NOVEL NEXT 4: Supernova
November 1, 2101, clear weather, location: Yunzhang City.
After years of technological development, various industries in China have made tremendous progress.
Compared to the past, all cities have become more science fiction-like, filled with a technological atmosphere.
At least now, the transportation routes have opened up entirely new sky routes.
These are not the high-altitude routes used by aircraft, but the airspace within the city.
These routes are regulated by new types of satellites in space, planning the routes clearly, as if invisible channels were built in the air.
The hovercars traveling on these air routes follow the paths planned by the satellite system. If they deviate, an alarm is sent to the relevant departments in the vicinity, and subsequent investigations follow promptly.
Just like the ground transportation system.
Moreover, the development of artificial intelligence has been rapid, with AI present in almost all industries and daily life, occupying an extremely important position.
Most ordinary people live normally under this peculiar backdrop, and few pay attention to some “minor” anomalies.
At this moment.
A group of two men and one woman were leaning on a pedestrian bridge railing, watching the passersby and vehicles, seemingly chatting.
All three were young, one girl and two young men.
The 160cm tall girl appeared somewhat petite between the two men who were about 180cm tall, like their little sister.
This female had extremely beautiful silver-gray hair and very delicate features, of a level that would make her a campus beauty if placed in a school. She wore a special uniform from somewhere unknown, easily distinguishable even in a crowd.
However, she wore an unhappy expression, giving off the aura of a melancholic beauty.
Before the silver-haired girl could speak, the two people beside her had already started complaining.
“I’m numb, totally numb. A week has passed, and everything’s normal, isn’t it? No good news from other cities either. Every day is nerve-wracking, I’m falling apart!”
This was a blonde young man, quite good-looking, but appearing very frivolous.
Cai Xun scratched his blonde hair, looking haggard.
“Cai Dog, is this all you’ve got? Back in the day, I, your grandpa, worked continuous shifts for a month, got lost in an anomalous space for weeks without breaking a sweat. You’re already this worn out after just roaming this small city for a week? Better retire early.”
The black-haired young man beside him wore a challenging expression, his sarcasm at maximum.
Cai Xun’s mouth twitched, annoyed: “Bu Jie, let me emphasize once again, my name is Cai Xun, not Cai Dog! Are you illiterate? Can’t you read these two characters?”
“Hey, plot twist, I did it on purpose.”
“You street rat!”
“You’re the street rat!”
Hearing his own nickname called out, Bu Jie instantly broke down.
Just as their argument showed signs of escalating, the girl in the middle finally spoke.
“Stop arguing, be quiet.”
As soon as she spoke, Cai Xun and Bu Jie quickly fell silent.
They knew that compared to them, this melancholic girl was more concerned about this anomaly.
Supernova Exceptional Grade Star–[Wishing Machine].
The reason for naming this level of ability “Supernova” is that once it loses control, it will trigger a massive disaster, and even after being suppressed, it will continue to affect the area for a long time.
A supernova is just like that, one explosion in the universe can illuminate an entire galaxy, and may continue for several weeks or even months before gradually fading, which is terrifying.
The last “Supernova” outbreak was called [Doll World], and when its vessel lost control, the ability entered a berserk state, affecting all ordinary people in a city.
These people’s minds would rapidly become doll-like, acting out assigned roles according to doll mentality, as if being manipulated by someone.
Only some anomalous individuals could barely avoid this influence.
For example, the Night Watchers who specifically deal with such matters.
Who knows how terrified the Night Watchers who participated in this operation were when they saw the entire city’s population displaying unnatural, rigid smiles, with no emotion in their eyes, and even their various behaviors and actions being abnormally eerie.
Everyone’s personality was uniform, each a peace-loving and kind person, all equal, without any conflicts, like the legendary utopia.
The Night Watchers couldn’t communicate normally with the “dolls,” so it was difficult to find a solution.
Eventually, even the Night Watchers would gradually be affected, slowly assimilated into dolls, like the ordinary people in the city.
This phenomenon lasted for an entire month.
At that time, the Night Watchers paid a huge price to finally resolve the entire incident.
However, after resolution, the people in the city didn’t fully return to normal. Their damaged psyches required a very long recovery process.
This is the so-called subsequent impact.
Many Night Watchers also retired early because of this incident, resulting in severe loss of human resources.
So now that a new exceptional grade ability has emerged, to prevent the tragedy from repeating, all Night Watchers are seriously executing their tasks, each one on edge.
It’s unknown what kind of phenomenal impact this [Wishing Machine] will bring. Hopefully, the vessel can be found before it erupts.
This is also the work of Night Watchers.
However, some people want to find the vessel not to prevent the “Supernova” from erupting, but for their own personal purposes.
As far as Cai Xun and Bu Jie know, the girl beside them harbors “impure” intentions.
Cai Xun was silent for a moment.
“Bai Tu, do you want to find the [Wishing Machine] and then try to make some wish?”
“Mm, there’s a wish that must be fulfilled.”
Bai Tu nodded and said, her tone very calm, revealing a faint sadness.
In response, Cai Xun and Bu Jie exchanged glances, both seeing the helplessness in each other’s eyes.
As close companions, they roughly knew who the wish in Bai Tu’s mouth was about.
One can only say, fate plays tricks on people.
The three fell silent simultaneously, resting for a while before they had to patrol again.
At this moment, Cai Xun casually glanced around and suddenly noticed something.
“Holy crap! What’s that?”
……
Five minutes earlier.
Ye Lan arrived at a nearby main street, emitting a strange aura.
“Wow, my heart is beating so fast.”
Ye Lan could already feel her rapidly beating heart, seemingly caused by nervousness.
This was like a crossdresser walking on the street for the first time, nervous about being recognized by others.
But somehow… there was also a bit of excitement?
“Hmm…”
Ye Lan suddenly realized that her sense of propriety had already deteriorated.
Suddenly, there was also a faint sense of melancholy.
“Forget it, let’s first try to see if everything said before sleeping has come true.”
Yes, Ye Lan wanted to test her speed, to see how fast she could run.
Today was a workday, and it was still office hours. This wasn’t a crowded area, there were few people, perfect for showcasing herself.
Ye Lan got into a running stance, then dashed out.
Whoosh!