Chapter 647: The Collectively Disappearing Avatars

Only hearing a "bang", the commander-in-chief directly sprang up from his office chair, looking at his assistant with a face full of shock.

"You... what did you say?"

"Commander-in-chief, Double Moon Bay was attacked."

Buzz—

In an instant, everyone inside the main tent burst into an uproar.

"How could Double Moon Bay be attacked?"

"The headquarters? That shouldn't be, right?"

"Exactly what is going on? Speak a little clearer!"

None of them believed what the assistant said, or rather, they didn't want to believe it.

It was fundamentally impossible for anyone to attack it without prior warning.

Even through Teleportation, it was impossible.

After all, it was recorded during Karim's first large-scale and systematic war, the 'Forsaken War', so basically the major cities of any faction or country had made relevant protections.

Of course, just looking at the name Double Moon Bay, one would know that this main base was by the seaside.

So if there really were any enemies that could break into the headquarters, then they could only come from the sea.

After all, apart from a fleet of twenty-odd magic sailboats at sea, they had no other forces.

But this was impossible.

Setting aside the fact that there were fundamentally no monsters to speak of in the coastal waters, even in the open sea far from the continental shelf, there were only some level twenty or thirty aquatic monsters roaming about.

Moreover, compared to other places, the coast of Double Moon Bay was extremely calm. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to view it through the lens of a holy holiday resort kind of calm, so it was also impossible for there to exist any enemies coming from the sea.

Of course.

This wasn't to say it was absolutely foolproof; it was just that the probability was much smaller.

"The specifics are... Forget it, I'll ask myself."

After his initial shock, the commander-in-chief forced himself to calm down and glanced at the assistant with a frown.

Originally, he had wanted to ask the assistant.

But on second thought, rather than asking this guy, it was better to do it himself.

At any rate, he was the commander-in-chief; his channels for knowing news were definitely more than the other party's.

For example, the group chat of their several commanders-in-chief.

However, when the commander-in-chief took out his card and sent a message in the group to ask, no one responded to him at all.

How strange.

Although the relationship between them couldn't be considered good, at least it was passable on the surface.

So a situation like asking in the group and nobody answering basically didn't exist.

What was going on?

In an instant, the astonished commander-in-chief immediately realized the unusual aspect of the matter, and subsequently quickly opened the group member information.

And then...

Besides himself, there were no longer any other people's avatars existing in the group.

"This..."

The commander-in-chief was dumbfounded on the spot.

He believed all Earthlings in Karim were clear on what the non-existence of an avatar meant.

No, perhaps they had collectively left the group?

Although this probability was very small, it wasn't non-existent.

Thus, harboring a fluke mentality, the commander-in-chief immediately opened the search list, only to find that besides those with the same first and last names, none of the avatars searched out were ones he recognized.

Dead!

The original seven or eight commanders-in-chief had all died except for him!

This was the only answer.

And not only that, even inside the management group chat it was the same; besides himself, there was no one else...

Even the avatar of that Clan Leader Li Mei was gone.

This indicated that they had been wiped out in one fell swoop.

"Commander-in-chief, how is it?"

The brigade commanders inside the main tent who were originally preparing to move out all knew that something was terribly wrong after seeing the darkened expression on their commander-in-chief's face.

But exactly where it went wrong, and how terrible it was, they weren't very clear.

"The Clan Leader and all the high-level executives' avatars have disappeared."

The commander-in-chief shook his head bitterly.

He didn't want to say this kind of morale-damaging thing at all.

But the problem was that for such a huge matter, even if he didn't say it, he probably wouldn't be able to hide it for long.

After all, things like avatars were laid out right there; as long as there was the slightest rustle of leaves in the wind, a mindful person would know upon checking.

"Disappeared?"

"Avatars?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was astounded.

"Check if your friends are still there. If any are still there, immediately ask what happened."

"What is the news you got on your end?"

Ignoring everyone's astonishment, the commander-in-chief immediately issued orders, and then turned his head to look at the currently somewhat awkward assistant.

"I'm not too clear. The person passing the message just said the headquarters was attacked by a large number of enemies, and they were organizing resistance."

"But afterwards, when I still wanted to ask, that person's avatar disappeared. Later, when I wanted to contact other liaison officers, I found that I couldn't find a single one."

"I felt things were somewhat amiss, so I immediately came to report."

The assistant shook his head.

Disappeared again...

It seems something extraordinary truly happened...

The commander-in-chief's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

While the brigade commanders on the side all lowered their heads and quickly operated the cards in their hands.

"No!"

"I don't have any here either!"

"The friends garrisoned at Double Moon Bay have basically all disappeared!"

"I still have one here! I still have one here!"

"What!"

Upon hearing that someone's friend still existed, everyone looked over, and of course, the commander-in-chief was no exception.

"Quickly ask him exactly what happened!"

The commander-in-chief pointed, and this brigade commander immediately nodded.

They saw the brigade commander's fingertips flying, the hand speed so fast it was dazzling.

Even the crowd whose stats had been strengthened could only see afterimages when looking at it.

But it had to be said that in this kind of extraordinary period right now, this kind of minor skill was instead extremely practical.

"How is it?"

After thirty seconds passed, a somewhat impatient brigade commander asked nervously on the side.

"Mutation. He said no one invaded, but it was caused by the Exorcists mutating collectively, just about an hour ago."

"What!?"

"What does this mean?"

Compared to the others who were making a fuss over nothing, the commander-in-chief was at any rate much more steady.

He very keenly discovered the key point in the other party's words just now.

Mutation...

That's right.

Probably only this kind of incident erupting from the inside could cause the entire Exorcist headquarters to completely fall.

So compared to shock, the commander-in-chief wanted to know the specific reason even more.

"He's not clear on the specifics, but the other party said it was highly possible it was caused by being influenced by something. Right now, the vast majority of people in the headquarters have turned into undead."

"And the remaining survivors are also mutating one by one."

"It's still hard to say how long he can hold out."

This brigade commander shook his head, on the verge of tears from fright.

Because the incident happened suddenly, even if everyone knew the thing happening around them was mutation, no one could go investigate under these circumstances.

After all, instances where a companion walking together with you just now directly mutated into an undead the next second, and then you were attacked, were common occurrences.

So those extremely few survivors were currently basically all hiding inside their own shelters.