Zhao Longfei fumbled for his specially made communications phone. One glance at it, and his expression changed completely. "What's going on?! This phone transmits its signal through a Tier Four Artifact. How can it have no signal at all?!"
"It's not just your phone." Kav, who had been watching the monitors, suddenly spoke. "Every signal channel in this building has been cut off! The wartime broadcast headquarters we set up here has gone blind too. Live broadcasts across the entire Safe Zone have now stopped completely!"
Han Shuo frowned. "Someone jammed all our signals?!"
"No one jammed the signals. Someone sealed this building with a barrier." Olof turned his head and stared out the window.
Following his gaze, the others finally noticed that the air outside the window was rippling and distorting like a sheet of water.
"A Tier Five shielding artifact. They certainly spared no expense," Olof said coldly.
"Tier Five?!"
Everyone present instantly furrowed their brows.
Olof's cold, piercing gaze swept slowly across their faces. "That means we're now blind and deaf. Not only can we not contact Zuo You, but even if we could, he wouldn't be able to get in. And we can forget about carrying Minister Chu outside for emergency treatment."
He paused, then uttered the words heavily. "There's a mole."
Olof stated his conclusion outright, confirming everyone's worst suspicion.
Old Johnny said, "Stop standing around. The mole is right here. Activate your defenses, all of you, before he suddenly strikes, kills one of us to break through to the domain sequence, takes down War Readiness Zone 1 from within, and defects to the enemy with our heads."
As soon as he finished speaking, several faint flashes lit up the Conference Room in succession. Everyone quickly activated the defensive artifacts they carried, eyeing everyone else