After Xu Feng finished speaking, he asked, "You're not scared, are you? There might be some supernatural phenomena there.
"But don't worry. I should be able to protect you.
"Even if I can't, I can at least tell you to run in time."
Chen Ye said, "Don't worry about me, Mr. Xu. If there's one thing I know how to do, it's avoid danger. I definitely won't hold you back."
The thought of entering a strange and wondrous world set Chen Ye's heart racing. He floored the accelerator again, but this time it wasn't for the thrill of it. He was in a hurry.
The sooner they arrived, the more people they could save.
Xu Feng sat calmly in his seat, feeling the car press him back against it. Chen Ye could afford to be anxious, but he couldn't. Over time, that distinction had helped Xu Feng develop a steady frame of mind.
He listened to the live coverage of the rescue and tried to make sense of the sudden incident.
There was no question about it. Judging by the reports and footage from the scene,
the response to Earth Qi turning into a demon had been chaotic.
Even in the world of the Corpse Sewer, it shouldn't have gone like this.
Faced with such a situation, the imperial court would have ordered the county's gifted people to help with the rescue, if only to keep the impact down.
They would have contained the Earth Qi for the time being.
Whatever the circumstances, the court would have made an effort. That wasn't what he was seeing here. Xu Feng said slowly, "It's a mess. They look like they don't know how to handle this at all. They don't even have an emergency plan.
"Did they not know about it, or