「The next day.」
Seraphina Sullivan awoke from her sleep and habitually glanced out the window.
To her surprise, she discovered that the oppressive torrential rain, which had lasted for over a month, had actually stopped!
Although the gray sky hadn’t completely cleared, the thick cloud cover was noticeably thinner. A few faint rays of sunlight even managed to stubbornly break through, illuminating the drenched world.
’The rain stopped? The sky is clearing up!’ Seraphina Sullivan’s spirits instantly lifted.
After all, having just returned from the apocalyptic instance where she had at least seen some sunlight, her craving for a clear sky wasn’t as extreme.
But for the ordinary people who had been struggling in the real world for over a month without ever experiencing an instance, this brief pause in the rain and glimmer of light was undoubtedly a massive ray of hope in their despair.
Seraphina Sullivan heard many people in her residential complex shouting excitedly from their homes.
Although the floodwaters left behind by a month of torrential rain had not yet receded, the clear sky meant that some problems could now be solved.
’What’s going on? Has the downpour finally passed?’ Seraphina Sullivan was puzzled, but she soon understood the truth from news alerts and group chat messages on her phone.
It wasn’t a natural phenomenon. The nation had taken action!
News footage showed that the government had deployed large transport planes carrying the first publicly revealed Player—the "Child of Weather"—to patrol over the nation’s major disaster-stricken cities.
The seemingly delicate girl concentrated on the plane, unleashing her powerful weather-controlling Ability to forcibly carve out temporary clearings in the endless rain clouds!
Seraphina Sullivan watched the miraculous scene of clouds parting to reveal the sun on her screen, her mouth agape in astonishment.
’No way... This Ability... it seems a bit too insane!’ Seraphina Sullivan couldn’t help but be flabbergasted.
Thinking about it carefully, controlling the weather, changing large-scale meteorological conditions... this was basically a mobile, Catastrophe Level Power!
If this young girl’s Ability were strong enough, she could casually create a devastating super-typhoon covering several provinces or even a regional, continuous blizzard whenever she was in a bad mood... The consequences would be unimaginable!
’Thankfully... thankfully, this girl is under the strict protection of the state.’ Seraphina Sullivan felt a wave of lingering fear, but also a sense of relief.
’If an Ability like this fell into the hands of a criminal, a lunatic, or some treacherous person with ulterior motives, the entire world would probably plunge into even greater chaos and disaster.’
The government revealing her existence and using her for disaster relief was undoubtedly the most stable and effective way to utilize her power for good.
But deep down, Seraphina Sullivan still harbored an indescribable worry about such terrifying Power, concentrated in a single individual and capable of upsetting the world’s balance.
Outside the window, the long-absent sunlight spilled in. Though faint, it was enough to send the long-repressed populace into a brief, frenzied celebration.
Many residents threw open their windows and shouted at the sky. Some even braved the standing water to run to their rooftops, just to feel the hard-won clear weather.
Seraphina Sullivan also basked in the warmth. She quickly moved her spare solar panels to the sunniest spot by the window, absorbing and storing as much electricity as possible to prepare for any potential return of severe weather.

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