Chapter 271: The Storm Approaches

Chen Yujie spread her hands, "He comes from an ordinary background. There's almost no possibility of him awakening an Innate Technique, and it's too late for him to learn spells through training at this age."

"The key point is, at his age, his curse power adaptability is already quite average. If he had started cultivating diligently from a young age, perhaps he might have had a chance to become a sorcerer."

"Going the new-style superhuman route isn't really viable either... Even if it's just temporary external injection of spells and curse power, it ultimately depends on one's foundation. Otherwise, it could damage the person themselves."

"As for contracting with demons and becoming a demon-person..."

Chen Yujie paused for a moment, "He's already married, has a daughter even. In the eyes of ordinary people, he's definitely the type who's achieved career success and has a happy family."

"Honestly dragging him into this... I'm afraid it would be doing him harm."

The others paused as well, no one continuing to offer their assessment.

"So then... what the other party means is that he was caught up in a supernatural incident."

Yan Jing pushed up his round glasses, "Considering that the P Agent can ignore curse power adaptability and allow ordinary people to advance into superhumans, it is indeed very likely related to the P Curse."

"Mm, I understand."

"I'll issue this as a formal commission."

Qin Shengshi also nodded, making the final call.

"Regardless of whether it's connected to the incident or whether it can become a breakthrough point, we can't afford to miss the opportunity to recruit a powerful sorcerer."

"Yay!"

Luo Xi happily pulled out her silver flip phone, tapping away with her little finger, preparing to send a reply to Lin Guang.

However, Yan Jing didn't let the topic go.

He pondered for a moment, then spoke up: "This matter... I keep feeling like something's off about it."

"The mastermind behind the scenes is spreading the P Agent in large quantities. Could their goal be... to transform these ordinary people who have no talent yet desperately crave power into new-style superhumans?"

"Little Yan, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

Chen Yujie shook her head:

"Transforming ordinary people? How could something so thankless and unrewarding be the goal itself?"

"If the other party is artificially increasing the number of superhumans, they must be doing so to achieve some deeper purpose."

"..."

Yan Jing furrowed his brow instinctively. He felt something was wrong but couldn't refute it.

The topic stalled once again.

And at this moment, Qin Shengshi finally reached out and picked up the folded paper—the intelligence the Forensic Examiner had extracted from that head.

When she saw what was inside, especially that emblem, her deep yellow eyes suddenly widened slightly.

"!!"

The next moment, she set down the paper and turned her gaze back to the computer. She moved the mouse and opened a certain confidential document.

—The intelligence from Wu Nuo.

Then, she closed her eyes, her brows furrowed tightly, as if rapidly thinking something through.

"What is it?"

Luo Xi's little head curiously leaned in, grabbing the paper and looking at it together with Chen Yujie.

She stared at it for a long time but couldn't make anything out of the strange sketch. Chen Yujie, however, had already furrowed her brows, seemingly lost in thought.

—This is... the inside of some research institute?

The four people in the office fell silent.

A moment later.

"I understand..."

Everyone perked up, only to hear her start coughing again.

"Cough... cough, cough..."

Qin Shengshi reopened her eyes, habitually pulling out a handkerchief to cover her lips. After a violent coughing fit, several more spots of crimson appeared on the handkerchief.

She didn't bother wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth. Her hands immediately began flying across the keyboard, apparently communicating with Wu Nuo.

After a while, the sound of typing stopped.

Qin Shengshi turned her gaze back to the three people in the office and said in a low voice: "Found it."

Hearing this, the three in the office were just about to show delighted expressions when they realized Qin Shengshi's face didn't carry much joy at finding the base. Instead, it was unusually grave.

"Section Chief, is there a problem?"

Chen Yujie tested the waters cautiously.

Qin Shengshi paused.

"Wulan Research Institute."

"What?!"

Yan Jing's eyes widened slightly.

It seemed... the name itself carried a heavy weight.

Only Luo Xi looked baffled: "Huh? What's that? Never heard of it."

Qin Shengshi's voice was somewhat low: "It's normal that you haven't heard of it."

"That's the top three supernatural research institute in Wind Capital."

"The key thing is... it was jointly funded and established by all the old-guard powers of Wind Capital."

Luo Xi didn't catch the implication and wanted to ask more, when she saw Chen Yujie beside her furrow her brows tightly, her expression turning grim:

"This is a bit troublesome."

"Even in the best-case scenario—even if the P Curse incident this time really has nothing to do with those old-guard powers, and it's just the personal actions of some internal staff at the institute..."

"If we want to move against Wulan Research Institute, we must also consider the attitudes and reputation of those powers. And it's not just one or two of them—it's a network of interests that involves over half of Wind Capital's supernatural community."

"And what if... it really does involve them?"

Qin Shengshi asked in return.

At that moment, everyone, including Luo Xi, fell silent.

If the hidden hand behind this incident really was one of those old-guard powers that controlled Wind Capital's lifeline, then the Sixth Division's next move would be tantamount to declaring open war against them.

Regardless of the outcome...

An incident like this happening at all already meant an extremely severe impact for the supernatural community itself.

However, the next moment, Qin Shengshi's voice rang out again.

"It doesn't matter."

"This incident has already blown up too big. It not only seriously threatens the lives of ordinary citizens, but has also triggered a demon soul possession incident. The nature of it is extremely vile."

"Even if there really are old-guard powers backing it as the hidden hand, with things about to be exposed, they at least wouldn't dare to openly jump out and show their support."

"And besides..."

"Even if they support it in secret, so what? Just because the other side has deep backing, the Sixth Division should just leave this cancer alone?"

"This kind of thing can't be compromised even one step. It must be dealt with as soon as possible."

Looking at the three people before her, she said in a low voice:

"I just discussed it with Wu Nuo."

"Three days from now, at night, we launch a surprise assault on Wulan Research Institute."

"...!!!" x3

Luo Xi blinked, looking like she couldn't wait to stir up some chaos, suddenly getting excited: "So, what should we do?"

"The specific battle plan is simple."

"Wu Nuo is responsible for striking straight at the heart, directly breaching the institute from the front. No matter what conspiracies they've hidden inside, no matter what experts are stationed guarding the base—kill them all."

"But I don't believe they have no contingency plans."

"The P Curse series of supernatural incidents has already spread across the entire city. They might have hidden forces everywhere."

"If the institute comes under attack, they likely won't just rush back to defend it—they'll probably also panic and lash out, causing destruction in every corner of the city to force the Sixth Division to abandon the offensive and pour our strength into maintaining stability."

"So, everyone else must be ready to deal with those situations at all times."

"I will remain at the Sixth Division to [counterbalance] the demons, but I'll use a cursed artifact to observe the battlefield at the institute and give you instructions in real time."

"All remaining Sixth Division personnel will mobilize, take up positions at key nodes throughout the city, and make absolutely sure to shut down any possible desperate measures from the other side."

In that instant, all three of their expressions turned serious, as if they could smell the storm brewing on the horizon.