Chapter 457 - Natural Disaster

Chapter 457 - Natural Disaster

“Sun-Devouring Heavenly Dog?” Li Huowang frowned at Zhuge Yuan's words.

Isn’t it just a solar eclipse?

However, Li Huowang knew it was not a normal solar eclipse. He had seen one in the other world when he was a primary school student.

A solar eclipse wouldn't blot out the sun completely and would always leave a ring of light.

Dum, dum, dum!

The rhythmic sound of rapid drumbeats echoed, and Lu Zhuangyuan used his trained voice as a performer to shout, “The Heavenly Dog has eaten the sun~! Beat the drums and make some noise to scare it away~!”

Everyone could no longer stay calm, and they started panicking at Lu Zhuangyuan's words.

Li Huowang opened the window and jumped down before heading toward the source of the sound. It didn't take him a long while to see Lu Zhuangyuan. He was with his group of disciples and was beating and playing instruments with lanterns in hand.

“Stop! Everyone stop!” Li Huowang snatched Lu Zhuangyuan’s gong.

“Young Daoist, I know you're amazing, but you don’t know what's happening right now! The Heavenly Dog has eaten the sun! The last time this happened, my third uncle brought along the entire village to beat the drums and play instruments to chase away the Heavenly Dog!”

Li Huowang frowned at Lu Zhuangyuan's nonsense. “What you're trying to do is useless! Hurry up and gather everyone in the village to hide in the Bai Family Estate! Don't forget to do a head count!”

“What are we going to do if the Heavenly Dog swallows the sun because we didn't chase it away with our instruments?”

“Just go! Say something stupid like that again, and I will burn your instruments!”

Lu Zhuangyuan wanted to argue but decided against it after seeing Li Huowang's stern look. He turned around and walked away with his disciples to gather everyone else. They brought their lanterns to the Bai Family Estate.

Li Huowang finally had the time to ask Zhuge Yuan.

“Senior Zhuge, is this really a Natural Disaster? Are you sure it's not something else?”

“Senior Li, don’t worry. We have enough food. We still have last year's rice in the granary. We can last for two to three years. We also have a well in the estate to drink, so we're going to be fine.”

Li Huowang nodded and took the bell from Chun Xiaoman’s waist.

He rang it loudly to get everyone’s attention.

“Everyone, don’t panic. It’s just a Natural Disaster. It'll go away soon; we just need to wait for it to go away.”

Despite Li Huowang's words, everyone was still afraid.

Fortunately, they looked slightly reassured by his words.

Li Huowang noticed their fear and instructed Yang Xiaohai to slaughter a cow for a meal. Everyone’s attention was instantly shifted to whether or not they should actually slaughter a cow for a meal, and they seemed to have forgotten their fear.

“Boss Hong Zhong is amazing! I didn't expect that you'd be able to divert their attention so easily!”

Li Huowang ignored the taunting Sitting Oblivion Dao illusion and looked at Zhuge Yuan, asking, “Senior Zhuge, how much effort do you think the Surveillance Bureau had to use to repel Natural Disaster? They were established to repel Natural Disasters, but I still have my doubts on whether they could actually do that or not.”

The appearance of a Natural Disaster meant that the Simings were fighting over each other to take the Heavenly Daos.

Having witnessed Doulao’s incredible powers, Li Huowang doubted that an organization filled with normal people could repel Natural Disasters. Or maybe they were just lying?

“They do have their methods, but I’m not sure if they could do it in time. They must have used up a lot of their resources against the Sitting Oblivion Dao at the time.”

Li Huowang didn’t know what to say. He had hated how the Surveillance Bureau thought that the lives of others were meaningless, but at the same time, he was hoping that they'd soon resume operations.

They were evil and had killed many people, but they were indispensable to this world. Many people would die without them.

“Senior Zhuge, you said that something is definitely wrong because of the short interval between Natural Disasters. What do you think? Can the Surveillance Bureau handle this?”

“It should be fine, but the Liang Kingdom’s Surveillance Bureau is working together with the imperial family, so I don’t really trust them. Even if the Liang Kingdom is fake, ancient laws say that the Surveillance Bureau cannot collaborate with any factions or powers. They absolutely cannot help the imperial family to invade other countries and steal land. Those fall under the jurisdiction of the military, after all.”