The moment the alarm blared, all the high-level officials in the meeting room were stunned for a moment. “A Yellow Alert? Did you order this?”
They all turned to the Vice President of the Martial Arts Association who had just entered.
However, the Vice President was also a bit dazed at this moment. “I didn’t order it. When I came, the small-scale Gray Mist tides that appeared in the vicinity had already been cleared by the Hunt Teams and the army.”
“Reasonably speaking, it shouldn’t have threatened the city to this extent…”
For a Base City to trigger a Yellow Alert, it meant a massive number of Gray Mist tides had already bypassed the Life Monitoring Instruments set up on the safety line, triggering the automatic alarm.
“Dammit, why are we still having this meeting!”
Section Chief Xiong didn’t say another word. He charged straight out, rushing toward the combat command headquarters.
The sudden onset of the Gray Mist tide further verified what the Minister of the Research Department had said.
A City-Destroying Level disaster was truly about to strike!
Ultimately, this emergency meeting ended in a disorganized and hasty manner.
After the various high-level officials in the meeting room rushed back to their posts, only Mayor Chen Xun and his two secretaries remained.
Meanwhile, the evacuation plan was being carried out with intense urgency.
“A City-Destroying Level disaster… No, those geniuses must be protected. A-liang, take this list and find everyone on it for me.”
As he spoke, Chen Xun paused and added once more, “It would be best to find their families as well!”
“A-xin, go and activate Tianqiong. I need to report the news to headquarters!”
“Right, and that Witch… If we could call her over…”
Thinking of the existence of a certain Mysterious Witch, Mayor Chen quickly rushed out and stopped the Research Department Minister, who was about to leave.
Others might not know, but as the Mayor, Chen Xun was aware of some rumors.
He understood that this mysterious Research Department within the Base City had deep, intricate connections with that suddenly appearing Mysterious Witch.
……
Returning to Su Aoxue’s side, she was also quite dazed by the sudden Yellow Alert.
“A Yellow Alert, Local Disaster Level?” Then, as if realizing something, Su Aoxue blurted out, “Is the City-Exterminating Disaster ahead of schedule?”
The appearance of this Yellow Alert was far too sudden.
According to what Shen Yan said, the Gray Mist tide shouldn’t have appeared at this time!
Ling Feng frowned as she looked at the yellow light glowing in the sky. “With this setup, the City-Exterminating Disaster will almost certainly break out ahead of schedule.”
“But you don’t have to worry too much about one thing. We can still manage to protect you and your family.”
“We?”
Su Aoxue was stunned upon hearing this.
In response, Ling Feng smiled slightly. While looking at Su Aoxue, she also looked toward her family.
“I have the authority to temporarily mobilize our local sub-organization in this Base City. Combined with my protection…”
“Surviving this City-Exterminating Disaster will be no problem at all.”
Su Aoxue nodded slightly, but then she asked, “In that case… can I bring a few extra people?”
“Of course. Is it that little fellow named Shen Yan?” Ling Feng guessed, stroking her smooth chin.
“Yes.”
While responding, the phone in Su Aoxue’s pocket suddenly rang.
Seeing that it was a call from Shen Yan, Su Aoxue couldn’t help but walk to a corner.
Ling Feng watched Su Aoxue’s departing figure, revealing a mysterious smile.
She murmured softly, ‘They have such a good relationship… Ah, I love the trope of liking the opposite sex after a gender swap the most. I’m rooting for you!’
……
“Hello, Old Shen, what’s wrong? Has there been a new development?”
Su Aoxue inquired cautiously.
The sudden alarm, combined with the knowledge that a City-Destroying Gray Mist Tide was likely to occur, made Su Aoxue’s emotions tense up.
Despite Ling Feng’s assurance, how could a crisis capable of destroying a city not make someone nervous?
“The situation is indeed a bit off. Bring your mother, little sister, and the rest of them. Come to North City immediately so we can meet up.”
“Oh, okay. We’ll be there right away.”
Without wasting words, Su Aoxue looked at the address Shen Yan sent through the phone. She walked up to her family and said, “We’re going to North City now.”
However, before Su Aoxue could get into the car, she received another phone call.
“You guys get in the car first; I’m going to take another call.”
She stared at the unfamiliar phone number displayed on her screen for a long while before remembering whose it was.
She walked back to the corner, took off the necklace she was wearing, and asked, “Is something the matter?”
The person calling Su Aoxue was Zhao Jun.
“I have something here that I’m preparing to sell. I feel like you’ll be very interested in it.”
On the other end of the line, Zhao Jun looked at his phone with a nervous expression, yet he still pretended to be mysterious.
Beside his hand was an encyclopedia of ores.
Judging by the messy page numbers, it seemed he hadn’t found any information regarding the huge black ores at his feet.
“A flat price of 300,000 Fire Crystal Coins. How about it?”
Before Su Aoxue could even click on the picture he sent, she was so shocked by the quote that she almost dropped her phone.
“300,000 Fire Crystal Coins?”
Su Aoxue’s tone gradually turned cold.
She wanted to see exactly what kind of thing he dared to sell for such a high price!
Until she saw the black ore in the picture he had sent.
It was an ore she didn’t recognize at all!
This thing was worth 300,000 Fire Crystal Coins?
After a moment of silence, Su Aoxue asked in a flat tone, “What is this? Do you know?”
Since her tone didn’t reveal any changes, Zhao Jun couldn’t help but become more nervous.
He took a deep breath and said, “A mysterious ore that can hide a person’s presence. Within the range of the ore’s radiation, Grey Fog Creatures cannot detect you!”
While Zhao Jun was describing the ore’s function, Su Aoxue looked toward Ling Feng and beckoned her over.
She didn’t know what the ore was, but a big shot like Ling Feng surely would.
With that thought, Su Aoxue made a silencing gesture to Ling Feng and then turned the phone screen toward her.
Ling Feng fell into deep thought as she stared at the picture of the black ore on the phone.
At that moment, Zhao Jun’s voice rang out again. “A small piece is enough to create a tool that can obscure a person’s aura, and it might even have other effects. At a price of 300,000 Fire Crystal Coins, I’m practically losing money myself!”
“If I wasn’t in a hurry to sell it lately, it wouldn’t be at this price!”
Zhao Jun’s tone on the other end of the phone was slightly hurried.
If his creditors found out about this, they would drive the price down even further. They might even just snatch it away because they didn’t know what kind of ore it was.
Therefore, Zhao Jun was very anxious to sell it.
As for why he chose to find Su Aoxue, it was naturally because they weren’t well-acquainted.
It was precisely because they weren’t close that he could sell it at a high price.
If he went to others, they would certainly suppress the price based on their understanding of him, or even lead his debt collectors to him.
Thus, Su Aoxue, who was not very familiar with him, became his first choice—unless Su Aoxue didn’t buy into it.
He knew that when Su Aoxue sold the corpses of Grey Fog Creatures last time, she had made 200,000 Fire Crystal Coins, along with several portions of Silver Gray Grass.
Since she hadn’t looked for him to go to the Grey Mist World to make money lately, she couldn’t be without funds!
“So, are you interested, Miss Su?”
Soon, Su Aoxue’s calm voice came through. “Fine, I can come and take a look.”
Zhao Jun was delighted and quickly said, “Great, at the old place.”
After hearing “the old place,” Su Aoxue hung up the phone. She then looked at Ling Feng with curiosity. “What’s the origin of these stones?”
The reason Su Aoxue agreed was because of Ling Feng’s signal.
“If that man wasn’t talking nonsense, those black stones are very likely Mo Stones!”
“Mo Stones?”
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