At Duan Family Base, Duan Jiangwei still stood before the floor-to-ceiling window of the high-rise where he had spoken with Lu Chuxue last time. This was something he often did. After dealing with his busy political affairs, Duan Jiangwei would usually stand here and look down over the base.
His rank had entered a period of slow growth, and advancing anytime soon was impossible. Thus, what Duan Jiangwei did most during this period was gaze over the entire base and quietly consider how to strengthen Duan Family Base.
But today, some things had become drastically different. The base residents, who had originally followed their routines, suddenly poured out of their homes in droves. The crowds on every street abruptly multiplied several times over, turning the place exceedingly lively.
"General!" In the quiet room, Lu Chuxue rushed in with extreme panic. Instinctively overlooking Duan Jiangwei's state, she blurted out, "Chu Han really isn't dead. He..."
Lu Chuxue suddenly choked off halfway through. Before her eyes, the floor-to-ceiling window Duan Jiangwei faced happened to look directly at the massive stone monument outside the base, where the changes on the fifth-rank Battle Power Ranking could be seen with perfect clarity.
Gulp!
Lu Chuxue nervously swallowed, staring at Duan Jiangwei's back with a measure of fear. She could not see the expression of the terrifying man before her, nor could she detect any emotion in the suffocating air.
Duan Jiangwei must have seen the changes on the Assessment Stone Wall, yet no one knew what he was thinking. Only the purple katana partially exposed beneath his coat faintly gleamed with a sharp light. The intricate patterns on it flashed from bottom to top, trailing gorgeous purple streaks that concealed murderous intent.
As the terrifying silence dragged on, cold sweat continued to seep from Lu