192: Chapter 83 The Voice of Sheep Village (Two in One) 192: Chapter 83 The Voice of Sheep Village (Two in One) Silence, a prolonged silence.
The inside of the car fell into utter stillness.
Zhang Xiaoman didnât urge Brother Hero, he was waiting for the other to make a choice.
âXiao Man, let me join, whatever difficulties we face, weâll confront them together as brothers.â
Finally, Brother Hero gave his response.
Zhang Xiaoman didnât ask why, he could somewhat guess what the other was thinking.
Just like people pursue the extraordinary, when the opportunity to become an Awakener is right before your eyes, how many can calmly let it go?
âI understand, if thatâs the case, come find me tomorrow, Iâll take you somewhere,â Zhang Xiaoman said.
Brother Hero nodded at his words.
âBy the way, what was that rumor you mentioned over the phone?
Why would your companyâs relocation be related to a Transcendent event?â
âWell, itâs actually a long storyâŠ
Do you remember Sheep Village?â
Zhang Xiaoman showed a reminiscent expression: âI remember, we used to go there for farm visits.
Sister-in-law even brought a tent that ended up being turned into a hat by the end of it, and we laughed about it for days.â
Brother Hero nodded: âExactly, that place!
It happened on the fifth day after you left.â
âThat day I was at work when suddenly a loud bang came from there, scaring us all.
It was a clear day, and I still remember that after the noise, our group discussed what it could be, ultimately dismissing it as thunder from a clear sky, thinking it was a loud clap of thunder.â
âHowever, later on, we faintly heard a roar that sounded like those synthesized T-Rex roars from movies, but some said it was just a ship passing through the canal honking its horn.
But I never felt it was the same, Iâve heard the shipâs noise before, when has it ever sounded like that?â
âOh?
What happened next?â
Brother Hero smacked his lips: âNext, you might not believe it, but just after that strange cry ended, they started setting off fireworks over by Sheep Village, and once they started, it went on for a good half a day, with loud repeated bangsâŠâ
âLoud repeated bangs?
Fireworks?â Zhang Xiaoman frowned, âCould it possibly be gunfireâŠ?â
Brother Hero slapped his thigh: âExactly!
Thatâs what I thought too, but none of them believed me.
I told them, maybe thereâs a monster, and our military is fighting it.
But those guys didnât believe me at all and said Iâve read too many novelsâŠâ
âHmmâŠ
if we look at it from a logical standpoint, what youâre suggesting indeed seems unlikelyâŠâ
âCough, cough, Xiao Man, donât tease me now, okay.
Iâm telling you, that very morning after the noise at Sheep Village, our company issued a holiday notice at noon, and by the afternoon everyone was off.â
âYou wouldnât know, but the entire Qionghua City East District Industrial Park shut down, the scene with all the police cars maintaining order on the roads was quite a sight.â
âSo, your break just extended until the company was gone?â Zhang Xiaoman asked.
âYeah, at first I thought Iâd get a little break, but who could have imagined it would turn out like this.
I saw someone in the company chat saying they saw military vehicles on the road, thatâs when I realized something serious must have happened.â
Brother Hero shifted his position and continued: âI even called you then, but it said you were out of the service area, so I couldnât reach you.â
âOh, right, look at these two.â He took out his phone, fiddled with it for a bit, brought up a webpage, and handed it to Zhang Xiaoman.
The latter took it and saw the headline, âAzure Dragon Army to be stationed in Qionghua City for a month-long military exerciseâŠâ
âAnd this here.â
He clicked on another piece of news.
âDemolition of Qionghua City East District Industrial Park, East Bus Station temporarily relocated to Huaban RoadâŠâ
Zhang Xiaoman skimmed through the two articles, which were brief and lacked pictures, merely explaining the situation in a few lines and reminding to avoid certain roads before hastily concluding.
âThey say itâs a drill, lasting at least a month, and then theyâre demolishing and rebuilding the Industrial Park, so all companies moved out.
I feel thereâs something fishy about this, wondering if it could be because of those monstersâŠâ
Zhang Xiaoman frowned, thinking deeply about what Brother Hero had said.
If itâs unusual, thatâs for certain, and looking at the current situation, itâs very likely thereâs some troublesome monster, and possibly a Dimension Rift was discovered there, otherwise there wouldnât be a need to evacuate nearby people.
Even though Zhang Xiaoman was curious about the situation in Sheep Village, he wouldnât be foolish enough to run there to investigate.
Since the Azure Dragon Army was stationed there, it wasnât his place to intervene.
After all, his focus was on the Star Alliance now, and he couldnât be involved in these issues yet.
He needed to further enhance his abilities first.
âIt seems that after the world background changed, Monsters are increasingâŠâ Zhang Xiaoman murmured softly, then turned his gaze back to Brother Hero.
âBrother, letâs not worry about this matter for now.
Iâve already found an excellent place as a foundation for our future.
Iâll take you there tomorrow to check it out and help you with your Enlightenment.â