Chapter 642 An Individual's Action

Although Yang Jian had escaped danger and returned to Dachang City to rest, this did not mean the emergency with the ghost paintings had come to an end.

On the contrary, the situation started to deteriorate, just as anticipated, after he left.

At this very moment.

Within a desolate city devoid of people, the sky was a murky gray, as if layers of ash were endlessly drifting down. The air was filled with a gloomy haze, making this eerie city unlike any other in the world because it did not belong to reality but to the world within a painting.

The mission had failed.

The first operation to contain the ghost paintings ended in an utterly predictable and woeful defeat. Although they were not wiped out, the losses were extremely heavy.