Several days passed, and Ye Chen was living quite comfortably, but the arrival of a woman disrupted his blissful life.

"Qin Lan, what are you here for?" Ye Chen looked at the policewoman.

Qin Lan had arrived, and the moment this policewoman showed up, the air around him became charged with tension.

"I'm here to notify you of some matters!" Qin Lan said to Ye Chen, then glanced at the two women beside him who were clearly displeased.

Zhang Xinlan and Liu Shihua knew that Ye Chen and Qin Lan had a notable relationship, so they regarded her with some hostility.

"Is your business with Ye Chen official or personal?" Zhang Xinlan frowned, "If it's official, please state it quickly! If it's personal, please leave, because you've got nothing to discuss with Ye Chen!"

"Right, even a people's police can't just barge into someone's home, right?" Liu Shihua also chimed in lazily. "We are taxpayers, and the police are public servants who serve the people, so strictly speaking, you are our servant. Speak up, what do you want with us masters?"

Liu Shihua's verbal skills were sharp and unpredictable, which had even Ye Chen admitting defeat on several occasions. Now that Qin Lan had barged in, the celebrity was naturally armed with a biting retort!

One Zhang Xinlan vying for Ye Chen was already aggravating enough for the celebrity, but with another pretty policewoman entering the fray, how could she stand it?

"I am Senior Inspector Qin Lan from the Hong Kong division, here to discuss an important matter with Ye Chen!"

"A matter concerning the safety of tens of millions of people across Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. This matter is a state secret; those unrelated to it, please consciously avoid the area!" Qin Lan was not one to be bullied. With one sentence, she countered the others, insisting the two women give her some private space with Ye Chen.

"Hahaha! That's so funny! Police sister, can you not be so hilarious?"

"All your lofty talk and eloquence, but you're just a Senior Inspector, not the head of National Security. You're dragging tens of millions of people into this! Aren't you blowing things a bit too out of proportion? By looking for Ye Chen, why don't you just say you want him to solve world peace?" Liu Shihua remained unmoved, her words dripping with sarcasm.

Zhang Xinlan looked at Liu Shihua in surprise; Qin Lan was her rival in love, and she hadn't even fired a shot yet. Why had Liu Shihua already taken the offensive?

"Ye Chen, I came here because Mr. Song asked me to pass on a few words to you!" Qin Lan took several deep breaths, unwilling to give Liu Shihua any more attention—the celebrity who seemed so elegant on TV was actually a venomous shrew!

"Do they really need to leave?" Ye Chen asked.

"Don't forget your identity. Mr. Song said you are now also a member of the Dragon Group. There are some things that outsiders cannot know," Qin Lan replied seriously.

"I don't even know my own identity, how do you know I am a member of the Dragon Group?" Ye Chen chuckled.

From the time of his discharge until now, Ye Chen had not settled on a clear definition of his identity. How did Qin Lan come to know he belonged to the Dragon Group?

Listening to their conversation about the Dragon Group, Liu Shihua and Zhang Xinlan felt a sudden solemnity in their hearts and dared not provoke Qin Lan further; it seemed the policewoman did truly have something important to discuss with Ye Chen.

"If you weren't a member of the Dragon Group, would Mr. Song be stationed here, protecting you?" Qin Lan asked.

"Don't forget, how many rule-breaking acts have you committed in this period, yet when have you ever gotten into trouble?" Qin Lan continued. "All because you are a Dragon Group member, you have certain privileges!"

When Ye Chen was still the Huabei King, he was already a seed member of the Dragon Group. At that time, he had not yet become a Grandmaster. Once he attained the rank, he would be absorbed into the Dragon Group, becoming one of Huaxia's Guardian Gods.

However, Ye Chen had retired, thereby missing the chance to join the Dragon Group.

Still, Ye Chen's relationship with the military of Huaxia had always maintained a thread of connection; in fact, his military status was probably still intact despite his 'retirement.'

Now, as a Grandmaster, his numerous classified records had likely been transferred to the Dragon Group and caught the attention of the supreme Dragon Head, so calling him a member of the Dragon Group made sense.

"That does make sense," Ye Chen nodded.

What kind of people were the Three Kings of the age of chaos? If he weren't a Dragon Group member, why would these fierce gods protect him out of the blue?!

If he weren't a Dragon Group member, after all the rules he had broken, he would probably have been invited by the police for tea long ago; how could he be living so freely?

However, how could he be a member of the Dragon Group without even knowing it himself?

Even if Ye Chen had been ordered to retire, he had always felt he was part of the military, but now, he had mysteriously become a member of the Dragon Group!

"You just mentioned a matter affecting the safety of millions—could it be that masters are gathering here?" Ye Chen inquired.

The Kings of the age of chaos had told him that there was a great master's cave about to emerge, which held countless opportunities that could enable one to leap through the Dragon Gate and achieve Transcendence!

Before, only Land Gods could sense it, but as the time of the cave's emergence approached, more and more people were able to sense it.

Now, even Ye Chen felt an anticipation, as if a once-in-a-lifetime mystical opportunity was approaching, exerting a fatal attraction to him!

Ye Chen was considered to be above average among the Grandmaster experts, but who knows how many beings exist that are stronger than him in this world!

Even he had perceived the mysterious nether, that kind of resonance. Those stronger beings probably knew about this as well, attracted by the emergence of the mystical cave and converging here to compete for the opportunity!

"Indeed, the three grandfathers said that a great number of masters from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan have come. They are all lurking in the shadows, just waiting for the cave's emergence to erupt and vie for the fortune!" Qin Lan nodded.

Over this period, countless masters had gathered in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, each lurking in their own territories, ready to burst into action once the cave emerged!

"I had already anticipated this. Did the three seniors only send you to tell me these things?" Ye Chen asked suspiciously.

"Of course not!" Qin Lan said.

"With the cave's emergence sensed by countless masters and their subsequent convergence here, by now, nearly a hundred Grandmaster experts have gathered in this place!" Qin Lan continued, a solemn expression on her young face.

"Nearly a hundred Grandmasters!" Ye Chen gasped, his face showing shock.

Each Grandmaster was incredibly hard to come by; such individuals mostly kept to themselves, practicing in seclusion, hardly meddling in the mundane world!

Yet now, this vast land had gathered a hundred of these invincible beings—wasn't this just too terrifying?

"These people stand at the pinnacle of humanity, akin to transcendental beings who walk the world. They usually do not strike at common folk!"

"But once the cave emerges, and a tumult among the strong commences, who knows what will happen. It could very possibly cause panic in the society!" Qin Lan said. "To put it nicely, they are grandmasters of their generation, looked up to like lofty mountains. To speak plainly, they are all ticking time bombs that could explode at any moment, causing unforeseeable damage to society and civilians!"

"What should I do?" Ye Chen asked.

There was an ancient saying about heroes using martial arts to defy prohibitions, referring to such individuals. Their unmatched strength allowed them to disdain the law, unrestrained.

Peerless Grandmasters, revered by the people, typically would not kill indiscriminately or disturb the peace of the secular world.

However, the great power emerging from the cave soon would present countless opportunities, capable of driving these Grandmaster experts mad!

Should a hundred Grandmasters erupt into action, they might wreak havoc on this land, ushering in a cataclysm that could puncture a massive hole in the heavens.

"The three grandfathers are planning to convene a gathering of heroes, where masters from all directions will appear, using martial arts to forge friendships and deter the many masters!"

"Are you talking about suppression?!" Ye Chen was amazed, thinking that even a Land God might not be able to suppress a hundred Grandmasters.

"It is not suppression!" Qin Lan shook her head. "It is merely deterrence, to keep them in line and prevent them from acting rashly!"

"My cultivation is not on par with any of the three grandfathers; even if I went, I would just be serving myself up on a platter. Do they want me just to make up the numbers?" Ye Chen considered the idea.

When strong fighters clash, the momentum is extremely important; Ye Chen being there was also to bolster their power!

Ye Chen: "..."

Who knows how many Grandmaster-level individuals exist in this world, and the disturbance from the emergence of the great power's cave is immense. Grandmaster-level individuals would almost all sense it, and masters from all directions are converging here. It seemed an extravagant plan for the three kings to try to subdue these masters, didn't it?

To achieve deterrence, one must have the power to suppress—if not, how could they hope to deter anyone?

The three kings, all peerless Grandmasters themselves, were still only Grandmaster-level experts. They hadn't become Land Gods!

For the three kings to use their own strength to suppress masters from all directions was a rather naive notion, wasn't it?

There's a saying that goes: there's strength in numbers. Even ordinary people, when gathered, can outnumber and defeat a martial arts expert!

To suppress a hundred Grandmasters—such an earth-shattering feat was perhaps not even within the capabilities of a Land God?!"

"Is this really wise? Although the three seniors have attained incredible heights in their cultivation, we are trying to deter a hundred Grandmasters after all! If we fail to suppress them and they all revolt, this land will suffer a calamity, and countless lives will be devastated!" Ye Chen said with an awkward smile.

The idea of just a few people suppressing a hundred Grandmaster figures was almost enough to invoke the urge in Ye Chen to throw the towel in—the thought seemed like they were really asking for trouble!

"I'm not entirely sure of the specifics. The three grandfathers seem to only want to intimidate the crowd of heroes and also look to establish an alliance, then explore the great power's cave together!" Qin Lan said, she really didn't know much more.

"A hundred Grandmasters, this is destined to be a pinnacle gathering!" Ye Chen asked. "When will it be held, and where?"

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