Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 671 The Fast Track Door

The Modish family's estate is located in a suburb of the Central District, far from the city center. Lin Yilin stopped her bicycle just before arriving.

The rest of the journey was on foot, and soon a vast manor came into view in the distance.

Zheng Fan and Lin Yilin climbed a small hill and looked out at the manor from afar.

"Strange, I haven't seen any signs of human activity." Lin Yilin looked through the binoculars for a while and then said with a puzzled look, "The Modish family shouldn't have experienced any major changes recently. This manor is still their property."

"Could they have also gone out to lay low?" Zheng speculated.

“This is an old, established central family; it’s not that simple.” Lin Yilin denied this possibility, clearly indicating that the Modish family was much more stable than Li Miaosheng’s family.

“Just looking here won’t do any good. If you have any questions, just go inside and take a look.” Zheng Fan yawned.

Lin Yilin did not refuse.

I was originally planning to observe the activities of the people in the manor, but now that I can't even see anyone moving, I guess I have no choice but to go straight in.

The two entered the manor directly and pretended to infiltrate for a while. Lin Yilin, who was waiting for Zheng Fan to help guard the local security facilities, received an unexpected response: "There are no security facilities here. There are no guards or other automated equipment. The weapons... are all ineffective."

Lin Yilin's expression turned slightly serious: "It seems someone beat me to it."

At this point, the situation of the Modish family is relatively easy to guess, and it doesn't look optimistic.

With this in mind, Lin Yilin's movements became slightly more exaggerated, but she remained cautious, as there might still be traces of other people in the manor.

The other party most likely set up a trap here, waiting for them, since their target was quite clear when they used the ritual index.

Zheng Fan helped read the information: "They should have noticed us by now."

"They've noticed us, but why haven't they come and arrest us yet?" Lin Yilin's expression was strange.

"They're probably waiting for a better opportunity. What if we escape easily if they act now?" Zheng Fan said.

Lin Yilin pondered, "If we follow this line of thought, there's probably a trap set by the other party in the mansion that they're very confident in."

Speculation aside, it's impossible to avoid making a mistake at this point.

While moving around the mansion, Lin Yilin didn't see a single living person along the way, but instead saw several corpses.

Lin Yilin conducted a brief examination of each body, and the causes of death were varied, indicating that it was not the work of just one person.

"In the end, even this old family couldn't hold on," Zheng Fan said from the side.

“There are no members of the Modish family, just servants and guards.” Lin Yilin shook her head.

Standing up again, Zheng Fan walked a few steps down the long, dark corridor and glanced out the window: "A familiar guy is coming."

Lin Yilin turned her gaze and saw a figure appear in the distance on the vast lawn outside the window.

He wore a dark green, fitted outfit that swayed slightly in the wind. When Lin Yilin looked at him, he revealed a somewhat arrogant smile, grinning to show a set of white teeth: "Finally caught up."

Lin Yilin met his gaze expressionlessly, and both of them paused for a few breaths.

The next moment, Lin Yilin suddenly crouched down and ran away from her original spot. Jackson, who was far away, threw several spiked balls, which crossed the distance between them and smashed through the glass into the corridor when Lin Yilin crouched down.

Lin Yilin ran quickly, but the spiked ball behind her bounced rapidly through the corridor, attacking Lin Yilin with an eerie accuracy.

Glancing back, Lin Yilin flicked her finger, and a black earthworm emerged from the shadows, shielding her from a spiky ball. The moment it touched the ball, the earthworm's smooth body suddenly crystallized, its surface becoming sharply defined before shattering into pieces on the ground.

“He’s the Crystal Killer Mr. Illusion mentioned earlier.” Lin Yilin didn’t just run away; she even looked back to confirm the other person’s behavior. “So he was sent to handle the investigation. It seems this guy is quite valued in Prism as an action-oriented individual,” Zheng Fan added.

"I don't want to get involved with this person in a place where I don't know anything. Mr. Illusion, just give me your location." Lin Yilin withdrew her gaze and wandered around the huge mansion with the other party, seeking Zheng Fan's direct help.

"There's a secret passage leading to the basement beneath the statue in the mansion's main hall; the door's there." Since Binary Girl had already made the request, Zheng Fan naturally wouldn't refuse and pointed directly to it.

Without hesitation, Lin Yilin rushed in the direction Zheng Fan pointed.

Jackson, however, had no intention of playing hide-and-seek with Lin Yilin. After pinpointing Lin Yilin's location, he realized that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. He smashed through the walls along the way, using his strong physique and the shortest route to quickly shorten the distance.

Lin Yilin arrived at the main hall and immediately saw the Modish sculpture in the center of the hall.

The sculpture depicts Calvin Modish, the founder of the Central Modish family, who held immense prestige within the central interest group and whose influence extended far and wide to his descendants.

Of course, Lin Yilin showed him no respect and went straight up to Zheng Fan, dislocating his arm and triggering the mechanism. A password was required, but no matter how complicated the password was, it was meaningless to Zheng Fan.

After entering the password, the statue vibrated, and a downward passage opened in front of Lin Yilin.

The dark tunnel exuded an eerie atmosphere, causing Lin Yilin to frown slightly, and she could vaguely hear some sharp crying sounds in her ears.

Before he could think, the wall of the hall was kicked open, and Jackson gave chase.

Lin Yilin quickly went down the stairs, but before she could close the secret passage, Jackson rushed forward and blasted the entrance open with both hands.

Immediately following was the sound of the spiked ball bouncing. In this confined space, the opponent's ability was indeed quite troublesome. However, Lin Yilin's black earthworm was, in a sense, not afraid of Jackson's spiked ball.

As long as the earthworms are prevented from coming into contact with each other and being wiped out in one go, and each of the dispersed earthworms precisely blocks a spiky ball, Lin Yilin can withstand the opponent's attack with almost no effort.

Cheap summons are just that useful.

Lin Yilin made her way down the spiral staircase without any obstruction, until she reached the end, where she found herself in an exquisite and ornate door with a huge keyhole.

Is this the Modish family's secret laboratory? Although the door is very thick and heavy, its decoration makes it look more like a work of art than a laboratory door.

“Mr. Illusion.” Lin Yilin looked at the keyhole in front of her and felt as if countless eyes were peering out through the dark keyhole.

Something inside wants to come out, and it probably isn't anything good.

Zheng Fan reached up and touched the keyhole, then swiped his card and produced a key.

This simple lock was as easy for Zheng Fan as a code-guessing game; he could solve it quickly and easily. Once he understood the keyhole's structure, he could simply buy the key based on the keyhole itself, without even needing to see the actual key.

Click.

The key is inserted into the lock, and unlocking is achieved as if a direct match has been completed without any turning.

The door jolted, but Lin Yilin quickly turned her head, dodging a spiked ball hurtling straight at her head. The ball slipped through the crack in the door and went behind it without making much of a sound.

"You've really discovered quite a few interesting things, little mouse," Jackson said, licking his lips as he curiously examined the door behind Lin Yilin.

When the door was just wide enough for one person to pass through, Lin Yilin quickly stepped aside, passed through the door without a word, and disappeared.

Jackson was startled: No, this door that looked so strange could actually be drilled through like that!?
However, his body reacted faster than his brain, and he instinctively followed him inside.

Just as Jackson entered the darkness.

Boom!
The door, which had just been opened a crack, was slammed shut.

(End of this chapter)