Under the blazing sun, in the Shadow Desert, outside the Black Tower.
When Zhong Wei, covered in blood and with his superpowers almost completely depleted, walked out of the Black Tower, he saw five of his subordinates standing guard outside the bronze door, in the shade cast by the tower.
Their faces were tired, with dust and blood on their bodies, clearly just like him, they had come out from inside the Black Tower.
"Boss!"
"Boss!"
"Boss, how did you get injured?"
"Boss, I have some hemostatic pills here!"
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