Sun Chen stood on the mountaintop, gazing out at the revitalized martial arts world. He knew in his heart that this brief tranquility was merely the calm before the storm. Sure enough, shortly after the plague subsided, a series of bizarre incidents began to unfold quietly across the martial arts world.
Every day, the Peace Alliance received confidential reports from various regions, all concerning mysterious missing persons cases. The victims varied in background—some were ordinary citizens, others were wandering martial artists, and even important disciples of various sects were not spared. These disappearances left no clues behind, as if the victims had evaporated into thin air overnight.
Sun Chen sat in the Peace Alliance's council chamber, his brows tightly knitted as he repeatedly flipped through the reports. "These disappearances are by no means accidental. There must be a powerful force manipulating things from the shadows," Sun Chen said to the core members gathered around him, including Lin Feng and Su Yao.
Chapter 156