# 1923
Chapter 1916: Published by the Night Watch of Great Xia
When the black-clothed figure disappeared, everything around melted like an oil painting, the twisted city fading from Zhao Zhengbin's eyes. After a spell of dizziness, he found himself back on the congested street.
Zhao Zhengbin steadied himself against the car door, looking up in a daze. He saw that the pedestrians on both sides of the street were standing in place like lost souls, staring blankly at the void ahead. After a moment, they came to their senses and looked around in confusion.
"Mom!" Zhao Zhengbin walked to the other side of the car, supporting his mother who had just awakened from the dream.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"...I'm fine." The woman looked around, as if searching for something. "Where is he?"
"Who?"
"The person in the black cloak..."
Hearing this, Zhao Zhengbin confirmed that everything that had just happened wasn't an illusion... He wasn't the only one who had seen that black-cloaked figure.
"Brother, Brother Hu Jia??"
On the sidewalk, a child around seven or eight years old called out in confusion, also looking for something.
"What Brother Hu Jia?" The adult beside him rubbed their temples, confused.
"The big brother in the black cloak! He said he would always protect me..."
"Did you see it too?" The adult was startled. "It's not an illusion... Really not an illusion??"
"I saw it too. He said he was talking to over 300 million people at the same time..."
"My god, that face in the sky just now scared me to death!!"
"Vishnu, right? I heard the black cloak mention it! And he told us to follow the guidance to take shelter..."
"What black cloak! That was one of the Night Watch of Great Xia! The Mental God, Wu Tongxuan!!"
"Didn't the child just say it was called Hu Jia?"
"That's weird... I was so nervous and scared a moment ago, but after he talked to me for a bit, I feel so much calmer..."
"..."
After returning from the Great Dream Pupil Realm, the anxiety and tension that had gripped everyone vanished. They simply stood by the roadside, calmly discussing what they had just witnessed with strangers beside them, even casually taking out their phones to post on social media with a cheerful photo taken with a stranger on the street.
It wasn't just this one street in Cangnan City—extending outward to hundreds of bustling cities, over 300 million people all behaved the same way. Their negative emotions seemed to be temporarily erased, and the sparks of chaos that had been emerging from panic were directly nipped in the bud.
The gray sky grew darker, the heavy clouds churned as if stirred by an invisible hand, and a storm was brewing within them!
Whirr——Whirr——!!
At this moment, the shrill air raid sirens sounded across every city in Great Xia!
The people who had been enthusiastically chatting froze. Then, everyone's phone rang simultaneously. They took out their phones, but before they could unlock them, a text message automatically opened the screen, clearly displayed before their eyes.
"Dear compatriots of Great Xia, when you see this message, Great Xia has entered its highest alert status. Please cooperate with military and police forces in your area and proceed in an orderly manner to the underground shelters.
During the sheltering process, please do not cling to worldly possessions. Do not panic—the shelters have prepared sufficient food, water, and living supplies. Please believe that Great Xia will never abandon any ordinary citizen.
If you encounter danger during the sheltering process, please trust the people in cloaks around you. Regardless of the color of their cloaks, they will stake their lives to protect your safety.
【Should the darkest night come, I shall stand before millions, blade drawn toward the abyss, staining the heavens crimson】
——Published by the Night Watch of Great Xia."
At the bottom of this message, like a badge, was displayed.
"Night Watch of Great Xia..." Zhao Zhengbin stared at the message on his phone, murmuring to himself.
At the same time, in the city, all devices that had been in an off state—televisions, computers, LED screens outside shopping malls, subway station waiting screens... all devices with their own display functions—simultaneously displayed the insignia of this badge, slowly rotating silently.
The piercing air raid sirens echoed through the air. People stood bewildered among the Night Watch insignia covering the entire city, the dim sky like nightfall, street lamps on both sides of the road lighting up one after another, illuminating every corner of human civilization.
The next moment, several military vehicles drove in from the end of the street, numerous figures leaping down from them, splitting into four groups to quickly enter four different roads, beginning to evacuate the people within.
"Everyone, don't panic! Follow the directional indicators and evacuate in an orderly manner!"
Directional indicators?
Zhao Zhengbin was stunned. Suddenly feeling something above him, he looked up and saw that, at some point, a massive dark red arrow had appeared in the sky above this street, as if deeply embedded in the void, perfectly clear!
Looking around, it wasn't just this street—above every street, a giant arrow floated, and the entire Cangnan City had turned into a real-time changing map.
This dreamlike scene appeared before everyone's eyes, like a dream.
"Mom, let's go!" Zhao Zhengbin came to his senses and immediately spoke.
"En."
The two of them followed the flow of people on the street, quickly moving toward where the arrows indicated. When they passed a street, the arrow automatically turned, guiding them like a navigation system toward a certain location.
Dense clusters of aircraft swept across the sky, numerous figures leaping out from them. Countless figures quickly and orderly dispersed throughout every corner of the city and countryside. Coordinating with the arrow symbols in the sky and on phones, they began to direct people in their evacuation!
In just two minutes, the vast majority of Cangnan City's population had been mobilized, orderly moving in different directions, as if an invisible hand was controlling everything in the shadows.
The same scene occurred not only in Cangnan City, but synchronously in every city across Great Xia.
...
"Tsk, as expected of you..."
In the depths of space, Chaos had both hands clasped behind its back, its gaze sweeping through the void, observing every corner of Great Xia, revealing an expression of "as expected."
"With such a large population, you can suppress panic and chaos, evacuate the people so efficiently... You've been preparing for this day for a long time, haven't you?"
Chaos glanced at the live broadcast comments, the corners of its mouth slightly raised.
"Let's make this game a little more exciting..."
As the words fell, its form rapidly changed. The original tall Black figure transformed into a mass of surging darkness. After a moment, a massive black beast slowly stepped out from within.
It was a black lion, each strand of fur like floating shadow flames. Its enormous body could easily crush a mountain with a single step. The moment this avatar appeared, a strange restless energy gradually spread through the depths of space...