The morning mist had not yet fully dispersed when a steady, powerful set of footsteps echoed at the end of the hotel corridor, sounding like they were keeping time with the beat of time itself and shattering the tranquility of dawn. The wall lamps on both sides of the corridor cast a faint, warm glow, outlining the approaching silhouette of a figure. Meanwhile, the long-dormant phone on Hu Yuan's bedside table suddenly lit up, its deep blue screen piercing the dimness with the caller ID prominently displaying "Superpower Bureau · Consultant Zhang".
With a slight twitch of his brow, he raised his hand and answered the call. A few polite pleasantries passed like a gentle breeze, vanishing in an instant. Consultant Zhang's voice came through the earpiece, low and grave, as if weighed down by a thousand heavy stones:
"Consultant Hu, the confidential report from the southwestern border..." Consultant Zhang's voice was wrapped in the static of electrical current, "The remnants of the Yin Xuan Cult have joined forces with the Blood Devourers of the Wuren deep within Ailao Mountain to set up the Nine Nether Blood Sacrifice Formation. The core of the formation uses seventy-two children born under yin hours and days, and at midnight tonight they are going to..."
Chapter 436