Only now does my humble door open for you

Lin Qing paced back and forth in the store, glancing at the clock on the wall from time to time.

It wasn't that she lacked a built-in timer. Doing this simply eased her anxiety a little.

Outside, the sky had gone completely dark. The internet was flooded with news of the lockdown at Wuhuan Industrial Park, along with videos leaked from the scene. She had watched every clip repeatedly, but hadn't spotted Chen Xuan or Liu Shuyue in any of them.

It was already past eight thirty, and the shopkeeper still hadn't returned.

Something must have gone wrong.

Otherwise, there was no way he wouldn't even call her.

Besides, she knew Chen Xuan had a way to return to the Ability Store instantly, and could bring customers back with him. There was no possibility that he had been forced to stay at the scene to look after Liu Shuyue.

The worst-case scenario was that Chen Xuan had been captured by the organization.

That would mean losing more than half her foothold in this world in an instant. All her plans for the future would fall apart as a result.

The only reason she hadn't immediately charged off to attack the organization was that she had yet to overhear any news from Jiang Siqi about Chen Xuan being captured or killed.

Even internally, the organization was still referring to Chen Xuan by the code names "Flesh-and-Blood Man" or "Flesh Butcher."

If Chen Xuan had really fallen into their hands, even as a corpse, they should have confirmed his identity long ago.

The only remaining answer was that Chen Xuan and Liu Shuyue had entered another world.

The organization had already described this incident as an Erosion war. Since it involved Erosion between worlds, there had to be an Erosion Point. That