Eccentric Colleague

The Bee Woman was dealt with, and the employees of the Tulip Security Company rushed into the villa in a swarm.

They carried specialized containers for preserving supernatural corpses. When opened, a burst of white mist emerged, looking like a freezer but far more advanced; it was said that even living supernatural creatures could be stored inside.

Living supernatural creatures were more valuable, but the risks of transporting them were also much higher.

The employees quickly and cautiously loaded the Bee Woman's corpse into the container, followed by several cleaners in hazmat suits who began tidying the scene.

The fluids the Bee Woman had leaked, the beeswax she had spat, and the corpses of the venomous bees all had to be cleaned thoroughly to prevent any residual contamination from causing future issues.

Yue Shi slowly walked out of the villa, reflecting on the words the Bee Woman had left before her death.

What was that so-called "King"? Would he really come for revenge?

Just then, his shoulder was suddenly patted.

He turned his head to see the boy with the single streak of white-dyed hair. The boy walked up beside him, winking and grinning with a mouthful of bright white teeth, looking inexplicably a bit sleazy.

This guy was Jiang Cifei, another transcendent recruited by the Tulip Security Company.

Although Jiang Cifei looked like a high school student, he was actually two years older than Yue Shi, already twenty-seven. He simply had a baby face and a very flighty personality, occasionally suffering from bouts of chuunibyou, which made him seem like a minor.

His supernatural power was "Wind Blade"—a name he had given it himself. Its effect allowed him to highly compress the air his hands moved through, creating blade-like slashes.

Yue Shi didn't really want to know this much detail, but Jiang Cifei had always been a high-profile person.

"Hey, little brother, you were chatting pretty happily with that Bee Woman just now, weren't you?" Jiang Cifei leaned into Yue Shi's ear, his tone as meaningful as a veteran smooth talker.

Yue Shi didn't want to engage, fearing it would affect his mood, so he only gave a perfunctory nod.

"Sigh~" Jiang Cifei let out a long, theatrical sigh and advised earnestly, "Humans and supernatural creatures walk different paths. No matter how pretty the face is, in the end, it's just a supernatural creature..."

Yue Shi instinctively quickened his pace, not wanting to hear any more from Jiang Cifei. After all, one couldn't expect ivory from a dog's mouth.

Walking outside the villa, Yue Shi saw Zhong Mo, whose face had swollen into a pig's head. Zhong Mo looked him up and down.

Jiang Cifei followed close behind. Seeing Zhong Mo, he couldn't help but show a look of pity. "How pitiful. To think you've been disfigured like this."

Zhong Mo turned his head away in disgust, refusing to communicate.

Jiang Cifei didn't feel awkward at all; instead, a look of regret appeared on his face.

"What a shame. I haven't even waited for you to lose your youthful looks, and I'm already starting to miss your former face..."

Zhong Mo glared at him fiercely. "If you don't know how to speak, you can donate your mouth."

Jiang Cifei was filled with emotion. "Little Zhong, I can understand that you're in a bad mood right now, but you mustn't do anything rash. While there is life, there is hope."

He wasn't being sarcastic; his comfort carried a bit of sincerity. Toxic injuries caused by supernatural creatures were very troublesome to clean up and could lead to permanent disfigurement.

However, coming out of his mouth, the words felt a bit off.

Fortunately, Zhong Mo understood his personality and didn't make a big deal of it.

A moment later, Zhou Zhiheng finally emerged from the villa.

He walked quickly to the three of them, forcing a smile. "Good work, everyone. The bonuses for this operation will be distributed on time by tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Cifei started complaining, "Old Zhou, do you know what your expression looks like right now?"

"Thirty percent is the depression of a man who just got his paycheck only for his wife to confiscate it all. Another thirty percent is the grief and indignation of having his secret stash found and taken by his wife. The final forty percent..."

"Stop!" Zhou Zhiheng interrupted Jiang Cifei's pie-chart analysis in time and emphasized, "I'm single."

To prevent Jiang Cifei from saying anything else unpleasant, Zhou Zhiheng quickly explained, "More 'Bee Women' might appear in the future. They probably already hold a grudge against the Tulip Security Company. This time, they specifically chose a company employee to kill!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhong Mo immediately turned to look at Yue Shi, but Jiang Cifei suddenly chimed in, "Wait, we have an employee living here?"

Zhou Zhiheng blinked and nodded.

Jiang Cifei sized up the detached villa before them, his tone turning quite strange. "I can't afford a house here."

Zhou Zhiheng's expression froze instantly.

Zhong Mo looked thoughtful and then shifted the topic. "Alright, let's talk business first. If it's revenge, Yue Shi was the one who killed the first Bee Woman. Why didn't the second Bee Woman prioritize revenge against Yue Shi and instead went after another company employee?"

Yue Shi thought for a moment and guessed, "Although Bee Women are supernatural creatures, they clearly possess intelligence. They might weigh the pros and cons and choose to pick on the softest targets."

This statement made everyone present fall silent.

After a moment, Zhong Mo spoke again. "That's a strong possibility. In any case, the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. Everyone, be careful during this period."

With that, he was the first to turn and leave.

Yue Shi left as well. All the subsequent trivial matters, including communication with the Investigation Bureau, would be handled entirely by Zhou Zhiheng.

Walking out of the Rose Manor residential area, he happened to see a luxury car stop in front of Zhong Mo. The driver respectfully invited him in, and the car sped off, gradually disappearing at the end of the street.

Yue Shi had no means of transportation, so he could only use his two long legs to walk back slowly.

After crossing two streets, he conveniently bought a cup of milk tea. With one sip, sweetness bloomed across his taste buds, and his mood seemed to brighten just a little.

He comfortably looked down at his phone and unexpectedly saw a post about his neighbor, Cai Zetao.

A regular person who dreamed of becoming a transcendent, Cai Zetao had been accidentally contaminated by something supernatural in his pursuit of power and had almost mutated. Fortunately, the Investigation Bureau had intervened in time to prevent a tragedy.

The Investigation Bureau issued a public criticism of Cai Zetao and urged the general public to take it as a warning. Whether one could achieve awakening and gain supernatural power was a completely random event and could not be forced.

Yue Shi only gave it a cursory glance before swiping to the next page.

A bolded, enlarged headline caught his eye—

【Amber City to Expand Soon; Private Capital Encouraged to Participate in Wilderness Reclamation and Construction Outside the City】

As the total population continued to grow, it was indeed necessary to expand the basic infrastructure if Amber City wanted to accommodate more humans.

However, reclaiming land outside the city was no easy task.

The Chaos Zone not only contained roaming supernatural creatures but also many humans. A significant portion of them were escaped criminals, entrenched criminal organizations, traitors colluding with the supernatural, and even madmen who had been contaminated and mentally twisted, shouting all day that "flesh is weak, supernatural ascension."

In short, there weren't many good people out there.

These people had a very high probability of interfering with Amber City's expansion and reclamation.