Chapter 443: Listening to Thunder

With tensions running high, Chang San had already sheathed the short blade he'd held to Old Lady Huo's neck.

He said in a casual tone, "My apologies, old lady, for frightening you."

"Hiding in your Huo family as a slave for two generations—you've profited plenty from that!"

Old Lady Huo's lips were trembling; she was clearly furious.

But she still struggled to maintain her dignity and said, "This old woman has run the Huo family for half her life, and these eyes of mine are completely blind."

"I never saw that you were such a big shot. This old woman barking orders at you all these years—turns out I was the one reaching above my station."

Chang San paid no attention to Old Lady Huo's snide remarks.

Instead, he looked at her with great interest and said, "Old lady, your daughter has been missing for all these years—don't you want to know where she is?"

"I see that your Huo family shares some fate with my Thunder-Listening Clan. Out of respect for that bond, I might make an exception and let you into Lei Cheng someday."

"You're already old. Any older and you'll be dead. No one is unafraid of death. Wouldn't you agree?"

Those words were nothing short of a killing blow. Watching from afar, Zhang Lin saw Old Lady Huo's lips turn pale and feared the old lady might faint from the shock!

But while he was worried about Old Lady Huo, everyone else present was worried about him.

At this point, even the slowest-witted person could sense something was wrong.

So many people called the police—how did it end up that when the special forces arrived, they pointed their guns at Zhang Lin?

What was Zhang Lin's fault in all this? He was nothing more than a storyteller!

But the situation was now grim, and even those with questions could only hold them in.

Yet while the people on-site held their tongues, the internet had already exploded.

The audience member who had been secretly livestreaming, amid all the chaos, was still dutifully holding up his phone and had captured everything.

Seeing such an absurd reality, the netizens all began to lose their minds.

【What the hell? Why are they pointing guns at Mr. Zhang?】

【Right, that Mr. Wei guy is the one with the knife. Isn't that a restricted weapon? Why arrest Mr. Zhang with his fan instead of him?】

【I seriously can't even—how corrupt is this?】

【No wonder he's so fearless—did he already know no one would dare touch him?】

【But honestly, if he really is from the Thunder-Listening Clan, and the clan really does have this kind of mission, then yeah, you really can't touch him.】

【Mission my ass? It's all feudal superstition! I don't believe there's any guidance in thunder sounds. I smell a con artist through and through—I can practically see those scammers selling health products to old people!】

【Just because you can't understand it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Don't be so narrow-minded! Even Bu Shu Stone has been proven real, so why would it be strange for the Thunder-Listening Clan to exist?】

【I don't care about any of that. I just want to timidly ask one question… the Thunder-Listening Clan is making such a high-profile appearance—what are they trying to do? Could it be that from now on, our futures will all become knowable?】

【Holy crap! Get lost! I don't want to know my future! My fate is mine, not Heaven's! Who says destiny is fixed by the heavens? I don't buy it!】

【I'd actually like to know. And that Lei Cheng he mentioned—what place is that?】

Public opinion online was fermenting wildly.

In just a few minutes, the clash inside the Crescent Moon Restaurant had become a social phenomenon.

Many media outlets reposted and reported on it, and even overseas websites had videos and news about it!

The situation now was one of rumors flying everywhere!

Some were panicking, some were delighted, and others had thrown in the towel and given up entirely.

Troublemakers were even spreading doomsday rhetoric online.

The gist of it was: if everything shifts from unknown to known, what's the point of being alive?

What is the Thunder-Listening Clan doing—coming out into the open? Are they planning to rule the world?

……

No matter how loud the outside world grew, inside the Crescent Moon Restaurant there was dead silence.

No one dared to make a move—including the heavily armed special forces.