First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

The report was sent directly to Kaoshan City at the foot of Daheshan.

It included detailed plans for regional zoning, housing resettlement, financial subsidies, and other arrangements.

And it had to be implemented immediately.

The reason for the village relocation was stated as follows: Three months ago, a volcanic eruption in Hetu Nation caused tectonic shifts. After expert on-site inspections, it was determined that the area around Heishan Village in Daheshan posed a potential earthquake risk, necessitating an urgent relocation.

That was the official external notice.

Meanwhile, the Kaoshan City 749 substation received a separate notification.

A special agent from Yunhai 749 would arrive in Kaoshan City tonight to carry out the Daheshan Bandit Eradication Plan. All investigators stationed in Kaoshan City’s 749 branch were to cooperate fully.

The details outlined the following:

The village chief of Heishan Village, Ye Laoliu, real name Ye Chengfeng, had violated the old agreement by deliberately releasing multiple Heishan Village cultivators from the mountain—a total of more than ten individuals over time.

Most of these Daheshan cultivators had committed crimes across various locations.Crimes included, but were not limited to:

Using cultivation techniques for robbery and fraud.

Maliciously killing ordinary people under the guise of a cultivator.

Obstructing 749 investigators from carrying out their duties and engaging in deliberate retaliation.

Maintaining close ties with foreign cultivator factions, harboring criminal cultivators from abroad, and aiding in their escape…

A full page of intelligence surfaced, exposing numerous secrets that Daheshan had assumed the outside world was unaware of.

749 wasn’t ignorant of these actions.

They simply chose not to pursue them—yet.

As long as a cultivator from Daheshan was caught committing a crime, the case ended there. They didn’t impose guilt by association on the entire village.

The original agreement was clear—stay on the mountain if you wanted to be left alone. But if you broke the pact and caused trouble, 749 had every right to hold the entire village accountable.

But for years, Heishan Village had kept a low profile, so 749 had turned a blind eye, only arresting the main culprits.

However—

They had gone too far.

A breaking point wasn’t reached in a day—it was a buildup, a process of water wearing down stone through repeated provocations.

Heishan Village had finally crossed 749’s red line.

Their ties to the Sihai Group. Their involvement with Caojia Alley. That old man from Daheshan who had joined Sihai Group.

Everything pointed to the same conclusion—

The former bandits of Heishan Village had never truly stayed put.

They had been covertly manipulating everything below the mountain to secure a foothold for when they inevitably descended.

Trying to exploit time and loopholes to slip through the cracks?

Too bad.

749 Bureau, tasked with overseeing cultivators in the Han region, was neither blind nor stupid.

They were all cultivators.

Did Daheshan really think they could outlive 749?

As if being a former bandit meant you ate better and could survive longer?

At the Kaoshan City 749 substation—

After reading the report, the branch chief, Shi Lei, took a deep breath.

”Pass the order down—all personnel assemble and prepare for battle! I’m heading to the airport to pick up the special agent!!!”

Then, he added, ”Zhou Yun stays out of this. He’s not coming. No one tells him anything. Keep your mouths shut!”

Orders were swiftly carried out.

Within moments, Kaoshan City 749’s investigators were in motion.

It was already late at night.

Many had just gone to bed, and now they had to get up again—grumbles were inevitable.

Even though Kaoshan City hadn’t experienced a large-scale Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts recently, monsters and demons had still been causing trouble.

They had only just finished dealing with one major incident and barely had a few days of rest.

Now?

Another emergency mission.

—

In a residential area of Kaoshan City—

Autumn Wangshui, vice director of Kaoshan 749, read through the intelligence report.

Her gaze drifted to the young man sitting on the sofa watching TV.

She let out a quiet sigh.

”Zhou Yun, I need to go to the office for a bit. You stay home and sleep early. No need to report in tomorrow—nothing urgent. You can take a few days off, go out, relax a little.”

The delicate-featured young man turned his head.

A break?

Did that mean he could finally go up the mountain and train with his grandfather and uncle?

Snapping out of his thoughts, Zhou Yun frowned in confusion.

”Huh? Aunt Qiu, you’re going to the office this late?”

”Mm. Some documents from above need to be signed.”

Autumn Wangshui quickly put on her coat.

Just before leaving, she looked at Zhou Yun one last time.

The only reason you’re being kept out of this is because of Daheshan.

If not for Daheshan, your future would’ve been limitless.

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Midnight.

Lu Ding successfully landed in Kaoshan City.

As he exited the airport, he immediately spotted Shi Lei, the Kaoshan 749 branch chief, who had contacted him earlier when the plane was taxiing.

Boarding Shi Lei’s car, they headed toward Kaoshan 749 headquarters.

On the way, Shi Lei observed Lu Ding through the rearview mirror.

His mind was filled with astonishment at the young man’s record and talent.

They were from the same bureau, so naturally, he knew about him.

Especially Lu Ding’s direct promotion and his role in assisting the takedown of Shi Gandang—those were monumental events.

Not just him, every investigator in Kaoshan 749 probably knew about Lu Ding.

And not just knew—they could recount his feats in detail.

Not because they had good memories—

But because each event had happened too quickly, made too big a splash, and had too strong an impact.

It was so absurdly over-the-top, it felt like pure mysticism.

It was impossible to forget.

Meanwhile, in the passenger seat, Lu Ding was reviewing intelligence on Heishan Village and the personnel files of Kaoshan 749.

He alone couldn’t handle wiping out Daheshan’s bandits while keeping everything in check.

His target was that powerful old man.

Lu Ding had already planned his combat strategy—

He’d charge in immediately, no hesitation.

First, cripple the old man with a devastating opening strike.

Then, using Living Shedding, Living Corpse, he’d trade injuries—grinding the old man down over time.

If he couldn’t kill him in one blow, he’d kill him slowly.

Meanwhile, during this process, the rest of Heishan Village’s cultivators would be handled by Kaoshan 749.

Yes.

That was the plan.

Just as Lu Ding settled on this, his finger suddenly froze on his phone screen.

A red-background ID photo appeared, accompanied by detailed information.

Zhou Yun.

Former name: Zhao Yun.

Male, 20 years old.

Kaoshan City 749 Substation—Intern Investigator.

Zhaoxuan Realm, Seventh Layer.

That was just the basic info.

The key part was his background.

It stated:

Mother: Zhou Fang, resident of Heishan Village.

Twenty-five years ago, she eloped with Zhou Yun’s father, later married and had a child.

Eighteen years ago, she divorced.

Fifteen years ago, she died of illness…

Zhao Yun? Why not just call yourself Zhao Zilong?

Lu Ding’s first thought was instinctive sarcasm.

Then he asked Shi Lei, ”Chief Shi, what’s the deal with this Zhou Yun? With a Daheshan background, how did he get into 749? That doesn’t seem right.”