After returning to Jinghai, Bai Xiaowen and his teammates were exhausted from dealing with the endless stream of reporters who came to interview them.
Bai Xiaowen simply closed the door and declined all visitors.
However, those who really had connections were still able to find him.
"Xiao Bai, someone is looking for you. He says it's urgent." Li Beihai called.
"Who is it?" Bai Xiaowen felt that it couldn't be a reporter. If it was, Li Beihai wouldn't be the middleman at all.
"Jinghai City Metahuman Association President Yang Yongkang."
Li Beihai's words surprised Bai Xiaowen. Although he was a new boss, Yang Yongkang was a high-ranking official of Jinghai. He had to take him seriously. It was better to have a good relationship with him than to have a bad relationship with him.
Moreover, Yang Yongkang was a member of the Qiao family. He had to give him face.
In the living room, Bai Xiaowen received President Yang, who had personally come.
Qiao Rui came over to pour tea. Yang Yongkang was flattered and thanked him repeatedly.
After Qiao Rui poured the tea, he directly sat down beside Li Shuyi.
"President Yang, why are you looking for me?" Bai Xiaowen asked. He could roughly guess some possibilities.
"Captain Bai, your time is precious. I'll get straight to the point."
President Yang coughed. "Something happened in the southwest. I hope you can lead the White Phoenix team and cooperate with the military's special forces to take a look."
Bai Xiaowen frowned slightly. "The incident in the southwest should have happened quite some time ago. As early as a week ago, I heard that the first batch of investigation team went missing. Only one person came back to report. "
"Cough, that's right."
Li Shuyi originally kept her mouth shut. However, at this time, she felt that she should stand up and play the villain. "President Yang, something happened a week ago. Why are you only looking for us now?"
"Well." Yang Yongkang was a little embarrassed.
"I heard that the officials found two A-team teams as the second batch of investigation teams. Why didn't those two A Battle Squadrons find anything of value? You only think of us now … "Li Shuyi pursed his lips.
Bai Xiaowen secretly praised Li Shuyi for being smart, but he stopped her. "Alright, Shuyi, the officials have their own considerations … But then again, President Yang, what you've done is indeed wrong. Most importantly, the sooner the exploration of a large Spirit World spatial fragment began, the better. Now we are already more than a week late and have already lost the initiative. "
Yang Yongkang sighed. "It was the organization's mistake for not inviting you guys. Actually, I've always been insistent on asking you guys to take action, but the headquarters flatly refused. The reason they gave was also high-sounding … This is an A + Guild Quest, only First Class Guilds have the qualifications to accept it. The White Phoenix Battle Squad belongs to, after all, is only a Second Class Guild, their qualifications are not qualified. In the end, headquarters found Xin Pu and Long Ze, these two veteran A teams. "
Pausing for a moment, Yang Yongkang said with some resentment, "But the severity of the problem was beyond our imagination. Two A Rank squadrons were unable to find out the truth and returned dejectedly."
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. Qualifications not qualified? It was really surprising that some of the officials could think of such a reason. The White Phoenix Battle Squad, as a unified battle squad, could also be stuck by rigid rules and regulations. It had to be said that this was Hua Xia's specialty.
"Now that the White Phoenix Battle Squad has succeeded and the Super Gods has been promoted to a Rank A guild, we have enough qualifications?" Bai Xiaowen said with a half-smile.
Yang Yongkang was even more embarrassed. He shook his head and said, "Captain Bai, I've always recognized your qualifications, but the situation is complicated, it's not something that a small base city branch manager like me can decide."
Bai Xiaowen nodded to show that he understood.
An A + Guild Quest was bound to be lucrative. In addition, the exploration of a large Spirit World spatial fragment was very likely to mean the ownership of the new treasure space. The distribution of benefits involved was even more complicated. After all, the White Phoenix Battle Squad and the Super Gods had too shallow a foundation.
It could be said that if it weren't for the relationship with Qiao Rui, Yang Yongkang wouldn't have thought of the White Phoenix Battle Squad in the first place — so what if they were a unified battle squad? Without an official background, the officials would still treat them like air.
Now the situation was different. The two Rank A guilds had returned in defeat, and the changes in the Southwest were already a hot potato. Although the benefits were generous, they still needed strength to obtain them.
The two Battle Squads, Xin Pu and Long Ze, were ranked in the middle of the Rank A League and were considered to be quite strong. Since they had returned in defeat, then in the eyes of the officials, only the top battle squads had the ability to investigate the truth of the changes in the Southwest.
There weren't many top battle squads in Hua Xia. The top battle squads that had completed the Great Unification were basically all evolved within a few years. The top battle squads that hadn't completed the Great Unification were all busy preparing for the Great Unification.
To use a not-so-common analogy, the Great Unification was like the Heavenly Tribulation in Immortal Cultivation. In the Immortal Cultivation world, cultivators in the Tribulation Stage were the most difficult to invite. For them, earthly things were no longer very attractive. Their biggest goal was to transcend the Tribulation and ascend.
Therefore, the White Phoenix Battle Squad was basically the closest and most promising choice to the officials.
Bai Xiaowen said, "Although Xin Pu and Long Ze Battle Squads failed, they should have obtained some information. I hope to see the specific information before deciding whether or not to participate."
"The information itself is confidential, but I can make the decision to authorize you," Yang Yongkang said.
Secretary Zhao, who had accompanied him, handed over a few thin sheets of paper.
Bai Xiaowen skimmed through them. The changes in the Southwest were just the tip of the iceberg.
Just three months ago, in the Southwest Region, in the no man's land 300 kilometers south of Spring City Base City, the military outpost detected a rapid increase in spiritual particles.
The officials recruited a team of Awakened to investigate the no man's land and discovered all kinds of inconceivable things.
The wild beasts and poisonous insects there seemed to be undergoing a second mutation! They were originally mutated beasts, but a mysterious energy caused them to mutate even further. They became more robust and large, and also more irritable.
According to the monitoring over the past few months, even the trees in the no man's land were slowly mutating. However, compared to the wild beasts, the rate of change was inconspicuous.
This was the news from the only survivor of the first scouting team. His other companions had all mysteriously disappeared in the no man's land. They didn't even have the chance to make a warning call!
The following information was the report from Xin Pu and Long Ze Battle Squads.
The two Battle Squads finally found out some inside information.
The changes in the no man's land were not only the mutated wild beasts, but also the invasion of creatures from the spirit world. Moreover, the invading creatures from the spirit world were rather rare "demons" — the two battle squads saw monsters such as the Evil Ghost, Corpse Demon, Jumping Zombie, and so on in the style of ancient Hua Xia.
Presumably, the four missing members of the first scouting team had encountered these monsters.
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