The efficiency of the Blood Knight Order was exceptionally high, taking less than an hour to completely clear the foreign races outside the city.
They achieved almost zero battle damage.
Watching the human legion covered in blood-red armor, the Shell Pattern Race mbers inside the city were montarily terrified, as if they had never seen such a terrifying human legion before.
The impact created by the Blood Knight Order was overwhelming.
Moreover, the Blood Knights typically do not handle external expeditions, so very few foreign races have seen them.
Just as this group of Blood Knights had finished dealing with the foreign races outside the city gates and were about to target those inside,
Baiyu appeared in ti.
What followed was a long and tedious negotiation, along with various inspection procedures.
The commander of the Blood Knight Order, an Imperial Major General, knew more than Baiyu because he had been in charge of special missions for many years.
He was not surprised by the surrender of the foreign races.
After conducting a series of inspections and precautions, they shackled this group of foreign races, preparing to escort them back to the Mountain City.
"Commander, what will be the fate of these people after they are escorted back?"
On the road.
Baiyu quietly asked the commander beside him, who was clad in Blood Knight armor with only a pair of scarlet eyes exposed.
The commander replied without any emotion, "Director Bai, rest assured, we have a complete process for dealing with such surrenders of foreign races. As long as they're proven harmless and can provide beneficial assistance to the Empire, they won't be executed.
Everything is for the Empire."
After speaking,
the commander saluted.
Baiyu imdiately responded, "Everything for the Empire!"
…
The journey back was not lively.
Having experienced several battles, both the new recruits under Baiyu and the bounty hunters who were always looking to cut corners found the ti outside the city torturous.
No one had the mood or energy for jokes and laughter.
The atmosphere was quite heavy.
Baiyu and the commander sat in one vehicle, surrounded by Blood Knights both in front and behind. These people were like cold machines; unless Baiyu initiated conversation, they wouldn't say anything.
Even when questioned,
they would only respond with the simplest answers.
Getting them to start a conversation on their own was like dreaming.
Thus, the entire team advanced in silence and quietude. Aside from the sound of armored vehicles crashing through trees and rocks, clanking on the ground, no other sound was heard.
Three hours later,
the artificial sun in the sky gradually brightened.
The enormous outline of Mountain City appeared before their eyes.
From afar, Mountain City looked like a massive fortress standing on the earth, surrounded by mbranes of various colors, with a gigantic, spotlight-like sphere suspended atop the city.
This was the artificial sun of Mountain City.
Although it required constant recharging, with the energy consud each day being astronomical,
it was its presence that allowed Mountain City to flourish.
Otherwise, in the No Darkness Realm with no night, residents might go mad after a while.
Furthermore, crops inside the city couldn't grow.
The plants able to withstand the adverse weather in the No Darkness Realm were all native species.
The returning convoy did not enter through the main gate.
They entered through a side gate of Mountain City, followed the military district's route, and discreetly arrived at a location.
Baiyu had never been here before.
He was unaware that a special area existed deep within the military district.
The place was filled with buildings, all frad with full tal, clearly designed for durability.
Such buildings.
Even if hit directly by stray bullets, might not collapse, and with spirit array protection, their durability could be greatly enhanced.
The people coming and going here were also very peculiar.
They were either doctors wearing white coats, masks, and protective goggles, or strange individuals in black robes, hoods up, and carrying black long boxes on their backs.
Both the environnt of this place and the people passing through it were incredibly mysterious.
As the Director of the Security Bureau, Baiyu had previously had no knowledge of such a place, completely unaware of any details.
However, being located in the military district,
and even deeply within it,
it was normal for them not to be allowed access or knowledge.
"Director Bai, the Director wants to see you."
This was the first ti the commander proactively spoke to Baiyu since the beginning.
Then,
with two Blood Knights leading the way, Baiyu arrived in front of a tal building.
Inside, Yao Shuii was sitting on a chair, carefully reading an ancient book.
Upon hearing movent,
she looked up and saw Baiyu returning disheveled, then closed the book: "It seems your mission outside didn't go smoothly."
"Indeed, there was a bit of an unexpected situation,"
Baiyu stated frankly; there was nothing to hide. For a first-ti expedition, achieving this much was considered passable.
After all, no one could have known in advance,
that there would actually be two Shell People Races outside, greatly exceeding previous estimates.
Yao Shuii put the book aside, and Baiyu noticed words on the cover in his peripheral vision: "On the Developnt and Growth of Religion."
Seeing her reading such a book made Baiyu a bit curious.
"Tell all about it. I received reports about your group, but they weren't detailed. Explain the special circumstances you encountered,"
Yao Shuii said.
Baiyu nodded and began to narrate the circumstances at the ti, without omitting a single detail.
"Demons? You encountered demons?"
Upon hearing Baiyu's account, Yao Shuii looked at him with a surprised expression.
"Yes, and there must be a mole within the Anomaly Bureau. I suggest a thorough cleansing, but it's not my place to handle it.
After all, it's within the Anomaly Bureau,
I, as soone from the Security Bureau, cannot intervene too deeply. Currently, both He Jin and Qiu Yun are on the front lines, so only you, Director, can personally address it."
Baiyu said.
Yao Shuii nodded and said, "I will pay attention to it. How did you deal with that demon?"
Baiyu continued to recount the entire process.
Regarding the situation of the Eye of the Black Moon, he only ntioned it as a powerful lethal magical item, without going into specifics.
Anyway, the demon wasn't the type to engage in open combat.
Baiyu described the process of dealing with it in detail, focusing on his keen observations of the oddities and his bold hypotheses, cautious probing, and the strategic battle of wits.
To the extent that by the end, Yao Shuii was bewildered.
The look she gave Baiyu seed to say, "I never realized you were this formidable."
After Baiyu finished speaking,
Yao Shuii fell into contemplation, her fingers tapping the table: "This mind-controlling ability seems to be possessed only by the moth-like demons."
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