Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 1014 - 701: Dream

Bai E woke up from a dream and wiped the sweat that had faintly appeared on his forehead.

He didn't know how long it had been since he last had a dream, let alone a nightmare...

He couldn't quite remember what exactly happened in the dream, only vaguely recalling widespread war and alien creatures rampaging.

The most disheartening thing was himself... watching everything unfold before his eyes yet unable to intervene, only able to watch in silence.

This terror and helplessness jolted him awake, his eyes opening to a soft white light.

"Awake?" Within a soft embrace, the gentle voice of an Elf Race member sounded calmly.

Yue Ying held Bai E's head, eyes full of pity, "Had a nightmare?"

"It's okay..."

Bai E shook his head, looking up at the porthole outside.

Following his gaze, Yue Ying gently reminded, "We're nearing the Galaxy Center, soon you will be facing the universe's strongest of your kind."

Bai E's eyes flickered slightly, "I've waited a long time..."

...

Anvil City.

After the Bug Race attack.

"Your center has continuously emphasized high-dimensional threats, demanding that all places strengthen the management of Spiritual Ability Users. Now, in my city, when my soldiers and people have just repelled the Bug Race and are in need of stability and recovery, your people have experienced a large-scale loss of control event among Spiritual Ability Users! Is this what you call a 'comprehensive response'? Can't even control your own people?!"

Faced with Otto's accusation, Kiro Lan felt a wave of dizziness and helplessness.

High-dimensional Demons!

While the Bug Race poses as a clear enemy of humanity, these high-dimensional demons have never given up on coveting the material world.

Previously, during Bai E's time, the brief peace in the high-dimensional space was completely gone, and recently the erosion of Spiritual Ability Users from high-dimensional space has become severe again.

While the Master was there, his vast, steadfast, and somewhat inherently intimidating spiritual energy towards high-dimensional beings acted as the strongest "stabilizing anchor" and "purifier," suppressing planetary wide high-dimensional fluctuations considerably. Though incidents of loss of control among Spiritual Ability Users occurred, their frequency and intensity were within controllable range.

However, with the Master gone, having ventured to the distant depths of the universe, his direct connection with the planet's Spiritual Energy Field grew exceedingly weak.

Without this strongest "ballast," the whispers, temptations, and erosion from high-dimensional space that had receded like a tide surged back like a frigid dark current.

Becoming clearer and more frequent, attacking the minds of every Spiritual Ability User.

While still in Blackwater City, reports from the Spiritual Power Managers Center flooded in like snowflakes, nearly overwhelming Kiro Lan.

Unexpectedly, in the first battle upon arriving at Anvil City, those demons from high-dimensional space immediately found a breakthrough.

This was her greatest concern—

External threats and internal erosion erupting simultaneously and catalyzing each other, nullifying any effort to mitigate the situation, even exacerbating conflicts.

She could understand Otto's current anger, the destructive power of Spiritual Ability Users losing control sometimes exceeded that of small Bug Race factions.

She forcibly steadied her mind, meeting Otto's questioning gaze. Her voice, although somewhat hoarse, remained clear.

"City Lord Otto, I understand your anger and concern. This is precisely what's terrifying about high-dimensional erosion—it exploits our inner weaknesses and stabs from the back at critical moments. The out-of-control Spiritual Ability Users are victims too. The primary task now is to control the situation to prevent greater destruction and panic. Please immediately dispatch your most elite troops equipped with spiritual suppression gear to join the professional purification personnel I brought to handle this. Ensure priority to control and non-lethal measures, unless absolutely necessary... My people have experience handling such events."

She paused, looking at Otto's uncertain expression, and added, "This incident precisely proves what we discussed before—no city can handle such a comprehensive crisis alone. The Bug Race attacks from underground, high-dimensional erosion comes from within. We need to share monitoring data, jointly research more effective methods to counter high-dimensional erosion, and establish cross-city Spiritual Ability Users emergency support and purification mechanisms. Anvil City's powerful industrial strength and army, when combined with the center's research strength, spiritual expertise, and... all our top-tier combat power, can truly protect every one of us."

Otto fell silent. He looked at the unsolved smoke outside the window and listened to the faint sound of new disturbances caused by the loss-of-control incident among Spiritual Ability Users in the distance.

Reality is grimly apparent.

Absolute independence and self-protection seem merely a beautiful dream. The Bug Race attacks from underground at unpredictable times, "our own people" losing control at uncertain times...

These threats are indeed not solvable by one city or one place alone.

After a long while, he sighed heavily, as if aged instantly, and ordered the officer by his side: "Do as Ms. Kiro Lan says. Deploy the 'Iron Guard' commando to cooperate with the experts from the center, handle the loss-of-control incident. Try... to capture them alive."

The last few words were spoken with difficulty.

Then, he turned to Kiro Lan, his gaze no longer aggressive but with a kind of weary pragmatism.

"Ms. Kiro Lan, regarding the specifics of the cooperation... we need detailed discussions. However, until I see concrete solutions capable of helping 'Anvil City' deal with these damned things, I won't make any definite commitments."

This was already a huge progress.

From resisting communication to being willing to sit down and negotiate terms.

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