I'm only three years old, how could it be a world-ending catastrophe?

Nanjiang Province, Extraordinary Bureau Branch.

The communications room was deathly silent.

The huge screen on the wall is broadcasting satellite images from Dongzhou City in real time.

That bustling coastal city is being swallowed up by a bottomless darkness at a visible speed.

Dongzhou...

The true place where the Lord of Nothingness is sealed is actually in Dongzhou!

The Zhou family...

What a Zhou family!

Old Chen clenched his fists, his face extremely gloomy and angry.

It was only at this moment that he fully understood that the Zhou family's six-hundred-year-old deception was far more insidious and vicious than he had imagined!

They did more than just direct and act in a drama to save the world.

They even hid a real, potentially detonating, world-ending bomb right under everyone's noses.

The Abyss of Nothingness...

It was all a facade from beginning to end!

Six hundred years!

For a full six hundred years, not a single person noticed.

An overwhelming sense of exhaustion welled up in Old Chen's heart.

Their biggest gamble and reliance was that child named Jiang Luo.

But at this moment, he is far away in the far north, thousands of miles away.

It's impossible for them to get back immediately!

Even if all the Gap Jumpers were used, they wouldn't be able to bring that child back in an instant!

And then the child comes back on his own...

It is feared that everything within tens of thousands of kilometers centered on Dongzhou City will be reduced to a bloody wasteland!

What should I do...?

What should I do?!

……

at the same time.

The capital city, the Extraordinary General Bureau.

A top-level emergency meeting is being held in a heavily guarded underground conference room.

The holographic projection in the center of the conference room was playing the exact same images as those from the Nanjiang Provincial Bureau.

Looking at the ever-expanding darkness, every high-ranking official in the General Administration present had an extremely grim expression.

Sitting in the main seat was a slightly overweight middle-aged man who looked quite ordinary, even somewhat unremarkable.

He is Long Wanjun, the current top leader of the Beijing Extraordinary Bureau.

"Everyone understands the situation now, right?"

Long Wanjun's voice was calm, without any discernible emotional fluctuation.

"The world-destroying calamity codenamed 'Lord of Nothingness' has been confirmed to have been unsealed in Dongzhou City."

"And our only possible hope in fighting it..."

He paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"...Now, we are far to the far north."

The atmosphere in the meeting room was incredibly oppressive.

Everyone knows what this means.

Human civilization has reached the brink of collapse.

"Now, I announce the General Administration's final decision."

Long Wanjun slowly stood up.

"First, immediately activate the 'Divine Punishment Command' and issue the highest-level calamity alert to all extraordinary organizations, countries, and even individuals worldwide through all available channels."

"The instruction contained only one sentence: At all costs, assemble in Dongzhou City to delay the [Lord of Nothingness]."

"second……"

Long Wanjun's gaze fell on a young man in the corner of the conference room who had remained silent throughout.

The man was dressed in a crisp military uniform, with a handsome face and sharp, piercing eyes.

He is Xia Changqing, codenamed [Kunlun], the final product of the "God-Making Project" secretly cultivated by the Beijing General Bureau over nearly a century with countless resources.

"Comrade Xia Changqing," Long Wanjun's voice carried a hint of barely perceptible heaviness, "'Project God-Making' is terminated ahead of schedule."

"Take all the SSS-level bizarre items with you and set off immediately for Dongzhou."

"Your mission is not to fight."

"Instead, we will do everything in our power, at any cost, to protect Jiang Luo's family."

"This command is above all else."

Without any hesitation, Xia Changqing stood up and gave a standard military salute.

"Mission accomplished!"

His voice was strong and resonant.

Long Wanjun looked at him, nodded, and then turned his gaze back to the others in the conference room.

Those faces, whether old or young, were all filled with determination, without a trace of fear or hesitation.

Long Wanjun's eyes were slightly red.

He knew that none of the people present, including himself, would survive the day.

He took a deep breath and added the last sentence in a hoarse voice.

"Comrades..."

"We're not here to win."

"We're going to die."

"So please don't hold anything back."

"Let's use our lives to hold out until that child named Jiang Luo returns..."

……

Dongzhou City, Extraordinary Bureau Temporary Command Center.

The testing room on the top floor of the hospital has been converted into a temporary command center.

Li Zheng stood in front of the huge electronic screen, looking at the city map on the screen that was being swallowed by darkness, his eyes as gloomy as water.

Just now, he received a "divine punishment order" from the Beijing General Bureau, personally issued by the top leader, Long Wanjun.

Therefore, after a brief moment of distraction, he regained absolute composure in the shortest possible time.

As the newly appointed acting director of the Dongzhou City Extraordinary Bureau, he must shoulder his responsibilities.

"Pass on my orders!"

Li Zheng turned around, his voice devoid of any emotion.

"Immediately activate the highest-level evacuation plan: Project 'Ark'!"

Inside the command center, all the busy staff paused upon hearing the word "Ark."

They knew what it would mean if this contingency plan were activated.

That means that Dongzhou has reached the final moment of life and death.

Li Zheng ignored his subordinates' reactions and continued to issue clear orders in his cold voice.

"First priority, target locked."

"Jiang Hongming, Zhang Hui, Xu Heng, Su Jingyi, and... Xu Niannian, who is still in a coma, must be kept absolutely safe!"

"Let them live. Only in this way will Jiang Luo not be disappointed when he returns, and only then will we humans have hope."

Li Zheng's voice wasn't loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly.

They then understood why protecting a few ordinary people was the highest priority task.

"The second priority is all the remaining ordinary citizens in the city."

"At any cost, transfer them all to a permanent shelter 300 meters underground."

"We'll save as many people as we can!"

Li Zheng's gaze finally landed on Chen Xue beside him, whose face was deathly pale but whose eyes were unusually firm.

"Chen Xue".

"Yes, Captain!"

"You have one more mission, along with the rest of the three teams."

Li Zheng's voice became incredibly heavy.

"Build a defensive line along the road leading to the hospital."

"Let's use our bodies to buy time for the 'Ark'."

Chen Xue's body trembled almost imperceptibly.

She looked at Li Zheng, at this man who was always joking around but was more reliable than anyone else in critical moments, and her eyes instantly reddened.

But she didn't cry.

She simply nodded emphatically, straightened her back, and gave a standard military salute.

"Yes, sir! Mission accomplished!"