Chapter 050 Three Sentences Fill the World-weary Villain with Hope (15)
There is a curfew in Ancheng. No people or vehicles are allowed to travel after midnight. Only the night watchmen from the Jianling Department are on patrol and on guard.
Tonight, Youfa and Youfei were both assigned to patrol missions, but they were in different teams, responsible for different areas and levels of danger.
Yufa is stronger and more inspired. He is a member of the first echelon of the spirit-seeing department. He is going to the most dangerous areas in the city, the first of which is Masheng Lane.
"Why am I on Rope Lane again?" someone in the squad muttered, complaining to the newcomer next to them. "That place is so evil. We lose people every time we patrol. I was lucky enough to escape last time, but I don't know if I'll be so lucky this time."
"What's there to be afraid of? Even if we're unlucky enough to lose our lives, the compensation from our company will be enough for our family to live happily for the rest of their lives. It's worth it!"
The new team member comforted him, and the man thought about it and continued to organize his equipment.
Yufa put on a specially made black trench coat and matching leather gloves, zipped up the coat to cover half of his face, combed his hair, and then picked up the kerosene lamp at his feet, which was too ordinary and outdated compared to his other equipment, and walked forward quickly.
The soft and faint orange light shone through the round glass lamp, casting chaotic shadows around the hurried patrol team, doing its best to create the eerie atmosphere that should be expected at night.
Masheng Lane is located in the city center, less than five minutes away from the central building where the Spirit Seeing Department is located.
Soon, the narrow and dim alley appeared in front of Yufa. It was dormant in the darkness like fog and smoke. The dim lights scattered in the alley were like half-open eyes, revealing a decadent and strange abnormality.
Just like before.
Yufa raised his arms. "No one is allowed to enter Hemp Rope Alley without permission. Half of you will stay and guard the surrounding area, while the other half will follow me to check if the seal is loose."
No one responded, and everyone tacitly and silently divided their work, even skipping the step of assigning positions.
Yufa led the two of them to the alley entrance. The nearest street lamp was only three steps away. Sensing their approach, it flickered as usual, but inexplicably made people feel weak and depressed.
The place where the evil god resides is surrounded by various forces that affect human emotions and reason. They are invisible and difficult to guard against and dodge, and once affected, it is almost impossible to eradicate them.
Yufa had been through a lot and was very experienced in this matter. As soon as this strange thought arose, he skillfully and decisively suppressed it.
"Use the oil lamp to inspect the seal on the nearby wall. Remember to compare it with the seal pattern compiled by Shao Tu. Once you confirm it is correct, report to me." He instructed in a routine manner. "If you feel any abnormalities in your emotions or body during the process, report it and leave the team. Let another team member come over."
Still no one agreed, but the next second, orange light shone into the Hemp Rope Alley and fell on the wall within five steps.
Wherever the light reaches, the rough and mottled walls surge like water waves, and large areas of dense and complex patterns and lines gradually emerge. They seem chaotic, but in fact they are linked together and stacked layer by layer, just like the heavenly drawings of precision instruments, with a cold but orderly beauty.
The three of them compared the information line by line. This was undoubtedly a huge project. Coupled with the erosion of the strange power in Ma Sheng Lane, they soon felt varying degrees of discomfort, and dizziness, nausea, and blurred vision followed one after another.
Yufa took a deep breath, quickly suppressed the discomfort, and continued to check the seal.
As time passed, his face became paler and paler. The team members behind him came and went twice. Fortunately, the mission was about to come to an end.
Likewise, the brightness of the oil lamps has dropped to its lowest point.
At this moment, Youfa heard a muffled groan from the team member behind him on the right, and then the air was filled with a fishy and sweet smell of rust.
He suddenly turned around and saw that the team member who had complained just now had fallen to the ground with blood coming out of all his orifices. The oil lamp in his hand shattered into pieces on the ground, and the flame burned on the leaking lamp oil. A ray of fire illuminated the night and also startled the things sleeping in the night.
"Quick! Get out of here!"
In the critical moment, Youfa quickly confirmed the last bit of the sealing pattern, then picked up the fallen team member and rushed back. The other team members hurriedly followed, and the hurried footsteps broke the silence in the night.
"Ga—"
The howling of crows came from somewhere, hoarse and sharp, circling in the air with an ominous meaning.
Yufa had just run a few steps when he felt a sharp pain in his ears, as if they were being pierced and twisted by thousands of fine needles, and these needles were still drilling into his brain.
Soon after, he felt similar pain in his eyes, nose, and mouth. His trachea was blocked by a damp and sticky smell of blood, and his mouth tasted slightly sweet.
Needless to say, he fell victim to the same trick as the colleague he was holding.
And it wasn't just him, everyone in the team was infected.
Yufa's legs went weak and he fell to the ground in a daze, spinning around.
He thought he had run a long way, but in fact he had only run two steps. His palms brushed against the rough floor, and drops of blood rolled down from his palms. Together with the hot fluid surging from his face, they spread under his body and wet the ground.
"Ahem... Shit!"
Yufa's lungs were burning with pain, and every breath he took felt like torture. The sharp tinnitus in his ears was sometimes long, sometimes short, sometimes far, sometimes near, accompanied by a dizziness that almost devoured all his sanity. Just before he passed out, he vaguely smelled the cold breath of the approaching Grim Reaper's scythe.
That's the smell of hot blood pouring on cold iron...
“Clang——”
In the last second before he lost consciousness, Youfa heard a long sound that seemed to come from the sky above, like a sword being unsheathed, like a sharp blade cutting through snow, like the cold wind from an ancient battlefield blowing through the modern steel jungle, magnificent and imposing.
A vast expanse of white appeared before his eyes. The white light condensed in the air and turned into two intersecting sharp blades, slashing fiercely behind him.
But before Yufa could investigate the consequences of their actions, he was stunned by a deafening roar that only people with high spiritual powers could hear.
…
"morning."
Along with the sound of rain, it was the aroma of food that woke Chen Yunli up. He habitually raised his hand to cover his eyes, his nostrils flaring. He sat up drowsily and turned towards the direction of the fragrance. His sleepy eyes were met with Chen Wenjian's smiling face.
He pulled open the curtain in front of the bed and stood in front of the kitchen counter, holding a plate of fried rice noodles in his hand. Fragrant white smoke was still coming out of the pot behind him.
He woke up early and looked neat and tidy. His slightly long hair was styled to be three parts messy and seven parts neat. The ends of his bangs were curled up in a rather clever way, which set off his youthful and handsome face and was eye-catching.
I have to say, waking up in the morning and looking at such a pleasing face really makes people feel good.
"Good morning." Chen Yunli yawned and got out of bed. The collar of his pajamas was loosely open, revealing a delicate collarbone. "Did you make breakfast?"
"Yes, the ingredients were given by the landlord." Chen Wenjian held his wrist, rubbing his fingertips over the protruding wrist bone with a little casual ambiguity. "I just went out to buy you breakfast, and I happened to meet him coming back from buying groceries. He said he bought too much and was worried that it would go bad, so he gave me some."
Hearing this, Chen Yunli took a look at the plate. The golden fried rice noodles were topped with plump shrimps, oysters and several kinds of chopped vegetables. The cooking was just right and the sauce was fragrant and oily. Not only was the cook skilled, but the ingredients were also extremely rich and fresh.
"This is not just a 'little' gift." Chen Yunli laughed.
Of course he knew what Ning Bufan was thinking. He just wanted to take Ning Bufan down because he was Ming Shaotu's colleague and ask him to speak well of him in the future.
"Let's wash up and eat first." Chen Wenjian led him to the round table opposite the kitchen counter. "I've got water for you."
Chen Yunli blinked at the basin, then blinked at him again. Suddenly, she put her cold hands on his face: "Wow! You are so sweet! You are the most lovable cat in the world!"
Chen Wenjian coughed softly, a faint smile flashing in his eyes.
A few minutes later, Chen Yunli finished washing up and was happily immersed in the delicious food when someone suddenly knocked on the door, quite hard.
"Who is it?"
Chen Yunli made a move to stand up, but Chen Wenjian pushed him back. He said, "Eat well," and walked over to open the door.
The next second, Ming Shaotu and You Fei squeezed in.
The room was already narrow, and with four grown men sitting in it, there was no room left to turn around.
Chen Yunli looked up blankly at his two colleagues, their faces filled with anxiety. His chopsticks holding the fried rice noodles froze in mid-air. "Are you... anything wrong?"
"Something happened! It's a big thing!" You Fei stood in front of Chen Yunli and pushed Chen Wenjian aside.
Ming Shaotu held his shoulder and signaled him to calm down: "Eat the rice noodles with the chopsticks in your hand first. There's no rush."
"...Oh." Chen Yunli obediently followed his instructions and swallowed the rice noodles before asking, "What's going on?"
Ming Shaotu was about to speak when You Fei interrupted him: "Did you go to Masheng Lane yesterday? Did you leave some power there to suppress the things inside?"
Chen Yunli blinked blankly: "Well..."
"Hmm?" You Fei's face suddenly moved closer, and at first glance it looked like she was going to kiss him.
Seeing this, Chen Wenjian felt unhappy.
But just as he was about to pull You Fei away himself, Chen Yunli pushed him away a little. "I did go to Masheng Alley, but I don't know if I left any power there. You know, I can't see the real world you see, so I can't control my own abilities. By the way, can you describe to me what kind of power that is?"
You Fei and Ming Shaotu looked at each other, and after a moment seemed to have decided something, they each pressed on the back of Chen Yunli's hand.
Chen Yunli was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he felt two cool breaths brushing against his eyes, as if the morning breeze was ruffling his long eyelashes, allowing him to glimpse the scene that had appeared in the wind and in the eyes of the two people beside him in a daze -
Two intersecting beams of white light were imprinted on the floor at the entrance of the Hemp Rope Alley. The sharp rays of light were so sharp that they extended to the undercurrent surging in the alley.
They have a reserved aura, and just the faint afterglow they emit is enough to scare away all the sinister creatures that are ready to move in the depths of the night, making them dare not move.
The dust cloud flashed away from his long eyelashes, and those images disappeared like dust in the wind.
"Did you see that?" Ming Shaotu's usually calm tone was slightly excited. "Is that... your power?"
“…”
Familiar, too familiar.
Chen Yunli thought about the two glimpses of light, and recalled the scene of the day he started working.
The divine power of the Supreme God of the Universe enveloped him, and the vast white light gathered into a pen in the palm of his hand, guiding him to sign his name on the last page of the contract.
At that time, he was still immersed in the shock of "Your God world is really formal even if you have to sign a contract to work for the gods", and did not carefully feel the majestic and gentle power.
However, the feeling brought by the divine power had long been deeply engraved in the depths of his soul, just like the name on the contract that was written carefully by him, stroke by stroke, alongside the title of the god. It seemed ordinary, but it would never be erased by anything.
Chen Yunli pressed his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Well, it's my strength."
The contract signed in black and white and the power obtained from the God Boss can indeed be considered his.
After all, no matter what, he is the only civil servant of the Kingdom of God among the human race.
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