"Don't worry. She won't get away." Lin Li pointed toward the golden barrier in the distance.
"This area has already been sealed off with spirit artifacts by your people. At most, that woman who escaped is hiding temporarily. There's no way she can leave this area..."
Hearing this, Liu Jialin smiled. "That's what I thought too, so I wasn't in much of a hurry.
"Next, all we need to do is spend a little more time and slowly drag her out.
"Our people have already taken control of a large area around here. Once we've caught all the criminals hiding in every corner, today's mission will be considered a complete success."
The two stood on a battlefield strewn with wreckage. Behind them were broken ravines and blood-soaked ground, yet they still chatted calmly about what to do next.
Before long, the sound of orderly footsteps came from the distance. Several investigators hurried over, carrying emergency medical kits and special handcuffs that restrained Spiritual Energy.
Lin Li and Liu Jialin handed the gravely wounded Li Zhehao over to the arriving investigators. After watching them examine Li Zhehao's condition and give his wounds some basic treatment, they turned and pursued Zhao Xiaolan in the direction she had fled.
The moonlight stretched their shadows long. Beneath the night, their figures gradually faded into the distance.
In a secluded corner, grass taller than a person swayed gently in the wind.
A figure was buried deep in the grass, one elbow braced against the damp earth. Several bent blades of grass were clenched in her palm, and even her breathing was as light as possible.
From the slender line of her shoulders and the black hair hanging among the blades of grass, it was clear that she was a woman.
On the open ground