69: Chapter 69: The Demon Mother

Inside the armored command vehicle, the atmosphere was heavy.

"Anyway, that bunch from the Third Bureau, they drain the corpse fat of zombies to develop high-explosive incendiary bombs, dissect the meridians of a thousand-year tree demon to make bulletproof vest fibers, and even try to stimulate the grievance core of vicious ghosts through electric shock, converting it into some kind of clean spiritual energy."

"The liquid cinnabar coating on the shell of this armored command vehicle is the latest anti-yin evil armor developed by the Third Bureau."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan continued to introduce, her tone carrying a hint of chill that even she found daunting.

Hearing this, Frost Star, who was sitting on Lin Ye's lap looking bored, suddenly stopped the action of tossing a flashbang.

The little girl's heterochromatic deep blue eye lit up slightly, tilting her head to look at Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan.

The corners of her mouth curled into a morbid, sweet smile, revealing two sharp little fangs.

"Catching zombies and draining them? Sounds like so much fun."

Frost Star's voice was soft and sweet, but what she said made one's hair stand on end.

She stuck out her pink tip of the tongue to lick her lips, her gaze fixed dead on Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's neck.

"Then if Frost Star digs out the hearts of you people in lab coats and freezes them into shaved ice to eat, will you guys also think it's a lot of fun?"

This unmasked, pure malicious intent instantly dropped the air inside the command cabin to freezing point.

The two operatives responsible for security subconsciously tightened their grips on the rune rifles in their hands.

"Frost Star."

Lin Ye frowned slightly, his large hand resting unceremoniously on the little girl's head, forcefully rubbing her silver-blue twin tails.

The warm aura of the Pure Yang Dao Body was transmitted down from his palm, instantly pacifying the stimulated violent corpse qi within the Nether Corpse King.

Frost Star pouted aggrievedly, put away her little fangs, and curled back into Lin Ye's arms like an obedient kitten, muttering with dissatisfaction:

"Got it! Brother-in-law, Frost Star just won't eat them. Anyway, they smell sour and are not delicious at all."

Cold sweat on Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's back instantly soaked the lining of her combat uniform.

At that very moment, she felt that her soul was about to be frozen and torn apart by that little girl's gaze.

The terrifying power contained within this seemingly harmless little girl was definitely not below that woman in black!

What level of peerless monsters is this Boss Lin raising by his side!

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan took two deep breaths, forced herself to calm down, and continued reporting.

"The Fourth Bureau is named [Aftermath and Public Opinion Control Center]."

The projection showed a group of agents dressed in black suits and wearing sunglasses.

"Their mission is only one... That is to maintain the surface peace of human society. No matter how much destruction the Second Bureau's firepower coverage causes, the people from the Fourth Bureau will arrive at the scene before dawn."

"If a building collapses, they will forge the scene of a natural gas pipeline explosion; if a vicious ghost claims a life, they will issue a forensic report of acute myocardial infarction."

"Any ordinary citizen who witnesses the truth will be forced to take a memory-erasing potion made from 'Meng Po Soup extract', completely erasing that memory."

"This world needs order, and the public needs to continue living in false peace. This is the meaning of the existence of the 'Fourth Bureau'."

Lin Ye nodded.

This move was indeed brilliant. Once more than a billion ordinary people knew that the world was full of man-eating ghosts and monsters.

Social order would completely collapse within a day.

Ignorance is sometimes indeed a kind of happiness.

"Finally, the Fifth Bureau — [Folk Taoist Sect United Front Work Office]."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan glanced at Lin Ye, and her tone became much softer.

"The Fifth Bureau is responsible for pacification and united front work."

"Like Maoshan and Mount Longhu, orthodox famous sects with a heritage of a thousand years, their high-ranking officials all hold titles in the Fifth Bureau. The Ninth Bureau provides them with cultivation resources and policy inclination, and they come out of the mountains to subdue demons for the country at critical moments."

"Of course, where there is white, there is black."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's face suddenly became as cold as frost, and a murderous intent ignited in the depths of her eyes.

"Those factions that trample on human lives for the sake of cultivating evil arts, such as the evil branch that betrayed the Western Hunan corpse dispatchers, such as the Yinshan Sect you are going to face tonight..."

"These scums who refuse to be disciplined and harm the common people are all blacklisted by the Fifth Bureau, and they are targets that The Ninth Bureau must annihilate with all its strength."

Having introduced the five major departments in one breath, Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan picked up her teacup to moisten her dry throat.

"Mr. Lin, The Ninth Bureau has a strict set of danger level classifications for domestic anomalous entities."

"From low to high, they are E-class, D-class, C-class, B-class, A-class, and S-class which is enough to destroy a city, and higher than that is SSS-class."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan brought up a top-secret file.

"The Mutated Blood Zombie King you beheaded at The Fourth Psychiatric Hospital has its strength rated at the peak of A-class. Ordinary special service squads encountering it will only end up completely wiped out."

"And tonight, that Hundred Ghosts Night Parade grand array made by the Yinshan Sect in Heishui Town..."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's fingers trembled slightly, pointing at the high-risk area on the screen that had turned dark red.

"The final rating given by the Skynet system is — S-class disaster!"

"Once the formation is completed, the core of the grand array will incubate a [Ghost Mother] that has devoured thousands of grievances."

"Its lethality is enough to slaughter two hundred thousand common people in the western suburbs of Jiangzhou within twelve hours."

The command cabin fell into a suffocating silence.

Fatty Wang was shaking so much that he could barely hold his knife.

S-class disaster? Two hundred thousand people losing their lives?

This had already exceeded the psychological limit that an ordinary citizen like him could bear.

Lin Ye leaned against the leather seat, but there was not a trace of fear on his face.

His deep gaze stared at the dark red tactical map, and his prominent-jointed large hand gently tapped rhythms on the armrest of the seat.

"S-class disaster, huh."

The corners of Lin Ye's mouth curled into a sneer.

"The setup is quite large indeed. Captain Chu, have your perimeter people pull the blockade tight. Don't let a single fly out."

He stood up and drew the lightning-struck peach wood sword from his back to his front.

The natural lightning patterns on the blade flashed with a bloodthirsty cold light under the deep blue light of the command cabin.

"Tonight, I'd like to see whether his Hundred Ghosts Night Parade array is tougher, or my Nine Heavens Thunder Fire is fiercer."

"Hiss!"

The armored command vehicle emitted a harsh air-valve braking sound.

The huge steel beast steadily stagnated on the pitch-black highway.

The hydraulic armored door at the rear of the carriage slowly lowered.

A wave of black grievance visible to the naked eye, mixed with the pungent chemical reagent smell of the paper mill, surged into the opened door.

Under the pitch-black night sky, Paper Mill No. 44 in Heishui Town, like a nether beast opening its bloody maw, quietly lurked in the endless darkness.

"Mr. Lin, we have arrived."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan drew her dual pistols, chambered the rounds, and made a crisp metallic clashing sound.

"Let's go."

Lin Ye carried the peach wood sword on his shoulder, and with the two zombie wives and the trembling Fatty Wang, he strode out of the armored vehicle and stepped into the S-class restricted area symbolizing death and destruction.