After Director Lin De finished speaking, he exchanged a serious glance with his assistant.
"We must prepare for the worst. If the source that caused Heaven to fall descends into the mortal world, and we can't resist it..."
He didn't continue speaking, only sighed. "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. You go contact the 'Hell Abyss' side, assign more cultivators to the 'Hell Abyss', and also notify Old Zhang to go to Fengdu County and guard the Gate of the Dead together with King Yue."
"Director Lin De, do we need to recall Miss Miao Gu?"
"No need. Let Miss Miao Gu and Senior Black Fog continue investigating over there. The fall of Heaven is also related to the source. For now, give up on investigating the Underworld. Focus on Heaven instead."
"Are there any other instructions, Director Lin De?"
The assistant nodded solemnly upon hearing this.
"Notify all regional branches of Bureau 749. Starting tomorrow, closely monitor the local situations. Even if there's just the slightest unusual movement, even if it can't be confirmed immediately, someone must be sent to investigate and report to headquarters."
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[Daxia, Fujian. At Xiao Wen's house.]
Xiao Wen had just finished washing up and was getting ready for bed.
Due to Qin Ye's 'scattering beans into soldiers' as cover, Xiao Wen and the other two girls were not discovered to have left the wandering god team. Afterwards, Qin Ye fed them soybeans that had transformed into their appearance to eat, gaining the memory of the soybeans doing the god-dance in their form.
Therefore, even Xiao Wen and the other two girls didn't realize they had ever left the wandering god team. They simply thought they had danced the god-dance all afternoon.
And just after Xiao Wen fell asleep, on the balcony of the 18th-floor apartment where she lived, Qin Ye, like a ghost, floated gently through the air, landing soundlessly on the balcony with the tip of his toe.
'She's sleeping quite soundly.'
Qin Ye looked at the sleeping Xiao Wen, observed for a moment, then commented coldly, "Luckily, she doesn't sleep naked."
As he spoke, Qin Ye gently tapped the lock of the balcony's sliding door, which immediately clicked open on its own.
Qin Ye pushed the door and walked inside.
Ten minutes passed.
Seeing that Xiao Wen was sleeping sweetly, with no abnormalities, Qin Ye finally felt slightly relieved. Because of the terrifying nature of the thick black liquid, after the wandering god event ended yesterday, Qin Ye did not leave immediately. He chose to stay. After all, the thick black liquid was strange.
When facing such unknown things, Qin Ye could not be sure if Xiao Wen and the other two, who had been possessed by infected celestial spirits, would have aftereffects. He decided to observe them for a few days first.
Immediately after, Qin Ye took out another soybean and picked up a strand of hair Xiao Wen had dropped on the floor. He wrapped the hair around the soybean.
Qin Ye softly said to the soybean, "Monitor her every move at home. If anything abnormal happens, report to me."
After leaving these words, Qin Ye flicked his finger, and the soybean swiftly flew under Xiao Wen's bed.
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[Daxia, Fujian, a township-level area in Nanping, in a commercial district.]
It was exactly midnight. Most areas were quiet, with only some night markets and snack streets still lit. But this commercial district was not part of the lively zones.
This area was quiet, and there were barely any shadows at the crossroad.
At this time, as the traffic light turned red, a gust of cold wind blew through.
At the previously empty crossroad, the Ghost Queen Yanzhi suddenly appeared.
"Qin Guang, can you still not feel it? That familiar sensation?" Ghost Queen Yanzhi asked.
Immediately, the commander of the ghost soldiers placed the little Qin Guang King, who he had been carrying, onto the ground.
The little Qin Guang King looked around, glancing left and right, then shook his head and said, "Mother, I can't feel it. That familiar feeling is gone."
Earlier today, when the little Qin Guang detected an infected spirit, Ghost Queen Yanzhi immediately took him and hurried there. They traveled across provinces from Jiangxi Yangzhou to reach Fujian.
But shortly after arriving in Fujian, the little Qin Guang King suddenly said the familiar feeling was gone.
Because this involved an infected spirit, Ghost Queen Yanzhi did not dare be careless. She spent the entire afternoon until evening taking the little Qin Guang King around the nearby cities to investigate, but found nothing.
"Ghost Queen, perhaps the infected spirit is gone. Most likely, like what the Battle Saint Buddha reported to King Yama, someone with a spiritual root in the mortal realm temporarily invoked a celestial possession." The ghost soldier commander stepped forward respectfully.
Ghost Queen Yanzhi did not answer immediately. She looked again at the little Qin Guang King. "Qin Guang, think carefully. Did the familiar feeling suddenly vanish, or is it hiding, and that's why you can't sense it?"
The little Qin Guang King tilted his head, sucking on the lollipop he had bought earlier, and thought hard.
"I think it disappeared. Mother, it was like pop, suddenly gone."
Upon hearing this answer, Ghost Queen Yanzhi nodded and glanced at the commander, saying, "Your guess isn't unreasonable. Fujian has the most celestial temples in Daxia. On the way here, I saw many. It's very possible someone with spiritual roots invoked a possession."
Although she had an answer in her heart, Ghost Queen Yanzhi did not relax.
After learning this, her brows furrowed deeper.
"I originally thought it was infected celestial beings escaping from Heaven or the Underworld, through the South Gate or Gate of the Dead. If that's the case, the ones coming down shouldn't be too powerful."
"Heaven is still holding the South Gate. The Battle Saint Buddha and the others wouldn't allow a powerful infected celestial to descend to the mortal world so easily."
"But if it's a spiritual invocation, a projection possession , it's impossible to guard against. If it's a powerful infected celestial descending this way, it's bad."
"Ghost Queen, I think there's no need to imagine the worst."
The ghost commander stepped forward and cupped his hands.
"If it truly was a powerful celestial, with the current strength of the mortal world, it's unlikely they would be defeated before we arrived. It's more likely it was a common celestial, maybe just a minor star spirit."
"Only then could they suppress the infected celestial and cut off the spiritual invocation before we arrived."
Ghost Queen Yanzhi nodded at his words.
But before she could speak, the little Qin Guang King suddenly shouted, "Mother, it's back! It's back! That familiar feeling, so many! So many!"
The little Qin Guang King, licking his lollipop, excitedly pointed to a street corner at the crossroad.
Immediately after, his right eye became active, swirling like thick liquid.
Ghost Queen Yanzhi shuddered and couldn't help asking, "So many? Are there a large number?"
"Yes, a lot, Mother! Did all our relatives come? So many!"
"How many?"
"Not sure, one, two, three... seems like thirteen."
The little Qin Guang King counted on his fingers.
"…"
Ghost Queen Yanzhi and the ghost commander exchanged glances, their hearts sinking.
Ghost Queen Yanzhi immediately said, "Looks like Commander Yin, your assumption was wrong."
As she spoke, a seal of the Ten Yama Kings had appeared in her hand at some unknown moment. The red bridal gown fluttered in the wind, though the red veil still did not lift.
The ghost commander didn't reply, only looked in shock at the street the little Qin Guang King pointed to.
"Lord Qin Guang, are you sure there are thirteen familiar feelings?"
"Yes!"
The ghost commander trembled violently upon hearing this.
"So many infected spirits descending... Could it be the Battle Saint Buddha and the others? Or has even King Yama failed to hold the line?"
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