While Ethan's group was still being hosted in Azure Nereids territory, the Southern Region—quiet for nearly two months—got flipped on its head overnight.
Ethan had only killed a few dozen scouts.
But those "few dozen" represented dozens of races.
And among the dead were six agents from other Regions.
It didn't take long for other Regions to send experts into the Southern Region. The moment they arrived, they issued a direct order: a full investigation.
Every race in the Southern Region was required to cooperate—no exceptions.
They weren't making this kind of move because a few scouts had died.
They were moving because this involved humans.
Everyone had assumed humanity was extinct. Now humans had appeared again out of nowhere. For the higher races, that was an alarm bell loud enough to wake old nightmares.
This time, the other Regions sent real weight.
The Central Region alone dispatched three Stage SS experts.
