Su Wan was never one to run or back down. Since her current strength was not yet enough, she would simply continue to improve.
From the moment she became an Ability User, and from the moment she discovered that Yuansou was behind the destruction of the Su family and the deaths of her parents, the organization would never let her go.
The blood feud of her family’s ruin and her parents’ deaths meant she would never let Yuansou go either.
Between them, there was already an irreconcilable hatred that could only end in death.
Against such a behemoth, her individual strength was ultimately too thin.
Therefore, she could not afford to expose herself easily.
Furthermore, she wanted to find out exactly what the “Guixu” project was, and what the “anchor point” mentioned in their conversation referred to…
Her mental power remained trailed on Yin Ji and the other two.
Noticing the three of them getting into the car to leave, Su Wan hesitated for only two seconds before slipping out from the shadows like a silent night breeze, following them.
She didn't dare follow too closely.
Yin Ji was at the Level 3 Mid Stage. Although he was a full major rank lower than her, the sensory capabilities of a Level 3 Ability User were not to be underestimated.
She kept her distance at about two kilometers, trailing the car from across half the industrial zone.
She wanted to follow these three people to find their foothold in Jiangcheng.
This would be of great help to her subsequent actions.
However, after driving for two kilometers, the car suddenly came to a halt.
The brake lights glowed like two dark red eyes in the night, watchful and alert.
Su Wan’s footsteps came to a sudden stop.
She immediately halted and ducked into the shadow of a large tree by the roadside.
What was happening?
Had she been discovered? Or did they have something of their own to discuss?
Su Wan frowned slightly, urging her mental power to cautiously probe toward the car.
Regardless, she needed to understand the situation inside the vehicle first.
Her mental power, like a wisp of invisible smoke, spread out silently and approached the car.
At the very moment her mental power was about to touch the car’s body—
A searing force suddenly rebounded from the direction of the car!
Su Wan’s pupils constricted.
A faint red glow shimmered around the vehicle.
It was an energy shield.
This energy shield was like a red-hot iron wall, forcibly repelling her mental power!
Su Wan immediately withdrew her mental power, making no further attempts to probe.
She remembered the Source-Tracing Spiritual Jade Liu Junnan had carried.
He was a Level 2 Sensory-type Ability User, yet he possessed a treasure that could significantly boost his strength.
And Yin Ji was the Deputy Director of the External Liaison Department for the Guixu Project, clearly the leader among the three, with a status far higher than Liu Junnan’s.
It wouldn't be surprising at all if he possessed even more powerful treasures.
He might even have more than one.
This red energy shield might be a defensive mechanism automatically triggered by a treasure on Yin Ji’s person.
Or, there might be other specialized equipment on the car capable of detecting mental power.
Su Wan knew that her brief probe just now had likely already alerted the people in the car.
She suppressed all her presence, pulling her mental power entirely back into her body without leaking a single shred.
Then, she began to approach the car silently using the most primitive physical methods…
...
Inside the stationary car, Yin Ji and the other two looked solemn.
Meng Changhe was in the driver’s seat, Wen Ruoan was in the passenger seat, and Yin Ji sat in the back.
At this moment, Yin Ji’s left arm rested on the door handle, the light falling on the watch he wore on his wrist.
The watch looked very ordinary.
It had a black leather strap, a round face, and silver-white hands that glinted faintly in the dim cabin.
There were no brand markings, no decorative elements, and it was even thinner than most men’s watches on the market.
But now, beneath the glass of the watch face, where the time should have been displayed, a ring of dark red light was pulsing rhythmically.
Yin Ji stared at the flashing red light on the watch, his expression unchanged.
However, his heartbeat was several beats faster than usual.
He was somewhat nervous.
This watch was called a Tracker Watch, a specialized sensory artifact made within Yuansou.
The watch face was engraved with a miniature sensory array. As long as the wearer injected a sliver of mental power into the array, the Tracker Watch could automatically capture any trace of energy fluctuations within a three-kilometer radius.
The energy leaked when an Ability User activated their power, the residual spiritual traces in special locations, or even certain presences that were deliberately suppressed but not entirely concealed—none could escape the watch’s detection.
Yin Ji had activated the Tracker Watch before meeting Gu Huaian, even before entering that office building.
This was his habit; every time he executed a mission, entered a strange environment, or met with an external party, he would keep the Tracker Watch active.
He had glanced at the watch face before entering the building, and everything had been normal.
But during the meeting with Gu Huaian, the red light on the watch face had begun to flash.
This meant that an Ability User had appeared near them.
An Ability User appearing in this industrial zone at this time and place could not possibly be just passing by.
This Ability User was here for them!
When he realized this, Yin Ji’s heart hammered in his chest.
Liu Junnan, sent to Jiangcheng by the Hunter Nest, had caused a stir for over a month. The organization was perfectly aware of everything he had done in Jiangcheng.
Jiangcheng truly did have a powerful Ability User present!
He thought of the Prophet.
The Prophet held a transcendent status within Yuansou, even higher than the Abyss Seats.
With his current status and position, he had no right to even meet the Prophet.
The Prophet’s ability was divination and foresight—the ability to see the path most likely to become reality among the countless branches of the river of time.
She rarely spoke, but every word she uttered was regarded as gospel by Yuansou.
A year ago, just before Yuansou discovered this anchor point in Jiangcheng and prepared to launch the Guixu Project.
The Prophet had unprecedentedly summoned the First Abyss Seat. She told him:
“The situation in Jiangcheng does not depend on human effort; its success or failure lies in the variable.”
That day, the Prophet gave three prophecies.
The first prophecy concerned the first batch of trailblazers Yuansou sent to Jiangcheng.
The Prophet’s original words were phrased cryptically:
“A dog barks in a deep alley, chasing shadows until lost.”
“Eyes see nothing, ears hear nothing, imprisoned without even knowing.”
At the time, no one could fully understand the meaning of these words.
It wasn't until Liu Junnan had struggled in Jiangcheng for over a month and was finally taken away by the Special Abnormal Affairs Bureau that people within Yuansou had a sudden realization.
The “dog” referred to canines. It just so happened that the radical for “dog” was part of Liu Junnan’s surname.
“Chasing shadows until lost”—Liu Junnan had scoured all of Jiangcheng to find that mysterious Ability User, yet he hadn't even found a shadow of the person.
“Eyes see nothing, ears hear nothing, imprisoned without even knowing”...
He was a Sensory-type Ability User, relying on his “eyes” and “ears,” yet in the end, he had seen nothing and heard nothing.
The first prophecy had come true.
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