601: Chapter 579 Liquidation

Chu Xuan had limited time right now and would not waste any more effort on those sub-S-rank Specters; the headquarters would organize and handle them.

With Transcendents collaborating with modern military weapons, Specters below S-rank were no longer a threat and could only hide in the shadows.

The real crisis at the moment lay in the continuously spreading and expanding black fog of The Gloom.

What he had to do next was to establish authority, to liquidate, and to wipe out the potential destabilizing elements existing within the official organizations!

To create a favorable environment for this world to resist Specters together.

This, naturally, also included the remnants of the Resurrection Society!

Chu Xuan, who already knew the general direction of the future, was very clear that the reason he was able to sweep away the many S-rank Specters that had erupted with such overwhelming force this time was precisely because he had grown fast enough and strong enough.

But this was far from enough.

This world was already riddled with holes, and as time passed, the situation of the Gloom Invasion would only become more severe.

Even if he solved more invading Specters, it was ultimately just a defensive strategy and could not solve the fundamental problem.

The path to survival in the future required heading to other worlds, completing world missions, further weakening the Dark World, and becoming stronger at a faster rate.

And this world was equivalent to Chu Xuan's base camp, his place of residence, and it had to be kept sufficiently stable.

At this moment, as Chu Xuan piloted the white emperor fighter to land in Pengcheng, the Night Watchers here immediately saw it through the live broadcast room and led people to welcome him right away.

The leader was a heroic-looking woman.

She carried a saber at her waist, her expression solemn, and she arrived with a group of uniformed Night Watchers, totaling 16 people, who stood firm before Chu Xuan.

"Report, Inspector. I am the acting captain of Pengcheng, Qiu Jin. Do you have any instructions?"

Chu Xuan's gaze flashed as he swept over everyone present. His Eye of Insight was already deployed, and there were no issues, so he asked, "Are you the only Inspectors left in Pengcheng?"

Qiu Jin straightened her posture and immediately replied, "Currently, there are 28 official members and 42 intern members. Except for us, the rest are patrolling and clearing out the sporadic Specters that have emerged."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly and asked, "Where is the former captain, Fan Yue? Why didn't he attend the offline captain meeting?"

"Captain Fan suffered heavy injuries and was never able to recover. Last night, he was ambushed by a Specter and has already died."

A trace of sadness flashed in Qiu Jin's eyes, and then she added, "The reason he couldn't attend the meeting that day was because he was dealing with a tricky Specter incident, and it was in that very incident that he suffered heavy injuries..."

Chu Xuan thought of the comments he had seen on the forum earlier about the Pengcheng captain, so he asked, "How come I heard that Fan Yue was raising Specters with living people?"

"That is absolutely groundless!" Qiu Jin's face showed indignation as she defended Fan Yue:

"Since the reform of the Night Watchers system, we have never had a large-scale Specter killing incident in Pengcheng. This achievement is inseparable from Captain Fan's leadership. Those slanderous remarks are all frame-ups, and the headquarters has already sent people to investigate..."

"Is that so?"

Chu Xuan took a deep look at Qiu Jin and said, "Take me to see Fan Yue's body..."

Qiu Jin was stunned and hesitated, "When we found Captain Fan, only his tattered clothes remained. He had been eaten, leaving no bones behind, so we only erected a cenotaph..."

"Then dig it up," Chu Xuan said calmly.

"This..." Qiu Jin gritted her teeth, unable to hide her anger, but thinking that Chu Xuan had just solved multiple large-scale Gloom incidents, and with his status, he shouldn't be doing useless things.

In the end, she swallowed back the rebuttal that was on the tip of her tongue and led the way for Chu Xuan, arriving in front of a tomb.

"This is just a cenotaph; Captain Fan's remains were long gone..."

Before Qiu Jin could finish speaking, the indestructible flowing shadow in Chu Xuan's hand had already transformed into a great halberd. As it swept across with a boom, the entire tomb collapsed, revealing the coffin inside.

Immediately after, the coffin was pried open by the halberd blade, revealing a pile of clothes inside.

"You..." Qiu Jin couldn't believe that Chu Xuan was so rough, and couldn't help but be shocked and angry: "Captain Fan is already dead; even if you suspect him, there's no need to do this, right?"

"Dead?" Chu Xuan smiled coldly: "Just a faked death!"

A strange gleam appeared in Chu Xuan's eyes as he had already used the Tracing Cause and Effect technique; the clothes in the coffin became the best medium.

A clear thread fell into Chu Xuan's eyes.

Looking in that direction, Chu Xuan already saw a phantasmal scene.

In a dark alley, several mangled monsters lay scattered about.

A teenager wearing the standard Night Watchers uniform was staring intently at the live broadcast screen on his phone, not even blinking.

And as Chu Xuan uttered the words "Just a faked death," the teenager was instantly shocked, his face covered in sweat.

"You can't even handle this? Your psychological resilience is lacking!" several nearby Night Watchers teased and mocked: "We didn't even ask you to do anything, and you're already scared like this. If you encounter a Specter alone one day, wouldn't you just pee your pants?"

The teenager pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

"Hiding in plain sight, huh..." The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth lifted slightly. Through the extension of the thread, he had already sensed that the other party was less than 20 kilometers away from him.

Apparently, he had remained in Pengcheng and had disguised himself as an intern member, currently participating in the operation to hunt down Specters.

"Are you coming yourself, or should I come find you?" Chu Xuan looked at the camera lens fixed by Gaga Chicken and spoke calmly.

The teenager's body trembled, and he didn't move.

Chu Xuan's expression was calm as he stepped forward, teleporting from time to time, appearing a thousand meters away. In just a few breaths, he was already far off in the distance.

Gaga Chicken carried the live broadcast equipment and chased after him, filming the whole way.

Qiu Jin and the other Night Watchers were incredulous and hurriedly followed, but they couldn't keep up with his speed at all.

"Faked death?"

"Could Captain Fan still be alive?"

"Looking at the live feed, their direction is the old city district. Let's hurry and follow..."

Qiu Jin's expression was complex as she called everyone to head towards the old city district.

Meanwhile, the scene of Chu Xuan walking through the air appeared in the live broadcast, and the teenager in the dark alley immediately screamed and jumped up suddenly.

Such a scene immediately made the surrounding Night Watchers look surprised. They also saw in the live broadcast that Chu Xuan was heading towards them.

They couldn't help but look at the teenager a few more times, their expressions becoming vigilant: "Chu Xuan is coming. What are you afraid of?"

The teenager ignored everyone and stared intently at the screen in the live broadcast, feeling an unspeakable crisis of death enveloping his heart.

Cold sweat dripped down his forehead, and the next second he suddenly realized it. His body rapidly expanded and grew, turning into a burly man nearly two meters tall, and he immediately turned to flee.

But almost at the same time, a great halberd descended from the sky. With a boom, it pierced straight through his heart and lungs, pinning him firmly to the ground.