Chapter 4

The eternal night descended.

Streetlights lit up one by one.

The city remained brightly lit.

The scenes on the surveillance screens looked no different from a regular night.

Many people didn't even notice anything unusual.

I kept checking my watch.

Time passed, minute by minute, second by second.

Ten minutes.

Half an hour.

An hour.

People started posting questions online, wondering what was going on.

[Is it me, or did it get dark super early today?]

[Yeah, it was totally dark by six.]

[Didn't those astronomy guys say something about a cosmic dust cloud? Maybe that's why.]

People kept telling…