Luo Xiaoxiao had gone missing!
Shangjing Base was undergoing a shocking upheaval!
The new leader, Ye Zibo, had taken office!
Each of the three sentences contained more information than the last, each more shocking than the last. The impact nearly short-circuited everyone's minds. For a time, it was as if time and space inside the room had frozen; every sound vanished, leaving only the collective thump-thump of violently beating hearts.
Slap!
After who knew how long, Shang Jiudi suddenly collapsed into a chair. Dazed and distraught, she muttered, "Luo Xiaoxiao is missing? Where did she go... How could this happen? What about Commander Mu and Elder Luo? What exactly happened?"
When the actions of the four great Mysterious Families had gradually come into the open and begun to be known by ordinary people, Chu Han had started making a precautionary arrangement. He had drawn up a protection list, and even those permitted to see it had to undergo layers of screening. The most critical requirement was absolute loyalty to Chu Han, because everyone on that list was someone the covert department or the Wolf Fang Regiment had to deploy all their strength to save should an emergency arise.
And Luo Xiaoxiao was one of them!
In this urgent message from the covert department, the very first line was that Luo Xiaoxiao had gone missing, proving just how important she was.
The second sentence, "Shangjing Base was undergoing a shocking upheaval," was more like a warning in just a few brief words, informing them that major moves were about to take place.
As for the third sentence, it was the only one in the message that had reached a definite conclusion. Quite a few Wolf Fang higher-ups already knew that Ye Zibo was working for the Bai family. Yet right on