Garrison Assignment

Late at night, 11:30 p.m.

Wu Heng brought the Tower Master team assigned to him by the Spirit Sacrifice Association—Steamer, Lost Soul, Red Bone, and Kind Heart—to the Spirit Sacrifice Tower.

"Captain, the node we previously guarded was at Position 075 of the mine vein. Twenty kilometers beyond that location, a tide rises every twelve hours."

"All kinds of anomalies often attack within the tide. Most of them are weak, but occasionally, vicious anomalies that even Tower Masters can't handle appear."

"Last time, we ran into a major anomaly and nearly got into trouble." Steamer explained information about the Land of Absurdity from the side.

They knew that after this meeting, Wu Heng would be taking them into the Land of Absurdity, so they told him as many details as they could.

"A tide?" Wu Heng found that strange. Wasn't a tide the movement of seawater caused by gravity? How had it become a proper term?

"Yes. There's no seawater there—at least, none on the surface."

"However, the president of the Red Lotus Association investigated it and suspected there was an underground sea. The anomalies there also emerge from underground along with the tide, so that place has been designated a key danger zone."

"No Tower Guardian dares to set foot there. We can only passively defend the mine vein." Red Bone picked up the explanation.

Kind Heart wore a gentle smile on his round face and sighed softly. "Hehe, Captain, people like us, including those from the other two worlds, are supposedly here to seize and guard the Chikuai Silver Mine vein."

"In reality, we're merely relying on the mine vein to carry out mining operations."

"The Chikuai Silver Mine vein suppresses anomalies, so the closer those anomalies get to the vein, the weaker they become, while we Tower