After waiting for more than ten minutes, the people from Tulip Security Company arrived.
The leader was the same burly man with a full beard—Zhou Zhiheng, a department team leader at the company.
Behind him were the members of the company's investigation team. Yue Shi only recognized one of them: a young man wearing glasses named Zhao Lin.
The investigation team was responsible for tracking the movements of supernatural creatures. It was they who had discovered the creature code-named "Bee Woman" that Yue Shi had killed on the subway.
Seeing the heart near the trash can, Zhou Zhiheng was both excited and shocked.
The "Heart Thief" was a supernatural creature that committed crimes across Amber City, specifically targeting and removing the hearts of its victims, which was how it earned its name.
Until now, neither private organizations nor the Investigation Bureau had been able to bring the Heart Thief to justice. They didn't even know its appearance or characteristics.
This creature, so skilled at hiding, had caused a great deal of trouble for Amber City.
In the past, the victims' hearts would vanish without a trace, never to be found again.
Now, if this heart found in the trash was truly related to the Heart Thief, it could be a major breakthrough!
“I'll leave this to you guys. I'm going back to rest. Contact me if anything comes up,” Yue Shi said to Zhou Zhiheng before turning to head upstairs.
Zhou Zhiheng nodded. The subsequent tasks, including searching for clues and deciding whether to report to the Investigation Bureau, indeed didn't require Yue Shi's presence.
Back in his bedroom, Yue Shi lay on his bed, quickly scrolling through his phone screen.
For humanity in this era, the existence of supernatural creatures and transcendents was public knowledge.
The authorities had popularized some basic knowledge about supernatural creatures to the public, though it was quite superficial, mainly covering how to stay calm, escape, and call the police when encountering a supernatural incident.
Information regarding transcendents, however, was extremely scarce.
His phone battery gradually drained until, in the early hours of the morning, its owner finally closed his eyes in exhaustion.
The next day, Yue Shi was awakened by a burst of noise.
The neighbor next door was acting up again with no regard for public decency.
Yue Shi washed up with a blank expression and then made a plate of egg fried rice using last night's leftovers.
He had only taken two bites when his phone chimed with a notification.
It was a message from Zhou Zhiheng. They hadn't found any useful clues from the heart yesterday; the area near the trash can happened to be a blind spot for surveillance.
They had notified the Investigation Bureau of the matter.
The Investigation Bureau had more professional investigators and equipment; perhaps they could peel back the layers to find more intelligence.
Zhou Zhiheng also specifically warned him that Happiness Apartments might be subjected to a strict inspection.
Yue Shi frowned slightly. Was he going to have contact with the Investigation Bureau so soon?
He was, after all, a person of unknown origin.
After soul-transmigrating to this world, the body he inhabited had already been ravaged and broken by the laboratory. Six months ago, another experimental subject had suddenly gone insane and gone on a rampage, destroying the lab and allowing the others imprisoned there to seize the chance to escape.
At that time, the mysterious stone tablet had not yet been activated, and Yue Shi was no different from an ordinary person. During his desperate flight, he had accidentally encountered an egg covered in strange patterns in a storage room.
It felt like a naughty child seeing a coveted toy; the desire to possess it was intense. Yue Shi instinctively sacrificed the egg, thereby awakening the stone tablet.
The activation of the tentacles on the stone tablet had not only granted him his initial transcendent ability, 【Raven's Secret Whispers】, but had also reconstructed his body.
His current appearance and name were those of his self before transmigration, not the new body he had initially entered. This meant his identity was a complete blank.
Although he had used his supernatural powers and money to obtain new identification documents and forge a past record, these things would not hold up under close scrutiny.
While Yue Shi was deep in thought, he quickly finished off the egg fried rice. Suddenly, a series of loud bangs came from next door, followed by the booming voice of the landlady, Mrs. Bai:
“I've received complaints from multiple residents! You're constantly making noise during rest hours—early morning, noon, and night! For the harmony of the apartments, I am giving you a formal warning. Please maintain some personal decency...”
“Ah!!!”
“What happened to the room...”
“What are you doing? Stop!”
“Help!”
Yue Shi quietly pushed his door open a crack. Through the gap, he saw a young man with a sickly green face grabbing Mrs. Bai by the collar and dragging her forcefully into his room.
Despite Mrs. Bai's desperate struggles and loud cries, it was all in vain. No one came out to save her.
In fact... it was possible no one was even helping her call the police.
But at that moment, the doorman, Old Man Qin, suddenly rushed over to play the hero.
The young man's face showed surprise as he was knocked to the ground by a light push from Old Man Qin.
Mrs. Bai, still shaken, hid behind Old Man Qin, trembling.
The fallen young man's face grew greener, and his expression turned savage. He sprang up and lunged at Old Man Qin with claws bared.
Old Man Qin spun around, picked up Mrs. Bai, and elegantly dodged the attack.
Watching from the shadows, Yue Shi was slightly stunned. This old man was incredibly agile, seemingly more flexible and stronger than a young man.
Tramp, tramp, tramp—
Rapid footsteps approached from a distance. A man wearing a black jacket and dangling a cigarette from his mouth appeared at the stairwell.
He looked to be in his thirties, with slightly messy, mid-length hair and sharp eyes. He approached quickly with long strides.
As soon as the neighbor saw him, he didn't hesitate to retreat into his room and slam the door.
Unfortunately, the other man was faster. His well-defined fingers jammed into the closing gap, and then he yanked the door outward with a sudden burst of strength!
Creeeeak—
The sturdy door was forced open by sheer power.
Whoosh—
A cloud of unknown powder was thrown from the room, forcing the man with the cigarette to dodge back.
The door took the opportunity to slam shut.
The man immediately held his breath, clenched his fist, and punched the door hard.
Clang!
A deafening sound echoed through the hallway as a dented fist print was left on the door.
After five or six consecutive punches, the door was completely wrecked.
The nearby Mrs. Bai looked like she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't dare to speak.
The man then tried to pry the door open to charge into the room.
Suddenly, the mangled door seemed to be hit by a massive force from the inside.
Bang!
The entire door was ripped from its frame and sent flying toward the man.
The man could have easily dodged, but Mrs. Bai and Old Man Qin were standing behind him.
He opened his hands and pushed forward with effortless ease.
The flying door was caught.
The man was unharmed, only staggering back two steps before tossing the door to the floor with a heavy thud.
It all happened so fast that Mrs. Bai was left dumbfounded, but Old Man Qin's eyes were burning with intensity.
Once he regained his footing, the man pulled a gun from his jacket, aimed it forward, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bullets were fired, but they seemed to have no effect.
A bright green vine suddenly shot out from the room and wrapped around the man's neck with lightning speed!
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