Chapter 61

Wu Qi looked around the scene, which was littered with traces of lightning strikes.

"Director, over a hundred corpses of strange beasts have been found at the scene. Their strength is around the third level, with 20 of them being at the peak of the third level," the investigator in charge of detection reported.

"Can you trace back in time to see what happened that led to this result?" Wu Qi asked.

"I just used my ability to trace back in time. However, due to the intense spiritual energy that erupted here, I can only see some blurry images. According to what I saw, everything here was caused by a powerful cultivator. This powerful cultivator can fly in the air and release lightning. I couldn't clearly see this person's face; the spiritual energy surrounding him was too strong. Whenever I tried to zoom in on him, my ability would be interrupted," the investigator with the time-tracing ability explained.

"This person is indeed very powerful, with at least high-level fourth-stage strength. The lightning lasted only a few dozen seconds, yet it killed all these strange beasts, showing how powerful his ability is. Among these beasts, there are so many at the peak of the third level. To kill them in such a short time, one must reach the high-level fourth stage to sustain such powerful output," Wu Qi said.

"I never thought our country would have such a formidable expert. Including the one who eliminated the giant dragon beast, who is estimated to be at the initial fourth stage, we now have two such experts. It's quite surprising," the investigator remarked.

"It would be best to find these two people and have them assist us. From the recent conflicts with the spirit realm, our Blue Star's current strength is still much weaker compared to the spirit realm. Any additional combat power will increase our chances of success against the impending invasion," Wu Qi continued.

"Start searching for these two people when you return, but you can put it on hold for now. Our top priority is to set up defenses here. The world passage will open again at this time tomorrow, and we don't know what will happen then. I will report to the higher-ups and have the Yacheng government organize the evacuation of all citizens to Dingcheng for safety."

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At the Blue Star Alliance's Asian headquarters, located in the capital of Huaguo, the first minister, Bai Moyan, was holding a video conference with the ministers from the American, European, and African headquarters.

"So far, we have discovered a total of six world passages. The world passages in Huaguo's Xing'an Forest, Kantuo, and Yacheng are the only ones where strange beasts have invaded. The other three have not yet seen any strange beasts passing through the world passages.

However, we cannot be complacent about these three. We need to quickly mobilize all available forces to guard the newly discovered Yacheng world passage to prevent another invasion when the passage opens again," Bai Moyan said to the attendees.

"Minister Bai, it is imperative to dispatch personnel to guard the newly discovered world passage, and we all support this," the minister of the American headquarters, John, nodded.

"However, based on the recent battles, we know that the other side is very powerful. While we are dispatching personnel to guard the world passages, we must also quickly enhance our strength."

"John is right. In the battle in Kantuo, the vanguard of the invading force was so powerful. If it weren't for two initial fourth-stage cultivators leading our forces, the outcome would have been unimaginable," the minister of the African headquarters, Balagon, said.

"Yes! If there had been only one initial fourth-stage cultivator, we might have suffered significant casualties. We need to implement that plan as soon as possible. If it works, our strength will be greatly enhanced," the minister of the European headquarters, George, said.

"Indeed, in a few days, the world passages will enter the next stable phase. The cross-world cultivation plan for the Cultivator Academy has already been arranged. We will implement it as soon as the time comes. If it goes smoothly, we will implement this plan at all the passages," Bai Moyan said to everyone.

At the Ping'an Garden residential area.

After lunch, the three of them were sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV.

"Lin Fei, how many abilities do you have now?" Zhou Yue, lying lazily on the sofa, asked Lin Fei, who was sitting opposite her.

"Xiao Yue, can't you sit properly? You look so undignified lying like that!" Wang Xiaoru helped Zhou Yue adjust her skirt and then patted her thigh.

"This is comfortable! Besides, Lin Fei isn't a stranger," Zhou Yue said indifferently.

"Not many! Just the ones you've seen!" Lin Fei glanced at the mountains on the sofa that were constantly rising and falling, took a bite of an apple, and said vaguely while watching the TV program.

"Tsk, miser! If you don't want to say, fine! It's not a big deal," Zhou Yue huffed.

"Did you awaken so many abilities before? If you did, why did you keep it a secret from us?" Zhou Yue asked.

"Um, I've had them for many years. After awakening multiple abilities, I realized how outstanding I was. To avoid discouraging someone who hadn't awakened any abilities, I had to keep it a secret. I didn't expect that person to be ungrateful, which is quite disappointing," Lin Fei said with a smile, looking at Zhou Yue.

"Haha, look at you being so smug. Back then, no one had multiple abilities. I think you were worried about being taken to the Spirit Energy Research Institute as a test subject, so you kept your abilities hidden," Zhou Yue guessed immediately.

"Whatever you think!" Lin Fei threw the apple core into the trash can.

"Lin Fei, the strange beast that attacked us doesn't look like it belongs to Blue Star. It looks like the dragons in fantasy movies! How did such a strange beast appear on our Blue Star?" Wang Xiaoru asked curiously.

"Who knows! The concentration of spiritual energy is constantly increasing, breaking the awakening limits for humans, let alone animals. It might be some lizards that have mutated.

You don't need to worry about such strange beasts. Despite their fierce appearance, they are not very powerful. I can easily deal with them, and professional investigators can handle them even more efficiently, solving problems in no time," Lin Fei reassured her.

"Rongcheng is a big city with many investigators stationed here. Even if there are more and more powerful strange beasts, they can't pose a threat to us. Of course, if you run into the Wangyue Mountain Forest, that's a different story. These areas are still very dangerous, with strange beasts roaming around," Lin Fei joked.