Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

How could spiritual energy suddenly decrease?

The Shanghai female investigator instantly stopped laughing.

Her face was full of astonishment and disbelief!

What made her even more upset was that in the brief moment she was stunned, the surrounding spiritual energy had completely "slipped away," which forced her to interrupt her cultivation, leaving her only able to look blankly at Lin Fan.

The latter was equally bewildered at this moment.

The two stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Finally, the female investigator seemed to remember something and tentatively asked with some suspicion...

"Brother Fan, this...this can't really be..."

"Is this really caused by that kind of cultivation practice?"

Hearing this, Lin Fan frowned.

"Impossible!" he said decisively.

"Martial arts cultivation has nothing to do with supernatural powers."

"Although different cultivation methods and advancements in cultivation levels will affect the efficiency of spiritual energy absorption, it is ultimately limited. No matter how high a martial artist's aptitude is, it's impossible for them to be this heaven-defying..."

He paused slightly at this point.

He then looked up and said, "Ask Director Hong and the others; their Sky Eye Department should already be investigating."

Upon hearing this, his partner nodded.

However, her communication requests went unanswered.

This left Lin Fan and his companion somewhat bewildered.

"What's going on?" The female investigator asked, puzzled. The Rongcheng Special Bureau took them very seriously, and normally they wouldn't dare to neglect any of the communication requests they sent.

Not to mention ignoring me for half a day.

Unless... something happens at the Rongcheng Special Bureau right now that keeps them too busy to deal with them.

Thinking of this, the two of them became serious.

They no longer hesitated and prepared to ask in person.

Meanwhile, inside the Chengdu Special Bureau...

"Director Hong! The situation is getting increasingly serious!!!"

"The spiritual energy in all districts of Chengdu... is... is shrinking rapidly at a speed of hundreds of meters per second, and the point of contraction... is... is the hotel where He Li and the others are!"

"Director Hong! The mountain city investigation team sent a message questioning us about what's going on..."

"Someone on their side failed to break through and suffered a backlash..."

"They...they said they'd hold those responsible accountable!"

"Chief Hong, the Seoul investigators are the same!"

"Director Hong, a call from Qingyang Palace..."

"The situation is bad. Several patrol teams reported hearing what sounded like a strange creature heading towards He Li's hotel. The creature is too fast, and the crowds are making it difficult for them to catch up..."

"The Wushen District Zoo sent a message saying... saying... saying that a large animal has escaped..."

……

Listening to the noisy sounds around me.

Looking at the alarms on multiple computers in the Sky Eye Department...

Hong Tian and the head of the Tianyan Department were sweating profusely.

Holy crap, is this really necessary?

It's just a little bit of cultivation...

How could such a commotion have occurred?

"Damn it, I was careless, I was careless again!"

"I should have known sooner. That kid He Li can't be judged by common sense."

"I should have prepared more earlier."

Hong Tian cursed himself for being stupid.

The head of the Heavenly Eye Department hurriedly asked, "Director Hong, it seems that quite a few of our local and out-of-town investigators have experienced problems with their cultivation due to the loss of spiritual energy."

"What...what do we do about this?"

"There are too many people, if we compensate them all..."

"Compensation?" Hong Tian turned around abruptly: "We already sent out notices to all investigators."

"It's because they don't believe it themselves."

"Why should we compensate them?"

"They should bear the losses they caused themselves. The most urgent task now is to quickly mobilize the remaining investigators in the bureau to go to various districts to maintain order and protect He Li."

"What if something happens to that kid..."

"We're probably going to have to bleed money again!!!"

After he finished speaking, the head of the Sky Eye Department also realized what was happening.

Yes, they issued a notice.

Although I was just being cautious at the time and didn't really believe that He Lizhen would do anything...

But now that this has happened, and they gave prior notice, the responsibility for the problems that occurred with the investigators' training lies not with them, but with the investigators themselves.

They certainly don't need to provide any further compensation.

Thinking of this, the head of the Heavenly Eye Department was filled with relief.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness Lao Li made the suggestion."

"Otherwise, with this kind of commotion, if we were to actually offer compensation, our bureau would be left with nothing but our pants and underpants!"

While feeling relieved, he quickly directed and mobilized investigators from various departments to handle the matter.

While he and Hong Tian were dealing with these matters...

Lin Fan and his companion also arrived.

Perhaps it was because they saw the busy crowd at the Heavenly Eye Department.

Lin Fan and his companion increasingly assumed that something important had happened in Rongcheng, and without waiting for Hong Tian to speak, they preemptively asked in a very serious tone...

"Director Hong, what exactly happened?"

"Is it a powerful monster? Or is a criminal organization up to something big?"

"The surrounding spiritual energy seems to have been completely drained."

"If this continues, things will get very bad."

"We can also provide assistance if needed."

Lin Fan said this.

Hong Tian and the head of the Tianyan Department exchanged bewildered glances upon hearing this.

"Strange? A criminal organization causing trouble?" Hong Tian shook his head: "None of these things happened. It's... sigh, it's that kid He Li's cultivation that caused this commotion."

"We didn't expect this either..."

After he finished speaking, Lin Fan and the other person were dumbfounded.

No? Are you serious?

The female investigator from Shanghai, still somewhat skeptical, asked, "Was it really caused by his cultivation?"

"That's impossible!"

"How could a normal person's cultivation..."

Seeing the two of them like this, Hong Tian didn't bother to answer. He simply waved for someone to pull up the surveillance footage from the hotel where He Li was staying, and a shocking scene immediately appeared before their eyes...

In the surveillance footage, dense spiritual energy transformed into a bluish mist that formed a vortex above the hotel.

The vortex was enormous, blotting out the sky and the sun...

The very tip of the vortex...

Then it turned and extended into the room where He Li was.

As the surveillance camera zoomed in, through the broken window, one could see that the spiritual energy, so rich it was almost viscous, like sugar water, completely enveloped He Li.

What's terrifying is that He Li's entire body was covered in golden-red veins that were visible, contracting, and expanding, as if he were breathing...

The viscous spiritual energy was then absorbed rapidly.

His martial arts realm is breaking through.

One by one, the spiritual apertures were filled and opened up.

The faint light from the spiritual aperture continued to flicker.

His meridians were also widening slightly.

And the width of that increase...

Visible to the naked eye!!!

Even Lin Fan, who was well-informed and a genius who rarely paid attention to others, was completely dumbfounded. He had never seen such an outrageous scene in his life!

"What's wrong with him...?"

Lin Fan couldn't help but ask, his voice trembling with fear.

"Breathing forms vortexes, spiritual energy turns into mist... no, that spiritual energy has all turned into water."

"And his meridians..."

"That's wider than my finger!!!"

"This...this is the meridian system a human should have???"

"And...and what's around him? There seem to be some blurry, flickering figures?"

Hearing his words, the others also shook their heads.

"We don't know his situation either."

"However, Li Qing said that the cultivation technique he practices..."

"It's the 'Great Nuo Rhapsody'!"

Huh? Lin Fan was even more confused when he heard this.

"The Great Nuo Ode? That can't be right. Not only is that technique ridiculously expensive, but it's already been verified by powerful figures in the capital and other regions. Its cultivation efficiency is even worse than a third-rate technique..."

Before he could finish speaking, Hong Tian shook his head and interrupted him.

"The cultivation effect is not even as good as a third-rate technique..."

That only applies to the majority of people.

"He Li's situation is clearly a result of its extreme consistency with the 'Great Nuo Fu'."

"This is something others can't learn."

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something or ask something, but in the end he didn't say anything. Mainly because... he didn't know what to say.

Even with so many powerful figures in Kyoto and numerous strong individuals from other regions, they still can't master this cultivation technique...

How did Heli manage to cultivate it?

This is no longer a matter of luck.

This is absolutely "destiny"!!!

Lin Fan felt inexplicably uneasy.

Before meeting He Li, he was a brilliant genius of the Heavenly Fortune level in Shanghai.

He also felt like he was the "protagonist"...

It is the destiny of Heaven!

But now he suddenly realizes...

It seems that destiny is not in my hands.

Compared to himself, He Li is more in line with the "protagonist" setting in online novels. He... seems... perhaps... is the one destined for greatness.

Thinking about these things, Lin Fan was momentarily lost in thought.

The partner next to him was a little worried when he saw this.

She couldn't help but whisper a comforting message: "Don't worry about it, Brother Fan. He was just lucky."

"He entered this special state after taking medication."

"Brother Fan, you're much better than him!"

"You've cultivated to this level, but you've never relied on medicine to enter this state and improve your cultivation..."

Hmm? Is that right?

Something feels off.