MCL CH79

Chapter 79: Ahhh I Was Halfway Through Writing and Accidentally…

In the top-floor office of the International Ability General Bureau, the atmosphere was already extremely tense. With the news that had just been received, the several absolute magnates of the ability-user world who were sitting on their chairs all stood up from the sofa in unison.

“Say that again. Are you certain that a super S-class contamination value fluctuation was detected?” A crack appeared in Pu Limo’s usually composed and perfect demeanor. However, the response he received was still the messenger’s hesitant but affirmative answer.

For a moment, he couldn’t help but fall into a brief silence. He turned his head and looked towards another person in the room.

Super S-class.

To date, the number of S-class rifts that had appeared globally could be counted on one hand, let alone an existence that surpassed it.

The last and only time a super S-class rift appeared was precisely three years ago. At that time, the Hua Country United Administration, or rather, the ability-user world, paid an unprecedentedly huge price to resolve this rift crisis. And it was precisely to resolve this crisis that they lost one of the world’s top ability users, Lin Xi.

Although it was now known that Lin Xi did not die during the S-class rift’s cleanup operation, the sudden loss of control of his ability, as stated in the report, was clearly not unrelated. And now, a super S-class rift had reappeared without any warning. At this very moment, there were as many as three X-coded ability users in this rift.

Those outside had no way of knowing what was happening inside, but if something really happened, even the loss of just one X-coded ability user would be enough to make humanity’s future fight against those contaminants even more worrying.

In just a few short seconds, Pu Limo had already thought about his resignation report. But compared to that, there was clearly a more pressing problem that needed his attention—if those inside the rift couldn’t come out safely, the worst-case scenario could even evolve into the biggest crisis affecting the future of humanity.

But unfortunately, what they could do now was very limited.

Gu Beiqiu had originally come to Pu Limo’s office to wait for news from within the rift, not expecting the first piece of news to be this bad. Since becoming an Executive Officer, this was probably the time he had been least able to maintain his composure.

Compared to the others, he, who had personally experienced that super S-class rift, undoubtedly had a more direct understanding of such an existence. Meeting Pu Limo’s gaze, he immediately spoke: “I would very much like to once again accuse you of sending our country’s ability users into an S-class rift without authorization, but the first thing that needs to be done right now is probably to contact the Ability Management Bureaus of all countries.”

Pu Limo nodded, took out his phone, and dialed a number directly. When he hung up again after some communication, his entire body was already covered in a thin layer of sweat from tension.

He looked back at Gu Beiqiu: “The internal situations in various countries are all quite grim right now. After coordination, two countries have expressed their willingness to send X-coded ability users over to provide support. The spatial department has already opened a green channel for them. I hope they can make it in time.”

“Yes, let’s hope they make it in time.” Gu Beiqiu sat back down on the sofa. His hand rested on his coffee cup, but he didn’t take a sip for a long time.

No one knew what the current situation was inside the rift. Given that the flow of time inside and outside the rift was different, as for whether they could make it in time, they could only do their best and leave the rest to fate.

Gu Beiqiu closed his eyes, a headache coming on. For a moment, the scene that had appeared countless times in his dreams over the years suddenly emerged. The cleanup of that super S-class rift back then was still vivid in his mind, with only a tall figure remaining at the end.

His fingers holding the coffee cup couldn’t help but tighten slightly.

Executive Officer, if only you were still here. Now that a super S-class rift has appeared again, can an ordinary dual-ability user like me really handle this crisis as perfectly as the person I admired did back then…

Thinking of this, Gu Beiqiu couldn’t help but shake his head with a bitter smile.

Sometimes, sitting in this position really makes one feel powerless. If the Executive Officer knew that three years later, I would actually let Yan Xingzhou fall into such a crisis, I wonder if he would crawl out from underground and come to me to settle the score.

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