The girl selling goods at the market had never seen money before.

That wasn't all. Yan Quan immediately retorted, "Enough with the nonsense. I'm asking you, Qiangjian Technology's factory was attacked, and all the employees are missing. Why didn't you report it?"

Um! ?

Bai Jinxuan immediately perked up.

She wondered why the union hadn't made a move; it turned out this bastard had been keeping it a secret.

Wait a minute, when the Skeleton Army first attacked the factory, I turned on the alarm, and it went off for three minutes. Damn it, no one from the Potions Capital came. Was that your doing too?

Good heavens, so that's how it is. The Undying Secret Society has even gotten involved with the Guan family.

Thankfully, they didn't pursue the matter further. Otherwise, if I had rashly put up a sign in the jungle, the news would have reached the ears of the Undying Secret Society as soon as it left the area.

At that point, let alone monitoring them, you might even fall into a trap yourself, suffering injuries at best and death at worst.

Damn it, do you even respect your profession? You call yourself a military commander, but all you care about is your own wallet, huh?

Bai Jinxuan was so angry that she gritted her teeth and vowed to exchange that trust for gold coins to get it back.

You've ruined my feelings, you bastard!

She clenched her fists, listening intently to how this bastard would explain himself.

He smiled wryly and said, "This matter involves too many parties, and there's no guarantee they won't attack again. I was thinking of strengthening our defenses first to mitigate the losses, and then reporting it to higher authorities..."

"So it's been dragging on until now? Ha... Let me ask you, why didn't you respond when Qiangjian Technology contacted you? If they hadn't reached the higher-ups in the union, I wouldn't even know this kind of thing happened on the second floor!"

With that, Yan Quan slapped the guard captain's helmet to the ground and angrily scolded, "You don't report, you don't respond, and you still have to rely on the higher-ups to handle things for you. Come on, tell me, what use is a stupid pig like you to the guild?"

The garrison commander dared not speak, keeping his head down and remaining motionless.

This made Yan Quan even angrier.

He raised his right arm, igniting his martial arts, and was about to unleash the Flame Fist on him when an old butler clapped his hands, releasing a strange magical power that extinguished the Flame Fist.

"I'm sorry to have disturbed your union's private affairs. With so many people watching, and also to give my young lady some face, let's discuss this privately first, and get down to business, shall we?"

"Row."

Yan Quan shook his hand and continued casually, "Lead the way. Where is the attacked factory?"

"Please follow me," the garrison captain said in a humble voice.

Seeing this, Bai Jinxuan felt a surge of anger and quietly followed them.

Many others followed suit, after all, big news like this is rare, and some small bloggers make a living from it.

The procession marched through the city gate in a grand manner. This was the first time Bai Jinxuan had entered and exited the underground city through the main gate in such a proper manner since she had been there for so long, and it was quite a novel experience.

After exiting the gate, the group turned around and soon arrived at the 'crime scene,' which was only about a 5-minute walk away.

It's hard to imagine how slowly the defenders of the Potions City advanced, managing to avoid even touching the tail of the Undead Guild.

Even knowing there was something going on, the garrison commander's ability to hold out for so long is truly remarkable.

Volume 1: Chapter 56: The Girl Observing in the Dark

Looking at the factory reduced to ruins, the union members laughed.

"That's quite a fierce attack. Oh well, Xiao Qi, can we go back in time?"

"can."

Beside Yan Quan, a woman wearing the same guild insignia and concealing her face with a mask stepped out, squatted down, and gently pressed her hands to the ground.

A white circle spread out, covering the entire factory. Then, many intricate stripes quickly appeared from her palm, connecting with the outer halo and converging upwards.

It's like a large net, where light gathers from bottom to top and then suddenly disappears.

Immediately afterwards, as if in a 3D projection, a transparent and intact factory appeared, along with countless individual skeletons rushing toward the factory.

The image freezes at this moment.

"What is this?" someone asked curiously.

Another person beside him said with a serious expression, "It should be high-level magic, capable of reconstructing a scene that happened here some time ago."

Bai Jinxuan felt a chill run down her spine.

That's amazing? Won't she be discovered? The entire attack on the factory by the Undying Guild took place right under her nose. If they project her too, won't they be exposed?

Wait a minute, it doesn't seem that bad. I have no physical form in the shadow, and no outline in the projection.

After finding her location in the scene and discovering that there was no trace of her, Bai Jinxuan was overjoyed.

Wow, it truly is a divine artifact.

At this moment, the old man who had been standing next to Zhang Mengli coughed twice, drawing everyone's attention.

"These skeletons are very powerful; the defenders were almost all killed instantly."

As the magic circle beneath them lit up, the scene changed, and the silhouette of a burly man rushed into the factory, causing the employees to scatter in all directions.

The old man continued, "Here, they split into two groups. One group directly blocked the rear, while the other group consisted of mages who bombarded the people."

"Because the employees of the pharmaceutical factory are all ordinary people, they are powerless against the skeleton soldiers who can kill even the guards in an instant. It is estimated that they will all be dead in less than 10 minutes."

"Based on the overall assessment, this is a heinous case that was deliberately instigated and triggered by someone, and is capable of destroying the Potions Capital."

After saying that, he turned to Yan Quan and the captain of the guard and said, "The robust technology needs an explanation."

"Tsk." Yan Quan clicked his tongue and scratched his head impatiently. "I know! We have some leads on the culprit. In fact, the union issued a notice ten minutes ago. It's that illegal organization that sells substandard drugs on the surface that cause mutations."

He grabbed the garrison commander like a chick.

When did you discover the factory had been attacked?

"Uh... I rushed over as fast as I could after hearing the alarm, but I was still too late..."

"Useless trash."

Yan Quan cursed, pushed him away, took out two bottles of mana potions from his pocket, and helped put them into Xiao Qi's mouth.

body off the field

The scenery began to change.

As the mage's silhouette raised his hand amidst the skeleton army, a large hole appeared in the factory wall, and skeleton soldiers swarmed in like a bee.

Seeing this, the union and Qiangjian Technology entered together, while Bai Jinxuan could only watch from the outside.

The rest are union secrets, not something that can be casually viewed by the general public.

Seeing this, Bai Jinxuan helplessly spread her hands, found a rock to sit on, and waited for the group of big shots inside to come out.

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There are more factories in my family than I imagined!

After walking around the circle, only this one thought remained in Zhang Mengli's mind.

Normally she gets whatever she wants, but this was the first time in her life she had ever actually come down to the underground to see those front-line processing plants.

Oh no, the building is completely destroyed. Dad said a lot of people died in this incident. The underground city is indeed very dangerous... Has my sister been living in this kind of environment all this time?

I wonder if she would be willing to come to the upper district...

In short, I need to finish the task my dad gave me first, so I'll have a reason to come back down to find him!

With this in mind, she was full of motivation and began to carefully observe the skeletal phantoms around her.

The guild mage named Xiaoqi seemed to have used some means to maintain the operation of the spell beneath her feet. Even though she had cut off the supply of magic power, the phantom did not disappear.

She could even rewind the scene at any time, but it seemed that her spell couldn't go back, so she waited until everyone was sure that no one had noticed before continuing the deduction.

Soon, everyone arrived at a wall that was mostly destroyed.

The skeleton's phantom image mostly faces this direction.

"Xiao Qi, keep going. It should be over soon. Hang in there a little longer." Yan Quan took out a magic potion from his body and handed it to Xiao Qi with a pained expression.

The scene shifts again; a gap appears in the wall, but this time the skeleton soldiers don't go in. Only the melee fighter who initially rushed in to cause destruction, the mage bombarding from afar, and a tall, imposing man remain...

"Another person has arrived. Do you know them?"

Zhang Mengli asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Yan Quan shook his head and turned to look at the accompanying personnel in the guild; everyone else shook their heads as well.

Only the old steward spoke up at this moment: "It should be the mastermind behind the Undying Secret Society. The first two are combat units, but he has not made a move from beginning to end. It seems that his target is indeed that one."

"which one?"

"The Source of Life, I don't know the specifics, I only know that it can amplify the effects of life potions. Many people in this industry need to use the Source of Life. I suppose that... right, the Undying Guild, they can make their own medicine by using this."

Yan Quan seemed thoughtful, then added, "So, they've been planning this for a long time? But what's the point of doing this?"

Seeing others looking at him, Yan Quan spread his hands and began to explain: "The mutation drugs they sell, after confirmation, will not cause mutations unless overdosed, which means they have a motive to make money. If they wanted people to mutate and cause destruction, they could simply increase the amount of ingredients and turn everyone in the school into monsters."

"Don't try to understand the thought process of terrorist organizations." Xiao Qi took a deep breath and said seriously, "Have you finished reading? I can't hold on much longer."

"Let's move on to the next screen."

The scene began to change, but this time it was completely different from the previous times.

All the phantoms suddenly twisted and turned, then abruptly turned their heads, their faces glaring at him.

A chilling and terrifying aura instantly appeared behind them.

The stress response made Yan Quan subconsciously get into a fighting stance and unleash a burst of flames behind him.

However, there was no feedback from the hit.

He stared wide-eyed as his fist passed through that pitch-black figure, so different from the other transparent phantoms, and cold sweat poured down his back.

Crimson eyes opened from the shadows.

Cold and indifferent, yet brimming with murderous intent.

"Run—!"

Volume 1: Chapter 57: The Girl Who Didn't Mean to Scare People

"Run—"

The desperate cries echoed throughout the ruins, and even Bai Jinxuan, who was waiting outside, could hear them.

What? Something happened?

She quickly jumped off the rock and cautiously looked around.

However, everything was quiet, and nothing happened.

......

......

"Don't be impulsive, that's also a retrospective process."

Seeing that the group was about to attack the shadowy figure, Xiaoqi quickly spoke up to stop them.

"Didn't you notice the other phantoms are all looking at it? There must be a new character coming in... um..."

As she said this, she suddenly felt her magic power being rapidly drained away by the magic circle beneath her feet, like air leaking from a balloon.

Ignoring whether others could see the illusory figure clearly, she immediately activated the magic array to change the scene.

"Shuashuashua——"

Three seconds later, she collapsed to the ground, and all the phantoms, along with all her remaining magic power, vanished in an instant.

Without thinking twice, she quickly picked up the medicine and poured it into her mouth.

Upon seeing this, everyone's expression turned very serious.

"Did you see that? That shadowy figure had a conflict with this organization. After the two sides made contact, the shadowy figure ran away, and one of them went after it... I never expected something like this to happen."

Upon hearing the old man's words, Yan Quan frowned.

"Is this the time to worry about that? Isn't the most important thing the identity of that shadowy figure? It can even affect the time travel!"

The scene immediately fell silent; clearly, Yan Quan's words had caused some apprehension in everyone's hearts.

Such a thing is simply unheard of.