Bang!

He opened the door to his home.

His wife, looking like a virtuous and loving mother, stood at the doorway.

"Honey, you're back! Have you eaten yet? Do you want me to make something for you?"

Ignoring his charming wife, he acted like a workaholic returning home late, using exhaustion as an excuse to avoid household responsibilities.

He took a hot shower and then lay down on the bed, pretending to sleep. In reality, he was researching spirituality. He was desperate to become stronger so that he could uncover the secrets of the Qing Shan Mental Hospital and learn the truth about the bizarre occurrences. Then, he could seek revenge against his wife and make those who possessed strange abilities suffer.

That night, he studied for half the night, but the results were minimal. He knew almost nothing about spirituality, and all the information he had came from Wang Ziteng, who had heard it from his cousin. The useful information was scarce.

He had no choice but to fall asleep deeply.

Green Vine City Investigation Bureau.

This was a department that hardly any ordinary person knew about. No one knew what they did, or where they were.

This low-key and secretive department had a renowned reputation among the spiritual community in Green Vine City.

Because they were responsible for investigating and guarding the peculiar phenomena that occurred in the city and maintaining the city's safety.

The bureau's full name was Global Peculiar Event Joint Investigation, Strategic Defense, and Logistics Support Bureau, abbreviated as the Investigation Bureau.

The headquarters of the Green Vine City Investigation Bureau was the conference center.

A group of people sat around a conference table.

There were men and women dressed in formal suits or casual attire, even some in exotic clothing. They all had their own unique characteristics, but the one thing they had in common was that they were relatively young, in their twenties or thirties.

The oldest person there was probably the middle-aged man in the black suit sitting in the first chair. He looked stern and imposing, in his forties.

"We will now convene an emergency meeting. I assume you have all heard the news. Five hours ago, a peculiar domain appeared in the Bai Liu Academy in our city's development zone. The domain currently only covers the sales office, and there have been no signs of it spreading." The middle-aged man got straight to the point.

The others had various expressions.

"There have been more peculiar events lately," someone said with a serious face.

"Heh heh, isn't that a good thing? For us spiritualists, the more peculiar events there are, the faster our strength can grow."

"Hmph, boasting shamelessly. Be careful not to die in the hands of the peculiar entities."

"Are you looking for a fight?"

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"I'm afraid of you!"

The middle-aged man, Wang Dehai, looked at the chaotic crowd with an expressionless face.

Obviously, he was accustomed to the way these people behaved.

Wang Dehai was the director of the Green Vine City Investigation Bureau, but he was not a spirit master, just an ordinary person.

However, as an ordinary person, he was tasked with managing a group of spirit masters.

Almost all city investigation bureaus had this kind of configuration because the mortality rate of spirit masters was too high, and they were considered combat positions, not management positions. No one was willing to throw spirit masters into trivial management events and waste resources.

Moreover, due to the invasion of mysterious powers on their minds, most spirit masters had eccentric personalities, and some were even cruel.

All these reasons made it impossible for spirit masters to serve as directors.

However, there were captains among the spirit masters who worked with the director to manage the bureau.

"That's enough!" Wang Dehai slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Anyone who violates the meeting discipline again will have their spiritual materials reduced by half next month!"

One sentence, and the entire conference room became quiet.

Obviously, all the spirit masters cared about the so-called spiritual materials.

As spirit masters, they had physical qualities beyond ordinary people and various abilities beyond reason. It was easy for them to earn money, so their demand for money was not high.

But spiritual materials were a necessity that was related to their lives.

At the same time, this was also the key to the investigation bureau being able to attract a large number of spirit masters. After all, there were few people who were willing to risk their lives to deal with the mysterious for the sake of love, and they needed enough chips to motivate spirit masters.

Seeing that the conference room had quieted down, Wang Dehai regained his composure.

"Xiaolin, pull up the surveillance near the Bai Liu Academy."

"Okay, Director Wang."

A young woman dressed in secret technique attire, looking very capable, and wearing gold-rimmed glasses began to operate the computer and project the surveillance onto the conference room's screen.

Everyone looked at the screen, which displayed the surveillance around the Bai Liu Academy, but there was no internal surveillance.

To be precise, there was internal surveillance, but it seemed to have been invaded by some kind of mysterious power, causing all the monitoring devices to malfunction.

The surveillance footage began to jump.

The screen showed the main road leading to the Bai Liu Academy.

The main road was empty, with only the trees on both sides rustling in the wind.

"Fast forward," said the female secretary, Xiao Lin.

"Stop."

The screen paused and began to play.

In the next second, the air on the main road suddenly twisted, and two figures appeared out of thin air - it was Fang Xiu and Zhao Hao.

"These two are survivors from the Hundred Willow Academy's Haunted Zone. The one with a higher appearance is Fang Xiu, and the one with a more sinister appearance is Zhao Hao. Both are staff members from the Hundred Willow Academy's sales office. Xiao Lin, read their information."

Xiao Lin immediately opened the folder and began to read. "Fang Xiu, male, 20 years old, local of Green Vine City, orphan, graduated from-"

Zhao Hao's information was also read out.

"What do you all think?" Wang Dehai asked the group.

A young man in a studded leather jacket sneered, "A Haunted Zone where even ordinary people can survive? Its danger level is probably only D-grade. Such a Haunted Zone can be dealt with by sending anyone."

"I don't think so. Look at Fang Xiu in the surveillance footage, he is too calm. This is not the expression of an ordinary person who survived a disaster. There is no joy of surviving, nor any fear of the strange. It's unnaturally calm. If he was an ordinary person before, he most likely has become a Spirit Master in the Haunted Zone," retorted a man in a suit with gold-rimmed glasses.

The studded leather jacket man remained dismissive. "A Haunted Zone where a newly awakened Spirit Master with a bit of luck can survive? Its danger level is probably only C-grade. Such a Haunted Zone can be dealt with by sending a seasoned Spirit Master."

"Never make assumptions about a Haunted Zone that you haven't experienced. Perhaps the danger level of this Haunted Zone is much higher, and these two were just lucky to have survived," said Wang Dehai.

"You shut up!" Wang Dehai was angry and shouted at the studded leather jacket man.

He felt a headache coming on and wondered why he even bothered discussing with these people. He made the decision on the spot. "Shen Lingxue and Li Wen Hao, the two of you go and investigate Fang Xiu and Zhao Hao. Find out if they have become Spirit Masters, their abilities, level of spiritual contamination, whether they need to be absorbed into the Investigation Bureau, and assess the danger level of the Hundred Willow Academy's Haunted Zone."

"Okay, Director Wang."

"Understood."