After Hu Yan and Ruan Yu took down the captain, they looked at each other in shock.

Despite the echoing effect of the voice from the crevice, Hu Yan and Ruan Yu immediately recognized the captain's voice.

"It's not the merman, it's... it's Kai... How did he end up here?"

Two hours later, Jiang Kai finally managed to climb back up.

As he was about to crawl out of the crevice, Hu Yan and Ruan Yu used clothes to make a rope and pulled him up.

Once pulled up, Jiang Kai flipped over and lay on the ice, gasping for breath.

Hu Yan and Ruan Yu hurried to Jiang Kai's side.

"Kai, how did you get out from there?"

"Finally out..." Jiang Kai was still panting heavily, "I was dragged by those tentacles to the merman lord's underground palace."

Hu Yan and Ruan Yu looked at Jiang Kai in shock, "Underground palace? You... you didn't happen to find the merman lord's secret treasure, did you?"

"I did." Jiang Kai caught his breath, sat up, and looked around.

Seeing only Hu Yan and Ruan Yu on Permafrost Island, he frowned, "Everyone left?"

"They left a while ago, just the two of us left," Ruan Yu said.

"So, it was you two who hit me earlier?" Jiang Kai turned his head, squinting slightly, "Do you know how hard it was for me to climb up?"

"Kai, let us explain..." Hu Yan was about to explain when he noticed Ruan Yu secretly tugging his sleeve and winking continuously.

Hu Yan finally realized that Jiang Kai wouldn't listen to his explanation now.

"Kai, I just remembered I have something to do, I'll leave first..." With that, he and Ruan Yu got up and ran.

Jiang Kai got up and chased after them!

On the surface of Permafrost Lake, three figures were sprinting, two in front and one behind, moving so fast that even the mermen emerging from the ice couldn't catch up with them...

...

River City, Base 18.

Wei Ying was bent over, carefully reviewing several documents.

One of them was the combat data from the River City War God Temple branch for the past month.

After reading the data, Wei Ying sighed, placed the document on the table, and said softly, "The Beast God is becoming more and more restless..."

He then picked up another file.

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"Hmm... the number of countries discovering the connection teleportation arrays has reached 49?!" Wei Ying's expression was both surprised and anxious.

Currently, the global development of Ghost Star is still low, and the areas developed by various countries are not connected. Except for a few special professions that can interrupt teleportation at specific times to enter the Beginner's Trial areas controlled by other countries, there is no overlap between the territories of different countries.

Until the Western countries successively discovered the "connection teleportation arrays"!

Countries can enter a public area through the connection teleportation arrays, and this public area is quite mysterious!

Firstly, its location changes every six months.

Secondly, there are many "Lost Lands" within the public area, but no one can enter these secret realms.

Apart from the Lost Lands, the public area is vast but devoid of other beasts.

Thirdly, only players below the third-tier profession can enter the public area.

Once entering the public area, the Calling system will convey an interesting message.

[Welcome to the Global Overlord (Beginner) competition venue. Teams participating in this event must be five-member teams with profession levels below the third tier.]

[When the number of countries entering the venue reaches 80, the event will officially start.]

[Global players will compete here, and the top three teams will respectively receive three, two, and one Lost Land keys, qualifying them to explore rare treasures in the Lost Lands.]

[Each person can only participate in the same level of competition once.]

From the information conveyed by the Calling system, the event has not yet started, and the public area is currently just a platform for global player interaction with no other function.

However, as someone in a decision-making position like Wei Ying, he is very anxious.

Because China has not yet discovered the "connection teleportation array" leading to the public area!

In the past five years, 49 countries have discovered the connection teleportation arrays. If China never finds the teleportation array, when the competition starts, China will only be able to watch others compete for the Lost Land keys, and as a Chinese commander, how could he be content with that?

"The matter of the connection teleportation array must be expedited... I wonder if other cities have made progress. Here in River City, I need to communicate with the major guilds!"

Putting down the second document, Wei Ying picked up the last one.

Seeing the report title, Wei Ying smiled slightly, "The annual guild challenge is about to start again? Haha, there will be some excitement to watch."

At this moment, someone knocked on the door.

Wei Ying put away the documents and called towards the door, "Come in."

Lu Jun and Xiao Hei walked into the office.

Seeing the two return, Wei Ying immediately looked at them and asked, "How did it go?"

"Jiang Kai is not dead!" Lu Jun replied directly, "Someone saw him and his Fire God Squad return to the main city of the Eighteenth District."

Wei Ying wasn't too surprised. He stood up and walked to the window, "Yesterday, Lanlan didn't see Jiang Kai, which already indicated he wasn't dead, and you saw him captured by the merman lord's tentacles with your own eyes. So, the only explanation is that he found the secret treasure."

"Although such situations are rare, they have happened before."

Lu Jun frowned, "That kid is lucky, but finding the secret treasure doesn't mean he can obtain it!"

"China has been pioneering Ghost Star for fifty years, and from what we know, a total of 143 people have had the chance to contact the secret treasure, but only 30 people have successfully obtained it."

"Those who found the secret treasure were all without exception transcendent professionals, top-tier in strength, and yet the probability of ultimately obtaining the treasure is still so low... With Jiang Kai's strength, he might see it but not get it."

Wei Ying smiled slightly, "Theoretically, that's true, but that guy always does things that are hard to understand."

After thinking for a moment, Wei Ying suddenly changed the topic, "By the way, how is Jiang Lan's situation?"

"The surgery is complete, and it seems to have gone well. There still needs to be a period of observation to prevent organ rejection."

Wei Ying nodded, "Tell Professor Zhang and the others to be attentive, we must ensure Jiang Lan can recover. If Jiang Lan is fine, Jiang Kai can venture without worries!"

Lu Jun frowned slightly, "Commander, although Jiang Kai is very capable, he's not one of our military personnel. Do we really need to go to such lengths?"

"With all due respect, although he didn't seize the Black Tortoise Guild's BOSS this time, I think it's more likely due to external pressure, after all, he usually cares a lot about... money."

Wei Ying smiled slightly, "Money? Little Lu, the thing he cares least about is money!"

"Money, in his eyes, means his brother's life, but look at him, has he ever pursued any luxurious lifestyle?"

"Lu Jun, we always ask the common people to look further ahead, but don't forget, those who should have a long-term vision are actually us!"

"Jiang Kai is not military personnel, but that day when I took him outside the city, from his eyes, I could tell that as long as he can change class to a transcendent profession, no matter what identity he ultimately assumes, he will definitely stand on the Beast God Battlefield!"

"Don't forget, he, his brother, and his sister all come from outside the city!"

Lu Jun was suddenly shocked, this is probably the vision of a general, far beyond what he can compare to.

As they spoke, a hurried sound of footsteps came from the corridor.

The footsteps approached, and soon, Su Lanlan leaned against the door frame, anxiously saying to the three inside, "Jiang Kai has listed items at the exchange!"

The three of them frowned and looked at Su Lanlan.

Is this something that needs to be reported urgently?

Su Lanlan continued, "They're all rare ores, with a total listing price exceeding four billion Alliance Coins!"

"Four billion?!"

Lu Jun's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but glance at the general.

Is it certain that Jiang Kai is someone who doesn't care about money?

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