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The underground network, a dark kingdom that spread its tangled roots beneath the prosperous Imperial Capital and formed a world unto itself, now resembled a gaping maw waiting to devour its prey, greedily swallowing the flickering torchlight carried by one search party after another.
The Imperial Capital's earth veins were trembling.
The Three Intelligence Bureaus and the black-armored City Guard Army came crashing down upon the dark kingdom beneath the Imperial Capital like two red-hot forging hammers.
Reports trickled back intermittently:
Shadow Fang, the Blackbird Bureau's elite tracker, had discovered fresh bloodstains suspected of contamination by a curse deep within the darkest tunnels, where the stench of rot assaulted the nose.
The dark-red blood was as thick as congealed grease and exuded a sickening, ominous aura. It wound onward like a deadly trail marker leading into a deeper hell.
Meanwhile, Ye Xiao, the strongest assassin, cautiously followed the markers left behind through the labyrinth of branching tunnels, trying to distinguish the residual soul power fluctuations in the blood from the traces of the curse.
The City Guard Army's iron boots shattered the relative peace of the three districts west of Huarun District, on the outskirts.
At a junction crowded with old pipes and thick with the smell of mold and cheap alcohol, they encountered fierce resistance from a small band of desperate outlaws.
After a brief but perilous battle in the narrow passages, they successfully intercepted several suspicious figures whose furtive movements and panicked expressions made them look like birds startled by a bowstring.
They bore the Grey Rat Gang's tattooed insignia and carried stolen goods of unknown origin. Heavily armored soldiers were now escorting them to the Supervisory Court's dreaded