I'm only three years old, how could it be a world-ending catastrophe?

Zhang Hui's eyes were bloodshot, and her voice was trembling, "So, are we just going to abandon Luo Luo and the others to their fate?"

"You know how fast the [Mirror Nightmare] devours everything. Every second we waste here increases their danger!"

"Of course I know!"

Jiang Hongming's voice was also filled with pain, "So we shouldn't do anything useless, otherwise, even if we do rescue Luo Luo and the others, it will only drag us and them into another desperate situation."

Once their identities as calamities are exposed, the Extraordinary Bureau will definitely not let them off the hook.

At that time, Jiang Luo and Lu Yao will be labeled as "children of calamity" and "those who shelter calamity."

Even if Lu Yao is the only [Sacrifice] superhuman.

But whether those people from the Extraordinary Bureau would care about this identity, they couldn't guarantee for sure.

Once they refuse to acknowledge it.

Then the family of four will face the pursuit and hostility of the entire world.

That kind of future is more terrifying than death.

Zhang Hui swayed, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"So now... what should we do?"

She looked at her husband in despair.

"We can only wait."

Jiang Hongming made the most rational, yet most painful, decision: "Besides, Yao Yao is still inside. She is the sacrifice. No matter what, she won't let anything happen to Luo Luo and Niannian."

"As long as we can hold on, as long as we can hold on until the Extraordinary Bureau defeats the Mirror Nightmare, that's enough!"

"Only when even the Extraordinary Bureau is completely helpless will it be time for us to fight with all our might..."

This is the only option they can and should do right now.

……

Inside the children's playground.

Jiang Luo was a little annoyed by the sudden thick fog.

"What the hell is this? The special effects are terrible, they have a weird vibe."

He frowned, threw away the glasses in his hand, and looked disgusted.

He found the children's playground quite novel when it first opened, but now it seems like nothing special.

It's all flashy and superficial, but it has no substance whatsoever.

Just then.

A voice, indistinguishable between male and female, accompanied by eerie electronic sounds and echoes, came from the fog in all directions.

"Welcome, everyone, to the world in the mirror!"

"Become my bait! Become a part of me!"

Let us join hands...

"Destroy this hypocritical and mediocre world!"

Jiang Luo couldn't help but roll her eyes at these ridiculously cheesy words.

"Who hired this voice actor? They should fire them immediately! They have no emotion whatsoever; it sounds like they're just reading from a script. Terrible!"

He was still silently criticizing the amusement park owner's taste in his mind, completely ignoring it.

In his view, this was probably some kind of novel project.

Available in the next second.

Heart-wrenching screams echoed from the depths of the fog, one after another.

"Ah—Help!"

"My leg! My leg is broken!"

"Don't come any closer! Monster! Don't come any closer!"

The strong smell of blood, mixed with the cold, decaying odor in the mist, instantly filled my nostrils.

Jiang Luo's brows furrowed even deeper.

This is so realistic! They're even using blood?

As he was thinking this, a man covered in blood staggered out of the fog and collapsed right in front of them.

The man had lost one leg, and the wound was a bloody mess.

His face was filled with terror as he reached out to Jiang Luo, his mouth agape as if pleading for help.

Jiang Luo hadn't even had time to react.

A shard of mirror, the size of a human head, silently emerged from the mist behind the man.

The mirror flashed.

A blood-soaked, pale, deformed hand reached out from the mirror, grabbed the man's ankle, and yanked him in!

"No--!"

The man let out his last scream.

She was dragged into that thin mirror and disappeared.

The mirror swayed in the air before disappearing back into the thick fog.

On the ground, only a pool of glaring blood remained.

Jiang Luo stared at this scene, her mouth slightly agape, completely stunned.

This……

This is not a special effect!

It's not some new or exciting attraction in this amusement park!

Something really happened!

At this moment, Jiang Luo finally understood.

The "dangerous world" that the system kept repeating to him every day was not a joke, nor was it some kind of misplacement!

All this is true!

Danger is really coming!

Fortunately, I had been mentally prepared for a year before I was born, so I am still relatively calm at this moment.

Xu Niannian, who was standing next to her, was also so frightened that her face turned pale, but she didn't cry or faint.

This surprised Jiang Luo somewhat, but now was not the time for chatting.

"Hold on tight. I didn't say I'd let go. No matter what, you can't let go, even for a moment, understand?"

Jiang Luo gave her instructions.

Xu Niannian nodded vigorously with her pale face, her little hands tightly gripping Jiang Luo's arm.

Jiang Luo then got up and walked towards the convenience store.

First, we need to find Lu Yao, then figure out a way to leave this place, and finally find out what the dangers of this world really are.

……

At the entrance of the convenience store.

Lu Yao was completely stunned.

She only got up and walked a few steps, how come there was such a thick fog all of a sudden?

Everything around was a white blur, and I couldn't see anything clearly.

But she could still hear the sounds around her.

Screams and cries for help filled the air.

She witnessed a mother holding her child being struck by a giant mirror that fell from the sky, instantly turning the mother and child into…

Then countless lenses rushed up, gnawing at the fragments like animals eating food.

What was once a joyful paradise has now become a living hell.

Lu Yao turned pale with fright, and her stomach churned violently.

Is this... a calamity?

The people from the Extraordinary Bureau described it to her.

But the coldness of words is far less shocking and terrifying than seeing it with your own eyes!

She subconsciously touched her chest.

There, there was a talisman given to her by the Extraordinary Bureau.

At this moment, the amulet was emitting a faint warmth, and an invisible light shield protected her, preventing those deadly lenses from getting close.

Can……

Lolo! Niannian!

They don't have any amulets!

The thought of the perilous situation those two little ones were in made Lu Yao's heart clench.

No!

She can't let anything happen to them!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Yao bit her right index finger until it bled.

Fresh blood gushed out.

She closed her eyes and, with all her might, screamed in her heart.

"With my blood as a sacrifice, I protect Jiang Luo and Xu Niannian from calamity!"

This was the first time she had actively tried to use her abilities.

next second.

A strange feeling came over me.

She felt as if her body was connected to something.

The drop of blood on her fingertip seemed to possess a life of its own, carrying her will as it merged into this eerie space.

A feeling of being pulled away came over me, but it was gone in an instant.

The sacrifice... is complete?

Lu Yao opened her eyes, somewhat incredulous.

Is it really that simple?

She looked down at her finger; only a drop of blood had seeped from the wound before it congealed.

The price... is just a drop of blood?

Lu Yao was stunned.

She thought she would have to pay a very heavy price.

For example, losing half of one's blood or shortening one's lifespan by decades.

The result was just one drop of blood?

Suddenly, a thought surged up from the bottom of my heart.

Could it be... that this calamity is very weak?

Yes, that must be it!

People from the Extraordinary Bureau once said that calamities are also divided into levels, from the weakest F-level to the strongest world-destroying level.

The cost of sacrifice is proportional to the difficulty of the wish.

It only took a single drop of blood to protect the two people from this calamity.

This means that this calamity is at most an F-rank!

Having figured this out, Lu Yao felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.

While an F-class calamity is fatal to ordinary people, it is nothing in the face of extraordinary circumstances.

"Sis, how are you? Are you okay?"

Just then, a childish voice rang in my ears.