"Sir, are you heading out?"
Outside the city, the soldier guarding the back gate hurried over to Wang Chengbo as he came striding toward them and asked.
"Ah, yes. I have something urgent to take care of outside." Wang Chengbo glanced upward and spoke anxiously.
"Sir, do you have a travel permit?" the city guard asked politely.
"A travel permit?" Wang Chengbo froze. "I need one just to leave?"
Before coming here, his administrative rank had already been authorized as School Level by Soap. Although he had kept a low profile and had not been made a Major General like Grandpa Lu and the others, surely he did not need a travel permit just to leave the city, did he?
Seeing his confusion, the gate guard hurriedly explained, "It's like this. We just received word that Lord Poz has issued a first-level alert. The city's entire defensive system has been activated, and it seems a barrier is about to be raised as well. According to regulations, anyone who needs to leave during an alert must have a travel order from the highest-ranking officer."
As he explained, he was secretly puzzled. Everyone in Emerald City knew that this short young man was a top-tier craftsman who had come to update their equipment. Talented technical experts like him were respected wherever they went. Why would someone like that suddenly want to leave while the city was under alert?
Thinking of this, he secretly sent a message to his superior officer.
Because they were so close, the fluctuation from the transmitted message was intercepted by Wang Chengbo almost instantly. He was speechless for a moment.
At this rate, I'll probably be treated as a spy.
But how could he explain it? *I feel like you people are a little unreliable, so I wanted