Chapter 18 Does Three Thousand Count Enough to Make Such Boastful Claims? Yu Qing nodded…

Yu Qing nodded and stuffed the little monster back into his pocket.

It's a secret place from a year ago, so there must be a lot of information about it online.

I can just search for it again later.

Gu Tuo bought him some soy milk and said, "I'm going to buy paints and drawing paper this afternoon. Do you want some? I'll bring them back for you."

"No need, I still have some," Yu Qing said. "Where are you going to buy some?"

"The place I used to frequent, on Qingzhu Road."

"Oh, then I'll go home and go to sleep."

Gu Tuo whispered, "Pregnant men need to sleep more."

Yu Qing: "Shh!"

Gu Tuo chuckled.

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Chen Jiahao died without a complete body, so his family could only use his belongings to make a grave for him and even invited a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to help him pass on to the afterlife.

Chen Jiaming hasn't been home since yesterday, and his parents haven't called him.

She didn't care at all about his appearance.

Chen Jiaming stood by the river with his phone, having even rented two power banks to charge it.

He's waiting for his parents to call him home.

He really can forgive everything.

But no.

Even now, his parents are still unwilling to admit their mistakes.

Chen Jiaming sat by the river, grieving, when suddenly he laughed again.

A voice came from his pocket.

"I've done what I promised you, shouldn't you start what you promised me?"

Chen Jiaming slowly took a black bottle out of his pocket.

He found this bottle three years ago when he jumped into the river to commit suicide.

The bottle lifted him to the surface of the water, saving his life.

He didn't know what the monster in the bottle was, nor did he care; they made a deal.

The bottle helped him get revenge.

After it was done, he offered his body to the monster in the bottle.

Back then, he didn't want to live anymore; all he wanted was revenge, so he agreed to the deal.

But now, he doesn't want to die anymore. He has taken his revenge, the person he hated most is gone, and his life can be completely new from now on.

He no longer wanted to live in his brother's shadow; he wanted to live his own life.

He no longer wanted that home at all.

He no longer cares whether his parents love him or not; he really doesn't care at all.

Giving up is a relief; he suddenly felt so relaxed.

Everything looks pleasing to the eye now.

Chen Jiaming said calmly, "Before I give you my body, I want to do the last thing in my life."

"Are you trying to lie to me?" the monster asked, slightly annoyed.

"No, I just want to eat my favorite meal. You won't mind spending an hour or two more." Chen Jiaming stood up, turned around, and left the riverbank.

Without his willing offering of his body, the ghost could not fully possess his body.

The monster in the bottle was too powerful. Chen Jiaming knew that once it possessed him, he would completely lose himself.

He will disappear.

He cannot disappear; his life has just begun.

The city was bustling with traffic; it was four o'clock in the afternoon.

Office workers hadn't finished get off work yet, so the roads weren't crowded.

Chen Jiaming looked at the Supernatural Abilities Bureau across the street.

His gaze fell on the several ghost energy detectors around him.

He took a deep breath, pulled the bottle out of his pocket, and threw it forcefully onto the ghost energy detector.

clang!

The monster inside the bottle roared in fury, "You dare lie to me! Die!"

The bottle was smashed and cracked, allowing ghostly energy to leak out.

The ghost energy detector immediately started beeping an alarm.

Chen Jiaming took off running and rushed into the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities.

This is the safest place. As long as he can get through this hurdle, he will win!

"Help! Help! There's a ghost! Help me!"

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Lying on the sofa, holding a book of 100 home-style dishes that every pregnant woman should learn in her left hand, and a 200-gram sausage in her right hand.

It's definitely more satisfying to eat a big sausage!

A series of musical notes blared from the community's loudspeaker, followed by the property management's announcement: "Dear residents of Anshun Community, we have an urgent notice regarding the resurgence of ghosts. A ghost resurgence has occurred near the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities, and the area affected by the ghostly energy is spreading. Please do not travel towards the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities for the time being. The following roads are currently closed: Wu'an Road, Qingzhu Road, Fengyun Road, and Jianshe Road. Our community is 12 kilometers away from the area affected by the ghostly energy. For your safety, please prepare for evacuation."

Qingzhu Road?

Isn't that where Gu Tuo went to buy paint?

Yu Qing sat up, picked up his phone, and called Gu Tuo.

But no one answered the phone, and they didn't reply to my WeChat messages.

Yu Qing put the sausage down.

I walked onto the balcony and looked in the direction of the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities.

It was already dark on the other side of the sky.

That mass of black, ghostly energy was spreading outwards.

The little monster clung to the sausage Yu Qing had put down, like a starving ghost, and began to devour it.

Yu Qing looked back and said, "You stay home and wait for me. Don't run around. If you cause trouble, you won't have anything to eat later."

Little monster: "Hmm... Hmm? Where are you going?"

The little monster turned around, but Yu Qing was already out of sight.

The little monster opened its mouth wide, looking utterly astonished.

Isn't this... just an ordinary person?

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Beep beep beep!

The roads are congested near the ghostly aura.

Everyone was fleeing from the ghostly aura.

Traffic police and volunteers from the neighborhood committee wearing red armbands came out to help maintain traffic.

Many children were frightened and cried, and there were all sorts of noises on the street, making it very chaotic.

Yu Qing took a taxi to the vicinity, but the driver, seeing that the situation was not right, said, "I can only take you this far; you can't go any further ahead."

"Okay." Yu Qing paid the fare, opened the door, and got out of the car.

The driver rolled down his window and said, "Don't go in. The people inside will definitely find a way to escape, and if they can't, there's nothing we can do."

Yu Qing ignored him and ran into the black fog.

The area covered by the ghostly aura was where people were running outwards. Yu Qing was going against the flow, making it difficult for him to walk, and he kept getting bumped into.

The surrounding area is currently only covered by ghostly energy; no ghosts or monsters have appeared yet.

Everyone is actually safe; they're just experiencing panic.

He walked towards a less crowded area and turned into a small alley.

“Ali”.

"I'm here!"

How's the signal here?

"Not very good."

"Better than nothing, right?"

Yes, yes!

Are there any security cameras around here?

"Yes, there is, but the surveillance cameras will break down quickly in areas covered by ghostly energy. You won't be detected if you change your clothes and go out later."

Yu Qing called Gu Tuo again, but the cell phone signal was now intermittent.

Gu Tuo set off at 3:10, took the subway to Qingzhu Road, and it took about 40 minutes to walk to the place that sells paint.

I estimate I'll arrive at the store around 3:50.

Buying paints and paper should take at least twenty minutes.

I estimate I will leave the store at 4:10.

Gu Tuo had said before leaving that he would stop by the supermarket to buy some butter and steak so they could make steak for dinner.

There is a supermarket near the paint shop.

It is 4:20 now.

Gu Tuo is likely near the supermarket.

Yu Qing checked the time; he had been in the alley for ten minutes.

The surrounding area is now shrouded in ghostly energy, pitch black, and the surveillance cameras must be broken.

A white light flashed past him, and he was already dressed in a full combat uniform.

They quickly flew away on the aircraft.

He flew straight towards the supermarket on Qingzhu Road.

It moved very fast and completely blended into the black mist.

People on the ground couldn't see him at all.

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call out!

Zhou Fengyun looked up.

What flew by?

He looked around but saw nothing.

"Ah! A ghost!" someone screamed from not far away.

Zhou Fengyun immediately threw out the golden sword and ran quickly in that direction.

The golden sword pierced precisely into the head of a monster.

The person, paralyzed with fear, scrambled to the side.

Zhou Fengyun pulled the person up and said, "Go inside."

"Okay, okay." The man nodded repeatedly, feeling safe in Zhou Fengyun's presence.

Zhou Fengyun walked over and pulled out the sword that had killed the monster.

As soon as the sword was drawn, the monster turned into a puff of black smoke and vanished.

A crystal fell.

He picked it up and put the crystal in his pocket.

Ghosts and monsters began to appear one after another in the surrounding area.

Chu Yihou teleported to his side, holding the detection device, and said, "Boss, there are no places nearby with extremely high concentrations of ghost energy. The concentration in all places is around 3,000. In other words, there is no door or secret realm this time. I suspect that Chen Jiaming is behind this."

"How so?"

"Didn't you tell me to follow him? I saw him go to the opposite side of the Supernatural Abilities Bureau, throw something at the detector, and then the detector went off. But when I got there, I didn't see anything strange. It just suddenly got dark. This time, the ghostly aura spread faster than before."

Zhou Fengyun could also see that this time was indeed different.

“The ghostly aura is three thousand points everywhere, so uniform…” Zhou Fengyun thought for a moment, looked up at the dark sky, and boldly guessed, “Could it be a giant ghost?”

Chu Yihou's young mind flashed with a quick thought: "We're inside the monster's belly?"

Zhou Fengyun was unsure. He said, "No matter what, there must be a physical body. Let's find the local one first."

As soon as Zhou Fengyun finished speaking, a black figure appeared beside him, exactly like him, except that the other party was made up of a cloud of black mist.

Looking for me?

Zhou Fengyun slashed at him with his sword.

The fog was dispersed, but it reappeared in another direction.

"Looking for me?" His voice was sinister, laced with mockery.

Zhou Fengyun and Chu Yihou both looked over.

Zhou Fengyun flicked his sword, and many small golden swords flew over.

But they still couldn't hurt the other party.

The fog dispersed and then reformed.

"I want Chen Jiaming. Hand over Chen Jiaming to me, and I promise I won't harm you in the slightest."

"Why do you want Chen Jiaming?" Zhou Fengyun asked.

"You have no right to ask me questions. Hand over Chen Jiaming to me, or everyone in the area covered by the black mist will die!" the ghost threatened arrogantly.

"Three thousand points and you dare to talk such big words?" Zhou Fengyun threw the golden sword into the air.

The enormous golden sword emitted a dazzling golden light.

It shone with golden light, twinkling and sparkling.

It dispersed the surrounding black mist outwards in concentric circles.

People around saw the golden light and knew it was safe, so they all ran over.

"Captain Zhou, can we hide here?"

Zhou Fengyun: "Okay, go find a loudspeaker and call everyone here. I really don't believe that a ghost with a power index of 3,000 can kill someone under my golden sword."

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