Otherworldly Affairs Office

"Dragon!"

"It's actually a dragon!"

"It really is a dragon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the room erupted. Jiang Feiyang looked at everyone's expressions with satisfaction, this was exactly the result he wanted. Although this mission was a bit dangerous, he didn't regret it. With this mission, he could brag for a lifetime!

Pei Yan, who was usually startled at everything, seemed unusually calm this time. He had been numbed by the myriad of bizarre incidents in the Bureau. He looked at Xia Yu beside him and asked quietly, "Haven't you seen a dragon before?"

"How could we? We've only been here just over three years. Dragons! It's very difficult for such creatures to traverse dimensions. According to the rules of dimension traversal, the more powerful and larger the creature, the more they are squeezed by the dimensional gap during the traversal, and the greater their impact on the present world. Thus, some of the top beings from other dimensions either seal their own power or send avatars to the Base Dimension. Dragons fall into both categories. The highest level dragons can ignore this compression, but they disdain coming, while the low-level ones can't make it here. So, under these circumstances, we haven't seen such mythical creatures cross over in many years," Xia Yu said excitedly, clearly fascinated by this legendary creature.

Pei Yan was a bit excited upon hearing this. That's right, dragons! With this thought in mind, he hastily asked, "Is it a Chinese dragon?"

Peng Lang swallowed the food in his mouth, shook his head, and replied, "No, it's the Western kind, with huge wings and capable of breathing fire!"

"Oh!" Upon hearing this, everyone in the room sighed in unison, displaying disappointed expressions.

"Why the sigh? It's still a dragon! Have you ever seen one?" Jiang Feiyang, seeing their reactions, dissatisfiedly tapped his meal box with his chopsticks.

Aware of his friend's temperament, Wang Wenze waved his hand and urged, "Okay, okay! We know how invincible you are, General Jiang. Tell us about your battle."

"There's not much to say. By the time we arrived, Captain Yuan and his team were already engaged with the dragon. Alas, the casualties were heavy. Two members were killed, four were seriously injured, and nearly everyone else was wounded. Captain Yuan's arm and left cheek were severely burned, yet he persisted in commanding the battle." Peng Lang's expression dimmed as he lowered his head.

The initially joyous atmosphere in the room plummeted to freezing levels after that statement. Not long ago, Pei Yan was grumbling about the delayed support, but he hadn't expected a fiercer battle nearby, where lives were lost.

"That serious?" Liang Qian quietly asked after a while.

"Oh!" Jiang Feiyang threw his chopsticks to the ground in anger and fumed, "If it were just that dragon, with Gu Chu and Elder Lin, extermination wouldn't be a problem. The issue is we were ordered not to kill it, only subdue it! But it had no such intention and fought us head-on. In such a confined situation, how could we not suffer?"

"Why?" Pei Yan asked in surprise.

"Because that dragon has connections!" Jiang Feiyang replied with some helplessness.

Ye Jiumu, not lifting his head, coldly asked, "So, being connected means it can casually kill our people?"

"The matter is complex. We've been set up," Peng Lang said slowly, drinking half a bottle of the mineral water beside him.

Pei Yan pressed on, "What do you mean?"

"We only learned after the battle when Captain Yuan was calming the team. Actually, two years ago, the Bureau received information about this dragon. Its father is a high-ranking dragon in the Spirit Monster Plane, belonging to a gentle faction with good relations with our world. Countries have been secretly exchanging exquisite crafts and metal products with it for resources. A significant portion of the materials needed for interdimensional equipment are traded with him."

"Then, five years ago, that Dragon King's most beloved daughter mysteriously vanished. In our world, it's been five years, but for them, it's nearly 150 years. Dragons might sleep for decades, so this inattentive father only realized his daughter hadn't appeared alongside him for a long time three years ago. Upon investigation, he found her disappearance was much earlier. Enraged, the Dragon King searched the Spirit Monster World but couldn't find her. In desperation, he issued a request for assistance across dimensions, even sending notices to the least likely places like our Bureau."

"So, is this a story of a rebellious daughter running away, relying on her father's prestige to act arrogantly?" Pei Yan frowned and asked, understanding the gist of the situation from the explanation.

Jiang Feiyang took over from Peng Lang and said, "If that were the case, we wouldn't be so restrained. We could scold her well on behalf of her father. The issue is, her destructive actions weren't her own will. She was controlled and even physically altered. This is clearly using a borrowed knife to kill people! Whether we killed her or she killed us, the relationship with the Dragon King would inevitably break. That's why I say we've been entangled in a plot, a decision the Bureau made after discovering the dragon's true identity and assessing the scene."

Upon hearing the word 'altered,' Pei Yan and others were momentarily stunned, exchanging glances as they recalled the oddities they encountered. Could there be some connection?

"Altered? How did you determine they were altered?" Ye Jiumu snuffed out his cigarette butt and pursued the question.

"Just go see for yourself. That dragon is still trapped in the Jiezhi Space," Jiang Feiyang said, wiping his mouth and patting his thigh after finishing his boxed meal.

Pei Yan's eyes lit up excitedly, "Can we go see it?"

"Of course you can, as long as you're an internal member of our Bureau, it's no problem. There have already been several groups, come on, I'll take you," Jiang Feiyang said, inviting those in the room with a beckoning gesture as he stood by the tent's door.

Everyone promptly stood up to follow him, taking a few steps outside to a heavily guarded tent, only to be stopped by a Golden Eagle Team sentinel.

After Jiang Feiyang exchanged a few words, he shook his head disappointedly and dejectedly returned, saying, "We can't go in. It was possible just now, but now it's on lockdown."

Just as everyone was dejectedly preparing to leave, the tent flap behind the soldier was lifted, and a shirtless Yuan Shaoqing glanced at Pei Yan and the others. "Jiang Feiyang, you guys can come in!" Then, looking at the guards, he ordered, "Let them in, it's fine!"

Seeing this chance, Pei Yan and the others hurriedly followed Jiang Feiyang into the tent.