A Thorny Problem

Time rewound to five days earlier.

A small courtyard in the capital was surrounded by soldiers. Bodies were constantly being carried out and loaded into sealed corpse-transport vehicles, and the atmosphere at the scene was heavy.

"Officer, I really don't know anything. That's the Otherworld Affairs Intelligence Bureau. I'm just an ordinary citizen, and I don't usually pay attention to it." A neighboring resident spoke uneasily.

"Did something happen there?"

"Don't ask about what you shouldn't." The police officer's expression turned stern as he issued a warning.

"I know, I know—classified information, right? But is it dangerous?"

"Stay at home and don't go outside. Then there won't be any danger."

Inside the building, the dense stench of blood was nauseating.

The place was drenched in blood, leaving almost nowhere to set foot. Before the incident, a blood sacrifice had been taking place inside. Dozens of intelligence personnel, along with several nearby residents, had been brutally killed. Their deaths were horrific, and the sight was spine-chilling.

"Director, the list of the dead has been confirmed! The total is as high as sixty-eight people. Sixty-four were employees of the Otherworld Affairs Intelligence Bureau, while the remaining four were ordinary civilians. We suspect they discovered that something was wrong here and were captured by the murderer." A police officer delivered his report.

The deputy director of the municipal public security bureau, who stood at the head of the group, had a face dark as water.

Sixty-eight people!!!

Without a doubt, this involved a mysterious otherworldly incident.

In the capital, the political center of the Great Xia Nation, something this bizarre and strange had happened—and in a government department like the Otherworld Affairs Intelligence Bureau, no less. It was simply horrifying, even alarming the people above.

"Where's Director Huang?"

"His whereabouts are unknown!"

"Who