The capture of the bishop did yield some results; for several days in a row, Dawn's Hubs in various regions were destroying the strongholds of the Abyss Church.
They successfully eliminated several enemies in succession, achieving remarkable results.
The only thing that's puzzling is that the clay statues weren't seen in the other four areas; they were all located in area one.
It wasn't until half a month later that they found the eighteenth clay statue in the first district. After that, even with a thorough search, they couldn't find the nineteenth one.
Each clay statue was found in a broken state.
Even after technical restoration, no clues can be found.
They could only continue exploring.
Winter nights are long, and with nothing to do, Qin Tan goes to bed early.
A window was open, and occasionally birds would fly by outside.
Lost in her dreams, Qin Tan breathed softly, and the room was quiet.
Time passed quietly, and at one moment, Qin Tan suddenly woke up. She opened her eyes and saw Black Crow squatting at the head of her bed.
Black Crow, who had been in charge of reconnaissance outside, brought Qin Tan a message.
Qin Tan got dressed and walked to the window, only to find that it was snowing outside. The white expanse covered the streets and rooftops, creating a dreamlike beauty.
Qin Tan glanced at the time; it was 2 a.m.
At this time, there aren't many people on even the streets of District 1.
Qin Tan jumped out of the window. The cold wind seeped into her clothes through the gap, and Qin Tan pulled her hat over her head.
She followed behind Black Crow, running wildly through the city.
The message from Black Crow indicated that there was a problem at a certain monitoring point.
Qin Tan sent the message to Xia Shuang, but there has been no reply yet.
Continuing forward, passing through towering buildings, Qin Tan followed Black Crow to a commercial street.
Business here hasn't been very good lately, and many shops have closed down one after another.
Behind one of the shops is a stronghold of the Church of the Abyss. After the clay statue was discovered, the nearby merchants received subsidies to ensure their safety and will not come back for a while.
Qin Tan stopped in her tracks after she saw what was in front of the shop.
It was a dark shadow.
A dark, indistinct figure stood at the doorway, its features obscured, resembling a suspect from a famous old-world anime.
The other person stood quietly at the door, doing nothing.
If you only glance at it from a distance, it's easy to overlook it.
Even when Qin Tan approached, the other party did not react. After reflecting on his actions for a while, the other party took a step and walked in a certain direction.
Qin Tan was certain that this thing was not human.
But it is not aggressive.
She simply followed behind him, watching him walk into the nearest residential area.
Following the elevator upwards, the dark figure eventually passed through the gate and entered someone's private residence.
Qin Tan didn't want to break into someone's house in the middle of the night.
However, there was nothing strange happening inside, and the scene she saw after activating her special vision was normal.
"Sizzle, sizzle..."
After her bracelet beeped a few times, Qin Tan heard the voice of an angel.
"Qin Tan, it's nice to see you again. Do you need any help?"
From that voice, Qin Tan sensed a youthful joy.
The angel had been in her bracelet the whole time, but after returning to the Federation, it was under repair due to some malfunctions and was unable to communicate with Qin Tan.
It seems that it has been repaired.
Welcome back.
Qin Tan tapped the bracelet and then pointed to the gate in front of her.
Can you see what's inside?
If it were an angel, they could see the scene without disturbing the people inside the house.
After all, these days, no one can live without electronic devices.
"Hold on."
Inside the room, the webcam of the computer on the table, which had been turned off, was quietly turned on.
A few seconds later, a scene appeared in front of Qin Tan.
The screen is dim; when the brightness is turned up to the maximum, you can see that it is a bedroom.
The dark figure that Qin Tan had just seen was located at the foot of the bed.
On the bed, the blanket was bulging, and you could see the other person's face as they slept.
That was a living person.
After remaining silent for a moment at the foot of the bed, the dark figure collapsed onto the bed.
Silently, the two merged together.
The man on the bed showed no reaction whatsoever; his breathing remained unchanged.
Could it be that the other party has awakened some kind of extraordinary ability, but the ability is not yet under their control, causing this phenomenon?
Qin Tan speculated, and then reported the matter to higher authorities.
The other organizations are responsible for testing those with extraordinary abilities.
After leaving a crow there, Qin Tan returned home.
The following day, Qin Tan received a reply from Xia Shuang saying that the higher-ups had sent people to investigate.
The other party has not awakened any abilities.
Xia Shuang's message also indicated that those in higher positions did not fully trust Qin Tan.
Rather, apart from Xia Shuang and Fifth Dawn, very few people in the entire Dawn Central Committee believed Qin Tan.
Qin Tan wasn't annoyed.
No one is perfect, and she is also capable of making mistakes.
But when night fell again, at almost the same time, the crow woke her up again.
She carried the princess and walked in the cold wind, this time arriving at another location where the clay statues had been discovered.
It was still that same dark shadow.
The other party acts as if they are on a pilgrimage; after a certain period of time, they will return.
Everything was repeating what happened last night, but time was definitely moving forward.
Qin Tan reported it as usual.
So on the third night, there was another person at Qin Tan's house. It was Xia Shuang, who was going to investigate with Qin Tan.
"The instruments couldn't detect anything, and when we asked those people, they had no recollection of it."
"The two locations you mentioned have also been checked, and nothing was found."
All of this seems to be Qin Tan's words alone.
Qin Tan wasn't in a hurry; she expected it to happen again tonight, and that's exactly what happened.
When Xia Shuang and Qin Tan witnessed the strange behavior of the shadowy figure at night, they were also puzzled.
Three nights, three different locations, three different people.
The only connection is that the places these shadowy figures went to were all related to the Church of the Abyss.
"What about those clay statues?"
Qin Tan thought for a moment and asked.
"Because no clues could be found above, it was sealed in the containment chamber."
"If needed, I can apply to go in and take a look."
Realizing Qin Tan's suspicion, Xia Shuang spoke, but Qin Tan shook his head.
"I can."
The angel's voice surprised Xia Shuang slightly. Even though she had guessed it beforehand, she was still happy to see that the angel still existed.
And Qin Tan, who possesses angels, means that once the Federation's secrets are connected to the internet, they will not escape Qin Tan's eyes.
Watching the angels break through the firewalls and access the containment chamber's surveillance footage, Xia Shuang tacitly accepted it.
The containment facility has a cooperative relationship with the Sun God, so even if she were to enter, she would need to submit a report.
She did not want to have too much to do with the sun god.
After a brief flash, the scene transitioned to a closed room where the eighteen clay statues were kept.
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