The previous two tis Wang Lan discovered traces of the Demon Clan, he reeled in big fish, making the Law Enforcent Departnt’s eyes turn red with envy, just like rabbits.
It wasn’t easy for Wang Lan to find traces of the Demon Clan again, so why was it only small fry this ti? Nearly all the experts from the Law Enforcent Departnt had co out, initially expecting a tough fight.
Suzhou City’s Tianjian Bureau had seven departnts, with only three related to combat. The heads of each departnt were of Galaxy Stage strength, but the capabilities of their subordinates varied greatly.
The strongest was undoubtedly the Action Departnt, the main combat branch of the Tianjian Bureau, boasting four Galaxy Stage experts. The strength of its two squad leaders even surpassed Li Weixin’s by a significant margin.
Below the Action Departnt was the Intelligence Departnt. It had fewer people, but all were elites. Wang Qianfeng was the only Galaxy Stage expert, but the Intelligence Departnt’s function was to gather intelligence, a convergence point for all things strange and extraordinary.
The Law Enforcent Departnt, despite its formidable na, wasn’t actually that strong. It managed internal discipline, monitored the behavior of internal personnel, and was also responsible for ideological indoctrination and re-education.
The Law Enforcent Departnt had fewer than one hundred mbers, and all its most capable personnel were brought out today.
"Report! The battle is over. Twenty Demon Clan spies eliminated. Zero casualties on our side. Awaiting instructions!"
"Control the area. Maintain alert."
"Yes, sir!"
"This doesn’t make sense..." He MingXue still felt sowhat dissatisfied. "Such a concealed base, so hard to find... And there are only these small fries? It’s unreasonable..."
Following He MingXue, Wang Lan entered the Demon Clan’s base. Apart from those on guard, the rest of the Law Enforcent Departnt were ticulously searching for dangers and clues.
Wang Lan arrived at the server Xiao Ai had pinpointed. Although Xiao Ai had already infiltrated it, Wang Lan had the program uninstall all its tool plugins to reduce the risk of exposure. To crack the server’s password, Wang Lan had to do it himself.
Wang Lan’s typing speed was like lightning. Xu Shiyun could only hear a rapid clatter from the keyboard, unable to even see the fingers move. Symbols typed by Wang Lan instantly flooded the computer screen before him.
When it ca to computer technology, Xu Shiyun was clueless. But, clueless as he was, he still liked to make small talk.
"Wang Lan, do you have to use a Star Martial Skill just to type?"
"No way! This is just normal typing speed, okay?"
"Oh, co on! How can normal typing speed be this fast? My hands don’t move this fast even when I’m... attending to my wife," Xu Shiyun said, making his crude remark without any inhibition, completely ignoring whether others were present.
"You old lecher, don’t disturb Wang Lan while he’s cracking the password," Zhang Yeqiu said, shooting him a sideways glance as she looked up.
The potency of Xu Shiyun’s crude remarks lay in their suggestiveness, leaving the rest to the imagination. The problem was, once the imagination kicked in, it was hard to stop. As soon as Zhang Yeqiu finished speaking, her pretty face turned beet red.
"Tsk, it’s your mind that’s dirty. I was talking about finger massage techniques. Look, your sister is perfectly calm, not thinking anything inappropriate at all."
Zhang Xiaoxue’s eyes were fixed on Wang Lan’s screen, staring intently.
Zhang Xiaoxue was an Ice Attribute Star Martial Warrior with a naturally cool temperant, rarely showing strong emotional fluctuations. But at that mont, Zhang Yeqiu was surprised to see a rich range of expressions on her sister’s face.
"Xiaoxue, I almost forgot you’re also proficient with computers. Can Wang Lan handle it? Do you want to give it a try?"
"If Wang Lan can’t handle it, then I definitely can’t. He’s a master, an absolute master," Zhang Xiaoxue said, regaining her composure and sighing in admiration.
"Got it!"
Instantly, a TXT page popped up, filled with computer language code.
One glance would make anyone’s head spin.
"This is the backup information for the ga young Zhang Jixi played. These numbers, which look like gibberish, are actually chat ssages Zhang Jixi sent through the ga. They must be transmitting instructions. Look around, see if there are any books that stand out—sothing they obviously wouldn’t read."
"Let’s all look together!"
The four of them scattered, quickly rummaging through boxes and cabinets.
"Found one! Here’s a novel titled ’Soldier’s Legend’."
"Bring it here."
Wang Lan quickly used the previously deciphered thod, cross-referencing the numbers with the book’s content.
"Before the twelfth, produce fifty bottles of Demonic Transformation Potion."
"Deliver them to the greenbelt beneath the Canyuan Road overpass in the New District."
"..."
The next dozen or so ssages were all requests to produce Demonic Transformation Potions. After analyzing these, Wang Lan shot to his feet.
"Director He!"
"Huh?" He MingXue had just walked in when he suddenly heard Wang Lan call out to him loudly.
"Director He, this is a base where the Demon Clan manufactures Demonic Transformation Potions! Everyone, keep looking; there must be more evidence!"
"Really? That’s great!"
They had thought they’d only caught so small fry, but finding a manufacturing base for Demonic Transformation Potions was a completely different matter. The Demonic Transformation Potion was the crowning achievent in this series of accomplishnts.
"Assessnt complete. Law Enforcent Departnt operation concluded." Suddenly, a voice rang out. Just as He MingXue’s face lit up with ecstasy, Wang Qianfeng walked in, his face wreathed in a smile as wide as a chrysanthemum.
"Wang, what are you doing here? What’s this about an assessnt being over?" He MingXue asked, his expression slightly unnatural.
"See for yourself." Wang Qianfeng held the order paper right in front of He MingXue. He MingXue glanced down at it, and his face imdiately turned pitch black.
With the establishnt of the Shadow Guard Office, his Law Enforcent Departnt would be reorganized. The Law Enforcent Departnt would retain its Law Enforcent Branch, while the Shadow Guard Office would imdiately begin recruitnt and expansion.
The Shadow Guard Office was primarily responsible for covert operations—tasks not suitable for public exposure, such as assassinations, surveillance, and eliminating internal destabilizing elents.
Most importantly, the identities of Shadow Guard Office personnel were highly secret. Everyone had both a public and a covert identity. The personnel for the Shadow Guard Office would mainly be drawn from various departnts within the Tianjian Bureau.
They could co from the Intelligence Departnt, the Action Departnt, the Internal Affairs Departnt, or even the dical Departnt. Facing the cunning Demon Clan and preparing for potentially drastic future changes, the Tianjian Bureau was implenting a higher level of strategic preparedness.
Upon seeing this order, a smile spread across He MingXue’s face. Deep down, he was already plotting his next move. Wang Qianfeng, you poached two of my people! I’m not just getting them back; I’m going to poach your two precious talents as well! Poaching is a ga anyone can play!
But just as a hint of triumph appeared on his face, his expression suddenly changed.
What did that old scoundrel Wang Qianfeng just say? Mission complete, assessnt over? Does that an from now on, any discoveries aren’t part of the Law Enforcent Departnt’s tasks? Is that old scoundrel trying to steal the credit?
A pair of eyes filled with murderous intent coldly stared at Wang Qianfeng.
"He Lao’er, why are you looking at like that?"
"Wang, let’s have a word on the side."
"No need. The mission is more important. Finding the Demonic Transformation Potion production workshop is urgent."
"No, no, no, those are trivial matters. Let my subordinates handle them... Let’s discuss sothing important..."
"Is there anything more important than the Demonic Transformation Potion?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Giving you a good thrashing!"
"He MingXue... what are you doing? This is a breach of discipline! Believe it or not, I’ll file a complaint against you!"
"I am the head of the Law Enforcent Departnt. I accept your complaint. But for now, take this!"
Finding the Demon Clan’s Demonic Transformation Potion production workshop wasn’t difficult for the experts of the Tianjian Bureau. If necessary, they could simply use Earth Attribute Star Martial Skills to flip the entire area upside down.
One hundred ters underground, Zhang Yeqiu was the first to discover a hidden chamber. It took the combined efforts of seven Earth Attribute Star Martial Warriors to excavate this secret chamber from deep underground.
Looking at the three expensive manufacturing devices before him, along with so semi-finished Demonic Transformation Potions, a smile spread across Wang Qianfeng’s face. However, the grin inadvertently tugged at the bruise on the corner of his mouth, causing a twinge of pain.
*"Mission to uncover Demonic Transformation Potion production base complete. Reward: 50,000 experience points, 1,000 skill points."*
As the prompt echoed in his mind, Wang Lan imdiately knew sothing was wrong.
Showing off occasionally feels great, but constantly doing it... that’s just asking for trouble. My last breakthrough was just yesterday! After destroying the elite spy group, I leveled up, and my experience for Star Shine Level 6 increased by about thirty percent, around seventeen or eighteen thousand points. To advance from Star Shine Level 6 to Star Shine Level 7 requires sixty thousand experience points. A direct reward of fifty thousand naturally ans I’m leveling up again. The problem isn’t leveling up; it’s leveling up again after just one day! What normal person could handle this kind of provocation?
In an instant, Wang Lan moved. His figure flashed as he tried to escape.
"Wang Lan, what are you doing?" Wang Qianfeng was startled by Wang Lan’s sudden action.
"Director Wang, I... I really need to use the restroom!"
"Cut it out. Holding it in for a bit won’t kill you," Xu Shiyun said, an irrepressible smile on his face as he slung an arm around Wang Lan’s shoulder. "We’ve really hit the jackpot this ti. I wonder how big the reward from headquarters will be. Who knows, maybe even my rank will get a boost..."
A ripple of Star Energy Fluctuation spread out.
Xu Shiyun’s voice abruptly stopped.
Staring with wide, ghost-seeing eyes, he watched the Star Energy Fluctuation emanating from Wang Lan.
It was a familiar scene, a truly flamboyant display. But... damn it, it had only been one day!
And naturally, Wang Qianfeng witnessed this entire scene.
Yesterday, Wang Lan broke through while unconscious from overexertion; I saw the whole thing. At the ti, I could still rationalize it as potential activation triggered by using a super S-rank Star Martial Skill, the Phoenix Form... Even though that explanation was flimsy even to myself, at least it was an excuse, right? But this... this is just too much! Breaking through every day? Can’t you be a little reasonable?
At this mont, the corner of Wang Qianfeng’s mouth, already bruised, throbbed with pain. It twitched uncontrollably, and he couldn’t stop the frequent spasms.
"Huh? Wang Lan is breaking through?" For Zhang Yeqiu and the others, who were interacting with Wang Lan for the first ti, it was a shock. Only Wang Qianfeng and Xu Shiyun knew that Wang Lan had just broken through the previous day.
Even so, Wang Lan breaking through without any warning was already astonishing.
People had heard of killing soone at the slightest disagreent, but never of breaking through at the slightest disagreent.
"Um..." Wang Lan turned his head stiffly, forcing a strained smile at Xu Shiyun, whose excited expression was twisting, on the verge of becoming maniacal.
"Xu, please don’t get too excited..."
"Wang Lan, you’re breaking through again? Every single day? If I don’t give you a good thrashing today, I won’t find peace of mind!" Xu Shiyun declared, raising his palm high, aiming a punch straight for Wang Lan’s forehead.
"Wait, Xu, listen to my explanation!"
"Do you even need to explain?"
"Yes, I do! I’m really innocent. I told you just now, I had to go urgently. You know how it is, when nature calls, you can’t just hold it in. With you stopping like that, the pressure of my... urgency... just broke through my Star Power shackles. It was all because I was forced to hold it in!"
"Go to hell—!"
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