"Boom! Boom!"

The dim sky was first illuminated by several thick lightning bolts, lighting up the entire land,

followed by thunder as deafening as war drums.

Shortly afterwards, a heavy rain poured down, covering a large area including Chunmu City.

"The Chunmu City Meteorological Bureau reports: In recent days, our city has been affected by multiple cold air currents from the north, resulting in frequent thunderstorms accompanied by gusts of 5 to 6 on the Beaufort scale. Please pay attention to the hazards brought by strong convective weather such as lightning, heavy precipitation, and strong winds."

Suddenly, the TV broadcasted this news.

Of course, most people who treated the TV as a decoration didn't care about the harm these thunderstorms might bring to them.

After all, who in their right mind would go out for a walk in the rain? That's just asking for trouble!

However, in a corner unnoticed by people in the pouring rain, a lightning bolt suddenly struck and left a constantly flickering mark in a space less than half a meter from the ground.

Then, a thick and black-furred arm suddenly stretched out.

If someone were to witness it, they would clearly see that the arm seemed to be floating above the ground, but there was no blood at all at the base.

This spatial anomaly was immediately picked up by the monitoring facilities installed in Chunmu City in the form of intense electromagnetic wave fluctuations.

The secret unit, Special Operations Bureau, which was located adjacent to the police station, immediately sounded the alarm bell.

Since they usually wore police uniforms, outsiders could not distinguish them from the police station and even thought they were a subordinate organization of the police station.

But those inside knew that the Special Operations Bureau not only ranked higher than the police station, but their identification numbers belonged to a separate sequence. Any police officer affiliated with the Special Operations Bureau must not be treated equally to ordinary police officers.

Because the missions they undertook were anything but ordinary.

"Situation in Chunmu City's Hot Spring Town! Situation in Chunmu City's Hot Spring Town!"

"Based on the initial assessment of the degree of space tearing fluctuation, there is a higher possibility of a Class C event."

"According to the contingency plan, the second team will go to handle the situation this time. The first and third teams will remain on standby and prepare for support according to the situation on-site."

After the alarm bell, a total of more than twenty members of the second team immediately armed themselves and headed to the garage.

At the same time, the Special Operations Bureau's network center took over the city's road control and dispatched traffic police to intercept vehicles, ensuring that the second team could reach the scene of the incident in the shortest possible time.

"Drip, drip, drip!"

The heavy rain continued to pour.

The raindrops hung on the windshield like a water curtain, futilely being wiped away by the wipers. The driver could only rely on his rich experience to drive at high speed on the rain-soaked road.

Ke Zhigang, the leader of the second team, leaned against the passenger seat, rubbing his stubble while looking out at the blurred view through the window.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, I'll be drenched again when I come back from this mission. Sigh, couldn't we have picked a better weather?"

The deputy team leader, Si Qiao, sitting in the second row, spoke in a crisp voice,

"Due to the unusually active sunspots in recent years, the impact of solar winds and cosmic rays on the Earth's atmosphere has been increasing year by year. This means that once there is severe thunderstorm weather, there is a random chance of a vortex-shaped high-temperature plasma forming, and the unbalanced centripetal force caused by its high-speed rotation and the external atmospheric pressure could lead to the creation of space-time fissures... Hence, the more heavy rain there is, the more likely we are to be called in for duty."

"Stop, stop, stop! As if I don't know all that you said! It's just a complaint, you don't need to go on and on like that, my dear Miss Si, Ph.D."

Si Qiao, dressed in uniform, was undoubtedly charming. As soon as she arrived at the bureau, she became the object of affection for many men, but as soon as they found out about her ability level, the young men hesitated.

After all, it would be embarrassing to say that they couldn't even beat their girlfriend.

Moreover, she was appointed as the deputy team leader of the second team as soon as she arrived, making her their superior.

It was almost impossible for them not to have any thoughts in their minds.

Even Ke Zhigang was not particularly pleased with this parachuted deputy team leader.

Si Qiao stared straight ahead, seemingly unaffected by Ke Zhigang's complaints.

"Team leader, may I ask if you will strictly follow our team's operational plan for Class C events?"Ke Zhigang blinked, "What? What plan? Ah, those were all made up to fool people."

Si Qiao, "...Are you saying that the plan was made up by you at will?"

"Hey, our action can be summed up in one word, go! Right, guys?"

"Right!" The members sitting in the back rows waved their right fists without hesitation.

Si Qiao narrowed her eyes, "After we go back, I will redraw the operational plans for each level event."

Ke Zhigang shrugged, "As long as you're happy."

At this time, the intensity of the rain had decreased compared to before, but it was still the kind that would soak you to the bone within a second of being in it.

With the concentrated support of various departments, a bus and an armored vehicle disguised as a minibus made it from the city center to the Hot Spring Town in less than ten minutes.

"Team leader, the monster will disappear in three minutes."

Since traversing through the temporal and spatial rifts required a lot of energy, monsters that had just arrived on Azure Star would usually emit noticeable electromagnetic waves, but these waves would gradually disappear over time.

The armored vehicle was equipped with instruments specifically designed to track electromagnetic signals, and their positions were located and sent to the members' terminal watches by a dedicated person.

The announcement just now marked the start of the three-minute countdown.

In other words, they had to solve the problem within three minutes.

Otherwise, if the monster that came through the temporal and spatial rifts got out of control, the consequences would not be as simple as causing injuries to personnel. In more serious cases, it could even cause social unrest and unpredictable consequences.

"Okay, got it!"

Ke Zhigang adjusted his wireless earpiece again, which was the communication channel between the members.

"Dr. Si, according to the orders, a team member needs to stay and guard the surveillance vehicle. So, it will be your responsibility to stay, the rest of you come with me."

Si Qiao gave Ke Zhigang a cold glance, "Yes, team leader."

Ke Zhigang waved his hand, and the fully armed team members filed out.

Since the enemy was not far ahead, everyone was quite serious. Even though C-level events were commonplace for them, even a slight negligence could lead to irreparable consequences.

This had happened before, so people didn't want to make the same mistake again.

"Boom!"

What reached their ears this time was not the sound of thunder, but the rumbling of a collapsing building.

The monster that had just stepped out of the temporal and spatial rift had punched a large hole in the nearby perimeter wall.