Father's face turned livid as he said, "It was my oversight. We've always strictly followed confidentiality protocols, and all contact with headquarters has been through instant encrypted communications and human couriers. It's just that..."
Mother and Old Sun wore equally grave expressions.
If the other side had come for the Cleaning Association, it meant their infiltration plan had completely failed. They might even immediately face a joint siege by the Anomaly Bureau!
In the worst-case scenario, the entire Central Province Southwest Pastoral District of the Cleaning Association would be purged.
When that happened, they would become sinners of the Cleaning Association, unforgivable even to the Lord of the Abyss.
Li Fan shook his head slightly and said slowly, "A lone wolf."
This suddenly appearing anomaly and its ensuing attack were most likely the actions of a lone wolf.
It was not some planned assault.
The reasoning was simple. If the other side truly knew this was the residence of a Cleaning Association Collector's team, they absolutely would not have sent only a bird-headed monster like this.
At this thing's level of strength, it was barely enough to fill a tooth gap.
Moreover, judging by its behavior just now, it clearly did not possess much intelligence.
Among the corpse fragments, there was barely any brain matter left in its shattered cranial cavity.
Hearing the Collector's words, the three of them immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Since it had been a lone-wolf attack, it was clearly not because they had been discovered by the Anomaly Bureau.
What they needed to do was find the clues behind this as quickly as possible and determine where this thing had come from.
Of course, until they had thoroughly investigated the matter, the house would remain on high alert, while they also prepared to flee