Chapter 1: Destroying Heaven and Earth
In a small town within the borders of Yan'an Country with a population of less than three thousand, it was slightly famous for its stone carvings and was called 'Cai Shi Town'.
Cai Shi Town is nestled between mountains and water, peaceful and serene, with good public security. The government office has only two bailiffs, one older and one younger, it's more like a master-apprentice relationship than a superior-subordinate one.
In the late afternoon, the young catcher bid farewell to his master and walked out of the yamen with a faint smile on his face.
Xiao Bao is only twenty years old, he got married last year, his wife is already eight months pregnant, the most experienced midwife in the town has said it, guaranteed to be a big fat boy.
It's almost time to become a father, and that day is getting closer and closer. Little catcher is happy every day.
Today, coincidentally, is the birthday of my wife. She's only seventeen years old by Chinese age reckoning, and in many ways, she's still a child who hasn't fully grown up. Normally, she's quite spoiled and can be a bit willful at times, but her cuteness always shines through in everything she does.
When a big child has a little child, at that time, there will be two treasures in the family that need to be carefully taken care of...
On the way home, Xiao Cai bought a catty of pork, some pastries and fruits, and made several small dishes for dinner, which was also a small celebration.
All the way, constantly greeting neighbors, strolling at a leisurely pace, and returning to the door of his own house in less than a minute.
A small courtyard with a few rooms, life is not rich, but can eat and wear warm enough.
Anyway, since marrying his wife, every day has been sweet and warm...
Pushing open the courtyard gate, Xiao Cuo rushed into the house and shouted: "Xing Er."
This is the nickname of daughter-in-law, a bit rustic, and only the closest people would call her that.
Ouch!
The wooden door of the bedroom was open, and the young daughter-in-law with a big belly slowly stepped over the threshold. Her small face was flushed with a rich youthful aura, and she was about to become a mother. Her already slightly chubby face had become even more rounded.
"Brother~~~~"
The little daughter-in-law called out in a sweet and sticky voice.
Two young people grew up in the same town since childhood, they were like two peas in a pod, and had been used to calling each other "brother" and "sister". If they were to call each other "husband" or "wife", it would feel awkward.
Xiao Bao quickly walked into the yard, raised the melon seeds in his hand and smiled: "Your favorite food..."
He hadn't finished saying the last few words, and he still hadn't crossed the last few steps of distance, when suddenly his face changed color, and he violently twisted his head to look towards the eastern sky of the town...
What's wrong?
All I saw was that in the distance, at the edge of the sky, it suddenly darkened and then brightened again. Then, the entire sky turned a deep red, like blood!
Bizarre, seductive, and even more terrifying...
"Xing Er!"
I don't know why, but Xiao Cai suddenly wanted to rush to his wife's side, but his body couldn't move at all, and he could only stand still with a pale face and shout out loud.
In his voice, in his tone, there was an inexplicable despair and sadness.
It's as if he had already sensed something in advance...
Not just him, his daughter-in-law was the same, with a similarly stiff body, unable to move her fingers at all.
Not just them, at this moment, more than half of the Yan'an country, all living things within thousands of miles around had lost their ability to move.
Whether it's a human, livestock or wild beasts in the deep mountains, they're all the same...
In an instant, a shockwave carrying a terrifying heat wave swept in from the distant horizon at a speed many times that of sound...
Destroyed everything in an instant!
Smash everything!
Turn everything into flying ash, and then thoroughly turn it into nothingness.
Including even the hardest steel, including majestic mountains standing upright on the earth.
A terrifying power that can destroy heaven and earth, enough to scrape away the ground beneath one's feet for hundreds of meters in depth. Above this, nothing can survive, nothing can be preserved!
When this shockwave was about to reach Quarry Town, a long and thin object as thick as an index finger flew into the young catcher's courtyard first.
It moves as fast as lightning, and a normal person's eyesight can't catch its flight trajectory.
This small, pointed thing pierced through the young catcher's skull with a "poof", entering from the left temple and exiting from the right temple. The powerful kinetic energy blew the young catcher's head into smithereens.
Red and white, skull bursting, brains flying everywhere.
Is Xiaobao dead?
Logically speaking, it's a wonder he didn't die, and who knows where his eyeballs flew off to...
But Xiao Bao didn't have the feeling of being dead or alive, he just felt his body lighten up, and he could still see everything, even more clearly than before, and his field of vision had also become wider.
Sigh...
Time suddenly stopped, and everything seen became slow countless times.
Xiao Bao could still see, standing at the door of the bedroom, his little daughter-in-law Xiang'er with a big belly, her posture was still the same, and the expression on her face was still sweetly smiling as it turned into terror.
But in the blink of an eye, she was gone.
It's gone!
A terrifying crimson heat wave has arrived, with a high temperature that can instantly melt steel, turning the small and fragile body into gray-black powder in an instant. The hot air rolled again, and then disappeared without a trace.
The little capturer's own headless body also evaporated into nothingness in the same way.
But he could still see everything, and with his own eyes witnessed the woman he loved, and the child in her womb, disappear into the flames.
"Xing Er!"
He screamed with a torn heart and lungs, but couldn't make any sound. He no longer had a body, only his soul, which was attached to that small thing flying at high speed, witnessing all the cruel scenes with his own eyes.
"Xing Er!"
A call that tears at the soul, but is utterly useless.
Everything was gone, his wife, his courtyard, the whole Quarry Town...
After that, no matter how sad he was, he still had to witness all the following scenes with his own eyes, unwilling to watch but having to watch, clearly watching everything from a spiritual perspective.
Towns, mountains, rivers, forests...
Everything is destroyed!
Wherever that red hot wave struck, everything was reduced to nothingness, all turned to ashes, leaving only scorched earth, stretching for thousands of miles, tens of thousands of miles...
An unidentified object carrying a small, swift spirit is still flying, always slightly faster than the heat wave shockwave, constantly moving forward, seemingly endless.
It wasn't until much later that the red heat wave finally slowed down, weakened, and gradually thinned out, until it completely dissipated.
The destructive power of terror has finally dissipated.
The flight speed of the unknown object also slowed down, and Xiao Kuai was finally able to see clearly that his soul seemed to be attached to a small tower-shaped object.
A small tower with a dark exterior, unknown material, extremely inconspicuous.
The small tower was like an arrow shot from a crossbow, still flying continuously, and it was unknown where the power came from to sustain its flight over tens of thousands of miles.
It flew into a mountainous area, with continuous mountains and cliffs visible everywhere.
It sped again, as if guided by some kind of power, suddenly adjusting its direction and diving into a certain mountain valley.
At the foot of a cliff in the valley, a young man lay motionless, his posture strange, and it was unclear whether he had fainted or was already dead.
With a whoosh, the black small tower pierced into the young man's forehead. This time, however, it didn't blow his brains out, nor did it leave even a single trace of damage.
Silent and unobtrusive, without stirring up any dust, no one knew that this young man's mind had acquired something it shouldn't have.
