The Mist

Chen Miemie woke up and glanced at his watch.

It was just past 9 in the morning.

The moment he woke up, the whole house woke up with him.

First was Pure Water, the little blood droplet floating above his shoulder.

Pure Water knew his physical condition even better than he did: "Chen Miemie, according to my scan, your blood sugar is low right now. You must be hungry."

Before Chen Miemie could even speak, Bobo rushed into the bedroom like a gust of wind: "Chen Miemie is hungry? I heard that! Does that mean you can eat a whole roast chicken?"

Qinghua walked out of the porcelain vase, and Loop, who had been sitting as still as a sculpture, also opened his eyes.

"Bobo, how about we eat you for lunch? I want something light first thing in the morning."

"Hmph, stinky Miemie, then you have to eat me for dinner too."

"Alright, alright, we'll eat you for dinner too."

After breakfast, Chen Miemie continued studying Xi's small notebook.

Last night's knowledge was about [Mystery] advancement, and flipping to the second part today, it surprisingly talked about the fog.

Regarding the fog, there were currently two theories in the research community.

The first was that the fog was the enemy of the seven great races.

Because wherever it appeared, it brought anomalies, disasters, and countless tragedies.

The second theory argued that the fog was actually a form of protection.

Many anomalies had astonishing passive destructive power. Take Qinghua, for example. If she were left alone in a city, she could turn the entire city into porcelain.

But when the fog wrapped around her, her destructive power was restricted to the fog's boundaries.

Every [Tomorrowless Day], anomalies would come to the city and knock on every door. If the fog didn't limit their abilities, how could the city withstand the repeated devastation of countless anomalies?

Therefore, theorists of this faction believed that even without the fog, anomalies would still exist; they just wouldn't be suddenly brought into the city.

Xi also used tiny handwriting to briefly mention a third theory.

This third theory was not recognized by mainstream society because it originated from an evil cult, the Church of the Fog.

The Church of the Fog worshipped the fog. They believed that there should have originally been three suns and three moons in this world. However, in an era even earlier than the First Epoch, the world underwent a cataclysm. One of the suns fell for unknown reasons and later transformed into the world's fog.

They publicly proclaimed that it was precisely because of the fog that the first epoch could begin and civilization could sprout.

Chen Miemie was actually quite interested in this theory.

"I'll ask Xiaohong and Xiaoshuang about it tomorrow."

Today's study workload was heavy.

The third part of Xi's notebook contained information on some of the powerhouses in Sixiang City. Combined with the intelligence on personnel from other cities distributed by the society last night, he needed to memorize the information of at least forty people.

Over forty strangers, forget about their abilities and characteristics, just remembering forty names and codenames was exhausting enough.

It wasn't that memorizing was too hard; it was that just when he thought he had it memorized, a quick self-quiz a moment later would reveal he had forgotten or mixed them up.

If he was going to memorize them, he had to do it well. If he wasn't familiar with the information, it would only distract him during a fight.

Fortunately, Qinghua and Pure Water were memorizing it with him.

Just like the last [Tomorrowless Day], Chen Miemie remained steady.

He completely ignored anyone knocking on the door, shouting, or making strange noises outside.

He absolutely would not open the door to fight unfamiliar anomalies just because his household had a strong force.

The long day passed.

A new week began.

This was the third week of repairing the core in Sixiang City, and also the most crucial week.

Today, Chen Miemie had a street patrol mission. He and Cassan were in charge of the entire night.

During the day, he went downstairs once. He originally wanted to buy a fish, only to find that the aquatic product shop was not open for business at all.

"Old Li, what's going on next door? Before, the owner was just nowhere to be found, but now the door isn't even open?"

"Sigh, don't mention it. Something huge happened.

Yesterday, the second and third floors upstairs were haunted by an anomaly. Word is it was a man-eating humanoid shadow that could also conjure water and flood the rooms.

The rich kid on the second floor died, and Mr. Jin on the third floor lost both his legs. They rushed him to the clinic in the early hours of the morning."

"That doesn't make sense. I've never heard of an anomaly that can pass through walls and ceilings."

"Who knows? There are so many anomalies in the world, what kind of abilities don't they have? When ordinary people like us run into them, we can only resign ourselves to fate."

"You still haven't said what happened to Boss Zhang."

"Him? He went out first thing in the morning. When he left, a customer happened to ask him for fish, and he actually said he was out of fish and needed to go restock. Hmph, full of nonsense."

"I think you just have a problem with him. What's wrong with restocking?"

"The day before yesterday, I saw his shop was still full. What, did the anomalies eat all the fish after one [Tomorrowless Day]?"

What Old Li didn't expect was that his sarcastic remark had actually hit on the truth.

"Uncle Li, it's better if you're polite to him."

"Hmph, this is just my temper."

"I have my ways too, and as far as I know, the anomaly last night didn't just haunt the second and third floors. It started from the aquatic product shop on the first floor."

This was the information Road Rage had told Chen Miemie right before he entered the fruit shop.

Only then did Old Li realize with a start. Chen Miemie was always smiling and completely unpretentious on ordinary days, making him forget that Chen Miemie was also a Mystic.

"So, what you mean is?"

"To be able to face an anomaly directly and come out completely unscathed, Boss Zhang is no simple man. Uncle Li, as neighbors, it's best to keep things harmonious."

"Good thing you reminded me. Thanks. Here, take these fruits to eat."

After returning home, he consolidated his memory of the relevant study materials once more, finally succeeding before the afternoon.

At 19:00.

Chen Miemie and Cassan gathered at the [Court of the Silver Moon].

To their complete surprise, after wandering the streets for only twenty minutes...

At the entrance of a secluded alley, they ran head-on into two people in bizarre outfits.

"You two guests look a bit unfamiliar. Where are you heading this late at night?"

Cassan blocked the intersection, asking the question while secretly giving Chen Miemie the "prepare for battle" hand signal.