The team had moved to this new battlefield, the very place where that unlucky executive director had been killed a few days ago.
The unlucky director who had been killed was Wang Haochen, from the Central Province Region. He had considerable resources and connections there, and was also the leader of the team sent to support the Western Frontier Military Region. He had brought a sizable force of elite fighters.
Yet someone as influential as an executive director had inexplicably met his end in this small county town from the Sunny Era.
This small county town, called Liang City, was nowhere near as prosperous as Star City, and was far behind Yun City, too. During the Sunny Era, its permanent population had not even reached three hundred thousand.
Now that the Era of Strangeness had begun, Liang City probably had only fifty or sixty thousand survivors left.
A stronghold like this simply could not offer high-level defenses. Compared with Yun City, it was still vastly weaker.
Wang Haochen had only just arrived, so he must have let his guard down. There had surely been lapses in his personal security, allowing the Bizarre Tree to exploit an opening.
It wasn't as though the vast Central Province Region lacked powerful Awakeners. However weak Wang Haochen might have been, he must have had capable people under his command.
Otherwise, how could he have led the team? And how could he have been appointed to the Joint Command Group as an executive director?
There were only six executive directors, and every position was highly sought after.
Joining the Joint Command Group might not bring many immediate benefits, but in the long run, it would make for an impressive résumé.
So, getting in might not pay off right away. But failing to get in could