Seeing Lu Ning turn and leave, Rory was taken aback. He was somewhat confused, wondering what this terrifyingly powerful yet unknown saint was up to.

Soon, Rory's companions quickly approached from behind.

A young man asked, "Chief, what should we do? Should we call for help?"

Rory's lips twitched, his expression somewhat bitter, and he said with a smile, "No, I can't get through on the phone."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically.

"how so??"

"I don't know, maybe it was done by that saint just now?" Rory shook his head, looking in the direction Lu Ning left.

However, there was something Rory didn't say: he always felt that the saint didn't seem to have shielded the base city, nor did he seem to have any deep malice.

However, Rory cannot let his guard down based on his own speculation.

He said, "Let's go and see!"

The telekinetic user used their ability again, making everyone fly up and quickly move in the direction Lu Ning had left.

Soon, they saw Lu Ning leaping on the rooftop, his target seemingly the direction of the city wall.

One of the awakened beings asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why doesn't he fly?"

The others also shook their heads.

"A saint, after all, must have some quirks. Perhaps he doesn't want to fly?"

Soon, Lu Ning approached the city wall.

When he arrived at the city wall, he looked out of the city.

It was a wilderness, without fog, and everything seemed normal.

However, in Lu Ning's view, the wilderness was covered with thick white fog.

The concentration of this white fog is even higher than that of Fog No. 101.

He gazed silently at the wilderness, lost in thought for a moment.

Then, Lu Ning leaped off the city wall and headed towards the wilderness.

Just as Lu Ning jumped into the wilderness, the space around him distorted, and he disappeared from the spot.

This made Rory and the others, who were originally following behind Lu Ning to see what he was doing, widen their eyes.

"Disappeared? How is that possible?"

"Did he use his power?"

"That's impossible! His ability is clearly not spatial, we can all see that, right?"

The crowd discussed it animatedly, and at the same time, they flew up to the city wall.

They stared at the sky beyond the city walls, where Lu Ning had disappeared, their expressions constantly shifting.

After a moment of silence, Rory frowned and said, "I'll go take a look. You guys stay here and wait."

Upon hearing this, the other members of the Mist Bureau changed their expressions.

One of the members of the Mist Bureau asked with a worried look, "Chief, is there any danger?"

Rory laughed, "How could that be? This is just the wilderness outside the base city. Where would the danger come from? How many times have we been in and out before?"

The others thought about it and agreed.

Rory immediately jumped off the city wall.

However, just as Rory took to the air, the space around him also distorted.

Then, he disappeared from the spot.

As everyone watched Rory disappear, their expressions changed drastically.

"The bureau chief?!"

"Damn it, what on earth is going on?!"

Just then, one of the sixth-tier Awakened from the Mist Bureau suddenly patted the person next to him on the shoulder.

He pointed to the city gate below the city wall and muttered, "Something's not right... Why is no one leaving the city? And no one entering the city?"

Everyone else was taken aback upon hearing this.

They then looked down at the city gate and then at the road outside the city wall.

They seemed to realize then that there was no one outside the city gates or on the main road outside.

Previously, they hadn't found it strange at all.

The group exchanged glances, and each saw a look of horror in the other's eyes.

The air became quiet and heavy for a moment.

After a few seconds of silence, one of the awakened beings asked, "...Something's really wrong here, what should we do?"

One of the seventh-tier elderly Awakened Ones said with a serious expression, "Let's go back first!"

Just as they were about to return, they suddenly felt an incredibly powerful mental fluctuation emanating from within the base city once again.

This mental fluctuation was very familiar to them.

Their expressions changed, and their eyes widened.

"This is... the mental fluctuations of that saint from before?! Didn't he disappear?"

"Could he have gone back to the base city? How did he get back?"

The crowd began to discuss the matter, and then the elderly awakened one immediately said, "Let's go take a look!"

Everyone nodded, and the one with awakened psychic powers lifted them all up.

The group headed in the direction from which the mental fluctuations originated.

As they approached, they discovered that the unknown saint, dressed in a blood-red robe, still wore a black crown of thorns and wielded a ferocious blood-red greatsword.

He stood on the same high platform as before, seemingly without having changed his position.

People speculated that this unknown saint might have some obsessive-compulsive disorder.

As the crowd approached, Lu Ning only glanced at them before looking away.

However, Lu Ning quickly noticed something and looked to his left.

That was the direction the Fog Bureau members had come from.

Before long, the others also looked over.

They also sensed mental fluctuations approaching.

The mental fluctuations made them widen their eyes, revealing expressions of disbelief.

A figure could be seen leaping over at an extremely fast speed between the tall buildings in the distance.

This figure was all too familiar to the people in the Mist Bureau.

It's Rory, the director of the Mist Bureau.

"Is...is it the bureau chief?!"

"The bureau chief isn't dead?! That's great!"

"Wait... when did the chief go back? We didn't see him at all?"

The crowd seemed to realize something, their expressions turning strange.

They knew Rory too well to be surprised that he didn't have the means to leave right under their noses.

Not to mention, Rory is their chief; how could he possibly abandon them and leave on his own in that situation?

It just doesn't make sense no matter how I look at it.

Everyone immediately became wary as Rory rapidly approached.

Rory, who was in the distance, seemed to have noticed their presence as well.

He first glanced at Lu Ning's location, then quickly approached the group from the Mist Bureau.

When Rory approached, his first words made all the members of the Mist Bureau frown.

"Old Wei, where did you guys go? Why didn't I see you earlier?"

The group exchanged glances, their faces grim.

The rather elderly seventh-tier Awakened, Wei Xiu, looked at Rory warily and asked, "Who are you?"

Rory looked bewildered, his eyes widening in astonishment: "I'm Rory? Who am I? You guys..."

Then, as if realizing something, Rory's expression changed slightly, and he looked in shock in the direction of Lu Ning: "Could it be because of him?!"

Wei Xiu and the others remained expressionless.

Just then, a heartbeat was heard.

The sound of that heartbeat made everyone present's heartbeat beat in unison.

This made everyone feel somewhat uncomfortable.

They turned their heads sharply, looking in surprise in the direction from which the heartbeat was coming from.

Then they saw that the saint was holding a beating heart in his hand.