Chapter 209: Light that Breaks the Darkness

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As it leapt out from the horizon, every wall and rooftop facing east in the city was illuminated brightly while long, slender shadows appeared on the sides away from the light. The brightness was such that even the sky seemed to dim, and the real sun was drowned out by this radiance, turning into a dull gray sphere.

People instinctively turned their heads to avoid the intense illumination, noticing that one side of their bodies reflected a dazzling white light, and their exposed skin even felt a twinge of burning pain.

Such a close encounter with the "sun" was not without cost.

In the outskirts where the farmlands and thatched-roof huts were closer to the Huiqiu Mine, flammable objects like haystacks, shed roofs, and drying millet were directly ignited when swept over by the intense radiation, sending up plumes of black smoke.