Several months passed in the blink of an eye.
The Great Xia Empire, Luo City.
Inside a tall, imposing building.
The sound of leather boots scraping against the floor rang out as a spirited young female inspector in her twenties approached.
She opened the door bearing the plaque "Special Economic Crime Investigation Department" and walked in.
"Senior Inspector Xie Biqi, reporting for duty!"
"Inspector Xie, it's wonderful that you've arrived."
Inside the office, a balding, middle-aged man with a shiny scalp kept wiping the greasy sweat from his face with a handkerchief. "We've recently run into an especially thorny case. We suspect the criminal used high-tech methods, and we desperately need someone with your talents..."
Xie Biqi saluted again. "Please issue the assignment."
She had originally been a top student who graduated from Imperial University and stayed in the imperial capital for further study. However, because of certain matters, she did not remain there to develop her career and was instead sent out to a local post.
But Xie Biqi did not care. All she wanted was to fight crime and uphold justice.
"Take a look at the files first..."
The middle-aged superior wiped away his sweat and handed over a document.
Xie Biqi felt that this superior was genuinely anxious and under immense pressure. Curious, she accepted the document and opened it. Her expression immediately turned strange. "God-tier System?"
"Yes. Recently, two young men in this city have claimed to have been chosen by the God-tier System. First, the initial target—Zhang Xin!"
The middle-aged superior said, "Look at his records first..."
Xie Biqi opened the file. The first thing she saw was a full-body photograph of a young man with dyed blond hair. Immediately afterward came a photograph of a pale corpse that seemed to be undergoing dissection.
"This..."