# 1918
Chapter 1918
Chapter 1911: Adventure Game, End of the Line
【Are these really not special effects??】
【My ass they're effects! Didn't you see the news interview a couple days ago? The officials practically confirmed it!】
【So does that mean these monsters are real???】
【This is terrifying... Help, can someone tell me what on earth these things are??】
【Could they be beasts contaminated by the Mist's radiation or something from when the Mist was still around?】
【That's not the point! The key issue is that conventional weapons have no effect on them!! At this rate, this expedition team is definitely going to be wiped out!】
【Help, is there any rescue team that can go save them? I've been watching their livestream for so many days, they've worked so hard...】
【They're in foreign territory! What team could even go rescue them? Besides, they signed death waivers before they set out... Sigh, it's looking grim for them】
【I can't watch anymore...】
This hellish scene left the livestream audience completely stunned. Anxious and fearful emotions spread like wildfire, and everyone's heart was in their throats.
At that moment, the expedition team was forced to huddle around their off-road vehicle, their eyes filled with despair.
The four-legged, eight-limbed monsters charging at breakneck speed, winged lizards, giant skulls coiled atop ruined buildings staring down at them... Any one of these creatures would be worthy of a horror film. The aura they emanated completely crushed any will to resist—everyone's legs trembled uncontrollably. Several of the more faint-hearted had even lost control of their bladders.
"How... How did so many monsters appear..." The reporter stammered, "Were they hiding in these ruins the whole time?"
In the camera's view, apart from these three "Mysteries," several more shadowy figures were rapidly approaching from the distant ruins. This foreign world that they had believed to be nothing but ruins and death was revealing its dangerous fangs for the first time in their understanding...
Just as the four-legged monsters were about to crash into the off-road vehicle, the entire world was painted in shades of gray!
A mysterious and powerful aura descended suddenly!
In that instant, all the "Mysteries" froze mid-air. In the camera's view, one could even clearly see the fine hairs on the monsters' bodies.
The three-winged lizard circling above the team and the skull dangling down from the rooftop were both frozen in place, like gray sculptures cast in air, utterly motionless.
【What happened? Did we lose connection?】
【The whole image turned gray, seems like it froze】
【Don't tell me the expedition team got wiped out and the feed cut out?】
【Wait! Listen carefully! You can still hear the reporter breathing!】
【The camera's shaking! It's not a frozen frame! The monsters are frozen!】
【...】
A flood of bullet comments scrolled across the screen. After a moment, the terrified cameraman looked around frantically, his camera shaking in his hands.
Then, the reporter's voice came through, trembling:
"W-What... What's going on? Why did they stop?"
"I don't know..."
"The whole world turned gray, but we're still in our original colors? What is happening?"
The scene before them had completely exceeded the expedition team members' comprehension. Just as they and the bullet comments were all confused, a crisp snapping sound echoed from the distance.
Snap—!!
In the next instant, blazing torches burst forth from nothingness, spiraling toward the heavens like a tornado, engulfing all the frozen "Mysteries" within!
The searing flames at such close range illuminated every face of the expedition team in vivid red. They stared in daze at the raging inferno, screams of agony rising from within. In mere moments, all the "Mysteries" throughout the city had been reduced to ashes, scattered into the void!
This sudden turn of events left the livestream audience also stunned in place. A string of question marks floated through the comments.
The flames burned, devouring all darkness and fear. Charred monster remains fell to the ground, shattering into scattered embers...
At this moment, the expedition team finally snapped back to their senses and looked toward where the snapping sound had originated.
Embers floated through the air as a figure draped in a Crimson Cloak strode forward, a burning cigarette dangling from their lips.
The gray shrouding the heavens and earth receded like a tide to his sides, transforming into six gray wings that folded back into his body. The figure flicked the ash from his cigarette, a wisp of hazy smoke curling from his lips...
"Seems I arrived just in time." He spoke calmly.
The expedition team stared at his approaching figure in stunned silence.
At this moment, the watching crowd also came to their senses, and a flood of bullet comments instantly overwhelmed the screen!
【Holy crap!! Did he kill all those monsters?!】
【There are only a few of us here, what do you think?】
【The cloak!!! The red cloak!!! He's from that mysterious organization! We finally got to see his face!】
【Help, he's so handsome!!】
【He has six wings too?! Though they're gray... So he's like the Six-Winged Seraph, a god too?】
【Oh my, I just saw a god's face!!】
【He's so young? He looks like he's only twenty-five or twenty-six】
【What do you know? How could a deity age?】
【Taking screenshots like crazy! I'm gonna tape this to my door tonight, praying for the Great Xia deity's protection! {#praying} (attached: Shen Qingzhu Six-Winged Seraph front-facing photo)】
【...】
"You... Who are you..." The expedition team stared at the approaching Shen Qingzhu, their eyes wide with shock. They never could have imagined that anyone would come to rescue them in this foreign world... A moment ago, they truly believed they were done for!
"He's wearing a red cloak... He's from that mysterious organization that Team 2 encountered?"
Among the expedition team, someone was specifically responsible for the livestream operations and naturally knew about Team 2's encounter at sea. The moment they saw the red cloak, they made the connection.
The cameraman also came back to his senses and immediately aimed his camera at Shen Qingzhu's face, preparing to get a close-up. Shen Qingzhu seemed to resist this, covering half his face with one hand and turning slightly away.
"Alright, alright, enough with the filming." Shen Qingzhu removed the cigarette from his lips and casually flicked it to the ground, crushing it underfoot.
His gaze swept across the people before him as he spoke calmly:
"Ladies and gentlemen, this delightful adventure game ends here... For your own safety, it's time for you to head back."
Hearing these words, the expedition team members froze in surprise.
"Safe? But weren't those monsters all dead?"
Before they could ask more questions, the roaring sound of helicopters filled the air from above. Two military armed helicopters circled overhead, descending slowly...