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

The eight members of the Third Action Team returned to the Human Extinction Base with the information collected in the cave and the belongings of Zheng Jun and others. At that moment, Director Zhou Tianwu was chatting with Deputy Director Locke. When he saw the team return, he asked them about it. After learning the information, he and Locke exchanged a glance. Not daring to be negligent, he led the team to a room. Zhou Tianwu carefully knocked on the door.

"Come in." A gloomy male voice came, and Zhou Tianwu pushed open the door, but did not dare to step into the room. He only respectfully said from outside the door, "Secretary Peng, the reconnaissance team has returned."

"Oh? You're back so soon. I suppose you didn't bring any good results?" Secretary Peng smiled sinisterly, directly exposing the truth. Zhou Tianwu immediately broke out in a cold sweat, but he had no choice but to answer with a forced smile: "Nothing can escape the secretary's discerning eye. The result was indeed not good."

"It's not that you can't escape my watchful eye, it's that you can't escape the Chief of Staff's watchful eye. Raise your head and speak." Seeing Zhou Tianwu raise his head, the secretary glanced at him sideways. Zhou Tianwu felt a chill run down his spine and replied, "Yes, yes, I can't escape the Chief of Staff's watchful eye."

The secretary seemed satisfied with Zhou Tianwu's answer, and his expression changed. He walked out of the room with a smile and said kindly to Zhou Tianwu, Locke, and the reconnaissance team, "Come with me. The Chief of Staff is still waiting for your detailed intelligence." After saying that, he walked towards the council hall without looking back. Everyone followed behind him tremblingly, not daring to breathe.

Upon arriving at the council chamber, the secretary gestured for everyone to wait before entering. Seeing the secretary enter, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief. One member of the reconnaissance team whispered to his companion, "When did this secretary arrive? We've never seen him before. He has such a powerful aura."

“I don’t know either. If you ask me, who should I ask? You might as well ask the director.” Another man in black robes replied in a low voice.

"Shut up! What are you chattering about!" The conversation between the reconnaissance team naturally did not escape Zhou Tianwude's ears. He lowered his voice and stopped everyone's conversation, standing quietly outside the door waiting for instructions. After a short while, the door to the council hall was opened, and Secretary Peng stood behind the door and said, "Come in, don't keep the president waiting."

The group filed in. Jin Huago first asked Zhou Tianwu and Locke to sit down, while Secretary Peng stood behind him. The entire reconnaissance team also stood. Once everyone was in place, Jin Huago slowly began to speak: "Tell me the results of this reconnaissance. Was the first team completely wiped out?"

The members of the reconnaissance team looked at each other, none daring to be the first to speak. Even Zhou Tianwu, with his fiery temper, didn't dare to raise his voice in front of Jin Huage. Seeing his subordinates so timid, he lowered his voice and shouted, "Answer me!"

One of the team members then spoke up: "Reporting to the commander, after entering Wanji Mountain, we followed instructions and headed straight for Wan'an Peak. Not far from Wan'an Peak, we heard noises coming from the summit, accompanied by a large number of falling rocks and slight ground tremors. After entering the cave at the summit, we first found the body of the seventh team leader and..."

At this moment, another team member took out the relics that could prove Yin Tianbao's identity. The team member who had just reported then continued, "In addition, there are the corpses of Yin Tianbao, the city lord of Bailu City, and his subordinates. There are a lot of battle traces and strong elemental reactions in the first cave. Yin Tianbao should have fought with the First Action Team and won. This can be seen from the fact that the captain of the Seventh Team was tortured."

"And then?" Jin Huage asked slowly, gesturing for them to continue.

"After that, we followed the passage to the second cave, where we found a lot of dried meat scattered on the ground. We didn't know who left it, so we brought it back with us." As he spoke, he asked the team members to take out more dried meat. Jin Huage picked up the dried meat on the table, examined it from all sides for a while, and then signaled the exploration team to continue reporting.

"We found no useful information in the second cave except for dried meat. We then sensed strong residual elemental reactions and followed them to the third cave. In the third cave, we found the bodies of Deputy Director Zheng and the members of the First Action Team. Their deaths were gruesome; their bodies were not intact and did not appear to have been cut by weapons. Rather, they looked like they had been thrown or smashed. After verifying the identities of the bodies, we gathered the current information and rushed back to report."

Jin Huagge looked at the devices and tokens scattered on the table in front of him, rubbed his head, and said to the reconnaissance team, "You can leave now." The reconnaissance team quickly left the council hall with a sigh of relief, leaving only Jin Huagge and his three companions inside. At this moment, Jin Huagge asked Zhou Tianwu, "Director Zhou, what do you think?"

Upon hearing the question, Zhou Tianwu immediately stood up and said, "Chief, based on the current information, it is highly likely that Zheng Jun and the First Action Team died because they encountered Yin Tianbao on their way there. After fighting Yin Tianbao, they were defeated and one of them was captured alive. After recuperating, they entered the mountain cave at the summit again and fought against an S-class ferocious beast, but were defeated and all of them died in battle."

“Hmm, your analysis makes some sense, but there are still many questions. Why did Yin Tianbao appear in the mountain cave? And why was he with an army? What was his purpose? Besides us, who else has the courage and ability to force a 6th-tier elementalist like Yin Tianbao to commit suicide? These two questions are key. Secondly, what should we do next?” Jin Huage shared his thoughts after listening to Zhou Tianwu’s analysis.

“I believe that since it is currently the handover period for the city lord of Bailu City, Yin Tianbao’s willingness to mobilize troops to go to the top of Wan’an Peak is probably for the treasure that will allow him to continue in office. Could it be that…” Zhou Tianwu was about to continue speaking when Jin Huage interrupted him: “Director Zhou, Deputy Director Locke, you go and relay the order in my place.”

Locke also stood up, ready to receive orders.

"Send an order to Director Wang Ming, instructing the Political Department to investigate the details and process of the transfer of the City Lord of Bailu City. In addition, you two and Wang Ming have another task: investigate the movements of all personnel who left after the conference, and report any suspicious activity immediately." Jin Huage issued the order. "Yes, Your subordinate obeys," Zhou Tianwu and Locke left the council hall after receiving the order, leaving only Jin Huage and the secretary in the hall.

At this moment, Secretary Peng walked to the table, picked up the dried meat, sat down, and leisurely played with the dried meat in his hand, saying, "Chief of Staff Jin, I don't understand your deployment. How can there be a traitor within the ranks of the people?"

Jin Huage's face turned ashen, but he couldn't lash out. After all, Peng Shaoshi was one of the Chief Commander's seven guardians. Helplessly, he said, "Guardian expert, you don't know, but my suspicions are not unfounded." He then recounted how he used the mental mastery taught by the Chief Commander to kill the captain who was about to betray them: "You see, even a captain-level officer in the Martial Division couldn't withstand Yin Tianbao's methods. You can imagine what the others are like. I'm just being prepared."

"Looking at it this way, what you said makes sense. Sigh, I really don't know what the boss was thinking. Why didn't he just send us directly for something this important? We could have completed the mission flawlessly without any problems, and it wouldn't have turned out like this." Peng Shaoshi leaned back in his chair and said sarcastically.

Jin Huago was quite angry at Peng Shaoshi's words, but he couldn't do anything about it and could only nod in agreement. Peng Shaoshi stopped arguing with Jin Huago, picked up the dried meat, and said to Jin Huago, "Keep the rest of the things yourself. This dried meat is quite interesting. I will leave tomorrow to report to the Chief of the General Staff. Chief of the General Staff, is there anything you need me to convey?"

"How could I trouble you, Lord Guardian? I only ask that you put in a good word for me with the Chief Commander," Jin Huage replied with a smile and kindness.

"Alright then, I'll take my leave now. See you in a few days. I hope the mission will be successfully completed when I return." With that, Peng Shaoshi left the council hall, not forgetting to deliver a threatening remark before departing.

Silence returned to the council chamber. Jin Hage sat quietly in his chair, his brow furrowed. A short while later, there was another knock on the door.

"Come in."

After the door opened, Zhou Tianwu looked around and saw that only Jin Huage was inside. He then closed the door and walked to Jin Huage's side. He had a lot of questions he wanted to ask Jin Huage for answers. When Zhou Tianwu sat down and was about to speak, Jin Huage first waved his hand to stop him and then said, "I know what you want to ask, but now we need to discuss how to successfully complete the mission."