From the end of the world

Chapter 35: Ending 5
Standing in this abandoned construction site, I feel filled with emotion.

It was here that I found the hemp. I had been endowed with incredible powers but could not have incredible adventures. It was from that moment that I finally opened the first chapter of my life. This is the place of my destiny and the place where my story begins.

Even though this place looks so desolate and empty to outsiders, in my eyes it seems to have a magical filter added to it. Whether it is the weeds swaying in the cold wind, the construction waste piled up next to it, and especially the unfinished building standing in front, they all seem to have a suggestive charm.

The lower floors of this unfinished building have relatively complete exterior walls and partitions, while the upper floors are still without exterior walls and partitions. At first glance, it looks like a series of parking lots built high in the air.

Agent Kong's emotionless voice came from the side: "Zhuang Cheng, do you know the strange story circulating around here?"

"Yes," I said. "It is said that this place is haunted. When this area was under construction, a supervisor without a helmet passed by under the building under construction. Unfortunately, a hard object fell from a high altitude and hit his head.

"After his death, the construction site began to be haunted for unknown reasons, causing panic among the people. Finally, the development and construction project was cancelled and the construction team evacuated the site."

Agent Kong nodded in agreement and walked in front of me into the unfinished building. My vision changed from bright to dark and eerie.

He seemed to be sorting out the information he knew in his mind, and then took over my words and continued: "That's basically it. This is what happened before I was transferred here. And there is a follow-up to this matter, which has only become popular in recent days. I believe you have heard that the evil spirits lurking here will try to kidnap female college students who pass by here after school.

"The person involved claimed that when she passed by this place late at night, she saw a man covered in blood standing on the top of an unfinished building. Then, she was distracted and found herself inside the unfinished building. The twisted figure covered in blood appeared in front of her and approached her step by step.

"It's just that the evil spirit seems to have low magical power. After transferring the person inside the building, it was unable to continue. It could only watch the person flee in panic and was unable to capture him again."

This is also what I have heard, but unfortunately, no, it should be said that it is fortunate that what I met here was not an evil spirit that is nothing new in terms of the content of the ghost story, but Ma Zao who brought me "luck".

Agent Kong was obviously here as Agent Luoshan to investigate the strange stories here, and this was my first time investigating strange stories with members of a supernatural organization.

In the past, I always kept to myself and was not understood by people around me. But now, I am exploring with people who take weird things seriously. I find it very fresh and even feel moved.

He asked casually, "Have you ever investigated here?"

"I..." I was about to say that I had been here before, but suddenly I remembered some traces inside the unfinished building, so I changed my words and said, "I haven't been here before. I was planning to come and take a look recently."

"Really? That's great, let's take a look. I came here twice to investigate after the rumor first spread, but I didn't encounter any evil spirits. But the person involved didn't look like he was lying when he talked about his personal experience, so I thought it would be better to take another look." He was quite serious when he pretended to be a policeman, but now he became humorous, "Maybe it's because I'm not a female college student, and the evil spirits are not interested in a middle-aged uncle like me, so they won't appear in front of me."

At this point, we walked along the corridor and passed by the outside of a rough draft room somewhere on the lower floor. Agent Kong suddenly exclaimed and walked into the rough draft room to check.

That was where I found Ma Zao. There were still traces of blood on the ground from the night before. That's why I said just now that I had never been there.

Agent Kong squatted on the ground and touched the blood.

"This is... blood. Is it human blood?" He looked thoughtful. "It looks like it was left here not long ago... Did someone get killed?"

"Maybe there really is an evil spirit here. Agent Kong, do you have a way to find the evil spirit here?" I pretended to be ignorant of the blood and asked worriedly, "What if the evil spirit doesn't come out?"

"Don't worry. I'm a professional after all, so I have a way." He smiled confidently, then stood up. "Some monsters have special rules of activity, such as only targeting children, or only targeting the sick, or like this time, only targeting people of a specific gender... Therefore, they will not easily show up in front of other targets.

"But we agents cannot abandon our investigations for reasons of this magnitude, and we must have the means to circumvent those special rules to a certain extent."

My appetite has been whetted. Is he going to show me his true ability to force monsters to reveal their existence?
To be honest, compared to the witcher's fighting methods, I am more interested in Agent Luo Shan's real ability to investigate weird things.

Agent Kong took out a silver-gray square the size of a mobile phone from his pocket.

There was a dark grey paper film on the surface of the square. He tore it off, revealing simple and mysterious engraved symbols, just like a talisman paper made of metal.

"I don't know if you've heard this saying, weird things attract weird things." He explained to me, "Although the specific principle of this law is still unclear, if we narrow the scope to evil spirits and weird things, there is still a theory to explain it.

"Just like hungry humans find high-calorie, high-fat foods very delicious, those evil spirits with inner emptiness also like to devour high-quality souls. And when such a soul appears before their eyes, even if it is a target that does not suit their hunting interests, they will be unable to restrain their instincts and cannot help but take action."

I looked at the "metal talisman paper" in his hand and made a guess: "Is this item sealed with the kind of soul you mentioned?" "How could it be! The thing you said is too evil. It's just a prop that emits the same smell to the evil spirits nearby." He was speechless at first, and then continued, "If the ghost stories are true, the evil spirits here should be low-level evil spirits with only instincts. Even if it usually only attacks female college students, it will definitely covet this item and pounce on it without self-interest."

"I see..." I looked around, alert for possible enemies. "But if the evil spirit really appears, won't you be in danger, Agent Kong?"

"I have the amulet that Luo Shan gave to his agents. Low-level evil spirits can't hurt me." He smiled. "And even if something happens, don't you still have me here? Let me see your true abilities, reserve demon hunter Zhuang Cheng."

After hearing this, I also made up my mind to show off my skills here.

It might not be enough to just show off my skills. Since Zhu Shi thinks that my defense is not enough and I can't go far on the path of a demon hunter, I have to show off my skills that I haven't used before. Even if Zhu Shi himself is not here, it's good to let Agent Kong take a look first.

If I just say it verbally, they might think I'm bragging, but if I show it in actual combat, I believe no one can deny it.

I was alert and vigilant, expecting the evil spirit to suddenly jump out and attack. Agent Kong also closed his mouth and looked around intently.

But after a long while, the space was still silent, and Agent Kong showed a confused expression.

After a while, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Why... nothing happened?"

"Are the strange stories here also fake?" This was my first reaction.

"That shouldn't be the case. According to my past experience, there are probably evil spirits here..." He was puzzled and lowered his head to check the metal talisman paper. "There is no problem with the soul-luring talisman either... Could there be some other factor that prevents the evil spirits from coming here?"

"It is rumored that evil spirits appear late at night. Could it be that the time is wrong?" I asked.

"Evil spirits are indeed afraid of sunlight, but this is indoors, and it is also the place where evil spirits are born. Even if it hates daytime, it will definitely appear under the attraction of the soul-luring talisman." He thought over and over again, "Could it be that there are really no evil spirits here? Or are there other influencing factors that make the evil spirits unwilling to approach here..."

"Wait a little longer, maybe the evil spirit is still getting up." I have long been accustomed to dashed expectations and have more patience in this regard.

He nodded slightly and waited with me. However, after a long time, there was still no sign of the evil spirit appearing.

Zhu Shi said last night that it seems like I and weird things are mutually exclusive, which is why I was never able to encounter the things I was looking for in the past.

Could it be that the reason why the evil spirits don't come out now is based on the same reason?
Even the soul-luring talisman that can attract evil spirits seems unable to offset this unknown repulsion phenomenon. But logically, Ma Zao's unlucky physique should have offset my unknown repulsion phenomenon... How can this be explained?

Is it true that there are no evil spirits here?
Or is it that since this is my "place of destiny", even this aspect must be unique in its style?

At this point, Agent Kong could only put away the soul-luring talisman and leave the unfinished building with me for the time being.

We went to a place far away from the abandoned construction site, and on the way, he said to me apologetically: "I'm sorry, I brought you here originally because I wanted you to see something weird, but I didn't expect it to be a wasted trip."

"It's okay, I don't care, I'm used to it." My mentality is still relatively stable.

"I'm used to it..." He smiled helplessly at first, then thought for a moment, "So, I do have a question..."

"what is the problem?"

"Since you are so obsessed with pursuing the weird and have extraordinary superpowers, why have you never exposed yourself?" He observed me inquiringly.

"What do you mean?" I asked back.

"Although you only know about the existence of our Luo Shan now, you must have guessed from the beginning that there is a supernatural organization in this country." He showed curiosity. "As long as you show your superpowers to the passers-by in broad daylight, Luo Shan will naturally come to you, and you can also use this opportunity to come into contact with Luo Shan. Why didn't you do that? Are you afraid that the official forces will use you as an experimental subject and detain you, or even dissect and study you?"

(End of this chapter)