Chapter 60 I will protect you!

Before dawn, above the remote wilderness outside Cliff City.

The night was deep, with no moon and high winds.

In between the hills, which should have been rarely frequented, stood temporary barbed wire fences and barricades capped with "No Entry" signs.

One could barely see newly established watchtowers, their cold searchlights sweeping through the vegetation.

It was a place as heavily guarded as a military zone, yet inside, there was no base; instead, it was empty and overgrown with weeds, with vehicles from various places haphazardly parked in the open.

Faintly, a crack could be seen looping around at the center.

It was as if a rift in the void had torn open, its twisting fissure suspended in mid-air, appearing to face anyone looking at it from any direction.

Indistinctly, light emanated from behind the crack.

The overlapping phenomenon of the Crack Realm was gradually intensifying.

In just a few more hours, the passageway would likely open officially.