Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yuanqing tried to keep his tone calm:

"Officer Li, I'm Zhang Yuanqing."

"...It's you." The other person laughed, "What do you want from me so late at night?"

Zhang Yuanqing said in a deep voice: "I have a clue to report. In fact, Lei Yibing sent me a card before he disappeared."

"Why didn't you say it before?"

There was no trace of surprise in Li Dongze's tone.

This... Zhang Yuanqing hesitated for a moment, then told the other party all his guesses about Bingge's disappearance.

There was silence for a while, then he laughed:

"You are really good at adding drama to yourself."

Guan Ya was right. Zhang Yuanqing was actually a very introverted person. A normal, cheerful, optimistic and positive college student would not be so wary.

"Feel sorry......"

Zhang Yuanqing was a little embarrassed and immediately changed the subject. No, he got to the point:

"I encountered some rather strange and incomprehensible things tonight, um, can you understand what I mean."

"It seems that you have successfully walked out of the spiritual realm." Li Dongze's tone was a little relieved.

Yes, I just walked out and almost died in there... Zhang Yuanqing felt relieved when he heard this answer.

The other party really knew about the spiritual realm.

Li Dongze said: "College students, congratulations on becoming a Spiritual Realm Walker. This is the title for people like us. I am also a Spiritual Realm Walker. The difference is that I am an official one, and you are a wild one."

Spiritual Realm Walker... Zhang Yuanqing pondered over this sentence and asked:

"What is the spiritual realm?"

He had too many questions that he wanted answers to, so he could only start with the most basic ones.

"I can't tell you now. If you want to know about the spiritual realm, you have to make a choice." Li Dongze said in a deep voice:

"There are two official attitudes towards the Spirit Realm: one is to absorb and cultivate, and the other is to supervise and control. The former means joining us and becoming a member of the official Spirit Realm practitioners.

"The latter is to become an independent cultivator. You only need to register with us and promise not to use your abilities to violate discipline, and we will not intervene. Of course, you will not be able to get any help from the authorities."

Zhang Yuanqing said without hesitation: "I am willing to join the organization and sacrifice my life for the country and the people."

Li Dongze smiled and said, "As expected of a family of security guards, you are very conscious."

For a moment, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't tell whether the other party was mocking or praising him.

"Then go to bed early. I'll pick you up at eight o'clock tomorrow morning," said Li Dongze.

Ah? Not now? Zhang Yuanqing hesitated: "Tomorrow?"

"What else? What time is it now? Even if you want to sacrifice your life for the organization, you have to wait until the organization gets to work."

You don't want to tell me on the phone, are you afraid that I will regret it and get the information for free? So you have to wait until tomorrow to meet offline... Zhang Yuanqing could only helplessly say, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at his phone. The time showed 11 o'clock in the evening. The passage of time in the spiritual realm was the same as in the outside world.

After successfully contacting the official organization, Zhang Yuanqing felt relieved. At this moment, the exhaustion brought about by struggling to survive in the spiritual realm surged over him.

He lay on the bed, set the alarm clock, his eyelids grew heavier, and he fell into a deep sleep.

.........

The next morning, at 7:15, Zhang Yuanqing was awakened by the alarm clock. He almost suffered a cardiac arrest and died on the spot.

He turned off the alarm and got out of bed yawning.

My sleep quality was not ideal last night. I had several nightmares, each of which was related to ghosts, and I woke up several times.

In the living room, my grandfather was sitting on the sofa watching the news. He had sparse silver hair, was tall, and had a wrinkled face that was serious and stern.

Grandma was busy making breakfast in the kitchen. Next to the long dining table, my aunt was squatting on a chair playing with her cell phone, her cheeks puffed out, like a cute hamster.

"So early?"

The aunt looked at her listless nephew and groaned, "You look like you've indulged yourself in sexual activities. Did you do something bad last night? I'm going to check your trash can."

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Yuanqing would retort: ​​Go find something to eat?

But now I was thinking about the spiritual realm and meeting with the official organization, and I was not in the mood to argue with my aunt.

He sat down next to the woman listlessly, waiting for dinner with blank eyes.

Soon, grandma came out with hot rice porridge, fried dough sticks, boiled eggs, and a basket of meat buns.

Zhang Yuanqing took a sip of hot porridge to moisten his throat, looked at his grandfather, and asked tentatively:

"Grandpa, I remember that when the construction team of Sheling Tunnel disappeared, the Public Security Bureau organized a search team to look for you, and you were among them at that time."

Grandpa hummed, and said with some confusion: "It's all in the past, why are you asking this?"

"I saw this story online yesterday. Do you know how the worker who was found is doing now?"

Grandpa frowned and said, "I forgot. It was so long ago that I can't remember it."

"Didn't they say he disappeared again?" The grandmother next to him interrupted, joining the discussion with great interest. "And it was a mysterious disappearance. This incident caused panic in the police force at the time. It was not until the leaders of the police headquarters came down personally to calm people down that it was finally resolved."

"Is this true?" Grandpa denied it.

"Old Chen, are you old and suffering from Alzheimer's? You told me this yourself." Grandma argued.

...Grandpa lowered his head and ate his porridge: "You should believe in science and stop being obsessed with superstitions. The older you get, the more gossipy you become."

After being found, it disappeared again... Zhang Yuanqing drank a mouthful of porridge in a depressed mood.

Apparently, the survivor entered the spirit realm again 36 hours later, and this time, he did not come out alive.

His prediction was correct. The mortality rate in the mountain temple was extremely high, and the second main mission was extremely dangerous.

If you want to survive, relying on the authorities is the right decision.

After breakfast and a quick wash, Zhang Yuanqing took the elevator downstairs and waited at the gate of the community for more than ten minutes.

A black business car slowly pulled over, and its electric door slid open automatically. Li Dongze sat on the white leather sofa, leaning on a cane with his legs together.

He was dressed the same as yesterday, in a black suit, black vest, white shirt, with his hair neatly combed back and a delicate moustache.

"Get in the car, college student."

Li Dongze smiled.

"Okay, investigator." Zhang Yuanqing smiled back.

After he got in the car, the black business car merged into the traffic flow and drove at a moderate speed on the streets in the early morning.

Li Dongze opened the car refrigerator and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

"Cola!"

"Then you can only go to the supermarket to buy it yourself later." Li Dongze poured himself a glass of whiskey, put an ice ball in it, held the wine, leaned back in his chair, and said leisurely:

"I will take you to complete the onboarding formalities and provide you with basic training. First, let me introduce myself. I am Li Dongze, a Level 3 Spiritual Realm Walker, the Squad Leader of the Second Squadron of the Songhai Branch of the Five Elements Alliance, Kangyang District, and a scout by profession."

Scout? Besides Night Wanderer, are there other professions? Zhang Yuanqing pretended to listen attentively.

Although he was confused, he didn't interrupt.

As a sociable person, Zhang Yuanqing knows that it is impolite to interrupt others casually, and he will not allow himself to be deducted points for such trivial matters.

Li Dongze took a sip of wine and said, "First, let me tell you what the spiritual realm is!"

Zhang Yuanqing immediately perked up.

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ps: This chapter is an additional update.