Luo Zheyu got out of the car holding the orange cat, exchanged seats with Zhang Ya, and drove all the way to the Universal Building.
The orange cat was quite heavy, and the extra flesh squeezed out softly from between Luo Zheyu's fingers as he held it.
It turned around on its hands and placed its front paws on Luo Zheyu's chest.
“Meow, meow, meow, meow…”
It opened its mouth and let out a long call with a rhythmic rise and fall in tone.
The pair of bright yellow vertical pupils stared at Luo Zheyu, and then stretched out its tongue to lick its mouth.
The action of begging for food is very appropriate.
Luo Zheyu had another dried fish in his hand and he waved it in front of the orange cat but refused to give it any food.
It was normal for him to take out two or three small dried fish from his body, but if he took out ten or more at once, it would inevitably arouse suspicion, so he didn't feed him too many.
After entering the Universal Building, the painting and the orange cat in the painting were registered and handed over to a special person to take away. After Zhang Ya submitted the report record, the task was completed.
"Where will the cat be taken?"
After Zhang Ya finished his work, Luo Zheyu asked.
Zhang Ya smiled mysteriously, with a few wrinkles on the corners of his eyes, and handed Luo Zheyu a cup of milk tea that he had specially bought downstairs.
“Send him to study.”
"study?"
"Well, no matter what kind of goblins or ghosts they are, they can all enjoy the nine-year compulsory education for free. I'll take you to see it someday when I have time."
Zhang Ya took a sip of milk tea and chewed the pearls inside, feeling very happy.
"OK."
Speaking of education, Luo Zheyu thought of the ghost baby that was caught in BH Province before. The people who came to supervise the investigation said that they wanted to take the ghost baby away for education.
I don't know what education is like nowadays.
…
The next day.
"Luo Zheyu, I'm Zhang Ya. Where are you now? Come to the building as soon as possible. There is a very urgent mission!"
"Okay, I'll be there right away."
Luo Zheyu hung up the phone and handed the last leaf in his hand forward.
The turtle opened its mouth wide, stretched its neck, and bit down quickly, holding the leaf in its mouth.
He stood up and patted Luo Zeye, who was sitting next to him feeding the turtle.
"Brother, there's something urgent over there, I'll go over there."
Luo Zeye looked at him worriedly: "Okay, but you have to pay attention to your safety. Your physical safety is the most important. Nothing else is more important than your safety."
"Don't worry, I'm just an intern now and I won't be exposed to any danger."
Luo Zeye's complexion looked a little better.
"Be careful!"
"knew."
…
When Luo Zheyu arrived at the Universal Building, more than ten people had already arrived and were rushing to change their equipment.
"Quick, put on your equipment."
Zhang Ya spotted Luo Zheyu, who stood out in the crowd, and came up to him and spoke quickly.
Luo Zheyu changed into the gray-green combat uniform in a few seconds and couldn't help asking, "What happened?"
"It's a big deal. Strange things have happened frequently recently. There are only a few people who can handle supernatural things. The bureau is short of manpower. You are very capable. I saw you were calm and composed during the last mission, so I decided to call you along."
At this point, Zhang Ya suddenly seemed to remember and asked, "This time is different from last time. It's a little dangerous. You're still an intern. If you don't want to go, you can ask now."
As an intern, Luo Zheyu was not supposed to be part of this mission and he could choose to refuse.
"No, I'll go with you."
The captain of this team is Yuan Tianhong, the captain of team three, who is specifically responsible for supernatural events. His ability is different from that of Li Tianxiang, Wen Jin and others. His ability is very special. He can calm the emotions of spirits and ghosts. Even if an evil ghost approaches him, he will feel a little peaceful.
While in the car, Yuan Tianhong handed the task information to everyone for review.
The mission location is a remote town on the edge of Province X. Many strange things happen there. At night, a large number of strange children appear in the town. They don't speak, hide in the corners and quietly watch the crowd, and disappear during the day. There are also trees with human faces, women with snake bodies and human heads, and men with eyes hidden in their robes...
The incident was only reported this morning and attracted attention. The whole town was very strange and many people fled in panic. Soldiers were guarding all the exits outside the town, and together with the people with special abilities stationed locally, only ordinary people who were confirmed to be alright were allowed to leave the town after being double checked by medical equipment and people with special abilities.
This is to prevent wild goblins and ghosts from spreading to other places as much as possible.
Everyone must rush over as soon as possible to deal with this matter.
The longer things are delayed, the more difficult it is to control.
…
The road became more and more remote, and after four hours of driving, we finally arrived at our destination.
From a distance, you can see that there is a checkpoint every ten steps around the road ahead, and various vehicles are parked there.
The vehicle carrying the inspectors approached, and after the two sides exchanged objects, they were allowed to enter the town.
The town is very old, with very few houses taller than five stories, and it is not much bigger than a village.
Almost everyone in the town had run away, so even in the afternoon and evening, when there was a large flow of people, there were few people on the streets. Only occasionally a few cars would drive in hurriedly and leave from the town entrance.
"Ah~ My Lord, the spiritual energy here is very abundant. It is comparable to the spiritual energy ten thousand years ago when it declined to the middle stage. My Lord, do you want to settle here?"
The Manifold Mirror appeared, its voice full of desire.
“I’m afraid it’s not just as simple as having abundant spiritual energy.” Luo Zheyu affirmed.
There was an uncomfortable smell in the air everywhere.
…
The sun was obscured by dark clouds, and the already weak sunlight suddenly became even dimmer.
The quiet and dilapidated town was shrouded in an eerie atmosphere, with a dim sky, dark blue mountains in the distance, and a corner of the sun that was not completely covered by the dark clouds. The golden light sprinkled on the other side of the town, forming a strange scene of half darkness and half light.
As everyone moved forward cautiously, the dark clouds swallowed up the golden light inch by inch.
Crunch...
Crunch...
The withered yellow leaves are trampled underfoot
The clearest sound, closest to the crowd, was the footsteps of people marching in formation.
They walked through the town, looking for a breakthrough.
The occasional passing vehicles also disappeared, and there was no trace of human presence in the town. It seemed as if there were only a dozen or so people left in the world.
"etc."
A clear sound like a spring suddenly broke the silence, and everyone was suddenly awakened.
"We are trapped in an illusion."
Luo Zheyu said softly, and his voice seemed to be amplified several times in the silent environment.
He looked up at the sky.
At some point, the sky was replaced by a starry night.
It's already dark.
This illusion was very natural. Luo Zheyu fell into it and only just woke up.
Captain Yuan Tianhong, who was walking in the front, raised his hand and looked at the time on his watch.
07:02:08
"We entered the town at 5:18, and it has been nearly two hours since then."
He said with a frown.
"Eh? What!?"
"I felt like I walked for ten minutes at most, maybe even less..."
"Me too……"
"No way, are they showing off their power right after they come in? We haven't even seen what they look like. The things in this town are not ordinary."
The team members were all surprised.
Yuan Tianhong stopped and looked around.
Only a small number of houses in the town had lights on, while the rest were shrouded in darkness, with shadows surrounding everyone.
As I watched, the houses suddenly changed.
The entire house was twisted and distorted, as if it came alive, tearing its body off the ground, rising up from the ground, and transforming into huge monsters of strange shapes, rushing towards everyone.
The light coming through the window is the eyes, the top floor is the head, the pipes are the hands, the door is the mouth, and the steel bars are the legs, pressing down on the tiny humans on the ground with earth-shaking momentum.
"Depend on!"
Someone cursed, and an object flashing blue light flew out of his hand and was thrown at the huge monsters that were surrounding them.
"Don't attack, it's an illusion!"
Luo Zheyu reminded, and a silver-white flame burst out, catching up with the object flashing blue light, and burning and devouring it in an instant.
The blue sphere is the ability of a certain team member. It will explode after a collision and can hurt ghosts that exist as energy bodies. Its effect on ghosts is like a grenade.
The situation in the town is unclear now, so we cannot act rashly. The illusion in the town is so powerful that it is best not to use destructive means without absolute certainty.
They had looked at the population registration list outside and found that there were still at least a hundred people in the town who had not evacuated, so they had to consider the safety of these people.
Moreover, as long as the goblins and ghosts have not violated the rules and have no malicious intentions, they cannot kill each other. When this blue light ball is thrown down, no one knows what it will hit. It may force the unnatural creatures in the town to jump up and down, threatening the lives of the remaining more than 100 people.
…
A fire wall made of silver-white flames ignited around the crowd, blocking the oncoming behemoth. The moment the monster transformed from the house hit the fire wall, it disappeared without a trace without even being burned.
Yuan Tianhong turned around and looked at someone in the team.
"It's an illusion." The other party nodded.
"Wang Lugan, you should know when you need to follow orders and launch an attack."
He warned in a deep voice.
"Yes, Captain! I...I was too nervous just now."
The person with special abilities named Wang Lugan touched his head and said in frustration.
"Don't do it again."
When the flames died down, all the houses in the town were still standing intact, and all those huge monsters had disappeared.
There were a few pedestrians walking on the street, and the lights were on, making it no longer as dark as before.
But the lamp seemed to be hanging on the street lamp, and also seemed to be floating in the air. The light was dim and green, and it gave off a sense of chill for no reason.
"The illusion is lifted."
Luo Zheyu, however, was not happy but worried, with a serious look in his eyes.
The illusion ended without warning, as silently as it had appeared.
It seemed like someone was peeping at them. When they turned around suddenly, they saw a boy following them from the corner of the wall behind them. He poked his head out from behind the wall and watched them quietly.
There were more than just this one prying gaze. There were children hiding behind the dark windows on the second floor beside the street, in the cracks of the doors nearby, in the alley ahead... They had different looks, hiding in the dark, staring at everyone quietly without blinking.
"Are these the children that the information says will disappear at dawn?"
"...I was actually frightened by a bunch of little brats staring at me."
"Captain, do you want to grab a kid?"
"Don't worry about them for now." Yuan Tianhong said, leading everyone forward.
The peeping children turned their heads as they moved.
An old woman was walking towards me.
She was wearing a long cloth skirt and a headscarf that covered her head and neck. She was wearing a pair of worn pink woolen gloves. You could see small balls of various colors embroidered on the backs of her hands. There were three on the back of her left hand, and one was missing on the back of her right hand.
He was wrapped up tightly, and the only face that was revealed was obscured by the shadow of the headscarf due to the dim light, so it was difficult to see clearly.
She was carrying a plastic bag filled with a few not-so-fresh dead fish, only the size of a palm, which gave off a faint fishy smell.
Yuan Tianhong signaled everyone to stop and walked forward alone.
"Old lady, are you from this town?"
The old woman looked up when she heard this.
The dim light shone on her strange face.
Her eyes were round and big, unlike the drooping eyelids of ordinary old people. Her brown pupils were also much larger than those of ordinary people and a little cloudy.
His eyebrows were gray, with a few exceptionally long white hairs growing on them, his entire face was covered in wrinkles, and his skin was slightly reddish.
She rolled her eyes, looked at Yuan Tianhong, and nodded slowly.
People actually felt for no reason that this hunchbacked old woman was somewhat arrogant.
"I want to ask about the situation in town."
The old woman didn't answer, but glanced at him.
Ga-ga-ga-ga
A harsh and unpleasant cry was heard in the sky, and a crow flapped its wings and flew over, landing on the power line.
Soon after, the second and third crows landed nearby. The three crows combed their wings and looked down.
Gah——
One of the crows cried again, and it seemed as if it was laughing.
The team members below rubbed their arms to smooth out the hairs that suddenly stood up.
The old woman looked up at the crows on the electric wires, her dry lips moved slightly, and she walked around Yuan Tianhong and left.
"Where are you going?"
Yuan Tianhong grabbed the old woman's arm and squeezed it.
The sleeves are solid and warm.
Not an ordinary ghost.
The old woman turned her head suddenly, opened her dry mouth, and made an angry and threatening sound from her throat. Her open mouth revealed several sharp long teeth and her tongue had barbs.
She struggled with her arms and broke free from Yuan Tianhong's hand.
He opened his mouth, grabbed the plastic bag containing the dead fish, got on all fours, and jumped onto the wall in the blink of an eye.
Yuan Tianhong vaguely saw two fluffy black and white tails exposed under her long skirt.
She glanced down, her brown eyes cold and arrogant, then she turned around and swiftly left along the thin wall.
The movement was like that of a cat.
Everyone just looked at her and did nothing for a while.
“Meow——”
She suddenly stopped in mid-air while jumping from the wall to the second-floor balcony. She let out a shrill cat cry, struggled violently, and the plastic bag in her mouth fell to the ground.
The palm-sized dead fish slid out, fell to the ground, and was covered in mud.
During the struggle, the headscarf fell off, revealing two black ears with white hair mixed in.
It turned out that the hair on her face was shaved off, leaving only her facial features exposed to disguise herself as a human, while the rest of her body still looked like a cat.
Everyone only saw her struggling in the air, but nothing else, and they couldn't help but feel confused.
The thin clouds covering the moon were blown away by the wind at this moment, and the moonlight sprinkled down.
Lines of light flashed in the air, and a huge net appeared faintly.
"Hey, I saw it! It looks like a spider web!"
A team member exclaimed.
Below, a furry spider leg crawled out along the spider web.
That thin leg was as thick as an ordinary person's arm. After a moment, a huge hairy spider crawled out.
The dark black spider is three meters long when its eight legs are fully spread out, but what is even more bizarre than its huge size is its head, which looks like a man's head.
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