At that moment, the phone in Liu Jialin's pocket suddenly rang.
"Ding-dong."
The crisp ringtone sounded especially jarring in the silent warehouse, startling several moths in the corner into flapping wildly into the air.
She pulled out her phone, the screen illuminating her slightly surprised expression. "It's Lin Li."
"Lin Li?" Zhang Xiao leaned over curiously, looking at the name displayed on the screen. "Why is he contacting you at this hour?"
"Maybe he's asking about what happened at the hospital today." Liu Jialin guessed.
After reading the message Lin Li had sent, an expression of just as I thought appeared on her face.
She quickly replied, her fingertips dancing across the screen as its light cast flickering shadows over her face.
Zhang Xiao smiled and nudged the cardboard box beside her foot. Dust puffed into the air with a "poof." "Once we've dragged out the force behind the Parasitic Worms' deployment, we can ask him to act with us."
Liu Jialin's typing fingers paused. A faint smile curved her lips, and some of the fatigue in her eyes faded. "He'll definitely be willing. After all, he hates people who disrupt stability and sow chaos."
More than half an hour later, reinforcements from the Ability Management Bureau arrived with a howl. Red and blue police lights alternated, illuminating the night sky above the warehouse district.
The investigators began methodically counting and transporting the contraband. Heavy cardboard boxes scraped across the ground with a rustling sound, mingling with reports over the radios and shattering the silence of the night.
Liu Jialin and Zhang Xiao stood at the warehouse entrance, watching the busy teams. The wind brushed past their hair and scattered the weariness from their faces.
"Let them handle things here. We'll head back first..." Liu Jialin exhaled softly and turned