As soon as Lu Ning entered the lobby, he saw Yu Ran sitting at the front desk, playing games with her head down.
He walked over and tapped on the table.
Yu Ran hurriedly placed her phone in the corner, looking up as she said, "Hello, this is..."
When she saw Lu Ning, she was stunned for a moment, then broke into a surprised smile: "Lu Ning!!? You're back?? When did you get back?"
Lu Ning smiled and said, "I just got back."
Yu Ran jumped up, walked to Lu Ning, and touched his body: "Mission accomplished? How are you? Are you injured?"
Lu Ning calmly said, "I am immortal and cannot be injured."
Yu Ran then remembered, and with a dry laugh, she withdrew her hand, rubbing it as she said, "It's good that you're not hurt."
"Where are the captain and the others?"
"They're all upstairs. There haven't been any cases of illness in the last two days."
"Then I'll go up."
"Can I go with you?" Yu Ran said with a grin.
Then she saw Ke Qing behind Lu Ning and asked with some confusion, "Lu Ning, who is she?"
"Ke Qing, a survivor from Base City 121, will be joining our branch from now on."
Upon hearing this, Yu Ran was taken aback, her eyes widening in astonishment: "Survivors? Base City 121...?"
Lu Ning nodded: "Yes, it was destroyed."
Yu Ran found it hard to believe.
However, she didn't ask any further questions, but looked at Ke Qing with some sympathy: "Hello, Miss Ke Qing, my name is Yu Ran. Please accept my condolences."
Ke Qing nodded and smiled kindly: "Thank you."
The three of them went upstairs and, as soon as they arrived at the activity room, they saw that there were quite a few people inside.
The current captain is Colin, and the veteran player is Li Mu.
Also included are Wang Qiwen and Qiu Yuelin, who joined the Fog Bureau along with Lu Ning.
And later joined by Dmitri, Shi Shan, Aiha, and Zhong Caixuan.
Everyone is in the activity room.
Hearing the noise, everyone looked over.
Colin was on the phone when he saw Lu Ning. His eyes lit up, and he said into the phone, "He's back. I'll hang up now."
Colin hung up the phone, stood up, and walked towards Lu Ning.
He hugged Lu Ning tightly and laughed, "The director just called me to say you're back. I was wondering why you hadn't arrived yet. Welcome back!"
Li Mu and the others walked over with smiles on their faces.
"Lu Ning, welcome back."
"Brother Lu Ning, I've missed you so much, it's been months!"
"..."
Faced with the enthusiasm of the crowd, Lu Ning nodded and responded to each person.
He then introduced Ke Qing to Colin and the others.
Colin nodded slightly with a serious expression and said, "The director has already informed me that Base City 121 was destroyed because of the evil god's clone, right? I heard from Saint Qinglan that Ms. Ke Qing is planning to join our base city?"
Ke Qing nodded slightly and said, "I hope to join your branch. I am a fourth-tier Awakener, and my ability is flesh and blood enhancement."
Upon hearing Ke Qing's words, Colin, Li Mu, Wang Qiwen, and Qiu Yuelin were all taken aback.
Colin's eyes flickered, and he murmured, "...Flesh and blood enhancement, huh? What a coincidence!"
Li Mu and the other two also had somewhat complicated expressions.
This ability is exactly the same as Lin Xiao's.
Colin smiled and said, "No problem. There are more and more disease outbreaks in the base city now. Sometimes we can't even keep up with the numbers. We urgently need experienced action team members. If you're willing to join, our team would be happy to welcome you."
Ke Qing smiled and said, "Thank you!"
Afterwards, Colin asked Lu Ning about the details of the mission.
Since the mission wasn't explicitly stated to be kept secret, Lu Ning gave a general overview of the entire mission.
Colin and the others were stunned by what they heard.
When they heard that Lu Ning was actually able to cooperate with a seventh-tier awakened person to kill an eighth-tier mutated person, Colin and the others had very strange expressions.
Wang Qiwen looked utterly convinced: "I'm impressed. We joined the Mist Bureau together, and it hasn't even been two years yet, and you've already killed an eighth-tier Awakened?! Is that even possible??"
Qiu Yuelin nodded repeatedly in agreement.
When Colin heard that Lu Ning was already a fifth-tier Awakener, even he couldn't hold back his emotions.
He's only at the fifth rank!
He spent far more time than Lu Ning!
Colin didn't dare to think too much, fearing that if he thought too much, his mental state would become unstable.
Upon hearing about the enormous size of the Blood Source Avatar and its battle with the Azure Mist Saint, everyone was both shocked and filled with longing.
A battle at the Saint level is not something that ordinary people can witness.
After Lu Ning finished recounting his experiences during this period, Colin and the others also talked about the situation in the base city.
Since Lu Ning left, nothing major has happened in the base city.
It seems that there are more and more pathological events.
“We’re having four or five lesion events every month now, sometimes even more,” Colin sighed, looking somewhat troubled.
Li Mu sighed and said, "Moreover... headquarters sent a message saying that the level of mental pollution is increasing throughout the entire base city, and the rate of increase is even faster outside the base city. In just a few months, it has increased by 0.5%!"
Ke Qing was somewhat shocked and said, "The overall external environment has improved by 0.5%?! How could it improve by such a large margin?"
It's important to understand that this isn't due to a disease event, but rather an improvement in the overall environment.
The mental pollution level in the external environment has increased by 0.5%, which is enough to create a large number of new calamity beasts and cause more disease phenomena outside the base city!
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