The moment the resounding alarm went off, Langya activated its highest-level defense mode. A Defense Team member immediately climbed to the tallest building. If any unidentified object approached, he would activate the Time Cannonball and be ready to fire at any moment.
Gu Liangchen was the first to rush out of the building, gathering with the few Defense Team members Langya had left.
"Location?" Gu Liangchen demanded forcefully the moment he arrived. There was no sign that he had spent years wandering outside. His instinctive reactions and Langya's distinctive aura had not faded in the slightest.
The rapidly assembled team was initially stunned. The long period of peace and calm had nearly made them forget that old sense of tension. They could barely remember the last time an officer had questioned them with such composure.
But they reacted as quickly as possible. One member stepped forward and spat out two words at breakneck speed: "Forbidden Zone."
"What?!" This time, Gu Liangchen was the one left stunned.
The Forbidden Zone? The enemy attack had come from the Forbidden Zone?
"Report the situation immediately!" As soon as Gu Liangchen finished speaking, he sprinted toward the Forbidden Zone.
A team immediately followed behind him. The person leading them ran shoulder to shoulder with Gu Liangchen and said as they ran, "The alarm was raised by City Lord Shang Jiudi. She was killed by Bai Yun'er. Throughout the entire incident, none of our defenders, equipment, or reconnaissance detected this person infiltrating."
The report was unclear. It did not say how many enemies there were, whether there was only one, or what locations were currently being investigated.
Yet within those seemingly vague words, Gu Liangchen received a shocking piece of information: the infiltrator had been capable of evading Langya's prized reconnaissance.
If one person could