Chapter 1377 1363: Partners

Anti-Insurgency Bureau.

Shi Xianyue just finished handling a few sudden bizarre incidents when she received an urgent message from Chen Hu.

The Kunlai Rift has opened!

For the moment.

Shi Xianyue had to temporarily put down her work, and after taking Yu Doudou along, she headed straight for Kunlai Mountain.

This time the rift opened.

The major departments of Panshi City had been preparing for a long time, and quite a few people even from other cities, including Qiuye County City, had arrived.

A single rift.

It could be said to enhance the overall strength of the Awakened in the entire region.

Of course.

The premise is that this rift is controlled by the Imperial hands.

If occupied by civilian Awakened individuals, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Therefore.

The major forces of Panshi City have been extremely vigilant recently.

The control over Kunlai Mountain is several times stricter than usual.

Yet.

Just as Shi Xianyue and Yu Doudou stepped out of the Anti-Insurgency Bureau, the sky suddenly darkened.

In an instant.

All electrical appliances in the city stopped working.

Whether it's phones, TVs, or lights, they all lost their luster at that moment, and the city, originally flickering with neon lights, fell into deathly silence and darkness.

Then.

The crescent moon in the sky gradually filled out.

Changing from a semicircle into a complete circle, a full moon!

On this full moon.

There were blood-colored cracks.

Yu Doudou looked up, his expression slightly changed: "Minister, what's going on? A sudden full moon?"

"No, it's the Devouring Moon..."

Shi Xianyue sensed the rich Spiritual Qi around and said solemnly, "The Devouring Moon, the Spiritual Qi Revival has officially begun."

Yu Doudou's confusion deepened.

Hadn't the Spiritual Qi Revival already started?

After Shi Xianyue finished speaking.

The round moon filled with red veins suddenly turned black, like a big black ball hanging in the sky.

But the blackened moon could still emit light.

It was a very strange thing.

The outline of the moon was bright, and the blood-red cracks were especially prominent on the black round moon.

This scene.

The whole city saw it!

Many people wanted to take pictures with their phones, but found that their phones were completely unusable.

Not just phones either.

Even electronic watches stopped working at that moment.

Having left behind all electrical devices.

Everyone felt as if they returned to the age of primitive farming and fire starting, unable to do anything.

After witnessing this strange phenomenon in the sky.

People quickly lost interest, merely shutting their doors to sleep.

However.

In the eyes of the city's Awakened, this scene had an entirely different significance.

Spiritual Qi!

The extremely abundant Spiritual Qi in the world was drifting in the air.

Even if they did nothing, just by breathing, their body's spirituality was continuously growing!

Some people, their awakened abilities even saw a significant improvement at this moment, not needing to find areas rich in Spiritual Qi for cultivation as they usually did.

Yu Doudou felt it too.

"Let's go, we should head out, no matter how dense the Spiritual Qi is outside, it can't be as dense as inside the rift. Kunlai Daoist Palace was where Qi Refiners of ancient times lived; they were real cultivators."

Shi Xianyue didn't linger, opened the car door.

Yu Doudou skillfully sat in the passenger seat, asking, "If the concentration of Spiritual Qi reaches a certain level, is there a possibility for those legendary Immortals who can fly and live forever to appear?"

"Perhaps, if Spiritual Qi is abundant, maybe everyone really could become cultivators."

Shi Xianyue jokingly replied.

...

Kunlai Mountain.

The temporary operations command of the Anti-Insurgency Bureau, located in the commandeered farmhouse.

Ning Ying looked at the map, speaking solemnly:

"The rift entrance has opened in the black forest on the mountainside of Kunlai Mountain, where the mountain has split open, with a downward passage confirmed as the entrance.

Now, the Defense Department's troops have been stationed at the entrance to prevent anyone else from sneaking in.

The Investigation Bureau's forces are certainly on their way, and we cannot fall behind.

Currently, only this one entrance has been found.

However.

Zhou Yi has not returned, I suspect there might also be an entrance on his side."

Ning Ying clearly analyzed the current situation.

It's been an hour since the rift entrance opened.

If Zhou Yi hadn't encountered unforeseen circumstances, he would have returned during the celestial anomaly.

One hour's time.

Was enough for him to come from the abandoned mountain village.

But.

At the moment, none of the electronic devices could be used, otherwise she could have used a satellite phone to determine Zhou Yi's status.

"Aren't we waiting for Team Leader Zhou?"

One member asked.

Ning Ying shook her head, "No more waiting, time waits for no one, we're moving out."

The team from the Anti-Insurgency Bureau marched grandly towards the entrance at the black forest.

Upon Ning Ying's arrival at the entrance.

There were already many people patrolling outside, all heavily armed soldiers, guarding every five steps, a post every ten steps, without exaggeration.

Even though electricity couldn't be used now.

However, kerosene lamps were already hung all around this place.

The Defense Department had long been prepared.

On the other side, the Investigation Bureau's tents were also set up in the black forest, with a massive crack opened in the mountain in front of them, as if someone had split the mountain with an axe.

Inside the mountain.

There was a deep, downward path, leading to unknown destinations.

"Director Xiang."

Upon leading her team here, Ning Ying found Investigation Bureau Chief Xiang Yong was also present.

He nodded and asked seriously, "Where is Director Shi? Hasn't she arrived yet?

According to the previously drafted plan.

We have to start exploring in half an hour.

She's a key player."

"Director Shi is on her way, by the time calculated, she should be here any moment."

Ning Ying replied.

Xiang Yong nodded and casually asked, "And Zhou Yi, where did he go? That kid shouldn't miss such an occasion."

"Uh, I'm not sure either, he had entered the mountain on his own earlier, now, I guess he's with those civilian Awakened."

Ning Ying indeed didn't know Zhou Yi's current movements.

Xiang Yong also understood that with electronic devices unusable now, communication was greatly hindered, so he asked no more, waiting instead for Shi Xianyue's arrival to enter the rift together.

This rift entrance.

It is clearly the main entrance to the Kunlai Rift. By controlling here, they hold absolute dominance.

And the Defense Department continues to gather more manpower here.

It's estimated that in two to three hours.

There will be tens of thousands of troops stationed here, ensuring that no other factors affect the entrance when the rift opens.

...

Meanwhile.

Zhou Yi, along with the abandoned mountain village and those Awakened, had all fallen into the deep pit.

Not knowing how long they had fallen.

Zhou Yi finally felt his body hit something supportive, fortunately, it wasn't stone, but soft soil.

Otherwise.

With his physical condition, he would've taken a fair amount of damage.

He caught his breath, stood up, and looked around; it was a lush green meadow, besides jagged strange rocks, a nine-story Buddha Tower was prominently visible in the distance a hundred meters away!