Although I had warned them about what was about to happen, everything that was meant to happen still happened.
In other words, not a single thing had been prevented because of my intervention.
The Administration Bureau had run into trouble. 706 had also run into trouble. Many other places had suffered incidents of varying severity as well.
Xie Yi said that every province had begun implementing lockdowns, trying to capture the criminals within their own jurisdictions while preventing the danger from spreading outward.
But this method was of little use. From beginning to end, no one had seen who the other side was. Forget what they looked like—not even a shadow had been spotted, yet their people had died for no apparent reason.
Just like this base. It had been destroyed and collapsed into this state, yet when we arrived, we had not heard a single sound.
That was not normal.
The enemy seemed to be a group of invisible people.
Even if they could turn invisible, could they erase all sound as well?
"Let's go back to our place first and meet up with Xie Yi. Qianqian should be arriving soon too."
I had received a call from Qianqian just now. Unlike before, however, this time she had called only after boarding the helicopter. Previously, she had called first before asking Xie Yi to send a helicopter.
I was feeling somewhat low.
If I had not known what was going to happen, that would have been one thing.
But this time, I had clearly known in advance, yet the outcome was still the same. It was hard for me to accept.
It was as though the enemy was holding a hand of face-up cards, arrogantly telling you exactly how they would play them, yet I still had no way