The moment he emerged from City God Street, Lu Chen took out his phone.
Sure enough, it was exactly like what had happened at Rebirth Academy.
Time had been blurred again. It had felt like barely any time had passed, yet the screen showed that a full twelve hours had slipped away.
Only two hours remained until the seven-day deadline.
"Go!"
After getting in, the vehicle sped toward Number One Courtyard.
The atmosphere inside the car was exceptionally quiet.
As they looked back on their trip to City God Street,
both Lu Chen and the four underworld constables felt a chill crawl down their backs after the fact.
They really had taken a walk through Ghost Gate Pass.
If the [Plague Department] had not intervened at the end, Lu Chen might truly have been trapped to death in City God Street.
"Looks like we really need to avoid these missions that seem simple, have short descriptions, and yet offer absurdly high military merit," Lu Chen said with a deep breath. "Every last one of them is a freak."
"Yeah," Fan Rusong said with heartfelt agreement. "Praying for rain in Dragon-Tiger County, treating the former prefect's wife's illness—they sounded simple, but each one was more difficult than the last."
"Still, once a mission reaches S-rank difficulty, how many are ever easy? Looking at it now, it might actually be more straightforward to just dive directly into demon and monster instances."
After suffering two "losses" in a row, Lu Chen had more or less figured out the pattern.
He would have to keep his eyes peeled more carefully when accepting missions in the future.
"Still, General, you were truly imposing in City God Street this time." Recalling what had just happened, Xie Qingyi still found it immensely satisfying. "Especially that money-scattering divine