Thirteen years ago, Qingzhumen had just started planning the medicinal materials town.

At that time, they also wanted to buy all the nearby buildings, but because they were an underground force backed by the Davis family, they were stopped by the Liu family, the owner of Mingyuan Star, and finally they could only rent them.

Initially, they rented the building.

But unexpectedly, something strange happened not long after.

All the people and goods in the building mysteriously disappeared overnight, leaving no trace behind.

At that time, the people of Qingzhumen thought that there was a traitor who stole all the goods at night. Unfortunately, they could not find any clues about the traitor, so they sent another team in.

It was fine at first, but a year later, the mysterious incident happened again. This time, some of the goods and people were left behind. However, only half of the large bags of medicinal materials were left, as if they had been gnawed, and the people who were left behind could only be described as miserable.

Of the seven people, only two and a half are left.

Why do you say that?

Because the two and a half were the lower bodies of five of them, while their upper bodies had disappeared without a trace, and there were traces of being bitten by monsters on the corpses.

It was not until this time that the people of Qingzhumen realized that the last time people disappeared, it was not because of a traitor, but most likely because they encountered a monster.

At that time, the medicinal materials town had already taken shape. In order to capture this mysterious monster in a short period of time, the Qingzhu Sect not only dispatched several times more manpower, but also equipped each person with a lot of weapons, including two masters of ancient martial arts.

It wasn't until a year later that the monster appeared again.

At that time, people around the building could vaguely hear a strange noise coming from inside. The noise lasted for a very short time, and just when the people outside were puzzled, they forced the door open, only to find that the people and goods in the building had mysteriously disappeared again, and no bodies were left.

The Qingzhu Sect sent quite a few people at that time, including Scarface.

The building was empty. Not only were there no people, but even the large bags of medicinal materials had disappeared without a trace. If it weren't for the lingering smell of medicinal materials, everyone would have thought that the building had been vacant and no one lived there.

After three times in a row, it finally attracted the attention of Qingzhumen.

After that, no one dared to stay in the building.

Qingzhumen was not resigned to this and secretly installed a number of closed-circuit cameras to monitor the building 24 hours a day.

The person being monitored is Scarface.

Less than a year later, the monster appeared again.

When Scarface saw the monster in the building, he immediately sounded the alarm. They had a lot of fully armed personnel near the building.

As soon as the alarm sounded, they immediately rushed to the building.

But the next scene made Scarface in front of the CCTV dumbfounded. The monster had a strange appearance, like a ghost. It could not only penetrate walls, but also cover people or objects, as if it had turned on the stealth mode, making everything it covered disappear on the spot.

The situation was extremely strange, as if it was a door to time and space that could project everything it covered into another time and space.

Some people who struggled to escape ended up with only their lower bodies or a pair of feet left. This was almost exactly the same as the second strange thing that happened, and Scarface was so frightened that he dared not move.

The monster did not appear for long, only about one or two minutes, but almost all the people from the Qingzhu Gate who rushed into the building disappeared mysteriously, leaving only the lower bodies and human feet on the ground, as well as two people who were lucky enough to escape.

The situation was horrific.

After the monster disappeared, Scarface reported everything. However, when he investigated the video afterwards, something terrifying happened. The monster that could be seen on the CCTV disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

At this point, Qingzhumen completely gave up the building and left it vacant.

During this period, there were several cases where the building was rented out. After learning the truth, the tenants either fled in panic or cancelled the lease, and they did not even dare to ask for the rent.

As for the Bai family, who would be so bored as to tell them specifically?

Therefore, Bai Fan’s family never knew about this.

After saying this, Scarface seemed to remember the scene at that time, and a look of horror emerged on his face. He trembled and took out a pack of cigarettes, but before he could take out the cigarette, it fell to the ground as if he couldn't hold it steadily.

Lin Tao frowned slightly and let him get out of the car first.

"A monster with a strange appearance that can pass through walls like a ghost and can also suck people or objects into time and space?" As soon as Lin Tao heard this, the name of a mysterious creature instantly appeared in his mind.

"Heh~" After Lin Tao got off the hovercraft, he folded his hands in front of his chest, looked at the building in front of him, grinned, and chuckled: "I really didn't expect that this is the place where those terrifying creatures appear, but I didn't expect to encounter it."

In later generations, almost everyone has one mecha, and some people even own dozens or even hundreds of them at once.

Generally speaking, people who own mechas need to build a mecha warehouse, otherwise there will not be enough space for so many mechas.

However, in later generations, no matter how many mechas you own, you don't need to build a mecha library specifically. You only need a space button to store the mechas in a special mecha library.

Space library, this is a special high-tech storage for mecha in later generations.

This technology can create a small space independently and store the mecha in it. When needed, just open the space button to take out or store the mecha.

In later generations, when purchasing a mecha, the mecha masters often only needed to leave the mecha shop with a space button.

The technology of this space button remained confidential until humans retreated back to the solar system, at which time it was made public.

Lin Tao once wanted to try to study this technology, but unfortunately there was not much information available, and the personnel studying this technology required more advanced space technology.

There are not many records of this technology in books, and it is considered top secret by the Interstellar Federation. Even if it is made public, only a small part is made available to attract interested students to continue their studies.

However, although it was only a small part of the information, it also made Lin Tao understand that the origin of this technology came from a strange creature from the universe, which was later named "Shadow".

That's right, according to Scarface's description, the monster in the building that was regarded as a ghost was the mysterious "shadow".

Lin Tao did not learn advanced space technology, but he did have some research on the creature called "Shadow", because most of the information was about "Shadow".

According to the information, as long as the 'shadow' can be captured, it can be easily transformed into a special space button.

The space transformed by 'shadow' is larger than the space of the space button in later generations. In later generations, there are only two space buttons transformed by 'shadow'. One of them is in the hands of the descendants of the Great General of the Stars, and the other has been secretly hidden in the Space Technology Research Laboratory of the Interstellar Federation.

"Could this 'Shadow' be the first 'Shadow' discovered by the Interstellar Federation?"

Lin Tao narrowed his eyes slightly.

Being familiar with the creature called Shadow, Lin Tao naturally knew how to lure it out, but he didn't have the tools to capture Shadow at the moment.

"It seems that if we want to carry more machines, we should find a way to capture this 'Shadow'."

It's a bit of a pity.

Lin Tao sighed in his heart.

The two men got off the hovercraft. Scarface looked pale and his body trembled from time to time. He even lit his cigarette several times before it was finally lit. Lin Tao faced the building with his arms folded across his chest, as if thinking about something.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Tuo walked over.

"Lin Tao, is there really a ghost in the building?"

“Haha~” Lin Tao smiled: “Ghost? All unknown things can actually be classified as ghosts.”

"did you mean……"

Zheng Tuo's whole body trembled and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Originally, I was planning to let you use this building as your base, but now it seems unlikely." Lin Tao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Zheng Tuo, the medicinal materials town still needs to be preserved, so your base can only be temporarily established near the medicinal materials town."

"I will buy this building from the Bai family later. You will be in charge of looking after it for me during this period." After a pause, Lin Tao said, "Remember, before I deal with that ghost, don't let anyone move in. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble."

'Shadow' likes to absorb any creatures or objects that interest it into a special space within its body. Once you capture a 'Shadow', you have to clean up the contents inside, otherwise the capacity of the space button will be greatly reduced, and even a machine cannot fit in.

Lin Tao's words were somewhat confusing, but Zheng Tuo obviously knew that Lin Tao must know the mystery of the ghost in the building.

However, since Lin Tao didn't want to say it for the time being, Zheng Tuo didn't want to delve into it further. After all, the two of them were now on the same side.

"I will send some more people to monitor this building specifically."

"The building can no longer be used now. After you purchase the medicinal materials, you find another place to store them. I will purchase the processing tools, and then we can officially manufacture genetic drugs." Lin Tao said.

"Gene medicine?" Zheng Tuo was shocked again. This was one of the conditions for his cooperation with Lin Tao. His eyes lit up and he asked quickly, "Lin Tao, what tools do you need? Give me the list and I will send someone to build a special laboratory right away."

Zheng Tuo spoke earnestly, wishing he could get the genetic drug that could change his body right away.

This is no wonder. If one wants to practice the eighth style of Zheng family's Jinzhi, one needs to strengthen the physical body.

Lin Tao smiled slightly: "Don't be too ostentatious. The Qingzhu Sect set up a medicinal materials town to secretly purchase medicinal materials. Well, if I'm not mistaken, they should have another secret laboratory in other places besides Xinya's laboratory."

"Hmm~" At this point, Lin Tao held his chin and thought for a while: "Zheng Tuo, try to allocate some people to help me secretly keep an eye on this woman Xin Ya?"

In Lin Tao's memory, the time when Xin Yali disappears in history seems to be approaching. If he can snatch her away before she disappears, maybe she can still be of use.

"Xinya? Is that the pharmacist Xinya who helped the Davis family research genetic drugs?" Zheng Tuo was surprised.