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"How did it go?"

Sun Shijia used her eye power to observe the area around the central district from an ordinary bungalow. She did not examine it too closely, only sweeping over it once to avoid being detected by the other side's counter-surveillance.

"Squads have already occupied the four directions around the central area, east, south, west, and north. Each side has also set up barriers that block detection, so I can't see what's going on inside. There are also nine squads around the outskirts of the central district whose positions keep changing. It looks like they're after the central area too, just like us."

"Hm? There isn't a squad at the giant Clock Tower in the center?" Zhang Chen found that rather strange.

"No. But when my eye power swept over it, there seemed to be some kind of special barrier around the Clock Tower. I could see inside it, but the feeling was strange, as if what I was seeing was an illusion. I'm not sure whether there's a squad inside the Clock Tower."

"A barrier?!" Zhang Chen was somewhat surprised. "It seems there really is some secret in the center. Those squads lurking nearby probably know something. The four strongest teams are stationed in the four main areas to the east, south, west, and north. Let's find some of the smaller squads around the edges and ask about the situation first."

Since Yu Ming and Basang had been found in the city's West District, Zhang Chen's group of eight was currently in an ordinary residence near the West District, three streets away from the central area.

"I'll choose three people from the squad to investigate the information with me. The rest will remain here on standby. Any volunteers?"

Of the seven people before Zhang Chen, six immediately