It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 671 Pearl
End of the meeting.

Huang Yi walked out of the command center, preparing to select personnel for the second team.

Huang Yi believed that six to eight people would be enough for this team, because he estimated that the General Administration could only send no more than two inspectors with the Light attribute. The more people in the team, the heavier the burden would be on the Light attribute members.

He was new to the area and not as familiar with the personnel structure as Pei Xianjue. Now, he was entrusted with a critical mission and was under great pressure. If he did not select the right people, the operation might fail again.

Yes, again.

In Huang Yi's mind, Pei Xianjue's team had most likely already failed.

In the straight corridor, the lighting circuit seemed to have a poor connection, flickering on and off.

Huang Yi frowned and glanced at the light tube above.

Ling Feiran, dressed in a nurse's uniform, stood to one side and mustered her courage to speak: "Sir..."

Huang Yi suddenly saw a white figure and stopped in his tracks.

The officials around him were also startled. Ling Feiran's presence was so subtle that no one had noticed her standing there.

“You are…” Huang Yi looked her over hesitantly.

Ling Feiran tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and slowly said, "My name is Ling Feiran, and I am the head nurse of the second inpatient department. I want to... apply for a pass to go to the other side of the Molan River to find someone."

Huang Yi's expression was serious. "You should know what the situation is like on the other side right now. The fog could spread over at any time. Only those who have cards with the Light attribute can resist the negative effects of the fog."

“My cards should be enough,” Ling Feiran replied softly, her head bowed.

Huang Yi glanced at her suspiciously, then turned to look at his assistant.

The assistant held a tablet computer, quickly pulled up Ling Feiran's personal file, and handed it to Huang Yi.

"The data shows that you possess the cards Zephyr and Ghost." Huang Yi looked at Ling Feiran again. "Are you sure you can handle this?"

“Yes.” Ling Feiran nodded gently. “I also have two healing cards… because I just finished processing them recently and haven’t had time to report them yet, so they’re not shown in the data.”

Huang Yi understood; he had a subordinate who possessed a Holy Priest card, also a healing type, and was in Pei Xianjue's team this time.

“It’s too risky for you to go alone. We’re currently forming a team to enter the fog and conduct a search operation. You can come along; that would be safer,” Huang Yi said after considering it.

Ling Feiran asked, "When do we leave?"

Huang Yi pondered for a moment and replied, "About three hours later."

Ling Feiran sighed softly, "It's been too long..."

Huang Yi also felt it was too long, but three hours was the ideal situation.

If the General Administration of Supervision cannot find suitable candidates, it will have to seek assistance from abroad. Once foreign aid is involved, various meetings, discussions, and negotiations are inevitable, and the time required will be far more than three hours.

Huang Yi turned to the officials around him and said, "Prepare military supplies first, try to shorten the preparation time as much as possible, and set off directly when the General Administration sends someone over."

"Don't we need to practice together beforehand? Before General Pei led the team, he arranged for the team members to train together for several hours to help them get to know each other's skills and characteristics."

Huang Yi shook his head, "Time is too tight, we can only let the team members improvise. By the way, you'll be coming with the team..."

He turned around, his words abruptly cut off, because all that remained in front of him was a wall.

Ling Feiran, who was just standing here a moment ago, has disappeared without a trace.

What about people?

Huang Yi glanced around and saw a white figure flash by at the end of the corridor before disappearing without a trace.

What type of vehicle do you think would be suitable for this operation?

The question from the official next to him drew Huang Yi's attention back.

Huang Yi stopped paying attention to Ling Feiran and focused all his energy on the next steps.

……

Ling Feiran decided not to wait any longer. She returned to the inpatient department, made some arrangements for the work ahead, and then took Yalana's youngest daughter with her to cross the river.

Embarrassingly, when she transforms into her ghost form, she cannot carry any items, so she needs a helper to carry her basic supplies, food, water, and clothing.

Yalana's youngest daughter, Pearl, is eight years old. She has absorbed the skills of a card juggler and can use a high position to hang on a wire in the air.

When Ling Feiran transformed into a ghost and crossed the Mo Lan River, Pearl used the towering rocks on the bank as a fulcrum to erect a steel cable spanning the Mo Lan River.

She carried her small schoolbag on her back and walked on the steel wire, which was almost as thin as a hair. She walked as if on flat ground, and even when a strong wind blew on the river, it did not affect her balance at all.

After Pearl reached the other side, Ling Feiran took out a gray hooded cloak from her bag and put it on—the nurse's uniform was too cumbersome for Ling Feiran, and it would be much more convenient to carry a cloak if she frequently switched between ghost and physical states.

The two continued on foot.

Since the main purpose is to find someone, it doesn't matter if we walk a little slower.

Ling Feiran prepared a map with markings made by Yalana. She had marked the location of her home with a red dot, suspecting that Pashan had sneaked home.

Besides going home, Phra San really had nowhere else to go.

Pearl asked Ling Feiran, "Has brother already gone home?"

"He probably won't be able to get home." Ling Feiran folded the map and put it back in Pearl's schoolbag, saying softly, "The fog is too thick, and it's easy to get lost. We need to find him as soon as possible, otherwise he will be in danger."

More importantly, the maze space overlaps with the real world, causing the environment to change. The location marked on the map may have become a corner of the maze.

Therefore, the longer the delay, the greater the potential for unforeseen events.

Pearl was too young, and Ling Feiran didn't want to explain it in too complicated a way.

She took Pearl's hand and they walked forward together.

Two figures, one large and one small, were gradually enveloped by a thin mist.

The sky finally darkened completely.

Night falls...

Darkness and thick fog filled the surroundings, and elusive Soul Eaters drifted around, stirring up gusts of eerie wind.

Pearl nestled close to Ling Feiran.

Ling Feiran used to be terrified of walking at night, but now, being in the dark, she feels not only no discomfort but also a sense of security. This is perhaps due to the influence of the Ghost Card on her.

Sometimes, she would see some reptile-like black energy wrapped around Pearl's body. When the black energy increased, she would use a purification spell to remove it.

They walked and stopped, and after an unknown amount of time, they still couldn't find any trace of Pashan.

The asphalt road has disappeared, and no human buildings can be seen. In the vast fog, there is only barren, damp, and smelly muddy land.

Ling Feiran purified the black energy from Pearl's body again, feeling that Pashan was probably beyond saving—unlike Huangfu Miaomiao, she couldn't directly see the weakness value, but the saintess's intuition told her that this black energy would kill someone.

What should we do? Should we continue searching?

If I give up like this, how am I supposed to face Yalana when I go back to the inpatient ward?

Ling Feiran was full of kindness and love for her saints, and if she could, she really didn't want to see Yalana sad.

She held Pearl's hand as they walked, lost in thought.

Some sounds came from afar.

She couldn't help but stop in her tracks.

In the stillness of the night, even the slightest sound is highly noticeable.

After listening carefully for a while, it seemed that there were people talking, and more than one person.

"It sounds like people are arguing," Pearl said, looking up at Ling Feiran.

"Okay," Ling Feiran said, "Let's go take a look."