"What did you say? Say it again?"

Chapter 71

Accompanied by the sound of nuisance currents, a nervous voice came from within the liaison, "Report sir, this ...... abyssal rift is expanding much faster than we imagined, many abyssal species have already left the rift, urgently requesting support!"

The voice of the contact cut off.

Wen Yao turned his head and looked at Mu Hang questioningly, "Sir, what do we do next?"

Mu Hang's expression was cold and solemn, and he frowned slightly.

No one could have predicted that the situation would be so dire before they left, and it took time for Administration to mobilize staff from other departments.

In addition, this time, the location of the abyssal rift was at the edge of the city's residential area, and those involved were all civilians, so evacuating and rescuing people was the most urgent matter at the moment.

"I'll lead the A-Team into the Abyssal Rift, destroying the Eye of the Abyss.

Wen Yao , you lead the rest of the team into the residential area, responsible for clearing the Abyssal species and evacuating the crowd." Mu Hang ordered succinctly.

Wen Yao looked to Shi An and asked, "What about you? Want to join me?"

Shi An thought for a moment, "Uh oh."

He did quite want to enter the depths of the Abyssal Rift and properly study the Eye of the Abyss,

But Mu Hang is just too much of a pain in the ass to be on the sidelines.

And the Abyssal species are a little more sensitive than the demons on the continent, which would be hard to explain in case they're all avoiding themselves.

Coupled with the abundance of abyssal magic contained within the rift, Shi An couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't be stimulated to develop some sort of dragonized traits.

It's better to seek stability.

It's pretty nice to burn abyssal seeds around the perimeter to restore your magic.

Mu Hang lowered his eyes, his eyes lingering on Shi An for a moment, his voice cold and deep, without much emotional fluctuation:

"Be safe."

After saying that, he led the A-team members to turn around and leave.

"......"

The other members of the Administration who were left behind stood still, looking at each other in hindsight with a blank expression on their faces.

Being safe?

Just now ...... Officer Mu is caring for people?

They didn't, did they?

Wen Yao doesn't seem to notice these details.

She quickly and professionally directed the lead team with great efficiency and quickly and skillfully assigned areas and tasks.

"Shi An, it's fine for you to follow me." Wen Yao rubbed the top of the other's hair, his voice subconsciously softening, "You can call out to me if there's anything."

Crew: "......"

Captain Wen, you don't seem to be quite right today either.

Wen Yao, who is calm and professional and never mixes too much personal feelings in his tasks, is suddenly so gentle today!

What is this faceless kid really about?

Although it was not yet nightfall, just close to dusk, the entire residential area in front of them had already been plunged into a dim darkness, with vague black particles floating in the air like iron pins, as if a black fog symbolizing ominousness, shrouding the large area in front of them.

The well-trained squad headed into the area.

It was at this point that a scream came from not far away.

The members of the Administration were startled and looked in the direction from which the voice came.

Only a little boy stood in the narrow passage between the buildings, he stood there dumbfounded, seemingly stunned by the vision not far away, his face was pale and frightened, he would only stand still and shiver.

Wen Yao reacted quickly, "Where's the gas mask? Hurry!"

Ability users could cover their entire body with magic to prevent the poisonous gas within the Abyssal Rift from invading, but for ordinary people, they would have to use special gas masks.

Several members of the team ran in the direction of the little boy, "Come here, little friend-"

Before their words had even fallen, a cluster of scorching fiery streams of light swept straight over their heads and smashed straight at the little boy with their eyes wide open.

"No--"

Only a rumbling explosion was heard, and the intense fire engulfed the young boy instantly.

"What are you doing?!" One of the team members turned around in shock and anger and grabbed the person who had randomly cast magic by the collar with a deadly grip, "You fucking-"

Before he could finish his words, the ground beneath his feet began to shake.

The advance party in front of them realized something was wrong and jerked back several steps.

Only to see the muddy ground they were just about to step on begin to slowly bulge, the dark soil flopping down to reveal huge, thick, pitch-black blades.

Immediately afterward, a huge, ugly flower burrowed out from below the ground, and between its dark, fat petals was a mouthpiece covered in razor-sharp teeth, from which sticky saliva dripped down, and between which hung loosely a fleshy, red tether ending in the very same burnt, disfigured little boy, which had been pretty much burned and melted away, revealing the blackish-red gelatinous mass underneath it.

The victim ...... who asked them for help just now was actually the tongue of this demonic creature!

"Hey, you're tugging me so hard it hurts."

That team member's expression remained frozen as he subconsciously looked at Shi An in front of him.

The teenager looked innocent, his eyelashes slightly drooping, looking extremely out of place with his surroundings as he raised his thin white fingers to poke the stiff palms of the team members, "Let go of me."

The player froze and let go of his hand.

After a brief moment of stupefaction, the other Administration members quickly reacted and attacked.

Under the crowd's siege, the demonic creature wailed and hissed as it collapsed, slamming heavily into the ground with a loud rumble.

Several of the advance party members returned and solemnly thanked Shi An.

Anyone with eyes could see that just now, if it wasn't for Shi An, they would have become flower fodder, I'm afraid.

Wen Yao turned to Shi An with a surprised look on his face:

"...... How did you find out?"

Shi An thought for a moment and said, "The scent isn't quite right."

Well, actually, this has nothing to do with breath.

Rather, it's because ...... this abyssal species has one thing in common.

That is, their tongues all look exactly the same.

After tens of thousands of years, Shi An had gotten tired of seeing this little boy's face.

"!!!"

All members stood in awe.

They single-handedly knew that Officer Mu was a strong person who was very sensitive to scent, and they didn't expect that today they would have the honor of seeing a second person with the same ability.

No wonder the officer and Captain Wen both looked at him differently!

Wen Yao sheathed his sword, looked around the quiet to abnormal residential area in front of him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said:

"Not quite."

It is reasonable to assume that the Administration's combatants would not normally be so careless.

However, this time, the abyssal fissure was only just discovered, and it was reasonable to say that the degree of spreading contamination wasn't too deep, and the strength of the abyssal species that escaped from it wouldn't be too strong.

In addition, they had just entered this area, and their main purpose was to save people, so they would never have thought that the first "victim" they encountered would be a bait disguised by a demon.

Large abyssal species have appeared in such peripheral areas ......

Wen Yao's brow furrowed as he gazed at the dead neighborhood in front of him.

"Level one alert status." She ordered.

"Yes!" The team members looked solemn and said in unison.

Other side.

Zhuo Fu frowned, gazing at the degree report submitted in front of him with a look of rare seriousness.

It's not right, it's just not right.

How could a freshly appeared abyssal fissure possibly show such a reading?

Only an abyssal rift that has been present for at least ten days would release such a powerful fluctuation of magical power, could it have been catalyzed? Or is it ......

He held out his hand toward his assistant, "Show me the perimeter index report for this area over a ten-day period."

*

Wen Yao's team continues to penetrate the contaminated area.

They cleaned up the Abyssal Species that had escaped from within the Abyss, freeing stranded commoners and abilities from it.

Shi An averts his breath, not allowing the Abyssal Species to sense his presence.

He didn't didn't show too much strength, but kept his head down and burned the demons.

Anything too low level is left to the Administration's people, and high level Abyssal Species demons are burned right through Shi An before they even get close enough to get close.

The more demons he burned to death, the more demonic power he drew from it.

Golden-red firelight rose up, reflecting in the depths of dark eyes.

Shi An narrowed her eyes slightly in satisfaction, a look of insatiable satisfaction sweeping across her eyes.

A little more and a little more.

I can keep eating!

As she was having too much fun, Shi An suddenly realized that she and Administration's team were scattered when she came back to her senses.

He blinked and felt the human scent for a moment.

...... It's not far to chase two steps to catch up.

Shi An put his heart down.

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and narrowed his eyes slightly, looking in a direction above his head.

Shi An takes a step backward without slowing down.

In the next second, the ceiling overhead collapsed suddenly, and huge pieces of debris fell to the ground, kicking up dust in the sky.

"Boom!"

Only huge claws covered in scales pressed down, stepping heavily on top of the rubble ruins.

A demonic creature several meters tall appeared in front of Shi An, its body was pitch-black, its pupils were thin and narrow, and it had two wings on its back, which made it look particularly hideous and terrifying.

The demonic creature opened its mouth and spat out human words, "How dare you look directly at the giant dragon's form, human, you deserve to die."

Shi An: "......"

He narrowed his eyes, a streak of reddish-golden luster sweeping across them.

Surprisingly to the demon, the human in front of him who seemed to be able to die with a single claw didn't seem to have much fear on his face, instead, he slowly took a step forward and asked unhurriedly:

"What did you say?"

There was little extra expression on the young man's face, almost curious as he looked at the demonic creature in front of him that was several times his own size, his lips lifting into a bit of a seemingly genuine smile as he repeated with a clear bite:

"Say that again?"

*

Inside the abyssal rift.

A dark, poisonous fog filled the air, and visibility dropped to a very low level.

The silver-haired man stood with his sword, dark blood slowly sliding down from the tip of the sword and smashing onto the ground with a ticking sound, and at his feet were the mangled and broken limbs of the Abyssal species of demons.

It was at this moment that one of the subordinates wearing a gas mask ran over.

Although Ability users could use magic to cover their bodies from the poisonous fog, the concentration of poisonous fog in the depths of the rift was so high that even ordinary Ability users needed to wear a mask just in case.

Mu Hang is the only person who can do this without the need for any other equipment in such an extreme environment.

The member of the Administration stood in front of Mu Hang, his voice coming out from under his mask:

"Report sir, no sign of the Eye of the Abyss!"

Mu Hang frowned slightly and said in a cold voice, "Keep searching."

He raised his eyes and glanced around the canyon covered in poisonous mist before him, a wisp of doubt passing through his gray-blue eyes.

How is that possible?

An abyssal rift would be devoid of the Eye of the Abyss?