"So, do you have any other information about the [Lost Realm]?"

Wu Liang took a deep breath and asked the old man.

He also patted Director Long on the shoulder to reassure him, indicating that he was there to back him up.

Unfortunately, the old man just shook his head and said, "No, at that time, Chenxi had planned to go abroad and coincidentally detected the existence of the [Lost Realm] at sea."

"Due to the urgency of time, the [Lost Realm] was about to land on the coastline, leaving no time for evacuation nor for sending support to the sea."

"So, right after Chenxi reported the location to headquarters, he went down to intercept on his own."

"When the Awakened who came for support arrived at the reported location, they found that the sea blockade had become so strong that no one could enter, leaving us completely unaware of the situation inside."

"Finally, after setting up a precautionary line around the blockade range and monitoring for 48 hours, we discovered that the [Lost Realm] began to collapse from within and was expelled."

"After another week of salvage, we obtained the curse information left by Chenxi, along with that last crying sound."

After speaking, the old man couldn't help but bow his head and sigh heavily.

White-haired people sending off black-haired ones, no pain can compare to this.

The old man was also full of confidence in his future, believing Ji Chenxi would soon become an official leader more outstanding than himself.

Unfortunately, accidents always come so suddenly.

Thud thud—

Just after the old man finished speaking, there was a knock on the door again.

Then a staff member with a solemn expression walked in and handed over a report without a word.

Upon seeing the content of the report, the old man immediately looked at Wu Liang and said, "Comrade Shadow, you should be aware from what was said earlier that Xudong can't participate in this action, so I'll leave the rest to you."

"This is the current latest statistics on the urban range where the crying sound appeared, initially judged to have reached the position of Chang'an."

"Comrade He Zhan from Chengyang City is also on his way to Chang'an, you can contact him yourself."

Glancing carefully at the statistical data in the old man's hands, Wu Liang noticed the names of several cities on it and also realized the wide spread and swift pace of the incident's impact.

It was apparent that the [Pioneer] was indeed furious this time, using even tactics that could affect his own unhealed injuries to preserve the vital forces of the [Promised Land].

Under normal circumstances, this is probably the method [Pioneer] planned to heavily damage the officials during the second great disaster.

The current form already cannot tolerate delay.

Every minute of procrastination increases the number of affected personnel.

Wu Liang directly opened the office window and jumped down, leaving just one sentence: "You owe me information about the [Eternal Forest] once I return!"

Since the officials have had an expelling experience before, he must learn and analyze in advance to avoid being caught off guard in subsequent encounters.

Moreover, if possible, he can try to tame a country-destroying level Fierce Ghost!

This is Wu Liang's ultimate goal!

At the window watching the teenager's silhouette descend and jump into a taxi, Director Long said with a complex expression, "Old man, why didn't you tell me about these things before."

He had only known previously that his father was an Awakened who died protecting people.

Director Long had always used this as an example to firmly establish his intent to inherit his father's will to defend the country and its people.

But the old man never told him that his current codename is also his father's former position.

"Things have passed and can't be changed, if you knew the truth back then, with your stubborn personality, you'd waste a lot of time exploring the path of the [Lost Realm]."

"The officials have already lost an excellent successor, they can't afford to lose you too."

"Xudong, the future of the officials rests upon you."

Even now, the old man couldn't say that he'd already lost his son and couldn't lose his grandson with such words.

If Director Long hadn't been so excellent, perhaps the old man would have told him the truth and let him explore and investigate.

It's a pity that Director Long has the potential to become a successor, though he's still a bit immature.

The old man's vision and choices always stem from a national perspective, not personal emotions.

He dedicated his entire life and his cherished everything to the country and its people.

"When Wu Liang returns, you must give him what he wants, his mission this time is for our family." Director Long said after taking a deep breath.

If not for the curse, he would've dealt with this incident himself without having Wu Liang return from confronting the [Promised Land].

Although Wu Liang had no objections about this, seeing it as merely a variable bound to occur in the game with the [Pioneer].

Director Long, however, felt a bit guilty towards Wu Liang.

After all, he had designed the cleanup plan for so long, nearly capitalizing on a gap to strike the [Promised Land] to the point where it could no longer revive, only to be hindered by such matters.

"Yes, it's our family that owes him."

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After leaving the Beijing Headquarters, Wu Liang took a taxi driven by a ghost in almost no time to Chang'an Airport.

Judging by the timing concerning the influence of the weird crying sound, they were likely close to the outskirts of Chang'an City.

He needed to rendezvous with He Zhan now and head over together, even though Wu Liang wasn't sure why the old man sent He Zhan to handle such a city-destroying level issue.

But upon arriving at the airport, just in time to see He Zhan getting off an official mission plane.

Wu Liang immediately understood what the old man meant.

"You already have city-destroying level Awakened Ability intensity? How did you achieve this?" Wu Liang asked in bewilderment.

He felt a slight sense of oppression from this old acquaintance he hadn't seen for a long time!

He Zhan's current emanation was merely at the city-destroying level, yet due to the unique suppressive power of his Awakened Ability, he was certainly a formidable weapon against Supernatural infection-causing Fierce Ghosts!

The crux of the problem lies here—

He is in a special situation to rapidly strengthen, Director Long keeps up with his pace due to being both a Symbiont and Awakened.

So, why could He Zhan, as an Awakened, elevate to city-destroying level in such a short time!?

"Wait a minute... why does this guy have a faint [Ghost Compendium] aura on him?"

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