Li Mu and the others remained silent, the atmosphere heavy.
Colin took a deep breath and pointed into the research room: "Lu Ning is over there."
Upon hearing this, everyone snapped out of their shock at the news of Lin Xiao's death and looked in the direction Colin was pointing.
Then they saw Lu Ning sitting on the cracked floor of the research lab.
"Lu Ning!" Li Mu wanted to go in, but Colin stopped him.
"Colin, what are you doing?" Li Mu frowned and looked at Colin.
The others also looked puzzled.
Colin explained, "You can't go over there now; Lu Ning's situation is a bit special."
The three people's expressions changed slightly.
Qiu Yuelin asked worriedly, "What happened to Brother Lu Ning? Did something happen to him too?"
Yun Rou, who was standing nearby, explained, "He just absorbed a very powerful source of pollution. We'll need to do a mental pollution level test later to confirm the situation."
Upon hearing this, the three of them relaxed slightly.
Li Mu glanced at Lu Ning, who had his eyes closed, and said, "Then there shouldn't be any problem. After all, he absorbed my source of mental pollution before, and he was fine, wasn't he?"
Colin opened his mouth, as if to say that this time he had absorbed a source of spiritual pollution containing divine power!
However, he ultimately did not say it and fell silent.
Colin then changed the subject, looking at the three of them and asking, "Where's Wei Xuan? Have you seen him?"
Upon hearing this, the three of them also fell silent.
Wang Qiwen said in a low voice, "Wei Xuan is dead."
Colin lowered his eyes and asked, "Were they killed by those infected individuals?"
"Um."
The atmosphere among them quieted down again.
While they were quiet, in other areas of the corridor, Li Yihang and his group were also communicating with the newly arrived action team members and Free Awakeners.
Angry growls and sorrowful cries could be heard intermittently.
The entire corridor seemed to be shrouded in a heavy sadness.
Colin chuckled self-deprecatingly, "On the bright side, our team seems to be doing alright, with only two members killed. Other teams might have lost more."
Li Mu and the others couldn't laugh.
Qiu Yuelin wiped away her tears, her eyes red, and said, "I don't know how I'm going to explain this to Yu Ran and Elder Qin when I get back."
These words made Colin feel as if something was stuck in his throat, and his heart felt as if it had been squeezed hard, causing him great pain.
Amidst this somber atmosphere, Li Yihang and the others gradually stabilized, and the other unconscious Mist Bureau experts also began to wake up one after another.
Just then, a hole was suddenly torn open in the roof, and a figure descended from the sky.
He was a man with short, light blue hair, a tall and slender build, and a rather handsome appearance.
Surrounded by a gentle breeze, he slowly descended through the opening torn in the rooftop.
The appearance of this person drew everyone's attention, a mixture of wariness and apprehension.
The headquarters was built with extremely sturdy materials, yet it was torn apart so easily. What kind of strength is this?
However, Li Yixing quickly realized something and stood up with some awe: "You, you are... Saint Qinglan?"
Upon hearing this, the others' expressions changed slightly, and their eyes showed more awe.
Saints...that's an existence above the ninth-tier Awakener!
Moreover, the gap between a Saint and a Ninth-Order Awakener is even greater than the gap between Ninth-Order and First-Order!
Imagine how terrifying it is for an ordinary person to be called a saint.
That's an existence capable of destroying an entire base city single-handedly!
I never expected that the person in front of me would be the legendary saint!
In a small base city like Base City 116, where there aren't even any high-level awakened individuals, the sudden arrival of a saint naturally inspires awe.
Saint Qinglan looked at Li Yihang and nodded slightly: "Yes, I am Qinglan. I received a distress message from your base city. I happened to be nearby, so I came over."
His attitude wasn't arrogant, but his powerful aura still made everyone instinctively lower their heads slightly.
Qinglan ignored everyone's reactions, her gaze sweeping over the surroundings, a wisp of blue light swirling in her eyes.
He quickly turned his gaze to the spot where the Fallen Incense had been, frowned slightly, and his expression became much more serious.
"Spatial power?"
Hearing Saint Qinglan's mutterings, Colin and Yunrou exchanged a glance, and Yunrou quickly said, "Saint Qinglan, we just saw it! The space there tore open, and someone took the Fallen Incense Burner away!"
Saint Qinglan frowned even more deeply, and then vanished in the form of a gentle breeze.
At the same time, his figure appeared at the location where the Fallen Incense Burner had been.
He examined it carefully, then raised an eyebrow: "They escaped very quickly..."
He looked at Yun Rou and asked, "What are the characteristics of that person?"
"He himself didn't appear; he just extended a hand from the spatial rift. The hand looked ordinary, but it was probably a man's hand," Yun Rou recalled, sharing her opinion.
Saint Qinglan nodded slightly and said nothing more.
He then looked at Lu Ning, who was sitting on the ground.
Lu Ning opened his eyes at this moment and looked at Saint Qinglan.
Saint Qinglan looked at Lu Ning thoughtfully and said, "You possess a wisp of divinity?"
Lu Ning blinked and said, "Maybe it's because I just absorbed the white mist containing the power of a fallen angel?"
Before Qinglan Saint could react, Li Mu, Qiu Yuelin, and Wang Qiwen, who were standing at the entrance of the research lab, suddenly looked up at Lu Ning.
Their expressions were somewhat broken.
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