He Ao retracted his gaze, lifted his head, and looked at the people in front of him, pondering as he asked, "Do you have information on the major secret chapels of the Eternal Secret Teachings in Wint City? Information like the exact locations and their importance?" "The Federal Bureau of Investigation has some data; it is in my cloud database. I can access and download it." Gast responded quickly. "I have some intelligence," Lena seemed to understand something and nodded lightly. "The Security Union might also have some intelligence. Among the people who had surrendered to the Eternal Secret Teachings, some still have contact with us. We can draw some intelligence from their movements, but it will take some time to coordinate with the Security Union." "I know there are two relatively large chapels near the Storm Building." Finally, Klin spoke hoarsely. He Ao looked at the crowd. "Thank you all. It’s not just chapel intelligence; if you have other relevant information about the Eternal Secret Teachings and United Industries, everyone is welcome to share it. Any small piece of information might be our chance to turn the tables." Gast nodded and raised his wristband to operate it. Lena also raised her wristband to start contacting people. "Elder Klin, please organize the information you have and send a file to me." He Ao looked at Klin and spoke slowly. Klin slowly nodded and raised his wristband to operate it. Meanwhile, He Ao turned his gaze to Lena, "Is there a tablet that supports pen drawing and a touch pen in this room?" Lena was momentarily startled; she raised her head and looked towards a room on the inside. "There might be some in the storeroom over there; I’ll get them for you." He Ao shook his head and then got up. "You go on with your work; I’ll get it myself." Then he headed straight for that room. Lena lifted her head, watching as the young man’s figure gradually merged into the dark corner. Eventually, she retracted her gaze and continued to contact the personnel from the Security Union. He Ao pushed open the door of the room in the corner, the first thing that hit him was the faint smell of long-sealed mold. These old buildings did not have automatic sensing lights. He Ao fumbled around and found a switch that was already half broken on the wall, and turned on the ceiling light. The first thing that caught his eye was the neat piles of various cans. Next to the cans were various well-sealed and moisture-proof covered boxes. He Ao glanced at the boxes adorned with ammunition and grenade signs, then continued forward through the narrow corridor formed between the boxes. After sending his message, he had already reached the farthest corner of the room, where a small rack stood with various items on it. Using the dim light, He Ao’s gaze swept over the entire rack. He found the tablet in one corner and then saw a touch pen tossed among a pile of small miscellaneous items in another corner. He reached out and first took out the tablet, pressed it to find it was out of power, then found a wireless magnetic charger from the side and attached it to the back of the tablet. While the tablet was restarting, he kneeled down and reached for the touch pen in the corner. His hand passed through a transparent acrylic box, which held some light small objects, including some simple bread packaging bags and what seemed to be found plastic toys. At the backside of the acrylic box, someone had painted a simple "children’s drawing" with rough brushwork, seemingly done with fingers. The drawing depicted a dark figure squatting in the corner of a street under a sky of black-gray clouds, with dark raindrops falling all around. He Ao moved his gaze from the acrylic box and picked up the touch pen next to it. The touch pen had gathered some dust but was not the most common entry-level type seen in the Federation; it was a flagship model with multi-level pressure sensitivity that could simulate real pen touches and was much more expensive. With the charged tablet and touch pen, He Ao left the storeroom, turning off the light and door behind him. Back in the living room, everyone was still busy, with even the young investigator assigned to help Klin organize the information. He Ao found a small chair and sat in a corner near the fireplace. He did not immediately pick up the tablet, but sent a message to Vili, asking her to send him all the information the Twilight Society had collected about the Eternal Divine Nation. Vili quickly replied with an ’OK’ gesture, and he then picked up the tablet, opened the drawing software, and immersed himself in drawing. Soon, he had drawn several portraits. These were all people he had seen last night in the Eternal Divine Nation, including the man in the suit watching the sunset, the handsome man who liked experiencing female pleasure, and the elderly man he had saved. After finishing each drawing, he lifted his bracelet, scanned the drawing, and asked Eve to search for information about the people in the drawings. By the time he completed the last painting, the basic information on these people had also appeared. There was not much information available online about the elderly man he had saved, only some local news websites from Wint City mentioned him, saying he was an experienced and excellent captain. Aside from the elderly man, the identities of the other people with ’private spaces’ were somewhat ’unique’. The owner of the bathhouse filled with countless beauties was a board member of United Industries and seemed to be a staunch supporter of Vincent. Apart from this person, the woman surfing in the sea and the men in suits and the handsome man, all came from another organization. Rockville Energy Group. The man in the suit had the most information; he was an executive director of the Rockville Energy Group and seemed to have a high status within the Rockville Energy Group. The remaining few did not have much information, but it could be inferred from some indirect information that they were also board members of the Rockville Energy Group. After reviewing these materials, He Ao’s gaze sharpened. After a brief moment of thought, he lifted his bracelet and directly called Vili. "I’m working on the information you wanted, is something wrong?" The call was quickly connected, and Vili’s confused voice came through. "Can you still contact the Twilight Society members outside the city?" Vili nodded, "But it might take some effort to contact them." "Can you ask them to go to the nearby Wilderness Wanderer Camp to inquire about the information of Wint City’s caravans for the past half year? Also, the corresponding information from previous years, can you contact the nearby Wilderness Wanderer Camp?" He Ao continued to ask. Typically, Wilderness Wanderer Camps that have been around for a long time are very sensitive to caravan information because it relates to their income and survival. "We can do that; we often communicate with those wanderers, but it’s freezing outside, it might take quite some time," A rushed typing sound and Vili’s questioning voice came from the other end of the phone, "So, what happened?" "There are some suspected things, but I can’t confirm yet," He Ao said pensively, "Can you gather this information before tonight?" "That’s a bit urgent," Vili paused, "but I can try." "Thank you, contact me immediately if there’s any news." He Ao took a deep breath and hung up the phone. At that moment, a surprised voice came from beside He Ao. He Ao looked up to see red hair nearly falling on the tablet. "I learned a little when I was a child." Yiluo did learn to draw when he was a child; it was taught in his elementary school. "Is there anything you can’t do?" Lena looked up at him, somewhat sighing, then raised her bracelet, "I’ve sorted out my data here; the Security Union hasn’t replied yet, should I transfer my part to you first?" He Ao raised his bracelet, leaning it against hers. Their bracelets quickly established a close-range messaging connection. At this moment, Lena lowered her head and looked at the portrait of the elderly man on He Ao’s tablet, "Why are you drawing Captain Nisen?" He Ao looked up at Lena. "Of course, he’s the most famous captain in Wint City," Lena nodded, "He’s experienced and always ready to help others. He’s generous, often donating to help sailors’ widows, and he’s even compiled a guide to sea navigation and a compendium of sea monsters, which he shares for free to help new captains handle disasters in the Storm Sea." "He has a high reputation among sailors and captains. We once tried to invite him to join the Security Union, but he declined." Saying this, she looked at He Ao with some confusion, "By the way, I remember he doesn’t really care about land matters. How do you know him?" "I met him in the Eternal Divine Nation." "Oh, the Eternal Divine Nation," Lena nodded understandingly, then suddenly stiffened mid-nod, turned her head, seeming like she wanted to raise her voice but suppressed it abruptly, looking at He Ao with a shocked expression, "The Eternal Divine Nation?!!" He Ao nodded and casually put away his tablet, "I visited there last night." "Don’t talk about it like you’re just visiting the neighbor’s house!" Lena’s face was filled with a ’what are you talking about?’ ’What did I just hear?’ look, "That’s the Eternal Divine Nation!" Under the propaganda of the Eternal Secret Teachings, the Eternal Divine Nation had almost become something like an afterlife heaven. It was like chatting with a friend, talking, and suddenly the topic of heaven came up, and the friend says, ’Heaven? I just went there last night.’ Can you really go and come back from there? After a while, Lena took a deep breath, slowly calming down, and tentatively asked, "Was it last night’s ’ritual’?" "The Eternal Divine Nation," Hearing He Ao’s affirmative reply, Lena suddenly got a bit nervous, cautiously asked, "Does it really exist?" He Ao thought for a moment and nodded. "So, does that mean Captain Nisen has died?" After all, the Eternal Divine Nation was the so-called afterlife realm. He Ao thought about it and replied. Lena glanced at He Ao, but didn’t press further. Instead, she spoke thoughtfully, "The existence of the Eternal Divine Nation means that we might face a real divine creation?" Although she had anticipated this, she was still somewhat surprised when she truly realized the issue. "Auntie, are you scared?" He Ao looked at her with a smile. "What’s there to be scared of, my life’s already a mess," Lena shrugged, then slightly straightened her fair face, "And also, I’m not your aunt! It’s fine if you call me that, but don’t say it to my face!" "Okay, okay, Auntie." He Ao couldn’t help but laugh wryly. At this moment, both of their bracelets vibrated, signaling that the file transfer was complete. At this time, Gast also came over, lifting his bracelet, "Elder Klin’s data is also included." He had seen the exchange between He Ao and Lena, so he waited until their conversation was almost over before he approached. The voices of their conversation had been kept naturally low and had not carried. He Ao lifted his bracelet and touched it to Gast’s bracelet to establish the transfer connection. And at this moment, Vili’s data also came through. Eve quickly gathered the material, organizing and categorizing it. Meanwhile, the three of them convened again to reassess the situation they knew so far. "United Industries’ security forces control the Cloud District, the Novite District, and part of the Aka District, while the Eternal Secret Teachings control the Storm Zone, the remainder of the Aka District, but both have placed their people in each other’s regions, it’s not divided entirely along these lines," Lena pulled out a device and projected a holographic image of the entire Wint City, "The Storm Zone is the largest in area, and the Aka District has the highest population, but from the perspective of power distribution, the Eternal Secret Teachings actually have the advantage." "The Eternal Secret Teachings have several B-level Transcendents and many priests who can exert C-level strength," Gast pondered and continued, "In terms of top-tier power, they are far superior to United Industries, but United Industries have the support of Rockville Energy Group, and although the Sky Behemoth was destroyed by Yiluo, they still have other military forces which probably give the Eternal Secret Teachings an advantage in combat power." "The high-end combat power of the Eternal Secret Teachings might not be that plentiful anymore, there might be at most one or two priests left who can exert B-level power." Lena mused, then glanced at He Ao, who looked innocently at the side. Gast was taken aback for a moment, then looked knowingly at He Ao. "They attacked me first." He Ao immediately said. Both faces froze at the same time. Gast coughed, skipping over the topic and continued, "So, United Industries should not be far behind the Eternal Secret Teachings in terms of overall strength, and they have also likely bribed the City Defense Army. With the City Defense Army’s support, although there’s a gap, it may well be possible for them to clash with the Eternal Secret Teachings." He Ao lifted his head, looking confused, "Doesn’t the City Defense Army have any B-levels?" Wint City, despite being remote, is still the largest city in the Federal Northwest and should be able to attract B-level talents. But it seemed he hadn’t found any information about B-level individuals in the City Defense Army. Gast shook his head, he seemed perplexed by this as well, "It is said that there used to be a B-level, but an accident occurred more than a decade ago, and that B-level mysteriously ’disappeared.’ Since then, Wint City has not recruited any new B-levels." He Ao seemed puzzled. That was more than a decade ago, before Yiluo was even born. "Could it have been about fourteen years ago?" Lena added, being a local, she was relatively well-informed about these local secrets, "It is said that this B-level went to the Wilderness on an ’assignment’ and then never returned, no one has seen him since. But this B-level seemed to be a supporter of Skone and the former mayor, and didn’t get along with Vincent, who then continuously hindered new B-level recruitments and accelerated the infiltration of the City Defense Army, which has led to the current situation. "However, it’s not certain the City Defense Army will help United Industries, the Eternal Secret Teachings have also heavily infiltrated the City Defense Army over the years." While they spoke, Eve had already collected online rumors about the missing B-level on the net and summarized them through a Bluetooth headset to He Ao. The original incident had no official announcement, but from various information, it appears the disappearance of the B-level happened after Skone was assassinated. The undercurrents in this city had never decreased.