-Old Chu, who is the Otherkind?
Sheng An asked softly, but her words weighed heavily.
There was a traitor among the Capital City's core leadership. That was why she had received word that Qiu Yu was gravely injured, and everyone with the authority to issue direct orders was inside...
Sheng An was barely holding on, but she would not collapse before they found the Otherkind.
She had to know who that Otherkind was!
An Otherkind hidden so deeply that even Qi Lingwu, Wu Buyu, and Ruan Zifeng had failed to find them.
Old Chu's left eye moved, fixing on the people inside.
A moment later, he pressed his lips together and raised his hand, pointing shakily at someone.
"It's him."
Everyone inside was a senior official of the Capital City Base, someone they had admired even before Doomsday. For Old Chu, that admiration ran especially deep.
The man he pointed at was precisely one of the elders he had once admired.
He had fought on the battlefield and devoted his entire life to his country.
Sheng An took a deep breath and closed her eyes. A moment later, she opened them again, clearheaded and calm.
She pushed open the door.
Inside, everyone turned toward them at once.
The Chief Base Director froze, then asked in surprise, "You're back?"
The convoy was still outside the main gate and had yet to enter. How had Sheng An and the others arrived first?
Elder Zhang looked delighted at first, but then noticed her expression and grew puzzled. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Elder Li instinctively looked at Qiu Yu, seeking an answer.
Sheng An spoke slowly. "Near Stone City, we received orders to rescue Qiu Yu. After returning, we discovered that Old Chu had already been killed..."
Everyone inside reacted at once.
Almost instinctively,