The next afternoon.
Ning Wangshu and the others were still out enjoying themselves.
Just then, Ning Wangshu's phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that Xu Jianfeng was calling, which surprised him.
"Why is Director Xu suddenly calling me? I wonder what's happened."
Ning Wangshu wondered to himself, then answered the call right away.
The call had barely connected when Xu Jianfeng's urgent voice came through: "General Ning, something's happened."
"Hm? Director Xu, what happened?"
Ning Wangshu was taken aback and quickly asked.
Although Xu Jianfeng hadn't explained the situation yet, he had most likely called to ask for help.
That made Ning Wangshu even more curious. What could have happened that the other three generals from Bureau 95 couldn't handle, forcing them to call on him?
Xu Jianfeng took a moment to catch his breath, then explained, "General Ning, here's what happened."
"At noon today, a violent tremor suddenly struck Bei Lan City in Shanyuan Province. It caused a construction site to collapse, opening up a massive Underground Cave."
"Not long afterward, strange black qi began pouring out of the cave. Anyone at the scene who came into contact with it seemed to have all their Essence and energy drained away in an instant, turning into a dried corpse."
"At first, the black qi wasn't too dense, and it spread slowly. But as time passed, it began to spread faster and faster."
"After Hidden Dragon received the report, they immediately dispatched a team to investigate. Unexpectedly, the entire team was wiped out in the cave."
"Realizing how serious the situation was, Hidden Dragon sent several Golden Core Grandmaster elders to deal with it in person."
"But once they arrived, they found that things were even worse than they'd imagined. Even they were struggling to resist the black