The sorcerer had a glowing white stone in his hand, a young appearance, short hair, and a robe emblazoned with a lightning bolt pattern, and his temperament was unhurried.

The most impressive thing was the sorcerer's eyes, seeing his star-bright eyes, the middle-aged contract beast couldn't help but think of the word "wisdom".

"Lord Li Yun, are you personally leading the patrol?"

The middle-aged contract beast envoy calmed down and said respectfully to the lightning magician.

"Around the territory, the activities of mutant beasts are becoming more and more frequent."

"It's no longer safe to even the edges, and the territory will issue a notice soon, so don't go out recently."

The lightning magician didn't answer his question, but only admonished the middle-aged contract envoy before leaving with the patrol.

The middle-aged contract beast envoy looked at the back of him leaving, and the happiness of the rest of his life faded little by little, and his heart was heavy.

He looked at the four young people around him, thinking about their future and his own, and couldn't help but sigh heavily.

……

The City of Enlightenment, the Round Table Chamber.

Shi Yueming sat on the left side of the meeting, and her temperament became more and more condensed.

People who see her for the first time will lose their minds because of her appearance. People who have been in contact with her for a long time will admire her ability and praise her conduct.

It's hard to believe that three months ago, she was just a college student, and if she was placed in a peaceful modern society, she must be a goddess-like girl.

In ordinary life, if we observe carefully, we will find that a woman with a good personality and good looks will have a suitor who is far more than a woman with top looks and outstanding abilities.

Because the former will make people feel that for such a girl, they still have hope to get her. As for the latter, people will subconsciously find it too difficult, and it is very likely that they will give and then have nothing, so the number of people pursuing the latter will be much smaller than the former.

Therefore, men who approach Shi Yueming with other purposes will be very rare, because just getting close to her requires a lot of courage and self-confidence.

Because she is Shi Yueming, a beautiful woman with a peerless face and dusty temperament, an extremely powerful water system magician, and the deputy lord of the city of enlightenment.

Shi Yueming lightly opened her lips, and her unique voice has a special attraction that is hard to forget after listening to it once.

"I've learned what the first-level managers said."

"It is difficult for people to have a clear understanding of the current situation through simple language descriptions."

"So, I asked Xiaoya to make a briefing map, everyone can see."

Shi Yueming waved his hand, and a three-dimensional map projection appeared on the table.

The main body of the map is the city of enlightenment and the surrounding jungles. On the map, red dots flicker on the map.

These red dots, large and small, become denser the deeper you go into the jungle.

The red dot represents each event, which can be clicked on and the relevant event description will appear.

"On January 25th, the day after tomorrow, a team of 8 people were completely wiped out here, and the species of mutant beasts encountered were unknown."

"On January 26th, yesterday's team of 11 people encountered a mutated snake here, and only one survivor remained."

"On January 28th, the Rose Squad encountered a mutated six-eyed beetle swarm here, and was defeated, and after Ji Pingxiao broke off, all members survived."

"On January 28th, the Blood Vine Squad encountered a mutated horn frog here, the Blood Vine Squad was defeated, 1 person was killed, and the rest of the team members were all seriously injured and fled back to the territory."

"On January 29, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the 1st Combat Brigade encountered a tide of mutation beasts here, killing 59 people."

"On January 29, the No. 4 Regiment of the First Class Combat Brigade encountered a large number of high-star mutant beasts here, killing 39 people."

"January 30 ,......"

"February 1st ,......"

"On February 3, just north of Qiming City, at the edge of the defensive formation, a pair of patrol teams encountered mutant earthworms, and 3 team members were instantly devoured, and the mutant earthworms were killed by the assistance that came."

"On February 2, a team of 100 people was wiped out here, leaving only a deep ravine at the scene."

"On February 3, in the southwest of Qiming City, on the edge of the defensive formation, a group of 5 members of the Green Grass Squad encountered a mutant grasshopper and were rescued by Li Yun, a first-level manager."

"February 3rd ,......"

"February 4th ,......"

The city of enlightenment is surrounded by red dots, and each red dot represents a vicious event of encountering a powerful mutant beast.

Only a very small number of these vicious incidents did not cause any fatalities, and in the remaining incidents, the death toll ranged from one to hundreds.

In the more than ten days since Ling Fan left, the death toll in Qiming City had reached more than 1,500 people, with an average of more than 100 deaths a day, which was enough to show the cruelty of the upgrade game.

The city of enlightenment is developing much faster than other gathering places, and even the city of enlightenment has produced so many casualties, let alone other gathering places.

The shocking events unfolded one by one in front of everyone's eyes, directly impacting their thinking.

When Ling Fan existed, death was almost a false proposition, and even if it appeared, it was a negligible number.

"I didn't expect that things have reached this point."

"Or is this the norm for upgrading games?"

"These mutant beasts seem to be much stronger than the ones they dealt with before."

"Obviously, they have been cleared several times before, why did these mutant beasts come to the edge of Qiming City again?"

Thoughts flashed through the minds of the managers.

"Originally, the development of the territory was smooth...... As soon as Lord Ling Fan left, were we beaten back to our original form? ”

"Lord Ling Fan, it is the top of this pyramid, and it is also the strongest foundation of this golden tower......

When they thought about this, they inevitably thought of Ling Fan.

Although they already knew that Ling Fan was the Dinghai Divine Needle of the territory from the beginning, they didn't expect that Ling Fan's significance to the territory was even greater than they imagined.

Clear on the map

An hour later, Shi Yueming spoke:

"I believe that all of you here have a clear understanding of the current situation."

"In the past half a month, the death toll has reached 1,575."

"If the lord returns, I'm sure he won't want to see such a number."

In fact, if Ling Fan came back, he would not be surprised by this number, he knew that in the first three months, human development was difficult. In fact, after the second catastrophe, the number of human beings has reached a precarious point where it cannot even be measured in billions.

Shi Yueming paused for a moment and continued:

"It's clear that things have gone from bad to worse over time, and the number of casualties has risen dramatically."

"The location of the incident is also getting closer and closer to the territory."

"I have something to announce to you."