Chapter 281 Forced to Enter the City
As soon as he turned around, he found a strange-looking man smiling at him coldly. Before he could react, he had already slapped him with a palm. Zhou Chen hurriedly met the palm with the man.

The man's strength was obviously extraordinary. After the palm strike, his body was immediately shocked backwards. He lost his balance for a moment and was directly submerged in the black fog.

The black fog was extremely thick, obstructing one's vision as soon as it came into view. Although one had just entered, everything outside had disappeared and only a triumphant laugh could be heard.

Zhou Chen knew that there were many dangers in the black fog and wanted to leave as soon as possible. After he stabilized his body, he immediately rushed out of the black fog. To his surprise, he rushed out for dozens of meters, but his body was still in the black fog.

"That's not right. Logically, I should have just entered the black fog and the distance should not be more than five meters. Why have I walked for dozens of meters and still haven't gotten out of the black fog?"
At the same time, he also started spiritual exploration, but the original observation range of one thousand meters was now reduced to ten meters, and it was pitch black beyond ten meters.

Suddenly he heard several roars of monsters, and then he saw several monsters with black hair and fangs rushing towards him.

Seeing this, Zhou Chen immediately rose from the ground and launched Ao Longyou. Although the space lock could be activated within the black fog, space teleportation was not possible.

A giant dragon appeared under Zhou Chen's feet and immediately took Zhou Chen and flew forward quickly. After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Chen suddenly rushed out of the black fog.

He saw a majestic city wall appear before him. He was very familiar with this city wall because it was the city wall of Wu'an County.

After coming out, Zhou Chen immediately put away the ice dragon and started walking, "It seems that this black fog can only be entered but not exited."

I don't know what time it is now, but with the black fog above, it's pitch black here. Although it's not so dark that you can't see your hand in front of you, it's not much better either.

There were many torches erected on the city wall of Wu'an County not far away, and it could be seen that there were obviously a lot more soldiers on it than before.

When he came closer, the soldiers on the city wall also noticed his presence and immediately shouted, "Who are you?"
Zhou Chen chuckled and said, "I am the deputy commander of the Demon Suppression Division. Please open the door, brother."

Low-level guards like them had never seen a deputy commander on a normal day. They only saw Deputy Commander Qinglong during this special period of time. As for Zhou Chen, they didn't know him.

However, they also knew that the Demon Suppression Division had two deputy commanders, so Zhou Chen did not make things difficult for them. He appeared in front of the guards in a flash. The guards were also startled by this sudden move.

Seeing this, the guards around immediately raised their spears and surrounded Zhou Chen. Zhou Chen chuckled and then took out his token from his storage ring. After seeing the token, they put down their spears.

"Hello, sir. We were rude just now. I hope you don't mind."

Zhou Chen smiled, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, ignorance is not a crime." After that, he flashed away and left the city wall. After entering the city, he went directly to the Demon Suppression Division.

Zhou Chen discovered that as soon as he came out of the fog, his mental exploration returned to normal, and the range was directly restored to a thousand meters. However, he still could not see through the black fog. "It seems that only those who are inside the black fog will be affected by it."

He soon returned to the Demon Suppression Division and went straight to Zhen Nantian's room. At this time, Zhen Nantian was practicing with his eyes closed. Hearing the knock on the door, he softly said, "Come in," but closed his eyes and did not look at the person who came.

"What happened? Is there another monster rushing out from the black fog?"

"My lord, I'm back."

When he heard Zhou Chen's voice, he opened his eyes in surprise, "Xiaochen, it's you", and a look of joy appeared on Zhen Nantian's face.

Then he seemed to think of something and asked, "Weren't you outside? How did you get in?"
Zhen Nantian had also tried to use the power of space to leave Wu'an County during this period, but the result was disappointing. The power of space can be transmitted freely in the city, but it is not possible to go out. This is why he is curious. Because according to his guess, Zhou Chen must not be able to get in. Zhou Chen is not a fool. This black fog is so strange that he can't just rush in.

Zhou Chen smiled and then explained everything to him, "So that's it."

At the same time, Zhou Chen also asked his doubts, and Zhen Nantian told him everything he knew.

As for how the black fog came, no one knows. All we know is that one day the night was particularly long. It was obvious that a long time had passed, but the sky was still dark. People didn't take it seriously at first and thought it was just an illusion.

Finally, the soldier in charge of guarding the city discovered something unusual. He then noticed that it was not that it was dark, but that the sky was filled with a layer of strange black fog. The black fog blocked the sunlight, leaving the city in darkness.

After a conversation, Zhou Chen returned to his courtyard. During the following period of time, everything in Wu'an County was abnormal and nothing strange happened. The only thing was that a monster would rush out from outside the city from time to time.

But this was not a big deal. The moment he came out, he was killed by the Demon-Suppressing Envoy who was responsible for guarding the city wall, and no casualties were caused.

Zhou Chen also returned the Yin-Yang Mirror to Zhen Nantian. When he saw the cracks on the Yin-Yang Mirror, he just sighed and said nothing more. After taking the black crystal handed over by Zhou Chen, he began to retreat to repair the Yin-Yang Mirror.

Everything in Wu'an County was temporarily handed over to Zhou Chen and Qinglong.

When Zhou Chen had nothing to do, he came to the library and wanted to pick out a martial arts book to study carefully. However, after searching for a long time, he couldn't find a suitable one, so he had to give up.

Due to the urgency of the situation, Zhen Nantian had issued an order since the black fog appeared that all the Demon Suppression Guards could go to the library to choose a martial arts book, with the exception of course those top martial arts.

In a blink of an eye, it has been a month since Zhou Chen returned. In the past few days, strange things have happened one after another in the city, and people have disappeared inexplicably from time to time.

It was originally believed that a monster had sneaked into the city, so the Demon Suppression Bureau specially dispatched additional patrol personnel, and Zhou Chen and Qinglong took turns to join the patrol team.

Even so, a large number of people still go missing every day. No one knows where they went. According to information provided by their families, those people just disappeared innocently. Some of them might have been eating with you the previous second, and suddenly disappeared the next second.

On this day, Zhou Chen was fully focused on exploration. He sat on a high place overlooking Wu'an County below. Suddenly, he discovered something unusual and turned to look at an inconspicuous corner.

It was a thing wrapped in black cloth. Although it looked a bit like a human, Zhou Chen knew that it was definitely not a human.

He did not rush to take action. He saw the black shadow quietly come to the door of a citizen's house, and then in Zhou Chen's shocked eyes, the black shadow disappeared right in front of him.

"What is this?" Before he could be shocked, he saw that the door over there opened by itself.

"It's actually the ability to become invisible."

Then Zhou Chen flashed to the door of the house and rushed in without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)