Baiyu, Qiong Xue, and Qiao Wan hid together under the tree hollow.
Before long,
devil race and shell people race martial artists started appearing around them one after another.
From their appearance, it seemed they were here to execute search and follow-up tasks.
The three of them held their breath.
The infiltration of the heavy fog forest by the alien race had obviously far exceeded Baiyu's previous expectations.
Being able to move on a large scale here without being discovered proved that the surrounding strongholds might all be under their control.
How hateful.
Qiu Yun and Purple Star were both grabbed by that giant hand.
Otherwise, Baiyu could have rooted out all the traitors and spies in Mountain City, clearing them out one by one.
Now, even if he returned to Mountain City, it would be all for naught.
Qiong Xue stared intently at the group.
After they entered the valley and left, walking far away, she stood up.
"They've left. It looks like they were here to clean up the battlefield."
Qiao Wan didn't like talking with strangers, so after the enemies moved away, she quickly slipped into the shadows.
Her extraordinary ability leaned towards an assassin in the extraordinary sequence.
Baiyu didn't know exactly what it was.
In any case, even if asked, she was unwilling to say more.
The two sisters now had many precautions against Baiyu.
They were only willing to discuss what had been previously agreed upon during cooperation, nothing more.
Fortunately, they had the mark of the Enlightenment Society, which was why Baiyu dared to trust them to stay by his side and command them.
If either of them had any disloyal thoughts,
Baiyu could control them at any time.
Qiao Wan was unwilling to meet or talk with Qiong Xue and Baiyu; even during conversations, she would use the simplest communication.
At this moment, her figure gradually disappeared and finally retreated into Baiyu's shadow, leaving Qiong Xue dumbfounded.
"Let's go, hurry back."
Baiyu interrupted the sleepy girl's daze.
Under the cover of the forest's dense trees, the two slowly headed back to Mountain City.
This journey was extremely difficult.
Primarily because there were aliens all around.
This small area had already been controlled by the shell people race and the devil race.
Although they had not acted on a large scale,
Baiyu had already noticed the proliferation of the alien races around them.
He Jin and Qiu Yun really didn't seem to know what they were doing; the enemies were right under their noses yet they didn't notice.
He Jin was even preparing for war.
Not noticing even this situation, Baiyu now very much doubted whether he was preparing every day for how to sleep and eat.
Could it be...
The other two ministers of Mountain City were all useless...
Baiyu thought maliciously to himself.
The two slowly advanced through the forest, and it was fully night by the time they arrived.
Although above the No Darkness Realm, there was always sunlight,
there was a difference between brightness and dimness.
When the sunlight was at its dimmest, visibility was extremely low, and with the No Darkness Realm's environment, which was either foggy or dusty, it was barely distinguishable from night.
Moreover, due to the lush trees of this realm, there were many places to hide.
This was why they hadn't been discovered by the aliens.
They walked in silence.
After about four hours, they finally saw the impressive outline of Mountain City in their sight.
The city walls towered over a hundred meters high.
On the wall,
there were countless iron cannons, mechanical crossbows, and one squad after another of mechanical patrols.
These were all the masterpieces of the Mechanical Church.
As the national religion of the East Prosperity Imperial,
almost all large shelters had their city defense structures built with their production.
Mechanical limb modifications.
The manufacturing of mechanical patrols.
And various mechanical war machines.
Even the repair of legendary ships, etc., required the operation of people from the Mechanical Church.
Under the city walls,
two imposing teams of armored soldiers continuously patrolled back and forth in front of the city gate.
When Baiyu hurried to the city gate, he was stopped by a guard stationed at the gate.
"Make way quickly, I am Baiyu, the Minister of the Security Bureau!"
At the city gate,
Baiyu shouted loudly.
He originally intended to enter the city swiftly and report the matter to He Jin.
However, instead of the gate opening, four armored units suddenly appeared around, attacking Baiyu without any explanation.
These four guards were all martial artists.
Baiyu roughly sensed that they were mostly elite level martial artists, with each team made up of eight members.
Which meant,
just these four squads comprised thirty-two elite level martial artists!
Obviously,
an ordinary patrol wouldn't require this scale.
Such a large formation instantly made Baiyu realize this was specifically targeting him.
There were still many spies and traitors within Mountain City,
and also,
some who wished for his immediate death.
Although tonight's operation was secretive, Qiu Yun had also left the city with him, making it easy for those with intentions to guess if they paid attention to the movements of the Security Bureau and Armed Department.
At this moment,
Mounting an ambush at the city gate was obviously intended to prevent Baiyu from returning.
And the person in charge of this was the manager of the Armed Department, who knew Baiyu's situation outside.
Only upper management would be able to mobilize so many Armed Department martial artists to lay siege to a minister like Baiyu.
And only by always knowing their situation outside would they dare to block him and set up an ambush at the outermost gate of the shelter.
The opponent definitely knew that Qiu Yun was already captured by the giant hand and that there were no experts by Baiyu's side, hence daring to come so openly.
This was the first city gate of Mountain City.
After entering from here, there were vast fields and farmland of Mountain City, as well as various settlements, training grounds, farms, workshops, and so on.
This large gate,
was quite a distance from both the outer city district and inner city district.
The layout of Mountain City was like concentric circles,
Inner City, Outer City, and the first city wall, making three circles in total.
Layer upon layer,
constantly expanding.
From the first city wall to the Outer City, there was a long and far distance.
If a fight happened at this city gate, they might really be able to kill Baiyu silently.
After all,
the first city wall was the barrier connecting Mountain City and the Heavy Fog Forest.
It was sparsely populated.
Besides the guards patrolling, few people from within the city came here.
Currently,
these four teams of martial artists charged from front, back, left, and right.
Baiyu was about to activate the Forbidden Armament when a light shield appeared around him.
The Sanctuary Spirit of Mountain City, which had been pretending to be dead, came alive at this moment.
It cast a protective shield on Baiyu.
To be precise,
the abilities of the Mountain City Guardian Spirit were comprehensive, basically omnipotent,
as long as its pages were sufficient and there was enough energy, they could possibly manifest.
This kind of protective light shield,
could be easily activated by the Sanctuary Spirit and had a decent effect, capable of blocking many attacks.
"Baiyu, enter the city first."
Qiong Xue pulled out a crystal-like pendant from her bosom and crushed it forcefully.
This was a communication device.
In the Spirit Realm,
after exiting the shelter, electronic devices couldn't be used.
To transmit messages quickly, they had to rely on these special alchemy items.
After Qiong Xue crushed the pendant, she and Baiyu began to retreat, intending to break through the encirclement.
Baiyu also had no time to hesitate.
He grabbed two Life Span Pills with his left hand, swallowed them, and quickly took out the Moon Blade, which he hadn't used for a long time, with his right hand.
