The joint operation between the Glory Association and the Amber City Investigation Bureau ended in a crushing defeat.
The people in the combat conference room dispersed in a somber atmosphere.
Yue Shi blended into the crowd, walking out with an impassive expression.
It was late, and the night was thick outside the window. He ate a simple late-night snack as usual, not caring about the taste, merely going through the motions of eating.
Afterward, he returned to his residence, washed up, turned off the lights, and lay in bed. His every action was devoid of any anomaly, perfectly playing the part of an investigator slightly exhausted after a major meeting.
However, shortly after he closed his eyes and feigned sleep, the phone in his pocket vibrated slightly once more.
It was still a text from that anonymous number: “Why haven't you moved to destroy the corpse as I ordered?”
Yue Shi opened his eyes in the darkness and replied calmly: “I was in a meeting and couldn't get away.”
The reply came almost instantly: “Then when do you plan to act?”
Yue Shi's fingers paused for a moment before he typed: “Midnight tonight.”
Anonymous: “Good. I'll contact you then.”
The phone screen went dark.
Yue Shi closed his eyes again, but his senses remained fully awake. He was waiting and thinking. The anonymous sender was urgent, which felt unusual.
At midnight, everything was silent.
Yue Shi snapped his eyes open, showing none of the grogginess of someone who had just woken up.
He rose silently, changed into a black garment that had been cut open at the back, put on gloves, and activated his hidden mode. His figure vanished into thin air.
He didn't use the door, opting instead to gently push open the window, letting the night wind rush in.
In the next moment, a pair of pitch-black wings sprouted from his back. He leaped lightly out of the window, gave his wings a powerful beat, and ascended, blending into the night sky over Amber City.
At that exact moment, the phone in his pocket vibrated right on time. It was the same unknown number, but this time it was a call.
Maintaining his flight, Yue Shi answered the phone. Without any pleasantries, his voice carried a strange power that struck directly at the heart: “Who are you?”
“Hehe...” A synthetic, AI-processed laugh came from the other end, completely unaffected by the hypnosis.
“You’re indeed more formidable than I imagined, even capable of mental interference like hypnosis. Unfortunately, it’s useless against me~”
Yue Shi wasn't surprised. Since the other party dared to call directly, it was normal for them to have countermeasures.
“You want me to destroy the evidence; it's not just to help me, is it?” Yue Shi probed calmly while hovering high in the air.
“Is your figure also present in that corpse's memories?”
The caller didn't answer the question, instead speaking rapidly: “The people from the Glory Association are staying at Cloud Rest Villa in the city center. Their containment vehicles are all parked there. Inside, there are not only various supernatural corpses but also some corpses of transcendents with unknown origins.”
“The corpse you need to destroy is in containment pod 6 of containment vehicle X-04. This time, it must be destroyed completely. It's best if not even a speck of dust remains.”
High-altitude currents rushed past his wings as Yue Shi began gliding toward Cloud Rest Villa.
The call remained connected.
Soon, Yue Shi arrived over his destination.
The entire Cloud Rest Villa had been booked by the Glory Association, so there were no outsiders. A perimeter had been established, and many guards in Glory Association uniforms could be seen patrolling, with several Amber City Investigation Bureau personnel assisting them.
Several strangely shaped detectors emitted a low hum, constantly scanning the surroundings.
Yue Shi folded his wings and drifted silently down from the sky.
The patrolling guards only felt a mysterious gust of cool wind. They looked around but found nothing.
He landed soundlessly.
The first thing Yue Shi needed to do wasn't to find the containment vehicle directly, but to cut the power and destroy the surveillance!
Even though he was in a hidden state and could do as he pleased, entering a heavily guarded place filled with cameras and destroying a specific corpse without any equipment capturing an anomaly or any guard noticing would itself arouse the highest level of suspicion.
The people of the Glory Association weren't fools. After the incident, they would likely deduce immediately that the intruder wasn't an ordinary thief, but either a top-tier expert or someone with a specialized hidden ability.
Therefore, Yue Shi needed to create chaos to muddy the waters.
He quickly found the villa's power room, picked up a fire axe to break down the door, and swung it violently at the core power equipment.
Boom!
A dull thud echoed.
Sparks flew within the power room, and a pungent burnt smell filled the air. Lights across most of the villa flickered and died, plunging the area into darkness. The humming detectors also fell silent instantly.
“What's going on?!”
“A power outage?”
“Increase security!”
Temporary backup power flickered on, and the shouts and hurried footsteps of guards could be heard in the distance.
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the outage, Yue Shi moved like a ghost, smashing every camera he saw with pure physical force, leaving no trace.
Only after doing all this did he head toward the entrance of the underground parking garage.
The garage was unguarded and deathly silent. Only a few emergency lights emitted a sickly green glow, barely illuminating the vast space.
All of the Glory Association's specialized vehicles, including the high-end white containment vehicles, were parked quietly in the central area.
“No guards?” A sliver of doubt crossed Yue Shi's mind.
Even if the outside was chaotic due to the power outage, such an important parking spot for containment vehicles shouldn't be completely undefended.
It was... unnervingly quiet.
Cautiously, Yue Shi found the white containment vehicle marked X-04. Its thick metal doors were tightly shut, radiating a chilling cold.
Against this kind of security door specifically designed for containing abnormal objects, conventional methods were extremely difficult to use.
Yue Shi extended his mutated claws, his fingertips wreathed in a decaying curse, and easily corroded the lock structure.
These corrosion marks were very distinctive and could easily be linked to Yue Shi's abilities. However, it didn't matter; he could just test his new ability and Banish the entire vehicle. What traces would be left then?
With the slight sound of metal rusting away, Yue Shi pushed open the heavy door.
A blast of freezing air hit him.
The temperature inside the vehicle was very low, and his breath turned into white mist. Such low temperatures were clearly meant to better preserve the “cargo.”
Inside the massive carriage, many containment pods were neatly arranged, each door marked with a clear numerical ID.
Yue Shi scanned them, understanding the situation. This dense storage method suggested that most of the items inside were corpses or remains with low hazard levels in a stable state.
If they were live supernatural creatures or high-risk items, they would never be stored like this.
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