Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

While Su Yang and his companions were enjoying the scenery and the other countries were worrying about the war, Peng Shaoshi, Elijah, Ralf, and the others, who had previously brought the True Healing Stone, had already left the Spiritfall Great Forest and returned to the Insulator Headquarters in the Kingdom of Delin.

In a dark and secluded basement, Peng Shaoshi and his two companions carefully carried the box containing the Healing Stone, knelt before a black wooden door, and said with utmost reverence, "Commander-in-Chief, we have lived up to your trust and brought back the Healing Stone."

After speaking, the three fell silent, not daring to make a sound. This was not because they were afraid of the Chief Director; on the contrary, they respected him so much that they believed that making any sound other than during a report would be disrespectful to the Chief Director who worked day and night.

After a long silence, a calm voice came from behind the wooden door: "Come in."

These three simple words made Peng Shaoshi and the other two tremble all over. An excitement that was hard for ordinary people to understand immediately spread through their bodies. But they dared not delay. They suppressed their excitement, stood up, and carefully pushed open the door and went in.

Why were Peng Shaoshi and his two companions so excited? It had been three years since they last saw the Chief Commander in person. For three whole years, they had not seen him. To them and all the Insulators, the Chief Commander was like their god and savior. Now that they could finally see him in person again, how could they not be excited?

Pushing open the door, a dim oil lamp came into view. A slightly thin middle-aged man sat at a desk, engrossed in a book, seemingly unaware that the three had entered the room. After waiting for a while, just as Elijah was about to speak up to remind them, Ralf grabbed his arm and glared at him fiercely, as if scolding him for his impolite behavior.

After a while, the middle-aged man finally noticed the three people standing there. He said in surprise, "Oh, so you've already come in. Why didn't you say anything?"

"Seeing the Director-General so focused, we really couldn't bear to disturb you, sir," Peng Shaoshi quickly replied.

"Hehehe, you must have encountered a lot of dangers this time, right? You've had a tough time," the middle-aged man said reassuringly.

Upon hearing this, the three knelt down again. Peng Shaoshi said excitedly, "For the great dream of you, sir, and all our comrades, how dare I claim to have worked hard? If anyone has worked hard, it is the Commander-in-Chief who has toiled the most in the entire organization!" After speaking, Peng Shaoshi raised his hands and respectfully held up the box containing the healing stone, and continued:

"My lord, this box contains the Healing Stone. Please confirm!"

The middle-aged man glanced at the box in Peng Shaoshi's hand without getting up to check it. He simply said, "Just leave it here. Those who brought it to me probably don't need any confirmation." After saying that, he sighed and said, "Alas, it's really been hard on you. Go back and rest. Then go to the Tianjue Technique Department to have your bodies checked and see if there are any hidden injuries. Also, have your devices maintained."

Upon hearing this, Peng Shaoshi almost couldn't contain his emotions and burst into tears, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said, "Your subordinate obeys!"

After leaving the room, Peng Shaoshi could no longer hold back his tears, which welled up in his eyes. He couldn't help but say to the two people beside him, "In the past three years, I don't know how much hardship the Chief Commander has endured. He has become much thinner than he did three years ago. This is all because of our dereliction of duty!"

Elijah and Ralf shared the same sentiment, and all three vowed to work even harder and spare no effort to accomplish all the tasks assigned by the Chief Commander. However, while the Insulators headquarters was peaceful and warm, an unprecedented upheaval occurred in the Spiritfall Forest on the other side.

"Urgent report! Make way immediately!" In an instant, all the countries bordering the Lingluo Great Forest sent urgent reports, with the Tianyun Empire sending the most.

"Report to Your Majesty immediately! Many ferocious beasts have emerged from the Spiritfall Forest, along with the demon army driven out of the forest, and they are charging towards the capital!"

Upon receiving the report, the guards dared not delay and rushed to Chu Jingwu's study, urgently saying, "Your Majesty! Urgent report!"

"what's up?"

"The ferocious beasts in the Spiritfall Forest have gone berserk and, together with the demonic army in the south, are charging towards the capital!"

"What!?" Chu Jingwu was shocked. This was unprecedented. After a moment, he forced himself to regain his composure and immediately ordered, "Bring Yang Chaoxiu, Qin Meng, and Nangong Xiangwen to see me immediately! Right here!"

Upon receiving the notification, the three rushed into the palace. After arriving at the study, Chu Jingwu immediately told them the intelligence he had just received. The three were all shocked and panicked. Seeing that they were losing their composure, Chu Jingwu first calmed the troops down and shouted, "Don't panic!"

After such a sudden shout, the three of them calmed down considerably. Chu Jingwu then said, "It's not uncommon for ferocious beasts to go berserk. Attacks on border towns by ferocious beasts from the Lingluo Forest also happen frequently. The question is, why do so many ferocious beasts enter a berserk state and leave the Lingluo Forest on their own initiative?"

Yang Chaoxiu, whose mind worked the fastest, immediately guessed: "Your Majesty, could it be that the demon army angered the ferocious beasts in the forest, and then chased after them all the way here?"

"Impossible!" Qin Meng immediately retorted.

"Why is it impossible?" Chu Jingwu immediately pressed.

“Even if the ferocious beasts go berserk, they won’t chase you for thousands of miles. On the way here, I also received the latest military report. The beast horde is about to reach Luowen County. Luowen County is at least seven or eight hundred miles away from Lingluo Forest. When have I ever seen ferocious beasts chase for such a long distance?”

“Now that this situation has already occurred, regardless of the reasons, the most important thing right now is how to deal with it, Your Majesty. If we let it go unchecked, these ferocious beasts will rush to Huaijing in less than ten days. When that happens, the situation will be critical!” Nangong Xiangwen was more pragmatic. He was not thinking about investigating the reasons, but about how to solve the problem.

But since the specific reason was unclear, none of them knew what to do for a moment. Chu Jingwu then asked, "Have the spies we sent to the Great Forest returned?"

"not yet."

"Send men to meet them immediately! I must know the cause of the beast rampage! Otherwise, how can I make a decision?"

Just as Qin Meng was arranging for men to support the scout team, a pack of ferocious beasts bursting out of the forest was wreaking havoc in the southern territory of the Tianyun Empire, and their targets were the Demon Kingdom's army. This situation also reached the ears of the new commander-in-chief, Brad, who was equally shocked. However, before he could formulate a response, a guard came to report the latest situation: "Commander! The pack of ferocious beasts is less than twenty miles away from Luowen County!"

The incident happened so suddenly that Brad was completely at a loss. In his panic, he had no choice but to issue the order to retreat: "Retreat immediately! Retreat towards the Demon City!"

The guard then asked, "What about the troops that went to besiege the major prefectures surrounding Huaijing?"

"Let's retreat together! Use your useless brain! Are you waiting to be trampled to death by the beast horde if we don't retreat?!" Brad was furious. After shouting loudly, he immediately put on his armor and rushed out of the commander's mansion. Unexpectedly, he ran into the royal envoy representing the Demon King Verra and the Extinction Team representing the Extinction Bureau to supervise the battle.

Brad had no time to pay attention to the questions from the two groups. He said urgently, "Royal Envoy, Commander-in-Chief, I beg you, please stop asking. If we don't retreat soon, we'll be dead. What will we use to attack, to supervise the battle, and to report back to His Majesty the Demon King?"

After saying that, Brad dashed away in a flash.