Chapter 62: I'll Protect You!
In the dead of night, on the distant Wilderness beyond Yacheng.
The night was deep, the moon dark, and the wind fierce.
Amid the hills, which should have been devoid of human presence, a temporary barbed-wire fence had been erected, hung with signs forbidding entry.
A newly built watchtower could vaguely be seen, its cold searchlights sweeping across the grass and trees.
Though it was guarded as tightly as a military restricted zone, there was no base inside. Instead, it was empty and overgrown with weeds, with only vehicles from all over parked haphazardly across the open ground.
They vaguely encircled a fissure at the center.
Like a crack split open in the void, the winding, wriggling rift hung suspended in mid-air. No matter which direction one looked from, it seemed to face directly toward them.
A glow vaguely shone from beyond the rift.
The phenomenon of overlapping Rift Worlds was gradually intensifying.
In a few more hours, the passage would likely open for real.
For that very reason, tensions within this not particularly spacious camp had gradually become taut. If not for the Security Bureau personnel still present to keep watch, two groups might already have come to blows.
No matter where they went, people instinctively formed cliques.
In just over a day, word that the Rift World was about to open had spread far and wide, and Chosen Ones seeking Blessings or wealth had gathered here in droves.
Every convergence of Rift Worlds was a grand occasion and an opportunity for advancement for unaffiliated Chosen Ones. Few were willing to let such a chance slip away easily.
Some had even rushed here from beyond Haizhou, arriving dusty and travel-worn.
All for the first taste of the spoils!
For the Security Bureau, the location