# Chapter 444: Everyone Takes to the Sky
At this moment, Shen Hong's head was filled with question marks.
Is this the support that President Chen Xuan found for me?
Are you kidding me?
Did he drag 100 volunteers from some nursing home for me?
Don't be so perfunctory!
The support I need is for purging the Lingxu!
Not for cleaning the airport runway or scrubbing public toilets!
"Pfft... I jumped the gun! Bragged too early!"
"Hey! Don't laugh! Doesn't our President Shen need face?"
"This face! Might as well not have it! Nursing home volunteers? Damn it~"
"Aren't they just wasting time? Are they here to cause trouble?"
The people who came to welcome them couldn't help bursting out with complaints!
Shen Hong's face was black as charcoal, frozen in place, at a loss!
Send these people into the Lingxu? Wouldn't that just be sending them to their deaths?
"Th-this..."
Just then, Jiangnan popped out from the crowd!
"Oh! Brother Shen! What are you standing around for? We're in a hurry to get in here!"
"What's the situation inside?"
Shen Hong was stunned. Jiangnan? How did he end up volunteering at a nursing home?
Wasn't he supposed to be in college?
It was then that he realized many of these volunteers were faces he'd seen at the National All-Star Arena!
Suddenly, goosebumps shot up from his spine straight to his crown!
What kind of godly nursing home was this?
Using national champions as volunteers? Could these people possibly...
"Quick! Come into the office! Let's talk details inside!"
The staff who came with Shen Hong to welcome them were dumbfounded.
Were they really going to use them? You couldn't just press-gang people like this!
Inside the office!
Shen Hong's expression was grave!
On the large screen behind him was an overhead view of the Thousand Island Lake Lingxu!
In the image, beast silhouettes and traces of battle could vaguely be seen on the various islands!
Everything was in chaos!
"The spirit storm phenomenon inside the Thousand Island Lake Lingxu is still ongoing! The violently surging spiritual energy has even rushed out of the space gate!"
"This mountain fog is caused by the spirit surge phenomenon!"
"Currently, the Association staff have secured some islands as strongholds and built temporary helipads for evacuation operations!"
Shen Hong pointed to a small island on the screen!
Around the island, earth-type psychics had built walls with soil and stone!
To resist the assault of spirit beasts from all directions!
At the center of the island! A red smoke flare rose! Serving as a parachute landing beacon!
"Your primary objective is to first defend the stronghold!"
"Then, while clearing out the spirit beasts, rescue the spirit warriors scattered throughout the Lingxu!"
Jiangnan frowned: "Are there many people inside?"
Shen Hong gritted his teeth: "A lot! Most are Silver-rank spirit warriors! The key issue is that three high schools' first-year students are inside training, totaling three hundred people!"
"Many of the students are Bronze rank, damn it..."
At this moment, everyone's hearts sank!
The training was fine originally! A Silver-rank Thousand Island Lake Lingxu was perfectly suitable!
But now with the sudden spirit storm, that was a huge problem!
For those students, encountering even a single Gold-rank spirit beast would mean total annihilation!
Jiangnan frowned deeply: "I remember the trainees inside have satellite wristbands, right? With positioning functions!"
Shen Hong: "They do, but our people can't easily get in! Inside..."
"Give me the map and positioning! I'll handle getting the students out! Go on!"
Shen Hong was startled, but remembering Jiangnan was a Space-type, his confidence soared!
All the volunteers stared at Jiangnan!
At this moment, Jiangnan had shed his usual playfulness and mischief!
Replaced by calm composure, completely different from his usual self!
He even seemed somewhat unfamiliar!
Yet strangely, it gave people a sense of security!
As if with Jiangnan around,
No matter how big the problem, it wasn't a problem anymore!
Shen Hong: "The main goal is rescue, and clearing spirit beasts! But finding the spirit core would be best!"
"This upgrade of the Thousand Island Lake Lingxu seems unavoidable! The spirit storm should be related to the spirit core!"
Ye Xinghe frowned: "Doesn't Thousand Island Lake have a Heavenly Eye system? Shouldn't the spirit core be in hand? Why are they looking for it?"
Shen Hong smiled bitterly: "The spirit core we have isn't complete, just a small fragment!"
Everyone nodded. With the basic information mostly understood, they followed Shen Hong to the airport outside!
The rest could only be discussed once they entered!
At this moment, major news media were also closely following the Thousand Island Lake spirit storm incident!
Especially the trapped students, which had drawn attention from all sectors!
In front of the camera!
"Hello everyone, I'm reporter Hu Shuo! Currently at the front line of Baishan Airport!"
"Based on the current situation, 57 students trapped inside have been rescued!"
"The remaining students have hidden well after receiving evacuation notices!"
"So far, there have been no deaths, but as time passes, the situation will become increasingly difficult!"
"The on-site manpower is insufficient... Oh? Is support here?"
Seeing a group of people in orange work uniforms waiting for a plane at the airport, Hu Shuo became excited!
He quickly signaled the cameraman to follow!
Then he was stunned by the five big characters "Nursing Home Volunteer"!
"Uh... looks like manpower really is insufficient!"
"They even brought nursing home volunteers to clean the airport runway!"
At this moment, Jiangnan and the others waited anxiously at the airport!
"Brother Shen! Where's the transport plane?"
"Transport planes won't work! The fog is too thick! They can't take off! We have to wait for helicopters! Another 20 minutes, and over there..."
Ye Xinghe cracked his neck: "20 minutes per trip? And they can't carry many people at once. How long would it take to get us all in?"
"Riiip!"
Suddenly, torn cloth strips flew everywhere!
Ye Xinghe fully beast-transformed, turning into a 15-meter-long black dragon!
Over 50 volunteers jumped directly onto the black dragon's back!
"Haha! You guys take your time waiting for the plane! I'll go clear monsters first!"
With that, his dragon wings flapped violently, stirring up gale-force winds that dispersed the white fog!
The black dragon's body shot into the sky, charging straight for the clouds!
Jiangnan curled his lips: "Who are you trying to show off for?"
As he spoke, he flung out Void Chains from both hands, wrapping around the waists of 20 people!
Yu Qingqing: !!!
"Nan Shen! Wait—"
A single teleport took everyone up to a thousand meters high, heading straight for Baishan Lake!
"Ahh~"
[From Yu Qingqing: Resentment +1000!]
[From...]
Lin Yu grinned: "Wind God!"
In an instant, cyclones converged, lifting all the remaining volunteers into the air, flying away!
In the blink of an eye, the 100 volunteers had vanished!
Hu Shuo: ∑(°口°๑)
"Da... damn it! I jumped to conclusions!"
On-site staff: Σ(ŎдŎ|||)ﾉﾉ
This... you're telling me these are nursing home volunteers?
Each and every one is a god-level figure, okay?
Going straight up into the sky? Not even taking a plane?
At this moment, the live stream chat exploded!
"What kind of nursing home is this? So explosive?"
"My grandpa says he wants to retire at this nursing home too!"
"The guy above is making up a grandpa! That's too much!"
"Volunteers? Who'd believe that? What kind of secret organization is this?"
"Did someone just teleport? Nan Shen? Holy crap! Is that Nan Shen? I've missed him so much!"
"He went dark after the All-Star Tournament? I thought he went to college! Turns out he's volunteering at a nursing home? Pfft..."
...
Neither Ye Xinghe nor Lin Yu
Was faster than teleportation. Jiangnan was the first to arrive!
Baishan Lake was now shrouded in thick white fog!
Through it, many people could vaguely be seen swimming in the lake with parachute packs!
Jiangnan didn't care about any of that. He locked onto the center of the lake and dove straight down!
A violent spatial fluctuation came!
When they reappeared, everyone was already ten thousand meters high in the sky, free-falling!
The wind roared in their ears!
Zhong Yingxue: "The spiritual energy is indeed thicker than last time we were here!"
Xia Yao: "Should we go to the stronghold first? How are we going to find Xiong Er?"
Jiangnan grinned: "Let's go to the stronghold! Let's move!"
The red smoke signal from the island could vaguely be seen in the distance!
Yu Qingqing had already fainted from fright, but since she was wearing a helmet, no one noticed!
Her body was tied by the Void Chains, swaying like a noodle~