8:00 AM.
Yang Fan opened his eyes.
He was a bit reluctant to leave the warmth of his bed, so he stayed lying down.
He stared at the ceiling, sighed, and said, "Sometimes having such keen hearing is really not a good thing."
Last midnight.
Yang Fan inexplicably sensed two Primordial Star Formations. Not only did his Spiritual Power make a huge leap, but even his senses became more acute.
This is a good thing.
But there are also annoying side effects.
With his super hearing, he could clearly hear footsteps and occasional stomping upstairs, as if someone was woken up by the cold.
Not to be joking about it, but even the sound of someone farting upstairs could be heard clearly.
Then there were more noises from upstairs, the sound of the gas stove igniting, the kettle boiling, pouring water, splashes, and more sounds followed one after another.
He pictured a scene in his mind: upstairs they were boiling hot water in the kitchen at midnight to warm up, and took the chance to soak their feet in the hot water.
Although the community had been without power for a while, gas and water weren't interrupted, allowing many residents to hold on.
After a good fifteen minutes of commotion, it finally quieted down upstairs.
Reflecting on the events of last night, he murmured softly, "I definitely need to get a standalone house in the future, otherwise how can one live like this?"
After lying for a while longer.
Yang Fan sat up from the warm bed.
The Thunder Branch immediately transformed into a phantom and instantaneously plunged into his chest, and the electric blanket automatically turned off.
Even though he had had less than four hours of sleep and was woken up once in the middle of the night, he didn't feel the least bit sleepy; in fact, he felt invigorated.
He figured this was the effect of the surge in Spirit Value.
Yang Fan got up, pulled the curtains back, and found that snowflakes were drifting again, prompting him to sigh, "This snow just never ends."
Since yesterday.
The range of abnormal snowfall was no longer confined to Linjiang City in Hedong Province; four neighboring provinces also reported snowfall.
Moreover, the temperature in most areas of the country was plummeting rapidly, and currently, no city's temperature exceeded 25 degrees.
The scorching summer of the Great Xia Kingdom was gone just like that!
The situation in other parts of Canglan Star wasn't much better.
Many countries in the Northern Hemisphere experienced snowfall to varying degrees, with only the equatorial regions barely maintaining a high of around 30 degrees.
This is simply unheard of.
Even people who were slow to react realized that Canglan Star was facing an unprecedented major crisis.
Yang Fan shook his head, "If this continues, who knows how many people will die on Canglan Star."
The drastic climate changes would inevitably lead to a global food production decline, followed by an unprecedented severe famine.
Great Xia has the world's largest food reserves, enough to feed the entire nation for over three years, so that's not much of a problem; other countries, however, might not be so fortunate.
It's foreseeable that the death toll would likely be in the 'hundreds of millions'.
He had seen the news on his phone that many Great Xia People abroad, and those with Great Xia lineage but no citizenship, were trying every means possible to return to the Great Xia.
Flights to Great Xia from many countries have soared by tenfold, or even twentyfold isn't uncommon.
After all, savvy individuals know that the Great Xia Kingdom has the world's strongest organizational capacity, indisputably capable of handling crises.
*
At the same time.
Tintera Kingdom.
Due to the geographic difference, while it was dawn in the Great Xia Kingdom, it was 3:00 PM in Bust, the capital of Tintera.
Within the Great Xia Diplomatic Mission in Tintera.
Zhao Hengping anxiously watched the mission staff, awaiting the verdict of fate.
His wife Alena stood behind him, occasionally looking at her husband and then at the staff.
This still graceful Tintera middle-aged woman held her twenty-year-old daughter's hand with her left, and her eleven-year-old son's hand with her right, her expression equally tense.
A minute passed.
The staff placed a thick stack of documents down and smiled, "Mr. Zhao, according to the recently issued 'Great Xia Emergency Foreign Affairs Bill', you and your family are eligible for Great Xia citizenship."
Zhao Hengping was overjoyed to the point of nearly bursting, "That's wonderful! Truly wonderful!"
Alena couldn't help but break into a broad smile as well.
The staff continued, "You and your family's Great Xia National IDs will be issued tomorrow morning.
You and your family can travel to Great Xia on your own or wait for a special flight for overseas citizens that the Great Xia Kingdom is about to arrange."
Zhao Hengping quickly said, "We're leaving tomorrow afternoon; I have a way to get tickets for tomorrow afternoon."
This Great Xia Descendant understood very well that staying one more day in Tintera meant another day's risk.
The staff smiled and praised, "A wise decision."
He continued, "According to the 'Great Xia Emergency Bill', you cannot purchase property in the Great Xia; you'll have to wait for official allocation, but you can choose which city to settle in."
Zhao Hengping thought for a moment and said, "My ancestors were from Linjiang City in Great Xia, and I hope to settle in Linjiang City."
The staff nodded and wrote a few words on the document with a pen.
With that.
The formalities were completed.
Zhao Hengping thanked the staff and then left the mission with his family.
As they stepped out the door.
His daughter Zhao Xiaoying couldn't help but ask, "Dad, we donated the bulk of our family assets to Great Xia just for four Great Xia National IDs. Was it worth it?"
Zhao Hengping looked at his bright-eyed and white-toothed eldest daughter and said resolutely, "Absolutely worth it!"
He paused for a moment and added, "Right now, Great Xia is the safest place in the world; the Great Xia Kingdom will do its utmost to protect every ordinary person."
Alena also said, "Yesterday, there was a robbery in our neighborhood where a couple was killed, and your dad and I worried that staying in Tinst meant at any moment we could face sudden calamity."
Zhao Xiaoying mumbled, "You've worked hard for most of your life, and in the end, how are you any different from an ordinary person in the Great Xia Kingdom?"
She questioned, "Why did Grandpa choose to venture to Tinst back then? Wouldn't it have been better to have stayed in the Great Xia Kingdom honestly?"
Zhao Hengping opened his mouth, wanting to argue but not knowing what to say.
Because what his daughter said was indeed correct.
Back then, he gave up his Great Xia nationality, worked his whole life to earn a fortune, and now he's using that fortune to regain Great Xia nationality.
After going in circles, he ended up back at the beginning, a living black comedy.
Alena glared at her daughter, "Xiaoying, stop talking!"
Zhao Hengping forced an awkward smile, changing the topic forcefully, "Let's go home and pack our things."
*
Linjiang City.
Yang Fan sighed for a moment, then activated the Spiritual Language Superpower, intending to check on his little brothers' situations.
Through the Mind Link, he instantly sensed the positions of his six crow companions.
Although the shared visual range was only three kilometers, the sensing distance exceeded twenty-five kilometers, enough to cover more than half of Linjiang City.
The next moment.
Yang Fan's face showed amazement, and he burst out with a curse, "Damn!"
Because his sensing of the six crows had become exceptionally clear.
Normally, the farther the distance to the companions, the lower the clarity of the sensing.
Once it exceeded eight kilometers, the sensing began to blur.
Although he could determine the direction of the companions, he couldn't accurately judge the distance; sometimes it felt like ten kilometers, sometimes like twelve kilometers.
This could be understood as - error.
But now, it was different.
Yang Fan could clearly sense that his crow companion Liu Hei was currently staying somewhere in the northeast of Linjiang City.
He effortlessly judged the distance - thirteen point seven kilometers.
In terms of location.
It was precisely Dongling Park.
Which was the park previously agreed upon with the Liren Special Team as the contact point.
Yang Fan had a look of astonishment on his face, "How can it be so clear?"
A conjecture popped into his head, "Could it also be related to the Primordial Star Formation?"
It was quite possible!
Last night, sensing the Primordial Star Formation caused his Spirit Value to soar, and his superpowers underwent a bit of a change. That didn't seem unreasonable, right?
Yang Fan naturally made a guess, "I wonder if I can share vision from this far?"
He tried without hesitation and immediately showed a face full of joy.
Turns out, he could!
The image was also quite clear!
Liu Hei's view, being the scenery of Dongling Park, instantly appeared before his eyes:
The place had also turned into a snowy plain, with the depth of snow looking much thicker than that of the community.
The park paths were completely submerged, and only a bit of low shrubs were exposed outside.
"Caw!"
Liu Hei cawed.
The crow's caw carried confusion, seemingly puzzled as to why the master was there.
Yet the crow's caw also carried delight, evidently happy to meet the master.
Yang Fan ordered, "Liu Hei, fly east!"
He wanted to test what the maximum distance for shared vision was.
"Caw!"
Liu Hei rose into the air, flapping its wings vigorously, flying toward the east.
After about half an hour.
Liu Hei made quite an effort to finally complete the task given by the master.
The test result came out.
Within twenty-one kilometers, shared vision remained clear;
Within thirty-three kilometers, shared vision became blurry, but it was still barely watchable;
Beyond forty-five kilometers, it finally reached the limit range of crow companion shared vision.
In contrast.
Initially, the shared vision was clear within merely a one-kilometer range.
This was an astronomical difference.
Yang Fan was so astonished that he couldn't close his mouth, "The Spiritual Language Superpower has definitely mutated!"
He only then belatedly realized, "The Primordial Star Formation I sensed last night seems to be an extraordinary thing."
Yang Fan, excited for a while, began to do another thing - contracting.
Which is using the mutated Spiritual Language Superpower, to develop more crow companions.
Suddenly, he had a new idea, "By the way, can I contract remotely?"
After all, the last time hunting the mutant wild dogs, the crows had already attracted the government's high attention.
If he continues signing contracts with crows at close range, the government might notice something abnormal, thereby discovering the true identity of Mr. Spirit Crows.
Yang Fan decisively declared, "Let's try first."
He then ordered, "Er Hei, you hurry to Dongling Park!"
"Caw!"