The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

"Get out of the way!"

Sure enough, the next second, a crisp yet chilling voice rang out from outside the door.

"Bang!"

Immediately afterwards, the office door was pushed open from the outside without any politeness.

The force was so great that the door slammed heavily against the wall with a dull thud.

Two fully armed guards stumbled in, their faces full of bitterness and helplessness.

They looked at Li Weiguo with an expression that said, "We really can't stop him."

Li Weiguo waved his hand, signaling the guards to step back.

He looked up at the figure standing in the doorway.

The newcomer was none other than Su Qiong, the deputy commander of the Calamity Army.

At this moment, Su Qiong had completely lost her usual composure and elegance.

Her signature long, wine-red hair was now disheveled and draped over her shoulders, clearly indicating that she had just been withdrawn from the front lines and hadn't even had time to clean it up.

The combat suit was still stained with a lot of the Dimension Devourer's dark green bodily fluids and dried blood.

Su Qiong strode into the office, her face frosty.

His eyes were filled with anxiety and anger.

Soon, she walked directly to Li Weiguo's desk, slammed her hands on the table with a "thud," leaned forward slightly, and stared at Li Weiguo.

"Minister Li, I need an explanation."

"Why does the General Headquarters never reply when we inquire about Commander Gu's whereabouts?"

Li Weiguo looked at the murderous red-banded snake in front of him and rubbed his temples in exasperation.

"Su Qiong, can't you change your temper?"

"This is the Supreme Command headquarters. What kind of behavior is this, barging in like this?"

Li Weiguo tried his best to make his tone sound as calm as possible.

"Discretion?"

Su Qiong sneered and retorted without any politeness: "When the crisis broke out, when the Calamity Army was at the forefront, risking their lives on the defensive line, why didn't you talk to me about propriety?"

"Besides, I'm not here to argue with you today. Minister, I only have one question for you."

"Where is Gu Xu?"

The moment those three words were uttered, the temperature in the office seemed to drop several degrees.

Li Weiguo fell silent.

He reached for the cigarette pack on the table, only to find it was empty. Frustrated, he crumpled the empty pack into a ball and threw it into the wastebasket.

"Su Qiong, calm down. Gu Xu has gone on a special mission; it's classified..."

"Don't try to pressure me with classified information!"

Su Qiong wasn't buying it at all. She abruptly waved her hand, interrupting Li Weiguo: "I am the deputy commander of the Calamity Army! Gu Xu is my superior, the soul of the entire Calamity Army!"

"What mission he's on, is it not my right to know?"

Her eyes were slightly red, but her gaze was unusually firm: "How many times have I called your headquarters these past few days? Every time you've just given me the runaround!"

"What do you mean 'we are trying to contact them,' and 'there is no news yet'?"

"Minister Li, do you take me for a three-year-old?"

Su Qiong gritted her teeth, her voice tinged with panic: "The tide of Devouring Fibers has dissipated, the crisis is over. Now that the crisis is over, why hasn't Gu Xu returned? He hasn't even answered a single call!"

"Where did he go? You absolutely know!"

"Has...has something happened to him?"

By the end, Su Qiong's voice had involuntarily trembled slightly.

She knows Gu Xu too well.

That guy, although he usually seems carefree and irresponsible.

But he had an absolute sense of responsibility to Blue Star and the Calamity Army. If he was safe and sound, it was absolutely impossible for him not to send a message to let others know he was safe after the crisis was over.

The only explanation is that he is now powerless to control his own destiny, and even...

Su Qiong dared not think any further.

Looking at Su Qiong, who was on the verge of collapse but was trying her best to hold on, Li Weiguo felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

He sighed and finally gave up on those official platitudes.

"Su Qiong, it's not that I'm hiding it from you, it's that I really don't know."

Upon hearing this, Su Qiong felt a buzzing in her head, as if she had been struck by lightning.

Sniping the false god? Just Gu Xu himself?

Admittedly, she was very confident in Gu Xu's abilities.

But last time, when Zogra's projection descended upon Earth, the entire nation of Divine Xia mobilized its resources to help Gu Xu defeat it.

This time, however, he faced the false god alone!

The concepts of projection and ontology are not even in the same league.

"How could he...how could he go alone?!"

Thinking of this, Su Qiong shook her head, and the unease in her heart grew stronger.

Seeing this, Li Weiguo gave a wry smile and said, "Su Qiong, do you think anyone on Blue Star can stop him if he decides to go?"

Upon hearing this, Su Qiong was stunned.

Yes, once Gu Xu has made a decision, who can change it?

He has always been like this, carrying the most dangerous and deadly burdens on his own shoulders.

"So... what did Governor Anya say?"

Still unwilling to give up, Su Qiong asked, "Isn't she someone from the Divine Court? She must know about the battle situation there!"

Hearing this, Li Weiguo shook his head helplessly again: "The only news Anya sent was that the insect swarm had dissipated. She herself didn't know the specifics, and even when she inquired with the Divine Court, she didn't receive any information."

After he said that, the office fell silent.

Only the humming of the air purifier echoed continuously.

Su Qiong lowered her head, her long, wine-red hair obscuring her face, making it impossible to see her expression.

The only thing visible was her hands clenched into fists.

"He'll be alright."

After a long silence, Su Qiong suddenly spoke, her voice filled with unwavering certainty.

He seemed to be talking about Gu Xu, but also about himself.

The next moment, she raised her head. Although her eyes were red, her gaze regained its sharp and decisive quality.

"Gu Xu is incredibly resilient. From the secret realm to the abyss, from Blue Star to the sea of ​​stars, he has escaped death countless times. A mere pseudo-god can't take his life."

Su Qiong stood up and straightened her disheveled clothes.

"Minister Li, I will go and reassure the Calamity Army. But if we still haven't heard from him in three more days..."

Su Qiong looked at Li Weiguo and said, word by word, "I will personally lead a team, sailing a starship to the Dark Obsidian System to find him. I need to see him alive or dead!"

After saying that, she didn't give Li Weiguo a chance to speak again, turned around and strode out of the office.

Watching Su Qiong's departing figure, Li Weiguo shook his head with a wry smile: "That girl..."

After saying that, he turned his gaze back to the distant star system on the holographic star map: "Gu Xu, Gu Xu, you must come back safely..."