A few seconds later, Lu Qing showed no reaction, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mu Zi'an, it's your turn!"
Lu Qing handed the tree vine figure to Mu Zi'an.
Mu Zian's eyes darkened slightly as he slowly extended his hand.
Just as he was about to touch the vine-man, a sinister smile suddenly appeared on his face:
"Little girl, you've been tricked!"
The next second, the fire suddenly flared up and set the tree vine figure ablaze.
"Oh no! Put out the fire!"
Everyone rushed forward to try and put out the fire on the vine man, but the fire only grew stronger and stronger, and soon burned the vine man to ashes.
"Hehehe... Without this thing, let's see how you deal with me!"
Mu Zian let out a strange laugh, and then a wisp of black mist flew out of his body.
Only then did everyone realize that the one possessed by the evil spirit was Mu Zi'an.
"We're doomed! Without the vine people, we'll die!"
"Lu Qing! It's all your fault! Why did you give him the tree vine man?" Yuan Changwen pointed at Lu Qing and cursed angrily.
"Yuan Changwen, that's enough! If you didn't insist on supporting Mu Zi'an, why would the captain bring out the tree vine man to prove himself!"
"Stop arguing, you're all about to die, what's the point of arguing!"
Everyone was immersed in grief, but Lu Qing remained calm.
After they had finished arguing, Lu Qing finally spoke quietly:
"After arguing for so long and inhaling so much toxic fumes, didn't you realize you're still alive?"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately snapped to attention and realized what was happening.
"Oh right! How come we're still alive?"
"Logically, inhaling toxic fumes for more than five minutes should result in death, so how come we're completely unharmed?"
Lu Qing: "Of course it's because the one he burned was a fake tree vine figure!"
"It's fake!!!" everyone exclaimed.
Lu Qing chuckled lightly: "I'm not stupid! We've already confirmed that he's possessed by an evil spirit, why would I possibly give him a real tree vine man!"
As he spoke, Lu Qing looked up at the black mist floating in mid-air:
"You must be the 'it' those undead were talking about!"
"The reason they didn't want to come with me just now wasn't because they wanted to stay with their own corpses, but because you threatened them and wouldn't let them come with me, am I right?"
"You discovered me a long time ago? How is that possible?" the evil spirit roared in anger.
"Actually, I didn't notice you at first, nor did I know that you were possessing Mu Zi'an. You revealed your true colors when you offered to lead the way."
The evil spirit was puzzled: "This Mu Zi'an is proficient in the arts of the four directions, isn't it normal for him to come out and lead the way?"
Lu Qing nodded: "That's right! The biggest role Mu Zi'an, who is proficient in the Four Directions Technique, is to lead the way. But what you don't know is that Mu Zi'an is as timid as a mouse."
“From the moment we entered the poisonous fog, he always stayed in the middle, neither daring to go in front nor behind. But when I asked him to lead the way, he agreed without hesitation and even took the initiative to walk in front, which made people suspicious.”
"Later I asked you if you could teach me the Four Directions Technique, and you immediately said that it was a family secret technique that was passed down only to men."
The evil spirit: "Isn't that right? He said it himself!"
Lu Qing: "Indeed! The Four Directions Technique is a unique secret of the Mu family and is not passed on to outsiders, but the problem is that Mu Zi'an would never tell me this."
"Because the Mu family's Four Directions Technique originated from my master, and Mu Zi'an knows my identity, I asked him to teach me the Four Directions Technique. He should be wondering why my master didn't teach me!"
After hearing this, the evil spirit realized how many clues it had given.
"I see, little girl, I really underestimated you!"
The evil spirit snorted and turned to flee.
Lu Qing smiled and said, "You underestimate me a lot!"
"The divine master's slaying is swift and merciless, showing no fear of the powerful and ruthless. He first kills evil spirits, then slays the luminous ones. What god dares to defy him, what ghost dares to stand against him? So be it!"
Lu Qing formed a hand seal, lightly touching his brow with two fingers. A golden light swirled around his fingertips, and with the incantation, the golden light spread outwards.
The evil spirit hadn't escaped far when it was blocked by the golden light.
Golden light transformed into strands of thread, binding it completely and dragging it back to Lu Qing.
Its body was covered in a golden net, and its true form was revealed.
"Baka! Let me go! Let me go!!!"
The evil spirit turned out to be a Japanese soldier in military uniform, and judging from his attire, he was at least a colonel.
Lu Qing kicked it, turning its face crooked.
"Be honest! Answer my questions, and if you utter another word of nonsense, I'll make sure your soul is annihilated!"
"Damn you! You Chinese! My Imperial Army will never submit to you!"
Seeing that he was still not behaving himself, Lu Qing lost her patience.
"Since it's a national vendetta anyway, let's all attack together and beat him until he can speak properly!"
As soon as Lu Qing spoke, everyone rubbed their hands together and approached Xiao Baga.
Everyone has their own way of dealing with evil spirits, and since they are already filled with anger, they naturally show no mercy when they strike.
Lu Qing leaned against a tree and took out a pack of compressed biscuits to eat.
"I really want to eat roast duck, braised pork ribs, pork bones, fried yellow croaker, and mochi..."
On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Gu Xicheng couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard Lu Qing's rambling.
"Qingqing, I'll buy you as much as you want when you come out!"
By the time Lu Qing had filled his stomach, the little rascal had been mostly dealt with.
"Hey! Can we talk properly now?" Lu Qing asked.
"Yes...yes! Stop hitting...stop hitting!"
He never imagined that he could be beaten like this after becoming an evil spirit.
"What's your name?" Lu Qing asked.
“I…I am Ichiro Takeda.”
"What exactly happened here back then? Did you destroy the research institute?" Lu Qing asked.
Takeda Ichiro shook his head:
"It's me, and it's not me!"
Lu Qing frowned: "Speak properly, or I'll have them beat you up again!"
Takeda Ichiro quickly covered his head and cried out, "Don't hit me! I'm telling the truth!"
"Back then, I was ordered to bring my subordinates here to be responsible for the defense of the research institute. The institute was built underground, and I sealed off the surrounding area, so almost no one would come near here."
"I thought that once the research was successful, I could return to my homeland, but I never expected that before the bacterial weapon research was successful, I would discover something terrifying underground."
“It was a red jade pendant, like fresh blood. My men found it and presented it to me. I thought it was a treasure, so I kept it.”
"But that very night, the jade pendant turned me into a monster, causing me to kill everyone in the research institute in a fit of madness."
"When I regained consciousness, things had already turned out like this. My subordinates had also turned into evil spirits. We couldn't get out, and we couldn't contact anyone outside."
Lu Qing: "So you created this poisonous fog too?"
Takeda Ichiro quickly shook his head:
"No! The poison in this fog was created by that jade pendant, not us!"
Lu Qing frowned slightly; it seemed the source of the problem lay with that jade pendant.
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