The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

Wu You sat up, leaning against the headboard, her long white hair cascading over her shoulders, still slightly disheveled from just waking up.

He read through the task description from beginning to end, and his brows furrowed slightly.

P1 level mission?

This means that all torchbearers who are not on duty will need to participate in this mission.

Although Wu You was still at the Jiuli base at this time, Jiuli was part of the Investigation Bureau. Since Wu You had received the mission notification, he naturally had to follow the arrangements.

Moreover, the specific description of the mission is to investigate, trace, and eliminate abnormal wild ability users.

Anomalies, source tracing, and closed-loop control.

When these words are put together, Wu You can only think of one meaning no matter how you look at them.

That means those unofficial, wild ability users are the problem! They need to be investigated and eliminated!

The so-called investigation and tracing is to find out where those wild ability users came from, whether they have anyone behind them, and how many accomplices they have.

Closed-loop control, to put it simply, means that no one can escape.

The morning light outside the window grew brighter and brighter, and the golden rays fell on his long white hair, turning the silvery white into a warm pale gold, making him look like he had stepped out of a painting.

Without further hesitation, Wu You closed the task interface and got out of bed.

Barefoot on the slightly cool floor, he strode to the bathroom, picked up the toothbrush from the sink, squeezed on toothpaste, and began brushing his teeth.

The toothbrush moved mechanically back and forth in his mouth, and his gaze unconsciously fell on himself in the mirror in front of him.

Then, he was completely stunned.

The face in the mirror had changed slightly again.

It's not an artificial change like cosmetic surgery, but a deeper change, as if it were rewritten at the genetic level.

Every detail of his facial features became more perfect; the curve of his brow bone, the height of his nose, and the outline of his lips were all so precise that they seemed to have been sculpted by a creator who pursued the ultimate in aesthetics.

More perfect, more otherworldly.

Wu You stared at himself in the mirror for a few seconds, then slowly raised his hand and gently touched his brow with his fingertips.

He could vaguely sense that the feeling of something growing between his brows was becoming more pronounced.

Previously, Wu You could only sense that a detached, superior feeling, seemingly not belonging to humanity, was being born between his brows.

The feeling was abstract, like an embryo slowly taking shape. He could sense its existence, but couldn't describe what it was.

Now, Wu You has a vague feeling about what is growing between his brows—it is long and narrow, and seems to be a crack, or perhaps some kind of pattern.

But he couldn't explain exactly what it was.

Wu You understood: more divinity was needed.

Just then, his watch vibrated slightly again, pulling him back to reality.

He raised his wrist and glanced at it; it was a message from Wang Qi.

Wang Qi: Lao Wu, have you received that P1-level mission targeting wild ability users?

Wu You spat out a mouthful of foamy mouthwash, wiped her face slightly, and replied, "Received."

Less than three seconds after the message was sent, Wang Qi's reply popped up in the dialog box.

Wang Qi: OK.

And then nothing more was said.

Wu You raised an eyebrow.

What is Wang Qi up to?

Just as Wu You was still wondering, the watch vibrated again. This time it wasn't a message from Wang Qi, but an official notification from the Investigation Bureau system.

"The codename for this P1-level mission has been confirmed as: Clean Furnace."

"Dear Gold Emblem Torchbearer LH-36, you have been temporarily appointed as the head of the 'Purification of the Furnace' mission - Yunshang Province Dayun City Support Team, responsible for coordinating support for the Dayun City Investigation Bureau in carrying out the 'Purification of the Furnace' mission."

"The main operational mission of the support team is to assist the Daiyun City Investigation Bureau in eliminating individuals with abnormal abilities."

"The group has been created."

"Specific tasks within the support team are assigned by the person in charge."

"Please have the person in charge arrive at the Da Yun City Investigation Bureau building before 12:00 noon to hand over the relevant work."

Note 1: Due to the special nature of this mission, all torchbearers participating in the mission are permitted to use their abilities in public places if necessary!

Note 2: The friendly fire hazard indicator is temporarily disabled for this mission!

Upon seeing the news from the Investigation Bureau, Wu You unconsciously touched his chin.

He wasn't surprised to be appointed as the person in charge, after all, his information on the bureau's system had already been updated to level eight.

It's perfectly reasonable for an eighth-rank Gold Emblem Torchbearer to be appointed as the head of the support team in a mission of this scale.

But it was the last two annotations that truly surprised Wu You.

The mission targets ability users, not zombies, so the battle is very likely to take place in the real world, and it is normal for all torchbearers involved in the mission to be allowed to use their abilities in public.

But this also reveals the Bureau of Investigation's tough stance on this operation.

Even if a battle breaks out in a public place with many witnesses, and even if it causes panic and doubt among ordinary people, we must completely eliminate those with abnormal abilities!

The second one is even more outrageous.

Each torchbearer in the investigation bureau has a data metric called the accidental injury index.

This indicator is primarily used to limit torchbearers and is designed to prevent them from abusing their power and killing ordinary people.

It's called an accidental injury indicator, but in reality, it's a murder indicator!

Generally, each torchbearer has a certain number of accidental injury targets per year. If the number exceeds the prescribed target at the end of the year, it will be subject to internal review by the Investigation Bureau.

Wu You also has a friendly fire metric, but since the Investigation Bureau's targets are mostly zombies, and he is not someone who indiscriminately kills innocent people, he had never paid attention to this metric before.

Or rather, given the average quality of torchbearers, most torchbearers wouldn't need this metric.

Everyone here is a professional who has undergone rigorous screening and training; they would not attack ordinary people without reason.

But now, this clean-up mission has directly removed the restrictions on accidental injury indicators!

What does this mean?

This means that if ordinary people block the way during this mission, if ordinary people appear at inappropriate times and places, or if ordinary people are injured or killed during the mission—none of these will count.

There was no review, no accountability, no consequences; everything was focused on the mission!

"It seems there are bad people among the crowd."

This sentence flashed through Wu You's mind.

The Bureau of Investigation would never have made this decision if the situation hadn't become so serious.

There must be something or something that happened among those wild ability users that made the Bureau of Investigation feel that it had to deal with them in such a tough way.

He stopped thinking about it, turned around and went into the dressing room to change into a new black trench coat.

Wu You straightened his collar and was about to leave.

As he passed the training room, he glanced inside instinctively, then abruptly stopped in his tracks.

The little black cat is still inside.

To be precise, it lay there in a very standard meditation posture, with its four little paws tucked under its body, its tail quietly wrapped around its side, and its whole body presenting a posture of energy circulation.

"Did he... cultivate all night?"

Wu You blinked in surprise.

"And it seems like you've advanced?"

The little black cat was originally just a juvenile that hadn't reached any rank, but now, after only one night, it has actually advanced to a higher rank?

Although its aura was very weak, the difference between a first-tier and a non-tiered being was still easy to distinguish.

Just then, Wu You's phone vibrated.

He took out his phone, and a group message notification popped up on the screen from a group called "Dayun City Support Team".

The group was created automatically by the Bureau of Investigation system, and its members are all members of this support team.

Wu You opened the group chat, and someone was already sending messages.

LH-12 (Wang Qi): Hehe (emoji), just as I expected.

SH-23 (Lu Chenzhou): Good luck.

ZB-42 (Gongsun Baizhan): Oh, what a coincidence.

XZ-71 (Lan'an): ...

Wu You glanced at the group member list: one eighth-rank, one seventh-rank, five sixth-rank, and ten fifth-rank.

Wang Qi and Lu Chenzhou were both assigned to this group.

And then there's Gongsun Baizhan, who chose Wu You as his opponent in the ranked matches.

As for the seventh-tier torchbearer named Lan An, Wu You had never seen him before. He should be a torchbearer who stayed in Jiuli during the previous preliminary rounds.

Wu You had just finished looking at the group member list when his phone vibrated again.

Wang Qi: Hehe, Lao Lu and I are at your door. I can see you. Come out quickly.

Upon seeing this message, Wu You subconsciously looked out the window.

Sure enough, Wang Qi was standing on the road outside the courtyard, one hand in his pocket and the other raised high, waving at him.

Lu Chenzhou stood next to Wang Qi, his posture upright, as silent as ever, only nodding slightly in Wu You's direction.

Wu You looked away and sent a message in the group.

Wu You (person in charge, LH-36): Meet at the entrance of the Dayun City Investigation Bureau at 11:45.

Then he put away his phone, turned around, and walked towards the door.

He took two steps and then suddenly stopped.

He turned around and glanced at the little black cat, who was still lying in the cultivation room, immersed in some kind of deep cultivation state.

A very faint light surrounded the little black cat's body; it was the natural overflow of energy as it circulated within its body.

Its breathing was even, and its whiskers occasionally twitched slightly, as if it were sleeping... no, it was very engrossed in its cultivation.

Wu You remained silent for two seconds.

Then he pushed open the door and went out.

Forget it, this mission isn't in the deep dark realm, and the target isn't a corpse species, so I won't bring it along.