The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

"Waaah—waaah—"

A loud alarm sounded throughout the Third Advanced Research Institute.

The city defense troops stationed there, fully armed, quickly assembled and launched an attack on the mutated beasts that had suddenly appeared and begun attacking the research institute.

The professional teams on duty here also quickly joined the battle.

"Aberrant Beasts! Aberrant Beasts! So many aberrant Beasts!"

"What the hell! Wasn't the Abyss invasion supposed to start? How come it's become a mutant beast invasion?!"

"There are usually only a few of these things, occasionally popping up. Where did all these come from today?!"

"Stop talking nonsense, fire!!"

The city's defense forces attacked the mutated beasts with firearms; bullets, guns, and cannons spewed forth, accompanied by continuous loud noises.

It's important to note that the Aberrant Beast is not part of the game's system; it's not a data-driven entity, so firearms can still be effective against it.

It can work, but the effect isn't very good.

This thing feeds on the fear of living beings. After reaping fear, its wounds heal as quickly as Wolverine's, and it squeezes the bullets out of its body with its flesh and blood.

The professionals on site activated the formations and defensive towers, unleashing a barrage of ranged skills.

At first glance, it looked like this place had also been invaded by the Abyss.

The defensive lines created by logistics professionals are quite effective at resisting attacks.

A variety of killing formations, trapping formations, and illusion formations hindered the advance of the mutant beast army, while defensive towers with various attack capabilities rapidly decimated the number of mutant beasts.

Seeing that their broken tools were useless, the city garrison soldiers simply raised them up to cheer on the professionals.

However, things are not that simple.

At the foot of the mountain, Luo Tong waved his hand forward, and one of the nine strange men behind him was sent flying.

He really did fly out, without using any props, just like Zhang Erhe, flying through the air.

However, after taking off, the black tentacles on his body grew longer and connected together, fluttering like a bunch of small wings.

"Look! There's someone behind the mutant beast!"

"Can you fly? Are you a third-tier high-level player with a flying mount?"

"I think so! I didn't expect we'd have reinforcements during the Abyss invasion?"

This "reinforcement" has arrived.

He raised one hand, sparks flying from his body, and a ball of blue-purple fire condensed in his palm before bursting out.

"Bang!!"

One of the defense towers was destroyed.

He raised his hand again, and gathered his strength once more.

"Bang!"

Another defense structure has been demolished.

The city's garrison and the professional defenders were dumbfounded.

"This is the enemy!!"

"Damn it, take a closer look at what he looks like. Looking like that, it's hard not to think he's an enemy!"

"This guy can destroy the turret's durability in one hit! He's too strong, we need to call for backup!"

"Where are the reinforcements now? They've all gone to support the Abyss invasion!"

"According to the emergency plan, at least half of the combat-capable professionals remain in the city!"

Just as the operations commander at the No. 3 Advanced Research Institute was preparing to contact his superiors and ask them to send reinforcements,

A district-wide announcement was issued.

[The main crystal in the China region has 10% durability remaining. Players in the China region, please protect the crystal immediately!]

The commander, who was about to make a call, dropped the phone to the ground.

"It's over, the other half can't help us either."

An officer standing nearby was speechless and shocked.

"This is illogical! Our China region is about to be the first to have its crystal breached? We clearly had the bandits hold off the first wave and establish a defensive line in time! How can we be even worse than the Africans?"

"No, that's not it. I just watched some short videos. The African crystal has shattered, and now all the cities in the African region are releasing abyssal creatures. I estimate that their population will drop by half this time, which shouldn't be a problem."

"Is that so... being the second one to be destroyed isn't something to be proud of!"

"Something must have gone wrong in Glory City... Oh well! I should worry about myself first! That server-wide announcement just went off, and a huge portion of the mutant beasts have evolved!"

Upon hearing the news that the main crystal of China was about to be breached, the people at the scene were tense, afraid, and panicked.

Well, the mutant beasts almost choked to death; each one evolved faster than the last.

After evolving, many of the mutant beasts were even able to withstand the killing formation and break through directly into the city's defense forces, tearing them apart.

If bitten by a mutant beast, the wound must be cut off from the body on the spot; otherwise, the wound will not heal and will continue to spread.

The pain involved is unimaginable.

The city's defense forces were completely rendered ineffective in no time.

Only a few hundred professionals remain, struggling to keep the business afloat.

However, the professionals are no match for the monster in his burning state, so their prospects are predictable.

The Dark Compass stood at the foot of the mountain, waved his hand again, and sent out two strange men, letting out a cold laugh.

"My plan was perfect."

They used the Abyss Invasion to distract from the various forces, and then came here to achieve their true goal.

The Dark Compass was convinced of its own wisdom.

Just then, a sword light pierced through the night sky in the distance.

"Heaven and Earth are boundless!"

A large net composed of sword energy appeared in everyone's sight, growing larger and larger as it approached from afar, seemingly trying to capture the night.

The sword net first crashed into the army of aberrant beasts, sweeping them away in one fell swoop, tearing the aberrant beasts apart inch by inch wherever it passed.

Immediately afterwards, the sword net soared into the air and closed in mid-air, aiming to capture all three strange men sent by the Dark Compass.

The three oddballs were not weak either, each displaying their own unique abilities.

A gigantic fireball condensed above their heads, then suddenly exploded, scattering in all directions like a shooting star.

One right hand softened and deformed, then quickly hardened, transforming into a blade. It flew directly through the air and pounced on the sword net, cleaving it in two with a single stroke.

With a roar that seemed to reach the sky, the sound waves transformed into visible ripples that spread across the night sky, shattering the sword net.

The dark compass at the foot of the mountain trembled.

"Who?! There are still such experts arriving now??"

Upon closer inspection, under the cover of night, a man dressed in a suit and leather shoes, wearing black sunglasses, with his hands in his pockets and a long sword under his feet, appeared above the Third Advanced Research Institute.

"Wan Jianyi! Chief Wan! It's Chief Wan!"

"Isn't he in Huiye City? When did he arrive in our Xichuan City?"

"Who cares! We're saved!"

Wan Jianyi maintained his domineering CEO demeanor, adjusting the cuffs of his spotless suit to make them rounded.

"Come forth, Dark Compass."

The Dark Compass was terrified.

Wan Jianyi actually knew that it was him who was causing the trouble!

The Dark Compass is only good at teleportation; otherwise, it's not entirely useless, but rather utterly worthless.

Therefore, he will not show his face.

However, he had a way to communicate with Wan Jianyi.

One of the three strange men sent out spoke to Wan Jianyi from afar.

"Wan Jianyi! What are you doing here!"

"When you left any clues in Glory City, I already guessed what your purpose was. Obviously, I guessed right."

"You know I'm going to attack Advanced Research Institute No. 3, so why don't you send more people here to strengthen the defenses?"

Wan Jianyi's lips curled up, his face displaying a mixture of mockery and confidence.

"With all this fuss, will you still come? Luo Tong! You're under arrest!"