"Tianhao, Jumang, Houtu, Xuanming, Xici..."
Looking at the names of the departments displayed in the information, Luo Yan knew that some departments had vanished completely after the Giant Beast Calamity.
There were only seven departments left, including his Gou Mang Department.
Five departments had disappeared during the Giant Beast Calamity. At the same time, the calamity had dealt Black Witch a heavy blow. Even the surviving departments were far from recovering their pre-calamity strength.
Luo Yan put down his phone. He had finished reading the information related to Black Witch's origins.
"That founder whose name was never even mentioned—although he founded Black Witch, he was actually sidelined later on. He might even be dead."
"They actually believe that Mei Ba created the giant beasts and the Sky Ghosts, making them the earliest form of biotechnology. They really are insane."
"So what is Black Witch researching Mei Ba for now?"
"Could it be to master the technology for creating giant beasts?"
"Artificial giant beasts... The mayor of Penglai City, Qi Jianyuan, couldn't possibly be a member of Black Witch, could he?"
Luo Yan raised his head and looked at the sky. "Although I've become a minister, I still know far too little about this organization."
He got up and poured himself a cup of tea. After taking a small sip, Luo Yan continued reading some materials about Black Witch.
He gained quite a bit of information from those materials.
For example, in the beginning, Black Witch did not have such high requirements for branch chiefs. Unlike now, it had not stipulated that only those in the Profound Comprehension Realm could serve.
Before the Giant Beast Calamity, there were fewer than ten cultivators in a department, including the minister himself.
Back then, anyone at the Intermediate level could serve as a branch