Tundra Region.

This is the northernmost part of East Continent, with a climate comparable to that of the fortresses of North Continent, with perennial snow and freezing temperatures, and severe cold in all seasons.

Here, there is only boundless wind and snow!

Yinta is the name of a small city, a place that does not exist on "ordinary maps." The climate of the tundra region is so harsh that almost no one reaches such a remote area. Around the necessary route to Yinta, the East Continent government has erected a long iron fence to warn curious "northerners" to stop here and not continue forward.

Otherwise…

The huge wind and snow will engulf them.

Only transcendents will venture here, and only transcendents can safely arrive here.

The periphery of the small city of Yinta has a layer of "protective shield," somewhat similar to the "sky curtain" of the North Continent fortresses. Countless floating source energy airships form a huge honeycomb, but the cost of these "source energy boards" cannot be compared with that of North Continent, because their function is only to resist blizzards. At the same time, the East Continent Federation has built a high tower in the center of Yinta City.

Twenty-four hours of blizzards have reduced visibility to an extreme.

Transcendents need to release their mental power to ensure their most basic "seeing."

And the high tower will release a glow through "source energy" at night. This is a bright light that can illuminate dozens of miles around. A large amount of energy burns in Yinta City, and the glow of the high tower can illuminate the thick snow, ensuring the smooth and normal "work" of the small city at night.

There are actually many small cities like this in the northern tundra.

But very few have built such a high tower.

In the entire Jiangbei, there are only the Five Great Families with sufficient financial resources to support and willing to pay generously to maintain the operation of such a remote urban area.

Yinta is the city of the Bai family.

Several hours ago, Yinta received instructions to stop all normal operations, recall all staff, and release authority to the Deep Sea to quickly close each "warehouse." After completing this operation, the source energy boards floating on the surface of the small city no longer closed, but slowly tilted like fish scales... This means that wind and snow will flood into Yinta without any obstruction. In a few hours, the accumulated snow in the city will be enough to submerge people.

"This is number Bszg9873, reporting that the outer city gate is open... The release has been completed and will be closed again in three seconds. Lockdown countdown, 3, 2, 1. Lockdown is complete."

"This is number Bszg5782, reporting that the second gate is open... The release has been completed and will be closed again in three seconds..."

Several hours later.

A convoy arrived at the city gate in the night.

Clear reports came from the Bai family's central communicator. The four city gates used for entering and exiting Yinta were briefly opened and then closed again after the release. Looking down from the air at this time, it looks like a fortress built of iron.

Or rather… a prison.

The convoy's armored tires crunched through the thick snow, like ants on the snowy plains, crooked and slow.

Finally, the convoy arrived at the location of the high tower, which is the Bai Clan's headquarters in the city.

Bai Zesheng looked serious. He personally departed from Nagano, escorting the "prisoner" of this trip... He opened the back door of the car, and a dying man was lying on the back seat, his life exhausted, with only his last breath left. He was almost dragged out of the car.

According to Bai Xiu's request, this "sinner" should be executed tonight.

The Bai Clan Zongtang handed over the matter to the Second Elder for full handling.

So Bai Zesheng set off overnight and brought the mastermind of the entire murder case to Yinta... After experiencing a mental search on the road, this man had few breaths left to breathe. Even if the gods came, they would not be able to save him.

It can be said that he is already a dead man.

However, he still has value for utilization.

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"You placed him in warehouse B12 in the tundra... but during the search just now, there was no one in the warehouse. I don't believe you don't know his whereabouts."

Bai Zesheng sat calmly opposite the "sinner."

A camera was placed above the dark room, recording this last interrogation... He wanted to ensure that the case came to a stable conclusion and gave everyone a satisfactory ending, and this ending was not just as simple as executing the conspirator of the Elders Council.

He must catch the murderer!

Through mental search and torture... the Bai Clan has now confirmed that the assassin is still in the small city, so before departure, the entire Yinta was sealed off as soon as possible, and the source energy boards were opened.

The violent wind and snow almost submerged the entire small city.

However, the assassin who shot in the frozen tundra was like a shadow, disappearing out of thin air into the heavy snow of the small city.

He can endure the cold under the frozen tundra ice lake.

Of course, he can also endure the blizzards of Yinta... but now he is completely different from when he was lurking in the frozen tundra. He is injured, and cannot be treated in such a harsh environment. How long can he last?

The "sinner's" eyes were close to dissipating.

His willpower is not strong. Under the forced questioning and torture of mental power, he has reached the edge of "collapse."

So Bai Zesheng's attitude was not harsh, but he opened his mouth gently: "Judging from the drugs found in the warehouse... his injuries are not easy now. In a sense, he is like you, a dying person. Even if I do nothing, I only need to release the source energy boards, and he will be frozen to death in Yinta within a week."

"So… your current pity and compassion are meaningless."

"You can't help a dead man, but you can help yourself."

Bai Buzheng's throat rattled.

He was no longer able to speak normally, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only squeeze out such a hoarse voice.

"Okay... what should be said has already been said. The following content is very important, and I will only say it once."

Bai Zesheng said calmly: "If you want to die quickly and decently... I will give you a shot of 'good stuff'. You have one minute of free call time. Contact him, and you can get a decent rest."

And not contacting... will get another kind of "rest."

He slowly got up.

He took out a syringe from his sleeve.

Even transcendents who have awakened their abilities are just ordinary mortals. "Medicines" that save lives can work, and "medicines" that stimulate the spirit can also... but the effect varies from person to person.

The "good stuff" in the syringe was injected into the artery.

This is a technology derived from the "Lion Awakening" project, used to stimulate the spirit and has powerful side effects.

But it has not been fully developed and flowed into the market.

In just two or three seconds, Bai Buzheng's pupils changed from scattered to condensed... unprecedentedly condensed, gradually shrinking into a small dot, and his thinking was also unprecedentedly clear.

However… he is still weak.

After injecting the drug, Bai Zesheng calmly placed one hand on his artery... ready to destroy him at any time.

A huge rationality filled his mind.

He seemed to have abandoned the "seven emotions and six desires" of a person, leaving only rational judgment and measurement.

After a brief hesitation, Bai Buzheng dialed a number…

The moment the number was dialed, Deep Sea began to work... This is a long-abandoned number. There are still many such "dead numbers" in the huge database. According to the constitutional agenda of the Five Continents Federation, dead numbers should be cleared.

Ironically, however, all five continents have retained such "dead numbers."

It's very simple... people want the other party to have no secrets, and they keep their own secrets.

This makes the "data thorough investigation" work in many cases fall into a predicament. Deep Sea cannot further track down the identity of the owner of the dead number.

But there is still one chance, that is, when the communication link is established, Deep Sea can lock the information address, but it takes some time.

"Beep—"

"Beep—"

The waiting process was actually very short, and the call was connected in only two seconds.

However, these two seconds passed very slowly in Bai Buzheng's world. He slowly raised his head, enjoying the wanton flow of mental power in his brain. This was an unprecedented sense of comfort…

The communication link is complete!

Deep Sea's retrieval system immediately began to search for the geographical location of the other end of the communicator, as well as waiting for the sound of the communicator to ring, and carry out identity recognition in the database.

"…"

Silence.

Bai Buzheng's voice did not sound the slightest bit hoarse or painful. Instead, it was full of smiles, and he said easily, "It's me."

"The situation is still under control... I will turn off the Yinta energy in an hour, and meet at the safe house. I will send you out of Yinta."

"…"

Throughout the process, the other party did not reply.

Bai Buzheng asked with a smile: "By the way, how is the situation on your side?"

Safe house?

Several staff members in the monitoring room narrowed their eyes. They had never heard of any safe house in Yinta.

On the other end of the communicator, no response was given.

Just hung up coldly.

Unfortunately, the entire communication only lasted for five seconds.

Deep Sea's retrieval system was forced to interrupt just as it started to operate. Such a short retrieval time did not provide much value for the narrowed information of the regional scope.

The communicator is indeed in Yinta.

And in the northern part of the closed area... However, before releasing the source energy boards, a scan of the entire city had already been carried out. If the location cannot be accurately located, then the broad geographical location is not of reference significance.

"What is the safe house?"

Bai Zesheng said expressionlessly, "Your time is running out... If necessary, I will give you another shot."

"The safe house is in Yinta warehouse C29."

Bai Buzheng smiled.

His attitude was surprisingly cooperative. Indeed... at this juncture, he no longer had the need to lie.

After saying the last few words.

At this moment, all the pain disappeared.

From the perspective of the imaging system, the "sinner's" bones seemed to have softened, only his head was raised high. The man with a face full of blood had a silly smile, and his pupils had condensed into a small black dot... The black dot was still constantly collapsing inward.

After confirming the "safe house"... this interrogation came to an end.

The last bit of value of the sinner was also completely squeezed out.

Bai Zesheng silently stared at the man with his head raised, watching his pupils shrink and shrink, and finally disappear completely, leaving only a piece of white in the eye sockets.

He reached out and closed Bai Buzheng's eyes, and then left the interrogation room.

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The long night in Yinta City was so dark for the first time.

The light of the high tower went out.

The blizzard poured into the small city. After losing the "light", the whole world seemed to fall into chaos. Except for the combat personnel maintaining the safety of the high tower, other workers were given "rest". They settled in the warehouse. Deep Sea's link became unstable due to the severe wind and snow. All supplies were mainly based on the "high tower" to ensure that tonight's "capture operation" could proceed smoothly.

Twenty elite warriors who departed from Nagano formed a encirclement net from a distance.

They controlled the entire C area, waiting for dispatch at any time, waiting for sudden changes... In order to ensure the smooth completion of the task and not startle the snake, the warriors maintained a very long distance.

No one knew where this "assassin" had hid.

Because of the heavy snow, it became very difficult to move forward.

Bai Zesheng took out a sealed object treasured by the Bai Clan Zongtang, which was a thin human skin mask. Covering it on his cheeks, his entire face underwent subtle changes.

He put on a wide black robe... and headed towards warehouse C29 alone.

The first half of the capture mission is to meet.

The best way to catch a wisp of shadow is to first find out this wisp of shadow.

Yinta's "energy destruction" is just an illusion.

Throughout the entire communication, there was not a trace of feedback. No one knew whether that cunning shadow would really go to the safe house...

They can only gamble.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether the other party believes it or not.

If the meeting fails and they can't catch this wisp of shadow.

Then... drown the other party with a blizzard.

The worst case is that the entire Yinta falls into a complete lockdown. With the source energy boards closed, the blizzard is allowed to fall... A week, two weeks, a month, no matter how hidden the shadow is, it will only be a corpse at that time.

However, the Bai Clan also needs to pay the price.

This "warehouse" located in the far north undertakes a considerable part of the trade mission.

If it is just to kill a fly and choose to lock the city... while completing the purpose, it also causes heavy losses.

So Bai Zesheng chose to gamble. He hoped that this case could be "solved" before dawn... To take a step back, he hoped to achieve results as soon as possible and end all the troubles.

The closer he got to warehouse C29, the louder the sound of the wind and snow became.

The signal in the central communicator was also getting worse and worse.

Perhaps it was because the source energy boards were fully opened... the entire Yinta seemed to have turned into a bellows.

All that was left in everyone's ears was the hissing sound of "whoosh whoosh whoosh".

Finally… the solitary man walked towards the safe house.

The fragile link was broken at the limit distance.

Everyone became deaf and blind. They could only hold their breath and wait silently. Without orders, no one dared to act rashly... No matter how hard they tried to look, in the direction where warehouse C29 was located, all they could see was the endless blizzard and the dark night.

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(This is a very important transition chapter, there will be a big chapter later, please ask for monthly tickets~)