To establish a foothold in the Seven Realms Martial Capital, the security company team’s overall strength was not weak.
The security team entered the underground passage, cautiously advancing forward.
At so point, the lights in the underground passage, which were supposed to be lit 24/7, gradually went out.
Darkness filled the front.
The security team mbers all turned on the search lights mounted on their guns.
Soon, the handheld Black Fog signal detector started buzzing with warning beeps.
"There’s a clear Black Fog signal up ahead. Everyone, be alert."
The leading lower-tier martial artist at the front seed to sense sothing and gradually slowed his pace, signaling the security team behind to stop and hold position.
A faint hissing sound ca from the darkness ahead.
It sounded like sothing rapidly rubbing against the ground.
The sound grew more intense.
The captain of the security squad fixed his gaze on the darkness ahead, adopting a combat stance.
That was...
Mutant worms!
From deep within the sewer passage, a brown, spiny mutant worm creature burst forth from the darkness!
Why were there mutant worm creatures?
Didn’t the surveillance footage report no anomalies?
The security squad captain’s heart sank, but he hadn’t yet realized the severity of the situation. He reminded the team, "Everyone, be careful. It’s mutant worms, and judging by the sound, there are a lot of them."
The rest of the squad quickly got into formation, raising their guns to aim.
"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!"
A barrage of light beams shot forward!
The beams blasted against the Lickers, exploding on impact and illuminating the area in front.
Huh?
The squad’s expressions turned grim.
Sothing was wrong.
They couldn’t kill them?
The high-frequency beam weapons couldn’t break through the Lickers’ outer defenses!?
"Fla Wall!"
"Scorching Earth!"
The squad imdiately used elental spells for support, layering defenses in front of the team.
Based on past experience, fire-elent attacks were the most effective against mutant worm creatures. A wave of high-damage area-of-effect fire-elent skills slamd into the mutant worm swarm.
Still couldn’t kill them?
The security captain frowned deeply.
He watched the mutant worms crawl quickly across the ground, enduring the flas, breaking through the fire wall, and even moving rapidly across the burning terrain.
After breaking through, the charred wounds on their bodies began rapidly healing as they rushed toward the squad.
"These mutant worms aren’t normal!"
The captain realized sothing was seriously wrong and shouted, "Restrict their movent! Fall back!"
Though the squad mbers hadn’t reached the level of lower-tier martial artists, anyone working security in the Seven Realms Martial Capital had to be highly capable, and their adaptability was excellent.
Everyone imdiately switched skills.
"Quicksand Trap!"
"Ice Storm!"
The strength of elental users lay in their ability to switch between forms—offense, defense, and control all in one.
The front row of mutant worms was covered in ice crystals, their feet caught in mud, causing their movent to slow dramatically.
But before the players could relax, more mutant worm creatures started erging from deeper within the sewer.
More?
That many?
Fear flickered in the security team’s eyes.
This was bad!
Given the confird defense ability of these mutant worms, there was no way a single security squad could handle them.
"Fall back!"
Money ca from the employer, but their lives were their own.
The captain, thinking clearly, saw that the situation was out of control and imdiately led everyone to retreat.
At that mont, not far from the sewer exit, just outside two street intersections—
Due to their short stature, the Flying Squirrel Clan had to perch on the shoulders of Elven prince Cole Karot to observe the sealed-off area from afar.
"Paka, do you see anything?"
"Don’t rush, too many people. I can’t see clearly."
"If you can’t see, get down."
Cole Karot’s face turned darker.
Since when could a Flying Squirrel Clan mber stand on his head?
"Hey, don’t get mad. Wait, don’t move—I see a reinforcent squad approaching. Soone’s coming out of the sewer. Looks like things didn’t go well."
Cole Karot grabbed Kapa by the neck and pulled him down. "Don’t test my patience, Kapa."
"Hahaha, just joking!"
Kapa laughed heartily.
As the two were speaking, they suddenly heard a familiar voice behind them.
"What a coincidence. So you’re here too."
Hearing the voice, Kapa and Cole were startled. They turned to see Fang Heng standing behind them.
"Mr. Fang?"
Kapa was overjoyed.
"What are you doing here? We’ve been looking for you."
After hearing about Fang Heng from the Elven Clan yesterday, the two had imdiately taken action to gather information on the Noel Clan. That morning, they even tried entering the Noel Clan’s company building to make contact.
But recently, the Noel Clan had been extrely cautious, suspecting that the Elven Clan was trying to poach talent. They were on high alert and didn’t disclose any information, eventually sending the Elven Clan away.
Kapa had been planning to et the spawns today and find another way tomorrow to try and see Fang Heng.
Unexpectedly, they ran into him!
"Yeah, ran into a situation. I’ll explain later. What about you two? Why are you here?"
"Because of the spawns."
Cole Karot’s mood improved slightly upon seeing Fang Heng. He quickly explained the trouble they’d been having.
Recently, they’d faced a lot of obstruction from the spawns.
In short, they had submitted the necessary application for human-related information, but due to interference from the spawns, the approval had been stuck in a pending state.
The Elven Clan had gotten word that the pressure ca from a departnt head within the spawns’ external affairs division.
Today, the two of them had co specifically to find that person.
"So you ca to find a way in?"
"Yeah, we figured we should et face-to-face first and then co up with a plan. But before we could et anyone, a lockdown was suddenly enforced and we got kicked out."
Seeing Fang Heng made Kapa feel like he’d found a solid backer. The weight on his shoulders suddenly lifted.
With Fang Heng around, it felt like every problem could be solved.
And they might even make a big profit along the way.
Fang Heng looked up at the nearby tall building and asked, "So the spawn you’re looking for is inside that building now?"
"Yeah, that one. It’s not easy to et a spawn."
Kapa nodded repeatedly and complained, "We made the reservation ages ago, finally got it scheduled, and then this ss happened. The eting’s probably going to be delayed again. I don’t even know who stirred up all this..."
Fang Heng lightly stroked his chin and fell silent.
Cole Karot suddenly thought of sothing. He turned and cautiously looked at Fang Heng, then asked, "Mr. Fang, we heard sothing happened in the sewer. Is it related to you?"
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