The perspective pulled back, soaring high into the heavens.
Looking down from above revealed a startling sight: centered on an unknown coordinate in the vast Pacific Ocean, more than a dozen ferries, just like the Far Star, had been swept into a giant vortex!
Like pieces scattered across a chessboard, they were separated by vast distances, yet at the same time, they had all fallen into the same terrifying predicament.
「Meanwhile.」
「In a secret conference room.」
Only a dozen or so people sat around a long conference table.
Zhu Mingyi was among them.
This time, however, he wasn't in the primary seat of honor. Instead, he sat at the head of the table alongside another man—a gentle, refined-looking middle-aged man in a tunic suit.
This man was Hou Guanghe, the Executive Vice Principal of Great Xia's top martial arts institution, Longyin Academy.
Seated below them were several other powerful figures, each with a unique but equally unfathomable aura.
