Array. After monitoring and early warning according to the emergency response plan, the intensity of the silhouette is at least at the state level, but the possibility of it being at the dynasty level cannot be ruled out. An orange high-risk alert has now been issued internally."

Currently, during the off-peak period, the selected patrolmen have all gone to the silhouette to conduct preliminary information gathering. After obtaining basic information, they will settle their mission and return to the secular world ahead of time with the silhouette marker.

In accordance with Article 7, Section 2 of the Meteorological Law, which indicates an orange or higher risk level, all official patrol officers in this region must immediately return to their respective meteorological bureaus and await further instructions for mission reassignment. Since both you and Patrol Officer An Yi-xi are holders of the Genius Clause and possess all the qualifications for official patrol officers, you are hereby recalled.

Please apply for a return route in advance, and we will arrange the fastest possible time to pick you up and take you back to Longcheng.

Have you received the above?

"Received!" Zhang Wei replied in a deep voice.

"Okay, I have submitted your application. Someone will contact you or your assistant patrol officer later. I won't take up any more of your time!"

"Um!"

Hearing the dial tone on the phone, and seeing the other two people who put down their phones at almost the same time, the six of them looked at each other and could see the heaviness in each other's eyes.

These are all elderly people who have been to the meteorological bureau twice or even more, and they have also seen some of the meteorological bureau's data. They should be quite familiar with these basic things. But before this, they were just participants in the film, never watching the film emerge from the perspective of an observer.

Moreover, no matter how experienced one is, it's hard to remain calm when faced with this silhouette coming on so fiercely, tearing through the sky.

Moreover, of the three people in the car, only Ge Jun had completed a six-month internship and then worked her way up to become a full-time inspector. Zhang Wei and An Yixi both obtained their privileges through "backdoor" connections.

To put it bluntly, they may have read some materials, but they really haven't seen much of the world.

Moreover, the two silhouettes, the present world, and the mission in Anhe Village are all interconnected and closely linked, leaving virtually no time for focused reading. It's understandable that one might lack a certain level of knowledge in this context.

Seeing that the two had fallen silent, Ge Junxie had to step in to liven things up. As he started the car, he said, "Don't be surprised, actually, I've never seen anything like this before."

"Of course, the bureau has relevant records."

He took a deep breath, almost drawing Zhang Wei's soul out of the water.

Looking in the rearview mirror at the two people whose emotions had eased slightly after he had startled them, Ge Junxie breathed a sigh of relief: "As a buffer zone between the real world and mythology, the secular world actually has no sky. In fact, in the very beginning, the secular world itself was an illusion created by Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the whole country, in a desolate corner of the real world. In essence, it is similar to a ghost wall."

"Of course, as the silhouettes continued to fall, the actual mountains and rivers were gradually filled in, and with the subsequent unfolding of various large-scale projects, the mortal world slowly ceased to be a mere illusion."

However, the most important aspect was the creation of a grand mountain and river formation based on the summarization of various ancient texts and the collaborative efforts of numerous experts and eminent figures. This formation utilized the Kunlun, Qinling, Tianshan, Changbai, and Taihang mountain ranges, along with the Four Rivers, the Yellow River, and Dongting Lake, as its foundation. This, combined with the efforts of various modern nations, completely separated the secular world from the mortal realm. It wasn't until twenty years ago that the secular world finally and stably enveloped and isolated the present world…

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"Now, the sky in the mortal world is a simulation of the Mountain and River Array. Of course, the methods used by different countries in the mortal world are different, so the final scenery is also different."

"The sky is the manifestation of the great formation itself. Generally speaking, the silhouettes that appear cannot collide with the great formation, but there are exceptions. The silhouettes at the dynasty level can break through the constraints and appear briefly due to their enormous size. On the other hand, if there is a very strong subjective force within the silhouettes at the state level to push them down, they will also impact the great formation, creating the scene just now."

As Ge Junxie spoke, the sky outside the car, which had been torn open with a hideous rift, stopped cracking. Instead, the blue sky on both sides began to close up, pushing away the darkness and many other silhouettes that had flooded into the mortal world along with the huge silhouette.

When Zhang Wei looked up, only a faint black streak remained in the sky.

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