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The peaceful month began without much fanfare.
After the Nuclear Fallout Calamity ended and the secret realm returned to its original state, everybody expected the World System to announce what was coming next.
It didn't.
At first, nobody thought much of it.
They assumed the announcement would come later.
Perhaps the system was simply giving them a little more time to rest after the previous calamity. That wasn't unreasonable, considering how brutal the Nuclear Fallout had been. The participants had spent an entire month dealing with radiation and the lingering effects of the Extreme Pollution Calamity, so giving everyone a few extra days to recover before announcing the next crisis made sense.
One day passed.
Nothing.
Then another.
Still nothing.
By the end of the first week, people started becoming curious.
By the second week, they became confused.
By the third week, most of them finally accepted that something unusual was happening.
There was no next calamity.
