At the sound, Chang Rui and Lin Meng's hearts clenched at the same time.
That alert tone rarely appeared during the news.
The last time it had appeared was when the deaths of the Sea Giant King and Cat Morning Star were announced.
Now that the sound had appeared again, something urgent must have happened at the front!
Could another god-level being have fallen?
Chang Rui hurriedly splashed his face with water several times, barely washing off the cleanser;
Lin Meng also ran out of the bathroom in a panic, clutching up his pants.
Neither had time to care about the other's disheveled state. Their eyes turned toward the television screen at the same time.
The familiar female news anchor was gone, replaced by an unfamiliar male anchor.
The male anchor wore a solemn expression.
He said seriously, "We are interrupting with an urgent report. According to real-time intelligence from the front, the Skrull army has erected a towering spire south of its headquarters. The purpose of this spire is currently unknown, but according to Frontline Commander-in-Chief Su Yu, it is a secret weapon deployed by the Skrulls, and its power is certainly immense..."
During the report, the broadcast inserted a video clip.
The footage was extremely blurry.
The front lines were engulfed in fierce combat, with rampant psionic energy, trembling space, and purple-black light filling the sky. No camera could clearly capture the enemy position, leaving the footage terribly blurred.
Even so, Chang Rui and Lin Meng could make out the vague silhouette of a spire amid the vast purple-black haze.
The spire stood nearly a hundred meters tall, its tip a third higher than the Skrulls' central command headquarters.
Its body was pitch-black. Due to the poor footage, it was impossible to tell whether it was cylindrical or