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

At this moment, in Jiangdong City, the morning sun was rising above the city's skyline, its golden rays filling the entire sky, and the traffic and pedestrians on the streets were gradually becoming denser.

However, the atmosphere in the top-floor office of the Bureau of Anomalies building was anything but light and airy, typical of the morning.

A handsome man with well-defined features, a high nose bridge, and golden hair that looked as if it had been bathed in sunlight was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

He had his back to his desk, his gaze fixed on the city bathed in the morning sun, but his brow was furrowed.

"How can they move so fast?"

"It was indeed premeditated."

"But what exactly is their purpose?"

"What role did that ritual play in all of this?"

Just then, buzzing—

The vibration of his mobile device brought him back to reality.

His pupils focused again from their unfocused state, and then he glanced down at the information on the screen.

The next moment, his already furrowed brows furrowed even more deeply.

"Dongjiang Province, Yunshang Province, Lincang Province... the three southeastern provinces..."

He read them aloud in a low voice, as if confirming the connection between the names.

"It seems that their goals are inextricably linked to the three southeastern provinces."

"Or rather, what do they intend to do in the three southeastern provinces?"

Immediately afterward, before he could think any further...

buzz-

The mobile device vibrated again, and a new message popped up.

After glancing at the message, the blond, handsome man narrowed his eyes slightly: "Not only in the central points of the real world, but also in other areas, there has been a large-scale outbreak of ritual self-activation."

"In the deep, dark realms of the three southeastern provinces, there have also been instances of early dark fog tides and disturbances in restricted areas."

"The real world and the deepest darkness are launching an attack together; they're really coming on strong."

Without hesitation, he opened a module on the mobile terminal and clicked a few times, seemingly sending out a pre-prepared command.

. . . . . .

After the blond man issued the order, all the anomaly investigation bureaus and municipal bureaus in Dongjiang Province simultaneously received a red-letter instruction: Immediately activate the third emergency response plan! (Authorized by the Dongjiang Provincial Bureau)

Moments after the municipal bureaus received this instruction, the various centralized points in the cities of Dongjiang Province also immediately received the corresponding orders.

. . . . . .

Yunshang Province, Dayun City, Outpost A114-3, the lobby on the first floor was already packed with people.

Qin Tian stood among the unorganized squad, the standard mobile terminal on his left wrist still feeling slightly cool to the touch, as if he had just put it on.

At this moment, standing at the forefront of the crowd, a torchbearer with a serious expression wearing a silver badge, spoke in a short and clear tone: "Next, immediately implement the third emergency plan!"

His gaze swept quickly across the crowd, and without any unnecessary delay, he began assigning tasks directly.

"Gu Zheng and Jiang Xu, your two teams are responsible for the assembly points from Zone 1 to Zone 4."

Two torchbearers wearing bronze badges immediately stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Understood!"

The silver-tipped torchbearer at the front nodded to the two of them, then immediately turned to the other side and said:

"Li Tao, Zhong Ling, your two teams are responsible for districts five through eight."

Zhong Ling, with his bronze skin and thick eyebrows, and another torchbearer bearing the bronze emblem, stepped forward: "Understood!"

The silver-badged torchbearer at the front nodded and continued, "Liu Fang and Yang Lin, your two teams are responsible for maintaining order at the assembly point!"

"If anyone causes trouble, take them down immediately! If necessary, killing them is permitted! This will not be counted as friendly fire!"

The other two torchbearers, a man and a woman, stepped forward and said, "Understood!"

After giving the order, the silver-tipped torchbearer looked around again: "The situation is urgent, everyone must act quickly!"

"Now, begin execution!"

After the silver-badged torchbearer finished speaking, the crowd began to move.

Upon hearing the final instruction, Zhong Ling immediately turned around, glanced at his colleague beside him, and said, "Old Li, you're in districts five and six, I'll be in districts seven and eight."

Li Tao, the torchbearer of the bronze emblem, nodded: "Okay."

Upon receiving the response, Zhong Ling immediately turned to face the squad he was in charge of and, without pausing, began issuing orders to the members of the unofficial squad, including Qin Tian: "We only have two things to do."

"First, put ability-limiting devices on those who have spontaneously activated that ritual, like those special handcuffs you've seen before."

"Second, after handcuffing them, take them to the specially set-up dark isolation field at the assembly point."

"The Dark Domain isolation barrier is not activated yet. Just take the people to the first hall on the first floor of the meeting point."

Then, he pointed to the two unofficial members on his left and said, "During operations, work in pairs. One person will be responsible for controlling the other, and the other will put an energy limiter on the other."

"You two will form a team and be responsible for the first floor of Zone 7."

"You two will form a team and be responsible for the second floor of Zone 7."

. . .

In the end, Qin Tian discovered that everyone else had been assigned tasks, leaving him the only one left.

Qin Tian was also somewhat confused.

He was about to ask a question when Zhong Ling turned to him and said, "You'll be in my group, responsible for the third and fourth floors of the eighth section."

Qin Tian immediately replied, "Understood!"

Zhong Ling nodded: "Now everyone, immediately go to the side and grab your energy limiting devices, then begin operations according to your assigned areas!"

At this point, Zhong Ling paused and added a few more words: "If those people are still able to resist, just knock them unconscious. If there are any special circumstances, remember to call for help in time."

"Finally, the situation is urgent, so everyone needs to act quickly!"

"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.

Qin Tian turned around and quickly went to retrieve the ability-limiting device, while Zhong Ling had already passed by him: "Take a box and come with me."

Seeing this, Qin Tian picked up the nearest heavy metal box and quickly followed.

At this moment, in the sun-drenched corridor of the meeting point, several figures were dispersing in their respective directions. Footsteps echoed and fell on the gray floor, quickly disappearing between the corners and staircases.

. . . . . .

(There will be two more chapters later, around midnight.)

(This can only be a rough estimate.)

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