"Little Mr. Gu!"

"Gu Shen!"

Inside the attic, Zhuang Su and Qi Mo were moving some research equipment from the underground base.

Seeing Gu Shen enter,

they immediately stopped what they were doing. The neutralizers who he had met last time also came out to greet him.

Because of Gu Shen, they were able to "see the light of day" again.

Previously, in that base beneath District S12, they had to be extremely careful when entering and exiting. Most of the time, they had to stay underground, unable to see the sun, and constantly vigilant, lest they be discovered by the Church's extremists.

The Radiant Wave Church's mansion had now become the "Neutralizers'" research base.

Gu Shen nodded to them one by one, acknowledging their greetings.

He roughly explained the situation tonight. The parade in District E0 was organized by the "Neutralizers." The extraordinary individual in charge of tonight's operation was an old friend of Zhuang Su and Qi Mo, named Jiang Du.

"Jiang Du had wanted to plan such an action for a long time. Tonight, he found everyone responsive."

Zhuang Su said, "It's a pity... the evacuation speed in District E0 was still a bit slow. Some civilians didn't have time to retreat and were caught up by the Tower of Origin's enforcers..."

The end result was, of course, death.

"Jiang Du, leading the E0 District enforcers, will take those who successfully escaped E0 District out of the city via various routes and converge near the Southern Cave. The fastest of them can arrive at the 'Main Camp' before dawn."

Qi Mo said, "When that time comes, please send someone to meet them, Little Mr. Gu."

"Of course."

If he wanted to ignite the "prairie fire" in Sangzhou Cave, he would need to use the pieces that the Neutralizers had been setting up for ten years. Tonight's E0 District parade had been a great help.

Jiang Du, and those Neutralizers who had crossed over from the Eastern Cave, he would bring under his command.

In Sangzhou Cave, there were many sufferers.

They had all awakened their own extraordinary abilities. If they could receive the correct guidance, even if these people were of low cultivation, they would be a force to be reckoned with in the future.

As long as the extremists could be overthrown, everyone could be a Neutralizer.

"Shen Li, I'll leave this matter to you to arrange."

Gu Shen said, "Make sure that these Neutralizers who escaped E0 District can all successfully reach District S12... I hope this place can become the largest defensive barrier in the Southern Cave in the future."

After all, the S3 residential area they initially arrived at was still too small.

The S12 district was large enough, equivalent to ten times the size of the S3 district, and it was adjacent to the Eastern Cave... There would be more "parades" to come, and those young extraordinary individuals who escaped from the Tower of Origin would all come here!

"Yes."

Shen Li, who had been waiting all night, finally had something to do. He rubbed his hands together, accepted the order, and left.

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Bai Xiu would not be able to return to District S12 for a while.

Gu Shen found a secluded quiet room in the attic. He retrieved the A-level alert provided by [Deep Sea] and looked at the images of the beast tide captured by [Skyeye] along the Eastern Cave's border.

This time's beast tide was even more violent than the previous one that hit the Southern Cave!

The number was about one and a half times larger.

Perhaps it was because of the "poisonous miasma" diversion last time that the extraordinary creatures of the Southern Cave had fled to the two adjacent sides...

"It seems that the Child of God's Favor and Tanyao will really react..."

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes, his expression solemn.

His original plan was to use the "Iron Box" to find the Child of God's Favor, then send him out of District E0, where Bai Xiu would be responsible for making contact. After receiving the target, she would take him to the outer areas of the Tanyao Volcano, using the [Thunder Realm Walker] to observe the earth's movements.

According to Adam's "Eye of Destiny's" observation,

the appearance of the Child of God's Favor would trigger a change in Tanyao—

Countless extraordinary creatures would gather because of this, and launch an attack from the outer ring inward!

The so-called "beast tide" was just the actions of these low-level creatures, following their life instincts... Their ultimate destination was actually only one place, and that was Tanyao!

The best way to confirm the "target's" identity was to bring him to Tanyao.

If it triggered a beast tide...

Then that would be enough to show that the target was the Child of God's Favor.

This method had indeed succeeded, but what gave Gu Shen a headache was that Xiao Man and the Basket Child had both arrived at Tanyao, and it was currently impossible to clearly distinguish who was the real "Child of God's Favor."

Next, it might be necessary to separate the two of them and try again.

"There are 8 minutes left until the beast tide arrives..."

Gu Shen looked at the countdown and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly.

Since it was a World Joint Task,

leaders from each continent could directly contact each other.

Gu Shen directly found the spiritual links of several Divine Envoys of the Tower of Origin in [Deep Sea].

When the Southern Cave suffered a beast tide previously,

Divine Envoy Suzaku had taken the initiative to send a spiritual link, inviting him for a chat, pretending to want to help, but in reality, watching the show.

Now, it was his turn.

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District E7, a stormy night.

Yun Hu and Xuan Gui stood outside this huge fortress, their expressions gloomy, even more unsightly than the weather.

The dark mass of the beast tide in the distance gave people a strong sense of oppression.

"Suzaku hasn't replied... Crimson Dragon hasn't replied either..."

Veins bulged on Yun Hu's forehead, "What on earth are these two doing?"

Xuan Gui sat on the high point of the city wall and frowned, "If they don't return before the beast tide arrives, I'll have to give up the binding [Void Domain] and rush back to my territory."

"I can only protect my five districts at most... I can't manage yours."

Among the Four Divine Envoys, Xuan Gui's "defensive power" was the strongest.

If he didn't consider the S-class barrier and directly retreated back to his territory, propping up the [Northern Gui Position Plate]... then he could withstand this beast tide head-on.

Xuan Gui was probably the extraordinary individual among the Four Divine Envoys who could achieve the best results in a one-on-one confrontation against the beast tide.

"Damn bald bird..."

Yun Hu couldn't help but growl.

Although Crimson Dragon wasn't here either, he only cursed Suzaku.

The order to rush back to District E7 to form the formation this time was issued by Crimson Dragon... Given Crimson Dragon's style of doing things, since he had said to gather in District E7 to form the formation, he would definitely arrive at the last moment.

The most troublesome one was Suzaku!

If Suzaku hadn't rashly moved the "Southern Li Position Plate," there wouldn't have been so much trouble. The S-class barrier [Void Domain] could withstand more than 90% of the beast tide's impact head-on. The remaining ones were enough for the Tower of Origin's enforcers to handle!

"Swish!"

In the distant long night, a streak of scarlet fire slid out. Divine Envoy Suzaku, driving the [Li Fire Domain], glided toward the city above.

"Finally here!"

Xuan Gui breathed a sigh of relief. However, when Suzaku landed on the city wall and he saw Suzaku's specific appearance, he was shocked!

At this moment, Divine Envoy Suzaku had disheveled hair and a torn Divine Official robe. A cross-shaped sword wound was left on his chest, and it still emitted a faint, burning light—

Besides this!

His mind had been wounded, and his face was as pale as paper.

His eyes, however, were a scarlet red. It could be seen that his killing intent was strong. Clearly, he had experienced a bitter battle...

What was most shocking was that behind his shoulder, there was a bloody arrow hole. The arrow had pierced through the Star-filled Divine Official's robe, piercing through the flesh and blood, allowing light to shine through.

Even Yun Hu, who was usually gloating, wasn't smiling at this moment.

The Four Divine Envoys of the Upper City were the most top-tier combat power among their peers in the Five Continents, without exception.

Their original extraordinary ability evaluation levels were no longer important after becoming the Four Divine Envoys. Ascending to this position and obtaining the Tower of Origin's divine grant and resources meant that they possessed absolute "S-class" combat power in their current realm.

How Yun Hu and Suzaku fought internally was an internal matter.

External battles...

If Suzaku was beaten like this, it would be very serious.

"I'm here... Quickly form the formation."

Suzaku's voice was hoarse. After landing, he looked around and frowned, "Where's Crimson Dragon?"

"He's still on the way."

Xuan Gui sighed. He sized up Suzaku's wound and asked curiously, "How did you get injured so badly? What kind of demon or monster... required you to pay such a heavy price to kill it?"

In his opinion,

using the Southern Li Position Plate to go north out of the city to hunt and kill, and still suffering such heavy injuries,

with Suzaku's violent temper,

the other party must have died miserably.

"..."

Suzaku was silent.

And this silence made Yun Hu, who was most familiar with him, realize that something was wrong.

Yun Hu asked in surprise, "Didn't kill it?"

Suzaku stared coldly at Yun Hu. The killing intent in his heart was surging, and had not yet dissipated. If Yun Hu continued to taunt him to his face, he wouldn't mind having another fight right here!

"Ding."

"Ding."

An unfamiliar link invitation was transmitted to Divine Envoy Suzaku's spiritual sea.

Suzaku glanced at the name of the link's owner, and with a whoosh, the anger in his chest surged!

He didn't refuse, but directly chose to enter the conference room...

The scene changed!

It was still that conference table, but at this moment, there were only two people in the conference room.

Himself, and Gu Shen.

"Divine Envoy Suzaku, long time no see. How have you been these past few days?"

Gu Shen was relaxed, his posture lazy, leaning at the end of the long table.

He carefully scrutinized the red-robed man opposite him. It was a pity that in the spiritual conference, he couldn't see the image projection of the real world. Otherwise, he could see Suzaku's injuries after being shot by an arrow.

However...

From Divine Envoy Suzaku's current reaction, one could feel... that his injuries must be very serious.

Because his mental state was quite violent.

"Gu Shen... If you have any fart, let it out quickly!"

Suzaku didn't sit down at this conference table at all. He had been standing from the moment he entered the conference. At this moment, he stared at Gu Shen, and the more he looked at this guy, the more he found him disgusting.

"It seems like you haven't been doing too well recently... Did you eat gunpowder? Why are you so angry?"

Gu Shen said lightly, "I heard that [Deep Sea] has released another A-level alert."

Suzaku stared at Gu Shen.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to provide assistance. Even if you're willing to give up the territory, I won't lend a helping hand. Likewise, the Northern Continent won't either."

The Tower of Origin's two neighbors were the Eastern Continent and the Northern Continent!

Gu Shen smiled and said, "I just remembered your sarcastic face from a few days ago, so I wanted to see what you look like at this moment..."

"???"

Suzaku's eyes were about to split open.

Actually, from the moment he chose to enter the link, he already knew that Gu Shen had no good intentions.

It was just that he was burning with anger, and he couldn't even understand why he had entered this conference room in a ghost-like manner, why he had taken the initiative to accept this humiliation!

Suzaku placed both hands on the table, his voice hoarse, "You... you're going too far!"

He should have understood after their first meeting in Rhein City...

In verbal sparring,

he was far from Gu Shen's opponent.

"Is that so? Where's the person? I can't see him? You're not talking about yourself, are you?"

Gu Shen smiled leisurely, "Sorry, I just came to laugh at you... I heard that the [Void Domain] barrier that was formed in District E7 temporarily broke. I think, shouldn't some unlucky guy be withdrawing his Divine Envoy Position Plate right before the beast tide arrives?"

Before Suzaku could speak,

"My apologies."

Gu Shen said regretfully, "I need to correct my statement. This isn't an unlucky guy, but... a complete idiot. Perhaps at this very moment, the Heavenly Water of the Tower of Origin is considering who should be the next Divine Envoy Suzaku?"

Before he could finish speaking,

the spiritual link had already been cut off.

"Pfft!!!"

In the real world, the two Divine Envoys had astonished expressions on their faces. They watched as Suzaku accepted a spiritual link invitation... and then exited the link a few seconds later, his expression changing from pale to flushed. Finally, he supported himself against the city wall and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

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(ps: There will be a third update tonight, but I don't dare to release the update time, the revision time is too long... everyone who can't wait can go to sleep first.)