Girl Doesn’t Die in Fairytale Town: Chapter 19 – The Entrance
Rewind half an hour to the Yan City Disaster Response Department.
After cutting off communication with Hua Qiling, the Department’s work didn’t end; instead, it became even busier.
All the surveillance equipment in “Ghost Town” had been destroyed in the previous incident, and the newly manufactured devices hadn’t yet found an opportunity to be deployed inside.
Therefore, even though Li Ping was deeply concerned about Hua Qiling’s situation, he couldn’t get any information from inside for the time being.
Of course, while Hua Qiling was carrying out her mission, the previously arranged investigation team wasn’t idle either.
They were dispatched to guard several access points to “Ghost Town” along with other teams.
Not only were they there to provide immediate support to Hua Qiling or to resist any dangerous individuals that might emerge from Ghost Town, but more importantly… to guard against Dawn.
“Spatial abilities… are among the most valuable and powerful. Even though this young Dawn member, ‘Ling Qi,’ is still weak,” Li Ping sighed, “once she matures… she’ll be a threat on the Cadre level.”
“So powerful…”
An Zaipao, unsure how to respond, could only offer a few awkward words of agreement.
“Hopefully…”
Before Li Ping could finish, the headquarters’ communicator suddenly blared with an urgent alarm. Then, reports from the captains of various teams flooded the communication channel.
“Reporting to headquarters, Team One under attack!”
“Reporting to headquarters, Team Two under attack!”
“…”
Seven teams had been dispatched, and four of them reported emergencies simultaneously.
And they only managed to send these brief reports before all communication was cut off.
“What’s going on?” An Zaipao looked slightly panicked.
“It seems to be the worst-case scenario. ‘Dawn’ has decided to act for the sake of a future Cadre,” Li Ping frowned deeply.
“To incapacitate several teams with ‘Ruin’ level ability users so quickly, they must have deployed combat power at the Cadre level or above… Immediately notify the Apprehension Department. It’s their turn to work.”
“Yes!”
An Zaipao swallowed hard, composed himself, and immediately began dialing the Apprehension Department’s communication channel.
But a moment later, his hands trembling, he looked up at Li Ping.
“Director-General, communication with the Apprehension Department… has also been cut off…”
At the same time, static noise erupted from the communication channel, followed by a cheerful, crisp female voice with a slight accent.
“Hello, hello? Can you hear me?”
As the voice faded, a slender figure appeared on the video screen.
A girl with blue twintails sat atop a rumbling machine, the bodies of several team members scattered around her.
An Zaipao stumbled backward in fright. He was purely administrative personnel, his ability practically negligible.
Encountering a legendary “Dawn” Cadre, even through the communicator, made him tremble.
“Dawn” wasn’t some unknown small organization. Even the Free Federation had to treat them with caution, let alone a single mega-city like Yan City.
And the Cadre-level individuals in “Dawn”… most possessed the ability to single-handedly confront a small-scale mega-city.
Li Ping, having seen much in his time, remained calm. He looked at the screen and asked gravely,
“Cadre from ‘Dawn,’ what do you want?”
“Oh, it’s Director-General Li himself! What an honor!”
Despite her words, the blue-haired girl’s tone was extremely flippant and casual, showing no respect for Li Ping. “What do we want…? Isn’t it obvious? We’re here to rescue our little sister, the dear Miss Ling Qi, of course~”
Within Dawn, members usually addressed each other as brothers and sisters, regardless of rank. Older members were called “Brother” or “Sister,” and only their leader was respectfully addressed as “Mister.”
“You won’t be able to rescue her. And your so-called Apprehension Department, sending so many seniors to bully our little sister at once… I, as her older sister, will be settling this score~”
A bright smile appeared on the blue-haired girl’s face. “Dawn’s Ninth Cadre, ‘Mobile Fortress’ Alyxsia, reporting for duty!”
“It’s actually ‘Mobile Fortress’…”
The wrinkles on Li Ping’s face deepened. This wasn’t good news.
“Mobile Fortress’s” ability was unknown, but it granted her the power to create and control a large-scale mechanical army, making her one of the few who could directly confront a mega-city.
“Eh, am I that famous?” Alyxsia twirled an energy crystal in her fingers and casually inserted it into the machine she was sitting on. “I know you’re mobilizing your elites, trying to deal with me. But unfortunately, I’ll be leaving soon.”
Alyxsia jumped down and patted the machine.
“Now, let it play with you. Holding you off for half an hour should be enough.”
“My mission is complete anyway. The task of rescuing little Ling Qi is left to that brother.”
After saying that, without further delay, Alyxsia made a face at Li Ping and quickly ran off.
As the machine rumbled to life, countless small machines poured out, rushing in all directions.
At that moment, the video screen turned white again, and the communication channel reconnected.
A flood of chaotic communication logs followed, countless messages pouring in from various teams.
They had all been attacked by the mechanical torrent and had barely managed to fend them off.
But soon, a wave of self-destructing machines appeared, delaying the teams’ rescue efforts.
Even worse news followed. After the unknown Dawn Cadre entered “Ghost Town,” the town’s expansion rate suddenly accelerated, and its aura became extremely unstable, almost violent.
Li Ping’s face darkened. He had anticipated that Dawn would act, but he hadn’t expected them to deploy two Cadres above “Ruin” level, at least “Peril” level, to rescue a mere “Calamity” level member.
Yan City only had two individuals with regular “Peril” level strength, and it was impossible to deploy them both for the “Ghost Town” incident.
“Immediately inform Hua Qiling of the situation, now!” Li Ping roared at An Zaipao.
The situation outside wasn’t important now, because the true target of the “Dawn” Cadres was inside “Ghost Town.”
In other words, the one in the most danger now was Hua Qiling, who was inside “Ghost Town.”
Even at the risk of mission failure, they had to get this message to her.
…
Back to the present, inside “Ghost Town.”
An Zaipao’s voice was loud, loud enough for even Luo Yan to hear clearly.
“Outside… annihilation? And… ‘Dawn’ Cadres?” Luo Yan looked at Hua Qiling and whispered. “And they mentioned Ling Qi…”
Luo Yan remembered that Hua Qiling had said she didn’t know Ling Qi.
Now it seemed that was also a lie. Hua Qiling was hiding many things.
But why would she hide this?
And the word “annihilation,” appearing alongside the town…
Could it be that this town was affecting other places, such as the “outside” where Hua Qiling and Ling Qi came from?
For some reason, as Luo Yan’s doubts deepened, the surrounding shadows seemed to dim slightly, and even little Tini’s figure became somewhat translucent.
Hua Qiling noticed this, her eyes lighting up. She realized this might be the key to unraveling the town’s mystery.
So, she opened her mouth, preparing to tell Luo Yan everything.
But just then, a cold, indifferent voice echoed around them.
“Found you… Miss.”
“You are the true entrance to ‘Ghost Town.’”
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