262: Chapter 262 The Activities of the Star Cult

The mayor is quite busy today.

Right now, he is in the conference room, holding a meeting with the various powerful figures of Youfeng City.

It is said that the Star Cult has been increasingly active lately, with traces of them being discovered in major urban districts one after another, and Youfeng City might not be able to escape unscathed.

However, as the mayor's secretary, Secretary Wu Ming is not particularly nervous. After all, this place could be considered the safest location in all of Youfeng City.

Upstairs is where the higher-ups are holding their meeting, and the faintly revealed aura of high-level spiritual power makes one feel incredibly at ease.

Furthermore, Youfeng City is just a remote area with no special resources; he really cannot understand how anything could possibly go wrong here...

"Ding—"

The paging device on his desk suddenly rang, causing his heart to tighten involuntarily...

From the information transmitted from the other end, Secretary Wu Ming quickly realized that the Star Cult's operation had actually begun.

The Security Bureau's intelligence department just discovered energy fluctuations from some Star Cult Apostles around the Xiao Family. It is roughly inferred that the Star Cult's target this time is the stone used by the Xiao Family to test beast-taming Aptitude.

The Security Bureau's Enforcers have now been rapidly deployed, and the Old Master of the Xiao Family has also rushed back in a panic...

Fortunately, the tiers of the intruders are not very high, only around the second or third tier, so they cannot stir up much trouble. This allowed Secretary Wu Ming to put his heart, which had been in his throat, back at ease.

But not long after, the paging device rang again.

This time, a group of Star Cult members was detected in the vicinity of the Youfeng City Security Bureau, and a strong energy signal was detected among them. After comparison, it was confirmed to be the Star Cult Priest "Crystal Coin"!

Chief Mo Zhao, the head of the Youfeng City Security Bureau who was just in a meeting, immediately returned...

After this, the paging device rang almost every few minutes, with the incoming information all regarding the detection of Star Cult traces in various areas of Youfeng City.

The current situation is not optimistic.

The highest combat power in Youfeng City is just those three seventh-tier Espers from the Security Bureau, but the current situation is that traces of the Star Cult have been discovered in almost every part of Youfeng City.

Those three adults are stretched thin at this moment and simply cannot attend to all locations.

All they can do is station themselves in specific areas and provide support after receiving signals.

And most importantly, this operation is being led by Crystal Coin!

According to the Security Bureau's intelligence, "Crystal Coin" is the wealthiest guy among the Star Cult Priests and also the priest with the most followers in the Star Cult.

Every time he takes action, he causes a region to suffer a great loss of Origin Qi for quite a while.

There is also a rumor that the mayor of Qingwu City, who died mysteriously over a decade ago, was killed by him.

This is his first action after such a long time; who knows if this guy's target is the mayor himself...

Moreover, this Star Cult operation is very strange. Not only is their personnel dispersed, but almost all the incoming information only reports discovering traces, rather than confirming whether they have actually launched an operation.

The more Secretary Wu Ming thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

In the end, Secretary Wu Ming, who had originally felt very safe, could no longer hold back. He hurriedly opened the office door and ran quickly toward the conference room upstairs.

"Secretary Wu Ming..."

Just as Secretary Wu Ming was about to push the door open, he discovered that the conference room door had opened by itself.

Leng You walked out from inside with an expressionless face.

"Take me to the safe house."

Hearing the mayor's words, Secretary Wu Ming's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The safe house was built by Leng You a long time ago, specifically to withstand sudden crises.

It is said that once closed, it can withstand a full-force blow of eighth-tier power.

It seems that this Star Cult operation has already exceeded the mayor's expectations, to the point where even the safe house, his final trump card, has been activated.

Soon, under heavy security protection, Leng You and he arrived at the safe house buried deep underground.

Secretary Wu Ming felt particularly grateful for his profession at this moment; it was precisely because he was the mayor's secretary that he could follow the mayor into such a safe place.

The faintly glowing spirit runes on the walls inside the room exuded a heavy aura, giving one a full sense of security at first glance.

Watching the heavy door behind him close slowly, Secretary Wu Ming breathed a sigh of relief and immediately began to operate the special instrument in the center of the safe house.

"Sir... because the command console hasn't been used for a long time, it needs some time to restart... so we are temporarily unable to contact the outside world..."

"..."

Leng You did not speak; he simply sat down in a seat in the room, covering his head with one hand, as if pondering why those lunatics from the Star Cult had suddenly targeted this small area of Youfeng City.

Following Secretary Wu Ming's actions, the colorful lights on the console gradually lit up.

"Sir, just wait another five minutes."

Secretary Wu Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead and was preparing to come over to hand the metal key that controlled the entire command console to Leng You.

"Wait! Don't move!"

Just at this moment, Leng You suddenly exclaimed.

At the same time, his eyes were fixed intently on Secretary Wu Ming's feet.

"Sir... what's wrong..."

Secretary Wu Ming, suddenly faced with this unexpected turn of events, froze in place and dared not move at all.

He realized that Leng You was staring at his feet, so he also slowly looked down at his own feet following his gaze.

There was nothing under his feet, except for that patch of black shadow.

"Sir, I didn't..."

Secretary Wu Ming raised his head, just about to say something, when his throat was suddenly grabbed by someone, and he couldn't utter a single word.

He knew why the mayor had told him not to move... because he had just realized with astonishment that, in the entire room, it seemed only he had a shadow!

That's right... to ensure operational safety, the lights in the entire safe house were shadowless lamps; how could he possibly still have a shadow!

"Sir... save..."

Realizing almost instantly what had happened, Secretary Wu Ming reached out toward his savior with a look of terror, but soon, his movements became instantly stiff, like a marionette.

From his perspective, Leng You's expression shifted from his initial blankness to a slow darkening, eventually turning into an extremely cold-blooded look.

At the same time, an incredibly terrifying aura slowly rose from beneath his feet, and black mist entwined with gold threads continuously surged out from his shadow.

The next moment, he suddenly felt the presence of another person behind him.

"Click, click, click..."

The sound of heels striking the floor seemed particularly crisp in the entire empty safe house.

A figure in a white robe with special patterns suddenly appeared in front of Secretary Wu Ming.

She stood with her back to him, and evil black mist, emerging from who knows where, churned on that pristine white robe, forming a sharp color contrast.

The large hood obscured the newcomer's face, but the smooth chin, the white hair flowing down from the gaps, and the petite figure still made it easy to distinguish her gender.