Beep, beep, beep...
The voices on the other end of the phone rang out one after another, and a few seconds later, a woman's concerned voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Muye? Is that you, Muye?"
Rumble—!!
Lightning bolts cleaved through the chaotic clouds, and a fierce wind swept across the land. On the top of the tallest building in Cangnan City, a man in a cloak sat silently, gazing at a corner of light outside the city in the distance.
After a long pause, he slowly spoke:
"How have you been lately?"
"...It's alright." The woman fell silent for a moment, then her voice trembled slightly, "After all these years, you've finally deigned to call me."
Chen Muye remained silent.
"Do you know? For the past few years, I haven't dared to reject any unknown calls. I've been thinking... what if it's you calling and I miss it? What if you want to come back... what should I do?" The woman's voice became increasingly choked with emotion.
"I said it on the day of the divorce... I can't go back." Chen Muye said slowly.
"Why?! Why not?!" the woman screamed hysterically. "You're a narcotics officer! Your job is dangerous! I know! I'm not afraid to die!! I'm willing to take that risk and be with you!"
"But why... after we had a child, did you have to leave me?"
"What exactly happened to you?!"
The woman sobbed uncontrollably, "Do you know? Xiaoyang is starting first grade this year... When he introduces himself to his class, he always says his father is a narcotics police officer, and he's very popular at school, but he's not happy..."
"He's waiting for you to come back too."
Chen Muye gripped his phone tighter and tighter, looking down at his body, a bitter look appearing in his hazy eyes.
"Sorry..."
Boom—!!
In the distance, on the edge of the city, the muffled sound of an explosion echoed.
Chen Muye took a deep breath and slowly spoke into the phone: "It will take a few days, or at most a month, for a sum of money to be deposited into your account. That money should be enough for you and your daughter to live comfortably for the rest of your lives..."
"Muye... Muye? What's wrong?" The woman tensed up upon hearing this. "I don't want your money! I just want you back..."
"Sorry."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Muye hung up the phone. He slowly stood up from the edge of the building, looked down at the city below, and murmured to himself:
"Miracles, after all, will eventually come to an end..."
...
Boom—!!
The buzzing of cannon fire mingled with the rumble of thunder, echoing through the sky. Beneath the dim sky, countless enormous blue giants approached from afar, and white frost spread across the land.
The leading blue giants were hit by the cannon fire and staggered back two steps. When the smoke cleared, their broken bodies were repaired again. They reached out and grasped in the air, and a series of frost giant axes condensed in their hands.
Whoosh—!
They hurled their giant axes with all their might, cleaving the air with a whoosh and cutting several vehicles loaded with cannons into pieces before they exploded with a deafening roar.
An armed helicopter sped across the sky.
"It's the Frost Giant. It seems Loki has entered the Cangnan City area." On the helicopter, an officer slowly lowered his binoculars and spoke to the others on the channel through his headset.
"How many are there?"
The officer squinted, roughly counted them, and frowned deeply. "Just now, there are over two hundred of them, each one a 'Chuan' realm creature, and they're still coming out in droves."
The others in the channel gasped."
"This number... Is Loki planning to destroy the entire city?"
"With our limited firepower, there's no way we can stop them. If they get into the city, it will be a devastating disaster!"
"Where's the [Phoenix] Squad? Didn't the higher-ups order them to come and support Cangnan?!"
"That's the problem." The person on the channel took a deep breath. "Three hours ago, the plane carrying Team [Phoenix]... lost contact."
"Missing contact?" The officer's expression changed instantly. "That's a special team! How could they just disappear without a trace?! Even a god would leave a trace!"
"Therefore, we are investigating our internal personnel. It is highly likely that someone spread false information and deliberately kept the [Phoenix] team away from the Cangnan battlefield."
"I have no interest in how you conduct your investigation!" the officer roared. "I just want to know, without a special team, how are we going to stop these frost giants?"
On the ground, the enormous frost giants were approaching the city at an alarming speed, surrounded by white ice and snow, like a blizzard capable of destroying the entire Cangnan!
Under such terrifying power, firearms were completely ineffective. Bullets and cannons were frozen by ice and snow before they could even reach the Frost Giant, rendering them 90% useless.
Just as the military's defenses were about to be breached, an unseen carriage sped towards them from afar.
The humming sound of the Frost Giant's stomping on the earth abruptly ceased, and melodious birdsong began to echo in the air. On the asphalt road, soil surged up from the ground, and a touch of green began to spread, instantly covering the entire battlefield with lush grass.
Wherever the carriage went, the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers; in just an instant, it was as if the place had been completely transformed into another world…
"The Master has arrived." The officer in the helicopter soaring through the air saw this and his eyes lit up with joy.
The frost giant realized the change in its surroundings, but its movements did not stop in the slightest. Its ferocious body, accompanied by a blizzard, charged toward the carriage at top speed!
The giant's roar echoed through the sky!
The pageboy driving the carriage glanced at them disdainfully, then slowly brought the carriage to a stop. The next moment, a loud voice came from the carriage behind him.
"You insignificant foreign wretch, what a petty scoundrel."
Whoosh—!
A teacup shot out from inside the carriage, drifting gently into the raging blizzard. The tea inside swayed slightly, transforming into a thin, invisible water vapor blade, three hundred meters long, which slashed horizontally!
In an instant, all the frost giants within a thousand meters of the cup paused, a line of blood appeared on their necks, their heads separated from their bodies, and their massive bodies lost their balance and fell heavily to the ground.
Looking down from the air, nearly half of the Frost Giants were decapitated, and the spurting blood directly stained the lush green grass.
The officer on the helicopter, witnessing this scene, was utterly shocked and couldn't help but sigh softly:
"With a single cup of tea, the Master defeated hundreds of giants, staining a thousand miles with blood... Is this the pinnacle of human power?"