The organization I founded has been exposed by the reborn!

In the next room.

Luo Qingyan also did not fall asleep.

She was wearing a white silk nightgown, sitting at a large desk, and using the light of the desk lamp to review several confidential files she had compiled.

She was reviewing all the unexpected events that had occurred that day.

A black fog of figures emptied five strategic material warehouses overnight.

The parking lot of Yenching University houses a ruthless awakened being from the Sand and Soil system who creates miniature sandstorms.

And above the sewage pipes in the southern suburbs, a vision of angels descending caused widespread panic.

Put these three things together.

Luo Qingyan frowned, and the seemingly chaotic clues in her mind gradually pieced together a heart-stopping thread.

Shen Lesheng, an awakened individual of the Sand and Soil System, was confirmed by Skynet to have vanished into thin air in a remote section of road outside the Seventh Ring Road after leaving Yenching University.

Furthermore, in the sewers where the angelic awakener descended, there were even those who appeared to be clearing out the mutated rat swarm together with the Dawn Leader.

Add to that the black fog that emptied the warehouse...

"All the clues ultimately point to the same name—"

"breaking Dawn!!"

Luo Qingyan's eyes were grave. She was almost certain that this was no coincidence.

That unfathomable leader of Dawn may have already laid out a world-shaking plan in Yanjing.

"Ring ring—"

Just then, the cell phone placed on the corner of the table suddenly rang.

Luo Qingyan answered the phone: "Hey. What's up?"

On the other end of the phone came the voice of Xiao Tian'en, the captain of the First Brigade who was on night duty at the Paranormal Bureau headquarters.

"Director Luo, I apologize for disturbing your rest. I have two urgent matters to report to you."

Xiao Tianen spoke very quickly: "First thing. The DNA comparison results for the human skeletons we found in the sewers in the southern suburbs this afternoon are in."

"These people are all core members of the 'Black Tiger Gang,' an underground criminal organization in Yanjing."

Luo Qingyan's gaze sharpened slightly.

A group of gangsters would never wander into a sewer for no reason.

They were most likely chasing after someone at the time.

Perhaps... that person is an angel awakener!

Thinking of this, Luo Qingyan immediately issued the order.

"Immediately contact the Municipal Public Security Bureau to coordinate a lockdown and arrest all high-ranking members of the Black Tiger Gang overnight."

"We must get them to talk before dawn and find out the Black Tiger Gang's true purpose in entering the sewers!"

"Yes!" Xiao Tianen responded quickly, then his tone turned serious: "Director Luo, there's a second matter..."

"The field team responsible for guarding the perimeter of the southern sewers has just reported back. Several suspicious individuals have suddenly appeared around the perimeter. They are inquiring about the angelic vision and are even trying to evade the guards and sneak into the sewers."

Luo Qingyan frowned slightly: "Have they been brought under control?"

"No. The enemy's counter-surveillance awareness is extremely strong; they escaped immediately as soon as they were detected. But the team confirmed a crucial detail—"

Xiao Tianen said in a deep voice, "These infiltrators are all blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners!"

Foreigners have their eyes on the sewers?

Luo Qingyan's heart sank slightly.

She thought of that colossal entity that had emerged after the apocalypse—the Church of Light!

The strange phenomenon of six-winged angels had just occurred in the southern suburbs during the day, and at night foreign personnel risked their lives to infiltrate the sewage pipes to search for them. This was no coincidence.

Clearly, the Vatican's spies within the country have already set their sights on that angelic awakener.

Do you want to recruit him and add him to the Church of Light?

"Hmph! How dare they extend their tentacles deep into the Dragon Kingdom's territory!"

Luo Qingyan's eyes were as cold as frost, and she decisively issued the order:

"Captain Xiao, immediately notify the entire elite team to stand by and assemble at the station within ten minutes. I'll be there right away!"

……

Ten minutes later.

The headquarters of the National Paranormal Security Bureau, in the underground parking garage.

Two black armored vehicles roared to life, ready to launch at any moment.

Li Zhengfeng, Peng Tao, Lu Feng, Zhao Mingyu, and Chen Mo were fully armed and lined up in neat rows.

"Tap, tap, tap."

The crisp sound of footsteps echoed.

Luo Qingyan, wearing a white trench coat, strode over.

"Get in the car. We'll talk on the way."

Without uttering a single unnecessary word, Luo Qingyan opened the car door.

The armored vehicles roared out of headquarters and headed straight for the southern suburbs.

The atmosphere inside the carriage was somber.

Luo Qingyan's gaze swept over the five team members, her voice icy: "The target of this mission is several Westerners who have infiltrated China. But they are not ordinary spies; they belong to a secret force across the ocean—the Holy See of Light."

"The Holy See?" Li Zhengfeng frowned slightly. "Are they religious fanatics?"

"Much more dangerous than ordinary fanatics."

Luo Qingyan's expression was cold: "This is a behemoth entrenched in the West, using religious belief as a shell to brainwash and control its followers. Don't be fooled by the word 'light'; they act extremely and regard all dissidents as heretics."

She paused, then cut to the present situation: "The angelic phenomenon in the southern suburbs today has most likely attracted the attention of the Vatican. These foreign personnel who infiltrated the crime scene are their advance team sent to scout the area."

"We currently know very little about the inner workings of the Holy See."

Luo Qingyan surveyed the crowd, her voice calm and resolute: "Therefore, tonight's mission is capture. Remember, capture them all alive! Get them to talk, find out their true purpose for infiltrating Yanjing, and root out the Vatican's spies hiding in the shadows!"

"Understood!" the five team members responded in unison.

……

Thirty minutes later.

Two armored vehicles slowed down and came to a stop at a quiet street corner outside the Fifth Ring Road.

The car door slid open, and the elite squad quickly got out, guns at their ready, and deployed into a tactical defensive formation.

However, the scene before him made Li Zhengfeng's gaze freeze.

A night breeze swept by, and the yellow and black police tape swayed under the streetlights.

More than a dozen special police officers and field agents who were originally stationed near the sewer entrance were now lying haphazardly on the cold cement ground.

There were no spent shell casings from the firefight nearby, and not even a distress alarm had been sounded.

Li Zhengfeng strode forward and quickly examined the carotid artery and pupils of one of the men.

"Director Luo, the man is still alive." Li Zhengfeng breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice, "His pulse is stable, and he has no external injuries. He was simply knocked unconscious by some kind of external force."

Luo Qingyan stepped forward, her gaze sweeping over the fallen police equipment around her. The safety on some of the guns hadn't even been released yet.

"They didn't even have a chance to draw their guns as a warning."

Luo Qingyan's eyes turned slightly cold as she quickly made her judgment: "The method was swift and clean, leaving no bloodstains. It was done by a superhuman. The people from the Holy See have already left."

Without any hesitation, she took out her encrypted communicator and quickly connected with Qin Zhenguo.

"Director Qin, the perimeter of the sewers outside the Fifth Ring Road has been breached, and all personnel on the perimeter are unconscious."

Luo Qingyan spoke rapidly: "Immediately dispatch a medical team to treat the wounded, and send additional armed forces to take over the ground defenses. The Vatican's people have only recently infiltrated the underground network; we're going down now to arrest them."

"Received. Be careful and stay in touch!" came Qin Zhenguo's calm and decisive reply from the other end of the line.

After hanging up the phone, Luo Qingyan turned to Zhao Mingyu: "Mingyu, it's up to you now."

"Yes."

Zhao Mingyu stepped forward, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes slightly.

When he opened his eyes again, his black pupils had turned into a deep, dark gold.

[Eye of Insight], now activated.

In his true vision, amidst the surrounding black, white, and gray physical world, several residual traces of extraordinary energy clearly emerged.

"Director Luo, we've made a discovery."

Zhao Mingyu pointed towards the sewer entrance and quickly analyzed: "There are several different energy fluctuations remaining in the air. There are violent crimson fire elements, chaotic cyan wind elements, and a pale golden holy light with a sacred aura."

"These energy trajectories are very fresh, with very low dissipation. This indicates that the other party acted no more than twenty minutes ago."

"They went in."

Luo Qingyan nodded: "Go after them."

The group of six quickly jumped into the sewer entrance.

As I stepped into the thick, viscous sewage that reached above my ankles, a pungent stench and a chilling, damp atmosphere assaulted my senses.

The slippery pipe walls on both sides were covered with moss and slime, and in the dark depths, only the hollow echo of water droplets falling could be heard.

Zhao Mingyu walked at the head of the group, a dark golden light flickering in his eyes.

Under the microscopic vision of the Eye of Insight, the red, blue, and pale gold energy remnants floating in the air resemble three faint fluorescent lines, clearly guiding the way.

After passing through a complex network of underground pipes and walking for about 500 meters, the space in front of you suddenly opens up.

This is a massive underground diversion hub.

Directly ahead, three main sewage pipes, each over three meters in diameter, lay open side by side, their dark openings seemingly bottomless, each leading to an unknown area.

Zhao Mingyu stopped and stared at the three pipe openings: "Director Luo, the residual energy flow splits here. The enemy split into three groups and entered these three pipes respectively."

Luo Qingyan's gaze swept over the three black pipe openings, her expression resolute.

"Time is of the essence. We'll split up and encircle them from different directions, and finish this quickly."

"Li Zhengfeng, Chen Mo, you two go through the left-hand pipe."

"Peng Tao, Lu Feng, you two go to the right side."

"Mingyu, follow me and walk along the main road in the middle."

Luo Qingyan's eyes turned slightly cold as she solemnly instructed again, "The other party possesses unknown extraordinary abilities and acts in secrecy. If you encounter them, show no mercy; immediately cripple their ability to resist. I reiterate, try to leave them alive!"

"clear!"

The group accepted the order in hushed tones, without uttering a single wasted word, and quickly dispersed into their respective groups, nimbly disappearing into the dark pipes on either side.

……

Intermediate pipe.

Luo Qingyan sped along with Zhao Mingyu.

Before long, hushed conversations could be faintly heard from the darkness ahead.

Zhao Mingyu made a hand gesture.

The two moved quietly, close to the slippery wall.

On the shallow beach at the end of the pipeline stood three tall foreign men dressed in black suits.

Holding powerful flashlights, they were squatting on the ground, examining the charred remains of the giant rats that Su Yu had cleaved into a crisp with lightning, as well as the massive sword mark that ran across the ground.

"Incredible... This purity of holy light's judgment is definitely a trace of the Holy Son's descent!"

The burly man in the suit at the head of the group exclaimed in a low voice in English, his eyes filled with fanaticism.

"The Holy See's reach is far enough."

A cold, clear sound pierced through the damp, deathly silence, echoing abruptly between the walls of the large pipe.

The three burly men in suits, who were squatting on the muddy shallows examining the sword marks, suddenly froze, drew their weapons with lightning speed, and turned their heads sharply to look back.

The powerful beam of a tactical flashlight swept across the area.

In the heavy shadow cast by the pipe wall, Luo Qingyan, wearing a white trench coat, strolled out with Zhao Mingyu.

She exuded a chilling aura of oppression, her expression calm, her eyes like frost.

The burly man in the suit, who was at the head of the group, glanced at the distinctive dark pattern on Luo Qingyan's uniform, his eyes instantly turning sinister. He questioned her in broken Chinese, "Enforcers from the Paranormal Bureau? How did you find us so quickly?"

Luo Qingyan ignored his questioning, her cool gaze sweeping over the three of them, her tone calm:

"Who gave you the audacity to act without authorization on Dragon Kingdom territory? Surrender and you might save your lives."

A glint of fanaticism and ferocity flashed in the eyes of the burly man at the head of the group.

They were elite assassins secretly planted in the East by the Vatican, whose minds had long been thoroughly brainwashed by extreme doctrines.

Once their whereabouts are exposed, they will only fight to the death; there is absolutely no option to surrender.

The moment their eyes met, without the slightest hesitation, they launched a sudden attack!

"boom!"

The burly man at the head roared, and intense flames erupted from his body. He pushed forward with both hands, and a huge fireball of extremely high temperature tore through the darkness, accompanied by a whistling wind, heading straight for Luo Qingyan's face!

The other two burly men in suits, who had not awakened any elemental abilities, drew their tactical knives from their waists. They noticed Zhao Mingyu's aura was the weakest, and they moved like afterimages to his left and right, attempting to eliminate this easy target first.

Luo Qingyan remained unfazed as the fireball hurtled towards her.

She simply raised her right hand casually, slightly flipping her wrist.

"Splash—"

A viscous, yellowish-brown [Forgetful River Weak Water] suddenly surged out, transforming into a water shield in front of him.

The menacing fireball crashed into the Weak Water, but before it could even produce a spark, it was instantly extinguished by the extremely Yin water with a muffled "hiss," leaving not even a wisp of white smoke behind.

"What?!" The fire-elemental giant was shocked.

Luo Qingyan didn't give him a chance to react.

With fingers loosely clenched, he swung forward.

The River of Oblivion and the Weak Water instantly transformed into three thick water whips, like venomous snakes emerging from their holes, striking first despite being behind!

"Slap! Slap!"

Two crisp sounds.

The two burly men wielding knives who had just rushed in front of Zhao Mingyu were struck hard in the chest by the water whip. The enormous impact sent them flying backward, crashing heavily against the pipe wall, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and instantly losing consciousness.

Upon seeing this, the remaining fire-elemental giants' eyes flashed with a desperate madness.

He clenched his teeth, making a gesture as if to bite down on the poisonous capsule hidden in his molars and commit suicide.

"Want to die?"

Luo Qingyan remained indifferent, standing still without moving an inch.

She slightly bent her right index finger and flicked it in the air.

"call out!"

A drop of viscous, turbid water from the River of Oblivion was instantly compressed into a tiny, yellowish-brown water bullet the size of a fingernail, which shot out with a sharp whooshing sound.

"Bang!"

A dull thud echoed inside the pipe.

"Bang!"

A dull thud echoed inside the pipe.

The solid, weak water impact shattered the man's jawbone on the spot, and the overwhelming force sent the poison sac in his mouth flying out along with broken teeth and blood.

The big man rolled his eyes and collapsed limply into the sewage.

The battle ended in no more than three seconds.

This is how S-rank beings crush lower-level awakened beings.

Zhao Mingyu swallowed hard, the dark gold light in his eyes fading: "Director Luo, the energy trajectory ends here. There are only three of them on this path."

"Um."

Luo Qingyan nodded slightly.

With a thought, she conjured three strands of water from the River of Oblivion into ropes, binding the three unconscious people on the ground and suspending them in mid-air.

"Let's go outside and wait for them."