Chapter 667: Chapter 666: Things Remain, But People Change
Boom!!!
With a thunderous explosion that shook the heavens, the sound spread.
In a mysterious region endowed with a special terrestrial magnetic field, known as the Bermuda Triangle, towering water columns surged.
The explosive power of three nuclear submarines completely destroyed the special magnetic field of the Bermuda Triangle area.
In the high skies, the sky seemed to be torn apart, visibly cracked above this ocean area, as if silhouettes were flickering incessantly above the heavens.
An eerie scene, resembling a mirage, yet seeming as if a heavenly palace was suspended above this expanse of sky.
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Following that massive boom in the Bermuda Triangle,
the entire Earth seemed to tremble slightly.
All aerospace powerhouses with artificial satellites received an image captured by the satellites.
In this image, the Earth was seen to tremble slightly.
At the same time, in the depths of Kunlun Death Valley in Divine Continent Country, the terrifying spatial turbulence became even more chaotic and its coverage area instantly expanded by more than tenfold.
The Military Department base stationed here was struck by the force of the spatial turbulence, and was razed to the ground as easily as crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood.
Countless high-tech devices were destroyed, and even some experts from the Military Department were injured.
Simultaneously, the Fuji Mountain volcano erupted in Japan, resulting in over a thousand casualties nearby.
In the deep ocean, walls of water tens to hundreds of meters high formed, leading to a series of unprecedented massive tsunamis.
Landslides, ground fissures, and angry seas.
The slight tremble of the Earth inflicted immense damage to the surface.
A ’natural disaster’ caused by humans with that massive explosion in the Bermuda Triangle instantly affected the entire globe, drastically changing human history and destined to be chronicled in the annals of humanity.
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The nearly global disaster subtly shifted the tense global situation.
The Federation’s forces encircling the eastern seas were hit hard by this natural power, suffering immense losses.
At the same time, massive disasters in the Western World caused substantial losses to all nations, leading to internal instabilities and continuous protests and demonstrations.
Therefore, those allies supporting the Federation had no choice but to focus all their attention on stabilizing their domestic situations.
The Federation itself also faced great impacts from the natural disasters, leading to various internal opinions and an unstable situation.
In such a global context, the tense military confrontation between the Federation and the East was, in fact, alleviated.
The disaster spared no part of the world, including Divine Continent Country.
But relative to the Western World, the vast continental structure of the East, located in the East and covering a large expanse, suffered much less impact from the shocks, although it triggered certain natural disasters, the losses compared to other countries were extremely minimal.
The regions in the East most severely affected by this disaster were Japan and some surrounding island nations.
In any case, with the implementation of the ’Heavenly Destruction Plan’, the world began to change.
Half a month later, Yang Fei and four others landed at Binhai Airport in Divine Continent Country.
What was originally a three-day journey turned out facing this massive disaster, resulting in inconvenient transport, and numerous international flight routes were affected.
Typhoons, torrential rains, thunderstorms, and hailstorms occurred, causing many flights to lose contact.
On their way back, the five of them witnessed the horrific conditions of many disaster-stricken countries and regions.
Many coastal cities were destroyed by unprecedented massive tsunamis, and typhoons made landfall, ravaging the earth.
Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods...
To describe this world as battered and devastated is an understatement.
Even though all five were cultivators with strong mental states, they couldn’t help but fall into a mood of pity for the world.
After getting off the plane, while walking outside the airport, they saw many busy workers around the airport engaging in emergency and repair work.
Clearly, as a coastal city, Binhai had also suffered the impacts of the tsunami and typhoon disasters.
Yang Fei felt inexplicably heavy-hearted.
Since returning to his homeland, he had stayed in Binhai and developed a special affection for this city, seeing it being impacted worsened his mood.
As they walked out of the airport, Qi Tai and Zhang Long were there waiting.
"Mr. Yang!"
Zhang Long stepped forward, calling out respectfully.
Qi Tai also nodded at Yang Fei.
Although, both Qi Tai and Zhang Long felt a tremendous amount of pressure.
The aura emanating from Umekawa Taro, Xu Yunshan, Xu Liangyou, and Xu Xiao was very strong, and for martial artists, the pressure from these four was even more enormous.
Ordinary people, on the other hand, could not feel this kind of pressure from martial arts experts and would just sense a vibe of aloofness from them. But for martial artists, the natural aura exuded by these four Innate Realm experts standing together was too terrifying.
Yang Fei briefly introduced both parties to each other.
Qi Tai had long heard of the great fame of the three from the Xu family, and upon learning that these were the three former Unique Tier, now Innate Realm strongmen, he immediately acted very respectfully and humbly.
The three Xu brothers, however, did not dare to put on airs, especially since Yang Fei was very kind to both Qi Tai and Zhang Long. If they were pretentious, it would be absolutely improper.
Once in the car, Qi Tai rode with Yang Fei and Umekawa Taro.
Zhang Long took the three Xu brothers.
From Qi Tai, Yang Fei learned about the various disasters that had struck inside Divine Continent Country in the past half month.
The losses were severe.
Compared to the heavily afflicted areas internationally, Divine Continent was least affected, but historically, this disaster was all-encompassing, and describing the loss of life and property using astronomical figures would not be an exaggeration.
Fortunately, the spirit of unity between the military and civilians in Divine Continent had always been strong. They actively engaged in disaster relief, and this united atmosphere, compared to those areas abroad where there were demonstrations and even riots, seemed warm and magnificent.
Since the whole country was affected by the disaster, Yang Fei mentioned keeping things simple, so there was no welcoming ceremony. Everyone gathered at Dragon and Tiger Hall’s headquarters, Tiancheng Villa, had a simple meal, and discussed the current international situation.
After dinner, the five were arranged to stay in the villa.
Yang Fei lay on the bed but found himself unable to sleep.
He tried to replace sleep with cultivation but realized he couldn’t calm his mind.
Before coming back, he hadn’t really thought about the things between him and Qin Yanyang, but now, returning to this familiar city and thinking about the newlywed villa they had lived in for so long, he admitted that he missed home and that woman.
Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, Yang Fei got up and left the villa.
His movements were light, but still could not escape the notice of Umekawa Taro and the three Xu brothers.
Hearing that Yang Fei had left the villa, all four men’s lips curled slightly upwards.
Half an hour later, Yang Fei arrived at Binjiang Garden Villa District.
Qin Yanyang’s villa stood silently in the night.
Since their last fight, the villa had not been repaired.
The overall structure was still solid, but there were many holes in the walls, making it look somewhat dilapidated.
Obviously, since their last argument, Qin Yanyang had not been back either.
She had not even had anyone repair the villa, seemingly turning it into a place of sadness she didn’t want to revisit.
Yang Fei felt incredibly distressed.
He recalled all the details of life with Qin Yanyang in that villa.
He really missed the days they lived together there.
Too bad... things had changed!
It was all irreversible!
If apologizing would help, he would set aside his pride as a man and beg for Qin Yanyang’s forgiveness.
But he knew Qin Yanyang’s character, and he knew an apology wouldn’t work.
Moreover, even if Qin Yanyang accepted his apology, if she asked him to completely break off his relationship with Tong Yunshu, could he do it?
Yang Fei smiled bitterly in helplessness.
He couldn’t do it.
He admitted he was flawed. Deep inside, Tong Yunshu had left a profound imprint, and he couldn’t possibly give her up.
But to let go of Qin Yanyang completely was even less possible.
He was a greedy man.
There had to be a way to resolve everything perfectly, there had to be!
Yang Fei stared at the villa, clenching his fists tightly.
Someday, he and Qin Yanyang would return to living harmoniously in that villa as before.
Just then, the ringtone of his cell phone sounded.
Yang Fei’s thoughts were pulled back, and as he took out his phone, his expression changed.