On the third day after the end of the Wave Siege, Fang You came to the Huangdu Base City and lit up the dawn here with his own hands.

Just like a few days ago, the dark clouds and gray fog that covered the sky rolled away, and wisps of golden light shone through, sprinkling on the earth with a sparkling glow.

At the same time, because the light of dawn dispelled and squeezed the gray fog, it unsurprisingly stimulated the evil in the surrounding areas.

The roars of the evil creatures swimming around began to gather, turning into small waves that gradually grew larger and rushed towards the Huangdu base city.

But some things were unexpected.

There aren't too many evil things, but... too few!

The total number of several waves combined is probably only a few hundred thousand, which is not even close to the previous estimate of one million, but actually several million.

Director Huang and other senior officials of the Investigation Bureau breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if the flame is strong and you can avoid such a grand scene, it is better not to experience it. It is too scary.

Fang You was disappointed.

...

...

Are those millions of Guixie? Wrong! Those are millions of shiny fate points and Guixie crystals!

"It seems that the evil god's minions were indeed at work in the Shuize Base City incident, which greatly increased the scale of the siege wave. Otherwise, the number would probably be only a few hundred thousand."

"Although there are hundreds of thousands, under normal circumstances, it is enough to destroy a base city several times."

The battle statistics showed that the benefits were indeed greatly reduced.

The explosion rate and mission income have been reduced ten times compared to before, but the initial layout and investment in the defense line of Huangdu Base City are fixed costs.

Taken together, the returns are extremely low.

Even though the dispatch module gave a lot of extra rewards, the amount of ghost crystals earned by Xinhuo was almost zero.

All that remains are the accumulated destiny points.

"Even so, the subsequent defense deployment of the base city must still be carried out according to this standard. Safety is the top priority. Not to mention, the minions of the evil god may be waiting for us to be careless."

"In the future waves of sieges, there may be one that contains the true killer move of the evil god's minions."

Even those high-ranking beings.

Fang You continued,

"The construction of Huangdu Base City has been completed. The next one is Jiangnan Base City, which is expected to be lit up in six days."

"During this period, the World Conference will be held in Mizusawa City. We must ensure safety and stability during the conference."

"That's it, meeting adjourned!"

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In the Shuize base city, after dawn, the evil spirits that breed within the base city have become very rare, and only one two-star disaster has occurred so far.

It was extinguished in an instant.

But it does not mean that the base city is safe. After the breeding of evil spirits, there are still many security issues to be faced and we need to be careful.

One is the impact of external evil trends.

However, since the super wave has just passed, there are not many evil spirits in the entire Shuize Province in the short term, and the external impact can be ignored for the time being. Xinhuo's early warning system is also monitoring the movements of each evil spirit.

However, the security issues posed by the awakened ones and the minions of the evil god within the base city cannot be underestimated.

In the office,

Luo Feiyu, who has been promoted to a small person in charge, is popularizing the work content to several "Xinhuo quasi-formal staff" who have just taken up their posts.

Luo Feiyu is a soldier who joins the 14th batch of Xinhuo. He is neither a senior member like those who joined in previous batches, nor a newcomer. However, by spending time to gain experience, continuously completing tasks and accumulating contributions, Luo Feiyu can still be called a "little master".

Well, a little master of the torch standard.

He was assigned a long-term job at the office and was the leader of a ten-man team responsible for security.

"The fact that you were able to receive missions from the office means that you have passed the 'Awakening and Mystery' exam with excellent results. You must understand that after the Gray Fog Tide descended, the rate of natural awakening among the people has greatly increased. This brings up two questions."

"Some civilian awakeners suddenly gain power and do some irrational things. What's more troublesome is that awakening is often accompanied by danger and loss of control. Even if the disaster faced by natural awakening is not that strong, given the huge base of the base city, there are still many people who fail to awaken and turn into evil spirits in an instant... This kind of disaster event occurs more frequently than the breeding of evil spirits, and is more difficult to guard against."

"After some people awaken, their rationality is affected, or they have dark personalities, and crimes caused by this happen repeatedly."

"Our job is to arrest awakened criminals and kill the evil spirits born from failed awakenings?"

Among the new employees, Yu Baibai, who was a little chubby, asked excitedly.

Being glanced at.

"No, those cases are usually handled by the Bureau of Investigation and have nothing to do with us."

What the hell are you talking about?

Luo Feiyu couldn't hear the little fat boy's muttering in his heart, so he continued, "But our mission is more important."

He pointed to the tall pure white tower in the distance.

"Beacon of Dawn, our main responsibility is to defend this tower, but our enemies are not the evil spirits that foolishly pounce on people and bite them, nor are they the awakened criminals with poor brains, but..."

"Minions of the evil god! Cultists!"

Yu Baibai and other newcomers exclaimed.

Compared with the evil, the cultists are really unfamiliar, even though they are mentioned in the textbooks, with their green faces, fangs, tentacles all over their bodies and so on.

Just thinking about it makes people...

Can't wait!

"Captain, there are still cultists in our base city. Where are they? Where?"

If you know where it is, you can keep it!

As a newcomer, I just don’t know my place.

Luo Feiyu said seriously, "Don't underestimate these cultists. The Red Moon disaster was caused by cultists. Those guys are fearless and terrifying..."

He wanted to describe it in more detail to scare the newcomers, but he, Luo Feiyu, was still a weakling when the Red Moon Disaster occurred and was not qualified to go to the battlefield... In fact, he had never seen the cultists.

"Our Shuize Base City is newly built, with dense population and mixed crowds. This environment is very conducive to the cultists hiding. Those guys are like flies that can get in through any hole and like cockroaches that can't be killed. They are scary and disgusting. It is our duty to deal with them!"

"Especially now that the World Conference is about to be held here, we must ensure the safety of the base city and not let those cultists cause trouble."

"So, when can we find the cultists to go on the mission?"

Faced with the newcomer's question, Luo Feiyu choked himself.

He also wanted to know the answer to this question. Everything had been quite peaceful these past few days. The neighboring investigation bureau had carried out so many missions and arrested so many criminals. Every day they either drank tea in the office or in the lighthouse.

He wasn't expecting the cultists to show up, but he felt uncomfortable doing nothing.

Bang--

"Brother Yu, there is a clue."

A young man wearing glasses walked in, his face solemn, "Clues related to the cultists!"

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Mizusawa Base City, the third satellite city.

B16 Residential Resettlement Area.

Here, temporary buildings are lined up in a row, leaving very narrow spaces between them. There are many vendors shouting on the narrow streets, selling breakfasts such as soy milk, fried dough sticks, bread, and rice rolls.

More people are walking in a hurry, with stress written all over their faces.

Even if the construction and relocation process of the base city goes very smoothly, after all, it is squeezing two or three hundred million people into a small base city, and they have to abandon a lot of supplies and come here to start over, so the pressure of life must be very great.

Fortunately, as long as we can see hope for tomorrow, we have hope.

"The cultists are hiding in here. Boy... this is going to be a little tricky."

Yu Baibai muttered softly.

These newcomers have also arrived. After all, they are just 'new employees' rather than pure newcomers. Each of them is an awakened one with good combat power.

At this time, two teams of ten people came from the office, along with several plainclothes investigators.

One of the ten-man teams was the "Fish Frying Team" led by Luo Feiyu.

The other team of ten is the 'machine team' led by a young man with glasses.

at this time,

The young man with glasses, Han Xie, was squatting in front of his laptop, typing away at high speed. As he typed, fist-sized spherical reconnaissance drones flew out one after another and disappeared from view in an instant.

At the same time, drone views appeared on the laptop.

These drones are not produced by the forging department.

Rather, it is Han Xie's personal creation. He has a unique talent for 'mechanical production' and the awakened ability for 'machine activation'. With the two combined, he created an eye-type drone that goes against science but is very mystical.

There is no noise when flying, and as his ability is activated, he can enter optical stealth mode. After locking onto a target, he can judge whether it is an ordinary person or an awakened person by observing his steps, muscle tremors, etc.

With this reconnaissance, it is more efficient and safer than having a dozen Awakeners running around everywhere.

"However, your ability can be more valuable in the forging department. Why do you want to come to the front line?"

The forging department is a good job. If you contribute a lot, you can get the latest weapons. However, it is more difficult to get into the forging department with each passing year. Unless you have special abilities or are a top student, it is difficult to get in.

Luo Feiyu knew that the Han Xie in front of him met both of these requirements.

Han Xie was operating the computer and said without turning his head, "Yes, I got in. I took the formal worker certificate a few days ago, but I am not fully employed in the forging department."

It looked as normal as eating and drinking.

Silence the Luo Feiyu.

Although he knew that Han Xie was a rising demon, how could the gap between people be greater than the gap between people and dogs? Thinking of the unfathomable core members of the organization, Luo Feiyu gave up the idea of ​​comparison.

Only when you are content can you be happy.

At least he is above average, which is okay.

While his thoughts were flying, Luo Feiyu did not forget to observe his surroundings and the passers-by. Although he found nothing, Han Xie's investigation soon made a breakthrough.

"Follow Plan No. 1 and carry out the arrest."

A moment later, without any surprise... or rather, any surprise was suppressed by absolute strength, and the guard team killed and arrested more than ten cultists.

This evil cult, which had shown some signs of development, was destroyed in an instant.

but,

"The interrogation results show that these cultists are not the minions of the evil god, but they were corrupted by the existence of high positions outside the sky, and their minds were polluted and transformed."

After hearing the report, Teacher Fang frowned.

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In Base City, in a restaurant with a low-key and restrained decoration.

An Jianyou used long serving chopsticks to push a few slices of thinly cut, crystal clear sashimi into the boiling soup pot, gently rinsed them for a few seconds, took them out, dipped them in some dipping sauce, put them into his mouth, chewed them gently, with a happy expression on his face.

"Ah~ Peace is so good."

She looked out the window, seeing people passing by and the warm golden sun shining on the earth, just like the peaceful times before the disaster.

Looking back, when she saw the disaster getting worse, she thought there would never be such a day again. She would no longer be able to sit leisurely in the restaurant, see the cars coming and going on the road, and could only survive in the dark.

——This is how Yi Yue Luxi described it to her at that time.

But they kept a safe place.

I have also contributed a lot to this, that’s great!

Thinking of this, An Jianyou felt very proud.

Sitting opposite her was Yi Luoxi, who had wine-red semi-long hair. She ate much more ferociously, swiping plate after plate of meat and waving, "Waiter, this... this... and this, thirty more plates."

He looked like he was going to bankrupt An Jianyou.

After all, it was her treat.

It is impossible to eat oneself out of money. Even though prices are soaring now, it is impossible to eat a sixth-level awakener out of money. An Jianyou just felt embarrassed.

"Well, my friend has a big appetite."

"It's okay. We have also hosted Awakened guests here before."

The waiter had his signature smile on, but there was a hint of twitching in his expression.

Irohi raised his head, whimpering with his mouth full, "Hey, I'm not a glutton."

It was so difficult to get the hateful An Jianyou to treat her, and she would feel like she would be losing out if she didn't eat from morning to night.

You must eat enough to earn money!

hateful.

I wish I really had the ability to be a glutton!

When she could no longer hold on, Iloxi reluctantly took her eyes off the menu.

There were already a pile of empty plates stacked around, and they had been recycled several times.

"You don't have to eat much in the next few days."

For a non-human level person, you can probably eat for one day and survive for several days.

Before Yiluoxi came, she starved herself for a while because she wanted to eat a big bite of An Jianyou.

But damn, it would be nice if you could at least feel a little sorry for your wallet!

Pouting, Iloxi saw a number of figures in black windbreakers in the square outside, and immediately became excited, "What's wrong? Is there a case here?"

She rubbed her hands together, her palms burning with fire.

It seems like a scene where a hero appears.

An Jianyou held his forehead and sighed.

"Didn't you read the news? Tomorrow is the World Conference... It is a conference attended by all countries in the country to discuss the future direction of the world and prepare to reach some strategic consensus."

"The meeting is being held in our Shuize Base City. To be precise, the venue is not far from here."

"During the meeting, bigwigs from mysterious departments of various countries will be present. The Investigation Bureau will of course ensure safety and order here. We, Xinhuo, will also ensure safety. Right now, the conference venue is being maintained by our Xinhuo security personnel."

Just like her, she is on vacation, but will not leave Mizusawa Base City, and can be considered a half-security personnel.

After explaining the World Conference and the parties involved, Iloxi nodded in confusion.

Suddenly, I seemed to think of something.

"That's right! Since it's not just the various national departments that are participating, then my Witch Sisterhood must also have a seat! If not, then there's something fishy going on!"

She muttered.

An Jianyou held his forehead and sighed again, "Yes, you must have missed the message. Bai Yansi has already arrived at Shuize Base City on behalf of your sisterhood, and she even came here by plane."

Seeing Yi Luoxi's eyes widened and her lips pouted again, An Jianyou probably guessed what she was thinking and consoled her,

"The meeting has a lot of complicated rules and regulations. You have to make speeches, represent your own forces and communicate with others, etc. You don't want to go through these troubles, do you?"

"Be good, let's just wait outside for the results of the meeting."

So that's how it is. Bai Yansi is indeed thinking about the president.

Irohi folded his arms across his chest and nodded slowly.

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Mizusawa Airport,

The huge transport plane slowly landed, and out of it walked a representative from the Sunset Country's Night Watchmen organization.

And a certain White Tower messenger who was dressed in white robes and had an elegant appearance.

Although they came together, he just took advantage of this tool called "plane" and was not with the Sunset Kingdom. The White Tower had no cooperation with the Sunset Kingdom before. After seeing the shocking scene of the wave attacking the city, the White Tower envoy's heart had already flown to Donghuang.

I wanted to fly here alone a few days ago.

Unfortunately, he can't fly, and even if he could, it would be difficult for him to travel thousands of kilometers full of dangers. He can only take the Sunset Country's plane.

Now, we have finally arrived.

This place is full of miracles and mysticism!

"Mr. Bai, I am your guide on this trip. You can ask me if there is anything you want to go or if you don't understand something."

An ordinary young man, except for his bright eyes, spoke to him.

This person's name is Gou Ping'an and he is a member of the Xinhuo organization.

"Your organization is the one that resisted the super wave a few days ago. How did you do it?"

"Mr. Bai, you are embarrassing me. I am just a guide. How can I know such confidential information?"

"All right."

The White Tower messenger just asked casually and didn't care.

Compared to the information he got from other people, he believed his own eyes more. This was also the creed of the people of the White Tower: seeing is believing.

He just wanted to use his own eyes to investigate the base city and Xinhuo organization to see what was so special about them.

The guide was also very tactful. As long as he didn't speak, he would be like a invisible person and just follow him closely.

After leaving the airport, the White Tower messenger took the light rail to tour the central area of ​​the base city.

Outside the window is the sunshine, the sparkling lake, and a magnificent bridge built dozens of meters above the river, with a constant stream of traffic.

What they saw was a scene that was much more lively and peaceful than their oasis.

There was not a trace of gray fog.

Since this is the core area of ​​the base city, even if you look far away, you can't see the dark line at the end of the sky. All you can see is peace, peace, and peace!

“Even though the world will eventually be swallowed up, they did it. When the gray fog tide came, they tore apart the dark clouds that had been covering the sky.”

“How did you do that?!”

He looked into the distance and saw a pure white tower standing tall, which was very eye-catching.

With a little use of the secret method, you can see the top of the tower, with a faint golden glow emanating from it.

There is no doubt that the tearing of the clouds and the dawn is related to this tall tower, and this is not difficult to guess.

The White Tower messenger did not go to the high tower. He walked on the busy streets like an ordinary tourist and saw many investigators on duty in black windbreakers.

There are a lot of them.

And among them, there seem to be many awakened ones.

'The awakening rate on this blue planet is too high.'

"Also, the awakening weapons they are wearing seem to be very sophisticated?"

He was confident that he could tell the difference between rough and refined.

I just don't think it's mystical.

If there were only a few, it could be explained as being purchased from some oasis force, but since everyone is using these sophisticated weapons, they must be produced by Blue Star!

"What's that in front?"

Gou Ping'an looked over and saw the investigator in the black windbreaker cordoning off the scene, and there were also several colleagues wearing Xinhuo combat uniforms.

He thought for a moment, then said to the White Tower messenger with a serious face,

"Mr. Bai, there is a major case ahead, and it is likely related to cultists. I suggest that we stay away to avoid being affected."

As he spoke, his legs gradually moved backwards.

The White Tower messenger glanced at the guide, who seemed a little timid, and shook his head slightly.

"Just take a few more glances here. If I don't step forward, everyone can kill the cultists. If necessary, Bai will also take action."

"All right."

The guide seemed helpless and stopped moving backwards.

The messenger from the White Tower glanced at him, stopped talking, and looked into the distance.

"If a battle breaks out, I can also take this opportunity to see with my own eyes the level of Xinhuo and the strong men of the Investigation Bureau."

Maybe his wish came true.

Suddenly, the glass windows in the distance shattered, and several figures with elongated fingernails and blood mist around them rushed in all directions at an extremely fast speed, like streaks of blood.

At this time, black and white spread, wiping out the surrounding colors.

Those bloody shadows and the men in black windbreakers on duty disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"This is……"

"A domain-type trick?!"

The White Tower messenger reached into his pocket, grabbed a few handfuls of dust, and immediately used a secret technique. In the black and white space, a muscular figure could be vaguely seen grabbing a cultist and tearing him apart.

He turned around and used his palm to purify the other blood shadow.

But at this time,

A figure came out from the building with broken glass windows and ran towards the distance like a madman.

While the messenger from the White Tower was still staring at the black and white area and was somewhat dulled to the outside world, the blood shadow had already rushed to a nearby place. One could see the blood whiskers wriggling on his face, his red pupils, and his sharp teeth.

"I was careless..."

The operation of the auxiliary secret technique caused the White Tower messenger to move a little slower.

Just as he was about to attack in a counterattack, a flash of lightning appeared and engulfed the blood shadow.

A dozen meters away, a human-like figure with lightning on his palm gradually disappeared.

At the same time, the vast spiritual power emanating from the ordinary guide beside him also dissipated.

"Mr. Bai, I told you it's dangerous here, so you should leave now."

White Tower Messenger: “???”