Countdown to Crisis [Part One]

[An Eight-Series Crossover Novel: Fifth Cycle, Part One | Modern Day | No Protagonist | Ensemble Cast | Chaos | Countdown]

"Beep, beep, beep..."

The heart monitor blared incessantly.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Dark clouds loomed over the city, and not a soul could be seen anywhere.

Yet the empty streets echoed with countless footsteps.

Those long dead suddenly came back to life.

Something buried in a coffin for a thousand years broke through the earth and returned.

The world's order quietly fell out of balance,

and the magnetic fields of heaven and earth became abnormally chaotic.

Under the surface, currents swirled; fear was everywhere.

Somehow, a great battle that no one could escape was about to descend.

[Author's Note]

The first cycle of the eight-series crossover: The first two volumes of Sleepless Night form the main storyline. A Date on the Fifteenth and the works that follow are side stories. A new main storyline will begin later, separate from all the side-story plots. The characters will reunite, and the new work will have its own independent title.

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