The Previous Chapter Was Blocked.

Time rewound to five days earlier.

A small courtyard in the capital was surrounded by soldiers. Bodies were constantly carried out and loaded into sealed corpse transport vehicles, and a heavy atmosphere hung over the entire scene.

"Officer, I'm not sure. That's the Otherworld Affairs Intelligence Bureau. I'm just an ordinary citizen; I don't usually pay attention to it," a neighbor said uneasily.

"Did something happen there?"

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't," the police officer said sternly, warning him.

"I know, I know. It's classified. But is it dangerous?"

"Stay at home and don't go out. Then you'll be safe."

Inside the small building, the thick stench of blood was nauseating.

Blood covered the place, leaving almost nowhere to set foot. Before the incident, a blood sacrifice had been underway inside. Dozens of intelligence officers, along with several nearby residents, had been brutally slaughtered. Their horrific deaths sent chills down one's spine.

"Director, we've confirmed the list of the dead! The total is as high as 68. Sixty-four were staff of the Otherworld Affairs Intelligence Bureau, and the remaining four were ordinary citizens. We suspect they noticed something was wrong here and were captured by the killer," a police officer reported.

The deputy director of the municipal Public Security Bureau leading the team had a face dark as water.

Sixty-eight people!!!

There was no doubt this was a mysterious incident involving the otherworld.

For something this bizarre to happen in the capital, the political center of the Great Xia Nation—and at a government department like the Otherworld Affairs Intelligence Bureau, no less—was simply shocking. Even the higher-ups had been alarmed.

"Where's Director Huang?"

"Missing!"

"Who else is missing?"

"According to the duty roster found here, aside from the intelligence officers who were away on assignments, another eight people are