Chapter 391

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Chapter 391: High Tide

At crucial moments, there should always be someone coming to interrupt.

Guan Ling’s luck has always been bad. Maybe it was only in meeting Bai Wei that she used up half a lifetime’s worth of luck.

In her view, her daring behavior was immediately interrupted.

Noticing others nearby, she immediately blushed and bowed deeply, "Sorry, I, I need to calm down."

She thought to herself that it was a good thing it wasn’t Yagyū who saw her, otherwise she wouldn’t know how to face him. Even kneeling down might not work.

"Wait…" Bai Wei was not able to leave, when suddenly a force pushed him from behind.

Hatsurai Wagaizuma stood with one hand on her hip, the other hand raised to block his path.

She had just touched up her makeup, changing her eyeshadow from light red to turquoise. She raised her fingers and said, "It’s not good to disturb the staff here."

Bai Wei glanced at her, originally wanting to ask how she knew his name, but now that he saw Yagyū Simozi, that matter was pushed back. He was also confused because his sister’s reactions were all very strange, unlike herself. The reason he didn’t immediately think of a soul exchange was because the other person recognized him.

"You misunderstood, that person earlier was my sister. I was just talking to her."

"Your sister?" exclaimed Hatsurai Wagaizuma, "Is it such a coincidence?"

"I think it’s quite a coincidence too, that she’s here," Bai Wei said, "I’ll go and find out."

"Wait a minute!" Hatsurai Wagaizuma stopped him, "You met your sister unexpectedly, right? So why did you sneak into the backstage? Non-staff members are not allowed here. It’s better for you to stay in the lounge while I fetch her, to avoid being kicked out."

Bai Wei confidently replied, "My acting skills and stealth abilities are on point."

"Wow! It sounds like you have the talents of a master burglar and a skilled tracker," Hatsurai Wagaizuma exaggerated, holding her chest.

… Can you guess what reaction the protagonists from the Assassin’s Creed series would have to your statement?

Hatsurai Wagaizuma led Bai Wei back to her own private lounge. Due to the concert, she had exclusive use of this area for the time being. A curtain was used to separate it, providing a space for changing.

"Stay here and wait, I’ll go get her… By the way, what’s her name?"

"Yagyū Simozi."

"Alright~" Hatsurai Wagaizuma walked quickly out of the door and said to her manager, "Tongsheng-sister, can you please take care of the guests for me."

Bai Wei looked towards the lounge, and surprisingly, it was relatively tidy and clean.

Take, for example, the scene where Hokusinn Kichyō was forced into an arranged engagement. There were three makeup artists and specially tailored clothes. Artists should strive for appearance even more. At the very least, there should be more makeup artists and several different performance outfits.

"This child, really…" Tongsheng sighed and walked up to Bai Wei, reaching out her hand. "Hello, I am Tongsheng… Wagaizuma’s manager."

"Hello…" Bai Wei reached out his hand and introduced himself, "Unemployed, from Ming Country, Bai Wei."

The two adults looked at each other, unable to find a suitable topic, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

"May I ask how you know her?" Tongsheng asked politely. "This child is quite casual, but her social circle is not wide. As her manager, I am a bit curious."

Bai Wei answered truthfully, "Based on my memory, today is our first meeting."

"Oh?" Tongsheng’s gaze behind her plain glasses clearly showed disbelief. This was their first meeting, yet Hatsurai Wagaizuma would be so warm and take the initiative to make physical contact? Even if it was someone else, they would resist physical contact with the opposite sex during their first meeting.

"But maybe not for her."

"What does that mean?" Tongsheng asked.

"Perhaps I’ve seen her before, but I forgot." Bai Wei also sat down, "I came to find someone and will leave once I find them, so as not to trouble you."

"Hmm," Tongsheng also noticed that Bai Wei had a straightforward and cheerful personality, which was quite different from the slick businessmen and the musicians who were not genuine. Tongsheng had observed many people and believed in her ability to read others. The other person stood with good posture, tall and straight, with handsome features. They spoke naturally and confidently, without being arrogant or submissive. Just based on these qualities, they left a good impression on her.

In fact, to make a good first impression, it often only takes these things: a clean and tidy appearance, good posture, natural speech, maintaining eye contact. It may sound ordinary, but few people can do all of them. Most people have some small flaws in details, like posture, speech, wandering eyes, or too casual attire.

Tongsheng gave up a seat and then continued to ask about the meeting situation. She was secretly surprised to learn that she had taken a ride with Bai Wei to get here.

She felt it necessary to find out who this young man was once Wagaizuma returned. She needed to ask him clearly.

There must be something fishy that she didn’t know behind it.

This man keeps his mouth shut, so it’s probably not easy to get information from him.

Bai Wei didn’t know what the agent was thinking, but even if he did, he would only complain saying, "I am really a magical seashell."

Time passed minute by minute.

Hatsurai Wagaizuma still hadn’t come back.

Ten more minutes passed, and Tongsheng couldn’t wait any longer. He glanced at the clock and said, "We’re about to go on stage soon. We can’t afford any issues at this moment. You stay here; I’ll go and bring her back."

She had just opened the door when suddenly her wrist was grabbed. She turned around and saw Bai Wei’s serious face.

"Wait."

"What is it?" Tongsheng wondered.

"The sound is gone," Bai Wei said slowly, "It’s too quiet."

Even in the backstage area, a music festival is always bustling with people’s voices, but after opening the door, neither Bai Wei nor Tongsheng heard any sound or movement. It was as if the whole world had suddenly been muted.

Tongsheng was startled. She didn’t hear any sounds, like music or voices. This was the backstage area, so it shouldn’t be so quiet. The staff should have come to urge her to go on stage several minutes ago, but there was no one here. The corridor was completely quiet, with only the lights shining on it. The pale light and the deep night at the end of the corridor created a feeling of silence that sent chills down her spine.

Her throat rumbled, and she stood up straight, struggling to say, "Nothing bad is going to happen, right?"

"I don’t know," Bai Wei said. "We need to go out and see what’s going on. Let’s go together."

"Okay, let’s go together," Tongsheng immediately nodded. She felt safer with Bai Wei by her side, who was 1.85 meters tall.

The two walked through the corridor, came from the backstage, and arrived at the front of the main stage of the music festival. The set didn’t change, but there was no one there. Not a single person.

Everyone disappeared without a trace.

"What’s happening?" Tongsheng felt a tingling sensation on her scalp. She stood below the stage, looking around anxiously, and tiptoed with worry, "How come there isn’t a single person?"

The music festival venue had thousands of people, but suddenly so many people disappeared. It was incredibly strange. There had never been such a thing in history.

Even if there had been a city that disappeared out of thin air in history, it was either suddenly swallowed by a tsunami or submerged in a volcanic eruption.

But this kind of disappearance out of thin air…

"Could it be an extraterrestrial?" Tongsheng’s face turned pale.

Bai Wei looked up at the stars and denied this possibility, "The likelihood of direct intervention by an outer god is low. The arrival of an outer god of this scale would surely attract attention from many sides, it cannot be so easily shifted."

From the historical information Bai Wei had once learned, outer gods, ancient gods, and the old gods were all existences from the same period, belonging to the ancient and desolate era. They came from interstellar travels in a proper way, not using spacecraft, but directly riding on meteorites or comets. In terms of civilization level, they were definitely not too high, but their levels of mystery were outrageously high. Therefore, the possibility of aliens capturing and experimenting on people was almost non-existent, not to mention the Singing civilization, they didn’t even need to think about it. They came to colonize, what use would it be to capture a few thousand or tens of thousands of people?

"What is really happening?" Tongsheng was just an ordinary person and seeing something like this for the first time, it was natural to feel a little panicked.

Bai Wei speculated alone, considering two possibilities. One possibility was that these people all disappeared into thin air; while another possibility was that it wasn’t this group of people that disappeared, but rather Bai Wei and Tongsheng themselves. They had arrived in another place. It would be easy to determine. Just by taking a look within a radius of several tens of kilometers, they could conclude whether there were any other people. If there were, then it was them who disappeared; if not, then it was themselves.

In any case, trouble had indeed arrived as expected. Demon Cat Yumeko’s words were true. They had just arrived by Frost Moon’s side and there was already trouble. Was this the work of an evil god?

Can’t they keep their behavior in check, even after popping out an eyeball? Or perhaps… it’s not the same culprit?

Staring at the vast and empty main stage of the music festival, Bai Wei gradually saw a trace of absurdity in this silence.

The empty stage… But why is it empty?

If you want to scare people, it’s better to create something scary.

Bai Wei suddenly heard a suppressed sound from Tongsheng. He turned around and saw Tongsheng covering his mouth, staring at something with almost red eyes, and then looking defeated.

Tongsheng opened his mouth and struggled to say, "This is not where we were before… This is…"

She said that and suddenly collapsed. Bai Wei was about to reach out to catch her, but as he touched her, he realized that her body immediately became transparent and disappeared on the spot.

Bai Wei felt empty as he looked at the place where Tongsheng had been looking before. It was a poster, but the poster was also quickly fading and finally vanished.

Seeing Tongsheng disappear, Bai Wei suddenly understood something. He realized that the strangeness and absurdity came from somewhere.

He snapped his fingers, trying to activate the Golden Power, but it was like a lighter without gas, it briefly ignited and quickly extinguished.

Mystery will only be covered by higher mysteries, and the ultimate mystery in the world is nothing but divinity.

But this time, it wasn’t an evil god from another world, the other side couldn’t possibly make such a big move.

Bai Wei’s face became as serious as water.

"It’s the Gray Tide… is it the time of high tide again?"

The three great natural disasters.

The red moon.

The evil god.

And… the Gray Tide!