Southern District.
In Linjiang City, it was also known as the wealthiest district.
Most of the villas here were on private property, and the environment was beautiful. Many government offices were set up here.
"This is it."
The front garden's gate was kicked open by two members of the law enforcement team with a loud bang.
Alan was dressed in a divine robe as he slowly made his way in.
The whole garden was filled with the smell of decaying corpses.
The ground was full of withered flowers and wilted willows. Traces of dried blood spread everywhere, as if they had experienced a bloody banquet.
"Captain, the entire garden has been searched. We could not detect any living people, nor did it find any useful information.
"The warriors who were arrested last night had taken poison in advance, and no useful information was obtained from the interrogation. The other party's organization seems to be really strict on leaking information."
The members of the law enforcement team were reporting to him about the situation.
Alan's eyes looked at the main building of the villa, which kept emitting a strange and ominous aura.
"According to the report given by the Pingyi Division, the person behind the demon paper is the Ruler of the Abyss. It seems that there might have been misinformation."
"The believers of the Ruler of the Abyss would require fresh blood for their rituals.
"It is what those believers often do to divide people and eat them, just like how demons devour their own kind to obtain power."
Alan walked to the front door of the main building of the villa and slowly pushed it open.
After a long period of inactivity, the double-opened wooden door hinge let out an ear-piercing sound.
The door crack opened as a ray of sunlight pierced into the dark hall.
Alan looked through the crack in the door.
The entire hall was in the architectural style of the Omi Empire. Inside, it was resplendent. Under the circular dome was a drooping crystal chandelier, and the red carpet was inlaid with gold.
The hall was empty.
Alan was about to push the door open but a scarlet eyeball suddenly appeared in his line of sight. It was less than ten centimeters away from the door.
The eyeball was covered in blood. Without the body, one could clearly see the black and white spots on it.
The three eyes met. Alan's right hand pierced through the wooden door and grabbed a slippery body.
With a jolt of energy, the two wooden doors were completely shattered into pieces. A deformed monster's neck was held by Alan's gloved hand.
That should be its neck.
The monster looked like a little girl's body, human, of course.
Its entire head was gaping like a fish, and one of its eyes was hanging in front of its forehead through the flesh and mucous membrane.
Its hands had already bent into a strange arc, like an arthropod. It writhed uneasily, and the strange-shaped scales on its body were slippery and dense.
"An abnormal..."
Alan sighed deeply.
It was very likely that this abnormal being had been in Bruce's family when he was alive.
He had recklessly come into contact with the mysteries, resulting in such a tragedy. With a sigh, blood surged out, instantly killing this abnormal being.
"Be careful. Split up and search whatever is alive, see if you can find any useful information. There might be abnormals lurking in the dark."
He gave out the order.
A group of God of Steam and Machinery enforcers entered one by one and began to search Bruce's villa in an organized manner.
Allen looked around and slowly walked towards the center of the hall. There was a huge, unknown portrait hanging in front of him.
On it was a black moon.
Inside the moon, there was a man covered in swords and blood…
Shaking his head, he carried on with his search,
Meanwhile, on the roof of a tall building in the distance. Two people wearing black windbreakers were observing the situation in Bruce's villa through binoculars.
"Bruce's plan has completely failed.
"The fourth piece of demon paper was not taken in by Pingyi.
"There are a total of five pieces of demon paper. Originally, we had already succeeded by 80%. "But now, the plan has to be changed. Taking the demon paper from them would be a big challenge.
"No matter what, we have to complete the plan. During this period of time, Linjiang City's main combat strength will be focused on the students' college entrance exams. This is our chance to carry them out.
"Mm, and get rid of that kid who came into contact with the demon's paper. Bruce's failure was because of him. Deal with him cleanly and neatly, to avoid future trouble."
The two spoke one after another, slowly disappearing into the darkness.
…
"So, you used to be very powerful, your status used to be very high, and your strength used to be very strong. You could sink an entire continent with one punch, and you also had thousands of lackeys under you. You're the magnificent Hamster Goddess?"
In the hotel, a man and a hamster sat on the ground, separated by a wooden table.
"Yes, that's right. Don't look at me like this now. Back then, I was very... Wait, a hamster?!"
"You're a hamster and a beauty. Are you sure you just aren't mutated?"
"It can't be? A hamster?"
Cang Yan trembled slightly. With a big belly, she rolled and crawled into the bathroom.
Not long after, a heart-wrenching scream came from inside.
She rolled out dejectedly and used her belly to wriggle on the floor. "How could this be? It's fine if I don't have any earth-shattering vitality, but why did I turn into a hamster?
"My beautiful face, my proud figure, my icy cold glare…
"It's gone. It's all gone.
"I'm not even a woman anymore."
It seemed that she had suffered a huge blow from turning into a hamster.
Bai Yu held back his laughter and said, "I'll go to the pet market another day and see if I can find you a companion. But with your size, a normal hamster would definitely not be able to withstand it. Should I get you a teddy bear instead?
"B*stard, I'm a human! I'm offended!"
"Oh, right. Sorry. Since you can enter and exit the space in my mind, you can stay inside if you have nothing to do. With such a big hamster, people will think that I have a strange beast."
"Why can't you have a strange beast?" Cang Yan subconsciously showed a shocked expression.
"Me raising exotic beasts? Do you want to die?" Bai Yu revealed a look of a fool and shook his head. "As expected, I can't have any hope for the intelligence of a hamster. The reason why warriors have such a high status now is because they can resist external enemies and kill exotic beasts and abnormals at the same time."
"Is that so? Why do I remember that exotic beasts weren't a big threat?" Cang Yan counted the four fingers on her palm.
Bai Yu did not pay any attention to it. In any case, he had confirmed from events that this hamster did not pose any threats.
With the body resiliency in his body now, he estimated that one punch would kill her.
When he thought of how 500 points were wasted just like that, Bai Yu felt a wave of heartache.
"Tomorrow is the second model test, then the third model test is in a month's time, and finally, the college entrance exam.
"There are still two months left. During this time, it's best to raise all my subjects to level one. At the same time, I'll concoct the Apprentice Praying Technique and officially become an extraordinary human.
"It's a pity that I didn't get the other magic potion formula from Bruce."
Bai Yu took out a sturdy notebook and began to plan the next two months of study plans.
He could not fall behind in the culture class.
He could not fall behind in the training of his body resiliency.
There was also a collection of magic potion materials that he had to get on and so on.
Now that everything was slowly piling up, Bai Yu found that the time he had left was dwindling.
After completing the nightmare mission, in addition to obtaining 500 points, he also had a set of spiritual spells and a rare rank lucky draw opportunity.
He did not use the lucky draw opportunity just yet. After all, this was a rare rank.
He always felt that this system's lucky draw probability was a secret operation, so he was prepared to accumulate two more tries just in case anything happened.
As for the spirit technique Local Strengthening, it could be practiced by martial artists and prospective martial artists below sequence 7.
It could concentrate blood energy in certain parts of the body and obtain powerful strength.
It was a very practical spirit technique!
"It's just past twelve in the afternoon now. I should take a look at the mission panel first."
Bai Yu's consciousness entered the Brainiac Space.
On the mission panel, three daily missions had been refreshed.
The nightmare difficulty had finally changed.
Today was exactly 12 p.m. on a Monday. It meant that it would be refreshed once a week.