The two arrived at the North City Tower and were about to head up to the office on the top floor when Fei Jiao unexpectedly came down the stairs.
Fei Jiao recognized Zhou Sining. He glanced at the girl in civilian clothes beside him, a complicated expression on his face.
"Come with me."
Fei Jiao led Zhou Sining and He Yu into an empty office.
The moment they sat down, He Yu eagerly asked about Zhang Xiaohou's whereabouts.
Seeing the anxiety on her face, Fei Jiao sighed and said with a hint of guilt, "I'm very sorry. I don't know where he is now, either."
"What do you mean?" He Yu froze.
"On the day he went out on his mission, he happened to encounter Sha Yuan." Fei Jiao's voice was heavy.
"Sha Yuan?"
"You're not from the Ancient Capital, so you don't know how terrifying Sha Yuan is..."
Fei Jiao paused before continuing, "Sha Yuan is a massive graveyard of undead that moves without any pattern whatsoever. Countless undead lurk inside it. Once it appears somewhere, it devours everything there, and the countless undead within tear it apart and eat it. Even Commander Level creatures can't resist it."
"According to the information we've gathered, the place where Sha Yuan appeared overlapped exactly with the last known location of Zhang Xiaohou's team..."
Having said that much, there was no need to spell out the rest.
Wherever Sha Yuan appeared, not a blade of grass survived.
Never mind a team of Intermediate Mages like Zhang Xiaohou's—even Fei Jiao would have almost no chance of escape if he were thrown down beside it.
"The reason we haven't issued a death notice yet is that we're still holding on to a sliver of hope. We also haven't been able to conduct a thorough