Tao Qingqing's fear was not caused by the beam of light itself—even though it could certainly harm her, with caution, it wouldn't be a big deal.
What terrified her was that she couldn't comprehend the meaning behind that attack at all. If a magnifying glass could emit a laser, what was the point of firearms? She didn't understand where that attack came from or why it had happened, as if it was some absurd farce unfolding before her.
If looking at the sun through a magnifying glass could lead to death, then maybe just taking one step forward would cause the ground to open into an abyss that would swallow her whole.
There was no doubt that the little boy who had been hit by the laser must have died, but from his behavior, he didn't seem like a dead person at all, and the reactions of others were also eerily disturbing.
She swallowed hard and, shocked, said to Wen Wen, "Did you see that? There's something wrong with this town, something very wrong!"
