Disaster Forecast: The Nation Comes Knocking

[Urban Fantasy] [Disaster Predictions] [Livestreaming] [Official Involvement] [Ensemble Rescue] [Lighthearted Daily Life]

Zhou Shitong was just a special-effects artist whose client had stiffed him on the final payment, leaving him barely able to cover the rent.

One day, he showed a video of a subway disaster at an abandoned station on his livestream. The footage had already been paused, but suddenly it started moving on its own.

The next second, two lines of text appeared before his eyes, visible only to him.

[Time until disaster: 117 minutes.]

[Projected death toll: 146.]

He said the subway would flood, but everyone online thought he was putting on an act.

The platform suspended his account, netizens mocked him for chasing clout, and even an on-site inspection showed everything was normal.

Yet from the prediction, Zhou Shitong had spotted a new piece of equipment that had not been announced, an advertisement that had not yet been put up on the wall, and the real source of the water, already drawing closer.

117 minutes later, the flood came right on schedule.

Everyone who had been waiting to laugh at him fell silent.

From that day on, the disasters Zhou Shitong saw grew more and more dangerous.

A girl who did not appear on any surveillance camera.

A stampede at a shopping mall that could be triggered by the words "There's a bomb."

And himself, three days in the future, standing covered in blood before more than twenty million people, revealing his location and asking everyone to kill him before midnight.

But Zhou Shitong soon realized that being able to see the future did not mean knowing the answers.

Sometimes, an early warning could save lives.

Sometimes, the moment he spoke, he would set off the disaster with his own hands.

While the entire internet was still arguing over whether he was a fraud or a prophet, people from the government had already knocked on his door.

"Zhou Shitong, from now on, we'll investigate every disaster you see together."

"But before the countdown reaches zero, we have to bring everyone back."