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Disappearing Under the Scorching Sun

“Why is it so hot today…”

3:00 PM. The sun had reached its strongest point of the day. She walked along a street with no shade. The air began to blur. The sounds around her slowly drifted away. The words on her phone screen started to shake. She stopped. Her body felt strangely light. “Something’s wrong…” “Why is it so hot today…” She reached for her phone, trying to contact her frie

3:00 PM.

The sun had reached its strongest point of the day.

She walked along a street with no shade.

The air began to blur.

The sounds around her slowly drifted away.

The words on her phone screen started to shake.

She stopped.

Her body felt strangely light.

“Something’s wrong…”

“Why is it so hot today…”

She reached for her phone, trying to contact her friends.

But the moment her fingertip touched the screen, a strange scene suddenly appeared before her eyes for a brief instant.

Above her.

Countless stars seemed to be spinning in the sky.

Those points of light formed a path beyond her understanding.

As if somewhere in the universe, it had been waiting for her to come closer.

She thought it was only a hallucination caused by the intense heat.

The next moment.

The world fell into darkness.

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