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Lepest, Clovin Headquarters of the Imperial Security Committee.

This vast castle-like complex, built from dark gray stone, crouched like a silent beast on the outskirts of Xiting City, the imperial capital. Even in broad daylight, it exuded a chill.

On the top floor at the center of the castle, inside the chairman's office of the Imperial Security Committee, heavy curtains blocked out most of the light. Only a green-shaded desk lamp cast a dim yellow glow over heaps of documents and a figure sitting with his back ramrod straight.

He was Clovin's current chairman and the highest-ranking leader of the Imperial Security Committee.

The old man, with silver-white hair and a face etched with the furrows of age, still had eyes as sharp as a hawk's. He slowly opened the thickest document box on his desk.

The box itself was ordinary, but its lid bore a red warning symbol indicating the highest security level, along with a line of text: "Xiting City Series of Major Psionic Out-of-Control Incidents (Unresolved/★★★★★ Highest Security Clearance)."

His name was Andrich Vorman. At that moment, he reached into the box with a steady hand mottled with age spots and took out the first document.

He moved slowly, as though weighing the risks represented by every page he turned.

He read the reports one by one, the dim yellow light flickering in his deep-set eyes.

First: <Report on Irregular Leads Concerning Forged Imperial Security Committee Credentials>.

The report summarized a forgery case uncovered through a petty thief. The trail eventually led to a young man named Malcolm and his accomplices, who had been renting rooms long-term at a Youth Hostel on Lubo Lane. Their behavior strongly suggested they were conducting targeted surveillance. A note at the end read: The surveillance target may be connected to subsequent events.

Additional note: Further investigation confirmed that Malcolm was a low-ranking cleric in the Empire's illegal religious organization, the Order of Hidden Cultivation.

Second: <Report on the Unnatural Death of Jeffrey Gito, Professor in the History Department of Imperial Industrial University>.

It documented in detail the gruesome state of Professor Jeffrey's body at the scene, as well as the intense, chaotic, and corrosive Psionic contamination left behind in his apartment.

Several photographs of the scene were also attached to the report.

Andrich picked up the photographs. The study was as black as the aftermath of a fire, everything inside it burned to carbon. Yet despite the terrifying heat of the blaze, it had not spread to the rest of the apartment.

He studied one photograph in particular for a while. It showed Jeffrey's body. Even though the professor had been burned all over into a single lump of charcoal, Andrich could still make out the agony contorting his face in his final moments. But he also thought that beneath the blackened, twisted expression, there was a hint of relief.

Third: <Report on the Spread of Major Psionic Contamination at 153 Higgins Street, West District>.

This report could be considered a follow-up to the previous one.

At 153 Higgins Street, the study in Jeffrey's residence had become the source of a major Psionic contamination outbreak. Contamination level: "Beta-class"!

So far, a total of 37 households centered around 153 Higgins Street had been confirmed contaminated, affecting 98 people.

The effects of the major Psionic contamination included an inability to control their emotions, losing their reason when angered, and resorting to violence... The vast majority had shown a tendency to harm others, even to commit murder.

The major Psionic contamination at 153 Higgins Street had since been driven out and purged by another powerful Psionic force. However, traces of a third party's Psionic fluctuations remained, with no signs of negative contamination.

The source of the third party's Spirituality fluctuations was unknown!

After reading the report, Andrich drew a deep breath. He almost failed to maintain his solemn expression.

He set down the third report and picked up the next one.

Fourth: <Report on the Disappearance of Vanason, Professor in the History Department of Imperial Industrial University>.

Vanason, a professor in the History Department of Imperial Industrial University, had been a colleague of Jeffrey's.

After Jeffrey's death, Vanason had gone to visit him and then mysteriously disappeared. It was later confirmed that Malcolm, who possessed forged Clovin credentials, had threatened him. Frightened by the threat, Vanason had fled to Delin County and gone into hiding.

He was later found by a Third Bureau Clovin agent.

When his teaching assistant couldn't find Professor Vanason, he went to Professor Jeffrey's residence. There, he discovered Jeffrey's body and reported it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs police.

Fifth: <Investigation Report on the Taylor Family's Involvement in Supernatural Events>.

Sacia Taylor, a first-year student in the History Department of Imperial Industrial University, was very popular at the university. Half a year ago, she had been among the students who accompanied Jeffrey on his expedition to the Southern Continent.

The Taylor Family controlled overseas funds behind the scenes, which they used to finance Jeffrey's expedition to the Southern Continent.

The family had a cooperative relationship with the Empire's illegal organization, the Order of Hidden Cultivation, and was deeply involved in the subsequent major Psionic out-of-control incidents.

Their goal may have been to use the supernatural power of the Spirit Realm to threaten the Empire.

Her father, "Muzov Taylor," had laid out a substantial number of assets in the imperial capital a year earlier, providing financial support for the incident behind the scenes. He had arranged for his subordinate Elliott to rent 35 Elysée Avenue in the South River District as a hideout for the Order of Hidden Cultivation.

At present, all the Taylor Family members involved, except Sacia Taylor, were on the run...

Note: Sacia Taylor was affected by the major Psionic out-of-control incident and had gone insane!

The sixth report was noticeably thicker: <Preliminary Investigation Report on the Major Psionic Out-of-Control Incident and Spirit Realm Entity Manifestation at 35 Elysée Avenue, South River District, Tin City>.

This was the core of the entire document box.

But merely seeing the title made Andrich's hand tremble slightly... His gaze fixed on the words.

At the same time, he struggled to keep his emotions from breaking down. As Clovin's chairman, he knew all too well how terrible the consequences of a major Psionic out-of-control incident could be.

He also understood that a Spirit Realm entity manifesting was hundreds of times more terrifying than a major Psionic out-of-control incident.

He took a deep breath and steadied the report in both hands before opening it to read.

The report described how four senior investigators from the Ninth Bureau, led by Damon Marco, had commanded a large force of Clovin agents in a raid on an activity site belonging to the Empire's illegal organization, the Order of Hidden Cultivation.

The report noted that the site had a High Priest of the Order of Hidden Cultivation, a senior member responsible for the local area. The High Priest had presided over a ritual to contact and summon a Spirit Realm entity, and the ritual was already underway when the Clovin agents stormed in.

The High Priest then used his own Spirituality as fuel to forcibly accelerate the ritual and connect with the Spirit Realm. Since Clovin dared not recklessly intervene, the "White-Gold Humanoid Spirit Entity" manifested.

The report described the entity's characteristics and behavior in detail, as well as how it eventually vanished without a sound.

The report's conclusion acknowledged that the Ninth Bureau Clovin's operation had failed to prevent the entity from manifesting. The key figures at the scene were dead and insane, respectively, and the remnants of the Order of Hidden Cultivation knew little. The incident was extremely serious and shrouded in many unsolved mysteries.

Andrich's gaze lingered on the words "Spirit Realm entity manifestation" and "Order of Hidden Cultivation" for a long time. His knuckles tapped lightly on the desk, making a dull sound.