This must be... thanks to the Crystal City.

Upon seeing Xu Xin, it raised its head slightly and called out softly.

The two young pangolins were no longer small.

Although they weren’t as large as their mother, they certainly couldn’t be called "little pangolins" anymore.

Including their tails, they were almost two meters long, right?

"Whee..." Keke stood upright, staring blankly at the two pangolins that were once smaller than her.

It seemed she couldn’t understand why these little creatures had grown so fast.

The two pangolins saw Xu Xin coming down, immediately crawled over, called twice, and rubbed against Xu Xin’s pant leg.

Despite their two-meter length, their scales were clearly still smooth and tender, and their calls sounded as youthful as before.

However, their claws were already nearly as strong as their mother’s.

Xu Xin could fully imagine the speed at which they could dig with those claws.

"Burrowing" should be no problem.

Xu Xin immediately explained the situation to them.

The pangolin family naturally agreed happily, and when the time came, they would join the battle directly.

Furthermore, they followed Xu Xin out of the tunnel, crawling toward the surrounding trenches being excavated, joining in the trench digging.

The trench excavation mobilized nearly all the survivors in Crystal City.

"Ah, Brother Xin, you’re here!" Wang Lei was standing in the five or six-meter deep trench, waving up at Xu Xin.

"You’re digging really fast."

"Well, with these advanced tools, it’s effortless; one shovelful is a large chunk of soil," Wang Lei patted his backpack, "collected all, this soil is high-grade soil!"

Lately, the purple-grade soil around the World Tree has been gradually increasing.

Not only above ground, but the underground also contains high-grade soil.

In this area, the soil excavated is at least blue-grade, all valuable soil resources.

With the addition of the three pangolins, the excavation progress accelerated greatly.

The progress of the three pangolins nearly matched the overall speed of the survivors.

Thus, the pangolins led the digging, followed by a few survivors collecting soil, while the rest continued digging.

Very soon, the entire trench reached depths of seven or eight meters and continued downward.

Xu Xin helped for a while but was pushed out by other survivors to handle other tasks.

After all, his efficiency here was no different from that of ordinary survivors; his presence didn’t add much. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Below, having Wang Lei to command was fine.

Actually, feeling more professional, it was better to have Li Wenxi commanding such excavation work.

Unfortunately, Wenxi wasn’t here.

However, Yingying said that once the World Tree matures, they should be able to return.

...

"What did you say?!" Xu Ying slammed the table, "Wei Bai is missing?!"

"Yes, grandpa, after leaving the Yuan Family, he disappeared." Wei Shishi’s expression was also unpleasant.

"Could it be the Yuan Family..." Li Wenxi immediately looked out the window at the tall building, "Have they already been infiltrated by alien forces?"

"No... at least not on the surface." Wei Shishi staring at the tablet in her hand, her brows furrowed, "Grandpa did indeed leave the Yuan Family’s gate and got into his own car, but..."

"That car vanished?" Xu Ying asked urgently.

"Yes, the car couldn’t be tracked!"

"You should have installed cameras on the street, right?" Li Wenxi pointed outside, "I’ve seen several before."

"Installed, yes, but recently some cameras always malfunction, we’ve repaired them several times. This time too, within the range of a malfunctioning camera, grandpa’s vehicle... directly disappeared!"

The three women all wore grave expressions.

Wei Bai was the Patriarch of the Wei Family!

And wielded most of the Wei Family’s power.

His disappearance at this crucial moment naturally led to worrying speculations.

"No, this matter is too bizarre." Wei Shishi suddenly stood up, "With grandpa missing, I have the authority for temporarily using Wei Family power; I must deploy military forces!"

Xu Ying and Li Wenxi exchanged glances.

Both were concerned about Wei Shishi’s utterance just now.

[Recently the cameras always malfunction]

This time a malfunctioning camera paved the way for Wei Bai’s disappearance.

What about before?

Did the previous malfunctions not lead to anything?

... Could it be, the infiltrators lurking among the people have finally decided to take action!