186: The General Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is sending reinforcements? That was already resolved!

The outskirts of the Black Mountain Forest Area.

Several state-of-the-art VTOL transport aircraft, emblazoned with the insignia of the Spiritual Energy General Bureau.

Like birds of prey spotting their quarry, they tore through the cloud layer and charged toward the ground with a near-brutal momentum.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The heavy landing gears slammed onto the temporarily cleared landing site; the cabin doors had not even fully opened yet.

Figures clad in special black Spiritual Energy Battle Armor, exuding fierce and sharp auras, shot out like arrows from a bow!

Their movements were swift and uniform, carrying the solemn, murderous aura unique to battle-hardened elites!

They were one of the ace combat forces directly under the Spiritual Energy General Bureau—the "Dragon Fang" Special Operations Brigade!

Brigade Commander Lei Lie, a burly man built like a bear with a hideous scar across his face, was the last to leap out of the cabin.

He landed silently, his gaze like lightning as it swept across the surroundings.

A thick scent of blood and char wafted toward him, and the residual energy fluctuations from deep within the forest in the distance were still heart-palpitating.

But strangely, the expected sounds of intense fighting and the roars of Demonic Evils did not come; instead, there was... dead silence?

"Everyone on high alert! Combat formation! Advance!" Lei Lie suppressed a flicker of doubt and ordered in a low voice.

His voice was transmitted clearly to every team member through the built-in communication system of their tactical helmets.

"Yes, sir!"

The team members responded with low growls, their tactical movements fluid and swift. Like a black tide, they advanced silently and efficiently toward the depths of the forest.

They were well-trained and coordinated perfectly. As they moved, spiritual energy halos shimmered on the surface of their armor, ready to respond to any attack from any direction.

However, the deeper they went, the stronger the sense of dissonance in Lei Lie's heart became.

It was too quiet.

Eerily quiet.

Along the way, they saw the terrifying traces left by battle.

Vast stretches of scorched and shattered woodland looked as if they had been crushed by an invisible, gargantuan force.

On the ground remained dried, blackened bloodstains and unrecognizable bits of flesh and bone fragments.

The air also held the lingering scent of violent energy after its annihilation.

All of this indicated that an extremely brutal, high-intensity battle had indeed broken out here not long ago.

But where were the enemies?

Where were the Demonic Evils that were supposed to be swarming like a tide?

Where were those powerful beings that had caused the Jiangyuan Branch Bureau to suffer heavy losses and even seek help from the General Bureau?

Had they already retreated? Or... an absurd thought uncontrollably surfaced in Lei Lie's mind.

"Speed up! Target: the core area!" Lei Lie growled, suppressing his stray thoughts as he accelerated once more.

The team members also sensed something was wrong, but no one asked questions; they simply followed the assault with even greater vigilance.

Finally, they traversed the last stretch of the severely damaged forest path and reached the core area of the Monster Nest marked in the intelligence.

When they saw the scene before them, even the "Dragon Fang" members—battle-hardened and accustomed to bloody sights—all gasped in unison and froze on the spot!

Before them was an immense, terrifying crater that looked as if it had been struck by a meteorite.

The walls of the crater were as smooth as a mirror, with edges showing vitrification—a characteristic of melting under high heat followed by rapid cooling.

Inside and around the crater was a thick layer of strange material, a mixture of ash and crystals.

Further away, the earth was cracked as if it had been plowed; all vegetation, rocks, and even the terrain itself had been completely transformed.

The air was permeated with an indescribable sense of nothingness, like the silence after all things have returned to nothingness.

There was also a faint but terrifying residual pressure that made even the Soul tremble.

There were no Demonic Evils here at all.

Nor were there any traces of a brutal battle.

There was only... a complete, absolute void and silence, as if something had been forcibly erased from the world by some supreme power!

"This... this is the core of the Monster Nest?" a team member muttered in a dry voice, filled with disbelief.

"What happened? Where are the Demonic Evils? So many Demonic Evils... could they all have..." Another team member's pupils contracted as he stared at the massive crater.

"This kind of destruction... could never be caused by a conventional battle! It's like... like it was directly annihilated by a force on the level of Law!"

The Technical Officer in the team cried out in shock, looking at the readings jumping wildly on the detector.

Lei Lie stood there, his scarred face filled with immense shock and bewilderment.

He had imagined countless possibilities.

A brutal holding action, allies caught in a bitter struggle, or even the worst-case scenario—total annihilation of their forces and the Demonic Evils running rampant.

But the only thing he hadn't considered was a scene like this.

Where were the enemies?

Where was the terrifying Monster Nest that had prompted the General Bureau to urgently mobilize them for support?

It's just... gone?

Completely wiped from the world by some incomprehensible power?

Who did this?

The Jiangyuan Branch Bureau could never possess such power!

Just then—

"Clack... clack..."

A series of hurried footsteps came from the side and rear.

Zhao Tiefeng appeared, leading a Jiangyuan Branch Bureau squad. They were covered in blood and looked exhausted, yet their expressions carried a lingering excitement as they hurried forward.

"Is it the General Bureau's reinforcements? You've finally arrived!" Upon seeing Lei Lie and the others, Zhao Tiefeng immediately stepped forward, a look of relief on his face.

Lei Lie snapped back to his senses, lunged forward to grab Zhao Tiefeng's shoulders, and asked urgently:

"Captain Zhao! What on earth happened here? Where's the Monster Nest? Where are those powerful Demonic Evils?"

Zhao Tiefeng was taken aback by his agitation, but then he realized and explained with a complex smile filled with boundless awe:

"Brigade Commander Lei, you're late."

"The crisis here has been resolved."

"Resolved?" Lei Lie's pupils shrank. "How was it resolved? Who did it?!"

Zhao Tiefeng took a deep breath and said solemnly, in a tone almost like a pilgrim's:

"It was Special Commissioner Chen."

"Special Commissioner Chen Nian, from Donghai City."

"He discovered the anomaly here and took action personally, purging the entire Monster Nest along with all the Demonic Evils."

"Spe... Special Commissioner Chen?!" Lei Lie felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his entire body froze.

Behind him, the "Dragon Fang" members instantly broke into an uproar, their faces filled with unbelievable shock!

"Special Commissioner Chen?! That legendary big shot...?"

"My god! It's actually him!!"

"He alone... turned this place... into this?!"

Exclamations of surprise rose one after another.

Lei Lie's mind went blank; his mouth hung open, but he couldn't make a sound.