Yang Yong snapped the love letter shut.
Without the slightest hesitation.
"Old Cao, bring the Eerie Shadow Squad back. Now."
"We're in way over our heads with this Bone City."
"We can't take this risk."
As he messaged Cao Xianming, he instructed the White-Clothed Love Letter Ghost to deliver the love letter.
Upon receiving the message, Cao Xianming did not hesitate.
He did not even ask a single question.
In his capacity as Third Elder, he issued a direct order: the Eerie Shadow Squad was to withdraw to Mechanical City.
When the order reached the Eerie Shadow Squad, all six of them were stunned.
They had only just emerged from the Light Gate and were still standing on the ground.
Their mission had not even begun.
To be precise, they had merely stepped out of the Light Gate, stood around for a moment, and glanced at the distant Bone City Wall.
And then...
They were supposed to go back?
"What the hell? We come out for a stroll, then head back?"
"Fuck, I thought I'd finally get a taste of action this time."
"What kind of operation is this? Taking us out for walkies?"
The members of the Eerie Shadow Squad were all Eerie Symbiosis hosts, and their tempers were all somewhat volatile.
Apart from Fishing-Bum Uncle, who had yet to integrate into the group and did not join in the complaints.
Every single one of the others was cursing.
They cursed Yang Yong and Cao Xianming for this operation that had started with a bang and ended with a whimper.
Still, for all their cursing.
None of them dared move slowly.
The Eerie Shadow Squad still had to rely on Mechanical City to suppress the Eerie inside them.
So they could stay lucid and avoid being consumed by their