Chapter 50: Savior

“Even the Imaginary Space has to be opened!?”

Su Xiao Zi couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.

“Imaginary Space,” “Highest Alert”—when these two terms appeared together, they could only mean disaster.

The opening of the Imaginary Space meant the enemy possessed enough power to destroy a city and had to be annihilated within that space, or the real world would inevitably face calamity.

“What’s going on?”
“Why has it come to this?”
“This is Tantan City!”

A major city at the heart of the Barrier of the Twelve Orderly Exterminators, a sanctuary of humanity that had never once been attacked since the Otherworldly dimension was first observed, was now suffering one assault after another.

Bloodkin normally couldn’t enter the barrier; it was a shield imbued with immense extermination power.

Unless one of the Twelve Orderly Exterminators…

Among those twelve SS-rank Exterminators.

Someone has been killed.

“Ah, yes, I understand.”
“I will relay the message to the Tantan City defense personnel immediately.”

On the other end of the line, Su Yuyao seemed to be busy connecting with other parties, a continuous stream of voices coming through.
Then, she immediately turned her attention back to Su Xiao Zi and said:

–Just now, the latest news came in.
–The Exterminator organization on the front lines discovered a crack in the Orderly Exterminator Barrier.
–After urgent confirmation, some very bad news has emerged.

“Very bad news?”
“What is it?”

–One of the Twelve Orderly Exterminators, the senior code-named Phantom, an SS-rank Exterminator, is confirmed dead.

“…”
Su Xiao Zi gripped the communicator tightly, her gaze suddenly frozen, her ability to form words lost.
At the same time, the other end of the line also fell silent.

Su Xiao Zi could feel her hands trembling.

She no longer knew what emotion she was feeling.
Was it fear?
Nervousness?
Or anger?

Because SS-rank was the highest level among Exterminators, capable of single-handedly facing a Bloodkin of Legion Commander strength, like the Blood Dragon King of the Rose Legion.

Above the Legion Commanders were the Progenitor-rank Bloodkin.

Three SS-rank Exterminators joining forces was the basic requirement to even stand a chance against a Progenitor-rank Bloodkin.

They were an extremely precious strategic power for humanity.
The loss of every single SS-rank Exterminator was a tremendous blow.
The last SS-rank to perish had died a year ago, sacrificed in that incomparably tragic Otherworldly War.

—Chief Exterminator, Shanling.

To put it in perspective, there were now fewer than twenty SS-rank Exterminators in the entire world.

In the end, it was Su Yuyao who recovered first, speaking with gravity:

–Phantom, just like his code name, was the Exterminator most skilled in stealth and infiltration, yet he was assassinated.

–Headquarters is working with the Exterminator organization to investigate the cause.
–The critical issue now is that with one of the Orderly Exterminators dead, the barrier will lose its effectiveness if a new SS-rank Exterminator doesn’t take his place.

–At that point, the Bloodkin will be able to invade humanity’s inner cities without restraint.

For humanity, that would be a catastrophe.

Countless more innocent humans would die at the hands of Bloodkin and Otherworldly Beasts.
The government would no longer be able to maintain order, society would collapse, chaos would reign, cities would be reduced to fiery ruins, and innumerable ordinary citizens with no combat ability would perish.

Generally speaking, it would not be an exaggeration to call such a phenomenon the coming of the apocalypse.

–Regarding the barrier, the Exterminator organization will do its best to quickly summon a new SS-rank to fill the position.
–But the immediate problem is that this time, the enemy has the strength of an entire legion, and their target is your city, Tantan City.

Su Xiao Zi clenched her fists, her heartbeat instantly accelerating, an uneasy expression appearing on her face.

–Xiao Zi, all combat-ready forces within Tantan City are being mobilized, including you.
–Headquarters is dispatching you to take part in the struggle to defend Tantan City.
–You must hold out until the main forces of the Exterminator Allied Forces arrive.

–The code name for this operation is—

–Savior.