Outside the Pipe Network Layer exit.
Klaus stood there clutching the Communication Crystal, his expression several shades uglier than before.
Through the lines connected to the Communication Crystal, he could clearly sense that several had already been severed.
In other words, several more Night Watcher squads were gone.
The situation was dreadful.
Blue Knight suddenly turned her head to look into the distance, her face somewhat stiff.
"Look at the city wall."
Klaus and Lu Yuan followed her gaze.
The white fog was too thick to make anything out clearly, but on the distant horizon, where the outline of the Inner City Wall should have been, a faint layer of dark red glimmered, especially conspicuous in the mist.
And the wall that should have stood quietly in place was now faintly undulating.
Lu Yuan and Klaus immediately realized that the Inner City Wall had been completely contaminated.
Both their hearts sank.
They recalled the report they had heard earlier. It seemed the Ascension Society had failed as well.
The task of stopping the Flesh from spreading had originally been entrusted to the Ascension Society, but whatever was spreading through The Abyss was far too fast.
Just then, a Night Watcher charged out of the white fog.
He was drenched in sweat, with several bloody streaks across his face. He nearly failed to stay upright when he reached Klaus, bracing both hands on his knees. Only after catching his breath for several moments did he force the words out.
"Deputy Chief Klaus, something's happened! The Inner City Wall is mutating everywhere. Flesh has already grown out of the wall... Everyone on the West Wall... has died... What do we do?"
Klaus's gaze shifted from the Night Watcher's face to the dark red horizon in the distance, and he fell silent.
He