The main reason is that Dingcheng has no shortage of stone, enough architects and workers, so it won't be long before the place becomes prosperous.

Dingcheng had been developing for some time, and its development speed was already quite fast. With the influx of citizens from Shanghai, the city saw a different scene every month!

Since the world's major powers launched their Antarctic expeditions, temperatures have returned to normal. The weather has warmed up, and things aren't so bad anymore...

Now, the underground fortress project in Shanghai is beginning to show great results, and an area similar to Anjie has been cleared out.

Moreover, the siren was both a calamity and a treasure. All the hunters were greatly rewarded in their fight against the siren in the city.

Large sums of money flowed into his hands!

This has led to a continuous influx of folk magic groups towards Shanghai.

Although Shanghai remains dangerous, the high risk comes with high reward. Shanghai is now like a vast treasure trove teeming with powerful sea monsters. Even disregarding the generous rewards from the nation and the Magic Association for eradicating them, exploring it yourself can yield many treasures. After all, Shanghai was once a melting pot of monsters, with numerous monarch-level sea monsters and several emperor-level ones...

Everything is moving in a positive direction, constantly developing and recovering...

Shanghai...

The seawater receded very slowly, leaving many low-lying urban areas submerged, like a giant pond. This sewage pond was connected to the city's sewer system, making the area extremely complex and terrifying.

The underground fortress in Shanghai was built near Hongqiao Station, and the sea monsters within a ten-kilometer radius were basically wiped out. Now, the sea monsters are still mostly in Pudong, which is connected to the sea, and then in the two bustling districts of Xuhui and Jing'an.

Groups of two or three magicians came and went through some steel doors. They were people who had been stationed in the underground fortress of Shanghai for a long time and were very familiar with the current situation of Shanghai.

Cao Le's seclusion ended a long time ago.

After finishing his seclusion, both his summoning and hybrid spells reached the level of forbidden spells.

Now, he has mastered all forbidden spells, and dark magic has also bestowed upon him an extraordinary fusion divine gift.

When his Dark Forbidden Spell Divine Gift is activated, all dark magic will become ineffective. Even if someone's cultivation level is the same as Cao Le's and they can wield dark power, their power will be halved. Conversely, his dark magic will be enhanced by fifty percent!

During this long period of seclusion, the fire and space magic systems were able to combine with the magic system that encompassed all the dark magic systems to form a new fusion magic power.

The reason this is possible is that Cao Le's dark artifacts have been completely integrated into the family of dark magic.

After Cao Le emerged from seclusion, he naturally learned about Mu Ningxue's situation. However, knowing this didn't lead him to search for her; was she exiled or anything like that?

What does it matter? It's just giving Mu Ningxue a stepping stone to become stronger!

For a long time, Cao Le was actually wondering, who exactly is the one with the halo?

Mu Ningxue seems to have been strong since childhood, right?

Moreover, aside from a period of relative ineffectiveness during the Nationalist government era, she has enjoyed a remarkably smooth-sailing career...

The underground fortress of Shanghai.

The fortress is mostly made of steel and has developed into an underground city hidden deep beneath the city, complete with streets, inns, taverns and shops, comparable to a bustling market town.

Thousands of people come and go here every day, almost surpassing Japan's Tokai Castle. Magicians and mage teams with considerable strength and reputation from all over the country come here, and foreign mercenaries can often be seen.

Shanghai is an international metropolis, but now it has been invaded by sea monsters. On the one hand, the country urgently needs to take back this land, and on the other hand, a large number of powerful sea monsters have also used Shanghai as their "loophole". Many marine races in the Pacific Ocean are fighting against humans here and plundering human's rare resources.

In just over a year, Shanghai was completely transformed into a battlefield. A steady stream of humans entered the underground fortress, launching various extermination plans. Endless sea monsters swam to Shanghai, using human magic stones and various other energy sources to rapidly reproduce and transform.

Humanity's forbidden spells will allow them to recuperate, and the demon emperors will also be hiding in an underground passage in the Demon City to heal their wounds. There will be no fierce clashes for the time being, so this long struggle will ultimately depend on the tug-of-war between the human army and the demon tribes.

It is a process of gradually eradicating the demons and restoring peace to the city.

It was gradually devoured by demons, and the once bustling metropolis was completely transformed into a land-based "demon's lair".

Cao Le wandered around here. His undead empire was still recuperating and not yet ready to fight. However, the death energy he absorbed every day, once fully restored, would surely allow Cao Le to have an undead empire even more powerful than before!

Battles rage in Shanghai every day, and the sea monsters are now almost all at the level of great generals, while humans are starting at a high level. Under such circumstances, the undead that they condense after death are naturally quite powerful.

Cao Le had just finished a simple meal and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a commotion not far away.

Curiosity led Cao Le over, where he saw a mixed-race man humiliating a Chinese hunter mage.

It's unclear what the middle-aged mixed-race man asked, but he seemed to have gotten the information he wanted. He then glanced indifferently at the bearded captain, his tone revealing a hint of disdain: "From now on, when others ask you something, you should answer honestly. It's the same with the guard dog I keep at home. I always have to pick up a whip and give it a good beating before it knows I'm not playing around with it."

The next moment, the other party picked up the wine jug on the table and poured the cold wine onto the face of the bearded captain.

"laugh!!!"

But at that moment, the entire pot of wine turned into steam...

This scene surprised many people, especially the middle-aged man, who immediately looked towards where Cao Le was.

Clearly, the other party had also noticed that it was Cao Ledong's hand.

"Who are you to meddle in other people's business?" the middle-aged man said coldly.

"Hello, is this Xiao Yan?"

"It's me. Who are you?"

"Do you remember that girl from the Emily Hotel seven years ago?"

Upon hearing "Emily Grand Hotel," Xiao Yan's breath caught in his throat, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Is it really you? You...where are you?"

Seven years!

He had been waiting for this call for seven whole years!

Although so many years have passed, he can never forget the girl who appeared in his life like a fleeting flower.

“Don’t worry, I’m not here to cause you trouble, nor do I ask for anything. I… I’m just worried about Amy.” The woman paused, took a deep breath, and said, “Amy… is your daughter.”

What! My daughter?

Xiao Yan exclaimed in surprise, his heartstrings tightening instantly.

"She's six years old this year, very cute, and looks a lot like you. I hope you can take good care of her for me after I'm gone."

"She's afraid of the dark and likes to sleep with a doll at night..."

Hearing the woman's words, Xiao Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly interrupted her, saying, "Don't do anything rash. Tell me what's wrong, and I'll come to you right away. I'll help you solve it."

"It's no use, you can't fight them..." the woman said with a bitter smile, "I'll send Amy to..."

Before the woman could finish speaking, a man's voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone.

Do you think you can hide?

Then came a scream, followed by a loud bang.

That was the sound of a phone hitting the ground!

Xiao Yan's heart skipped a beat, as if someone had struck his heart hard. He hurriedly shouted, "Hey, hey..."

No one answered!

Only the hissing noise echoed; the signal was cut off.

Damn it!

Xiao Yan was so anxious she almost crushed her phone. (Download the Aiyue Xiaoyue app)

A few seconds later, the woman's shouts came through the phone again.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

"Xiao Yan, you must find Amy and take good care of her!"

"Promise me you'll take good care of her!"

"Promise me!!!"

Hearing that heart-wrenching cry, Xiao Yan's heart bled. He anxiously shouted into the microphone, "Let her go! Let her go right now!"

But no matter how many times he called out, there was no response from the other end of the phone. The woman's voice grew fainter and fainter, more and more desperate!

Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!

Xiao Yan was extremely anxious.

He sacrificed his youth and passion for this peaceful and prosperous era, but his woman and his own daughter suffered greatly from bullying!

Unforgivable!

Xiao Yan was furious like never before, a raging fire burning in his chest, as if he wanted to burn the whole world to ashes.

He wished he had wings so he could fly there right now.

Just as he was on the verge of collapse, a disdainful male voice came through the phone: "This bitch actually wants to find someone, huh..."

Xiao Yan hurriedly said sternly, "I don't care who you are, if you dare to touch a single hair on her head, I will exterminate your entire family!!"

"Tsk tsk, what a big mouth! I'm so scared!"

"You must be that wild man. If you're really capable, hurry up and come over, otherwise you might never see her again in a few hours."

"As for that little bastard, his fate will be even worse. He might have his arms and legs broken and be forced to beg on the streets, or have his heart, liver, and eyes gouged out, or become the object of some perverted old men's venting. Tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes me feel so sorry for him!"

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The man's words were full of mockery, disdain, and a strong sense of provocation.

"You're asking for it!"

Xiao Yan roared, his eyes red.

"Let's talk about it when you find me, hehe..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan heard a crisp click, and the call ended.

"Damn it!!!"

Xiao Yan roared, and a thick killing intent surged forth from his body like a tidal wave.

In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and the world was shocked!

Xiao Yan, after ten years of military service, annihilated more than a million enemies. At the young age of twenty-seven, he ascended to the supreme position with invincibility and was granted the title of "Guardian of the Nation"!

He wields immense power and possesses unparalleled achievements!

Unprecedented and unlikely to be repeated!

But now, if he can't even protect his own woman and daughter, how can he protect hundreds of millions of people?

The three thousand iron-blooded warriors who were undergoing special training outside the camp were all terrified by this terrifying killing intent and knelt on one knee on the ground, trembling.

The five great war kings of the Great Xia Dynasty arrived upon hearing the news.

"Supreme!"

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