Wang Chenghao had a bad feeling about it. He gulped nervously, “This matter has blown well out of proportions. Shouldn’t we… flee instead?”

Qin Ye shook his head, “There’s nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide.”

“If I were Cao Youdao, the first thing I would’ve done with the time remaining last night was to seal off all entrances and exits to the City of Salvation. If we dare to even take a step out of the city right now, he would immediately be alerted, appear right before our eyes and kill us. Right now, with the existence of the Special Investigations Department, the most dangerous place has truly become the safest place. Even though Cao Youdao has been silently building his strength in the City of Salvation for the last hundred years, we can’t forget that mankind… has been here for thousands of years!”

“If not for the existence of the Special Investigations Department, Cao Youdao would have wreaked havoc across all of the City of Salvation by now!”

Wang Chenghao nodded his head and continued to probe apprehensively, “Then, Brother Qin, what do we do now?”

“We wait.” Qin Ye licked his lips and sat down, “I eagerly await the opening of this unprecedented war between the netherworldly forces and the mortal realm… And the moment their confrontation begins is naturally also the moment our opportunity reveals itself.”

Time passed by quickly. Winter nights always came earlier. By 6 p.m., the sun had completely set, leaving the lights from the multitude of households and the constellations in the sky gently illuminating the city itself. 

At 6 p.m., a clear,...