Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Feeling the abundant information flow within the signal station, the "virtual world" in the Psychic Storage Space seemed like a shark that had caught the scent of blood, becoming restless.

After invisibly obtaining Bai E's approval, the flow of information transformed from Computing Power Resources merged into the void above his head as if it had substance right in front of his eyes.

Under the power of Heavenly Eye, no object could hide.

The voracious virtual world sucked in the computing power resources from the signal station with such greed that even the central control screen in the station stuttered at this moment.

Though the independent small signal station couldn't compare with the greatest masterpiece of human beings from the Golden Age, it was fortunate that the basic functions were still intact.

Many functions, unknown or unblocked even by the smart machinery that had occupied the place for a while, were aside from Bai E, who had the highest authority.

The central control screen was playing a video recording; the time was the day they had breached the signal station and then quickly fled.

The heavy rain fell chaotically in front of the camera lens, small puddles on the ground reflecting the moonlight in the sky.

The trembling earth made the camera wobble as the dark, metallic army approached slowly from a distance.

Smart machinery, having received the message of the fortress being attacked, indeed dispatched troops to reclaim it, but what awaited them was merely a silent base.

Fortunate to have fled early, Bai E felt a sense of relief after watching the footage.

Back then it was not like now; if they had really been caught by so many smart machineries, their squad would have been in trouble.

As his thoughts whirled, his mind continued forward with the video without realizing it.

After completing a full search of the entire fortress base, the smart machinery's army fell silent on the spot.

The number was much greater than the one seen this time... Continue your journey on My Virtual Library Empire

Among them was even the figure of a colorful first-generation smart machinery; the slightly distracted Bai E did not notice an obvious fact, as only the sound of the rain in the recording tirelessly played on.

At a moment Bai E wasn't particularly focusing on, a group of figures clad in black raincoats abruptly appeared within the camera's field of vision.

"Da da da da da da!"

The sound of gunfire jolted the distracted Bai E back to reality, his eyes narrowing instantly upon seeing the scene on the screen.

Humans?

Humans clashing with smart machinery?

The battle was almost completely one-sided, with the newly arrived humans displaying terrifying combat prowess.

The occasional clashes of flesh against steel blades and even the hard resistance to smart machinery bullets rang out with crisp metallic sounds.

This familiar scene reminded Bai E of the modified human soldiers including Nova, from Grey Iron City.

The manner of combat of the black raincoat-clad humans in the recording wasn't much different from that of Nova's teammates; it was an open and direct confrontation, completely disregarding their own fragile bodies... perhaps their bodies were not fragile at all.

And as the black raincoated figures together drove away the first-generation smart machinery, they, too, stood silent like a group of robots, their gazes all focusing in the same direction.

A figure, even taller than the others in black raincoats, strode into view from beyond the edge of the recording.

"Find Number One!"

"Where are the people? Where are the people?"

...

"Where are the people! Find the people for me!"

...

"Doctor, we've searched everywhere, there really isn't..."

...

The doctor!

That's the doctor?!

Watching the man in the video, who was of an extraordinary stature but whose face could not be seen clearly, Bai E's gaze sharpened.

Nova was right; the doctor would indeed come looking for her.

The person had even pinpointed the last signal station where Nova appeared.

"Pause." Silently commanding in his mind, Bai E watched the screen freeze at the moment depicting the "doctor," a dangerous glint flashing in his pupils.

The other party... had roughly located the direction.

In the final moments of the recording, the direction pointed by the doctor to his subordinates in black raincoats... was towards Blackwater City!

Had he discovered it? Or was it just a guess?

The calm of the previous days had almost led Bai E to believe that the crisis involving Nova might have passed, but now it seemed that danger was merely brewing in the shadows.

But so much time had passed since that incident; if the other party had come to Blackwater City, why hadn't there been any news?

Such levels of interaction between cities should normally cause a significant disturbance, right?

Or perhaps... the other party had also infiltrated secretly?

Considering the skills of those in black raincoats, blending into Blackwater City and going unnoticed wouldn't be difficult for them.

The other party didn't want to alarm the official forces of Blackwater City and also hadn't confirmed his own identity or Nova's whereabouts?

"..."

Upon returning, he would need to ask Gilder to pay more attention to the surrounding area for any suspicious presence.

Even if the other party was powerful, as long as they were human, they couldn't escape leaving traces of daily life behind.

Clothing, food, shelter, and transportation—none could be avoided; the other party couldn't possibly bring endless supplies from Grey Iron City, and such a large number of people would inevitably impact Blackwater City's underground market.

They certainly could be found! If the other party really had come to Blackwater City, that is.

"What are you watching?" Rose's voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"Nova's situation... They've followed us here," Bai E stepped aside to let Rose see the video content he had been viewing.

Rose watched intently, her expression also becoming serious.