A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 611 The Strange Red Light

After Duan Rong threw Su Xinjue's body off the terrace, he looked at the bloodstain on the floor behind him and his eyelids twitched slightly.

He walked over, picked up the blanket that had fallen to the ground, first sucked up the pool of blood near the blanket, and then dragged the body to the terrace, wiping away the bloodstains along the way.

The floor was smooth, and the bloodstains were fresh, so they were wiped up quickly.

Then, Duan Rong took the blood-soaked blanket to the terrace. He walked to the edge of the terrace, leaned slightly over, and threw the blanket onto the balcony of the neighboring house.

After doing all this, Duan Rong stood there and thought it over. Su Xinjue's body had been gnawed by wild dogs, and the bloodstains here had been cleaned up. He had basically cleared up the mess.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he remembered something: Su Xinjue had come up naked. Where had she taken off her clothes?
Thinking of this, Duan Rong took a flashlight and tiptoed out of the room.

He first went to the second-floor restroom, turned on his flashlight, and found the restroom empty. He then turned off the flashlight, walked out of the restroom, and slowly went downstairs.

Duan Rong reached the top of the stairs, then suddenly stopped and listened to the sounds coming from the corridor. Only after confirming that it was quiet and no one was around did he descend the stairs and head towards the corridor.

He walked straight into the bathroom, closed the door, turned on the flashlight, and immediately saw clothes neatly folded on the sink, along with a flashlight.

Duan Rong's eyes flickered slightly. He rolled up his clothes, held them in his hand, and then stuffed the flashlight from the washbasin into his pants pocket.

He then turned off the flashlight, gently opened the door, and walked out of the bathroom. The hallway remained quiet, and soft snoring could be heard from the master bedroom.

Duan Rong walked to the end of the corridor. In the darkness, he stood there, bent down and placed the flashlight from his pants pocket on the ground at the end of the corridor.

Then, he walked through the living room to the front door, and gently turned the lock on the security door, a soft clicking sound echoing in the quiet darkness.

After opening the front door, Duan Rong stood there and listened to the sounds behind him. After a long while, he confirmed that there were no unusual noises behind him, which meant that the sound of unlocking the door had not disturbed Guo Tian and Jiang Hanyan.

At this moment, Duan Rong suddenly pushed the flashlight in his hand, and a beam of light shone on the door. Then, he gently pushed the front door open.

The moment the front door opened, a chilly night breeze rushed in from the corridor. The beam of the flashlight shone through, revealing a dark and empty corridor.

Duan Rong let out a soft breath and turned to leave, leaving only the front door wide open in the darkness.

He reached the top of the stairs, turned off his flashlight, and climbed the stairs in the dark, quickly returning to his room.

Duan Rong closed his door, calmed himself down, and thought things through again to make sure there were no mistakes. Then he went to the balcony, rolled up Su Xinjue's clothes, and threw them onto the balcony of the neighboring apartment.

Unless Guo Tian and Jiang Hanyan went to check the balcony of the neighboring house, there was absolutely no way they could have found Su Xinjue's clothes and the blood-stained blanket.

After dealing with all of this, Duan Rong stood on the terrace and looked down.

Under the cold moonlight, in the courtyard on the first floor, amidst more than a dozen zombie dogs, stood a rotting corpse. The most gruesome sight was its face; half of it was completely rotten, and the remaining half had turned a grayish-brown…

Such a corpse, under the moonlight, amidst a pack of zombie dogs, exudes an indescribable eeriness and terror.

In particular, when Duan Rong looked down, the corpse actually looked up at him and let out a strange, hissing sound that sounded like air leaking from its throat.

Duan Rong naturally knew that it was a zombie transformed from Su Xinjue, but at this moment, there was no trace of Su Xinjue left in this zombie.

His entire body was gnawed by dogs, with pieces missing here and there... The gruesome sight made Duan Rong feel a chill run down his spine as he looked down from the third floor.

Just then, in the distance, on the horizon that seemed to be deep within the pitch-black night sky, a red light suddenly flashed.

The red light shot towards the terrace as soon as it appeared.

The moment Duan Rong noticed the eerie red light, a look of fear flashed in his eyes. For some reason, the red light gave him a strange, blinding feeling and made him feel uneasy.

Duan Rong seemed to sense that the red light was coming towards him, and tried to dodge it, but at that moment, he suddenly felt cold all over because he found that he could not move.

In that instant, he seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move an inch, and could only watch helplessly as the red light rushed toward him.

The red light seemed to come from a distant depth, but it was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it shot down from the sky and headed towards where Duan Rong was standing.

Duan Rong was almost certain that the red light was aimed at him.

It wasn't just because of the direction of the red light, but also because he suddenly became unable to move at that moment; all of this was definitely not a coincidence.

It was as if he couldn't move, just so he wouldn't be able to avoid the red light.

Why is that? What exactly is that red light?
Just as Duan Rong's thoughts were racing, that strange red light shot into his brow and disappeared like a ray of aurora.

Just then, Duan Rong's body trembled, and he suddenly realized that he had regained control of his body.

At this moment, Duan Rong's eyes were filled with astonishment; he already knew what that red light was.

That is the mark of gods and demons recognized by the will of gods and demons!
After the divine and demonic imprint is refined and merged with the divine soul, the power of the divine soul can be used to activate the divine and demonic imprint and thus unleash supernatural powers!
Many miraculous transformations all originated from this.

In fact, he had already vaguely suspected this when he lost control of his body. Because in the illusion of gods and demons, the only thing that could suddenly make him lose control of his body was the will of gods and demons.

It seems that it was the killing of Su Xinjue that ultimately earned him the approval of the will of the gods and demons, and in the illusion of the gods and demons, he was given the mark of the gods and demons.

Lin Youjian and Liu Su had no idea how the Divine Demon Mark was obtained. Over a thousand years had passed, and every thirty years a group of people would enter the Divine Demon Ruins, but only Ancestor Lü Yinlin had ever obtained the Divine Demon Mark.

A single piece of evidence is insufficient, especially since Lü Yinlin never told anyone how he obtained the divine and demonic mark.

Duan Rong stood there, his eyes gleaming. He had never even considered obtaining a divine or demonic mark within these ruins, as the chances were far too low. Therefore, the divine or demonic mark was not among his desired items.

But unexpectedly, by sheer chance, they gained the approval of the will of gods and demons.

However, judging from his killing of Su Xinjue, it seems that to gain the approval of the will of gods and demons, one must have the characteristics of a wicked and ruthless hero. If it is only outstanding ability, it is probably not in line with the temperament of the will of gods and demons.

Now, Duan Rong finally understood why how Lü Yinlin obtained the divine and demonic mark had become a secret unknown within the sect. Such a successful case should have been shared to benefit future generations. However, Lü Yinlin remained silent, never revealing it.

It's likely that he was able to gain the approval of the will of gods and demons back then by doing some evil things that couldn't be told to others.

"I wonder what exactly his supernatural power is?" Duan Rong stroked his chin, a thoughtful look in his eyes. Having obtained the Divine Demon Imprint himself, Duan Rong suddenly became very curious about the kind of supernatural power his ancestor, Lü Yinlin, possessed. As for what kind of supernatural power he himself possessed, he would only know after refining the Divine Demon Imprint. However, refining the Divine Demon Imprint often required several months of arduous work, and it certainly couldn't be completed within the Divine Demon Ruins.

Having suddenly gained supernatural powers, Duan Rong was in high spirits. He went back to bed and lay down again. In the darkness, he was wide awake, and his eyes shone brightly in the darkness.

In the second bedroom on the first floor, Jiang Hanyan turned over. Half asleep, she suddenly opened her eyes. Although the room was pitch black, she could still feel that the bed next to her was empty, and in the quiet room, she could not hear Su Xinjue's breathing.

Jiang Hanyan reached out and touched the empty bed beside her; Su Xinjue was indeed not there.

She remembered Su Xinjue saying she needed to use the restroom, and then she turned over and fell asleep again. She wasn't sure how long she slept, but it certainly wasn't short.

Has Su Xinjue not returned since she went out? Or did she just go out again?
Jiang Hanyan was puzzled because the bed beside her was cold, indicating she hadn't slept in a long time. A sense of unease rose in Jiang Hanyan's heart. She got off the bed and reached for the bedside table, but couldn't find a flashlight.

Before going to sleep, they would place a flashlight on their bedside table for easy use at night.

Jiang Hanyan reached for her backpack by the bed and took out another flashlight. She turned it on and shone it around the room. There was nothing unusual in the room.

She slowly walked out of the room, deciding to go check on the bathroom.

Jiang Hanyan pushed open the bathroom door and shone her flashlight inside, only to find no one there. Just as she was wondering what was going on, she suddenly heard a noise coming from the living room outside.

Jiang Hanyan stood at the bathroom door, shining her flashlight towards the living room at the end of the hallway, and called softly, "Xinjue, is that you there?"

At this moment, Jiang Hanyan's brow twitched, because under the beam of the flashlight, she saw another flashlight lying on the ground at the entrance of the corridor.

Just as Jiang Hanyan was about to walk over, a dark figure suddenly stood at the entrance of the corridor, in the beam of a flashlight.

Jiang Hanyan initially thought it was Su Xinjue, but the next moment, her expression changed drastically because it was clearly a zombie.

The zombie lunged at her, and Jiang Hanyan turned pale, immediately shrinking into the bathroom.

She didn't bring the Longquan Sword with her. They had already searched the room thoroughly. How could she have expected to encounter zombies?
The moment Jiang Hanyan closed the door, the zombie pounced on it, making the door creak.

Jiang Hanyan, hiding in the bathroom, immediately shouted, "Guo Tian! Lu Chu! There are zombies outside!"

She shouted a few times, then suddenly heard a deep male voice from outside the door say, "Stop shouting, he's already killed!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Hanyan felt relieved. She opened the door and saw Guo Tian and Lu Chu already standing there, while a zombie with its head chopped off lay on the ground.

Jiang Hanwen stared intently and asked, "Why are there zombies in the room?"

Guo Tian and Lu Chu both took out flashlights, and three beams of light shone out into the corridor. As soon as they stepped out of the corridor, they scanned the area with their flashlights and immediately saw that the front door of the room was open.

All three were startled. They carefully walked over, checked the front door, and closed it again.

"Who opened this door?" Lu Chu suddenly asked.

Guo Tian remained silent.

At this moment, Jiang Hanyan said, "Su Xinjue seems to have disappeared..."

"what?!"

Soon, Duan Rong and Xu Hui were also called up. The five of them sat on the sofa in the living room, and Jiang Hanyan began to recount what had happened.

"Could it be that Su Xinjue opened that door?" Lu Chu's eyes flickered, and he suddenly asked.

Jiang Hanyan looked at Lu Chu and asked, "Why did she open that door? And where is she now?"

"This..." Lu Chu was speechless for a moment, he hadn't figured out the details yet.

The five of them had just searched all the rooms again, but did not find Su Xinjue.

After a moment of silence, Guo Tian suddenly said, "Perhaps the door wasn't closed properly to begin with, and the zombie accidentally knocked it open."

At this moment, everyone's eyes turned to Xu Hui.

Yesterday, after Duan Rong opened the door, Xu Hui was the last to walk in and closed the door.

Xu Hui scratched his ear and said, "I remember closing it properly!"

Duan Rong suddenly looked at Guo Tian, ​​and following up on his speculation, asked, "If the door was accidentally broken open by a zombie, then what about Su Xinjue?"

Xu Hui's eyes flickered as he glanced at Duan Rong. He sensed that Duan Rong was deliberately ignoring his statement and directing everyone's attention to the fact that the door wasn't closed properly.

Xu Hui was momentarily puzzled as to why Duan Rong was acting this way.

Guo Tian didn't answer Duan Rong's question directly, but instead said, "There's a flashlight lying at the end of the corridor; that should be Su Xinjue's..."

Jiang Hanyan's expression turned grim as she said, "You mean Xinjue has already been attacked and bitten by a zombie?..."

Guo Tian glanced at Jiang Hanyan and said, "Otherwise, where is she?"

Jiang Hanyan fell silent for a moment. They had already searched every room upstairs and downstairs, but Su Xinjue was not there. Her flashlight had been left at the entrance of the corridor, all of which suggested that she was in grave danger.

Especially since it's a zombie apocalypse outside, and it's the dead of night. If she hadn't been bitten and turned into a zombie, how could she have dared to leave this place, without even bringing a flashlight?

In the ensuing silence, Xu Hui's expression suddenly changed. He remembered something: last night, in his half-asleep state, he seemed to hear faint knocking sounds outside. But he couldn't be sure whether he had actually heard knocking or was dreaming.
If it really was a knocking sound, then it should be Duan Rong's room. Besides, Duan Rong deliberately diverted everyone's attention to the fact that the door wasn't closed properly.

All of this seems to suggest that Su Xinjue's disappearance is somehow related to Duan Rong.

Xu Hui's lips moved, but he didn't say anything. Because of the knocking at the door last night, he wasn't sure if it had actually happened.

(End of this chapter)