"Chief Fang, this is Professor Ling. The Gale Squad has safely retrieved him. Professor Ling, this is the leader of the City A base, Fang Jing."
Xiao Jinfeng's voice was steady, but inside he felt a faint unease. Bringing Professor Ling back had gone smoothly enough, but the unresolved problems gnawed at him: Fang Geng, Fang Jing's arrogant nephew, and the dangerous secret of Xue Fang.
During his brief encounters with Fang Jing, Xiao Jinfeng had never felt the man to be open-minded. Before the apocalypse, Fang Jing had been a small-time figure in City A, someone with local influence but limited reach.
But the world had changed. Awakening powers and building a fortress out of an old prison had turned him into the leader of tens of thousands.
Yet power hadn't humbled him. On the contrary, it had inflated his ambition.
The Gale Squad, the strongest and one of the earliest-established groups, remained independent. Still, Fang Jing's intent to recruit them was obvious.
