Hekang City.
At Rapid Response Squad headquarters, photo after photo came in, and the place was thrown into complete chaos.
Liu Yutan raised a trembling hand and swallowed a fast-acting heart pill. Looking at Yan Xun beside him, who was frantically wiping away sweat, he asked, "What do you think?"
Simple. Give me a fast-acting heart pill too. We can eat them while we watch.
Yan Xun swallowed hard and shook his head. "Elder Liu, you just watch. My opinion isn't important."
"Supervisor Yan, this is Hekang City. Your opinion is more important than mine."
Old man, that's not what you used to say!
The two stared wide-eyed at each other, neither willing to voice an opinion on the matter. Each was more modest than the other.
Just then, the phone on the desk rang.
Yan Xun stared at Liu Yutan with wide eyes. Seeing the old man put on a thoroughly muddleheaded expression, he picked up the phone resentfully. After nodding repeatedly, he hung up in speechless frustration.
"What did the higher-ups say?"
"They told us... told Elder Liu to handle it as you see fit."
"..."
Liu Yutan sighed helplessly. Vermin. What did they mean, telling him and Yan Xun to handle it as they saw fit? What virtue or ability did the two of them possess? What right did they have to make that call?
Two months ago, the mysterious Xiang Yuan had appeared in Hekang City, hypnotized Liu Yutan, Yan Xun, and Qin Chang, and stolen a great deal of intelligence from the human side.
Not only had he stolen the ultimate techniques passed down by Yellow Springs Daoist and a medium transport plane, he had also arranged fights and beaten several human experts from the top ten of the Heavenly Rankings flat.
Afterward, Xiang Yuan