Several business vehicles stopped in front of the roadblock. The doors opened, and Xia Shuzhi Lian led the team out.

MPVs were the official vehicles. From Qian Gongzi, who persuaded people with virtue, to team leaders, they all used this type of vehicle.

On one hand, there were many high-end MPVs, so no matter the identity, one could find a suitable vehicle. On the other hand, this type of vehicle was most suitable for leading a team.

Small sedans had limited passenger capacity, while vans were undignified. One couldn't have The Way of the Extraordinary members riding in Wuling Hongguang vehicles on missions.

"Bang!" Zhang Yuanqing closed the car door, observed the thick fog a dozen meters away through the roadblock, and asked, "Have people come out of the fog?"

"Within thirty meters of the periphery, people can enter and exit freely. Further in, they will lose their way. Currently, the citizens in the outer area have been cleared," Xia Shuzhi Lian said.

"It's hard to explain such a large-scale The Way of the Extraordinary event to the public, right?" Zhang Yuanqing said in a casual tone.

This young aunt had an excellent figure. The tight-fitting military green vest supported a full cleavage, her waist was slender, and her legs were long. Wearing military boots, she exuded a cold and heroic appearance, like a high-cold female instructor.

Another female Deacon, Hua Yu, also had a good appearance, with a round face and some baby fat, fair skin, and round, large eyes. She always had a sweet smile on her lips. At first glance, one would think she was the kind of well-behaved girl who was easy to bully.

Although she was a Deacon, her temperament was fresh and gentle, not serious, and her age was around 25.

"We'll censor things circulating online, and then the official platform will issue a辟谣, prohibiting discussions on major social platforms. After a long time, it will be suppressed. These are things the public relations department needs to worry about," Xia Shuzhi Lian patiently replied to the young Yuanshi Tianzun.

It's as if the official辟谣 platform is dedicated to spreading rumors... Zhang Yuanqing muttered to himself, glancing at the burly Sage of Fire and Jiang Jingwei, who looked impatient. He immediately said:

"Let's go in. Colleagues below the Sage realm should stay outside. If we lose contact and don't come out after dark, immediately notify the Hangzhou branch and ask the elders to take action."

Losing contact in the thick fog didn't necessarily mean being trapped inside. It could also be that the signal was interfered with by the fog. So he added "after dark".

After speaking, Zhang Yuanqing took out the Da Luo Star Compass and naturally walked in front, leading the team into the fog.

Behind him followed Guan Ya, Jiang Jingwei, and the Yin Corpse Blood Rose. The four Sages from the Hangzhou branch lagged behind by a few meters.

After entering the fog, Zhang Yuanqing took out the Da Luo Star Compass. The black iron cast compass body was heavy and simple, and the compass surface was painted with the stars of the Zhou Tian in silver paint.

Infusing Star Power, the silver-painted stars of the Zhou Tian were activated, projecting a brilliant galaxy into the air, like a holographic projection solidified above everyone's heads.

Zhang Yuanqing said:

"Follow the position of the stars, and we will never get lost."

The Da Luo Star Compass didn't have positioning or pointing functions, but the stars on its surface corresponded to the stars of the heavens, just like the real night sky.

Taking the position of entering the fog as the coordinates, referring to the map of Jinhui City on his phone, and heading towards the museum, they would definitely not get lost.

Seeing this, the three Sages of Xia Shuzhi Lian finally relaxed. The Sage of Fire revealed a hearty and cheerful smile: "This method is feasible. Quickly find the museum and solve this mess. Haha, I take back what I said earlier, Yuanshi Tianzun, you are still very useful."

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"Of course, Yuanshi Tianzun was brought out by me." Jiang Jingwei proudly raised her chin.

The Sage of Fire quickened his pace to catch up and asked curiously, "Little Princess, are you Yuanshi Tianzun's team leader now?"

"No!" Jiang Jingwei said, "Yuanshi Tianzun and I are not on the same team. Guan Ya and I are on the same team. She is my team leader."

"What? How can a Fire Master with such pure blood be a member of a Reconnaissance team? The Songhai branch must be targeting you. Why don't you transfer to the Hangzhou branch?" the Sage of Fire said indignantly.

Fire Masters always offend people unintentionally... Zhang Yuanqing looked back at Guan Ya and Xia Shuzhi Lian, who were frowning in displeasure.

Outside the fog, the Queen sat in the business vehicle, holding her phone and browsing the forum, occasionally glancing at the movements outside.

Surfing the internet was one of her few hobbies, and most of the popular posts had her footprints.

Unsurprisingly, the bronze sculpture incident in Jinhui City, Jiangnan Province, made the headlines today. The official The Way of the Extraordinary members in Jiangnan Province posted about the spread of fog in Jinhui City.

"Latest news, the Hangzhou branch has dispatched five Deacons and more than a dozen team leaders, but so far, one Deacon leading a team into the fog has lost contact again. Adding the team that was lost in the fog last night, the number of colleagues who have lost contact this time has reached fifteen. The situation has not been effectively controlled."

The comments below: "Outrageous, they can't handle it even with so many Deacons dispatched. The event level even exceeds most incidents caused by evil professions. Are those colleagues trapped in the fog okay?"

"How can they be okay? The longer you stay in the fog, the easier it is to go crazy. It is still uncertain whether it will permanently change the mental state of innocent people. My friend was lost in action yesterday and there is still no news. I am so anxious. I never knew the Deacons of the branch were so incompetent."

"Upstairs, watch your words. I'm on the scene. This is what happened. The level of the fog is a bit high. The Deacons can't distinguish directions in the fog and easily get lost inside. If they can't find the museum, they can't deal with the source. This is the characteristic of the Mist Lord, there's no way. The Deacons are preparing to wait for the support team from the Songhai branch to arrive and force their way through the fog."

"Distinguish directions? A compass is definitely not enough. We need a Star Official. But it seems that no major branch has a stationed Star Official. How can we do this?"

"I feel like we can expect a wave of support from the Songhai branch. Eating瓜online, remember to reply in time with new news."

"My head is still muddled. Ancient tomb? Bronze sculpture? City-shrouding fog? Shouldn't these things be in dungeons? What's going on with that ancient tomb? I feel like there's a huge secret hidden behind it."

"Latest news, the support team from the Songhai branch has arrived. It's Yuanshi Tianzun. He provided a method to distinguish directions. Whew, this mess can finally be solved."

"Lord Tianzun is here? Oh yeah, I almost forgot he's a Star Official."

"Waiting for follow-up..."

The heat is so high. As soon as they heard the team leader arrived, these guys became blindly confident. The team leader's status is unshakable in the hearts of the middle and lower-level members. But this exposes the team leader in Jinhui City. Really, what if it attracts an evil organization's big shot... the Queen frowned secretly.

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The fog enveloped everything, and the visibility was less than five meters. It seemed that even sound was shielded by the fog. Along the way, the group didn't hear any sound.

Streets, greenery, vehicles, buildings...

"Soaked" in the fog, the world was silent.

Zhang Yuanqing held the Da Luo Star Compass and walked forward quickly. Suddenly, the fog in front trembled, and a figure roared and pounced over, attacking Zhang Yuanqing, who was holding the Star Compass.

Guan Ya beside him stepped out and kicked the attacker over, her long legs stepping on the opponent's chest.

This was a middle-aged man with a receding hairline, bloodshot eyes, drool flowing from the corners of his mouth, and beast-like growls coming from his throat. He had lost his self-awareness and turned into a highly aggressive beast.

Guan Ya examined him for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief:

"He's mentally deranged. He can recover after a period of rest. It seems that the bronze sculpture in the museum can only superficially affect targets in the fog."

Zhang Yuanqing also breathed a sigh of relief, "It may also be large-scale bewitchment, which can only achieve this extent."

As long as it's not like the Lust Divine General, causing permanent mental damage, that's good.

The group continued to move forward, confirming the direction through the Big Dipper while calibrating their trajectory based on the city map on their phones. The deeper they went into the fog, the more crazy citizens they encountered, and the more corpses lying on the roadside and in the green belts.

Although they knew that casualties were inevitable in such a large-scale event, everyone's hearts were inevitably heavy.

Fortunately, these crazy citizens only attacked living beings based on instinct and didn't destroy city facilities, otherwise the losses would be even more severe.

A quarter of an hour later, they finally arrived at their destination, a gray-white marble archway with a brass plaque that read "Jinhui City Museum".

Behind the archway were steps and a square. The main building of the museum was hidden in the fog, making it impossible to see clearly.

Zhang Yuanqing put away the Da Luo Star Compass and was about to go up the steps when Xia Shuzhi Lian stopped him.

This cold female instructor smiled, "The three of you from Songhai should stay behind to prevent sneak attacks. I'll take the lead."

The sweet and quiet Hua Yu consciously stepped forward and walked alongside Xia Shuzhi Lian.

Are they worried that we're not strong enough and will encounter danger if we walk in front? They're quite considerate... The thought flashed through Zhang Yuanqing's mind, and then he heard the Sage of Fire say:

"The level of the fog is above level 4. The three of you have just become Sages and your strength is not enough. Just provide support."

Fire Masters have always been straightforward.

Hua Yu and Xia Shuzhi Lian looked helpless and could only explain: "Don't mind us."

The implication was that they also agreed with what the Sage of Fire said.

"We're used to it!" Zhang Yuanqing smiled.

His answer made Hua Yu and Xia Shuzhi Lian show a smile of empathy.

Seeing that the conversation was open, Xia Shuzhi Lian simply stated:

"Based on the existing intelligence, the bronze sculpture only exhibits the characteristics of bewitchment and fog. It is not yet clear whether it has life. If it does, its level is at least five."

"This is too dangerous for you, especially Yuanshi Tianzun. You are a key training target of the Five Elements Alliance. If something happens, our Hangzhou branch can't bear the responsibility."

Okay, I just became an enforcer of the patrol team for the first mission, and I'm being looked down upon... Zhang Yuanqing was a person who was good at socializing, and he nodded repeatedly:

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"Deacon Xia Shuzhi is considering everything thoroughly, let's act according to your ideas."

Jiang Jingwei looked unconvinced, but Guan Ya pressed her down.

The two sides changed camps, with the three Deacons from the Hangzhou branch leading the way, along the steps, into the square.

After walking a few steps, several silhouettes appeared in the fog ahead, accompanied by beast-like unconscious growls.

Then, low growls came from all directions, and the calm mist quickly trembled. Silhouettes were looming around, the number was dense and numerous. They were surrounded.

The square outside the museum was actually full of confused citizens.

Silhouettes rushed out of the fog, entered the five-meter visibility range, and swarmed towards everyone like ants.

"Don't do anything, they are all ordinary citizens." Hua Yu, wearing a white dress, said loudly.

Immediately, she squatted down, pressed her palms on the ground, the square stone bricks "cracked", breaking apart, and vines emerged from the stones, growing rapidly.

Like tentacles, they wriggled and bound the violent citizens, tying them up tightly.

Hua Yu got up and said, "Let's go!"

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Continuing forward, the group quickly passed through the square and entered the museum.

The fog was even thicker here, and the visibility had dropped to three meters. If the people in front walked a little faster, only a silhouette would remain.

The lights in the museum were bright, but the light could not penetrate the fog. Instead, it was constantly refracted by these dust-like particles, making the gray-white fog very bright.

"There's a bloody smell!"

Xia Shuzhi Lian, who was at the front, frowned.

Following the smell, the group passed through the lobby and saw a floor full of severed limbs and arms at the entrance of the exhibition room. None of the corpses were intact, either beheaded or cut in half at the waist, organs and intestines were scattered on the ground, and blood had dried on the smooth marble slabs.

"Yunmeng!!"

Xia Shuzhi Lian saw a familiar face among the fragmented corpses.

Her face changed drastically, and she strode forward.

Zhang Yuanqing followed the sound and saw the cold female instructor holding a woman's head, her face contorted, her eyes wide open. She seemed to have encountered extremely terrible things before her death, and the terrified expression was forever frozen on her face.

Was she Yunmeng? The lost Sage, died like this?! Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank, and he asked in a low voice:

"Are these people all colleagues from the Hangzhou branch?"

The taciturn "Hou De Zai Wu" nodded, his face full of grief:

"All sacrificed."

All sacrificed.... Zhang Yuanqing's heart sounded an alarm.

Guan Ya walked to the side of Deacon Yunmeng's body, carefully examined it, and calmly analyzed:

"Everyone was killed by sharp weapons, neatly and decisively, and except for Deacon Yunmeng, everyone else looked very calm. This shows that they fell into some kind of illusion before they died, possibly bewitched."

"Deacon Yunmeng reacted before she died, but it was too late, she couldn't survive. Deacon Xia, what level is she?" Xia put down her friend's head and took a deep breath:

"Level 4, eighty percent experience."

Guan Ya immediately said:

"Then, the enemy's combat power is at least level 5, with fifty percent experience."

Xia shook her head:

"Yunmeng is a god of plague, she has a passive skill that ignores physical attacks, but she still died without any resistance. The enemy's combat power should be at level five, with more than ninety percent experience, infinitely close to level six, or even level six."

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"Everyone, the danger of this mission is higher than we expected."

Everyone looked around with solemn expressions. Hidden in the fog was a terrifying crisis. Perhaps, if they were careless, someone among the colleagues present would lose their life.

The Sage of Fire spat hard on the ground, his face full of viciousness:

"Let's go inside and see, I want to experience the power of that thing."

After speaking, he strode into the exhibition room.

The group hurriedly followed. In the exhibition room, there were rows of display cases, and the items stored in the cases were mainly pottery and porcelain such as pots, furnaces, bottles, and cups, with a small number of calligraphy and paintings, and bronze tripods.

Deep in the exhibition room, the group found another pile of severed limbs and arms. The deceased were the archaeological team and the filming crew.

Zhang Yuanqing bent down and picked up the camera. He found that it still had power and hurriedly said:

"Everyone, come and take a look. There are videos in the camera of them being filmed before they died."

Everyone flocked over.

Zhang Yuanqing released Little Doubi and the Ghost Bride, and let the two spirit servants cooperate with the Yin corpse to stand guard to prevent the enemy from sneaking attacks.

Then, he clicked to play the video.

In the video screen, the first thing that appeared was a two-meter-high bronze sculpture wearing armor, holding a three-foot bronze sword and glaring with copper bell-like eyes, with an extremely fierce face.

The armor texture and facial contours were extremely rough, and the manufacturing process could only be considered average, but Zhang Yuanqing and others noticed that the bronze sword was extremely sharp and had been edged.

The voices of the archaeological team came from the video, discussing academic content such as the craftsmanship of the bronze sculpture and the style of the armor.

At this moment, a young voice rang out from the video, interrupting the archaeological team's discussion.

The screen then switched, and the photographer gave the camera to the speaking young man.

The young man's face was strange, and he said:

"I heard a strange sound..."

"What sound?" the companions asked.

The young man replied: "I heard that voice say, those who trespass into the Immortal Gate sealing place, kill without mercy..."