Xue Tingtao clenched his phone, its cold white screen illuminating his unnaturally pale face. He stared at the string of numbers, but still did not dare press the call button.
He stood alone outside the Fourth Branch, struggling to raise his head and look up at the behemoth.
His branch had clearly retained the most complete roster. Its lights were clearly still blazing. Yet in the darkness, it frightened him enough to make him tremble.
Over the past several events, Xue Tingtao had matured considerably. In most circumstances, he was no longer accustomed to relying on others.
But the deathly silence at this moment, along with that mysterious, unknown mission, stirred fear in him once again.
What on earth had happened to Heavenly Sea...
Xue Tingtao was no longer afraid of ghosts. Armed with sin objects and the legacy his elder brother had left him, he absolutely had the means to protect himself until the Tenth Supervision Event officially ended.
What truly frightened him was the drastic change in the Tianhai Hotel.
Even Xue Tingtao, who had never come into direct or indirect contact with Heavenly Sea's core secrets, had sensed that unsettling tremor, the warning sign of an upheaval.
The Top Ten Branches were almost empty.
His Fourth Branch could be considered the branch with the most people left: seventeen in all, but...
A single mission had split them all apart.
After the incident at Branch No. 2, Wei Guang had said he would track down Gu Qingyun and help resolve the lingering threat of the Ring Straw. Yet not a word had come back from him since.
The clouds grew thicker, and the night grew darker.
Outside the Fourth Branch, Xue Tingtao sensed an inexplicable yet powerful encroachment. Something was quietly changing the balance of Heavenly Sea, and