Chapter 33: The Japan Earthquake, Not Necessarily a Real Earthquake

The next second.

Director Takahashi's expression changed violently, from body to soul, filled with unending horror.

"This is..."

Yunhu, a bizarre twilight world.

The vast earth shook the heavens and trembled the ground.

Mizuno Yuichi and the others felt their hearts jump to their throats with every massive earthquake.

Sensing the tremors, as if feeling something, they all turned to look east.

At this sight, President Yamazaki collapsed to the ground in terror; the others were no better off, their legs trembling, some even wetting themselves on the spot.

To the east.

Tall buildings stood in dense rows, structures scattered unevenly.

A monster as tall as a small hill, with an ox head and a spider body, leaped rapidly between the skyscrapers.

It was too huge, at least a hundred meters across.

With every leap, landing on a high-rise, the earth shook violently.

The entire skyscraper trembled with a boom; walls cracked, steel bars inside snapped, countless dust clouds flew up, large sections of walls fell, floors sank, and the ground shook.

Everyone felt hair-raising terror, sensing the ground was about to be crushed flat by the ox-headed spider's massive body.

Just as they were horrified, the earth shook again, as if an earthquake had arrived.

This time, they looked west.

There stood a massive monster comparable to an ancient Titan god; its form resembled a human but had six arms, its body as strong as a mountain, its size staggering the heavens.

The clouds in the sky reached only to its waist; its upper body disappeared into the high heavens, while the azure sky and stars swirled around its shoulders.

Its overall demonic energy was like a sea, resembling a god-demon.

It walked forward from the west; with every footfall, mountains shook and peaks swayed, the ground sank and cracked open, and dust rose to the sky.

There was more than one such giant monster...

Mizuno Yuichi and the others also saw other giant monsters.

They were present in nearly every direction.

None were smaller than the spider monster in the east; some were even much larger.

Even the sky held giant monsters.

A thunderous demonic cry came from the nine heavens, its sound shaking the nine heavens and reverberating down to the nine netherworlds; looking closely, it was a giant bird monster spreading its wings to block the sky and moon, and with a single flap of its fan-like wings, it stirred up a towering storm that rolled the stars.

"This... this is not an earthquake at all!"

President Yamazaki screamed in terror.

They saw it clearly.

The ox-headed spider monster, with every leap and landing, caused the ground in the east to shake and mountains to tremble; at that exact moment, the eastern part of Arakawa Ward, also experiencing an earthquake, shook precisely when the ox-headed spider landed, and the earthquake struck again.

It was no coincidence.

The destructive power and waves of the ground tremors caused by every footfall and step of the giant monsters in all directions matched the earthquake conditions in every direction of Arakawa Ward.

This was not an earthquake at all.

It was a seismic phenomenon caused by monsters!

In a certain streamer's live broadcast room, the streamer appeared in Arakawa Ward and pointed the camera at the cloud lake scenery in the sky.

"Dear viewers, I am live-streaming the shocking changes above Arakawa Ward; please donate and support." The fearless streamer fully demonstrated why foreigners are scarce outside of Hua Guo.

When he pointed the live stream at the cloud lake.

The live room boiled over.

【Are you sure this isn't filming special effects?】

【Oh my Amaterasu, what is that thing in the sky? The Divine Cloud Lake?】

The viewers in the live room exploded; they had originally come to verify whether Arakawa Ward was truly as the internet claimed, but upon entering the live room and seeing this, they instantly went wild.

The bullet comments poured in nonstop, filling the entire screen.

All were shocked by the shocking changes in Arakawa Ward, wave after wave of astonishment.

Immediately, urged by the viewers' relentless bullet comments and the frantic barrage of gifts, this streamer did not flee the earthquake-stricken Arakawa Ward but stayed there to continue filming.

Just as the streamer captured the moment thousands of monsters appeared within the cloud lake scenery.

【Monsters! Those are monsters!】

【The one on the left side of the screen is a Yuki-Onna!!】

【Oh my god, do monsters really exist in this world?】

【Excuse me, is it too late for me to convert to Buddhism now?】

The live room's popularity had already reached one million.

At this very moment, the viewers went crazy, sending gifts nonstop, solely to urge the streamer to stay in Arakawa Ward.

【Streamer, I'll send you gifts, don't leave.】

【Yes, we'll crowdfund for you; don't fear death. Even if you just send us your home address, if you die, we'll send the money to your family.】

【Hold on, streamer; as long as you don't flee, we'll send you tons of gifts.】

Under the continuous bombardment of money and bullet comments, the streamer gritted his teeth, chose to stay, and followed the viewers' requests, live-streaming the cloud lake scenes of Arakawa Ward while also broadcasting the earthquake situation around him.

As a result of this live stream, the streamer and the viewers discovered something amiss with the earthquakes in Arakawa Ward.

At this moment.

Viewers holding phones to watch the live stream pressed their eyes hard against the phone screens, while those using computers stared fixedly at their computer screens; no one dared to blink.

They compared the images of the Cloud Lake demons with the corresponding areas of the Arakawa District.

After a thorough comparison.

The viewers in the live stream were utterly horrified.

【My God, the earthquake was caused by demons!!!】

【I suddenly have an idea, but I dare not say it.】

【I also have an immature idea, and I equally dare not say it.】

【Me too.】

【Same idea, dare not speak +1】

The streamer watched the barrage in the live stream, his heart pounding violently.

To be honest, he also had an idea, and he felt his idea was probably the same as what the viewers were thinking.

Thinking of this, the streamer trembled with fear, his legs shaking uncontrollably.

……

Tokyo, Japan, Metropolitan Police Department conference room.

Director Takahashi, Chief Saito, and the others had surprised expressions, their eyes wide with shock.

Clearly, they had also detected the cause of the Arakawa District earthquake.

"Go to the Earthquake Bureau and retrieve the recent earthquake reports for Tokyo; they must be detailed down to the distribution of seismic amplitudes and the surrounding vibration fluctuations. Additionally, send me the current earthquake report for the Arakawa District; it too must be detailed down to the vibration fluctuations."

Director Takahashi issued the order, his eyes flickering, as he took a fierce drag from the cigarette in his hand.

It could be seen that the hand holding the cigarette was trembling, betraying his inner unrest.

"Director Takahashi... you don't think..."

Chief Saito looked at Director Takahashi, opened his mouth, and then stopped himself, words unspoken.

Director Takahashi seemed to know what he was about to say; he nodded Solemnly, remained silent for a long moment, and finally forced out a sentence:

"Perhaps the earthquakes occurring in Japan are not all genuine earthquakes."

……

Demonic roars and fiendish howls!

Countless demons were surging forward.

They took various forms.

Some had crow heads and human bodies, some lacked even a human body and looked like umbrellas, some had no heads and only bodies...

There were far too many demons, and every single one had a grotesque and terrifying appearance.

As the demons surged forward, Mizuno Yuichi and the others were terrified, so afraid they forgot even to run.

Of course, even if they wanted to run, they knew they could not escape.

Because there were too many demons; they were in every direction. No matter where they ran, it would be useless; they would run into demons.

President Yamazaki pressed his hands tightly over his mouth, terrified of making a sound.

His face was drained of all color from fear.

His eyes were filled with nothing but terror.

Looking at the demons coming from all directions of heaven and earth, accompanied by the thick mist surrounding the four fields.

After understanding the cause of the earthquake, he realized that the mist around him was not smoke at all; it was... demonic energy!!

……

(Kneeling and begging for recommendation tickets!! I bow my head to the reader patrons who give recommendation tickets.)