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

Meanwhile, in the real world, in Dongjiang City, the capital of Dongjiang Province, in the Director's Office of the Investigation Bureau building.

The afternoon sun slanted in, casting a bright band of light on the gray carpet. Behind the desk, a handsome young man with blond hair and sculpted features leaned back in his chair, listening to his assistant report on the latest developments.

"Director, according to the data uploaded by the municipal bureaus in Dongjiang Province, as of now, 95% of the centralized locations have completed the preparation work for the third emergency plan."

"The remaining assembly points should also be completed within fifteen minutes."

"At the same time, support from the investigation bureaus of other neighboring provinces, such as Tay Lam, Chao An and Hang Tin provinces, has begun to arrive at the corresponding locations in our province."

"It is expected that everything will be in place within two hours."

The blond, handsome man sitting behind his desk nodded and said, "In fifteen minutes, the dark domain isolation fields in each city and central location will be activated simultaneously."

Upon hearing the blonde torchbearer's instructions, the assistant immediately wrote them down.

Then the blond torchbearer pondered for a moment and said:

"Have all the resources been mobilized?"

"Hmm, what about the movement of ordinary people in the urban areas of each city, and the reassurance work for the relatives of those wild ability users in the gathering points? Have all of these been arranged?"

The assistant beside him nodded: "Everything has been arranged to ensure that no other factors will interfere with our operations."

The blond bureau chief asked again, "Is the intensity of the dark energy field in each city constantly monitored?"

The assistant nodded again: "We have reminded the municipal bureaus to monitor the situation closely and to remember to update the real-time data every five minutes."

The blond-haired director nodded again: "Have the comrades in the provincial bureau who are responsible for monitoring the intensity of the dark energy field pay more attention to this matter and keep a close eye on the overall changes in the dark areas throughout Dongjiang Province."

"That hole ritual has the effect of drilling holes between the real world and the dark realm, but we don't know what the specific function of these holes is yet, and there may be some problems in this regard."

"If anything unusual happens, report it to me immediately."

"Yes, Chief, the recording has been sent to the officers in charge of surveillance."

The blond figure nodded and added, "Oh, and send another order to all the municipal bureaus—"

Just then.

drip-

The mobile terminal on the blond figure's wrist did indeed ring.

He glanced at the terminal screen on his wrist: there was a new email in the director's mailbox.

The blond torchbearer was also stunned when he saw these words:

Director's mailbox?

Isn't this a backup communication method specifically set up for transmitting intelligence when the Investigation Bureau's mobile terminals weren't so advanced and the Investigation Telephone hadn't been developed yet?

In essence, it's just a relatively secretive hidden URL with a corresponding key.

With the continuous development of technology, torchbearers are also using mobile devices to contact each other and transmit information.

As for the director's mailbox, that's a thing of the past.

But how come this thing, which has been silent for so many years, suddenly received a new letter at this crucial moment?

Not right.

With that in mind, he opened the new email.

The next moment, his brows furrowed deeply.

A brief message was displayed in the Dongjiang Provincial Bureau Chief's mailbox:

"Empty rituals, traction, Dongjiang Province is the center, fireworks and new—"

There was no heading, no sender number, not even a period. It was as if someone had sent it hastily or was interrupted by something.

Looking at this mysterious message that was clearly unfinished, the blond-haired director of the Dongjiang Provincial Bureau also became serious and fell into deep thought:

Anyone who knows about the existence of the director's mailbox, even if they are not the torchbearer, must be someone who has a very close relationship with the torchbearer.

Furthermore, it also mentions things like "empty rituals".

Those who know of the existence of rituals must be capable individuals.

So who exactly sent this message?

As for the "void ritual", does it refer to the ritual that can make a hole between the real world and the dark realm?

What does "traction" mean in the context of the information?

And "Dongjiang Province is the center"? Is this aimed at them? And what kind of center is this "center"?

He did know about the fireworks; it was the unofficial ability user organization that had colluded with the Corpse Species that had just been dealt with.

The "new" in the following text refers to another unofficial organization of ability users that colludes with the Corpse Species—New Leaf?

Considering recent events, the blond bureau chief has some ideas.

The previous operation to cleanse the furnace was originally aimed at unofficial ability user organizations such as Fireworks and New Leaf that colluded with the Corpse Species, and the Hollow Ritual was also found in these unofficial ability user organizations.

It seems that the hollow ritual implement refers to the hollow ritual implement.

But what do "traction" and "Dongjiang Province is the center" mean? And why would the mysterious sender use such short and concise words to send the message?

Upon realizing this, the blond bureau chief's pupils suddenly contracted.

He unconsciously recalled a lesson he had attended during his training in Jiuli, about how to handle uncertain intelligence: only transmit the confirmed parts and do not add speculation.

The gist is: when transmitting important information, if the accuracy of the intelligence is uncertain, then only send the parts that are absolutely certain to be correct, and avoid sending content that is uncertain.

One method is to send short sentences or words! The intention is to only highlight the key points, leaving the rest to the recipient to judge!

. . . . . .

Somewhere in Dongjiang Province, a thin figure dressed in an ordinary vest and shorts stood with his head down in an inconspicuous alley, his posture stiff and unnatural.

But no one could see that layers upon layers of golden rings were constantly rising from the depths of his eyes.

A moment later, the gaunt figure twisted its neck, seemingly readjusting to the body.

Then, a neutral, emotionless voice came from the gaunt figure's throat: "Heh, although you were very careful in sending the messages, how do you know whether I deliberately leaked those messages to you—"

"Oh no, they're yours?"

No other voice answered His question, and He simply continued talking to himself as He walked out of the alley, "Well, also."

"According to the characteristics of your human way of thinking..."

"A message that's only half-sent always makes you believe in its authenticity, doesn't it?"

His voice did not spread through the alley, but rather, as it left the gaunt figure's throat, it mysteriously vanished into the afternoon air where no one else was around.