Apricot Realm, Crystal City, Muzi Li Intelligence Headquarters.
The completely sealed space resembled a giant bottle. As far as the eye could see, everything inside was black and white, making it appear exceptionally solemn and austere.
Suspended from the ceiling at the top of the bottle-like space were Night-Luminescent Pearls with recording functions. They emitted a soft, non-dazzling glow, illuminating the busy figures crisscrossing below.
"Make way, thanks, I'm looking for Sister Yuan."
"Big Head, I sent the jade slip to you through the table-array. Give me a shout in fifteen minutes."
"Thirty-One, get over here!"
"Candied sweet potatoes, spicy beef tongue, rabbit butt."
"Who the hell moved my Number 763? I told you not to mess up the positions and order of this batch of Communication Pearl Arrays! Fuck!"
"Abei, sixty-six years, add more locks..."
Hundreds upon thousands of figures moved back and forth in the distance before her eyes.
Some of the overlapping voices could be understood, while others could not. They were likely encrypted languages exclusive to one another.
Some people roared curses, some swallowed pills to restore their strength, and some wiped sweat as they hurriedly contacted the major strongholds across the Holy Spirit Continent, completing the tasks at hand...
"Mm."
Xiaoxiao choked on her saliva. Only then did she blink and come back to herself.
One hand clutched the purple braid hanging over her chest, while the other held the neatly organized purple jade slips. As she stared at the bustling crowd in the distance, she felt as if she were in a dream.
"I actually joined Muzi Li..."
Just half a year ago, Xiaoxiao had still been on Dead Plains Desert Island, under Flower-Grass Pavilion in Half-Moon Bay of the Southern Domain on the Holy Spirit Continent. Alongside over a thousand Blood Gu wielders,