The two Alloy Doors ahead of the pedestrian passage were fifty meters wide and twenty meters tall.
At that moment, they came crashing down like guillotine blades, cutting off the way forward!
The crowd behind instantly squeezed into a mass. The air spilling out as the gates shut tossed everyone's hair and clothes about, while also blowing aside the stray bangs over Mu Fan's forehead.
Revealing a pair of bright black eyes, calm and indifferent...
More than a thousand travelers riding hover platforms came to a simultaneous stop. They froze for a moment before immense dissatisfaction spread across their faces.
"What are you doing?!"
"Why are you cutting off our passage?"
Yet as complaints and curses broke out, and as more and more people gathered, a group of soldiers in light brown uniforms surged out from both sides of the checkpoint, along with dozens of Flame Star Staff in blue customs uniforms.
"We sincerely apologize. Something unexpected has come up, but please don't worry."
Those staff members spoke to the crowd with unusual courtesy. However, once the group led by Grov appeared, the atmosphere at the scene dropped to freezing point.
"I am Major General Grov of the Azure Sky Legion garrison. My apologies for today. Please use another passage."
After saying that one brief sentence, he shut his mouth and said nothing more.
Instead, Jin Xianggen, that bloated fellow, waddled tremblingly to the front of the crowd. He loudly explained the situation and personally demonstrated how to lead the people at the front away.
Layer by layer, soothed by the kind words of the Flame Star Staff, the crowd quickly thinned out.
Mu Fan and the others, however, remained where they stood.
The confusion on their faces gradually turned into coldness.
"Looks like they're not here with good intentions,"