Chapter 35 He seemed to see right through the third floor of his nursing home…
The concentration of ghostly energy was even higher on the third floor of the nursing home.
Zhou Fengyun's golden swords lined up on both sides of the corridor, radiating golden light, but they couldn't dispel much of the ghostly aura.
The visible light intensity was only enough for them to see objects within two meters of the light source.
Yu Qing smoothly flew along the right corridor in the aircraft, passing many rooms without even glancing at them.
Zhou Fengyun found it a bit strange, but trusted him completely and followed him.
Yu Qing stopped in front of the two large doors at the end of the corridor.
"What?" Zhou Fengyun asked.
"You'll see when you go in," Yu Qing said, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.
Zhou Fengyun stepped forward and pushed the heavy double doors.
The door wasn't locked; it opened with a push.
The golden sword flew in, illuminating every corner of the large room.
“This…” Zhou Fengyun was stunned. He looked around.
This place is full of beds.
And there are people in the beds.
"How come there are so many people here?" Zhou Fengyun walked over and looked at one of the elderly people in a bed.
The old man had gray hair and a face full of wrinkles, but his face was beaming with a happy smile.
The old man simply kept his eyes tightly closed.
It looks like she's asleep.
Zhou Fengyun reached out and checked the old man's breath.
"Still alive."
Yu Qing came to his side, "Didn't you say that our local colleagues had already rescued all the elderly people?"
Zhou Fengyun also found it strange, as the information did not mention that there were still people in the nursing home.
It also states that the elderly and staff of the nursing home have been safely evacuated. So who are the elderly people sleeping here?
Zhou Fengyun saw the old man's information on a small card on the bedside table.
It includes the name, age, gender, and a mobile phone number for contacting family members.
Zhou Fengyun took out the communication device used in the ghostly aura.
Thankfully, there's still a signal.
He dialed the office number of the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities.
The call was answered quickly.
"It's me, Zhou Fengyun. Please check if there's a 78-year-old man named Zhang Chuannan at Huaicheng Nursing Home. His family's contact number is..."
"Okay, I'll verify it right away."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Fengyun went to check on the other patients in their beds.
Everyone is alive, but they cannot be awakened.
And their faces were beaming with smiles, looking as if they were sleeping peacefully.
Yu Qing speculated: "Could they have all entered an illusion? And are living happily ever after in that illusion?"
“That’s possible. There are thirty-two elderly people here, twenty men and twelve women.” Zhou Fengyun counted them. He tried to move the golden sword to these people, hoping to use the golden light to dispel their dreams, but he was unsuccessful. Everyone was still sleeping soundly.
Yu Qing had no clue either.
After waiting for a while, Zhou Fengyun's communication device rang.
He answered the phone: "How is it?"
"Captain Zhou, there is this person in the nursing home. Zhang Chuannan was transferred to the Superpower Hospital by his colleagues from the Huaicheng Superpower Bureau five days ago. Should I contact the hospital to ask about the situation?"
Zhou Fengyun calmly asked, "How many elderly people were in the nursing home when the incident happened?"
The person on the other end of the phone said, "Thirty-two, twenty men and twelve women."
Zhou Fengyun looked at the elderly people in front of him.
If the people here are real, then those in the hospital are...
Do you have a list?
"have."
"Let's switch places here. Chen Liping, female, 70 years old."
"have."
Huo Feng, male, 68 years old.
"have."
"Li Fugui, male, 80 years old."
"have."
...
Zhou Fengyun checked all thirty-two names.
I checked the person lying on the bed again, and sure enough, it was a living person, a real person.
"Captain Zhou, what's wrong? Do you need backup?" Xiao Ling on the other end of the phone sensed something was wrong.
Zhou Fengyun: "Not for now, let's leave it at that."
Zhou Fengyun hung up the phone, and Yu Qing asked, "Are there a group of people in the hospital like those here?"
Zhou Fengyun nodded: "The people here are real, but the ones in the hospital are fake. However, the local supernatural ability bureau personally led the people out, so how could no one know that they brought a fake one?"
Yu Qing thought for a moment and guessed, "Could it be that they are deliberately lying to cover up some unspeakable truth?"
Zhou Fengyun also had this suspicion, "Let's go first and go to the hospital."
Yu Qing turned around and flew away.
Zhou Fengyun followed them away. They came down from the third floor and were just turning the corner at the bottom of the stairs when they were startled by the person in front of them.
A male live streamer suddenly hopped out.
"There are hidden bricks, I'll push them up, I'll push them up, I'll push them up!"
The male anchor jumped wildly on the spot, even though there was nothing on his head, he was doing it rhythmically.
The voiceover continues: "duang! duang! duang! Gold coins, gold coins, so many gold coins, quickly upvote, quickly upvote, quickly upvote!"
Yu Qing slowly flew down and asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Zhou Fengyun was also puzzled.
The male anchor seemed not to see the two of them. After standing still and banging his head against the air for a while, he happily skipped and hopped forward again.
"Gold coins, so many gold coins! I'm pushing! I'm pushing! I'm pushing!"
Yu Qing tilted his head, this...
The male anchor suddenly shouted excitedly, "Big mushroom! I'll eat it! Ta-da! It'll grow big!"
Yu Qing tilted his head to the other side: "This is..."
Zhou Fengyun seemed to understand a little.
"Mario?"
Yu Qing: "What is it?"
Zhou Fengyun: "Super Mario, a childhood game, never played it?"
Yu Qing shook his head: "No, is it fun?"
Zhou Fengyun pointed at the male anchor and said, "That's it."
Yu Qing's brain seemed a bit rusty: "Uh... how long is this going to last?"
"Until the finish line."
Yu Qing got off the aircraft and looked at the male anchor standing on thin air with interest.
"It seems... kind of fun."
The male anchor turned a corner and ran into a room.
"Wow, so many gold coins! Boom boom boom boom boom boom! We're home, I'm jumping!"
Zhou Fengyun and Yu Qing were both touched by the last two words.
The two of them stood up and rushed into the room.
The floor-to-ceiling window in front of the male anchor was also broken, and he jumped into the air.
The pose is exaggerated, with both arms and legs spread open.
It looks like the Chinese character "大" (big).
He was so happy jumping off the building.
"No..." Zhou Fengyun chased after him, but it was too late; the male anchor had already jumped out.
With a face full of happiness and joy.
Yu Qing didn't have time to get on the aircraft, so he simply waved it over.
The aircraft arrived on the battlefield in a flash.
They just didn't have time to get into position.
The aircraft was standing upright, with its fifteen-centimeter-wide side attached.
Clang!
"ah!"
The large character was stuck on the side of the aircraft.
The male anchor's screams pierced the sky.
Yu Qing's legs trembled involuntarily, and he covered his groin with his hands: "Ouch..."
A-Li: My testicles are broken.
Zhou Fengyun: "..."
He turned to look at Yu Qing.
Yu Qing cupped his round helmet cheeks in his hands, tilted his head, and said cutely, "I guarantee the job, but not if you have all four limbs... five limbs."
The aircraft delivered the male anchor who covered his crotch to Yu Qing.
The male anchor finally came to his senses. He clutched his groin, collapsed to the ground, and burst into tears.
"Captain Zhou... save me..."
Yu Qing said gloatingly, "Everyone said it was dangerous here, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what happened! You're doomed."
"Waaaaah... I know I was wrong... It hurts so much, my whole body is numb... Help me... Waaaaah..." The male anchor cried bitterly.
Yu Qing made him lie on the aircraft and had it transport him to the outside of the ghostly aura on the first floor.
There were quite a few people outside the ghostly aura; the live streams from those hosts had attracted many viewers to the scene.
Everyone wanted to catch a glimpse of Captain Zhou and the mysterious big shot.
They all wanted to witness the exciting moment when the ghostly aura was broken.
As a result, they saw a man being sent out of the spacecraft, crying his heart out.
"What's going on, bro?"
"Aren't you the streamer Daidai?"
"What’s wrong with you?"
Dumb: "Ambulance, quick...ambulance..."
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Along the way, Yu Qing and Zhou Fengyun also witnessed the miserable state of other livestreamers.
There was one twisted on the ground.
It says it is a carp that wants to leap over the Dragon Gate. It lays its cocoon on the ground. When it reaches the balcony, the carp is supposed to jump off the balcony to leap over the Dragon Gate.
Zhou Fengyun grabbed him by the back of his collar and pulled him back. Yu Qing immediately slapped him hard across the face.
Wake him up.
Another person was catching butterflies, chasing them all the way to the edge of the balcony.
He was also swept away by Zhou Fengyun's long leg and kicked back into the room.
Yu Qing: "Did you notice?"
Zhou Fengyun: "I've discovered it."
These people all eventually wanted to jump off the building.
Zhou Fengyun handcuffed each of the livestreamers one by one.
He led a group of people away from the nursing home.
Outside the ghostly aura, there were official media outlets, independent media personalities, onlookers, ambulances, and a secretary sent by the mayor.
However, no one from Huaicheng's Special Abilities Bureau was among them.
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Zhou Fengyun and Yu Qing arrived at the entrance of Huaicheng Superpower Hospital.
There was a group of people causing trouble at the entrance.
"Why won't you let us in? What is your hospital doing? Is my father dead or alive?"
"Let's all rush in! They might kill everyone and not tell us!"
"Give me a straight answer: is my mother dead or alive? Why won't you let me see her?"
A dozen or so hospital security guards blocked the patients' family members from rushing in.
Someone took out their phone to take a picture, and the security guard went over, snatched the phone, and smashed it on the ground.
He warned, "No one is allowed to take pictures. If you dare to post them online, you're dead!"
"You're threatening people? I'll kill you!" The man angrily went up and started fighting with the security guard.
Yu Qing tugged at Zhou Fengyun: "If we sneak in from the back, we shouldn't be able to see the truth through the front door."
Zhou Fengyun nodded, boarded the aircraft, and the two of them quickly circled around to the side of the hospital and went inside silently.
“You’re too conspicuous,” Zhou Fengyun said.
“Let’s split up. I’ll wander around and come find you in a bit.” Yu Qing’s appearance immediately attracted attention.
He knew what was going on.
"Go and see where those old people are."
Yu Qing gave an OK sign and tidied up.
"Remember, two hundred and fifty thousand."
Zhou Fengyun hesitated, then rolled her eyes at him.
"I'll give you an extra 50,000, go quickly."
"Alright." Yu Qing said and then disappeared.
Zhou Fengyun disliked the other person for being too conspicuous, even though his own outfit was also quite eye-catching.
He had just stepped out of the small garden when a nurse spotted him.
"Hello, may I ask which patient's family member you are?"
“Zhang Chuannan, I want to see him,” Zhou Fengyun said.
“You are…” The nurse was suspicious of his attire.
Zhou Fengyun said casually, "It's anime/manga, cosplay. I just came from a comic convention. The gun is a toy gun."
"Oh, is that so? He's so handsome!" The nurse was completely captivated. "Are you Zhang Chuannan's grandson?"
"I guess so. I came to see Grandpa. Where is he?"
“He’s…” The nurse turned and pointed, and saw a man in a white coat walking over.
The man's face turned fierce as he glared at the nurse.
The nurse immediately lowered her hand in fear.
"director."
"You go ahead and get busy." The man waved his hand and walked over to look at Zhou Fengyun.
He asked with a suspicious look, "Are you Captain Zhou Fengyun?"
Once Zhou Fengyun was recognized, he stopped pretending.
"Yes, I am. You must have a lot to say to me, right?"
The director sighed and gestured, "Captain Zhou, this way please."
The director led Zhou Fengyun to the top floor of the inpatient department.
There is an iron gate in the corridor on the top floor, and the gate is locked.
The security guard opened the door only after the director arrived.
Zhou Fengyun followed the director inside, and the security guard immediately locked the iron gate.
Zhou Fengyun glanced back and the director said, "Don't worry, Captain Zhou, we're just preventing the patients here from running away."
Zhou Fengyun didn't say anything and followed the director to one of the wards.
There are four beds in the ward.
People were lying down.
Those people were not elderly, but young people, who looked strong and tall.
Zhou Fengyun sized up the four people.
I recognized one of them.
"Are they from the local Special Abilities Bureau?"
The director nodded: "That's right, they've all been given anesthesia and are asleep."
"Why?"
"The patients in the next few wards are all from the Superpower Bureau. They all came from nursing homes. We don't know why, but they rescued air from the nursing home." The director recalled the events of that day with a sense of panic.
"Air?"
"Yes, their demeanor and posture made it seem like they were carrying or helping elderly people into the ambulance, but what the medical staff outside saw was just a one-man show; there were no elderly people at all." The director approached Zhou Fengyun and whispered, "At the time, the rescue team was completely bewildered, thinking some kind of invisible ability was protecting these elderly people, and they didn't dare to ask any more questions... So they drove the empty ambulance back. When those supernatural beings came back, they insisted that we had lost the elderly people, and they almost got into a fight..."
"And then you gave them anesthesia?" Zhou Fengyun asked, somewhat displeased.
"No, they didn't dare. Later, their bureau chief came, looked at the surveillance footage, and learned the truth. Those superhumans were hallucinating again and suddenly ran to the balcony to jump. Their bureau chief was afraid something would happen, so he had us anesthetize them," the director explained.
"Where is their bureau chief right now?"
"He was also in the hospital. The director went to the nursing home alone. After he came out, he was disoriented and wanted to jump off the building. So he asked us to give him anesthesia. Before giving him anesthesia, he applied to his superiors for support and told us to wait for the support to arrive before waking him up." The director made a gesture of invitation. "Captain Zhou, I'll take you to see the director."
"good."
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Lu Lin, the director of Huaicheng Supernatural Abilities Bureau, woke up after a nurse gave him an injection.
He became excited as soon as he saw Zhou Fengyun.
"Captain Zhou, you're here! That's great!"
"Director Lu," Zhou Fengyun greeted him with a cold face.
Lu Lin could tell he was displeased. He knew he had done wrong by asking for help through deception.
"Captain Zhou, I'm sorry to have invited you here in this way. I had no other choice... The Superpower Bureau is short-handed. The people who went to the nursing home that day were all the superpowered individuals except me... We... were all wiped out. I can't bear the shame. I dare not report the truth. I can only deceive you with this lie. I'm sorry, please forgive me."
As Lu Lin spoke, he knelt down before Zhou Fengyun.
Zhou Fengyun bent down and helped him up, preventing him from kneeling.
"Director Lu, get up."
Lu Lin looked up at Zhou Fengyun, his face full of apology. He was over fifty years old, and half of his hair had turned white.
He said guiltily, "I'm retiring next year, I don't want to..."
"You don't want to lose face, you don't want to take responsibility, so you don't value the lives of those elderly people?" Zhou Fengyun asked angrily.
"I...I tried to rescue her too, but if we couldn't, it's not my fault," Lu Lin pitifully argued.
"It's not your fault you couldn't save them, but you concealed the truth and left those elderly people lying in the ghostly nursing home. They're all asleep, probably trapped in an illusion. People die if they stay in ghostly energy for too long. They're all in their sixties or seventies. Director Lu, what were you thinking? Just because they're not your relatives, does that mean you're indifferent?" Zhou Fengyun launched into a tirade of criticism.
Lu Lin, who was about to retire, lowered his head and looked pale, like a primary school student being punished by his teacher to stand straight.
"I know I was wrong... Captain Zhou, please help me. I've never asked anyone for help in my life, I'm begging you this once."
Zhou Fengyun took a deep breath and looked at the man whose hair was half white, feeling a little soft-hearted.
He was speechless for a moment.
Yu Qing, who was eavesdropping outside the window, crouched on the aircraft and flew in through the window, giving off a strong sense of espionage.
Lu Lin was startled: "Who is this...?"
Yu Qing stood up straight; the aircraft was hovering quite high.
He looked down at Lu Lin with an air of superiority.
With her hands on her hips, she said irritably, "What does it matter to us whether you've asked for help or not? Do you expect me to give you face just because it's your first time asking for help? How much time have you wasted by not telling the truth? I came all the way from Anshi, only to waste several hours in a nursing home. What time is it now? Are you going to pay me for my overtime?"
"This, I..." Lu Lin had been quite powerful in Huaicheng, but suddenly being scolded like this made him lose face. However, since he needed someone's help, he couldn't lose his temper.
His old face was extremely ugly.
Zhou Fengyun didn't say anything, but he felt really good.
He actually wanted to say these things, but he couldn't bring himself to say them.
It seems... inconsistent with his public image.
Yu Qing loudly ordered, "Send people to the nursing home immediately. I will go and bring those elderly people out. Your hospital must be prepared to treat them. Thirty-two lives are at stake. Don't try to hide it. We will not help you hide it."
Lu Lin panicked. He couldn't see Yu Qing's face and didn't know who he was, so he turned to look at Zhou Fengyun.
"Captain Zhou, please help me cover this up. I will definitely find a way to repay you later. I am about to retire, and I don't want this to be exposed. I want to retire peacefully. Please."
As Lu Lin spoke, he was about to kneel down to Zhou Fengyun again.
Zhou Fengyun tried to help him up, but Yu Qingfei went over and pulled him onto his own aircraft.
Zhou Fengyun leaned against Yu Qing to steady himself.
Yu Qing then flew out the door with Zhou Fengyun in tow.
To put it bluntly: "Kneel if you want, I'm going to report you."
"You..." Lu Lin was so angry that his legs went weak and his head throbbed with a buzzing pain.
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Yu Qing and Zhou Fengyun left the hospital in a high-profile manner.
The family members of the nursing home who were causing trouble outside the gate are still there.
They were crying, making a scene, and holding banners; there were quite a few media outlets around.
As soon as Yu Qing and his group appeared, all the cameras were pointed at them.
"It's Captain Zhou and that big shot."
"Gentlemen, are you here to deal with the nursing home issue? What's the current situation there? Were the elderly people not rescued at all?"
Fearing that Yu Qing might say something wrong, Zhou Fengyun reached out and grabbed his shoulder, pressing it gently, and whispered, "Don't cause any panic."
Yu Qing shut his mouth.
Zhou Fengyun said, "We are going to deal with the nursing home issue now. The official announcement will be made after the matter is resolved."
After Zhou Fengyun finished speaking, he whispered to Qing, "Let's go."
Yu Qing then quickly flew away with him.
How could those media outlets miss it?
Get in the car and chase after them immediately.
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"Thank you for speaking up for me earlier."
After flying for a while, Zhou Fengyun spoke to the back of the big white head.
"I thought you were fierce with that icy face of yours, but you're actually quite good at swallowing your pride. Being too proud will only lead to suffering."
Zhou Fengyun hesitated, feeling that he was in the wrong and had nothing to say, so he chose to remain silent.
Yu Qing did not bring up the topic again.
They arrived at the entrance of the nursing home very quickly.
There were even more livestreamers outside the nursing home this time.
But none of them dared to go in.
They only dare to broadcast live from a distance.
The arrival of Yu Qing and Zhou Fengyun brought them a surge in traffic.
Without stopping, they flew directly into the nursing home.
This time, Zhou Fengyun pushed back.
The metal-based superpower formed a door, directly blocking the entrance.
They won't let anyone in.
They went straight up to the third floor.
Upon arriving at the room, Zhou Fengyun and Yu Qing checked on the elderly man. He was still the same as before, sleeping peacefully with a happy smile.
"Shall we take them out one by one?" Zhou Fengyun was unsure whether any unexpected situations would arise after they left.
Yu Qing also had this concern.
After all, the people here are all getting old.
"Let's find that monster first," Yu Qing said. His Beetle Afei had already patrolled the area and found nothing unusual.
"I'll do it," Zhou Fengyun said, walking out the door.
This nursing home isn't very big; his energy alone can cover it.
Yu Qing watched him from inside the room.
A golden totem appeared beneath Zhou Fengyun's feet.
The totem expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it surrounded the entire nursing home.
Golden energy light spread outwards in bursts.
A powerful force is dispelling the ghostly aura here.
All the ghostly energy in the totem was swallowed up by the golden light.
Sweat beaded on Zhou Fengyun's forehead.
Yu Qing sensed something and turned around.
A small red thing appeared on the heads of all thirty-two old people.
"Captain Zhou, over here," Yu Qing whispered a reminder.
Zhou Fengyun turned around, then turned back, manipulating the totem to instantly shrink its range, covering only the room where the thirty-two elderly people were lying.
After all the little red balls rose up, they hovered above the old man.
One by one, the elderly people in the bed began to wake up.
Zhou Fengyun walked towards the old man who was closest to him.
"Grandpa, I'm here to save you, do you feel..."
Suddenly, the red dumplings turned around, revealing that their backs were black.
The old man shoved Zhou Fengyun away in a fit of rage.
"Who told you to come and save me? I'm perfectly fine, why did you save me? Get lost!"
The other elderly people in the beds started yelling in agitation.
Why did you ruin my happiness?!
"I want to go back to before I got married, and I want to choose a husband again!"
"I don't want to wake up, I don't want to!"
"It's all your fault! You ruined my beautiful dream! I'm going to kill you!"
A wicked smile emerged from the black dumpling.
“Kill them, they are destroyers.”
The old men all rushed toward Zhou Fengyun and Yu Qing, their faces contorted with rage.
A fireball just appeared in Yu Qing's hand.
Zhou Fengyun warned, "Don't hurt anyone; they are all ordinary people."
Yu Qing grabbed the fireball with his backhand and extinguished it.
Beating the old man would be difficult to explain, so Yu Qing rolled his eyes, sat cross-legged on the aircraft, and the aircraft ascended into the sky, so the old man could no longer touch him.
"Captain Zhou, we're counting on you."
Zhou Fengyun was surrounded by old people.
The old man is not very dangerous and doesn't have much strength to hit someone.
But old people are shrewd; knowing they don't have much strength, they twist their bodies.
Someone pinched Zhou Fengyun's thigh and twisted it.
Zhou Fengyun cried out in pain and dodged the thigh-twisting attack by turning to the side.
Someone behind him opened their mouth and bit his shoulder.
Zhou Fengyun's shoulders twitched.
The old man covered his mouth and screamed, his mouth full of blood, and his teeth had fallen out.
Zhou Fengyun: "..."
He didn't do it on purpose.
"Everyone, calm down!" Zhou Fengyun roared.
The elderly people around him were stunned for a few seconds, but then they immediately started hitting, punching, twisting, and biting him again.
Yu Qing adjusted the camera and pressed the shutter button.
This is exclusive!
"Come down and help out." Zhou Fengyun was at his wits' end with these elderly people, all of whom were over sixty, and some were even over eighty.
He was afraid that if he pushed the old man, he would fall to the ground and suffer a sudden heart attack or stroke.
“What can I do? They pushed me down, and I’m worried about my two babies.” Yu Qing was unwilling to go down and help.
Zhou Fengyun was out of ideas again. His partner was pregnant. What else could he do?
"Then think of a way to kill that weird thing." Zhou Fengyun glanced at the small black ball floating in mid-air.
"I'm thinking about it." Yu Qing tilted his head and looked at the little black ball of dough.
His mask was already automatically analyzing the abnormal energy data here.
The energy index of each old man was roughly the same, and on the display screen of his mask, there was an arrow on each old man's body, pointing to the analysis result: being controlled by alien energy.
The arrow pointing to the strange energy data of the black ball hovering in the air: ? ? ?
Three big question marks.
Yu Qing: Ali, what does the question mark mean?
A-Li: Because the data package failed to be updated, our planet has no ghostly energy, so there is currently no standard.
Yu Qing: Where is the data package downloaded to?
A-Li: It's 65 percent.
Yu Qing: Not bad, it's almost done.
Ali: The download speed was fast in the Donglin restricted area, and I downloaded a lot, but it doesn't work here.
Yu Qing: I'll go to the Donglin restricted area another day.
Ali: Safety is the most important thing, so it's okay to go slower.
Yu Qing: I should kill this black lump of flesh.
Ah Li: Try it, if you don't die, try another move and keep fighting.
Yu Qing: That makes sense.
While Yu Qing and A Li were chatting, they launched a surprise attack on the black ball of fluff.
He gripped his waist, and the hilt of the lightning sword, crackling with lightning, appeared in his hand.
Yu Qing quickly drew his Thunder Light Sword as if it were pulled from his lower back.
He leaned forward, and the aircraft quickly transported him to the black ball of fur.
Just as the lightning sword struck down.
The black ball of fluff dodged away, grinning smugly as it moved around in an instant, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, sometimes behind Yu Qing, and sometimes in front of him.
"You can't hit me. I can make you happy forever. Why are you hitting me? I just want you to be happy. You shouldn't hit me. I'm doing a good deed!"
"Happiness? Where is happiness in lying in bed like a dead person?" Yu Qing retorted.
"Happiness itself is illusory; it's just a feeling for each person. Can't you be happy lying in bed? Do you have to do something to be happy?" The black ball of fur appeared in front of Yu Qing.
The moment Yu Qing raised his sword, he suddenly vanished into the distance.
Looking down at Yu Qing with an air of superiority, she said, "They are clearly very happy. You yourselves have heard what they said, so why are you unwilling to admit it? Is it only right for them to live according to your ideas? They feel happy living in a dream world, is that not allowed?"
Listening to the ghost's words, Zhou Fengyun deduced the ghost's obsession.
Based on his experience, he believes that the problem can be solved by dissolving the obsession of such a ghost.
A ghost that chooses to target a nursing home might have an obsession with happiness.
Analyze his words carefully.
Is it right to force them to live according to your ideas?
This statement speaks volumes.
Zhou Fengyun had a sudden inspiration and was about to write something to tell Yu Qing.
Suddenly, someone attacked my butt.
!!
An old man put his hands together, raised his index and middle fingers, and crouched down behind Zhou Fengyun furtively.
He forcefully shoved both hands into Zhou Fengyun's buttocks.
"Ah..." Zhou Fengyun almost jumped up, and reflexively turned around and kicked.
He stopped when he realized he couldn't kill someone with his kick.
But they still kicked the old man to the ground.
The old man cried out as soon as he fell to the ground, clutching his chest and looking pained.
Zhou Fengyun's face turned extremely ugly. He finally couldn't hold back anymore, and his clothes were torn to shreds by these people.
Grabbing the shoulders of the elderly people around him, he gently laid them down on the ground one by one.
They're old, and it's not easy for them to get up. If you lay them down, it takes them a long time to get up.
Zhou Fengyun glanced at the person in the air. He probably didn't see his embarrassing moment just now.
Yu Qing turned to look at him.
Zhou Fengyun stood there calmly, his back straight.
Yu Qing tilted his head.
He did not speak.
Because the black ball of fluff suddenly appeared in front of him, asking in a seductive voice, "Do you want to live a happy and carefree life forever?"
"Yes," Yu Qing replied.
Zhou Fengyun cautioned, "Don't be fooled by him."
The black dumpling smiled sinisterly and said, "I can make you live in happiness forever."
"Oh? What price do I need to pay?" Yu Qing asked.
Seeing that Yu Qing was about to take the bait, the black dumpling's smile became more smug, as if his wicked scheme had succeeded.
"You don't have to pay any price, as long as you willingly praise me and say I'm a good person."
“But you’re not even human anymore.” Yu Qing tilted his head. “You used to be a person? How did you become like this?”
"Never mind that. As long as you're willing to praise me, I'll grant your wish and let you live in happiness forever." The black ball circled Yu Qing twice before coming back to him. "So? Do you want to praise me?"
Yu Qing thought about it carefully: "Hmm..."
After a brief pause, the analysis of the black mass inside the mask was finished.
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The black energy group has no organs and is not a physical monster.
Physical attacks cannot defeat it.
They move extremely fast, making them difficult to hit with supernatural attacks.
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Yu Qing was a little skeptical; this guy could dodge so quickly.
Without saying a word, he swung his lightning sword and launched another surprise attack.
He stood up from the aircraft.
The aircraft is also very fast.
The black dumpling's expression changed in annoyance; it was no longer grinning wickedly, but rather filled with rage.
However, his dodging speed was still very fast.
Zhou Fengyun watched as they appeared on the left and then on the right in an instant.
It was moving so fast that we couldn't even see it.
Even though it's happening so fast, the black dumpling is still not dead.
The bracelet on Yu Qing's wrist suddenly changed color.
The moment the lightning sword in his hand disappeared, flames surged forth.
"Seal off the windows!"
Zhou Fengyun immediately understood what he wanted to do.
Using his metal-based supernatural abilities, he sealed all the windows perfectly.
When Zhou Fengyun saw the elderly people struggling to get up at his feet, he turned around, grabbed the feet of two of them, and dragged them out quickly and roughly.
Those old people were the ones who had been chasing him and hitting him, all the way to the doorway.
He quickly threw them out the door.
The metal-based superpower blocked the door as well.
In this way, the black ball of dough can't get out.
at the same time.
Yu Qing's body was like a volcano.
The billowing flames and molten lava gushed out, quickly filling the room.
Zhou Fengyun slipped out of the room.
A golden barrier was erected.
Isolate the fire skills inside.
However, the fire is extremely powerful.
He could sense that his barrier was in grave danger.
The scalding heat wafted out, and the elderly people all moved to cooler spots.
No matter how old you are, your will to survive will always be strong when you face danger.
The person who couldn't get up for a while is now climbing up very quickly.
This time, the black ball of fluff had nowhere to retreat. It flew around angrily, like a giant headless fly.
"Ah!!!" the black ball screamed.
After the calls disappeared.
Yu Qingcai extinguished the flames.
The fire reduced all the furniture in the room to ashes.
The walls are completely black.
However, in the air, there were red, round clusters of energy floating around.
"What is this?" Yu Qing reached out and grabbed it, thinking it was a red crystal.
"Don't touch it!" Zhou Fengyun's warning came too late.
Yu Qing had already seized the red energy cluster.
In that instant, Yu Qing was sucked into the red energy ball.
"Ah Ding!" Zhou Fengyun rushed in, but before he could grab Yu Qing, Yu Qing had already disappeared.
Zhou Fengyun looked at the red things floating around him; those things had just flown out of the old man's body.
Zhou Fengyun couldn't quite put his finger on what it was, but his intuition told him it wasn't a good thing.
Zhou Fengyun looked around and found that the black ball of fluff was gone.
However, no crystals appeared on the ground, leading him to suspect that the thing was not dead and might exist in another form within these small red clumps.
Not knowing how to save Yu Qing, Zhou Fengyun looked at the old people outside.
They all lost consciousness the moment the black ball disappeared.
On one side is Yu Qing, and on the other is the old man.
In this urgent situation, he turned and went outside to contact the people waiting outside, who quickly came in and took the old man away.
The golden sword cleared the way, dispelling the small area of ghostly energy.
The rescue team successfully brought all the elderly people out.
"Captain Zhou, aren't you leaving?" asked the last few people to leave.
"No." With that, he turned and went back into his room.
There should have been thirty-two red dumplings in the room, but there are only thirty-one now.
The one that absorbed Yu Qing is now gone.
Zhou Fengyun dared not damage these red dumplings, fearing it would affect him.
So he stayed there, waiting to see what would happen.
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Yu Qing was sucked into a chaotic void.
Soon, he heard voices.
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“Dad, what’s wrong with a nursing home? You can make friends there, and you’ll have people your own age to play with. We’re worried about you being home alone every day…”
"Yes, Dad, we pick you up every weekend so we can all eat together. We only have time on weekends because we work during the week. We don't come home for lunch and often work overtime at night. Please understand us."
The old man remained silent for a long time before sighing and saying, "Let him go then."
During the first week the elderly man arrived at the nursing home, his son and daughter-in-law came early on the weekend to pick him up and take him home for dinner.
The table was laden with a delicious spread.
The old man's unhappiness from the past week vanished during this meal.
After a brief separation, it seems that both her son and daughter-in-law are treating her even better.
The elderly person initially enjoyed going to the nursing home and then looked forward to the weekend.
But these happy days did not last long.
Less than two months later, my son started saying he needed to work overtime and go on business trips.
The same goes for daughters-in-law.
The old man was understanding towards them at first.
But over time, it turned into complaints.
That day, the old man called his son and complained, "Have you forgotten that I'm still alive? It's been so long since you've come to see me. Do you think I'm dead?"
Son: "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? I might get a promotion at the end of the year, and I'm really busy right now. I'm afraid I'll offend someone and then I won't be able to get the promotion. Once I'm done with this busy period, I'll definitely come and pick you up to stay with me for a while."
What can an elderly person do if they harbor resentment?
He's my own son, how could I make things difficult for him?
The elderly man confided his worries to his old friends in the nursing home.
My old partner understands perfectly.
"It's all the same. They just think we're too old and a nuisance, so they send us here so they can avoid seeing us."
"It's my fault for not being able to buy a second house. Living with them is an inconvenience to them."
"You can't say that. How old are they? They can't even afford a house to live in on their own. They're taking over your house and then complaining that you're in their way. That's wrong of them. My daughter, on the other hand, is very capable. She's made a lot of money and bought three houses."
"Then why don't you live with your daughter?"
“She has her own life. She’s married and has children. I feel superfluous between the young couple. My son-in-law doesn’t like me. Before, whenever I came to their house, he wouldn’t say anything to my face, but he was unhappy behind my back. He would often use business trips as an excuse not to come home. I was worried about affecting their relationship, so I suggested coming to a nursing home. Anyway, I can still run and jump now. It’s nice to have you all here with me, chatting and singing every day.” The old lady said, her lips curving upwards, but only she knew the bitterness in her eyes.
As the New Year approached, many elderly people were taken home.
Zhang Chuannan sat alone in the double room.
Holding his phone, his eyes were filled with disappointment.
“Dad, I can’t come home for the New Year because I’m on a business trip. Xiaoyu went back to her parents’ home for the New Year, so there’s no one at home. I asked the nursing home, and they said that someone will be working during the New Year and will even cook New Year’s Eve dinner for everyone. Many elderly people will spend the New Year at the nursing home. There will also be community workers who come to visit and perform for you. You can spend the New Year at the nursing home this year. I will come back after the New Year and I will definitely pick you up.”
Zhang Chuannan wiped away his tears, turned to look out the window. Outside, the world was covered in ice and snow, and so was his heart.
That night, he lay awake, unable to sleep.
I reminisced about the past.
When you are in love with a deceased lover.
I get excited for days after just one kiss.
They later got married and had children. Although they often argued, they always made up quickly.
When I was young, I dreamed of growing old with my loved one.
But who knew that my beloved would pass away before she was even fifty?
My son was a junior in college when my wife passed away.
His son comforted him, saying that after graduation he would find a beautiful wife and have several beautiful children so that his father wouldn't be lonely.
Thinking of the beautiful past, two lines of tears streamed down the old man's face.
He clenched his teeth, refusing to let his pain show.
Only he himself understood the bitterness he felt at that moment, and he no longer had the energy to care about anything else.
Therefore, all the pain eventually sinks endlessly into the abyss of the heart.
Even so, he still hoped that his son would come to pick him up after the New Year.
But the excuses kept repeating themselves.
Until he stopped expecting it, until he stopped picking up the phone to look at it.
Until that day.
A voice suddenly appeared in my ear: "Do you want to live in happiness forever?"
He answered almost without hesitation: "Of course I want to, who wouldn't?"
"If you just say one compliment to me, that you're such a good person, I'll grant your wish."
Zhang Chuannan simply considered this his fantasy. He didn't want to know if it was real or fake. Even if it was fake, he still wanted it.
"You are such a good person."
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"No..." Yu Qing tried to stop him, but it was too late.
The old man fell into a deep sleep.
The corners of his mouth gradually turned up.
Yu Qingfei went to the old man and grabbed his shoulder, saying, "Wake up."
But when he touched the old man, he was once again sucked in by an unknown force.
Yu Qing suddenly appeared in the ward of the superpower hospital.
The nurses around were so frightened that they screamed.
"monster!"
Yu Qing: "..."
"I am not a monster, I am Zhou Fengyun's subordinate from the Anshi Supernatural Abilities Bureau."
He said that his own name was definitely not as useful as saying Zhou Fengyun.
As expected, the nurses immediately calmed down upon hearing Zhou Fengyun's name.
That's when someone recognized him.
Are you a big shot in that live stream?
Yu Qing nodded: "Yes, this is a real hospital?"
"Yes...why do you ask that?" The nurse was bewildered by his question.
Yu Qing was genuinely confused. Wasn't he just in the old man's past?
Why all of a sudden...
Oh, right!
"Has Zhang Chuannan been brought back?"
The nurse nodded: "Just delivered, he's in the ward now."
"How is he? I'll go check on him," Yu Qing asked.
The nurse pointed to the ward ahead and said, "He's in there. The doctor examined him and there's nothing seriously wrong with his health, but he won't wake up. We don't know why. The hospital director has already called the doctors together to discuss a solution."
Yu Qing nodded and flew into the ward.
The old man was just like the one he saw in his illusion.
A happy smile graced her lips.
He had a lot of detection devices attached to his body.
The numbers displayed on the machine next to me are all in green.
Everything seems to be going well.
"Where's Captain Zhou?" Director Lu Lin came over immediately after hearing that the people from Anshi's Supernatural Abilities Bureau had arrived, but all he saw was this guy who spoke so rudely.
"He's still in the nursing home. Call him now, quickly." Yu Qing didn't know Zhou Fengyun's phone number and had no way to contact him.
Lu Lin took out his phone and dialed Zhou Fengyun's number, but Yu Qing snatched it away to listen.
"Hello."
When Zhou Fengyun's voice came through the phone, Yu Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was no longer in a fantasy; he was in reality.
"I'm in the hospital. I was just transported to an environment related to Zhang Chuannan, presumably his past, and the reason he's in a deep sleep—his longing..."
After listening to what he said, Zhou Fengyun remained silent for a while, then said, "A mental illness requires a mental cure. Have the hospital contact his son and daughter-in-law and let them try to wake Zhang Chuannan up."
Yu Qing: "Let me try. This is the old man's phone that caused the trouble."
“I know,” Zhou Fengyun said.
Yu Qing: "I don't have a cell phone."
Zhou Fengyun: "...I'll buy it for you."
Yu Qing: "I also need you to apply for a card."
Zhou Fengyun: "Okay."
Yu Qing hung up the phone with satisfaction and returned the phone to Lu Lin.
Lu Lin asked, "What do we do now? What did Captain Zhou say? We've brought all the elderly people back, but they're all unconscious. What should we do?"
Lu Lin has a lot of questions.
Yu Qing ignored him and flew away.
The hospital contacted Zhang Chuannan's son and daughter-in-law.
The two are on their way.
News of Zhou Fengyun and the mysterious big shot arriving in Huaicheng had already spread across the internet.
Armed police are now guarding the hospital entrance, afraid of causing a commotion.
Because at this moment, in addition to the elderly man's family members, there were also media, kind-hearted citizens, and many other people at the hospital entrance. The crowd could surround the entire hospital two or three times.
The other elderly people's family members were already waiting at the door.
However, Zhang Chuannan's son and daughter-in-law didn't arrive until more than two hours after receiving the call.
During this time, Yu Qing had already flown to the nursing home to meet up with Zhou Fengyun.
This time it was Yu Qing's turn to stand guard outside, and Zhou Fengyun handed him his phone.
Then I grabbed a red ball.
Zhou Fengyun was also sucked away and ended up next to an aunt named He Lanying.
But his aunt couldn't see him.
The aunt was washing dishes in the kitchen when she overheard her son-in-law and daughter saying, "When is your mother going back?"
"You asked me this as soon as my mom arrived. You don't like my mom that much? When your mom came, I wasn't this bad to her."
"I'm just asking a question, why are you asking so many questions?"
"You just don't want my mom to come."
"Of course I'm not used to having an outsider in the house."
"How can my mother be an outsider?"
"That's your mother, so of course she's not an outsider to you..."
"I don't consider your parents as outsiders!"
"Why are you shouting so loudly? It's not good if your mother hears you."
"Your mom, your mom, she's still your mom. You said when we got married that my parents were your parents, but now that we're married, they're not your parents anymore?"
“I didn’t say that…”
He Lanying pretended not to hear, but felt very uncomfortable inside.
She had raised her daughter with great difficulty, hoping that she would be someone she could rely on.
As a result, it became superfluous and cumbersome.
He Lanying sighed.
A few days later, she cheerfully told her daughter and son-in-law that she was going to visit her old friends at a nursing home and asked them to help her find a good one.
The son-in-law was very proactive and found someone for her that very day.
She was taken to the nursing home early the next morning.
She smiled and said she was very satisfied; it was lively and bustling here, with people to chat with.
He watched his daughter and son-in-law leave with a smile.
Then she turned around and burst into tears.
An older woman came over and patted her on the shoulder.
He comforted her, saying, "It's okay, we have our own lives."
Zhou Fengyun watched all this with a heavy heart.
Think about your parents, think about your old age.
Because of his sexual orientation, he will not have children of his own.
The probability of being sent to a nursing home by one's children is zero.
It seems I'll have to go to a nursing home by myself.
When people have no expectations, they will not experience disappointment.
These elderly people are disappointed, in pain, frustrated, and even regretful for having children because they had expectations that were not met.
Like Yu Qing, Zhou Fengyun was teleported to the old man's side the moment he touched him.
"You've come." Yu Qing knew what he had been through when he saw him suddenly appear.
"Is it amazing?"
Zhou Fengyun nodded: "It's amazing. I feel like this ghost doesn't seem to have any malicious intent."
Yu Qing nodded, "It seems he really just wanted to help these elderly people."
Zhou Fengyun couldn't understand what the ghost was thinking. In his mind, ghosts and monsters were all bad, because in all the time that had passed, there had never been a time when a ghost or monster appeared without causing casualties and property damage.
It's incredibly fortunate that no one has died so far this time.
"What's the condition of those elderly people? What did the doctor say?"
Yu Qing said, "The doctors currently have no way to wake them up."
"Captain Zhou, you're finally back." The hospital director and Lu Lin entered the ward one after the other at the same time.
"Captain Zhou, thank you for your hard work, thank you so much." The dean grasped Zhou Fengyun's hand excitedly, almost crying with emotion. "I don't know what I would have done without you."
Zhou Fengyun shook hands with the dean and then withdrew his hand. "Dean, now is not the time to express gratitude. Do you have a way to cure those elderly people?"
"No, not yet. We scanned their brains with our equipment and found that their characteristics were all the same. It seems that their brains are shrouded in something. The CT scans are not clear, but at present, our hospital has no way to deal with it. I was thinking, do you have any way to make that layer disappear?" The hospital director did not hesitate. He was eager to save lives. Those elderly people had been in the ghostly aura for too long. Although no problems could be found in the examination now, they could not wake up, and he was very worried that they would never wake up.
“I’ve never encountered this situation before, I don’t know.” Zhou Fengyun shook his head.
"Why don't you give it a try, Captain Zhou?" the dean suggested.
“This…” Zhou Fengyun was reluctant to do something he wasn’t sure he could do.
Moreover, the other party was an elderly person, so how could he dare to use his superpowers on them?
One wrong move and you could be killed.
Seeing Zhou Fengyun hesitate, Lu Lin immediately spoke up for the dean: "Captain Zhou, you are a great hero, you are a great person, you wouldn't just stand by and watch someone die, right? You will help us."
Zhou Fengyun frowned, feeling inexplicably irritated, but he quickly suppressed it.
He was used to hearing praise, compliments, and flattery, and he was also used to being expected of, demanded of, constrained, and... morally blackmailed.
At this moment, several people walked in. They were all wearing white coats; they were the hospital's vice president and the heads of various departments.
They were all very sincere.
One nice thing to say to each person.
"Captain Zhou, we all know you're a great person. You wouldn't just stand by and watch us die. Please try to help us."
“By helping us, you have helped 32 families. Their children and grandchildren will thank you.”
"It is possible, but..."
Yu Qing put his hand on Zhou Fengyun's shoulder and pulled him back.
"You need to explain the situation to the public and get the family's opinion first. Otherwise, if this person dies at Captain Zhou's hands, will it be considered medical malpractice? Will it be considered manslaughter by Captain Zhou? Will it be considered death by ghosts?"
Zhou Fengyun turned to look at Yu Qing. Although he couldn't see Yu Qing's face, he could see a keen mind.
The person in front of me seems to understand my inner world.
Does this helmet possess some kind of mysterious power?
Yes, Yu Qing's helmet can analyze this and that, and it can also detect lies.
While these people were spouting those touching and moving words, the arrows on the screen displayed on his mask for each person were red exclamation marks: Lies!! Lies!! Lies!!
The group of people immediately turned pale.
You look at me, I look at you.
That's the kind of embarrassment of being exposed.
Lu Lin looked at everyone, then suddenly knelt down with a thud: "Captain Zhou, I beg you, Huaicheng is just a small place. If thirty-two people die in one go... all the leaders of Huaicheng will be held accountable. How can you bear to see so many families broken because of you?"
Zhou Fengyun lowered his gaze, his eyes now filled with a hint of murderous intent as he looked at Lu Lin.
"I killed them?"
Zhou Fengyun became serious, and the murderous intent on his cold, icy face seemed about to burst forth.
The dean, who was retiring in half a month, with a full head of white hair, knelt down tremblingly before him: "Captain Zhou, I beg you, please help us. There are very few powerful superhumans in Huaicheng. If this matter is exposed, the people of Huaicheng will lose faith in the Superhuman Ability Bureau..."
“This is not my fault,” Zhou Fengyun said seriously. “It is your fault. If you had reported the truth in time, we wouldn’t be in this situation today.”
Yu Qing nodded, "That's right, that's right."
"Captain Zhou..."
Before those people could say anything more, Zhou Fengyun suddenly grabbed Yu Qing's wrist and walked out without looking back.
"Captain Zhou!"
"Captain Zhou, where are you going?"
"Captain Zhou...aren't you going to help us?"
Yu Qing jogged alongside Zhou Fengyun, the aircraft drifting behind them.
Looking at the back of Zhou Fengyun's head, Yu Qing couldn't figure out what he was up to.
Helmet panel: A man's heart is like the bottom of the sea, impossible to fathom!
Yu Qing: ...
"Captain Zhou, are you going to ignore those people?" Yu Qing asked.
Lu Lin, who was behind them, suddenly shouted, "Stop them! Don't let them out!"
Many men carrying stun guns ran out from the emergency exit and blocked the corridor.
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