GRMFBS CH268

“What’s the situation? Captain, did you offend the Tianshi?” The Black Wolf’s vice-captain secretly poked his captain.

The Black Wolf scratched his head in confusion, pulling down a handful of charred, broken hair: “I don’t know.”

Wasn’t everything fine just a moment ago? Could he have really angered her? But they were in the middle of a fight—was there something that would make her suddenly lose her temper?

Could it be that the Tianshi thinks I’m fighting too pathetically?

Ji Yueming arrived at the tracking squad, the best within the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau. She had already removed her mask, her face taut: “I need to find someone.”

There were few entities capable of insulating against the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau’s specialized lightning talismans, and every one of them stirred up a bad premonition in her.

Ning Xi was also alerted. As the Vice-Director who was constantly working overtime and living at the Bureau, he hurried over immediately.

The tracking squad had already located the last place Zhan Yan appeared—they were extremely fast, pulling it directly from the police system as soon as the farmhouse owner reported it. However, the information they provided was insufficient. Matthias was the one most familiar with the situation, and he could only communicate through a translator. After translation, some of the content became… very strange.

Ning Xi had already arranged for personnel to investigate which type of situation caused the Tianshi’s connection to her lightning talisman to disappear.

Ji Yueming’s situation was special; she could only use lightning arts and possessed no tracking skills. She could sense the existence of her specialized lightning talismans because the lightning power contained within them could, in a sense, be considered a part of her. It was like a person’s hair or a bird’s feathers.

Because of the Tianshi’s bond with this world, it could almost be said that as long as her lightning talismans existed in this world, she would not lose her connection to them—whether in the mortal realm, the underworld, the Dawn world, or the reality world, including the Candle Dragon remnant images. They were all parts of this world.

The only things capable of isolating her from her lightning talismans were powers not of this world.

Like “Infinity.”

Wan Yao Alliance.

A Chongming divine bird spread its wings and rose with the wind, flying directly to the territory of the Sky-Howling Wolf King, Bai Po.

The mountain forest was quiet, trees swaying, and a full moon hung in the treetops, radiating a clear, bright brilliance. A giant wolf shadow crouched on a rock, its silver fur shining like silk in the moonlight. Bai Po looked up at the moon, appreciating it with great interest.

His throat felt a bit itchy; he wanted to howl. He cleared his throat, preparing to “howl at the moon.”

A sudden gust of wind blew, making the tree crowns shake wildly, and the quiet, serene scene turned eerie and terrifying in the blink of an eye. Bai Po choked on the wind, and when he looked up, the moon was already blocked by a small cloud. The edges of the cloud were tattered and messy, clearly torn over by force by the wind.

The giant divine bird landed in the open space beside him.

Bai Po bared his teeth unhappily: “What are you acting crazy about in the middle of the night?”

Zhan Yunkai handed him a T-shirt: “Help me find someone.”

Bai Po puffed air out through his nose and said annoyedly: “I’m not a dog!”

Zhan Yunkai’s voice was deep: “My youngest son has gone missing. I can’t feel my feather talisman.”

“Understood.” Bai Po immediately turned serious. He sniffed the shirt and looked up again. The olfactory tracking spell outlined a map in his mind.

“I’ve found the last location he appeared.”

The giant silver wolf ran under the moonlight, passing through mountain forests, leaping over cities, and blending into the moonlight without alerting anyone. The giant divine bird rode the wind beneath the starry sky, following closely behind the giant wolf on the ground.

The giant wolf sprinted in a straight line.

The divine bird’s double pupils gazed into the distance and asked: “In Geyun Village?”

“What Geyun Village?” Bai Po didn’t know human place names.

Zhan Yunkai directly transmitted the map to him via divine sense.

Bai Po: “Yes, how did you know it was there?”

Zhan Yunkai: “That’s the place my son passes through on his way back to school.”

The route Yan-yan took while traveling with company clients and the straight-line path Bai Po was running intersected at Geyun Village.

Once the location was confirmed, Zhan Yunkai flapped his wings, accelerating in a straight line and leaving Bai Po behind.

Bai Po’s eyes widened: “Hey, hey! You’re just leaving like that?”

Zhan Yunkai thought their running speed on the ground was too slow. He didn’t need Bai Po to confirm the specific location after arriving.

Beneath the starry sky, the divine bird’s gaze passed over the cities and countryside, falling straight onto the farmhouse. Many people had already arrived there—the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau personnel. The small farmhouse was now packed with people and all sorts of instruments.

The farmhouse owner and Matthias were each sitting in separate rooms; a Spanish speaker had been assigned to help question Matthias. The owner’s family didn’t know much about Zhan Yan, who had stayed there for less than two days in total. Once all the details were extracted, the rest was questioning about that specific spot in the yard, the large willow tree, and the shrubs around the tree.

From the local paranormal legends of the village to how many times they had fertilized the soil, the person taking the statements asked in a gentle whisper, and the owner’s family unknowingly told them everything they knew.

After they couldn’t think of anything else, the lady taking the statement smiled gently at them, telling them to rest there and to speak up if they remembered anything else.

The owner’s family wanted to look out the window but didn’t dare, feeling nervous and afraid, yet inexplicably a little excited. There was a group of people busy in the yard, and the area under the tree was surrounded by all kinds of instruments. After they called the police, the police brought this group of people not long after. This group definitely wasn’t the police; could these be the legendary professional government officials?

Matthias was treated slightly better; his room allowed him to look directly into the yard, so he could satisfy his curiosity by simply turning his head. During the questioning, he had already explained the paranormal events he had experienced and that he had experienced them together with Zhan Yan. It was highly likely the Tianshi would want to ask him directly later, so there was no point in hiding the supernatural from her.

He just hadn’t expected that the Tianshi’s youngest son was also a “noob” who had come into contact with the supernatural world—definitely a noob. Aside from helping Matthias, he probably hadn’t used his powers many times, or else he would have been discovered by the Tianshi long ago.

Matthias craned his neck to look out the window. The people from the mysterious organization were busy in an orderly fashion. Standing in the center was a man who clearly held an unusual status; he had dark skin, a sturdy build, and a very short buzz cut, looking as if he were quite bored.

The Black Wolf touched his head, feeling unaccustomed. The buzz cut was too short, and the night breeze blowing over his scalp felt chilly.

—He had taken a lightning strike for nothing, so he had to come over and take a look.

Not long after, another car drove into the yard.

Matthias stared wide-eyed as Ji Yueming, dressed in Tianshi robes and wearing a lightning-patterned mask, stepped out of the car. Oh, oh! A pro!

Ji Yueming carried a black box to the tree, her steps steady and light, not raising a speck of dust.

The Black Wolf followed her over: “How is it?”

“It’s not Infinity,” Ji Yueming said.

A few minutes ago, the Bureau’s information support department had provided the results. Ning Xi had helped calculate it and suspected it was a special Candle Dragon remnant.

This made Ji Yueming feel much more relieved. As long as it didn’t involve Infinity, it was highly likely Yan-yan hadn’t been dragged into some conspiracy and might have just accidentally stumbled into a special Candle Dragon remnant. Her lightning talismans were self-triggering; even if she couldn’t sense them, they would still work. Even if he encountered danger, he could hold on for three to five days.

Ji Yueming placed the box under the tree; the small briefcase landed on the ground, pressing the soil down three centimeters. This was the instrument used to locate the mysterious Candle Dragon remnant—precious and precise. Ji Yueming had been a few minutes late specifically to escort it here.

She moved aside to let the staff operate it. The instrument unfolded on the ground, and the staff worked methodically.

Ji Yueming suddenly looked up, her sharp eyes narrowing slightly.

“What’s wrong?” As soon as the Black Wolf looked up, he felt the aura coming from afar.

A few breaths later, a divine bird with brilliant colorful feathers landed on the roof ridge, illuminating almost half the night sky. He bent his elegant neck, his divine double pupils staring intently at the people below.

“Tianshi, Black Wolf…” A voice that did not belong to a human pierced the night sky. The divine bird’s throat was structured differently from a human’s; every tone was strange and beautiful, like the sound of a zither or a copper bell, carrying immense pressure.

“Your Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau’s reaction time is quite fast this time.”

From the moment he discovered the feather talisman on Yan-yan had been disconnected until now, less than twenty minutes had passed. Judging by the situation here, the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau clearly hadn’t just arrived. Two squad captains had come, including the Tianshi.

Even by the controlling-freak standards of the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau, this was too fast.

Did they know something was wrong here long ago? Does the disconnection of Yan-yan’s feather talisman have anything to do with them? What on earth happened?

Zhan Yunkai narrowed his eyes, his long, dense eyelashes lowering as his double pupils swept across the surroundings. Zhan Yan’s activity traces had already been destroyed by the people in the yard and could not be restored.

This made Zhan Yunkai even more irritable. His Demon King pressure leaked out, causing everyone on the scene to stop involuntarily.

“You may continue,” Ji Yueming said.

Electric sparks crackled in the air, and the pressure lightened. The Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau personnel broke into a light sweat on their foreheads, took a deep breath, and professionally began operating the instruments again.

The Black Wolf looked at the Chongming Demon King with annoyance. This matter involved Ji Yueming’s youngest son, and the Chongming Demon King had suddenly jumped in and shown hostility. Can’t let him interfere.

His wolf ears were already pricked up due to the Chongming Demon King’s subtle hostility. He took a step back with his left foot, bent his knees to lower his posture, arched his back slightly to prepare for an attack, and bared his fangs: “Want to fight?”

A bit troublesome… the Chongming Demon King is an air combat unit; it’s hard to lure him away.

In the communicators in both their ears, Ning Xi’s astonished whisper sounded: “Chongming Demon King? Why would he appear?”

Ji Yueming looked up coldly at the divine bird occupying the entire roof ridge.

The Chongming Demon King’s reaction was too fast. They had checked, and there were no abnormal auras here; they at the Abnormal Affairs Management Bureau had rushed over because she had discovered the lightning talisman on Yan-yan was out of contact. What had made the Chongming Demon King sense a problem here and rush over?

Could it be that Yan-yan’s disappearance is related to the Wan Yao Alliance?