Chapter 72 The Undead's Response

Gu Feng hastily mobilized a patrol team and began a thorough search of the vicinity of the prison before returning to the prison itself.

The prison cell door, shrouded in light, was wide open. Yan Ju was squatting inside, his expression blank, lost in thought.

Despite the fact that Liu Guang on the ground was covered in blood and looked pitiful, for some reason, Yan Ju next to him attracted more attention.

Gu Feng stopped and called out softly, "Director Yan?"

I was afraid of disturbing her train of thought.

Yanju did not respond to her.

He was probably pondering the collusion between the Mithril Merchants and the smugglers who broke into the prison.

Gu Feng stood quietly outside the cell, waiting.

After a long while, Director Yan seemed to have finished thinking. He dusted off the hem of his coat and stood up: "Gu Feng, how's the search going?"

Gu Feng sensed that although Director Yan was calm, he was suppressing his emotions, which made Gu Feng feel inexplicably afraid.

She lowered her head even further: "Director Yan, I have urgently mobilized all five patrol teams currently on duty to conduct a thorough search of the vicinity of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. At the same time, four patrol teams that are not currently on duty but are nearby have also been mobilized and will soon join the search."

Yan Shi's voice was cold: "State the result."

Gu Feng: "...Couldn't find it."

Yan Shi: ...

She knew it.

"Go to the monitoring room."

As he spoke, Yan Shi lifted his foot and walked outside.

Gu Feng followed cautiously behind her.

The Lingkong City branch of the police station was indeed bustling with activity, with countless patrol teams and investigation groups searching inside and outside the prison. The spiritual energy lamps shone from the ceiling, making the entire branch as bright as day.

As they walked out of the prison, passersby bowed and greeted them, saying, "Director Yan, Chief Gu."

Yan Shi had just finished deciding whether to have pizza or fried skewers for supper next to Liu Guang's body when he walked out of the prison and suddenly thought of Gu Feng.

Gu Feng: "Yes."

"Let's put the prison break aside for now and wait for the patrol team's search results." Yan Shi glanced at her, "But I don't want to come out of the monitoring room later and find out that Liu Guang's body is also gone."

Gu Feng suddenly realized what Director Yan meant.

The Mithril Merchant Guild rushed to silence them, clearly because Liu Guang was hiding a secret they couldn't reveal.

The abilities in the underworld are diverse, and naturally, some can even make the dead speak.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the Mithril Company still has people lurking nearby, waiting for Director Yan to leave so that they can completely destroy Liu Guang's remains.

Liu Guang, Gu Feng just saw it too, it was very tragic.

As for the Mithril Merchants who came to break into the prison, it's unclear whether they were wiped out by Director Yan or managed to escape thanks to some backup plan. In any case, silencing Liu Guang completely was their objective for tonight's operation.

If Director Yan hadn't already guessed that the Mithril Merchant Guild would have a backup plan tonight, Gu Feng would have only found an empty prison when he came to work tomorrow.

And a series of punishments that will follow.

Gu Feng felt a chill run down his spine.

Yanju was reminding her.

She replied respectfully, "Yes. Director Yan, I'll be leaving for a while."

Yan Shi nodded: "I'll wait for you here in five minutes."

Gu Feng quickly ran back into the prison.

Yan Shi started to space out.

Seriously, there were so many people.

Looking at the patrol teams busily searching every corner near the prison, Yan Shi couldn't help but feel sorry for them.

Being suddenly called from home in the middle of the night to work overtime sounds exhausting.

They didn't have any morning grumpiness or resentment about working overtime; they looked so energetic.

Is this the other world?

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Yan Shi himself came out of curiosity, but lost interest after bumping into Su Jiefan.

She felt things were more complicated than she had imagined.

She came here out of curiosity: weren't Wen Ying, Su Jiefan, and Guan Yunji considered members of the Mithril Merchant Guild?

Where are all the people?

Now that my curiosity has been answered, Guan Yunji doesn't know, but Wen Ying and Su Jiefan definitely do.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have come over in the middle of the night to silence me.

Even though Liuguang seems to know very little.

As for Guan Yunji, Yan Shi was more inclined to believe that her identity was more important, perhaps even the core of normal operations. Therefore, as soon as Guan Yunji was mentioned, Su Jiefan took action.

The probability of the timing being perfect is extremely low.

Yan Shi felt that the busy people around him seemed more focused, perhaps because someone was watching.

That's really professional.

Gu Feng, who had been lost in thought while Yan Shi was there, finally jogged out of the prison again.

"Yan Bureau."

Yan Shi: "Hmm?"

Gu Feng said with a serious expression, "Director Yan, don't worry. I've put Liu Guang in my spatial bracelet and carry it with me. As long as I'm here, Liu Guang's remains will be here too."

Yan Shi: ...?

She slowly considered what Gu Feng had said, then her gaze moved to Gu Feng's wrist.

Is Gu Feng speaking a universal language?

She doesn't seem to understand.

Carrying a human corpse with you is a bit creepy, except for necromancers!

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Seeing that Yan Shi was still not moving, Gu Feng assumed that Yan Shi did not know the direction of the monitoring room, so he took the initiative to step forward and said, "Director Yan, the main monitoring room is in the main building. The monitoring room here in the prison is blocked by the signal, but the main monitoring room in the main building has a backup."

"Please come this way."

The main control room is located on the first floor of the main building.

Whether it was due to the psychological trauma of the powerful families or the personal preferences of the designers, the rebuilt Lingkong City branch was almost identical to the original, except for using the same foundation. Instead, it combined elements from the old Lingkong City and the headquarters.

Yan Shi looked around the branch office and saw that it was already basically fully equipped in just one week.

It's good to be rich.

A lament from a working-class person.

Gu Feng followed Yan Shi one step behind. Seeing Yan Shi's gaze sweep over him, he introduced in a low voice: "The Lingkong City branch has been rebuilt and is equipped with the latest alchemy monitoring equipment and spirit, ability, and spell-related monitoring and suppression devices, as well as facial and infrared scanning, which automatically register every living being who enters the hall every day."

Yan Shi: "Hmm, a few escaped just now, and we haven't found them yet. What, it's the prison that didn't have any?"

Gu Feng: ...

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "I've already installed it, but there are still some shortcomings. I'll have an alchemist come and fix it tomorrow."

As they spoke, they arrived at the main control room.

Gu Feng swiped his employee card at the door.

There was no one in the main control room, only Ling moving among the alchemy vessels, maintaining the operation of the monitoring system.

Yan Shi sat down in the chair: "Check the surveillance footage from Liu Guang's cell that faces the cell door."

She had already seen the camera when she stood up inside the prison.

Gu Feng nodded upon hearing this, and then brought up a screen.

The surveillance system that Lingkong City invested heavily in has some advantages, such as the fact that the surveillance cameras are not currently damaged and the backups are complete.

Yan Shi dragged the progress bar to the scene where Su Jiefan escaped her fiery confinement and was about to throw the note back, and started playing it at a slower speed.

Everything that had just happened happened very quickly, until the note was thrown out.

Yan Shi paused the monitoring and adjusted the zoom level.

"Don't forget Wei Ning's mithril."

Yan Shi: ?

Unconvinced, she zoomed in again to look at it, and it was indeed those words.

The surveillance continued. After seeing the note, Liu Guang answered some of Yan Shi's questions under the control of the law, and then collapsed to the ground like a broken doll.

Gu Feng also finished reading the sequel: ?

She looked bewildered, trying to glean some answers from Yan Ju's pensive expression.

"Find someone with the ability to communicate with the undead, now," Yan Shi said in a deep voice.

Gu Feng: "Yes."

She walked to the door of the monitoring room, scrolled through her phone for a while, then made a call and said a few words.

A short while later, hurried footsteps could be heard in the corridor.

Gu Feng opened the door to the monitoring room.

The girl who came in had her hair tied in a side ponytail and looked exceptionally young.

"Director Gu, I heard that Director Yan was looking for me?"

The girl peeked out from the doorway.

Gu Feng closed the door and led her in: "Director Yan, this is Afra. Her ability is Undead Response."

Afra stood nervously behind Gu Feng, staring at the toes of the man in front of her, and whispered, "Director Yan, I am Afra."

Does the Bureau of Foreign Affairs really not employ child labor?

Yan Shi looked at Afra's face with some suspicion. She looked very young, like a student who hadn't reached adulthood. Duan Yunchen was an ageless witch, which was understandable.

What about Afra?

However, considering the strange ages of the beings in the other world, Yan Shi only thought for a moment before asking, "What exactly is your ability?"

Afra: "Director Yan, my ability is to use the remains to summon the souls of those who died within the last three days and ask them three questions."

"Because the spirit is already dead, it will only answer what it thought was the right answer when it was alive."

Yan Shi nodded and looked at Gu Feng: "Release Liu Guang's body and ask him here."

"I want you to ask this undead three questions."

Afra took out an exquisite notebook from her pocket, turned to the middle page, and said softly, "Director Yan, please wait a moment, I'll make a note of this."

Yan Shi nodded: "Mm."

Afra: "I'm ready, please say so."

“I want you to ask her,” Yan Shi said, “Where is Guan Yunji?”

"Was the blueprint for the Mithril Merchant Guild's altar provided by Guan Yunji?"

"And Guan Yunji stayed with the Mithril Merchant Guild for about a few years."

Gu Feng didn't ask Yan Ju's intentions, but secretly memorized the name in his heart and released Liu Guang's body.

Afra nodded, showing no emotion whatsoever towards Liuguang's gruesome death. She knelt down, placed her hands on Liuguang's body, gently closed her eyes, and chanted:

"Lost soul, where are you? Hear my cry, answer my questions."

...

She closed her eyes and sensed for a while, then suddenly opened them, her face pale.

"Director Yan, Director Gu, something's not right."

Yan Shi: "What?"

Afra cautiously asked first, "When did this creature die?"

Yan Shi: "Within one hour."

“That’s not right,” Afra said in surprise, “but I can’t sense her soul. My abilities tell me that she has been dead for a long time.”

Yan Shi: ...?!

She roughly understood why the Mithril Merchant Guild hadn't come to collect Liuguang's body yet.

Does emotion have no soul at all?

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February 29th is the day of the Spirit Riots.

Mithril is a very expensive material.

Its main value lies in its vitality.

Incorporating it into alchemical products can bring them to life.

It's just a false sense of comfort.

Yunji and I found a small pool of mithril spring in Peregrine, just enough for one bottle each.

Yunji said, "Let's start a free society and name it Mithril."

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