452: evacuation mission

Long Yuan was now very suspicious that if he were to walk in front of Sabado, the latter would likely discover immediately that it was he who had snuck into his room!

"Actually, the root cause is that my Breath Concealment Technique hasn't been cultivated to the Perfection Realm yet!" Long Yuan suddenly realized.

His Breath Concealment Technique had only reached the Major Achievement Realm, so he couldn't completely restrain his own aura. It was fine against others, but when facing someone like Sabado, who possessed special racial traits, it wasn't quite enough. Although the Breath Concealment Technique masked his Xuanhuang Bloodline and Xuanling aura, the life energy molecules of his true form remained active, which allowed a powerhouse of the Elf Race, who revered natural life, to detect him. Therefore, he must first Cultivate the Breath Concealment Technique to the Perfection Realm before dealing with members of the Elf Race; otherwise, he would easily be remembered and identified.

However, he didn't intend to see Sabado right now, so cultivating the Breath Concealment Technique wasn't urgent. Instead, he thought of a second issue: besides himself, Sabado had also detected a second person entering his room, and this person was very likely an assassin from the Nether Prison!

Thinking of this, Long Yuan hurriedly accessed the Heavenly Eye information stream and locked onto the recent activities at Xuanji Tower. He quickly discovered the assassin. This person appeared to have used a Magical Artifact to bore a small hole in the simple Formation Sabado had set up, allowing him to enter. However, after searching high and low, he couldn't find the hiding spot of the immortal seedlings. In the end, he actually installed miniature cameras in Sabado's room and several other corners of Xuanji Tower...

"There are actually miniature cameras? Although they aren't as ridiculously small as the ones on Earth, they are still very tiny. And since these things aren't life forms, they successfully evaded Sabado's senses..." Long Yuan analyzed carefully.

"Nether Prison? Interesting..."

He was very interested in this Cultivator force that had infiltrated Blue Star, and if he wanted to understand it, this assassin was a great starting point.

The cameras were wireless, which was to avoid being traced back to himself if discovered. It was clear that this assassin was extremely cunning, but Long Yuan was not worried. In his view, the assassin must be lurking near Xuanji Tower and was certainly watching the signals transmitted by these cameras; the moment he discovered something, he would definitely take action.

Locking onto the area within one kilometer of Xuanji Tower, Long Yuan used his Divine Sense to search every suspicious location. Not long after, in a room within a small, low-lying bungalow, he discovered a young man in black clothes intently staring at a light screen. On the light screen were a dozen small frames, and the content within the frames was exactly the interior of Xuanji Tower from various angles!

"Found him!!!" A look of joy appeared on Long Yuan's face; this person must be the assassin from the Nether Prison.

He quickly checked the Heavenly Eye information stream and found the assassin's recent whereabouts. This included not only his actions in Yingtian Prefecture and Xuanji Tower but also the path he had taken to get here. Following his path, the Heavenly Eye's footage extended before his eyes, crossing countless cities, high altitudes, airports, grasslands, and towns, finally arriving at an underground space of a nightclub in a certain city!

"It's actually in Zhenyuan City!!!" Long Yuan was a bit surprised. Zhenyuan City was a major strategic town in the north of the Great Ming, and it was also the primary target during the last invasion of the Great Ming by the War Bear Country. It was also the city where Xu Yanran had been stationed. However, Xu Yanran had now been transferred to Shanhai Pass to guard against the Sea Clan, so the commander of Zhenyuan City had been changed to someone else.

The Nether Prison's decision to locate its headquarters in the Great Ming in Zhenyuan City must have had its reasons. It was not far from Shuntian Prefecture, allowing it to avoid the strict controls of the Great Ming's capital while also standing in opposition to the distant Xuanji Tower in Yingtian Prefecture to the south, forming a subtle pattern of confrontation.

This was also the reason why Sabado had not yet discovered the location of the Nether Prison. The Nether Prison was very far away and kept a low profile, hiding in the basement of a nightclub; Sabado would never go to such a place.

After designating the Nether Prison headquarters as a key search area for the Heavenly Eye, Long Yuan's attention returned to the small room. He remained hidden in the shadows, observing silently without using his Divine Sense to check the young man's specific cultivation level. He knew that Cultivators had extremely keen senses; if his powerful Divine Sense were to sweep directly over the young man, he would likely be discovered immediately. As for the information about the young man, he would naturally leave that to the Heavenly Eye. With the advantage of the Heavenly Eye, solving the case was simpler than drinking water or eating a meal...

The current situation was that Sabado already knew a Nether Prison assassin had been there and would definitely come again, so he hadn't gone to look for those immortal seedlings. However, this couldn't last too long because if those immortal seedlings didn't receive food and water, they would definitely call for help or try to find a way to escape on their own. Meanwhile, the young man in black was constantly watching Sabado's movements, and the moment he discovered something, he would definitely plan his next move. The two were actually in a state of inexplicable competition.

"Should I tell Sabado?" Long Yuan pondered for a while and finally decided not to act for the time being. The more he interacted with Sabado, the greater the chance of his secrets being discovered, which was extremely unfavorable for him. However, he could use other methods to remind him.

Long Yuan's gaze turned toward the palace, and his Divine Sense soon saw Prince An, who was discussing the situation and issuing orders with some generals and officials.

This was the main hall of the palace. Prince An's expression was calm, and his entire being radiated an inherent dignity. The generals and officials below sat behind jade tables on both sides, each with a stern expression. Some were reporting the situation, some were writing furiously, and others were lost in thought...

He heard the reporting official say: "Reporting to Prince An, the evacuation mission for residential areas along the coast, three thousand li north and one thousand li south of Linhai City, has been completed, and resettlement work is currently underway!"

"The evacuation is completely finished?" Prince An asked, somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

"Uh, there are still some difficulties in evacuating some remote residential areas. The main reason is that the local residents simply don't believe the Sea Clan will invade, and some of them even think this is a good opportunity to obtain a large amount of seafood and don't want to evacuate at all. It's hard to persuade those bent on their own destruction with kind words, and we are helpless!" the official said.

Prince An was speechless, his face darkening as he asked: "How many such residential areas are there? And what is the number of people involved?"

"Judging from the news received, such residential areas exist everywhere, so it's hard to get an accurate count. As for the population, I estimate there are several hundred million..."

"What? Several hundred million people?!" Prince An slammed the table and stood up, glaring at the official.

The official shuddered in fear and hurriedly said: "Prince An, the coastal region is a densely populated area of the Great Ming. From north to south, there are at least three billion people. It is actually quite normal for several hundred million to remain outside the cities..."