"Yes, that's right!"
Cao Yiyi nodded seriously.
"However, Lord Xingwei's strength is not solely due to his abilities. He possesses exceptional talent and cultivates diligently. Currently, he is the only Late Sixth Tier cultivator in our Great Xia, making him arguably the strongest inspector in our Great Xia at present!"
As soon as the voice fell, everyone paused slightly and turned their gazes in that direction.
"The strongest inspector?" Wang Hu asked.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Cao Yiyi asked.
"No, no!" Wang Hu replied, but a smile appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Cao Yiyi assumed that the other party did not believe him, and said:
"You might not believe it, but Lord Xingwei is really strong!"
Previously, when we were counterattacking the Erosion Zone, Xingwei was transferred to the overseas Erosion Zone. Just then, the beast tide there was trying to break through. During that breakout, there were three Sixth Tier Calamity Beast, dozens of Fifth Tier beasts, and many more low-tier beasts. Xingwei single-handedly suppressed that beast tide.
In the past two years, Xingwei has also been dealing with the Light Gate that ordinary city Supervision Bureau can't handle. Occasionally, he even hunts down high-level Calamity Beast that escape from Light Gate in the wild. Because of his presence, our country has remained relatively stable. However, many other countries have become quite chaotic in the past two years, and this is only because of the Joint Management Committee, which sends weapons and personnel to help deal with the Erosion Zone there. Otherwise, if the Calamity Beast in the Erosion Zone were allowed to escape, things would probably be even worse for them!
Oh, speaking of the Joint Management Committee, a while ago a country requested assistance from Joint Management Committee, and the task was assigned to our side. Lord Xingwei was even transferred to another Erosion Zone...
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
The group stood silently in mid-air. They were supposed to go down to carry out their mission, but they remained suspended in mid-air because Cao Yiyi kept talking.
Zhou Xuan's lips twitched. He glanced at Cao Yiyi, who seemed to have not yet finished speaking, and then turned to look at the others.
Everyone had different expressions, and the only one who seemed to be listening attentively was probably Wang Hu.
"Uh, I was saying..." Zhou Xuan raised his hand to interrupt.
"... What's wrong?" Cao Yiyi looked over with some confusion.
" Captain Wang might not have meant that. He might just be excited to hear how strong Director Jiang!" Zhou Xuan said.
"Hmm? Is that so?" Cao Yiyi looked at Wang Hu to confirm.
Without rebuttal, Wang Hu's lips, which had slightly lowered because of Cao Yiyi's continued talking, curled up again.
He was indeed somewhat excited by the opponent's strength; after all... the strongest! That was truly exhilarating!!
Wang Hu's eyes gleamed slightly.
He didn't mention any challenge, after all, he was currently too far behind his opponent in both rank and ability level, but...
Hmm, once we defeat Shen Heng and his group, we should be able to target them, right?
Wang Hu smiled.
Seeing his expression, Cao Yiyi seemed to understand.
Although not many, having always been by the side of adults, she had seen these kinds of people to varying degrees, but...
"Okay, good luck!" Cao Yiyi encouraged Wang Hu.
"Huh? Is that all you're going to do?" Zhou Xuan asked, somewhat surprised.
"Hmm! What else?" Cao Yiyi looked at Zhou Xuan as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"Didn't they say anything like ' Director Jiang is invincible' and tell us to give up'?" Zhou Xuan asked.
"No need!" Cao Yiyi replied, then a smile appeared on her lips. " Xingwei is the strongest."
She paused, then added,
"Even if someone wants to challenge him, they will naturally understand when they actually stand before Xingwei."
Uh... is there something wrong with this girl's brain?... Zhou Xuan looked at the mushroom-headed girl with some incomprehension.
It's one thing to say such a long thing before, but here's something about how you'll understand once you stand in front of him. Why is she acting like a little fangirl?
He didn't quite understand, but seeing the confident expression on Cao Yiyi's face, Zhou Xuan swallowed back what he was about to say.
Beside her, Han Ling glanced at Cao Yiyi silently before looking away.
Is it the strongest...?
She looked down at the flat ground and said, "Shouldn't we go down and start our mission?"
"Ah, I almost forgot!" Cao Yiyi exclaimed, waking up with a start. "Let's get started!"
The group fell downwards.
Han Ling, carrying the Stone-Armored Beast, chose a direction and flew off.
Just before the Stone-Armored Beast landed, it was lowered down, and Han Ling landed next to a Calamity Beast.
She looked at the Calamity Beast before her, sensed it briefly, and then drew the short dagger from her waist.
"Sizzle--"
The Calamity Beast's head was split open.
Han Ling took out the Origin Crystal, stood up, and flew towards the next Calamity Beast.
The Stone-Armored Beast followed closely beside her, and the Origin Crystal she had just taken out fell into the box on the Stone-Armored Beast's back during the process.
This is their mission this time: to retrieve the Origin Crystal of the Calamity Beast that Jiang Xingwei killed but they didn't have time to deal with!
One Origin Crystal after another fell into the box on the back of the Stone-Armored Beast. After taking nearly three hundred crystals, Han Ling finally stopped.
She glanced around, confirmed that all the dead Calamity Beast and Origin Crystal in that direction had been collected, and then returned towards the center.
Cao Yiyi was already standing there, and it seemed he had been waiting for some time.
So fast?... Han Ling glanced at her and moved closer.
" Captain Han, how much did you collect?" Cao Yiyi asked.
"I collected 278 Origin Crystal over there, 27 of which were Fourth Tier," Han Ling replied.
"Hmm, a little more than me. It seems the others probably have even more, which is why they're slower. Judging by that, there must be at least two thousand Calamity Beast on the ground!" Cao Yiyi said.
"Maybe!" Han Ling nodded.
After he finished speaking, the two fell silent.
The two, who were not familiar with each other to begin with, seemed to have nothing to say to each other.
only...
After a moment of silence, Cao Yiyi hesitated, then looked at Han Ling and said:
"Hey, Captain Han!"
"What?" Han Ling looked over.
"On behalf of Xingwei, I want to apologize to you. He wasn't actually targeting you; he just really dislikes the Calamity Beast!" Cao Yiyi said earnestly to the girl in front of her.
Han Ling was taken aback, not expecting the other party to apologize specifically for this. She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, I understand!"
"Hmm... Do you really understand?" Cao Yiyi, somewhat unsure.
"Well, after all, the Calamity Beast has killed countless people, so it's normal to have opinions. If it were me, I would also be distrustful if I saw someone with Calamity Beast for the first time!" Han Ling replied.
"It's not just because of that, but also because of his behavior. I know that Xingwei's actions can be offensive, and I want him to change, but it seems..." Cao Yiyi paused, bowed slightly to her, and said, "Anyway, no matter what, I want to apologize to you on behalf of Xingwei!"
Unconditional support?... Han Ling looked at the figure before her, paused for a moment, and said, "If that's the case, then I accept!"
"Really?" Cao Yiyi looked up with some excitement.
"Yes, really!" Han Ling nodded.
"That's great!" Cao Yiyi smiled happily. She paused, then composed herself and whispered, "But actually, Xingwei has already taken control. If he really wants to kill the Stone-Armored Beast, you won't be able to stop him!"
"Yes, I understand!" Han Ling nodded. "He values rules a lot, right?"
"Huh? How did you know?" Cao Yiyi asked, somewhat surprised.
"He's been waiting for our explanation. When Zhou Xuan said the Stone-Armored Beast was our private property, he wanted to compensate us. If I'm not mistaken..." Han Ling paused, looked at Cao Yiyi, and said, "In the end, he stopped because of what I said—that we've already submitted the relevant information about the Stone-Armored Beast, right?"
"Yes, that's right!" Cao Yiyi smiled happily, then said, "So your proposal about the Stone-Armored Beast was ultimately approved by the higher-ups!"
"Yes, I hope so too!" Han Ling nodded.
"But why would you think of raising a Calamity Beast?" Cao Yiyi asked with some curiosity.
"It's not that I want to raise them, it's that my captain wants to raise them!" Han Ling said.
"Huh? Aren't you the captain?" Cao Yiyi asked with some surprise. Her previous actions had made her think that the other person was the captain.
"Yes, I'm not. I was just a member of the team who was responsible for ranged attacks!" Han Ling nodded.
"Hmm? What kind of person is your captain?" Cao Yiyi asked with some curiosity.
"Him..." Han Ling glanced slightly to the side.
The two continued talking on the spot.
After a while, the rest of the group returned one after another.
As they expected, the others returned even slower, indeed because there were more Calamity Beast corpses in other directions.
In the end, after calculating, it even reached more than three thousand!
Cao Yiyi glanced around at everyone and said, "In that case, let's continue collecting!"
Everyone nodded, offering no objections.
Han Ling nodded, just like the others.
Just as she was about to lift her leg, she suddenly paused slightly, focusing all her attention on the ground beneath her feet.
An extremely faint sound was coming from beneath my feet.
"Bang, bang..."