The Fantastical Beasts at World's End

When Xia Zhiming was confronting his immediate boss at the Public Security Bureau, Ye Zhao and Luo Xiaochen were sitting at the dining table, watching the news channel's follow-up report on this emergency like most people in the country.

On the TV screen, the female news anchor, who always maintained a professional expression no matter what happened, was talking to the reporter following the front line.Due to the foggy weather, the media cannot conduct video follow-up interviews, and can only connect via voice.

The reporter on the other end of the line was talking about the progress of the current rescue. His voice was slightly breathless, and he seemed to have traveled a lot with the emergency rescue team, but his tone was always calm: "...by spraying chemicals at high altitudes, the government has to a certain extent The development of the situation was under control. To deal with this poisonous fog, the government used the latest drug developed by a special team, which worked faster than previous times. In less than three hours, the poisonous fog had almost dissipated .Now I am located on the first floor of a shopping mall in District K in downtown H, which is used as a temporary first-aid center. Since District K is a prosperous area, there are relatively many injured people. The government organized dozens of rescue teams from nearby hospitals to treat the injured. Carry out emergency treatment, and I will follow up the results of the treatment..."

Luo Xiaochen watched TV while picking up the food. Hearing what the reporter said, he swallowed a mouthful of food and said, "Hey, the efficiency is very high this time! Why did the special team suddenly start hanging up? I remember that the last time this kind of fog was or Last year? It took more than a day to clear the fog. At that time, I suspected that the fog would clear up by itself." He squinted his eyes and looked at the kitchen window. "It rained a lot, but it's nothing. It's foggy."

"Well, I hope no one dies this time." Ye Zhao frowned and picked up a chopstick of asparagus, with a faint look of disgust in his expression.When he eats, he pays attention to chewing and eating slowly, pays attention to not talking when eating, and pays attention to not touching bowls and spoons. In short, there are so many rules, but they are only for himself.Luo Xiaochen has been complaining that he is willing to torture himself.This time it is really rare to be able to answer a question while eating, Luo Xiaochen immediately made an inch of it: "I said, you are so picky about the dishes you cook yourself, what should you do if you eat other things? I have known you for so long, and the only thing I have not seen is the food made by Nie Renyan." You picked."

Ye Zhao paused for a moment, and only glanced at Luo Xiaochen, and he shrank back in disappointment and obediently picked up the rice without opening his mouth.

In fact, when Luo Xiaochen first met Ye Zhao, he was completely a standard noble son with ten fingers not sticking to the spring water.

At that time, he only lived in the dormitory for about a year before moving out, renting an apartment with Nie Renyan in a residential area near the campus, and Nie Renyan was responsible for three meals a day.Occasionally, when he got in the mood and wanted to think about something to eat, he would drive Nie Renyan out of the kitchen and spend the whole afternoon alone with a smile on his mouth, but the finished products on the table were really unflattering Calling Dark Cuisine the second, no one dares to call it the first.

Luo Xiaochen once experienced it when he went to Cengfan. He sat at the table and stared at the dishes for a long time, but he didn't dare to stretch out his chopsticks. Of course, he wondered how Nie Renyan's taste could be so delicious that he could gobble it up after making such a crazy dish. It is said that he added an extra bowl of rice than usual.

It wasn't until later, when Nie Renyan left, that Ye Zhao started to cook by himself, and after only two or three tries, he was able to make the dishes decent. At least, in terms of appearance, Luo Xiaochen was getting closer and closer to the textbook level. ——He was used to it by Nie Ren before.

The rain outside gradually stopped, only occasionally a few drops of water from the eaves on the top floor fell, hitting the flower trellis with a crisp sound.Luo Xiaochen looked towards the kitchen again. The mist outside the window was no longer there. The calm tone of the reporter on the TV showed a hint of relief, and they were still reporting the progress of the rescue in real time. Everything seemed to be going well.

Ye Zhao swallowed his last mouthful of food, and was about to reach out to take a cleansing tissue, but suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Luo Xiaochen asked with some doubts when he saw that his face suddenly became extremely serious.

Ye Zhao snorted, "Something's wrong." He got up and left the dining table, and strode across the living room towards the balcony.

"Ah?" When Luo Xiaochen heard this, he immediately dropped the bowl and chopsticks and followed.

Ye Zhao's intuition is always accurate, so Luo Xiaochen has admired him for so many years, and wished he could kneel down and call him "Ye Daxian". If you come out, you will be beaten.

With a "crash", Ye Zhao opened the balcony sliding door, walked to the window, looked down, and then looked up at the sky.Luo Xiaochen was confused and followed him up and down.

He didn't find the problem at first, but within a few seconds, when he raised his head again, he broke out in a cold sweat——

I saw that the originally clear night sky gathered a hundred times thicker milky white mist almost in the blink of an eye, enveloping it with lightning speed, and the speed was as fast as the waves at high tide, rolling towards them.

Luo Xiaochen subconsciously looked down at the downstairs, and even took a step back in horror. The ground also evaporated thick fog out of thin air, covering the window sill on the tenth floor in an instant.

Hitting up and down, there is only a vast whiteness in front of my eyes, which drowns everything, and there is nothing else.

The reporter who was talking on the TV suddenly exclaimed: "No, the fog has risen again, this time—" Before finishing speaking, it turned into a rustling noise, which stopped abruptly after a few seconds, and there was no sound .

The female anchor obviously didn't expect the sudden change, and her usual peaceful face showed a hint of surprise, then she quickly returned to normal, and said to the camera, "The signal on the front line seems to be disturbed, and there has been an interruption. Okay, let's continue to invite special commentators Professor Chen, a meteorological and environmental expert, came to talk about the poisonous smog this time, and when the signal is restored, we will reconnect with the frontline reporters to follow the progress of the rescue.”

"Fuck, what is this fog? I've lived for almost 30 years and I didn't even know that fog was formed like this!" Luo Xiaochen stared dumbfounded at the thick white outside the window, then suddenly frowned and grinned, "Why do I think this fog It looks so disgusting..."

Ye Zhao looked at it intently for a while, then said hesitantly, "I think this thing——seems to be alive."

"What?!" Luo Xiaochen was startled, "Don't scare me! What is life?! What the hell is this?"

"I don't know." Ye Zhao shook his head, then stretched out his index finger and scratched against the glass window, rubbed his thumb together, frowned and dragged Luo Xiaochen away from the balcony, "Stay away from the window!"

"What's the matter?!" Luo Xiaochen said in his heart that he was so surprised, so don't be fooled, but make it clear!

Ye Zhao opened his mouth and was about to answer, when the female anchor on TV interrupted the expert: "Sorry to interrupt, Professor Chen. Now there is an emergency announcement from the government. This time the fog is more dangerous than before. It is corrosive to a certain extent, please stay away from doors and windows, and stay in living room, dining room and other places as much as possible. But please rest assured that the government is actively preparing more active and powerful countermeasures to disperse the poisonous smog in the shortest possible time. "