SSS-level catastrophe? That's my wife!

"You don't have that ability until you've fully recovered your strength," Lin Mu calmly added. "Tell me, what news do you know about the kingdom?"

Su Nianhe rolled her eyes, her tone slightly arrogant: "Hmph, you haven't forgotten the favor you owe me, have you? This favor is a sure thing for you."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Let's go to a thrilling place, which is very likely the location of the central, behind-the-scenes power, that is... the headquarters of the kingdom."

Su Nianhe tightened her grip on his arm, and before Lin Mu could push her away, she smiled and leaned close to his ear, her warm breath brushing against his earlobe.

"We've already had physical intimacy, why are you pretending to be so proper?"

"But there's only a 60% chance of that place being there, and I'm not entirely sure yet... Would you dare come with me?"

"His fate is unknown."

Lin Mu was startled: "How did you know?"

"Don't you underestimate my power?" Su Nianhe's voice was calm. "Do you think all my men died in the final battle?"

"Lead the way, and let go of my hand," Lin Mu said calmly.

Su Nianhe's lips curled up, and she deliberately tightened her grip on his arm: "I won't~"

Soon after, an elderly but vigorous man appeared at the entrance of the alley.

His back was ramrod straight, showing no signs of old age.

Two men in black quickly stepped forward and crouched down to examine the corpse on the ground.

One of them stood up and bowed respectfully: "Dean Zhu, it's the mutual killing among the mutants."

Dean Zhu frowned deeply: "This Holy Capital is getting more and more chaotic... Is our research and development base also going to be drawn into the upcoming struggle?"

He sighed deeply, his tone tinged with a hint of relief, "I hope my guess is wrong."

After saying that, he turned and left without looking back, ordering, "Dispose of the body; it's no longer of any value."

10:00 PM, on the outskirts of the southern district of Saint Capital.

An abandoned ancient city covering 3000 square meters stands quietly in the night, its walls covered with withered vines.

Two kilometers away from the main gate of the ancient city is a bustling food street, filled with the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and laughter.

However, the entrance to the ancient city was crowded with middle-aged people in their forties and fifties.

They were stopped outside the iron fence by guards in black uniforms, their faces filled with anxiety and anger. This was the last place where their child had disappeared.

"Why won't you let us in? It's just an abandoned ancient city! What if a child gets lost inside?" A man finally lost his temper and roared at the guard.

"That's right! Our children have all gone missing here, why can't we search? Where is justice?!" a middle-aged woman roared, her voice trembling with tears.

"My grandson...you bad people, give me back my grandson's life!" An old man sat on the ground, beating his chest and stamping his feet, wailing loudly.

Heart-wrenching screams echoed at the entrance, but the guards remained indifferent.

They stood there like stone statues, their empty eyes sweeping over the crowd, as if the cries were just birds singing.

Only they themselves knew that these people would also lose their lives soon.

At that moment, a red SUV silently stopped a hundred meters away from the main gate of the ancient city.

The headlights were off the whole time, and the tires made almost no sound when they drove over the gravel road.

The car door opened, and two figures dressed in black casual wear stepped out, each carrying a black robe.

Lin Mu cast a questioning look at Su Nianhe: "Could such a noisy place be the Kingdom's headquarters?"

Su Nianhe said in a flat tone, her fingertips casually twirling her hair: "Yes, it's very noisy."

"Would you believe me if I told you that these ordinary people will all die soon?"

Lin Mu raised an eyebrow slightly: "Don't keep me in suspense."

Su Nianhe's joking expression vanished, and her tone suddenly became serious: "I've had people observing this place for a long time now."

"The same scene has been playing out every day these past few days."

"The people you see now are all here looking for missing children, while the guards at the gate of the ancient city are all awakened beings of level three or above."

"Have you ever thought about this? Why would the Central Government send Awakened Ones to guard a vast, abandoned ancient city?"

"Missing...then why did they die?" Lin Mu pressed.

Su Nianhe chuckled lightly, her eyes flashing with coldness: "What do you think? What kind of person would keep a secret forever?"

Lin Mu's face suddenly darkened, a chill surging in his eyes: "Let's go."

After saying this, the two simultaneously donned black robes, their figures blending into the night as they walked towards the main gate of the ancient city.

Meanwhile, the crowd below the city gate continued to curse and shout, their spittle mingling with their cries and wails as they sprayed onto the guards' faces.

When Lin Mu and Su Nianhe were only a hundred meters away from the main gate, the ancient city gate suddenly made a muffled "rumbling" sound, and the heavy door panels were slowly pushed open from the inside.

A group of gray-robed men, their backs hunched, appeared in the shadows of the doorway.

The gray-robed man at the head of the group said in a hoarse voice, "Shift change."

An Awakened Guard grinned at him and said, "This amount is enough for you to have a good meal today."

A bloodthirsty smile appeared beneath the gray-robed leader's hood: "Indeed, it's double the number from a few days ago."

"The ancient city is open! Let us in!" A middle-aged man's roar rang out like thunder.

"A dilapidated city abandoned for twenty years, what right do you have to stop us? Don't you have any children?!" The middle-aged woman's voice trembled with tears, her emotions completely out of control.

"You villains! Give me back my grandson's life!" the white-haired old man roared, pounding his chest. "Your weapons are for protecting the people, not for wielding against them!"

After the city gates were opened wide, the roar of curses almost lifted the night sky.

But the Awakened Guardians and the gray-robed man simultaneously curled their lips into identical disdainful smiles.

"Fall back!" At the captain's command, the Awakened began to line up and turned to head into the ancient city.

When the people saw that they were still being ignored, their pent-up anger erupted instantly, and they surged toward the city gate like a tidal wave.

They just want to find their child, why is it so difficult?

But the next second, the insults stopped abruptly, the air seemed to freeze, and the anger in everyone's eyes was instantly swallowed up by endless fear.

As the faces of the gray-robed men began to contort and swell, their skin tore open to reveal bluish-purple scales, and their arms cracked as they instantly transformed into monstrous claws, their nails gleaming with a chilling light.

"They are a calamity! Run away!"

A scream pierced the deathly silence from the crowd, and everyone snapped out of their daze, turning around and fleeing in a frenzy.

Some people were pushed to the ground, crawling and rolling in the opposite direction, their fingernails digging into the soil and leaving deep bloody marks.