This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 202 - A Different Story

Chapter 202: Chapter 202 A Different Story

Chapter 202: Chapter 202 A Different Story

Ying Baiyi helped Diana up and also picked up the Luger revolver that had fallen on the ground, handing it back to her.

The recent commotion must have terrified the survivors, so he suggested they first check if all the windows on each floor were securely closed and comfort those who were frightened.

Diana nodded, stuffing the gun back into its holster. Pain in her left shoulder hadn’t subsided, lingering painfully, constantly reminding her that the man before her, Ying Baiyi, was emotionally unstable.

On their way, Ying Baiyi shared with Diana what had happened to this world and himself.

People around him had turned into red ashes one day, which gathered together to form towering black columns reaching into the clouds, gradually converging towards a certain place.

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“You mean those two crossing pillars…?” Diana recalled a video Chen Ke had shown her and asked.

“Yes, those ones, but not just those two. There are countless ones around the world—conservatively estimating, several millions,” Ying Baiyi said.

Diana gasped, with the height and number of those structures, if Earth were an egg, then those things were like needles—millions of black needles piercing the Earth…

“You said they’re gathering somewhere? Has the Administration Bureau deployed anyone to investigate?” Diana asked.

Ying Baiyi smiled briefly, seriously looked at Diana, then shook his head.

“Seven billion people around the globe, in less than a second, nearly half turned into ashes. By the time we figured out what was happening, even the head of the Bureau had become a pile of ashes…” Ying Baiyi said.

“So you’re saying… the entire human society was paralyzed during that period?” Diana exclaimed.

“That’s right. Turning into ashes didn’t discriminate between class or species. Apart from humans, fish, birds, mammals, insects… all were the same. At first, we thought we had been attacked with spiritual power weapons, but other countries experienced the same,” Ying Baiyi explained.

The two reached the fourth floor, a survivor armed with an M14 was patrolling the hallway and greeted them.

“What was that noise just now?” the survivor asked worriedly.

“Don’t worry, it will be alright,” Ying Baiyi assured, patting his shoulder.

They knocked on room 402, and a little boy cracked the door open to sneak a peek outside. Seeing Diana, a smile appeared on his face, and he opened the door fully.

Lights were on in the room crowded with six survivors, young and old, with a little girl lying on the bed, her left arm in a sling belonging to Diana.

Diana approached, kneeled by the bed, gently touched the girl’s forehead, and examined her left arm. It was still swollen and had turned a bit purple.

The girl frowned, trying to sleep off the pain in her left arm but was unable to fall asleep.

“How is her condition?” Diana looked back at the other survivors.

“We wanted to find some ice to help reduce her swelling, but there isn’t even a refrigerator here. It seems like a cheap hotel without any medicine to treat wounds, so for now, we can only let her lie here,” an elderly man said, his forehead also showing signs of injury.

“Someone has already gone out to find medicine, and they should be back soon,” Diana reassured them.

“Hopefully so. We just heard some strange noises outside. If those searching for medicine haven’t returned yet, you better warn them…” another old man suggested.

“We will, everyone will get better, I promise,” Diana said.

“Turn off the lights, and also, remember not to open the windows, no matter what you hear, don’t open the windows, understand?” Ying Baiyi said.

Everyone nodded.

Ying Baiyi and Diana left the room and continued their previous conversation.

“Some of the people turned to ash, what about those who remained?” Diana asked.

“At first, the remaining people were ready to rebuild order, but this optimistic attitude lasted less than two weeks because initially, our assessment of the global situation was not thorough. However, after obtaining data on various disasters, we knew that with the current population, recovery would be a very long process,” Ying Baiyi said.

Diana nodded.

“Also, as you heard a while ago, those things in the sky keep hunting people on the ground,” Ying Baiyi continued.

“The Administration Bureau can’t handle these creatures?” Diana asked, puzzled.

“From the perspective of combat power, they can be dealt with, although they are not recorded in the Administration Bureau’s Monster Manual. But according to my experience, their strength is at most between C and B levels,” Ying Baiyi explained.

“I know, there’s always a ‘but,’ right?” Diana said.

“Yes, Diana… The strength of the monsters isn’t the key, no matter how strong, there isn’t anything that can’t be dealt with. If the agents and R6 can’t handle them, we still have the Spiritual Ability Army and superhumans… But these creatures, they can multiply infinitely,” Ying Baiyi shook his head and said.

“Infinite… Do they reproduce quickly?” Diana asked, puzzled.

“They don’t need to reproduce… As long as certain conditions are met, they self-divide, one becomes two, two become four, four become eight… I once saw this happen in the sky above the square. At that time, there were dozens of civilians on the square, suddenly one of those monsters flew over, and then the people below started screaming, I just watched it divide,” Ying Baiyi described.

“Has the research institute figured out the conditions for their division? I mean… not just this monster’s division… With the world in this state, the research institute should offer some explanations… Don’t they have even a hypothesis?” Diana asked.

“They are overwhelmed themselves, and because many people turned to ash, hydro stations, dams, nuclear power plants, black box control centers… all these places experienced major accidents instantaneously, and it was a complete mess,” Ying Baiyi shook his head and said.

Modern human life can’t function without cities, and the infrastructure needed to maintain a city’s population is quite complex, including sewers, gas, water, and electricity, as well as waste management, epidemic prevention…

It’s possible that the electricity in the city you live in comes from a dam thousands of miles away, and those dams need people to be manned at all times.

Not to mention civil aviation, transportation systems, and so on.

When people at these positions disappear in an instant, the world plunges into chaos, like a normally functioning machine that suddenly loses half its gears and circuit boards.

“Moreover, Diana, those people in the research institute are all madmen. If the Administration Bureau is trying its best to suppress the occurrence of spiritual energy phenomena, they would rather have a Spirit Explosion every day,” Ying Baiyi sighed.

“They are just thirsting for knowledge, wanting to explore the mysteries,” Diana thought of Wang Ailin.

“The cost of acquiring knowledge might be much greater than you imagine, like what’s happening now…” Ying Baiyi said noncommittally.

“You mean… everything that’s happening here is caused by the research institute…?” Diana asked, confused.

“No, it’s just my speculation, and I tend to put the blame on them first,” Ying Baiyi said bluntly.