Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

On the transport helicopter, Wang Yi sat next to his acquaintances Li Dianwei and Chen Guang, while Hao Chenming and Huang Buyu sat opposite him.

"This Xiao Ziru is really stubborn. If it weren't for the three marshals' signatures, it would have been difficult to get you out of here." Huang Buyu clicked his tongue in amazement, glanced at Wang Yi, and then said, "I like people who abide by the rules. I hope that so far, all his actions have been within the bounds of the rules."

Huang Buyu's meaning was very clear: since Xiao Ziru was so insistent on following the rules, he had better make sure he had nothing to hide, otherwise, if something was found out, no one would be there to clean up his mess.

This was also meant to be said to Wang Yi, clearly indicating that Xiao Ziru's issues would be investigated later.

However, Wang Yi couldn't care less about Xiao Ziru at this moment. His conflict with Xiao Ziru was ultimately just a matter of pride, but given the current state of the military, with even three marshals signing a document, it was clearly no small matter.

Wang Yi hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened? The interdimensional passage has rioted? Which interdimensional passage has rioted... or...?"

Wang Yi naturally thought of the Queen Bee he had recently dealt with, and couldn't help but feel horrified.

Li Dianwei said, "That's right, about one-third of the 'Bridge' level interdimensional passages have been filled with high-level magical beasts."

"The Queen Bee of Thought?" Wang Yi found it hard to believe.

Li Dianwei shook his head: "No, the Mind Bee Queen you discovered so far is still the only one. The ones that appeared this time are other high-level magical beasts."

"It might not be accurate to say that it appeared; to be more precise, it was discovered by us."

Next, Li Dianwei explained the whole story to Wang Yi in detail, as well as the current situation of the passage between the two worlds.

It turns out that the matter had already begun to unfold more than half a month ago, when Wang Yi was conscripted by the Candlelight Army to go to the Minshan Insect Bridge for support.

At the time, Wang Yi, Hu Jin, and others were dealing with the high-level magical beast, the Gold-Eating Locust, that had appeared inside. However, during their support mission, Wang Yi and Dai Lan unexpectedly encountered the Queen of Mind Bees.

Afterwards, Wang Yi killed the Queen of Thinking Bees and told Li Dianwei about the spoilers and speculations about the Queen of Thinking Bees.

Li Dianwei, who was in charge of this mission, couldn't help but think of another possibility, and reported this possibility, along with the intelligence from the Queen Bee, to the Marshal of the Candlelight Army.

The Marshal of the Candlelight Army did not underestimate this possibility and immediately issued an order for a thorough investigation. All military regions of the Candlelight Army carried out the order immediately and searched every corner of the passage between the two worlds.

The investigation revealed something surprising.

There are currently 192 bridge-level cross-border passages within China, of which about one-tenth have been designated as restricted areas for opening.

The remaining passages between the two realms are mostly guarded by the Candlelight Army, while a small portion belongs to the Stardust Army and the Flying Peng Army.

In the entire Candlelight Army's all-out, all-out, and cost-no-holds-barred investigation mission, nearly one-third of the 145 "Bridge"-level interdimensional passages where the Candlelight Army is stationed have been found to contain deliberately lurking high-level magical beasts.

Moreover, there are often more than one high-level magical beast appearing in these interdimensional passages.

As for the remaining interdimensional passages, quite a few have been found to contain powerful mid-level magical beasts that are on the verge of advancement.

These problematic interdimensional passages account for nearly half of all of them.

If this situation only occurred in a few interdimensional passages, it could be attributed to coincidence. However, with such a large number of such occurrences, it is clearly impossible to explain it away as a mere coincidence.

There must be some factor at play that deliberately created this situation.

The Candlelight Army immediately convened an emergency meeting, at which they largely agreed with Li Dianwei's conjecture: this was very likely a premeditated act of extermination by the monsters, with the main purpose of completely driving the garrisoned mages out of the 'Bridge' level interdimensional passage and cutting off China's access to basic magic crystals.

Therefore, the moment the Candlelight Army made this judgment, it immediately notified the Stardust Army and the Flying Peng Army, ordering the other two armies to also begin a thorough investigation.

Although they started later than the Candlelight Army, the Stardust Army and the Flying Peng Army have already found the same situation through some interdimensional passages.

This incident undoubtedly shocked the entire military. In order to resolve this matter, in addition to the three powerful armies directly stationed at the 'Bridge' level interdimensional passage—the Candlelight Army, the Stardust Army, and the Flying Peng Army—even the Night Watch Army and the Blood Burning Army mobilized their personnel to participate.

Five powerful armies were deployed, meaning the military devoted most of its energy to this effort, as they couldn't afford to lose their foundation in acquiring low-level magic crystals.

Moreover, since the incident occurred at the "Bridge" level interdimensional passage, the military's powerful high-level mages and extraordinary mages were completely unable to play any role.

The high-level magical beasts in the "Bridge" level interdimensional passage undoubtedly require top-tier mid-level mages to clear them out.

The armies with the most top-tier mid-level mages and the strongest overall strength, besides the Candlelight Army known as the "Number One Youth Training Army of China," are the Night Watch Army and the Blood Burning Army.

The Night Watch soldiers are tasked with dealing with various foreign invaders, including mages and criminals. The vast majority of these mages are mid-level mages, and although they usually deal with human mages, their overall strength is naturally quite formidable.

The Blood Burning Army's duty is to be the first wave to rush into the newly appeared interdimensional passage. In order to gain a foothold in the interdimensional passage where there is no intelligence, the density of monsters is high, and all the risks are unknown, their strength is naturally not weak.

"It's indeed quite simple for magical beasts to occupy the 'Bridge' level interdimensional passage. All they need are a few obedient high-level magical beasts to temporarily drive out the human mages," Li Dianwei and Wang Yi said.

"But to solidify control over the magical beast and completely prevent a counterattack from human mages, at least one high-level magical beast with domain magic will be needed."

At this moment, Huang Buyu interjected, "Wang Yi, do you know about domain magic? It can be said to be the ultimate state of legendary magic. Even if we human mages advance to high-level mages in the 'Bridge' level interdimensional passage, it will be difficult to fight against it if we cannot absorb domain magic."

"Moreover, sending someone inside to advance to a higher level, even if they successfully kill the magical beast, they can only spend the rest of their lives trapped in this passage between the two worlds, which is too cruel."

Wang Yi nodded solemnly. He was naturally familiar with domain magic. To be honest, in Wang Yi's opinion, it would be futile for a mid-level mage to fight against a high-level magical beast with domain magic, no matter how many there were.

After all, magical beasts have powerful bodies and tenacious vitality, making it difficult for even divine-grade magic to ambush and kill high-level magical beasts.

Li Dianwei continued, "We did have a relatively smooth start, assembling some top-tier mid-level mage teams and dealing with many high-level magical beasts. Although there were quite a few casualties, they were all within the military's acceptable range because the incident was discovered early."

"Fortunately, it was discovered early. Otherwise, if we had waited a few more years and more high-level magical beasts had appeared, and all the interdimensional passages had erupted at the same time, the consequences would have been unimaginable. We are very grateful that you discovered the Mind Bee Queen in advance."

"However, some high-level magical beasts with domain magic are really difficult to deal with."

Wang Yi finally understood why the military had sought him out. Facing high-level magical beasts with domain magic, even top-tier mid-level mages were indeed outmatched. Only he, an unconventional mid-level mage, had a slight chance of fighting back.

At this moment, Hao Chenming, who had remained silent until now, looked at Wang Yi and solemnly said, "So, Wang Yi, if you go all out, can you eliminate the high-level magical beast that possesses domain magic?"