Backlash: The Dark Web's Five Thunders Evil Method

Chapter 2: The Eerie Wallpaper The screenshot showed Old Liu's computer desktop. It was an extremely distorted talisman, its lines seemingly drawn with fresh blood, emitting a faint, demonic purple glow under the screen's cold light. Looking at the talisman, Zhang Yu's heart skipped a beat. The overall structure of the talisman bore a seventy percent resemblance to the orthodox "Supreme Five Thunders Righteous Method" from his grandfather's chest. However, the orthodox Five Thunders Talisman emphasized righteousness and communion with heavenly deities; whereas Old Liu's talisman exuded a suffocating malice and chill. Below the text was a dark web URL named "The Karma Exchange." Zhang Yu immediately called Old Liu, wanting to persuade him to delete this unknown image. The call connected, but only dead silence and heavy, ragged breaths came from the other end. Zhang Yu shouted, "Old Liu! Can you hear me? That thing is wrong, delete it quickly!" After a long pause, Old Liu finally chuckled in an extremely hoarse, inhuman voice: "Delete it? Why delete it? The manager just called and said Old Wang was seriously injured, and I'm taking over his position as deputy manager… This talisman is real! Zhang Yu, this talisman is real!" Before Zhang Yu could try to persuade him further, Old Liu hung up. Zhang Yu's spine chilled as he looked at the urgent personnel announcement posted by the manager in the group chat. Just then, he heard an extremely piercing cat's cry from outside the window, followed by the dull thud of a heavy object hitting the ground. To be continued in the next episode……