"These are the cases of cultivators in Mo City falling into demonic corruption and people going missing over the past few months."
Mo Ran pointed to several scrolls on the table, each marked with pale golden cloud patterns, and spoke to Xuan Che. Then she pulled another jade slip from the bookshelf beside her and placed it in front of him as well.
"This one concerns the most recent incident—it happened just a few days ago."
Xuan Che nodded slightly, took the jade slip directly, and casually unfolded it.
A hazy stream of light rose from the jade slip, projecting a series of images and written records compiled by the investigators before his eyes. The contents were extremely detailed.
Xuan Che frowned slightly as he reviewed the information. After a moment, he raised his gaze and looked across the holographic projection at the woman standing opposite him. "A Refining Tower administrator? After finishing work and returning home, his temperament suddenly changed, his Cultivation Level soared, and he began destroying everything?"
"Yes. Then, while the City Patrol Department was pursuing him, he broke through three successive lines of resistance—he acted as if he didn't care whether he lived or died." Mo Ran nodded slowly, a trace of gravity in her expression. "The last time any witness saw him, he jumped into a ley-line rift at the bottom of Refining Tower Ten. He disappeared after that... We also organized people to investigate the rift, but we didn't find his corpse down there."
Xuan Che said nothing. He continued carefully reviewing the remaining information, while Mo Ran went on from across the table. "Based on what we've learned so far, the people involved in these incidents came from all walks of life. Their identities, backgrounds, sects, and inheritances were all different, with no