Cheng Shuang and Gong Zhu met at the elevator entrance in the empty apartment on the 51st floor. They quickly arranged their respective work order: Cheng Shuang would go up, and she would go down. They were determined to seize all the 'Eye of Penetration' before the homeless people realized something was wrong.
This is a race against time.
The Star and Moon Festival was indeed extremely lively and exciting. Not to mention, over the years, even the poor of Qingyou City had developed unique and excellent painting skills. Not to mention, in order to get tax breaks next month, every shop pulled out all the stops and came up with all sorts of creative ideas. Some people even rented several houses and connected them together to open a haunted house amusement park.
The little girl was both lucky and unlucky. The 'Eye of Penetration' in the empty houses she entered were basically fully charged. She was unlucky because after exploring the empty houses on the east side of the city center, when she went to the west side, her first stop was the staff lounge of this haunted house.
Who could have imagined such bad luck? The ghost guides didn't open the main gate of the house. Driven by self-interest, they actually used a side door temporarily opened by the 'Eye of Penetration' as a secret passage to the haunted house.
Once the little girl had picked the lock and crawled inside, she immediately stared at five strangely dressed guides casually sitting on the carpet, looking at her blankly.
"What are you doing here?" As if to achieve the most realistic effect, their voices had been adjusted, becoming hoarse and unpleasant. A simple question pierced Cheng Shuang's eardrums with pain.
Cheng Shuang scratched her head, "I lost the VIP!"
"Why are you looking for it here if you've lost it?" One of the guides suddenly stood up, its gaze scrutinizing him, suspicion gradually creeping into its eyes. "Don't you know this is an empty house?"
"I know!" The young girl didn't back down at all. Fortunately, she didn't take off her mask, so her expression couldn't be seen. "How do you know that the VIPs won't go to an empty house?"
"I know you. You're Xiao Shuang, the attendant of VIP Feng on the 70th floor." Another person stood up, pointing at Cheng Shuang and shouting in astonishment, "Who exactly are you?"
They clearly sensed something amiss with Cheng Shuang's identity, and exchanged glances. Their heavily made-up faces twisted into distorted, greedy expressions. Although they had never had a young VIP before, nothing was absolute. A younger VIP was better, as the skin could be used for a few more years. Even if they didn't need it, everyone had close relatives and friends.
The five of them tacitly grabbed whatever they could find nearby. The Star and Moon Festival had already begun; whether they showed any goodwill or not didn't matter, as long as they could catch her, that was their chance.
Moreover, that tiny person was so frightened that he stood there trembling, forgetting even to run, which shows that his fighting ability was not high.
However, none of them noticed that a figure less than 30 centimeters tall emerged from behind the little girl. The figure quickly multiplied from one to ten, appearing behind the five guides in the blink of an eye. The two of them raised their water guns and sprayed the spirit-devouring water without hesitation before the guides could pounce.
The water from the spray gun was far less powerful than the force of a direct splash. Fang Niang's miserable state was repeated. This was the first time Cheng Shuang had witnessed it firsthand. It would be a lie to say that she didn't feel anything unusual. This scene was comparable to hell. She wanted to destroy them, but she did not want to enjoy the torment.
Screams rose and fell. The little girl turned her back and expressionlessly closed the windows one by one, blocking out the last ray of light from the room.
If this place hadn't been transformed into a haunted house, Cheng Shuang might not have taken this risk. But if she didn't take the risk and got caught, their previous plans would definitely be discovered by the homeless and ruined. She couldn't let her own oversight implicate others.
After the Soul-Devouring Water was released, her remaining amount was not much, just enough for the five eerie green souls to break out of their shells.
A large pigskin sack was lifted up by ten ghost dolls and scooped up from top to bottom, taking advantage of their extreme pain before they could escape.
Five figures thrashed wildly inside the pocket. Even ten ghost dolls combined couldn't match their strength. The bear cub immediately appeared and took the bag, its large paws clumsily tying the opening with Cheng Shuang's help.
If possible, Cheng Shuang did not want to go this far. It was not out of excessive sympathy, but because the haunted house could not possibly only have five homeless people. They should be taking turns to rest. Before long, the other homeless people would return and notice something was amiss.
But if she hesitates and misses a good opportunity, she will also harm herself and others.
The little girl put the large bag into her spatial storage, swallowed the flower petals given to her by Si Hai, and needed to quickly tell her companions about the situation here so that they could speed up their actions.
A flash of light and darkness in my consciousness, as if breaking through some kind of barrier, reaching directly into the spiritual sea of another person.
The feeling of communicating with consciousness is not good. There is always a sense of being spied on or having one's privacy invaded at any time, which makes one feel extremely insecure.
Fortunately, Sihai did not delay and provided timely feedback.
There's a mix of good and bad news.
The bad news is that problems have also arisen on the side of the palace priest.
One of the maintainers, seeking thrills, gathered four guides and went to an empty house for some fun.
Putting aside his romantic notion of dying under a peony flower, the fact that he actually helped the guide capture Gong Zhu after seeing her wandering into the city, and even suggested they stay in the Abyss City together, living a carefree and immortal life...
They've completely lost their minds!
Of course, Sihai didn't describe it in too much detail to Cheng Shuang, only saying that the maintainer was deceived by the guide and forgot what day it was.
Cheng Shuang thought she was unlucky, but she didn't expect that Gong Zhu was even more unlucky than her.
If there's any good news, it's probably that their predictions were all correct. Apart from the water mirror and the protective membrane in the sky, the central city is entirely made of wood, so they might not need to venture into the deep sea.
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