Dragon Kingdom, Swordbearer Supreme Command Center.
The underground command hall bustled with activity. Dozens of technical officers in special operations uniforms hammered at keyboards before a massive circular console.
Red code cascaded down the screens like a waterfall.
Yue Xiaofei, now dressed in a clean black special operations uniform, strode down the corridor with his newly tempered black-and-gold saber on his back.
Ning Hongye followed half a step behind him, carrying her heavy Mo Dao in one hand. Red silk covered her eyes, and her light footsteps made no sound.
"Xiaofei! Come look at this!"
Han Duoduo spun around in her chair at the main console.
Clack!
Han Duoduo's slender fingers struck the mechanical keyboard hard. A top-secret intelligence report, locked inside a red frame, appeared on the central screen.
"I just hacked into a lower-level Dark Web node on the Western Continent and intercepted a heavily encrypted telegram sent into the country by microwave satellite!"
Han Duoduo yanked the Lollipop from her mouth and spoke rapidly:
"The telegram says the Ancient Gods Church sent a group of top assassins disguised as experts from a multinational pharmaceutical company two hours ago. They've already entered the Dragon Kingdom through a covert smuggling route!"
Yue Xiaofei's eyes narrowed. "Where are they headed?"
"Jiangcheng!"
Han Duoduo jabbed a finger at the holographic map.
The map zoomed in, pinpointing Jiangcheng, an old industrial city in the heart of the Dragon Kingdom.
Jiangcheng!
Yue Xiaofei's heart skipped a beat at the name.
Jiangcheng was where he had been born and raised, the setting of all his childhood memories.
More importantly, his own grandfather, the hundred-year-old Yue Qinhu, lived there alone under an assumed name in an old residential building!
Yue Xiaofei's breathing quickened.
To outsiders, Yue Qinhu was the iron-willed regimental commander who had defended