Guardian of the Soul: A Millennium Bond and Twin Protectors (Wei Lan)

Rain fell steadily over Longcheng, and the damp air carried a faint, rotten stench. Zhao Yunlan leaned back in his chair at the Special Investigations Department, twirling a pen between his long fingers as he stared intently at the case files on his desk. Over the past month, seven bizarre disappearances had occurred in Longcheng. All the missing people were young, beautiful women between the ages of 18 and 25, including university students, office workers, and even a dancer. Nothing had seemed unusual before they disappeared. The scenes were frighteningly clean, with no signs of a struggle, only a trace of nauseating decay, as if something rotten had