Capital City, Supernatural Space.
The people who had met yesterday to discuss how to respond after Jiang Qiao entered the Capital had gathered together again.
This time, however, twelve more people had joined them, bringing the total to fifteen. Among them were high-ranking members of the Guangming Society, official representatives, and leaders of several local Major Factions.
Regardless of their identities, though, they all had one thing in common.
They were Awakened!
And every one of them had reached the Fifth Tier!
Although there was only one tier between the Fourth Order and the Fifth Tier, the difference between them was vast. They were not on the same level—not even the same species, in the eyes of top Awakened.
The meeting was still presided over by the man in the black trench coat, whose face made him look like a sickly man.
He glanced at Wang Lin, the person in charge of the Search Department, who was standing nearby, and asked, "Xiao Wang, what did the Search Department find? Tell us."
The other fourteen people also turned their gazes over and waited for the report.
"I'm very sorry, but we couldn't find out who killed them, nor did we discover how they died." Wang Lin began recounting the circumstances of the case.
When he explained why the usually idle archive workers had voluntarily worked overtime, and how they had found traces of the "Nether Era" in history books, the White-haired old man sitting beside the Man in Trench Coat suddenly raised his head. His cloudy eyes instantly sharpened.
The Man in Trench Coat noticed the expression on the old man's face and immediately waved his hand, interrupting Wang Lin.
He turned his head and asked politely, "Elder Yu, is there a problem?"
The others also looked at the White-haired old