Night. Villa.
On the lawn, security personnel occasionally passed by with hounds on leashes.
After the Podium Massacre, every security company and private detective in Invis saw their business boom.
After all, the wealthy always cared more about their own safety.
Inside the study.
Lai Liang poured himself a cup of coffee, his fingers unconsciously stroking a leather-bound book.
As a senior manager of the Green Banyan Council, he naturally knew of the hidden world.
He had even had the chance to become a Beyonder, but had refused.
After all, compared to a life of constant peril—where he might be invited by the Investigation Bureau for tea at any moment, all while keeping madness for company—living with his beautiful wife and adorable child was far more appealing.
Though those miraculous abilities truly made one drool with envy, it was only a little.
Lai Liang was a man with considerable self-control, or he would never have achieved such great success in business.
But recently, things had become somewhat different.
According to news from the Nest, Beyonders from a hostile force might be targeting him.
Although Lai Liang had immediately hired more bodyguards, and the Nest had reassured him that it would send a powerful Beyonder to protect him, that "protector" had yet to appear!
Perhaps... they had already been taken out by the enemy!
As time passed, Lai Liang's agitation and unease over the matter steadily mounted.
After thinking for a long time, he let out a helpless sigh.
The ancient document on the desk touched slightly upon mysticism, but experts had examined it one after another and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it.
As a way to pass the time, and an introductory tool for beginning to understand mysticism, it seemed fairly good.
"What a pity... I couldn't