Inside a city restaurant in Qing Country.
Fang Wenyu looked at the text message displayed on his phone: 'All Flesh-and-Blood Beings, who are the culprits in the missing persons case you are pursuing, are gathering toward Haizhou HQ City!'
The sender was anonymous. He stared at his phone, his eyes flickering as he wondered what was going on.
Beside him, Qin Wan also took out her phone to look. A look of curiosity appeared on her face: "Who are these people? Why are they providing us with information about those Flesh-and-Blood Beings? And why do they dare to go to Nanwu Country? Aren't they afraid of being killed?"
"Who else could it be? The Monster Association. I've always suspected they were secretly orchestrating all of this," Fang Wenyu said as he put down his phone.
These past few days, he had mainly been pursuing an old man named Bach. Although the old man wasn't very strong, he managed to evade them multiple times.
"Should we go back then? What if they suddenly lose their minds and are just messing with us? That would allow those so-called Flesh-and-Blood Beings to continue eating people and developing for a while longer," Qin Wan voiced her doubts.
She felt this was highly possible; it might be a feint to lure the tiger out of the mountains.
"We should go back. If all the Flesh-and-Blood Beings gather there, it will be a disaster for HQ City. If we return, we can make preparations to deal with them in advance," Fang Wenyu said with a determined tone, ignoring other possibilities.
If he handled this well, the next Deputy Director would be him!
...At the same moment, all Level Five phone numbers that the Monster Association could track received this message.
One day later!
At the top floor of the Xuanjian Division Headquarters
Bai Wenliang leaned back in a chair made of huanghuali wood, slowly drinking tea beside a black coffee table. Across from him, Wu Yuan had his eyes tightly closed.
"I have a premonition this time that a major battle might break out in HQ City. Relying solely on those Level Five kids might not be enough," Bai Wenliang said nonchalantly, looking at the tea leaves in his blue-and-white porcelain cup.
Since the missing persons case first appeared, quite some time has passed. Facing the encirclement and pursuit of Awakened Ones worldwide, only the Bureau of Gods managed to capture one. Although it was subsequently snatched away by the Monster Association, this proves how troublesome this thing is.
Bai Wenliang looked up at Wu Yuan: "They have turned the world upside down, yet now they are all coming toward HQ City together. I don't think they are offering themselves up to us, especially after having fought against us."
Seeing that Wu Yuan didn't speak, Bai Wenliang continued: "This time, I plan to personally go and take charge. No matter what tricks they pull, I will suppress them with absolute power."
As soon as he said this, there was silence, a deathly silence.
Wu Yuan across from him kept his eyes closed like a dead man, ignoring everything around him.
This caused a vein to pop out on Bai Wenliang's forehead, and he couldn't help but flick his finger across the coffee table.
Bang! His finger created a sonic boom, and a small air sphere shot straight toward Wu Yuan's head.
Thud! Wu Yuan's head was violently knocked backward by the air sphere, and his body subsequently fell backward, taking the chair with him.
With that fall, Wu Yuan opened his eyes in confusion and looked around blankly: "Is it time to eat?"
He then met Bai Wenliang's resentful eyes and scratched his head sheepishly: "My apologies, I fell asleep again."
"Sigh!" Bai Wenliang said helplessly.
He looked at Wu Yuan: "I need to go to HQ City for a trip. For the time being, you should take charge of the Headquarters for me."
Beep beep! Just then, before Wu Yuan could speak, Bai Wenliang's phone rang.
He picked up: "What is it?"
"Director, the people from the Bureau of Gods are asking if we need reinforcements; they can dispatch Level Fives," the voice on the other end of the phone said respectfully.
Bai Wenliang frowned slightly: "The Xuanjian Division has not yet reached the point where we need to rely on outside help!"
"Old Bai, I think letting them in is fine. With you here, nothing unexpected will happen, and they can help alleviate some pressure," Wu Yuan looked up at Bai Wenliang and suggested.
Hearing this, Bai Wenliang's eyes flickered, but he didn't refute it. Instead, he looked at his phone and said, "Forget it, let them come in. Tell them that if they drag us down, our Xuanjian Division won't save them!"
"Understood!" came the voice from the phone.
The time was September 19th, inside Test Site Number One in Liyang Country.
The Monster Cadres, consisting of Wei Gaocheng, Han Qi, Li Yong, and Lei Xiangchen, stood here waiting for Jiang Yan's arrival.
Thump, thump, thump! A series of footsteps came from the distance. The four turned their heads and saw Jiang Yan walking over, dressed in black clothes and black pants. Behind him followed An Conghao and Heijin.
"President!"
"President!"
The four looked at Jiang Yan and said respectfully. Jiang Yan nodded at them: "Are you ready!"
"President, everything is ready. All Monsters above Level Three have arrived in Haizhou!" Lei Xiangchen stepped out and said respectfully.
Wei Gaocheng's mouth curved up in a sinister smile: "This time, we will let the Awakened Ones worldwide know who the real boss of the world is!"
"Then let's set off," Jiang Yan said with an indifferent expression.
Besides harvesting the fruit of the flesh, this time is also intended to crush the Xuanjian Division.
He had accumulated power for too long; it was time to make a move!
September 20th, morning, Haizhou HQ City.
As a third-tier city, HQ City only has a population of about a million.
Liu Zhiyuan walked stiffly down the street, wearing a white shirt and gray trousers.
Beep beep!
"Hello, wife, I just got off work. You and the baby go ahead first!"
"Darling, the faucet at home is broken. Can you come over and fix it for me tonight?"
"What? My mom is pregnant?"
Pedestrians hurried past, and the chaotic sounds and the aroma of meat constantly entered Liu Zhiyuan's ears and nose.
Besides the passersby, he looked toward a corner of the street.
A youth wearing sunglasses and a gray trench coat leaned against a roadside shop. Although he wasn't very conspicuous among the surrounding pedestrians.
But Liu Zhiyuan noticed him immediately. In addition, at a bubble tea shop in the corner, there were a few tables set outside, and a woman in pink clothes was drinking bubble tea while looking around.
He then looked up at the rooftops. On the top floors on both sides of the street, two more youths stood at the edge, looking down.
'Four Awakened Ones on a single street? It seems that not only people like me have come here, but also a large number of Awakened Ones.'
Not only that, but he also sensed the aura of his own kind, and quite a few of them.
There was no expression on Liu Zhiyuan's stiff face. No one could stop him from executing justice and eliminating evil.
Several streets away, inside a coffee shop, Jiang Ao leaned back in his chair, quietly waiting for the target to appear.
"Old Jiang, this time the enemy is delivering achievements right to us. If we kill a few more Flesh-and-Blood Beings, you'll likely become the Deputy Director," Deng Mengcheng said, walking over with two cups of bubble tea and sitting across from him.
Jiang Ao was wearing a white suit at the moment, but his expression was not relaxed: "A few mere Flesh-and-Blood Beings are nothing to worry about. What I worry about is the Monster Association that might appear behind them."
When Deng Mengcheng heard this, he looked indifferent: "Hmph, this time Director Bai is personally taking charge. No matter how many Monsters the Monster Association brings, they'll just be offering up kills. Since the last Dragon God was killed by the Director, they haven't had any Level Six entities appear. They pose no threat to us at all!"
Hearing this, Jiang Ao looked outside: "I hope we don't lose to them again like last time."
This time, all the Team Leaders of the Xuanjian Division are present, including two Fifth-Level Awakened Ones filling the positions of Long Zhengqing and Zhao Zhenyi.
Plus the three Fifth-Level Awakened Ones led by the Ming Wang of the Bureau of Gods, there are a total of seventeen Level Fives and one Level Six.
Furthermore, nearly a thousand Awakened Ones under the command of the two factions have gathered.
This lineup can be described as unprecedentedly powerful on the Blue Star.
At this moment, thousands of meters above the highest building in HQ City.
A cloud cluster several tens of meters wide drifted over. The King of the Deep Sea stood on top of it, holding the corpse of The youth with a buzz cut in one hand.
Looking at the building below, its body moved, and it jumped straight down.
"The great show will be opened by me, the King of the Deep Sea!" Strong winds whistled around, and the King of the Deep Sea grinned ferociously.
Below, on the rooftop of the building, a middle-aged man was standing at the edge.
He held binoculars in his hand, looking around occasionally.
"Why aren't they showing up yet? The sun is getting hotter," the middle-aged man said, putting down his binoculars.
His ability was to see further and clearer, so he was assigned to this location.
Swoosh!
Just then, a fierce howling sound came from the sky.
The middle-aged man looked up, only to see a massive blue-black figure falling from the sky toward his location.
"Monster!" The middle-aged man's expression changed, and he turned and rushed toward the stairs.
Bang! The next moment, the four-meter body of the King of the Deep Sea smashed heavily onto the rooftop.
Crack! The rooftop exploded. Just as it was about to fall through, its large hand fiercely grabbed the shattered edge, and with a burst of strength, it launched its body up several meters.
Bang! It traced an arc in the air and landed in front of the middle-aged man, holding a corpse in its hand.
"Ant, where do you think you're going!" The King of the Deep Sea's hideous fish face lowered itself in front of the middle-aged man.
A foul, fishy smell assaulted the middle-aged man's nose and mouth. Sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face was deathly pale: "The Monster Association's King of the Deep Sea, why are you here!!!"
By the end, his voice was almost a roar, meant to alleviate his fear and despair.
This was a terrifying Monster capable of defeating Team Leader Qin and Team Leader Fang in a head-on fight.