On the other end of the drone's feed, inside an office at the Inspector Bureau, a dozen inspectors were seated.
They were the team responsible for operating the drones to patrol the entire city.
“Found him! The man from the video is here!” a woman shouted, standing up excitedly as she stared at the screen displaying Zhao Jin.
Across from them, Fang Jian, who had been reviewing police reports, perked up at her words and quickly walked over.
He stared at the screen, which showed Zhao Jin's figure standing atop a water tower.
The signature suit and bowler hat left no doubt that this was indeed their target.
“Immediately notify the nearby soldiers and inspectors. Have them head there right away,” Fang Jian ordered on the spot.
“Yes, sir!” someone nearby responded and hurried to carry out the order.
Watching the screen, Fang Jian's expression turned icy. 'So what if you wield supernatural power? Against the state machine, even if your body is made of iron, I will break you in half!'
Although the authorities' operation to eliminate the Ghouls could be hidden from ordinary citizens, it was impossible to keep it from the local underworld forces.
Liu Jiyun looked anxious. He hadn't expected the authorities to strike so quickly.
He hurried to the attic door. “Dad, the investigation team has made their move! Over a dozen monsters have been wiped out tonight. On top of that, my contacts at the hospital told me that someone has been looking into your hospitalization records!”
Creeeak!
The wooden door of the attic swung open, and three grayish-white tentacles slithered out from the darkness.
The tentacles gently wrapped around Liu Jiyun, causing his pupils to contract, but he didn't dare to move a muscle.
“Jiyun, as the head of the Liu family, how can you be so impatient? Since they've dug this far, let's show them just how deep the waters of Ningcheng truly run,” a raspy voice echoed from within.
Then, the tentacles retracted, revealing a three-meter-wide fleshy sphere in the darkness.
The fleshy sphere had three tentacles, while the rest of its surface was covered in densely packed, bulging pustules.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The fleshy sphere pulsed like a beating heart, sending a powerful, rhythmic sound echoing through the attic.
'It's here!' In the center of the fleshy sphere, six crimson eyes suddenly snapped open.
Splat! Splat!
In the next second, the pustules on the fleshy sphere burst open, and a swarm of gray tentacles dripping with slime writhed outward.
'Is this what evolution feels like? It's absolutely exquisite... Even the pleasures of the flesh pale in comparison.'
He now had only one desire: to absorb more consciousness and continuously evolve.
A surge of information flooded Liu Wen's mind—a new ability gained from his evolution.
【Night Slave: Allows control over living dead whose consciousness has been consumed. These controlled living dead will transform into Night Slaves, capable of unleashing physical capabilities far exceeding normal human limits at any cost to their own bodies!】
Sensing this power, Liu Wen immediately put it to use.
Beneath him lay a large number of humans, their eyes rolled back, their chests rising and falling faintly.
A tentacle shot out, wrapping around a muscular human and dragging him into the gray fleshy sphere.
Thud!
A few seconds later, after a brief squirming motion beside the fleshy sphere, the human—his consciousness now entirely absorbed—was cast aside.
Though he should have been reduced to a vegetative state, he stood up from the darkness, his eyes glowing crimson.
The gray tentacles repeated this process, stopping only after they had created nine of these crimson-eyed humans.
Staring at these special humans, ambition flared in his eyes. 'If I keep producing these Night Slaves, there's no reason my Liu family can't take complete control of Ningcheng—perhaps even the surrounding cities.'
However, having just completed his evolution, nine Night Slaves were his current limit. To create more, he would need to absorb more consciousness.
With that thought, the tentacles on Liu Wen's body began to retract, and the fleshy sphere shrank.
Click!
A moment later, the attic lights flicked on.
Liu Wen stood quietly in the center, dressed in a white traditional tunic.
He looked at Liu Jiyun and said calmly, “Send me the location of the investigation team. This old man will make a trip himself.”
Hearing this, Liu Jiyun hurriedly pulled out his phone.
There was a mole from the Liu family inside the Inspector Bureau, so they knew exactly where the people investigating Liu Wen were.
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