Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#463 - Chapter 462: Nine-star mission, strange black fog

"Of course I know him. How could I not know Li Jifa?" The middle-aged man smiled politely.

"I see."

Xiang Nanzhi nodded, then turned to look at Li Chenqiu, who was selecting a task. When her gaze swept over the task's star rating, which had been adjusted to nine stars, she curiously moved closer.

"Assisting the Antong Division in clearing high-risk disaster 156: Landmines. This task is great!" Xiang Nanzhi pointed to a certain task.

"I'm not considering places that are too far away," Li Chenqiu shook his head in refusal, continuing to scroll down the screen.

"Wait!" Xiang Nanzhi reached out and stopped the screen directly, then pointed to a certain task again, saying, "Going to City 176 to assist the Ocean Academy's scientific expedition team in exploring the Cursed Land, Blackwood Cliff. This task is doable!"

"I'm not considering tasks with too many uncertain factors."

After a while.

"Take a look at this task. Going to City 112 to clear the wolf pack entrenched a hundred miles away. This task is simple and straightforward!"

"I'm not considering tasks without any difficulty. Too boring," Li Chenqiu once again flatly rejected.

Xiang Nanzhi's face darkened, speechless, "Are you here to pick a blind date partner?"

"I just want to find a satisfactory task. After all, it requires spending time..."

Li Chenqiu's voice paused, and the movement of his hand stopped. His gaze fixed on a task located in City 132.

[Assisting the Antong Division in clearing the Resurgent beings causing trouble in the city. Task location: City 132.]

...

The night breeze was cool, and the streets were empty, with few students walking around. It was eleven o'clock at night.

After accepting the task at Prosperous Star Tower, Li Chenqiu did not delay any further. He directly bought a train ticket to City 132.

The train's departure time was 11:32 PM. After Li Chenqiu simply packed his luggage, he went to the train station with Xiang Nanzhi and waited in the waiting hall until now.

"Ah..." Xiang Nanzhi supported her head with one hand and yawned widely, asking weakly, "When is the train coming?"

"Soon, about ten minutes!" Li Chenqiu said, looking down at his phone without raising his head.

Xiang Nanzhi tiredly turned her head and slowly said, "What are you looking at?"

Li Chenqiu replied in a flat voice, "Information about this mission."

"What's there to look at? When you arrive at City 132, you can just find the people from the Antong Division and learn about it in person."

Li Chenqiu replied, "I'm idle anyway. There's no harm in looking. Moreover, the Resurgent being to be cleared this time is quite special. I want to see if I can discover something unknown from the known information."

The task he had accepted this time was quite special. Although it was said to be clearing Resurgent beings, who this Resurgent being was, what they looked like, whether it was a single person or a group, or even whether they were a Resurgent being, was uncertain.

A month ago, a residential building in City 136 disappeared into thin air. According to surveillance footage, at three o'clock in the morning, a cloud of black mist seeped out from the ground and spread rapidly across the surrounding ground.

Until it horizontally encompassed all the land occupied by that residential building.

Then, a terrifying thing happened. The residential building standing above the black mist sank rapidly as if it were sinking into a swamp. By the time someone realized something was wrong, the residential building had been completely swallowed.

And that strange black mist also quickly contracted until it shrank to the size of a needlepoint and disappeared completely.

A week later, City 138 also encountered the same strange incident. During rush hour traffic, the cloud of black mist reappeared on the highway, swallowing two buses and dozens of cars before leaving again.

Such incidents have occurred sporadically seven or eight times within a month, and all of them have occurred within the range of cities 130-140.

This matter quickly attracted the attention of the Antong Division, and they dispatched the High-Risk Clearance 19th Action Team to investigate and resolve it, but to this day, it has not been resolved.

One reason is helplessness. No measures can sanction the black mist. It is not afraid of attacks at all.

The second reason is the unknown. No one knows what will happen after entering the black mist.

The third reason is that the black mist comes and goes without a trace, making it impossible to lock down its current location.

This action team had tried throwing GPS locators into the black mist, but it was useless. They still couldn't determine its location and could only be led by the nose.

These are the three main reasons why the black mist has not been resolved.

"This black mist... is it an ability or a Mystic Artifact?" Li Chenqiu murmured in a low voice, a curious light flashing in his eyes.

...

City 132, inside a bright and spacious room.

"Damn it, what the hell is this thing?!"

A burly middle-aged man, with a cigarette that was about to burn out in his mouth, crossed his legs and looked at the laptop placed in front of him.

This person's name was Luo Shan, the captain of the High-Risk Clearance 19th Action Team, a powerful Ninth-Realm Destiny Chosen.

"It's already happened eight times. If it happens again, the number of missing people will exceed three thousand. Then, the higher-ups might urge us."

"Besides making us more anxious, what's the use of you saying this?"

"The data is right here. Whether I say it or not, it's still here. What's the use of you escaping reality?"

"You guy..."

"Alright, stop arguing!" Luo Shan raised his head and scolded.

The two men sitting on the sofa glared at each other, turning their heads away in a huff.

After scolding the two, Luo Shan turned his head and looked at the woman who was eating instant noodles at the dining table.

"Xiao Xin, how is Hu Xue's side? Can she find the specific location of that black mist?"

Dong Xin stopped her movements, swallowed the noodles in her mouth, and shook her head, "I can only confirm that the black mist is in City 132, but the specific location is unclear."

"Sigh..."

Luo Shan supported his forehead and sighed tiredly.

"By the way, Captain, someone from Star Plucking Academy is coming to support us. I've already asked Xiao Mo to pick them up. They should be here soon!"

"Support?" Luo Shan looked at Dong Xin in surprise, "What support? I don't know about this?"

Dong Xin replied with an innocent look, "Captain, I sent you a message about this yesterday, but you never replied."

Luo Shan awkwardly rubbed his nose, "Uh... I was too busy yesterday and didn't pay attention to the messages you sent me. By the way, how many people from Star Plucking are supporting us, what's their strength, and what are their abilities?"

Dong Xin held up two fingers, her eyes gleaming, "Two people, one is Seventh-Realm, and the other is Fourth-Realm. The former's ability is fire, and the latter's is wind."

As soon as these words came out, the light in Luo Shan's eyes quickly dimmed. He waved his hand and said, "Let these two guys go back to where they came from. Don't come here to make trouble."