Little did anyone know, on her first mission leading a team, without even a "beginner's task," she was thrown into a life-or-death situation, completely out of her depth. It was like being thrown to the wolves.

Xiao Zheng signed his name and the headquarters mobilized all the remaining Echo Sound devices. The aftermath department was responsible for distributing them to over ten Echo Sound sources, excluding Biquan Mountain and Chiyuan.

Biquan Mountain is currently completely cut off, including the two big shots, and their situation is unknown. As for Chiyuan, there may be dangerous individuals present, so Xiao Zheng and Captain Dan have personally gone there.

These two areas are highly dangerous and not suitable for non-combat personnel to go around causing trouble, while the other Echo Sound sources are the battlegrounds they must strive for.

"Comrades, let me tell you the latest news from the front line," a colleague from the aftermath department squeezed over and quickly said, "Before us, the field operatives closest to the eyes of the earth veins had already gone and locked onto the Echo Sound source. They brought a mithril cannon and tried to blast the eyes of the earth veins, but instead created a deep pit with a diameter of dozens of meters on the ground. The Echo Sound source was not destroyed, and the eyes of the earth veins directly erupted! A mutated tree resembling an octopus even grew in the pit, especially ferocious, and even pulled down their helicopter!"

Ping Qianru was stuffing snacks into her mouth - she couldn't stop eatingh when she was anxious.

In her haste, she swallowed most of the muffin in her mouth, choking and stretching her neck.

As her colleagues from the aftermath department massaged her back and bombarded her with questions, they asked, "What about the people? Are they okay?"

"I'm not sure. It seems like there were quite a few injuries. Sister Ping, the field team can't get close. How are we going to handle our work?"

"We'll send the equipment over, but then what? How do we connect it? What's the next step?"

"We need to connect it to the Echo Sound machine. Who's going to lead? Our department doesn't have that many spiritual-type ability users!"

"Did anyone have personal insurance for this business trip?"

"Pingping, what did Director Xuan tell you?"

Ping Qianru held her chest in pain from the massage and couldn't speak.

Director Xuan didn't give her any instructions, leaving her to figure it out on her own. She felt surrounded by voices, countless people with their mouths open, waiting for her to give the "right idea" and ready to attribute all the credit or blame to her.

She had never before felt the power of Xiao Zheng and his people - how could they hear everything that everyone said and respond to each one with such precision and speed?

For a moment, she wished she had a mouth all over her body.

Finally, she stumbled out, "We can use the abnormal energy from the earth vein's eruption. When the large equipment is used in the field, there are often energy problems. The Research Institute has provided a 'abnormal energy converter' as a supporting device. We can use the energy converter to connect the Echo Sound device to the eruption..."

Someone next to her took out a small notebook and jotted down the key points of her words.

As Ping Qianru spoke, her spine began to tingle with fear. The more she spoke, the less confident she felt. She couldn't shake the feeling that everyone remembered her as the one who gave the incriminating testimony.

"What did you say, Sister Ping?" Her colleague couldn't hear her properly as her voice grew quieter. "How do we proceed? Do we just plug the converter into the tree trunk? But that mutated tree is highly aggressive and we can't even get close to it. Besides, I remember the energy limit of the converter. Can it handle the seismic activity of the earth's core? Can our converter handle it?"

Ping Qianru was speechless. She couldn't afford to be questioned. Whenever someone didn't agree with her, she would doubt herself and become uncertain about things she was previously sure of.

"Sister Ping, we've arrived at the first eye. Are you ready? We're about to land," her colleague said.

Ping Qianru stuttered, "Wha-what?"

She wasn't prepared for anything!

"Attention, colleagues," the pilot said, "the Echo Sound source is currently spreading along the plants at the outer perimeterat a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour, centered around the earth vein's eye, and there is a possibility of accelerated spread. At this rate, within five minutes, it will cover the nearest population center again..."

In a state of blankness, Ping Qianru felt the helicopter land. Before it even came to a stop, a group of dirty field agents rushed up and carried down the Echo Sound device and the trembling aftermath department staff directly.

The field agents who had just experienced the eruption of the eye of the earth vein were in a state of extreme disarray. They tried everything, but couldn't stop the spread of the echo.

Now, seeing the aftermath staff was like seeing a life-saving straw. They decided to try everything, whether it worked or not.

From the center of the earth vein grew a mutated tree that was rust-colored, standing tall and emitting a pungent odor. From afar, it looked like a giant octopus monster with tentacles reaching towards the sky.

The nerdy staff from the aftermath department had never seen such a spectacle before and were immediately petrified like paralyzed hamsters. Their courage to "clear their names" and improve their department's reputation vanished into thin air.

"It goes crazy for a while and then rests for a while. There's a cooldown period. While it's not moving, let's go! Someone from the aftermath department, tell us how to deal with this! Are you guys here for a group tour of the mutated tree? Do you want to take a picture to commemorate this moment, comrades? Don't waste any time!"

Ping Qian was startled by the sudden command and instinctively followed orders, but just then, the mutated tree seemed to sense something and let out a low roar. Its deadly tentacle-like vines began to move.

"Here we go again, retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Logistics personnel don't go to the front lines, and when faced with danger, their reactions are no different from ordinary people - they freeze. Fortunately, an field agent pushed her just in time, and the rusty vine barely grazed her neck and face as it swept past.

Ping Qianru felt like she had been slapped in the face, her cheeks burning with pain, and her ears ringing. When she reached up to touch her face, she felt blood on her hand, and her left earpiece had been knocked off.

"Get up quickly!" A field agent not far away shouted at her in panic. "Hurry and run!"

Ping Qianru snapped out of her daze, ignoring the mental interference from the Echo Sound, and crawled and rolled away from the dense vines.

The sound of the Echo Sound rang in her ears.

"You call yourself a special agent?"

"Why are you worse than an ordinary person?"

"Oh my god, are you here to cause trouble?"

She felt an endless sense of humiliation, grievance, and fear...but what's wrong with being an ordinary person?

She was born this way. Ordinary people don't steal or rob, they rely on their regular jobs to support themselves. What's so shameful about that?

Suddenly, a peculiar tone emerged from the insulting noise. It was clearly a strange language she had never heard before, but somehow it broke through the siege and penetrated her eardrums.

"The bloodline of the witch people..."

Ping Qianru asked, "What?"

The voice murmured and whispered around her, "The bloodline of the witch people, hasn't it already gone extinct in the witch people's tomb?"

In the Biquan Mountains, Sheng Lingyuan had lost too much blood and his face had become transparently white.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, he gently said, "Aluojin."