Chapter 967 Chapter 9: Nine-story Pagoda
At this moment, Yuehuang City was in chaos because it was the first special management bureau to be persecuted by the Heavenly Court.
Because it houses many magical treasures from the Heavenly Court, a small force from the Heavenly Court attacked here a month ago and stole some of the treasures.
At that time, the General Administration did not pay much attention to it. They just thought that the people in Heaven were extremely arrogant. If they wanted to get the treasure back, they could go through the procedures. Why were they so extreme?
Now it seems that all this was premeditated.
When Xia Yue took Li Muhan to the Yuehuang City Special Management Bureau, on the iconic ancient city tower.
Feng Yang, director of the Yuehuang City Special Management Bureau, is a middle-aged man with slightly messy hair and eyes that reveal fatigue and anxiety.
The phones in his office rang one after another, and his voice sounded a little hoarse as he switched back and forth between several phones.
"Dispatcher, dispatcher! Someone has been sent!"
"Oh no! What should we do? We don't have enough manpower!"
"Don't worry, I've already arranged some personnel."
"No one left! I don't have any of my men left!"
Li Muhan and Xia Yue stood outside the office. They could feel the tense atmosphere in the director's office.
Li Muhan knew that their arrival might bring more pressure to the already overwhelmed Director Feng, but he also knew that time was of the essence.
He took a deep breath, then decisively pushed open the office door, interrupting Director Feng's phone conversation.
"Director Feng." Li Muhan's voice was firm and powerful, trying to attract Feng Yang's attention.
Feng Yang raised his head and glanced at Li Muhan. A trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he obviously did not recognize Li Muhan immediately.
He probably thought that Li Muhan was one of those who were anxiously waiting for his decision, so he waved his hand, signaling Li Muhan to wait, without responding immediately.
Li Muhan did not back down because he knew time was running out.
So he walked forward a few steps and stood in front of Director Feng's desk, ready to explain in detail the purpose of their trip and the urgent intelligence they brought.
"Director Feng, we've met before, you..."
"Oh! Young man! What's the hurry? Can't you wait?!"
Feng Yang covered the microphone and yelled at Li Muhan.
Then he immediately spoke to the person on the other end of the phone.
Li Muhan raised his hand and took the receiver directly.
"I'm Li Muhan, the head of the Intelligence Section of the Tianhai City Special Management Bureau. I'm under direct orders from the General Administration to speak with Director Feng Yang. Whatever you have to say, we'll discuss it later."
Snap——
After saying that, Li Muhan hung up the phone.
"Are you free now?" He looked up at Feng Yang again.
When Feng Yang heard that it was Li Muhan, he quickly picked up the glasses on the table and put them on. After taking a closer look, he recognized him.
"Hey, Chief Li, you're such a hero! The last time you came to Yuehuang City, you demolished our ancient imperial mausoleum and didn't even bother to come and say hello to us."
Li Muhan was a little embarrassed.
Feng Yang was obviously being sarcastic.
But he had no choice. In the battle with Bai Hai, Li Muhan had tried his best to restrain his strength, and the two of them were fighting within the rift, although it still affected the imperial tomb.
But it's the smallest damage.
"Director Feng, I will apologize to you for that incident later. I'm here now because..."
"Oh, I know it. It's that tower that's as wide as the sky. The General Administration has given me a heads-up. Come on, come with me."
With that, Feng Yang pulled Li Muhan out.
When he walked to the door, he glanced at Xia Yue.
"Hey, where did this little girl come from? Are you here to look for your mother?"
Xia Yue's eyes turned cold.
Li Muhan quickly said, "Director Feng! Director Feng, this, this is my lover."
"Hey, you... Chief Li, are you smelting copper?"
"I...!" Xia Yue was about to explode, but Li Muhan quickly hugged her and whispered.
"I'm praising you! I'm praising you for being young! You're so young!"
Feng Yang led the two of them down the ancient city tower. Their footsteps echoed on the ancient stone floor, and every step seemed to tell the heavy history of the Yuehuang City Special Management Bureau.
Li Muhan's eyes keenly captured the details of the surrounding environment: some office doors were open, empty inside, documents were scattered on the desks, and telephones lay there quietly, as if waiting for a ring that would never ring.
The emergency contact list and task assignment table hanging on the wall of the corridor also looked a bit messy, obviously they had not been updated for a long time.
It can be said that it is already very good that it can continue to operate.
"Alas, there's an emergency transfer order from the General Administration. Most of the people in the Medical Department and Logistics Department have been transferred away."
"Our Yuehuang City has been attacked by the Heavenly Court three times in the past month. Last night, when the General Administration was attacked, we were also attacked, and many people died... Alas, all the magic weapons, including those buried in the ancient imperial tombs that did not belong to the Heavenly Court, were dug up."
"Even the city was affected by the massive earthquake. You should have seen it when you came here. Right now, the entire Yuehuang City is being rescued by the government, and secretly, our Special Management Bureau is also working hard."
"So there's nothing else to entertain you two, Chief Li, Xia Jishu, please don't be offended."
However, Xia Yue felt a little uncomfortable with the name "Xia Jishu".
In the Irish Special Service, she was used to a more casual working environment, where the Outer Gods always addressed her as Her Royal Highness the Princess, rather than a formal title.
The three continued forward, passed through the archway of the ancient city tower, and came to a spacious courtyard.
This was originally the gathering place of the Yuehuang City Special Management Bureau, but now it looks a bit dilapidated, with half of the city wall collapsed and only a few staff members busy working.
Feng Yang led them to a temporary parking lot.
"Lao Zhang! Car keys!"
He shouted at a man who was assessing the situation.
The man turned and tossed him a key.
"Director Feng, will you personally take us to the Nine-Storied Pagoda?"
"Hey, isn't this because we're short on manpower? And there's a special ban there; only the director of the Yuehuang City Special Management Bureau can open it. Let's get in the car."
Director Feng Yang patted a jeep that had been modified by the Special Management Bureau. The car looked sturdy and durable, and was obviously specially prepared to cope with various complex road conditions.
Li Muhan and Xia Yue quickly got into the car.
The car started and passed through the streets of Yuehuang City. Li Muhan saw the damage caused by the earthquake to the city.
On the streets, the cracks in the buildings are like hideous scars. Some houses have completely collapsed. Occasionally, people can be seen in the rubble looking for something, perhaps family members or precious items.
The rescue teams were busy trying to rescue the trapped residents from the rubble. Every successful rescue was accompanied by cheers and applause from the surrounding crowd.
"Those bastards in the sky." Feng Yang kept cursing while driving.
"They have looked down on humans from the very beginning, and it has been like this since ancient times. In their eyes, human life is probably not even worth a fart."
The Nine-Storied Pagoda is not a landmark building of Yuehuang City, but an important facility of the Special Management Bureau.
It is usually protected by the boundary decree, and the central area of the famous Yueyang Lake is where the Nine-Storied Pagoda is built.
While driving, Director Feng Yang explained to Li Muhan and Xia Yue the special features of the Nine-story Pagoda and the tasks they were about to face.
"There are some unruly aliens imprisoned in the tower, and we lost contact with the guards stationed there three days ago. Alas, I'm really too busy to help. Chief Li, you're a hero, how about you help me solve this problem?"
Li Muhan smiled bitterly.
"Okay, my goal is to get to the top of the tower anyway, so it's just a matter of convenience."
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