Half an hour after the battle ended, the official Awakened finally used various methods to completely clean up the blood of the Fierce Dragon Ghost around them and came to their side.
Looking at Wu Liang, carried away by the medical staff, his entire body was in a state of disrepair.
Supporting He Zhan, who had long been exhausted from using the Palm Eye to its limit, suppressing the Fierce Dragon Ghost all the way to Chengyang City, Sun Zhoushan couldn’t help but say, "How did you know the citizens would make wild assumptions about him..."
When He Zhan asked the reporter to throw down a microphone, none of the official Awakened could figure out what he was up to.
After all, everyone’s attention at the scene was focused entirely on that intense battle at the time.
Even Sun Zhoushan only realized the seriousness of the problem after He Zhan finished speaking.
"Cough cough... This kind of thing has actually happened once before." He Zhan coughed twice, spitting out a lot of clotted blood from his mouth, and said.
Then his gaze turned to the man putting on a red blindfold beside the Fierce Dragon Ghost’s corpse.
Minister Long had transformed back into human form.
As if sensing He Zhan’s gaze, he turned around and coldly said as if he could see, "After cleaning the blood, seal off the surroundings. I will find someone to handle the corpse. Now, those who need treatment will be treated, and those who should be buried will be buried."
Although the Fierce Dragon Ghost didn’t enter the city, it caused some casualties even in the suburbs.
After all, its sudden appearance and the high-altitude fall made it impossible for everyone on the ground to escape in time. Post-battle casualty statistics were also a difficult task.
At this juncture, Minister Long’s words seemed a bit inconsiderate.
Feeling the change in the other’s attitude, Sun Zhoushan was somewhat dumbfounded.
In his impression, although Minister Long was unruly, he valued the lives of his companions and ordinary people extremely highly. How could he say something so cold as if a machine were issuing commands?
He Zhan shook his head and said, "You’re a native of Chengyang City, but I’m transferred from the Capital City. Although I wasn’t familiar with the minister back in the Capital City, I did know some rumors about him."
After saying that, he squinted at the man who was also exhausted but still holding himself up to command the scene.
Then he continued, "Do you know why the minister didn’t transform into a dragon at the reservoir immediately?"
Sun Zhoushan wasn’t foolish either and reacted immediately, exclaiming in surprise, "Could it be there’s a side effect!?"
Upon hearing this, He Zhan nodded and said, "It’s said that each time he fully uses his ability, it causes his humanity to become increasingly faint, eventually turning him into someone who takes lives with impunity."
He looked up at the sky, sighed deeply, and slowly said, "Before coming to Chengyang City, Minister Long was feared by the citizens of the Capital City and even the Awakened for being excessively bloody and violent in carrying out missions. There were even rumors that he would eventually turn his power against humanity."
"So, I couldn’t just watch this kind of thing happen again, watching that kid Wu Ming be maligned by people."
"Let’s go, the minister has also ordered that we return to the base for treatment of our injuries."
City-Destroying Level crisis.
Since the supernatural revival was fully discovered by the world, it has happened in every country globally.
But records of it only went up until the restoration of order in human society.
The City-Destroying crisis in Chengyang City was also the first case in Huaxia in the past three years!
The news quickly spread, especially when the Beijing Headquarters got wind of the situation, they couldn’t sit still.
They truly didn’t expect that even after the Zodiac Snake foresaw the crisis in Chengyang City and dispatched the Zodiac Dragon to oversee it, they almost failed to turn the situation around.
The name that had just appeared before the high-level officials for the application of the Zodiac Monkey was again placed on their table.
He Zhan’s impassioned plea to save a young man spread wildly across the internet, and the central figure of the Chengyang City Destruction incident became known to the world.
The word Shadow now thoroughly resonated throughout Huaxia’s circles of the Awakened and Symbionts.
But all these were things of later consequence.
Shadow himself, our comrade Wu Liang, lay in the official treatment room, sleeping deeply for three full days, completely unaware of everything.
Until the morning of the fourth day.
That familiar voice came from within the treatment chamber, "Excuse me... does the treatment room provide meals? If not, that glucose injection over there looks pretty tasty, can I have a couple of bottles?"
The news of Shadow awakening immediately spread throughout the entire official base.
Wu Liang just sat up from the treatment chamber and got dressed when he saw He Zhan and all the members of Team Two standing at the treatment room door.
Among them, he even saw the figures of Jin Chenghua and Fu Juan, who had rushed back from the Capital City.
"Yo, good morning everyone, did you come to bring me food..."
The words hadn’t even finished, for looking at all those people, except for He Zhan, he couldn’t quite pull himself together seeing them all teary-eyed.
He finally closed his mouth, took a couple of deep breaths, and then showed a brilliant smile that made the scar unique to his identity as "Wu Ming" on his face look less hideous, before reopening his mouth:
With these words, no one could hold back anymore.
They rushed into the treatment room and surrounded Wu Liang, expressing their concern in a clamor—
"You brat finally woke up, we thought you were going to sleep forever?"
"Exactly, not letting anyone worry at all. Next time you do such a dangerous task, call us! Even if we’re weak we wouldn’t just watch you risk your life!"
"Yingzi! Sorry, we should’ve come back from the Capital City sooner to fight alongside you."
Wu Liang had never felt this kind of atmosphere where everyone was concerned about him since childhood.
When he had felt a slight warmth and closeness in He Zhan’s Supernatural Handling Team Two.
He chose to avoid it.
Because he really didn’t know how to deal with this warmth, like a rat in the dark sewers can’t fully expose itself to the sunlight.
This warmth made him feel dazzling and fearful.
Wu Liang feared he would become immersed and accustomed to this warmth, more afraid he would feel some sorrow if something happened to them.
So every time he encountered such a warm situation resembling the sun, he would choose to avoid it.
But this time, Wu Liang wanted to try accepting it.
Surrounded by everyone, he merely scratched the back of his head with a playful grin and said, "Relax, relax, I’m really strong! How could I sleep forever in a treatment room?"
"To celebrate my good sleep, let’s go out for a meal later! My treat!"
The team meal was a tradition he had never forgotten.
But before everyone could start cheering, He Zhan stepped forward, patted Wu Liang’s shoulder, and said softly, "Let’s talk about the meal at noon. First, have some breakfast and then come to Minister Long’s office. We have some questions for you regarding [Ghost Valley] and that dramatic domestic affair of yours."
Amid the team’s playful reproach towards the captain for being a killjoy, He Zhan turned and left the treatment room.
Watching the other’s departing back, Wu Liang’s gaze gradually turned solemn.
He Zhan was right, the destruction crisis in Chengyang City was over, but the crisis in the [Promised Land] still remained—
The peculiar experiences mentioned by [Ghost Valley] and the fake father; Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by NoveI~Fire.net
The Pioneer mentioned that Wu Xiaoyao’s death was irrevocable;
Even the events five years ago in the so-called "Celestial Pool" that were spoken of by the others!
These are the priorities for what comes next!
The most crucial part is—the world is getting closer and closer to the second Supernatural Calamity!