Two kilometers from Qinglei Fortress, on a grassy slope, a man rose swiftly, gathered his belongings, then hurried down the slope and leaped into a modified car.
With a roar of the accelerator, thick smoke spewed from the exhaust pipe, and the car sped away at an astonishing pace.
In the blink of an eye, it vanished into the night.
As he raced through the wilderness, the burning intensity in the man's eyes gradually faded. Only after his eyes had become completely lifeless, just like those of the ordinary people scattered throughout the wilderness, did he take out his phone and dial a number.
Thanks to the Great Wall Bases built by the Strategic Affairs Department, even the communications network in the wilderness had become much faster than before.
The call connected quickly, and a middle-aged man's voice came through the phone.
"Zhao Qi, did you succeed?"
The man, surnamed Zhao and the seventh child in his family, but now utterly alone, replied in a slightly hoarse voice.
"I did."
"I hit the target."
"However, the target is in the Profound Comprehension Realm."
"Whether I can kill him is hard to say."
There was a moment of silence on the other end before the middle-aged man sighed.
"Just do everything you can."
"That bastard Gao Jin didn't give us any benefits, yet he dragged our Zhengqi Dao into this mess."
"He wants that guy called Red Ghost dead. Zhao Qi, no matter what, you have to kill him for me."
"Otherwise, our Zhengqi Dao won't be able to maintain its foothold in Langya City."
Zhao Qi did not respond immediately.
After a moment, he said, "President Shang, that's someone in the Profound Comprehension Realm."
"I might die."
"I took an enormous risk with that shot tonight."
"If you want me