118: Chapter 118 Heh, looks like we've messed with some serious trouble this time.

Only top-tier mages sensitive to magic power would be able to perceive the massive magic power erupting here.

No more wasting time.

Lin Fan's eyes lit up with a silvery-white radiance, as brilliant as the cold moon above Baiyun City.

Countless stars emerged around his body, rapidly condensing into four Star Arrays.

"Seamless Space Perception!"

Lin Fan shouted in a low voice.

Everything happened too fast.

From the emergence of the stars to the fading of the Star Arrays, the entire process took less than a second; ordinary people could not possibly have noticed it.

But Lin Fan did not expect that there would actually be someone.

In the instant he cast the Spell, they perceived it.

In another corner of the city.

A child who looked only twelve or thirteen years old was sitting on a sofa, holding a giant lollipop in their mouth, slowly sucking on it.

Several figures were respectfully surrounding the child, all of them with their heads lowered, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Suddenly.

The child stopped the movement in their mouth and looked in a certain direction.

A strange smile appeared on their youthful face.

"Heh, it seems you have provoked someone incredible this time. Let's go, let's go out for a stroll."

Seamless Space Perception - Citywide Lock

After casting [Seamless Space Perception], the Star Arrays slowly dissipated.

Lin Fan stood on the rooftop, his eyes shining like stars, overlooking the entire city.

Above the dark night.

He was like a statue with divine light in its eyes, his field of vision covering the entire Baiyun City!

Every scene, every movement, was inescapable before his eyes, clearly revealed down to the finest detail.

Lin Fan had to admit.

This city was simply too big; it would take time to precisely locate the target.

He simply shifted his focus to the Spell's perception and his hearing.

Countless sounds flooded into his mind:

Voices, footsteps, heartbeats, the calls of pets.

Even the sound of the breeze blowing past was clearly audible.

Lin Fan began to filter out the noise.

Soon, he captured something unusual.

Faint heartbeats, soft murmurs, and the suppressed sobbing of children.

Some were crying for their parents, some were complaining of discomfort and hunger.

"Found it!"

Lin Fan's heart jolted.

His gaze instantly turned towards the source of the sound.

His gaze instantly crossed hundreds of meters of streets.

A tall building came into view.

At first glance.

This building was no different from the surrounding structures.

Every floor was rented out as shops, selling various goods, appearing completely ordinary.

But Lin Fan's gaze did not stop on the surface.

He clearly felt a thick, distorted layer of magic power surging beneath the building.

It was a Spell array!

Judging from the magic power fluctuations.

Lin Fan immediately determined that this was a concealment array used to block all detection.

Unfortunately, such methods could not block [Seamless Space Perception] at all.

Lin Fan's gaze easily penetrated the array, reaching directly into the underground space beneath the building.

He continued to probe deeper, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised...

The depth and scale of this underground structure were actually comparable to the main building above ground.

"So this is where you are hiding."

A cold arc curled at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth, and his gaze continued to probe deeper.

Soon, he saw a huge platform filled with glass cages.

Inside every cage, there was a child, ranging in age from seven to seventeen.

There were even teenagers the same age as Lin Fan.

"Finally found you."

Lin Fan withdrew his gaze but did not immediately dispel the Spell.

He slowly scanned the underground floor, searching for members of the Dark Alliance.

A full hundred people!

Some were wearing yellow mage robes, while others were in casual clothes.

But after careful investigation, Lin Fan frowned instead.

The people he saw.

The strongest were only Tier 2 Mages.

This was definitely not the full combat strength of the Dark Alliance... there were others who were not present.

Lin Fan hesitated for a moment.

Should he strike now, or wait for the others to return and capture them all at once?

After brief thought, he made a decision:

Save them now.

Since he had already found the children.

He could not let them suffer for even one more second.

As for the escaped Dark Alliance members, he would settle the score with them slowly later.

Having made up his mind, Lin Fan continued to scan the underground space.

He saw a few dark Demonic Beasts, and even more people locked in terrible cages.

What was worse, several men were committing violence against young girls, completely ignoring their crying and struggling.

The scene was unbearable to watch, so Lin Fan averted his gaze, turned his sight back to the building above ground, and began to investigate.

There were even more people above ground than below.

But Lin Fan knew very well that not everyone was from the Dark Alliance.

Some were just honest merchants doing business, completely unaware of the evil beneath them, and probably didn't even know there was an underground space.

Of course, this was just his guess; he couldn't be one hundred percent sure.

However, he already had a plan.

Lin Fan dispelled the Spell, the divine light in his eyes faded, and they returned to normal.

Maintaining [Seamless Space Perception] for a long time consumed more than half of his magic power, which Lin Fan was not surprised by...

It was the same when he used it outside the city last time.

Fortunately, the System was there.

In just a short moment, his magic power was almost completely restored.

After his magic power was replenished, Lin Fan activated Void Walk.

His field of vision transformed into a bird's-eye view overlooking the entire city.

He selected the landing point for the second portal: the Wave Squad base.

His vision returned to normal.

A spatial gate tore open in front of him.

Lin Fan stepped into the white space, and a few seconds later, he walked out of the portal at the other end, ending the skill.

In the living room, Yao Dong and several Wave Squad members were chatting idly.

Suddenly, someone appeared out of thin air.

Everyone was scared to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, jumping up violently, with stars of various colors lighting up around their bodies, ready to cast Spells at any moment.

But when they saw clearly that the person who arrived was Mr. Chen, their terror instantly turned into astonishment.

Their bodies stiffened for several seconds before they reacted, hurriedly dissipating their magic power.

Attack Mr. Chen?

How was that any different from seeking death?

"Mr., Mr. Chen, why are you here?"

Yao Dong was still shaken, speaking with a stutter.

He was just about to go call Aunt Mi Xue; after all, the person he came to find should be the team leader.

But Lin Fan spoke first.

"Give me your phone."

His tone was flat, allowing no refusal.

Yao Dong and the others: "..."

A phone?

Mr. Chen specifically ran over here just to ask for Yao Dong's phone?

Is this... a daylight robbery?

Although he was confused, Yao Dong still obediently handed over the phone.

Not to mention one phone, even if it were ten, as long as Mr. Chen wanted them, he would offer them without hesitation.

Lin Fan took the phone.

With his other hand, he took out the contact card Jiang Tianhai had given him.

Calmly copying down the number, he dialed it directly.

He came here just to borrow a phone to contact the Alliance:

To have them surround the building that contained the underground space.

He would go down to save the people and clear out the Dark Alliance members.

As for the people above ground, he couldn't distinguish who was an enemy and who was innocent, so it was most appropriate to leave the investigation work to the Alliance.

He couldn't possibly use his own phone to make this kind of call, right?

The call was answered quickly.

The voice of Branch Minister Jiang Tianhai came from the other end.

Lin Fan was slightly stunned; he didn't expect that the number given to him was actually a private one.

But upon reflection, it was normal...

He was not just some random nobody.

"Hello, who is this?"