Inside the silent warehouse, Lin Li held the spiritual artifact and walked toward every corner, trying to find more obvious clues.
When he reached the shadowy corner where the man in the windbreaker had vanished earlier, the artifact's indicator suddenly began flashing wildly, and its beeping alarm grew rapid.
"Huh?" Lin Li stopped, raised a hand to rub his chin, and muttered.
"Why are the Spiritual Energy traces here so obvious?
Judging from the concentration of the residue, a Cultivator must have appeared here within the past hour or two, used an ability, and stayed for quite some time."
He crouched down and carefully examined the ground in the shadows. Although there were no traces visible to the naked eye, there was no mistaking the artifact's reaction.
Seeing this, Wang Wei, who stood nearby, wore an unmistakably astonished expression.
He had not expected Lin Li to lock onto the location where the man in the windbreaker had vanished so quickly with nothing more than a tiny spiritual artifact. He could not help feeling several degrees more respect for this temporary worker from the Ability Management Bureau.
At that moment, Lin Li withdrew his gaze and stood up, his face full of confusion. He muttered inwardly.
The Spiritual Energy traces are so fresh. Could that thief who stole the goods have come back? But what did he come back for?
Outside the warehouse, the pitter-patter of rain continuously drifted inside and echoed through the empty space, while dampness filled the air.
Lin Li looked up at Wang Wei, whose expression was still somewhat strange, and asked,
"Captain Wang, in the past two hours, have any unfamiliar faces come to this warehouse? Or have you noticed anything unusual?"
Wang Wei's heartbeat instantly quickened, and he instinctively wanted to say no.
But when