I Become The Richest Man With A monthly Salary of Twenty Thousand Yuan-Chapter 649 - 460: Leak Out

SNAP!

Unaware of the changes around him, Luodan was about to ask Xia Liang why he had snapped his fingers when he noticed Professor Rico beside him, frozen in place once again with a shocked expression. He subconsciously looked toward the sky as well, and in an instant, everyone was stunned.

Luodan, who had been on the verge of speaking, felt as if he had been plunged into an icy abyss, his body trembling uncontrollably. Professor Rico at his side was in the same state. Just as they had recovered from their initial shock, they witnessed another miracle.

Down below, Liao Yijie and the other two were no better off. They stared around them, because at the exact moment Xia Liang snapped his fingers, every single raindrop on the street had stopped in mid-air, as if time itself had paused.

Liao Yijie, Director Wu, and their companion reacted first, as this was the same phenomenon that had occurred at the He Family’s ancestral home in Haojiang. Even so, seeing it with their own eyes filled them with overwhelming excitement. This was especially true for Liao Yijie, who had never believed in such things. Even after learning Xia Liang’s name and investigating the events in Haojiang, he had remained skeptical of the rumors. But now, he was experiencing it firsthand. Gazing at the spectacle, he felt an overwhelming impulse to kneel before Xia Liang. However, he was so utterly shocked by the countless miracles that, let alone kneeling, he couldn’t even speak. He was frozen to the spot, unable to do a thing.

Before any of them could react, Xia Liang made his next move, pointing a finger.

A massive bolt of lightning instantly struck the center of the street. It was immense, covering the entire road with a width of likely over ten meters. Unlike ordinary lightning, it didn’t vanish in a flash but remained crackling before them. As everyone stood captivated by the spectacular sight, unable to look away, Xia Liang placed his left hand behind his back and slowly pushed forward with his right.

BOOM!

SPLASH!

The next second, time resumed its flow, and the torrential rain poured down once more.

The ten-meter-wide bolt of lightning shot down the street, surging toward the far end as if baptizing the entire road. In the blink of an eye, it had traveled several hundred meters. Along its path, every fleeing Tufeng Group thug was struck down. All that remained on the ground were nearly a hundred dark, charred corpses. Yet, despite the raw power, everything else on both sides of the street, from vehicles to trees, was completely unharmed, as if the lightning had locked onto its targets from the very beginning.

RUMBLE!

After sweeping the street and incinerating the last fleeing member of the Tufeng Group, the lightning vanished into thin air.

Even though the sound of the heavy downpour continued, in their ears, everything was deathly quiet. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Liao Yijie and his group, having heard of Xia Liang’s abilities before, had already come to accept that the fantastic stories were true after witnessing the zombie army. They were somewhat prepared, but it still took them more than ten seconds to recover.

However, it was a different story for Luodan and Professor Rico on the floor above. Luodan had only ever witnessed Xia Liang’s predictive powers, while Professor Rico had only heard about them from Luodan. Therefore, what had just transpired dealt them an immense shock. They hadn’t moved an inch for several minutes. Xia Liang was aware of their state; if he hadn’t adjusted their destinies earlier, the shock of what they had just seen might have literally killed them.

An unknown amount of time passed before the voices of Liao Yijie’s group finally drifted up from below. Only then did Professor Rico manage to stiffly turn his neck. The sound that emerged from his hoarse throat barely sounded like his own voice as he spoke.

"Luodan, I finally understand. What you said before... it was true."

"What did I say?" Luodan’s voice was equally raspy.

"That in Dragon Country, there truly is a god."

As he spoke, tears streamed uncontrollably from Professor Rico’s eyes, quickly covering his entire face. He had dedicated his life to studying the diverse cultures of Blue Star, and he knew that every nation had its own mythologies, almost all of which were just stories. He had often wondered if phenomena that science couldn’t explain truly existed in this world. Today, he had finally found his answer.

Luodan, standing beside him, was in no better state. He had indeed told Professor Rico during their first call that he had met a real god in Dragon Country, but he had said it in a moment of profound shock. For someone who never believed in gods or spirits, meeting a Diviner who could foretell fate was an undeniably stunning experience. At that moment, his capacity for rational thought had all but vanished.

In the days that followed, however, he read many ancient texts about the Taoists of Dragon Country, learning the historical tales of figures like Li Chunfeng, Yuan Tiangang, and Liu Bowen. These men, for all their power, were still considered mortals who simply possessed the ability to glimpse into the workings of heaven. After regaining his composure, he had concluded that the Xia Liang he met must be just like them: a mortal man who happened to possess the ability to perceive the threads of fate and know what the future held.