Inside a temporary building in Shangjing District, Xiao Rulai put down the documents in his hand and rubbed his temples wearily.
In the seven days since the great battle, he has hardly closed his eyes. A mountain of documents awaits his review and processing. There are instructions for repairs in various parts of the city, curses from various powerful families, and the handling and reassurance of the residents of the capital city. In short, Xiao Rulai will not be able to get a good night's sleep for at least the next month.
The door opened, and Zhang Rong led Chi Chen into the room.
Xiao Rulai looked up and saw the two figures in front of the door, which made him even more troubled.
"Are you absolutely determined to know?"
Xiao Rulai looked helplessly at Zhang Rong, who had no expression.
“I may not know, but as the person involved, he cannot be unaware of what's going on with him. That's unfair to him!”
Zhang Rong's words surprised Chi Chen slightly, but also filled him with a warm feeling.
Chi Chen looked at Xiao Rulai sitting in the chair opposite him.
"Is this the commander-in-chief of the Great Xia War Zone's Secret Bureau?"
In Chi Chen's perception, although Xiao Rulai exuded a strong sense of exhaustion at this moment, his aura was still like a bottomless abyss, with no bottom that could be sensed at all.
Unlike Zhang Rong, who kept his true nature hidden, Xiao Rulai, perhaps due to his long-standing high position, exuded a chilling aura at all times.
Along the way, Chi Chen had witnessed the desolate state of Shangjing City. The once bustling city was now mostly in ruins, demonstrating just how terrifying the battle that took place in Shangjing City that day was, a fact that these newcomers hadn't been able to witness.
"Sigh! In that case, come with me!"
Xiao Rulai stared at Zhang Rong for a long time, but Zhang Rong's eyes showed no sign of yielding.
The Great Xia War Zone has just experienced a devastating battle. Among the high-ranking members of the Secret Bureau and certain families, there are quite a few traitors. They have either died or fled. In addition, the friendly personnel who died in the battle have resulted in a significant loss of high-level combat power in the Great Xia War Zone.
Although Chi Chen's secret is an absolute secret, Zhang Rong will find out sooner or later. Therefore, after weighing the options, Xiao Rulai still does not intend to completely fall out with Zhang Rong over that secret.
Although Xiao Rulai knew perfectly well that even if he kept the secret to himself, Xiao Rulai would never do anything harmful to the Great Xia Dynasty, he did not want the rift between him and his close friend to widen further, because he now had no one left to confide in.
The outbreak of this great war led to a barrage of criticism against Xiao Rulai from many people throughout the Great Xia war zone.
Xiao Rulai got up and led Chi Chen and the other person out of the office area.
The three walked silently through the dilapidated city of Shangjing. Throughout the city, the sounds of machinery could be heard constantly, as the reconstruction of the city had been going on day and night for seven days.
About half an hour later, Xiao Rulai led Zhang Rong and Chi Chen to the former headquarters of the Secret Service Bureau.
The once towering skyscraper is now only half standing, as if it had been neatly sliced in half.
Chi Chen stared blankly at the scene before him, wondering what kind of immense power it would take to slice a building in half in an instant.
Xiao Rulai led the two into a newsstand next to the building.
Inside the newsstand, only an elderly man sat in a rocking chair, holding a teapot in his hand, humming a tune with his eyes slightly closed, and occasionally coughing.
"Elder Ming!"
Zhang Rong and Xiao Rulai bowed to the newcomer at the same time, prompting Chi Chen to follow suit.
At the same time, Chi Chen was also curious about the identity of this Elder Ming. It turned out that even Xiao Rulai, the commander-in-chief of the Great Xia War Zone, had to bow to him. This was quite extraordinary!
"Um!"
Elder Ming opened his eyes and responded calmly, then glanced at Zhang Rong with a hint of disdain, which made Zhang Rong feel awkward. However, he could only accept the glare.
"This is the kid?"
Despite the wrinkles on Old Ming's face, his eyes were remarkably bright, showing no trace of the cloudiness that comes with old age.
"Um!"
Xiao Rulai nodded and responded softly.
Chi Chen felt a chill run down his spine as Ming Lao stared at him, as if he had been seen through in an instant.
"I can't see through it, I can't understand it! Go in!"
But after glancing at Chi Chen a few times, Elder Ming shook his head slightly, closed his eyes again, and stopped paying attention to the three people in front of him.
Seeing this, Xiao Rulai led the two further inside the newsstand.
Xiao Rulai lightly tapped the wall inside the newsstand a few times, and the wall, which had been without a single gap, suddenly split apart, revealing an elevator behind it.
Zhang Rong and Chi Chen followed, the elevator doors closed, and then slowly started moving again.
After feeling a rapid descent, the elevator slowly came to a stop, and then the elevator doors opened, revealing a huge, futuristic blue space in front of Chi Chen.
"This is a secure space storing all of the Great Xia's top secrets. Here, all secrets are stored simultaneously as electronic data and physical books. Do not wander around here. Even a forbidden ability user at the Star Radiance level cannot escape this space if the artificial intelligence here determines that they are in danger!"
Zhang Rong began by briefly introducing Chi Chen to this space, which was located on an unknown underground level.
Upon hearing this, Chi Chen was startled. He had looked around earlier but hadn't found a single weapon.
But unexpectedly, even a forbidden ability user at the Star Radiance level had to die here?
This seemingly harmless space secretly hides countless high-tech weapons that are not visible from the outside.
Xiao Rulai remained silent, leading Zhang Rong and Chi Chen to a screen at the deepest part of the room.
"Chi Chen, you must promise that once you know my secret, you will not tell anyone, not even the person you trust most!"
Xiao Rulai turned around and said to Chi Chen with a serious expression. To be honest, this was the first time he had seen this young man. Even when that thing disappeared from here five years ago, it was not Xiao Rulai who personally dealt with it.
"I see!"
Chi Chen looked at Xiao Rulai, his hands clenching slightly. He was about to learn the secret he had been searching for for many years, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"You all know about the taboo of the 001 sequence, which doesn't exist in any records, right?"
Xiao Rulai turned around, operating the control panel in front of him, and asked a question at the same time.
"Sequence number 001? Could it be..."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Rong's face immediately showed shock. Could it be that Chi Chen's secret was related to that person?
Chi Chen also showed an extremely surprised expression. He had only heard about the 001 sequence taboo from Qing Sheng, and only a few words about it.
Could the mysterious palace inside my body be the 001 Forbidden Zone?
That's not right. Qing Sheng said that only one person has ever possessed the 001 sequence, and the world doesn't know whether that person is alive or dead.
"He's dead?"
Zhang Rong asked in disbelief, his expression slightly complicated. He had only heard of that being in legends. Wasn't he rumored to be immortal?
"Yes, he died in that epic battle a hundred years ago!"
Xiao Rulai nodded, his expression equally complicated.
"That doesn't make sense! His aura was clearly present decades ago!"
Zhang Rong spoke, but there was a hint of doubt in his tone.
Chi Chen, who was listening from the side, was completely confused. He died in the epic battle a hundred years ago?
Did his presence reappear decades ago?
Finally, Xiao Rulai stopped what he was doing. On the large screen in front of him, an image appeared before Chi Chen's eyes, which immediately made Chi Chen's eyes widen and his heart start pounding wildly.
"Although he is dead, he left behind a 'hope,' which is the forbidden name of the 001 sequence! The aura from decades ago was emanating from this 'hope.'"
Xiao Rulai looked at the images on the screen. Even he was deeply shocked every time he saw this scene.
Zhang Rong was also staring intently at the screen. This was the first time he had ever witnessed the great battle that took place a hundred years ago.
On the screen, there was an incredibly tall wall. Outside the wall, there was a densely packed, countless terrifying and mysterious army. In front of the mysterious army, there were several enormous figures, like mountains, lying across the ground. Even on the screen, Chi Chen felt as if he was being suffocated by those mysterious figures.
Beneath the city walls stood an equally incalculable number of Great Xia troops. Above, dozens of figures cloaked and wielding long swords roamed the sky. At the very front, a handsome young man with a faint smile on his lips fearlessly gazed at several terrifying and mysterious creatures in the distance.
The room was silent, and the heavy sense of oppression seemed to put even more pressure on Chi Chen through the screen.
After a long silence, at a certain moment, the figure raised the long sword in his hand, pointed it forward, and then there was a deafening roar as two black tides rushed towards each other at the same time.
In an instant, the entire sky seemed to darken, and crimson blood, dark green and deep red, flowed across the land like a distinct river.
Then a large portion of the footage was clearly cut out. The scene shifted, and after an unknown amount of time, the ground was covered with a mixture of mysterious and human corpses, forming countless small hills.
Above the sky, a figure, seemingly smaller yet far more powerful than the mysterious ones, darted among the terrifying mysteries. Wielding a long sword, its blade radiated a light capable of cleaving the heavens and earth, repeatedly slashing the mountain-like mysteries with gruesome gashes, from which dark green blood gushed like waterfalls.
But at a certain moment, those terrifying mystics simultaneously roared to the sky, and a pitch-black crack appeared in the sky, as if something was about to crawl out of the crack.
Upon seeing this, the tiny figure flew towards the sky without hesitation, and then a blinding white light emanated from his body, like the tail of a comet, except that he fell in the opposite direction to the comet.
The video on the screen abruptly ended there.
Chi Chen was stunned and remained silent for a long time! Just now, he felt a sense of familiarity with that figure, even though they had never met before.
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