Chapter 1249 - 428: The Informant’s Message, Top Priority (5k)_3

"Anything else? Where does he take on jobs for ground promotion?"

"That I don’t know, but there is such a gig. They claim they’re too scared to promote among the living, so they do it among the ghosts.

Everyone knows the Ghost Wealth God was just sanctioned, but it’s clearly surfacing again now.

Don’t know why these guys are like cockroaches, never truly eradicated."

"Help me gather intelligence on this, but prioritize your own safety."

"Sure thing, boss."

Wen Yan took out his phone and directly, in front of Mai Conggui, transferred him an intel fee.

Mai Conggui thought it was the sanctioned Ghost Wealth God again, but Wen Yan immediately realized it was a local operation this time.

You’d think they were audacious, but they don’t seem to approach the living at all.

You’d think they were discreet, but they’re even employing ground promotion techniques now.

Unbelievable, ground promoters have emerged.

Are they being discreet or aggressive?

After bidding farewell to Mai Conggui, Wen Yan took out his phone and let the Black Box look into it. Sure enough, there was someone, part of the troupe of extras he hired recently, one of the many ghost extras.

There was a transfer record, only one over three figures, twenty-two thousand, from a shell company in the Northeast.

But that’s not important, once you’ve found the lead, finding the person is just a matter of time.

After checking with the Black Box, it couldn’t directly trace it further, the rest required someone to pursue in person.

But the location of the traced person reminded Wen Yan of last night’s events.

Because that location is the city where the Ma Family Ancestral Hall is located.

One can’t blame Wen Yan for overthinking.

Wen Yan just passed on this intelligence and left it be, investigating this is far more Scorching Sun Department’s forte than his.

Arriving at the Yu State Scorching Sun Department, Wen Yan placed a dark, cold jade carving on the table, and the room instantly filled with a chilling aura.

Feng Yao looked at the jade carving, his expression slightly changed.

"What kind of big ghost is this?"

"Actually, no, they’re all ordinary, not strong, and mostly unconscious."

"How many are there to generate so much Yin Qi?!"

"Didn’t count, maybe two or three hundred, or three or four hundred, just those ghosts that attacked me, handle it as you see fit. Based on my current guess, these ghosts are either victims or were tricked there.

I presume they were tricked, after all, when a ghost disappears, no one reports it missing."

"..."

Feng Yao glanced at it, feeling overwhelmed, hundreds of ghosts, dealing with them one by one is too much work.

"I can’t do it, better send them to headquarters."

"Forget it, brother, it’s not that serious, let them stay, I’ll handle it." Feng Yao sighed. Sending Wen Yan with another pair of ghosts to the Capital City would be too much trouble.

"Let me ask you something, do you know about the Virtue City Funeral House? Does that place count as a Domain or not?"

"It does, but it doesn’t; more specifically, I’m not too clear. Back when Minister Cai was around, he told me that knowing certain things brings no benefit. The moment you know, you enter danger, literal danger, not symbolic."

Wen Yan wasn’t too surprised by this answer. He had also looked into it and found he didn’t have enough clearance to discover the truth.

Even when using the Black Box, it only told him it was a classified document he was not authorized to view, not even the document’s name was visible to him.

Meanwhile, a meeting was underway at headquarters.

The two Vice Ministers, along with heads of other relevant departments, were all in attendance.

The General Director nodded at the Chief Secretary beside him, who then distributed the meeting documents.

"There are quite a few documents; you can look through them first."

The documents ranged from Fan Zeyun’s surrender, the case of the destroyed Ghost Market, to the Ghost Wealth God, local Ghost Wealth God, leading up to the recently discovered Ma Family Ancestral Hall, and finally the Skeleton Archway, all included.

The names involved numbered dozens, all of these matters connected together.

As the attendees read with grim expressions, the General Director looked at the new content sent by Wen Yan and had the Chief Secretary issue the documents again.

This time, the Virtue City Funeral House was added.

The General Director interlocked his fingers, placed them on the table, and looked at everyone with a somber expression. Ten minutes later, as he saw everyone lift their heads, he slowly spoke.

"The situation is very serious now.

You should all know what’s at the Virtue City Funeral House.

Even if you’re not extremely familiar, you should know the significance of its existence.

If it completely loses control, it’s not just one city’s life and death at stake.

It would be chaos more severe and uncontrollable than what happened in the Great Wilderness.

It’s almost certain now that someone has found a way to create resonance there.

Currently, related matters are being listed as the first priority.

Who approves, who opposes."

The General Director spoke unhurriedly, but each word was pronounced firmly, leaving no room for refusal.

Everyone present fell silent.

If it were just a case from decades ago, they might discuss it.

Even if it were just one of the incidents, they might still discuss it.

But with all these matters connected together, and the anomaly at Virtue City Funeral House just before sunset yesterday being the final straw,

the matter is beyond negotiation.

"In favor."

"Seconded."

"Seconded."

Everyone raised their hands; no one had any objections.

The meeting concluded, and the Scorching Sun Department sprung into action. In recent months, apart from World Boss related events, nothing had been prioritized as the first by headquarters.

And the World Boss events are because, according to the Doomsday Computer’s rules, only events that could lead to large-scale biological extinction and total collapse of order are classified as World Boss.

With the meeting adjourned, the General Director returned to his office, not rushing to make arrangements. He first gave Wen Yan a call to ask him to come over.

More than an hour later, Wen Yan appeared in the General Director’s office.

"Working overtime this late, General Director?"

"Cut the small talk, I have a serious matter to discuss with you."

"Go ahead."

"What do you think about the silenced individual in this case?"

"Afraid we’d uncover something hidden, I suppose."

"Is that all? Think carefully." The General Director asked with a cheerful smile.

Wen Yan put on a serious expression, reflecting on it seriously, contemplating deeply, and said.

"It’s like trying to cover up peeing your pants by crapping yourself."