Haunted by the Toxic Curtain Chapter 6

While Liam Xia was confronting his boss at the Public Security Bureau, Ethan Ye and Jasper Luo were sitting at the dining table, watching the news channel's follow-up reports on the emergency, just like most people in the country.

On the TV screen, the news anchor, who always maintained a professional expression no matter what happened, was talking to a reporter following up on the front line. Due to the fog, the media could not conduct video tracking interviews and could only connect via voice.

The reporter on the other end of the line was talking about the progress of the rescue. His voice was slightly breathless, as if he had followed the emergency rescue team to many places, but his tone was always calm: "...By spraying chemicals from high altitudes, the government has controlled the development of the situation to a certain extent. To deal with this poisonous fog, the government used the latest chemicals developed by a special team, which took effect faster than the previous times. In less than three hours, the poisonous fog was almost dissipated. I am now on the first floor of a shopping mall in K District, the center of H City, which serves as a temporary first aid station. Since K District is a busy area, there are relatively many injured people. The government has organized dozens of rescue teams from nearby hospitals to provide emergency treatment to the injured. I will further track the treatment results..."

Jasper Luo was eating while watching TV. When he heard the reporter say this, he swallowed his rice and said, "Wow, this time the efficiency is very high! How come that special team suddenly worked? I remember the last time this kind of fog appeared was last year? It took more than a day to clear the fog. At that time, I even suspected that the fog had dissipated by itself." He squinted and looked out the kitchen window. "It's raining hard, but there is really no fog."

"Well, I hope no one dies this time." Ethan Ye frowned and picked up a chopstick of asparagus, his expression slightly showing disgust. He was particular about chewing slowly when eating, not talking while eating, not making noises when the bowl and spoon touched each other, in short, there were so many rules, but they only applied to himself. Jasper Luo always complained that he was happy to torture himself. It was rare for him to answer while eating this time, so Jasper Luo immediately took advantage of it: "I say, you are so picky about the dishes you cook, what about other things? I have known you for so long, and the only thing you have never been picky about is Holden Nie's cooking."

Ethan Ye paused and just glanced at Jasper Luo, then he shrank back and ate his meal obediently without saying a word.

In fact, when Jasper Luo first met Ethan Ye, he was a typical nobleman who had never done any womanizing.

At that time, he only lived in the dormitory for about a year before moving out. He and Holden Nie rented an apartment in a residential area outside the school, and Holden Nie was responsible for all three meals a day. Occasionally, when he was in the mood to think about something to eat, he would drive Holden Nie out of the kitchen, and stay in the kitchen alone with a smile on his face, cooking for an entire afternoon, but the finished product on the table was really not good enough, and it could be called the second dark cuisine, and no one dared to claim the first place.

Jasper Luo had experienced this once when he went to have a free meal. He sat at the table and looked at the dishes for a long time without daring to pick up his chopsticks. At that time, he wondered how someone like Ethan Ye, who looked so gentle and refreshing, could make such a crazy dish. Of course, he was even more puzzled as to how weird Holden Nie's taste must be to be able to eat so voraciously that he was said to have an extra bowl of rice than usual.

Later, after Holden Nie left, Ethan Ye started to cook for himself. It took him only two or three tries before he could make dishes that looked decent. At least, judging from the appearance, they were getting closer and closer to textbook standards. Jasper Luo then realized that he had been spoiled by Holden Nie.

The rain outside gradually stopped, with only a few drops of water occasionally falling from the rooftop eaves, hitting the flower stand with a crisp sound. Jasper Luo looked towards the kitchen again. The window was no longer foggy. The reporter on TV was speaking in a calm voice, with a hint of relief. He was still reporting the progress of the rescue in real time. Everything seemed to be going well.

Ethan Ye swallowed the last bite of rice and was about to reach out for a facial tissue when he suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Jasper Luo asked with some confusion when he saw his expression suddenly became extremely serious.

Ethan Ye made a "tsk" sound, "Something's wrong." He stood up from the dining table and strode across the living room toward the balcony.

"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Jasper Luo immediately dropped his bowl and chopsticks and followed over.

Ethan Ye's intuition was always abnormally accurate. Jasper Luo had admired him for so many years that he wanted to kneel down and call him "Master Ye". Of course, he only dared to call him that in his mind, because he would get beaten if he really called him that out loud.

Ethan Ye opened the balcony door with a "swish" sound, walked to the window, looked down, and then looked up at the sky. Jasper Luo was confused and followed him to look up and down.

He didn't notice the problem at first, but a few seconds later, when he looked up again, he broke out in a cold sweat -

The night sky, which had originally returned to clarity, was filled with a milky white fog that was a hundred times thicker than before in the blink of an eye. It came down with lightning speed, as fast as a wave at high tide, rolling in.

Jasper Luo subconsciously looked downstairs and took a step back in horror. Thick fog rose from the ground and instantly covered the windowsill on the tenth floor.

Attacked from both sides, there was only a vast expanse of white before my eyes, drowning everything and leaving nothing else.

The reporter who was speaking on TV suddenly screamed: "Oh no, the fog is coming again, and this time--" Before he finished speaking, his words turned into a rustling noise, and after a few seconds they stopped abruptly, without any sound.

The female anchor obviously didn't expect the sudden change. Her usually calm face also showed a hint of surprise, and then quickly returned to normal, saying to the camera, "The signal from the front line seems to be interfered with and interrupted. Well, we continue to invite special commentator, meteorological environment expert Professor Chen to talk about this poisonous fog. When the signal is restored, we will reconnect with the frontline reporters to follow the rescue progress."

"Fcuk, this is not fog at all, I have lived for almost 30 years and I didn't know fog formed like this!" Jasper Luo stared at the thick white outside the window in amazement, then suddenly frowned and grinned, "Why do I feel that this fog looks so disgusting..."

Ethan Ye stared at it for a while, then said hesitantly: "I think this thing is alive."

"What?!" Jasper Luo was shocked. "Don't scare me! What do you mean alive?! What the hell is this?"

"I don't know." Ethan Ye shook his head, then stretched out his index finger and scratched the edge of the glass window, rubbed it with his thumb, frowned, and dragged Jasper Luo away from the balcony, "Stay away from the window!"

"What's wrong?!" Jasper Luo thought to himself, since he is so jumpy, please stop keeping me in suspense and just explain it clearly!

Ethan Ye opened his mouth to answer when he heard the female anchor on TV interrupt the expert: "Excuse me, Professor Chen. I'm going to interrupt you with an emergency government notice. The fog this time is more dangerous than before and has a certain degree of corrosiveness. Please stay away from doors and windows and stay in living rooms, dining rooms and other places as much as possible. But please rest assured that the government is actively preparing a more active and powerful response strategy to dispel the toxic fog in the shortest possible time."