Tianshu Underground City, 2:17 a.m.
The corridor's emergency lights shone on the metal floor, and Secretary Li's leather shoes rang out in rapid, hurried steps.
He had practically sprinted the entire way.
Even the guards on duty he passed were startled into reaching for their holsters, casting wary looks his way.
But Secretary Li had no time to worry about any of that.
He had just finished his call with Lin Shigong, and he felt as though the sky had fallen.
The Demon Clan had descended on Blue Star.
The information contained in those words was more terrifying than all the top-secret documents he had handled in his decades as a secretary to senior leadership.
Reaching Elder Zhao's bedroom door, Secretary Li took a deep breath, forced his trembling hand steady, and knocked decisively.
Knock, knock, knock-
A few seconds later, the door opened.
Wearing pajamas, Elder Zhao looked at Secretary Li with some curiosity.
"Has something happened?"
"Sir!" Secretary Li handed over the tablet, speaking extremely fast.
"Just now, Tianxiong Underground City detected a series of nuclear explosions at Eagle Country's Freedom!"
"City Lord Lin sent drones to investigate, and inside the nuclear craters..."
He swallowed hard, his voice wavering.
"They found the Demon Clan."
Elder Zhao's hand paused for half a second.
Then he opened the video on the tablet.
The footage had been transmitted by a Tianxiong drone.
Amid the radioactive dust filling the screen, several enormous creatures clad in bone armor were clambering out across the scorching rubble.
Elder Zhao's pupils contracted.
He swiped across the screen, quickly reviewing the comparison data Lin Shigong had attached afterward.
Footage of the Demon Clan on the Terra Continent, comparisons of biological characteristics, and more.
Every piece of data pointed to the same conclusion.
These were not Eagle Country's