"Dear listeners, the Weather Bureau of Qing 'an City has just issued a yellow rainstorm and thunderstorm warning signal. Please strengthen your defenses and pay attention to your safety!"
"Yes, especially drivers. The roads are slippery in the heavy rain. Be careful when you drive. Safety first."
The voices of the two radio hosts could be heard from the moving taxi.
Rain began to fall from the gloomy sky, hitting the windshield of the car, and the wipers began to rustle.
The red light ahead turned red. Huang Fade, the driver, slowly stopped the car. There were many cars waiting for the traffic light at this intersection.
The raindrops quickly turned into a heavy downpour. Lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled.
The two passengers in the back seat of the car were a young couple. They immediately complained.
"I didn't bring an umbrella. The weather forecast didn't say it would rain today," the boy said.
"And a yellow rainstorm," the girl said helplessly.
In fact, Huang Fade also had doubts. People in this line of work had to pay attention to the weather every day. In the morning, they said it would be sunny. However, thinking that the weather forecast was often inaccurate, Huang Fade said, "It's May now. It's raining just like that."
Outsiders thought that the taxi business was better in rainy days, but they often ignored the slippery roads, easy traffic jams, and slow driving, which made it harder to do business.
Boom! Suddenly, there was another loud clap of thunder, causing the ground to tremble, causing everyone's hearts to tighten.
It was almost evening. Huang Fade wanted to finish this job and go home. With the yellow rainstorm at night, something bad could happen at any time.
"This thunder … is quite scary," the young boy muttered.
Before the green light turned green, the radio host spoke again. His tone was more serious than before. "Dear listeners, the Weather Bureau has just upgraded the yellow rainstorm warning to orange. This heavy rain is extremely abnormal weather. If it is not necessary, please stay indoors. "
As if in response to the host's words, the rain became heavy in the blink of an eye, and the wipers could not keep up.
Orange warning … Huang Fade felt a little suffocated. This kind of weather was not suitable for driving at all.
At this time, seeing the red light turn green, and the cars in front started one after another, he stepped on the accelerator and drove slowly.
A bolt of lightning the size of a bowl flashed, followed by a deafening explosion. The three people in the car could not help but exclaim. The car in front came to an abrupt stop. Huang Fade instinctively stepped on the brakes to stop. He almost hit the rear of the car.
"The lightning fell right in front of us. Did you see it?" The girl exclaimed and picked up her phone to take a picture. "It landed right there, almost hitting the car!"
"I saw it. Wow …" The boy exclaimed. "What a big thunder."
At the same time, the rain became heavier.
Huang Fade was about to say something, but he was shocked by another situation. He blinked his eyes and saw the same thing. "This rain …"
The young couple in the back seat were also stunned. The rain falling from the dark sky was a glaring brownish red. Blood rain, blood pouring from the sky.
Although the windows on both sides were tightly shut, there seemed to be a gust of cold wind pouring in.
Between heaven and earth, the color completely changed.
Once the girl recovered, she hurried to snap a picture on her phone. The boy quickly asked, "Should we call the Phecda hotline about this?"
But was there really a need for them to report now? Everything within sight was a rain of blood.
Huang Fade was middle-aged but he was not that old. He knew about things like Phecda and supernatural powers. Whenever he heard the passengers say something like that, he would think they were making a mountain out of a molehill. But now his heart was filled with inexplicable fear. He wanted to rush home to see his wife and two children.
"I need to make a call home first." He parked the car by the roadside and called his wife's phone. However, the signal was very poor …
The blood rain dyed the whole sky the color of blood. Many cars on the road stopped. The pedestrians on the sidewalk were drenched. Even the umbrellas were flipped over by the wind. Some ran towards the buildings by the side of the street, others waved at the passing taxis. Their faces were filled with worry, panic and fear.
The radio signal also deteriorated. The host's voice sounded relaxed. "Dear listeners, we've just received news that the whole city is experiencing a blood rain. There's no need to panic. This is a natural phenomenon, it's much rarer than a meteor shower. "
"Yes, it's a very rare phenomenon, but it has happened in other places before. There are records of it in America and Gaul."
"This phenomenon is caused by brownish-red dust mixed into the air flow of the storm or birds and other animals that were dragged into the storm. Their blood dyed the rain red. This blood rain is so heavy that it should be caused by the former. Sometimes, it can be the brownish-red dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa. It's blown into the sky by the strong wind and floated for tens of thousands of kilometers before mixing with the rain. "
"This is very strange, nature is full of strange phenomena."
Even though the two hosts tried their best to explain it with science, in Huang Fade's group's ears, it sounded rather weak. Even their own voices sounded weak.
There were passersby scratching their heads and hands. Their expressions were pained like their skin was itching.
That could not be the dust from the Sahara Desert but industrial pollution or …
"Let's call the Phecda hotline." The man suggested. He picked up his phone and started to make the call. Actually, he had wanted to call this hotline for a long time.
"No signal, I can't get through." Huang Fade said as he helplessly restarted the car to see if there was any signal ahead.
But soon, there was a car accident on the road. The three felt a sudden jolt. They had been rear-ended. Huang Fade hurriedly braked. The slippery road was hard to control. The sounds of collisions were still ringing out from behind. The road was already in a mess, and the drivers were cursing and honking their horns were ringing out.
Before Huang Fade could care about that, an even stranger phenomenon appeared before his eyes. "What … what is that …"
"F * ck …" The man's hand that was holding the phone dropped. Then he screamed, "Drive, uncle, drive!"
"Quick, quick!" The girl was on the verge of breaking down.
Huang Fade knew he had to leave. He switched from the brake to the accelerator. As the car swayed, it picked up speed.
On both sides of the road not far away from them, a twisted black vortex several square meters in size appeared. Then a second, a third, a fourth …
From these vortexes, countless strange frogs, lice, flies, and insects swarmed out like the tide. Soon, they covered the street.
This was definitely not a natural phenomenon but a supernatural force.
Screams rose and fell. Pedestrians and cars ran for their lives. The streets of the city quickly descended into chaos.
At that moment, they saw groups of people walk out from the vortexes.
I made you a promise.
You did not die, you just left alive.
Now is the time to return.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
