This communicator could barely manage to communicate with things in the void, but the distance could not be too great.
There was a time limit between the Special Field's collapse and its exile into the void, so Ke Meng still had time to communicate with the other party.
Meanwhile, the Director-General activated his contingency plan. After bombarding the edges of the Special Field, he pressed the Mechanical Button.
The investigators stationed around the Investigation Headquarters used the items in their hands to form a vast array of some kind, preventing the Sealing Pavilion from breaking out.
At the same time, Ke Meng took out the Elf Magic Ball. With a thought, he instructed the guardian spirit to release the spatial lockdown specifically on the Investigation Headquarters building.
The ground beneath the Investigation Headquarters building had been bombarded, leaving layer upon layer of fractures. As soon as the guardian spirit released the spatial lockdown, black boundary lines appeared along the edges of the Special Field.
Beyond that darkness lay the endless void. There was no life within it, only nothingness.
The building rapidly collapsed, sank, and fell into the void without a sound, as though even sound had been swallowed by the void.
"Is that you, Ke Meng? I can feel the building becoming weightless. What happened?" The Sealing Pavilion's voice suddenly came through the communicator.
"It's me," Ke Meng said calmly. "Mr. Sealing Pavilion, do you know where the Heartflame Candle is?"
This was a Zero-Level Item that the Investigation Bureau was particularly eager to recover. It represented violence taken to its utmost extreme and was far more terrifying than the other items.
"What's happening outside? The spatial lockdown has been released, but I feel as though the building and I are separating from Blue Star. It's the void. I