Chapter 527: Violent Way Opening
Yu Sheng carried Irene (rebar) and pushed open the door of No. 66 Wutong Road with Hu Li and Luna.
Outside the gate, the once familiar streets were shrouded in mist, and the slightly twisted buildings had become shaky silhouettes in the fog.
Li Lin and Zheng Zhi were pushing the door open and coming out of the small courier collection point. The two brothers looked up in confusion at Yu Sheng who was standing at the door of No. 66 Wutong Road.
Ai Lin pulled Yu Sheng's hair and asked, "Have you forgotten about this express delivery collection point again?"
Yu Sheng stiffened his neck and said, "This is all planned..."
"Then you just forgot."
Zheng Zhi also came over at this time: "Brother Yu, what are you doing..."
"Your director just called me and told me there's a problem in Wuzhong City," Yu Sheng said immediately with a straight face, "I'm going over there now."
Zheng Zhi reacted with an "Oh" and quickly said, "Then I'll go with you."
Yu Sheng suddenly hesitated. He looked at his nephew, who was volunteering with a sunny face, then looked up at the foggy sky of Fog City. After hesitating for a few seconds, he said, "The density of entities and the abnormal environment here are different from those outside. We need to go to the foggy district. Your physique may be a bit too strong here."
"I know," Zheng Zhi nodded seriously, "but I can't just take my salary for nothing. The bureau sent me here to assist you, and I can help right now..."
"Well, the bureau sent us here to help No. 66 Wutong Road collect express deliveries." Li Lin coughed dryly and reminded a little embarrassedly.
Zheng Zhi was stunned: "...Is this what happened?"
"It's not a big deal. Since you want to follow us, come with us. We might be able to find some more clues." Yu Sheng suddenly thought of something and patted the still dazed Zheng Zhi on the shoulder. "Then, Li Lin, you stay here and keep an eye on the environmental changes in the 'safe zone' around No. 66 Wutong Road. Contact us immediately if anything happens. Your bureau has installed communication nodes in most areas of Wuzhong City, and your cell phone has a signal. Remember, stay within the safe zone and don't cross the express station line."
Li Lin nodded immediately: "Okay, I understand."
Yu Sheng hummed, turned his head and looked at the nine-tailed fox beside him: "Hu Li——"
Before he finished speaking, he saw the fox girl running forward a few steps. Then she took advantage of the situation and pounced. With a "bang", she turned into a silver-white fox as big as two vans.
The big fox carried Yu Sheng and his companions into the fog.
The area where Xu Jiali's team first encountered the "spider silk" was not far from Wutong Road. Even though Hu Li was almost strolling (by her standards), she quickly arrived at the foggy intersection.
Yu Sheng jumped off the fox demon's back carrying Irene, and the first thing he did was look up at the surrounding environment.
A clearly defined "wall of fog" stood on the street ten meters away, covering the entire block ahead in thick fog. The warning lights at the edge of the foggy block were emitting glaring red lights, and a striking light curtain and isolation tape on the street were reminding spiritual detectives and investigators who broke into this block to stay away from the dangerous area ahead.
The buildings in the thick fog were crooked and twisted, and the edges of the tall buildings were shaking like living things. From time to time, suspicious shadows could be seen walking among the buildings. It was unclear whether they were entities generated by the fog or purely bizarre illusions generated by the abnormal environment.
But other than that, there were no traces of black spider webs in the entire area.
According to the report of Xu Jiali's team, they started to encounter strange things after they encountered those spider webs in this area, but they also mentioned that those spider webs only appeared for a short time and then disappeared out of thin air.
"Erin, do you feel anything?" Yu Sheng turned his head and looked at the little doll on his shoulder.
Above Irene's head floated the Ominous Wandering Star, used as an amplification pendant. At this moment, she raised her hand to summon strands of black silk thread, searching the surrounding mist for "traces" of her own origin. Hearing Yu Sheng's words, she frowned and shook her head: "No, but it may be that the environment here is too chaotic. I have to look carefully."
As she said that, she jumped down from Yu Sheng's shoulder, took the Ominous Star from above her head and held it in one hand, and with the other hand, she held a few black threads and walked around with a serious face.
Honestly, Yu Sheng was terrified by the serious look on this little thing's face that she'd blurt out some weird words like "To find dragons and divide gold, look at the winding mountains" or "Don't touch gold after the cockcrow and the lights go out"—mainly because her temperament, combined with the surroundings, made her look too much like a grave robber...
Yu Sheng then turned his head and looked at his nephew on the other side: "What about you? Did you find anything?"
Zheng Zhi, staring wide-eyed at the moment, shrank back. "I didn't see any spider silk or anything, but it felt like there was something unusually lively going on in this fog, especially across from the barrier. Seven or eight familiar-looking creatures emerged from there in a matter of seconds, trying to get me through. My grandmother alone saw that three times."
Yu Sheng had only asked casually, but was completely shocked by the other party's answer: "Oh my god... so your physique is quite strong here! Is it really okay?"
"That's not a problem. It's just a little more frequent than usual. Nothing outrageous has happened. Just deal with it according to experience." The eldest nephew waved his hand, instantly showing a strong psychological quality. He even looked happy. "Brother Yu, I'm telling you, I'm used to seeing them..."
Yu Sheng had a strange expression on his face: "Are you used to seeing grandma?"
Zheng Zhi spread his hands and said, "How should I put it? After my great-grandmother passed away, I saw her more often than when she was alive..."
Yu Sheng: “…”
After marveling at the toughness of his nephew's daily life, Yu Sheng decided to continue walking towards Dongcheng District and continue looking for clues along the route of Xu Jiali's team at that time.
Irene continued to hold the ball in one hand and the string in the other, walking beside Yu Sheng as if she was reading Feng Shui (mainly because her body was too heavy and Yu Sheng was too lazy to continue carrying her).
Zheng Zhize took out the pistol for self-defense, and with his other hand he took out a pocket watch from his bosom. As he walked forward, he looked at the watch face from time to time.
"This is a life monitoring device issued by the Secret Service." Noticing Yu Sheng's curious gaze, he immediately explained enthusiastically, "Sometimes foreign environments can cause a person's vitality to slowly drain away, and sometimes people can even be unaware of their own death. This thing can serve as a reminder—if the hands stop, the person is dead, and if the rotation slows, they're gradually losing their life. Furthermore, color changes on the dial itself can indicate potential mental contamination..."
Yu Sheng looked at the pocket watch in Zheng Zhi's hand in amazement, thinking that the Secret Service Bureau actually had such a magical little prop. After a moment, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Can you show it to me?"
Zheng Zhi immediately handed over the pocket watch: "Of course."
Yu Sheng happily took the pocket watch and glanced at the dial.
The hands of the clock are moving backwards.
After spinning backwards three times, it suddenly stopped and began to spin forward while vibrating as if it were having a seizure.
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that the hands of the watch were spinning faster and faster, and later on, the five-speed electric fan was nothing.
The next second, there was a slight "pop" sound, and the dial of the pocket watch shattered. The hands inside broke free from the shaft and stood directly on the dial, standing upright.
Yu Sheng: “…”
Zheng Zhi: “…”
"This thing..." Yu Sheng's embarrassment was evident in his words, "Did I break it?"
The eldest nephew wanted to cry but had no tears: "It seems... I just received it two days ago."
"Does your bureau reimburse you?"
"I'll report it, but I have to give a valid reason. If it's damaged without reason, I'll have to write a censorship."
"I'll tell your boss to get you a new one," Yu Sheng said apologetically as he handed the pocket watch, the hands still standing, back to his nephew. "I have a peculiar physique, so this might bother me a bit... I'm sorry."
Zheng Zhi could only sigh, and took the pocket watch with a distressed look on his face. He carefully pressed the hands back onto the axis, shook it in his hand, and then watched the hands rotate forward, then reverse, and then stop and shake twice. He could see a sense of confusion that seeped into the movement of the pocket watch. Then he sighed again, closed the cover of the pocket watch, and put it back in his pocket.
The unfortunate intern operator shook his head and continued to pay attention to the movements around him.
To the left was a quiet street, shrouded in fog and dimly lit.
On the right was a brightly lit hall, where two strangers in white coats were busy with their heads down beside him.
Zheng Zhi didn't even react in the first second.
When he realized what he saw, he subconsciously jumped out with a cry: "Fuck!"
Everyone in the team was startled, and Zheng Zhi had already hid behind Yu Sheng at this moment. He raised his gun reflexively and said quickly: "Brother Yu, I saw two people over there..."
The eldest nephew stopped talking halfway - there was only mist in front of him, so how could there be any stranger?
It seemed to be just a moment of "dyslocation".
If we follow the rules of a regular spirit world detective team or operator group, there would be nothing we can do at this point. The moment we pass by the anomaly is just a split second, and if someone in the team can see the clues at that moment, it can be considered a gain.
Zheng Zhi thought so too.
But the team around Yu Sheng was obviously not an ordinary spirit world detective team.
Only a few explosions of fox fire were heard, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound that broke through the air. Hu Li, still maintaining the form of a huge demon fox, directly fired six super-large fox-radish missiles, bombarding the direction where Zheng Zhi had pointed just now. Then, without thinking, Irene raised her hand and waved it. Large pieces of spider silk swept across in the direction of the fox fire explosion as if they were free. Before the smoke of the explosion had cleared, Hu Li's fox-radish machine gun barrage followed. Zheng Zhi was stunned. Yu Sheng spat out a mouthful of old blood to the side. Almost at the same time, the little puppet shouted "Go!" and swung his arm to throw the evil omen wandering star out...
Zheng Zhiren was dumbfounded.
Then he watched helplessly...large swathes of cracks appeared out of thin air under the brutal bombardment of this group of people.
(End of this chapter)
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