Volume 2

71 District Commander, I’ll Await Your Return

“What should we do now?” I tried my best to soothe my nerves.

Jie Pa looked solemn. “I had a group of residents who acted as my informants. While they might not be able to help every single time, I still had faith in their loyalty. During the time while we were gone, I had been worried that You Ji might have figured them out and inflicted harm on them as a result, but now it seems that the issue isn’t restricted to just a few people.”

Nie Zun swept his gaze around before eventually speaking up. “Right now, we can be almost certain that this isn’t an illusion, nor was it possible to send a large group of people away just like that. After all, Western District is the dead end to the split zone, and Eastern District bordered the other side. I don’t suppose there’s an ability in existence that could allow undetected transportation of a few thousands of people all at once?

“Which means to say, we can be sure that the cause of this must be something we are clueless about, something that’s beyond even...