12: Accept! First mission!

Chen Nian lightly tapped his fingertip, and the screen instantly lit up, revealing a concise yet fully functional interface before his eyes.

Chen Nian clicked on the mission section.

"Whoosh—!"

Densely packed missions refreshed instantly, scrolling downwards like a waterfall.

【First-Level Mission: Investigate strange noises at the abandoned factory in the southern district, suspected low-level wandering ghosts at work.】

【First-Level Mission: Assist the police in handling the serial pet disappearance case in the western district, suspected to be related to evil powers.】

【Second-Level Mission: Track down the fugitive evil cultivator "Blood-Hand Butcher," this person is extremely dangerous, it is recommended that a team of three or more accept this mission.】

Various Ranks and types of missions were dazzling.

However, his current Rank only allowed him to accept First-Level missions.

His finger swiped casually across the light screen, directly tapping on the mission at the very top, the one most recently posted.

For him, the difficulty of the mission and whether the rewards were generous or not were irrelevant.

What he needed was simply a name, a location, a target.

A target that would allow him to release his power to his heart's content and harvest energy.

【Mission ID: A-074】

【Mission Name: Investigate the Serial Mysterious Death Incident in the East Street District】

【Mission Background: Within the last three days, five young men have died tragically on the streets of the East Street District. The victims had no obvious external injuries, but all their vital essence and blood had been drained. Their state of death was extremely terrifying. According to preliminary surveys, faint traces of Demonic Evils were left at the scene, presumed to be the work of Demonic Evils.】

【Mission Objective: Assist the Public Security Bureau in investigating the truth behind this incident】

【Mission Reward: 10 Contribution Points.】

Contribution Points—this is the only hard currency that circulates within the Spiritual Energy Bureau.

It can be used to exchange for Cultivation Techniques, Medicinal Pills, weapons, and special items in the internal store, and can also be exchanged for cash at a ratio of 1:10000.

However, Chen Nian did not have much interest in this.

His gaze was locked onto the four characters "Demonic Evils at work."

This was enough!

This was an investigation mission; missions that a First-Level Agent could accept were mostly investigative, logistical, or assistance-based.

Of course, he would not just simply investigate.

He would find the Demonic Evils and then execute them!

After all, only in this way could he obtain the System's rewards.

Thinking of this, he pressed the "Accept Mission" button in the bottom right corner of the light screen without hesitation.

【Mission accepted, relevant information has been updated synchronously.】

The terminal made a soft sound.

The follow-up information for the mission appeared.

According to the supplementary information provided by the Public Security Bureau, those few victims were all notorious social idlers in the East Street District area, also commonly known as punks.

Coincidentally, they had recently had a fierce conflict with another group of punks.

Therefore, the other group of punks was listed by the Public Security Bureau as key suspects.

Just this morning, the Public Security Bureau arrested one of the members.

But the interrogation process had reached a stalemate.

That kid was very stubborn and refused to say anything.

The suspect is currently detained in the municipal bureau's interrogation room, and the interrogation work has made no progress.

They requested support from a Spiritual Energy Bureau Special Agent to identify whether he is an evil cultivator or related to Demonic Evils.

Chen Nian turned off the terminal, and a cold curve hooked at the corner of his mouth.

Luck is not bad; just right to use you all to test his power at the third level of the Awakening realm.

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Donghai City Public Security Bureau.

The atmosphere was solemn and dignified, and the passing Security Officers were in a hurry, with exhaustion on their faces.

When Chen Nian showed his Spiritual Energy Bureau credentials, the atmosphere of the entire Public Security Bureau changed.

The professional smile on the young Security Officer at the front desk instantly became respectful and carried a bit of curiosity.

"Hello, comrade from the Spiritual Energy Bureau! I will notify Team Leader Wang immediately!"

Soon, a burly middle-aged man with a resolute face walked out quickly from the inside.

When he saw Chen Nian, he was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting the person sent by the Spiritual Energy Bureau to be so young, but he still immediately greeted him warmly.

"Hello, hello, I am Wang Zhen, the captain of the municipal bureau's criminal investigation team. I finally waited for you to come!"

The passing Security Officers also cast gazes of awe and greeted him in low voices.

"So young."

"Can he really handle that guy?"

"Don't ask too much; what they handle are not cases we can touch."

For ordinary people, the Spiritual Energy Bureau is a legendary organization, mysterious and powerful.

Those who can enter it are all people with extraordinary abilities who have mastered supernatural powers.

"How is the situation?" Chen Nian asked straight to the point without extra pleasantries.

The smile on Wang Zhen's face became a bit bitter.

He led Chen Nian towards the interrogation room, introducing the situation as they walked: "To tell you the truth, we have been interrogating that kid for almost five hours."

"That guy is very stubborn, repeating those same few sentences over and over, saying he is innocent and that we arrested the wrong person."

"We used various interrogation methods, but nothing worked. He insists that he did not kill the people and knows nothing about the matter regarding those few victims."

Wang Zhen sighed and lowered his voice:

"We don't know if he is the kind of... evil cultivator you mentioned on your side, or if he has any spiritual energy or something. Conventional methods are useless on him. Now, we can only rely on you."

The two came to an observation room of an interrogation room.

Through the huge one-way glass, the situation inside could be clearly seen.

A young man with dyed yellow hair was sloppily leaning on the interrogation chair.

He was wearing ripped jeans, had low-quality tattoos on his arms, and a row of shiny ear studs in his ears.

That face was full of rebelliousness and disdain.

At a glance, one could tell he was not a decent person.

However, the moment Chen Nian saw this yellow-haired youth.

His body clearly had a special feeling.

That was the Prison Suppressing Divine Body's instinctive sensing of Demonic Evils' aura!

Although it was extremely weak, almost equivalent to nothing, it certainly existed.

Cannot be wrong!

This guy was tainted with the aura of Demonic Evils.

Even if he is not the murderer, he is definitely involved in this case!

Chen Nian's eyes instantly turned cold.

"I'll go in and take a look," he said indifferently.