That afternoon, the screams on Hanfrost Street hardly stopped. However, the instigator of all this, Chen Ling, sat quietly under a tree, munching on melon with the surrounding onlookers... while also paying attention to the changes in the audience's expectations.

At first, when Zhao Shu spanked Zhao Yi, the audience's expectations increased slightly, but after a few times, the increase stagnated, ultimately settling at 48%. After watching for a while, the expectations actually dropped by 1%, becoming 47%... It seems the audience was getting a bit bored too. "Are all the audience in my mind not all fun-loving people?”

Chen Ling couldn't help but think. Through this experiment, Chen Ling had confirmed that the audience's expectations changed based on their own actions. If the events they were experiencing were exciting enough, the expectations would rise.

But if there was no fun for a long time, the expectations would decrease as time passed... Does that mean if he wanted to maintain the expectations above 20%, he would have to continuously create "exciting plots"?

Today, Zhao Yi provoked him first, and considering the other party was a bully on Hanfrost Street, it was understandable to teach him a lesson... but he couldn't do this kind of thing every day, right?

If he continued like this, wouldn't he be destined to become a great demon causing trouble in the world? Thinking of this, Chen Ling felt a bit tired...

The only lifeline for Chen Ling now was the doctor mentioned by Dr. Lin from Aurora City, maybe he could remove some kind of disaster contamination from his body and rescue himself from this life trajectory of being a "passive fun-loving person.”

Just as Chen Ling was lost in thought, a low bell rang from a distance! Ding-ding-ding!! The three bell tolls seemed to penetrate space, echoing in every corner of the world.

At the moment they heard this bell, the faces of the people around changed, even Zhao Shu, who was chasing Zhao Yi, stopped in surprise and looked into the distance. "Three disaster bells?!”

An old man's face was extremely ugly, "How is this possible?”

"The ringing of the disaster bell is a warning signal given by the enforcers, indicating that they have found traces of the convergence of the Gray Boundary within the large area, indicating that a disaster has invaded...”

"Isn't it said that the Aurora Boundary has Aurora Guardians and hardly intersects with the Gray Boundary? In the past ten years, the number of disasters has not exceeded three times...”

"Where is that disaster now?”

"I don't know... Anyway, let's hurry home! Don't come out if there's nothing wrong!”

Upon hearing the three disaster bells, everyone's faces turned pale. Zhao Yi, who had just been beaten and was howling, even collapsed to his knees. The ground beneath their feet trembled slightly, and Chen Ling turned to see more than ten fast horses galloping from a distance.

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Each fast horse was ridden by a figure in black and red uniforms, with holsters slung around their waists and equally solemn expressions. "High-risk disaster suspected! Zone 3 is completely sealed off! No one is allowed in or out!!”

"Pay attention to any suspicious signs around you, such as roads or buildings appearing out of nowhere, strange mysterious creatures, or even humans with abnormal behavior!!”

"If you notice anything unusual, report it to the enforcers immediately!!”

"Everyone, please cooperate with the investigation!!”

The voices of the enforcers echoed in Hanfrost Street and every corner of Zone 3, accompanied by the lingering sound of the disaster bell in the air, enveloping the world in an inexplicable sense of tension. At this moment, no one had the mood to enjoy melon anymore.

Everyone hurried home, even Zhao Yi, after taking a big slap, was scolded by his father and dragged into the house. Chen Ling stood alone under the tree, also preparing to go home, when two lines of characters flashed in the pile of fallen leaves

- [Audience Expectation Value +18] [Current Expectation Value: 65%].

Seeing the audience's expectation value skyrocket, Chen Ling was stunned. In the next moment, a chilling thought suddenly leaped into his mind... "They... could it be that they are coming for me?!”

... The third district. Enforcer Headquarters. Dim sunlight filtered through the hemispherical glass dome, reflecting colorful light to illuminate the room.

A flag over ten meters long was suspended high in the center, with two blue hexagonal stars overlapping on a black background, resembling the shining stars in the Arctic night sky. At this moment, below the flag, a dozen enforcers in black and red uniforms stood solemnly, lined up facing the direction of the headquarters door, as if waiting for something.

As the door opened, five enforcers clad in black coats walked side by side. Among the five, Han Meng walked in the center, his coat engraved with four silver lines, while the other four had only three lines. As they arrived, all the enforcers present stood at attention simultaneously.

"How is the situation?”

Han Meng asked in a deep voice. "The disaster bell has been sounded, and the third district is currently under full lockdown, but there is still no trace of that disaster...”

a hesitant enforcer couldn't help but ask, "Meng Ge, what does it mean that the disaster pointer self-destructed?”

"There are only two possibilities when the disaster pointer self-destructs," Han Meng calmly replied.

"The first possibility is that a special disaster has arrived in the vicinity, and the ability of this special disaster happens to render the disaster pointer ineffective... However, this explanation only exists in theory, and so far, no such disaster has been discovered.”

"The second possibility is that a ninth-level... also known as 'world-ending' level disaster has invaded the vicinity, and the residual energy fluctuations exceed the limit that the pointer can withstand, causing it to explode automatically.”

"World-ending level??”

The crowd turned pale. "Don't be so nervous... you don't really think a 'world-ending' disaster is coming, do you?”

the enforcer next to Han Meng chuckled. "A 'world-ending' level disaster is capable of wiping out an entire human realm, there are only a few of them in the entire Ashen Realm...

if a 'world-ending' disaster really arrives, not to mention the third district, I'm afraid even the Aurora City will be wiped out in an instant.”

Hearing this, the crowd finally breathed a sigh of relief... "So, it should just be a special 'disaster'?”

"That's the only explanation for now.”

"But the disaster pointer is broken, how do we rate it?”

"It cannot be rated.”

Han Meng shook his head, "Unless it reappears, and we engage with it... the most important thing now is to use all available manpower for a thorough search, to find it before it actively harms anyone.”

"A thorough search... but our manpower may not be enough.”

"Then temporarily call up the reserve enforcers, wasn't the written test just completed a few days ago? Gather the qualified group and tell them this is the martial test.”

"Yes!”