Zhang Wen quickly scanned those young yet resolute faces, and was horrified.

In Jincheng, awakened individuals of this age would only be considered children, but in Kangcheng, they have already begun carrying out missions.

Moreover, judging from the young people's expressions and reactions, claiming to be the Fourth Battalion was clearly not a bluff to increase numbers, nor was it an exaggeration.

After answering, Zhao Mutou simply watched the group of people enter the thick fog without saying another word.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

Luan Ya hadn't expected that his deliberately mentioned identity as the 'representative of Zhongzhou' would have no effect on this group of young people.

However, considering that most of them were refugees, it's not surprising that they didn't know about the Central Plains system.

Luan Ya simply continued smiling and stepped forward, getting straight to the point:

"We are here on behalf of Jincheng to meet with your delegation leader, Li Yu."

Zhao Mutou remained expressionless after hearing this, but he turned his head and gave a wink.

A young man behind immediately steered a white war spider, turned around, and sped towards the city to report.

"Then please wait here." Zhao Mutou raised his hand slightly in invitation, but his voice left no room for doubt.

The spider riders around them moved silently and in unison, subtly encircling the Jincheng squad, clearly not intending to let them leave easily.

"Alright." Seeing this, Luan Ya didn't mind and simply returned to the group to wait patiently.

After all, the other party was not certain of their identities, so some wariness was a normal reaction.

During the wait, the gazes of the Jincheng team members and the young men of the Fourth Battalion clashed repeatedly in the fog, and the atmosphere around them gradually became heavy.

Seeing this, Luan Ya gently touched Zhang Wen's arm.

Zhang Wen received Luan Ya's look and immediately understood.

She stood up, drawing on her feminine grace, and tried to ease the tension by approaching the young men of the Fourth Battalion to strike up a conversation.

"Don't be nervous or worried, everyone."

“We heard that Kangcheng had lost contact with the outside world, and Jincheng suspected that it might be related to the ghosts going out of control, so they specially sent us to provide assistance.”

Zhang Wen gave a friendly smile and got straight to the point:

"Our abilities are unique; we can help you stabilize the runaway ghosts in Kangcheng and calm the fog."

"Help?" Zhao Mutou was taken aback at first, then his eyes turned even colder.

After successfully developing red algae sticks, the parents faced death threats from the town mayor. The family repeatedly reported to higher authorities for help, but received no response for a long time.

He waited in the small town for so many years, until both his parents were murdered, and never received any aid from Central State.

help?

Now, that word sounds so jarring.

Zhao Mutou coldly refused, saying, "We don't need your help."

"unnecessary?"

Seeing Zhao Mutou's cold attitude, one of the hot-tempered members of the Jincheng team immediately became dissatisfied.

Wherever the Awakened Ones of Jincheng go, they are treated with courtesy. What's more, this time it's Luan Ya who personally led the team.

This young man in front of me is utterly ungrateful!

Unable to contain his emotions, he stepped out of the ranks, his voice carrying the arrogance typical of Jin Cheng's awakened ones, and loudly addressed the members of the Fourth Battalion:

"Without our help, how would you stop the fog from spreading, and how would you deal with those out-of-control ghosts?"

"You have absolutely no regard for the lives of the residents of Kangcheng! If this continues, and we don't handle it properly, the entire city will be transformed by ghosts, and everyone will die!"

"At that point, it won't just be a so-called 'ghost town.' Can you displaced people take responsibility for that?"

He became more and more agitated as he spoke, even going so far as to speculate:

"I'm afraid the dense fog in Kangcheng has already spread out of control, and you're deliberately concealing it!"

Faced with these agitated accusations and questions, Zhao Mutou simply turned his head away and ignored them without giving any response.

Instead, the girl with the ponytail suddenly burst out laughing:

"So you came here because of the thick fog in the city."

She raised her head proudly:

"It seems you don't know yet, but the fog in the city has been completely cleared away long ago!"

"Nonsense!" The Jin Cheng team member's face turned red with anger.

"If the dense fog could be completely cleared, Kangcheng would be full of people by now, not a ghost town. Even a professional special ability team like ours can only suppress the fog for a year at most!"

"You're exaggerating too much."

"Believe it or not!" the girl with the ponytail snorted.

Unlike his subordinates' excited rebuttals, Luan Ya gleaned several key pieces of information from the ponytail girl's words.

Suspicious, he immediately stepped forward, his gaze sharply fixed on the girl:

"You cleared the fog? How did you do that?"

It's important to know that Zhongzhou spent countless efforts and sacrifices to successfully build this thirteenth city!

However, it was precisely because of the thick fog that could not be cleared up both inside and outside Kangcheng, and the countless ghosts that kept gathering within it, that it gradually became a ghost town with no one living there.

Zhongzhou had summoned all sorts of extraordinary individuals and even mobilized high-level awakened beings to focus on clearing the dense fog, but to no avail; they could only suppress it temporarily.

Luan Ya was extremely curious. How could Li Yu and his group of refugees have accomplished something that even the Central Plains government couldn't solve despite its best efforts?

"Of course, it was our handsome city lord who cleared it out!" The girl with the ponytail continued, tilting her head back, her tone full of pride.

Luan Ya immediately asked, "The city lord you're talking about is Li Yu?"

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