The system handed me over to the state.

"No...no, could it be that I...missed out?"

Bronya frowned slightly. Such a commotion only resulted in one person being sent over; this was rather illogical...

Last time, the other party was mostly teleported to sparsely populated areas, but this time they were teleported directly to a densely populated area, but there was only one person there, and no trace of them could be found. This strange situation made Bronya feel a little confused.

They still know too little about the Shadow Kingdom... and Tong Xi had warned them that they absolutely could not wage an infiltration war against the Shadow Kingdom, but given the current situation, they had no choice but to continue this infiltration war before they could engage in direct combat.

"This is a headache... Generally speaking, it takes three days for the other party to invade and control a person, but if they hide, they will be hard to find. Moreover, we don't know if they have any possession abilities. What if they possess someone else and then take the opportunity to escape?"

For a moment, Bronya was also somewhat troubled. There was still too little information about the Shadow Kingdom, and they needed to find a... breakthrough in information.

Just then, the communicator rang. Bronya answered it, "What's wrong?"

"Sir! We've detected residual shadow energy at the quarantine site. We've begun testing all those in quarantine, and we need your assistance!"

"receive."

Bronya turned to Seele and said, "Seele, I'm giving you a task. Stay here and keep watch. I'm going to check on the quarantine facility. Little Bunny will protect you here."

Bronya looked up at the bunny and asked, "Can you protect her?"

Heavy Bunny gave a thumbs up, and Bronya complained in a low voice, "Really... when are you going to be able to talk?"

Then she left via a short-distance time-space teleportation. Seele turned to look at Heavy Bunny, who also looked down at Seele. They gazed at each other for a moment, and Seele smiled slightly, "Bunny, let's... cheer each other on!"

The heavily armed bunny nodded and continued searching the department store with Seele. To make it easier for Seele to find her way, the bunny showed her the building's structure map that she had scanned, making it easier for Seele to find paths to some hidden areas.

On the other side, Bronya rushed to the quarantine site and found that a large number of onlookers were still gathered around. These people crowded around the quarantine site, constantly taking pictures with their mobile phones and shouting something.

The soldiers standing ramrod straight at the entrance, along with their C-20A shotguns, deterred ordinary people from entering.

Why are there still so many people here?

"We can't get rid of them; they're all crowded here. We can't get rid of them without using force, but if we do use force..."

Bronya sighed, "At times like these, I absolutely hate our people's habit of joining in the fun... Increase security, we absolutely cannot let these people in."

"Yes, sir!"

Bronya entered the quarantine hotel and arrived at the place where the scanners had detected the fluctuations in shadow energy. It was the floor of a room where a mass of shadow energy, seemingly alive, was writhing on the floor, encased in an iron curtain glass box.

Bronya scanned the area but found no trace of residual shadow energy.

Was this originally a room where one person was isolated?

"Yes, a 16-year-old girl came here today with her mother to shop for clothes and food. We have transferred the girl to another isolation facility and are conducting tests. So far, no other problems have been found. We have also conducted multiple psychological tests, and no problems have been found."

This is the method they have summarized so far. If someone is possessed by someone from the Shadow Kingdom, then psychological testing is the best way. Combined with the detection of shadow energy and high-intensity monitoring, there is a chance to find out whether the person in front of you is being controlled.

Of course, there are also some special methods, which only Bronya can control.

After all... there are some special circumstances... and this was a solution that Bronya came up with after consulting the system.

"Bring the girl and her mother here, and transfer everyone they've come into contact with since they arrived. I'll check them one by one."

Bronya's current deduction is that the girl, or the girl's mother, has been possessed by the other party. Simple possession, without the host's awareness, will not control the host. After it is safe, it will slowly erode the host and seize control of the body. This is the method that Tong Xi told her the people of the Shadow Kingdom use to control people in reality.

Those who are weak may be controlled the moment they are possessed, while those who are strong may persist for days or even longer. The system's records even contain examples of people who can turn around and devour the people of the Shadow Kingdom, but these are extremely rare.

"understand!"

Half an hour later, Bronya stared at the nervous girl inside the makeshift one-way glass room. The girl was beautiful, with fair skin and black hair loosely tied back with a hair tie.

His clothes were quite ordinary, and he didn't look like he came from a wealthy family.

Bronya nodded to the soldier beside her. "Proceed according to plan."

"Yes, sir!"

Bronya then entered the glass room. The girl who saw Bronya was taken aback for a moment, but then asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"Who...who are you? How much longer am I supposed to be locked up here?"

Bronya walked around the girl, but found nothing unusual. "Don't worry, you'll be fine. It's just that some bad things might be attached to you. I need your cooperation with my next steps. Don't worry, we'll compensate you after this is over, and we'll guarantee your safety."

"Really...really?"

Bronya nodded, took out a pair of sunglasses, and said, "Here, put these on. It might be a bit bright in the next bit, so I suggest you close your eyes."

The girl nodded, put on her sunglasses, and said, "Oh! By the way, it might still be a bit hot, but hang in there."

The girl paused for a moment. Bronya raised her right hand, and blue structural energy condensed and gathered in her palm. Gradually, a golden hue appeared on the blue energy. The next moment, this golden hue began to expand rapidly, turning into a golden sphere within a few dozen seconds.

The next moment, a brilliant golden light suddenly burst forth from the glass room! The girl was so startled by the sudden bright light that she closed her eyes and covered her face with her arms. Bronya was unharmed under the protection of her goggles, but she saw the swaying black shadows around the girl's body, like the edges of a frame.

Chapter 180: Open the door! Water meter check!

"Looks like it's not enough... Hold on!"

"Ok!"

The next moment, the orb of light in Bronya's hand emitted an even more dazzling and intense light. Sweat began to seep from the girl's body, and the black shadow began to sway. Bronya intensified her attack again, and at this moment, the shadow could no longer hold on and broke free from the girl, trying to escape from this place.

But the next moment, Bronya suddenly grabbed the girl's arm, pulled her into her arms, and rushed out of the glass room, slamming the door shut. The next second, the Iron Curtain device activated on the surface of the glass room, trapping the shadow and the dazzling orb of light together.

The girl curled up in Bronya's arms, and Bronya patted the girl's back. "Okay, that's all."

Is it over?

The girl was still a little scared. She didn't know what had just happened and was still in a daze. Bronya said softly, "It's over. It's okay now. Go and rest. Take a good shower and get some sleep. You'll be all better when you wake up."

The girl was taken away by the soldiers to rest, while Bronya came to the glass room and looked at the shadows that were moving around in the sunlight, looking unusually anxious.

"Sir, this is...."

"Those shadows... According to the legend, they can transform their bodies into shadows and possess humans, eroding them without their knowledge and then taking control of their bodies."

Bronya's expression was icy. "Just keep them locked up like this. The blinding light won't kill them, but it will make them lose their form and power. Send them straight back to the base."

"understand!"

So several soldiers came here, lifted up the floorboards underneath, and then carried the floorboards and the glass room above away.

Next, Bronya performed the same examination on the girl's mother, and the results were surprising; she too was possessed by an invader from the Shadow Kingdom.

After taking them away in the same way, Bronya, just to be on the safe side, spent two whole days checking everyone in the quarantine facility.

The result left Bronya speechless...

A total of 15 invaders from the Shadow Kingdom were apprehended during the investigation. All of the victims of their possession were women, and all of them were under 18 years old. There was even one guy who possessed a 6-year-old girl.

What are these guys thinking?

................

Three days later... inside Research Institute Base No. 1.

"Why...why do they all possess women? Is this some kind of peculiar fetish of the Shadow Realm, or a special need of some power they possess?"

Su Mengyao was puzzled, looking at the iron-curtained rooms in front of her that were responsible for imprisoning the invaders from the Shadow Kingdom, feeling extremely confused.

“I don’t know either… but I think the other side is planning to infiltrate from the grassroots level. The young people of China are the future of China, and because of their living environment, they will leak a lot of social information to the other side.”

"And this is not the end."

Su Mengyao frowned. "What do you mean? Are there still some who slipped through the net?"

Bronya nodded. "Yes, there are still some that slipped through the net. When I was searching for them, I found a clue. I discovered a cluster of shadow energy that is not afraid of light. In fact, this shadow energy can quickly recover its power under the influence of light."

"Therefore, I have reason to suspect that the intruders who came with them this time are not afraid of the existence of light, which means... they may be mixed in with the quarantined people, or they may have already escaped from here."

Su Mengyao clenched her fists together. "This is... a huge problem..."

........

"Holy light... The people of this world are terrifying, their reaction speed is incredible..."

Hillbott patted his chest, still shaken. He was in an alley, and after making sure no one was around, he closed his eyes. In an instant, as if two objects had separated, a person detached from his body and fell to the ground.

Then Hilbert revealed his true colors, reaching out and placing his hand on the man's head, saying, "May the Holy Light bless you, poor man."

The next second, golden light covered the man's head. A few minutes later, the man's body, starting from his head, gradually disintegrated into pale golden particles and dissipated.

Having acquired all of the other party's memories, Hilbert's body gradually began to distort, transforming into the image of the man from before. He picked up the phone, wallet, and keys that had just fallen from the ground, skillfully opened the phone, and began searching for the information he wanted.

He, Hilbert, the High Priest of Light of the Shadow Realm, had personally infiltrated five worlds of light as an infiltrator. Fearing that this world might possess the ability to detect their presence, the Emperor dispatched this battle-hardened High Priest to this world.

As expected, less than ten minutes after the teleportation ended, the people of this world quickly took control of everyone in their area and placed them in some kind of isolation. Now, he could clearly feel the waning life force of his 15 compatriots.

"This country is terrifying. Less than ten minutes after the teleportation ended, I'm already the only one left..."

"However... the information system in this world is very advanced, and I can quickly obtain the information I want through it."

Based on the memories he retrieved, it can be determined that the man is an ordinary employee who can now obtain the information and content he wants through a computer or mobile phone.

So Hilbert immediately began searching for nearby retail stores; he needed to find a notebook to record the information and then bring it back to the Emperor.

Once Hilbert was ready and returned to the man's home, he began to record information rapidly, starting with everything about the country: the government, social system, military strength, and so on. The best solution would be for the emperor to send a group of infiltrators to directly infiltrate the country's military and ruling class, or to control the country's head of state or ruling class.

In this way, when the Shadow Army arrives, they can directly possess a country as their base.

However, before Hillbot could jot down much, there was a sudden knock on the door. He controlled his expression and posture, trying to match the man in his memory. Just as he was about to place his hand on the doorknob, a strong sense of crisis made Hillbot instantly withdraw his hand.

Something's wrong! There's something outside the door, and it's incredibly dangerous! That's what his gut feeling told him!

However, at that moment, a light female voice came from outside the door, "Mr. Wei, could you please open the door? We're here to check the water meter and register the information. It'll be over quickly."

Check...check the water meter?

Chapter 181: Darkening

Ten times stronger?

The next second, an even stronger sense of crisis came, and Hillbot immediately removed his disguise, pulling out a pure gold hammer from behind and smashing it directly at the door in front of him.

However, the next moment, the black scythe suddenly cleaved through the metal door. Before Hillbot could react, the black scythe flipped again and swiftly sliced ​​through the golden hammer in his hand. Three seconds later, the golden hammer was cut into several pieces and crashed heavily to the ground.

And it was quickly eroded by the black mist, aging rapidly. Hilbert was dumbfounded. The Pope... the Holy Light Hammer bestowed upon him by the Pope... just like that... gone?

"You...you should surrender!"