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 blond bureau chief sat at his desk, his brows furrowed in deep thought.

He was still thinking about that mysterious message.

At this time.

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The screen of the mobile device on my wrist lit up twice, displaying two lines of message notifications.

The blond bureau chief was interrupted from his thoughts, turned his head, and his gaze fell on the two flashing notification strips.

"Have Yunnan Province and Lincang Province also received that mysterious message?"

Then he clicked on the details and quickly scanned it again:

"Source tracking indicates that the mysterious message originated from an obscure internet cafe in Dongjiang Province?"

Upon seeing the information from the provincial bureaus of Yunnan and Lincang provinces, Director Jin's confusion deepened:

"The fact that the information was sent by a colleague in the Investigation Bureau suggests that the person who was able to contact the provincial bureaus of Dongjiang, Yunshang, and Lincang provinces at the same time must be a colleague in the Investigation Bureau."

"But that's also the problem."

"Since they are colleagues from the Investigation Bureau, why use such a primitive and outdated method to send information? Where is his mobile device?"

The personal mobile terminal, worn on the torchbearer's wrist, allows for stable and encrypted sending and receiving of information at any time, with backup emergency channels even in areas with signal blockage. It's abnormal to leave a perfectly good mobile terminal unused and instead go to an internet cafe to send messages.

The blond bureau chief leaned back in his chair, thinking from a different perspective:

"Is the reason for not using a personal mobile device that you don't want to reveal your identity?"

"However, the Bureau of Investigation primarily targets corpses and doesn't have the concept of undercover agents. This practice of concealing one's identity is completely meaningless, isn't it?"

"If the information is true, concealing his identity will only cause him to miss out on the credit."

He pulled up the message again and read it twice. Looking at the brief message that was clearly unfinished, the blond bureau chief couldn't help but think again:

"Could it be that the other party simply didn't finish speaking? Or perhaps they didn't even have a chance to reveal their identity?"

"But what kind of circumstances would lead the other party to transmit potentially extremely important information in this way, even before it's fully sent?"

"Is the other party being coerced or controlled, putting their personal safety at risk?"

After the thought popped into his head, he shook his head: In the real world, how could anyone possibly coerce the Torchbearer of the Investigation Bureau?

Not to mention the abilities of the torchbearers themselves, they all carry mobile devices with them, allowing them to contact the bureau at any time.

If a torchbearer truly disappears before the life indicator light goes out, the location where the signal was last seen will be thoroughly searched within half a day!

If anyone is found to have participated in any activities related to the murder or scheming against the torchbearers of the Investigation Bureau, even if they have only the slightest connection, they will face the wrath of the Investigation Bureau!

Over the years, the Investigation Bureau has made its bottom line very clear—anyone who dares to touch anyone in the Bureau, no matter who they are or how well they hide, will be completely wiped out.

Under this iron-fisted approach, neither wild ability users nor unofficial organizations dare to lay a finger on the Torchbearer.

Therefore, the Investigation Bureau only has torchbearers who died in the line of duty, but no missing torchbearers!

Thinking about this, the blond bureau chief was completely unable to understand the thoughts of the mysterious person who sent the message.

He sighed, raised his hand, and rubbed the sides of his forehead with his fingertips: "This is really a headache."

Seeing this, his assistant, dressed in a black trench coat, wearing a silver torch badge, and holding a tablet, couldn't help but ask, "Director, you just said you wanted to send another order to all the municipal bureaus in the province?"

The blond bureau chief put down his hand and nodded: "Yes, send them another instruction, requiring them to prepare a psionic protective field so that it can be activated at any time in case of any special circumstances."

The assistant tapped the tablet a few times quickly, the screen light leaving a faint blue trail on his face: "Yes, Director, I've already notified all the municipal bureaus."

The blond bureau chief nodded again: "Alright, there's nothing else to do. Xiao Luo, you can go back to your post now."

The assistant replied with a "okay" and turned to walk two steps toward the door.

The blond bureau chief sat behind his desk, his gaze unconsciously following Luo's retreating figure for a while before he blurted out a casual question: "Xiao Luo, under what circumstances would you go out without your mobile device?"

The assistant, Yin Hui, who had been called to a halt, paused, turned around, and looked somewhat surprised: "Director, there are regulations in the bureau that torchbearers cannot remove their personal mobile devices at will."

He raised his left hand, revealing a pure black mobile terminal on his wrist:

"Since receiving the mobile device, I have basically never taken it off except for special circumstances such as device upgrades. Anyway, it doesn't get in the way and it's very convenient to use."

The blond bureau chief nodded slightly after hearing his answer: "That's true."

The terminal produced by the Investigation Bureau is excellent in both functionality and comfort. It can replace most of the functions of a mobile phone or computer without affecting actions during combat. In addition, due to the Bureau's strict regulations, very few people would deliberately take it off.

Thinking this, he waved to his assistant to let him go, while frowning and muttering, "Could it be that one of the torchbearers in the bureau has really been taken into custody? But I haven't seen any missing persons cases in the system..."

The assistant, who had already turned to the side and was about to take a step, stopped in his tracks upon hearing the director's muttered words: "Director."

The blond bureau chief looked up: "What's wrong, Luo?"

"Director, were you just thinking about whether there are any missing torchbearers?" The assistant took half a step forward, tucking the tablet under his arm.

The blond bureau chief glanced at him, then said, half-jokingly, "Yeah, what's up, Luo? Do you have any leads?"

The assistant nodded upon hearing this: "Chief, it's not exactly a clue, I just suddenly remembered a notice I saw on the investigation website before."

The blond bureau chief's eyebrows twitched slightly, a hint of concern creeping into his expression: "A notice...?"

"Yes, it's that announcement about the Lanhe Divine Descent incident that got a lot of views."

The assistant spoke slowly, as if recalling something and organizing his thoughts.

"It mentions a way in which the Lustful Corpse and the Thousand-Faced Corpse cooperate to parasitize humans."

"And the person who was parasitized at that time was the former director of the Lanhe Investigation Bureau."

"The announcement also mentioned," he paused, "that even after being parasitized, one retains consciousness and is not completely dead."

The assistant continued, "At the time, several colleagues and I discussed whether the former director of the Lanhe Bureau, whose death wasn't entirely fatal, should be considered a missing person case or a death in the line of duty."

"I even went to check it out."

"However, the General Administration probably considers that this state of being parasitized and having only a little consciousness left is almost a state of death, so the system marks it as a death in the line of duty."

"But I think that since consciousness has not completely disappeared, it can only be considered missing, not martyrdom."

"Who knows, maybe the research institute will figure out a way to regain control of the body someday?"

Upon hearing this, the blond-haired bureau chief also realized what was happening, and a thought immediately popped into his mind: Could it be that former bureau chief Lan He—

For some unknown reason, did I briefly regain control of my body?

If we can briefly regain control of it, then all the doubts surrounding that mysterious message will be resolved!

For example, the source of the information, why it wasn't sent via a mobile terminal, the key to the director's mailbox, and the unique method of sending the information, etc.!

Thinking of this, the blond bureau chief jumped up from his chair: "Little Luo, you've been a huge help today!"

He was already raising his hand as he said this, his fingertips touching the mobile terminal screen.

The assistant scratched the back of his head: "As long as it can help the director."

The blond director didn't reply. He quickly swiped his fingers across the terminal, scrolled to the bottom of the contact list, and selected several names—Dongling Research Institute, Investigation Bureau Headquarters, Yunshang Provincial Bureau, and Lincang Provincial Bureau.