"Go back to Ruan's house."

Her voice was cold and devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

The figures of the man and the puppet quickly disappeared into the deep night, speeding towards the direction of the Ruan family's old residence.

The night wind carried away the cold, desolate atmosphere of the cemetery, quietly fading into the distance.

A man and a puppet moved like ghosts through the night, heading straight for the Ruan family's old house.

However, when Ruan Tang and the puppet grandmother stood in front of the Ruan family's old house again, even though Ruan Tang had lived two lives and her temperament had been tempered to be resilient, she almost couldn't catch her breath at this moment.

This... is the old Ruan family house she just left?

Ruan Tangxing's eyes widened, almost unable to believe the sight before her. This was no longer a house; it was clearly a completely looted ruin!

She clearly remembered locking the courtyard gate herself when she left.

At this moment, the courtyard gate, along with the two heavy door panels of the gatehouse, had vanished without a trace. Only the lonely door frame remained, like a gaping, grotesque mouth, silently mocking her.

The scene inside the hospital was even more appalling.

The once smooth bluestone slabs were all pried off, leaving only a patchy, dark, and chaotic surface beneath.

The elegant waterside pavilion in the courtyard is now reduced to a few bare wooden stakes, standing forlornly at the bottom of the dried-up pond. The koi and lotus flowers in the pond have vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.

Window frames, door panels—almost everything that could be disassembled made of wood had been completely removed. The room was now empty of furniture; not even a stool leg could be found.

On the walls, there were even rough pry marks, as if they had been gnawed by a starving wild beast.

Moving to the backyard, the artificial hills that had originally adorned the area had also disappeared without a trace.

Even more outrageous, the ground where the artificial hill was originally located collapsed, forming a huge, bottomless pit.

The soil around the edge of the pit was still fresh, exuding a damp smell. Clearly, a secret chamber had been hidden beneath it.

Very well, the Ruan family's old house is now completely reduced to ruins.

Ruan Tang was so angry that her teeth itched and the veins on her forehead throbbed.

She never imagined that her treasure-hunting mouse, which was sensitive to spiritual energy, would have such a talent for "destroying the house"!

Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a small figure huddled beside the side door in the corner of the wall, next to the dog hole that was about half a person's height.

The golden treasure-hunting rat was cradling a giant orb of light several times larger than its own body, emitting a soft white glow. It crouched beside the dog hole, its small, darting eyes darting nervously, looking somewhat furtive.

A figure was still stuck in the dog hole. Only the upper body was exposed, and the figure remained motionless.

Ruan Tang frowned and approached.

Only then did they realize that it was not a half-human, but a girl of about thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in coarse cloth.

It looks like it had just crawled in through the dog hole when it was slapped unconscious by a wary treasure-hunting rat.

Upon seeing Ruan Tang, the treasure-hunting rat immediately presented the enormous ball of light it had been carrying, carefully pushing it towards her with its two front paws, all while making ingratiating squeaks.

A sense of curiosity arose in Ruan Tang's heart.

The sphere of light was cool to the touch and emitted a very comfortable aura, seemingly containing some kind of peculiar energy.

She instinctively reached out her finger, wanting to gently poke the ball of light.

My fingertips just touched the surface of the light sphere.

The enormous sphere of light trembled violently, instantly transforming into a blinding streak of light. As if it possessed a life of its own, it hurtled straight towards Ruan Tang's brow, moving so fast that no one had time to react.

A massive torrent of information, mixed with extremely pure energy, instantly flooded into her mind.

Ruan Tang's vision went black, and she didn't even have time to groan.

In the final instant before losing consciousness completely, she instinctively and forcefully sealed her mind. Simultaneously, with a thought, she pulled the puppet granny beside her and the mischievous treasure-hunting rat, along with herself, into the spatial dimension. (This chapter has been read. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)