At the sa ti.
On the east wall of Jiangning City.
Hou Changfeng patted his wrinkled belly and suddenly said to Li Gang, who was beside him.
"Let's go, we'll go down and take a look too."
Li Gang's expression froze.
"Governor, why are we going down?"
Hou Changfeng glanced at him, annoyed.
"What do you an, 'why'?"
"Naturally, we're going to talk to Gandalf and get a clear understanding of the situation."
He squinted his eyes, which were squeezed into a slit by his fat.
"Don't you want to know how he suddenly appeared in our Jiangning City, as if by magic?"
Upon hearing this, Li Gang's expression beca a little hesitant.
He rubbed his hands, as if organizing his thoughts.
"Um... Governor, when you talk to Gandalf later, you'd better... you'd better be ntally prepared."
Hou Changfeng's chubby eyebrows twitched upwards.
"ntally prepared for what?"
Li Gang took a deep breath, seemingly having made up his mind.
"Gandalf went to the Imperial Capital these past few months, and I don't know what he experienced there."
"Why do I feel like he's... he's a little arrogant now..."
When Li Gang first received the news that Jiangning City's defenses were in peril, he wanted to rely on the connection they had ford during the National Examination to ask Gandalf to co and provide support.
But what was the result?
Gandalf showed no consideration at all.
It was as if he didn't even recognize him.
He didn't even give him a proper look.
His attitude was arrogant to the core.
Li Gang originally thought Gandalf was determined not to support Jiangning City.
But he never expected that he would still co.
This truly surprised Li Gang and made him feel even more that this young man was unfathomable.
"Arrogant?"
Hou Changfeng repeated, half-believing, half-doubting.
His impression of Gandalf was still of the powerful yet relatively humble young man from the National Examination.
"How long has it been? How arrogant could he possibly get?"
"Alright, stop dawdling, co down with ."
After speaking, the portly Governor actually displayed a flexibility that completely contradicted his physique.
He bent his legs slightly, and like a cannonball of flesh, he leaped down from the city wall, hundreds of ters high.
With a dull thud, he created a shallow pit at the base of the wall but landed steadily.
Li Gang's eye twitched as he watched, feeling helpless, and could only follow closely behind.
Soon, the two arrived before Gandalf.
Zhou Huai showed no surprise at their arrival.
Controlling Gandalf, he bowed slightly to the two, greeting them politely.
"Greetings, Governor, and Sir Li Gang."
His attitude was humble and courteous, without a single flaw.
This address of "Sir Li Gang" completely stunned Li Gang.
A feeling of indescribable awkwardness and displeasure imdiately surged within him.
Well, well.
You brat, you have two faces, don't you?
Now you know to call Sir Li Gang?
Back in East Sea City, with that condescending look, what you said was clearly "stupid humans"!
Hou Changfeng also responded politely, his face full of amiable smiles.
"Gandalf, thank you for supporting Jiangning City in ti. I, Hou Changfeng, on behalf of the millions of citizens of Jiangning City, am eternally grateful!"
Zhou Huai, controlling Gandalf, responded courteously.
He stated that he was originally from Dongning Province, and supporting his hotown was his duty.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.
Hou Changfeng then seed to suddenly rember sothing and asked, half-jokingly, half-seriously:
"Gandalf, weren't you studying in the Imperial Capital before?"
"How did you suddenly appear in our Dongning Province this ti, and even happen to catch the beast tide in East Sea City?"
He patted his large belly, chuckling self-deprecatingly.
"As the Governor of Dongning Province, I had no news of your whereabouts at all. Frankly, it's a bit of a dereliction of duty."
Although his words were polite, a sharp scrutiny glead in his narrowed eyes.
Zhou Huai naturally understood the unspoken aning in the other party's words.
Fortunately, he had already anticipated this and prepared his excuse in advance.
His expression unchanged, he said, half-truthfully, "To be honest, Governor, my appearance in East Sea City this ti was purely a coincidence."
"As for why I appeared in East Sea City, it's related to a secret mission personally entrusted to by Marshal Zhao."
"I'm afraid I cannot disclose any further."
Zhou Huai bowed slightly, his tone still humble.
"If the Governor truly wishes to know, you can personally submit an application to the Central Military Departnt and report it to Marshal Zhao."
"I believe he can provide you with an answer."
As soon as these words were spoken, the air instantly fell silent.
The smile on Hou Changfeng's face stiffened slightly.
He hadn't expected the other party to so decisively bring out the formidable Marshal Marshal Zhao.
This instantly blocked the plethora of probing remarks he had prepared in his throat.
Are you kidding?
Verify with Marshal Zhao?
Hou Changfeng didn't have that much guts.
Not to ntion he had no direct way to contact Marshal Zhao.
Even if he did, he wouldn't dare to ask.
What if this really was a secret mission personally issued by Marshal Zhao? Wouldn't inquiring so rashly be openly questioning the Marshal's decision?
At that point, not only would he fail to find out anything.
He might even see his own official position tremble.
Hou Changfeng cursed Gandalf to Hell in his mind.
This kid, looking young, was as slippery as a loach.
With one sentence, he blocked all paths.
No matter how displeased Hou Changfeng was, he could only swallow his anger.
The muscles on his face twitched twice, and he finally forced out a smile uglier than a cry.
"So it's Marshal Zhao's order, then... then it's fine."
He chuckled dryly twice, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.
"Since it's the Marshal's secret mission, it's naturally of the highest classified level. I won't ask, I won't ask anymore."
Zhou Huai, controlling Gandalf, bowed slightly again.
"Thank you for your understanding, Governor."
Hou Changfeng waved his hand, and the smile on his face beca warm again.
"Gandalf, Jiangning City was able to hold out this ti, thanks to your efforts!"
"When the war is over, I will personally petition the Military Departnt for your rits!"
Zhou Huai maintained his humble and neither servile nor overbearing deanor, politely declining.
"Governor, you overstate it. Protecting our ho is everyone's responsibility."
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Hou Changfeng did not linger.
After all, the beast tide outside the city had not completely ended, and he was still needed to oversee the overall situation.
Ye Xi had also composed herself by now.
She walked up to Gandalf, looked at the face that bore so resemblance to Brother Zhou Huai's, and asked worriedly.
"I heard East Sea City is the core of the beast tide. How is it there now?"
Zhou Huai smiled and said softly, "Don't worry, East Sea City has successfully held out. Everything is fine."
Ye Xi then let out a long sigh of relief.
A bright smile finally appeared on her pretty face, which was stained with a little dust.
"Brother Zhou Huai, you wait for in East Sea City. I'll go get busy first. When the beast tide is over, I'll co back to see you imdiately!"
In Ye Xi's eyes.
Although Gandalf was very handso, and Brother Zhou Huai's Soul and consciousness were inside him.
He was, after all, not Brother Zhou Huai himself, so there was inevitably so distance in her heart.
Therefore, no matter how excited she was, she did not make any intimate gesture of going forward to hug him.
Zhou Huai nodded.
He didn't say anything more either.
The two bid a reluctant farewell.
Ye Xi turned and continued to imrse herself in the work of treating injured soldiers.
And Zhou Huai, on the other hand, had to control Caesar to quell this damned beast tide as quickly as possible.
anwhile, at the Imperial Capital Command Center.
A giant holographic sandbox occupied the center of the command center, with red dots representing the mutated beasts, like a prairie fire, covering almost the entire map of Dongning Province.
Around them, hundreds of staff officers in various military uniforms hurried about, the sound of keyboards clattering and various command shouts intertwined, filling the air with tension and solemnity.
"What do you an, 'pressure is high'? I don't want explanations!"
A commanding officer with three stars on his shoulder and graying temples was clutching an encrypted communicator, roaring furiously at the person inside.
"The Chuan Capital Military Region ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) advanced over thirty li in a day and a night. Have you advanced three li?"
"Tell the front lines, no matter the cost, you must carve a bloody path through the beast tide to support Jiangning City!"
"Two Hell-level creatures have appeared in Jiangning City! Any later, and Jiangning City will be f***ing unable to hold on!"
Just then, a communicator, pale-faced, quickly ran over with another communicator.
He said in a trembling voice, "Reporting, General! It's... it's news from Jiangning City!"
The commanding officer's heart sank.
News from Jiangning City at this ti was unlikely to be good news.
Could it be... that the city had fallen?
He took a deep breath, suppressing the unease in his heart, and snatched the communicator.
A mont later.
The battle-hardened old general couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his bloodshot eyeballs were filled with incredulity.
"What did you say?"
His voice suddenly rose by eight octaves, instantly drowning out all the noise in the command center.
"The Abyssal Broodmother at the West City Gate suddenly turned traitor and killed a large number of mutated beasts?"
"And killed the Nether Tyrant Tiger?!"
"Wait... what the f*** did you just say again?!"
"Who appeared in Jiangning City???"
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