All the evil beasts in the world, I feed on demons and monsters

Chapter 234 The Ancient Sorcerer of the Incineration Well

On the coastal highway, a military green pickup truck is speeding along, with a removable, sealed cargo bed on the back.

This modified pickup truck was provided by Captain Lin Chi for the Special Operations Department. The roar of the twelve-cylinder diesel engine drowned out the waves, and the blue smoke spewing from the exhaust pipe was torn into wisps by the sea breeze traveling at 120 kilometers per hour.

"The artifacts here are quite interesting. This thing can be opened even without any spiritual energy fluctuations?"

Feeling the speed, Sha Jiu clicked his tongue and said, "This speed is something even a famous steed can't match, and even a crude magic weapon can't reach this speed."

"The things in this world are meant to serve all people."

Ji Ran smiled and rolled down the car window.

Sha Jiu imitated him quite well, pressing the button to open the car window, then sticking his dog head out, revealing a mouthful of teeth as the wind blew.

"Serving the people? They seem more energetic than the people of the Tang Dynasty."

Sha Jiu clicked his tongue and said, "Moreover, none of those officials had the aura of a dragon or tiger."

"Dragon and Tiger Qi?"

The wind ruffled Ji Ran's collar as he looked at the road ahead. Water droplets occasionally splashed onto the car window by the spraying waves, refracting into sparkling spots in the sunlight.

"The wheat has ripened five thousand times, but this is the first time it has ripened, long live the people."

"Perhaps this is a kind of 'everyone can be a dragon' in itself. There's no need to place our hopes and efforts on a few individuals."

Sha Jiu shook his ears and said, "Sounds not bad."

The truck sped along, startling seagulls in the bright sunlight, heading straight for a hilltop not far away along the blue coast.

The entire coastline has been cordoned off by the police, and there are people constantly patrolling. The section near the ocean has been placed under martial law.

The truck sped along the deserted highway and soon arrived at its destination—Haishan Crematorium.

At the white pillar gate of the crematorium, the staff who had been notified immediately guided the truck inside.

hum-

The truck stopped, and footsteps could be heard.

A middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit approached the car window and said with a smile, "Hello, do you need the body moved over?"

"Need not."

Ji Ran got off the truck and looked around at the surroundings.

This is a large courtyard at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by one- or two-story buildings. And behind it, on Haishan Mountain, is the largest cemetery in the area.

"Just start the incineration machine for me. I'll handle the moving myself."

"Okay, but the machine is in the back mountain."

"Ok?"

Ji Ran was taken aback. The middle-aged person in charge explained, "The police station has notified us that they need to activate a special device that Qing City used 24 years ago."

“There are specialized facilities there for handling large numbers of corpses, or huge corpses.”

Ji Ran raised an eyebrow and said, "Then let's go."

"I'll show you the way."

"Well, let's get in the car."

Ji Ran called out, and the middle-aged man was taken aback when he got into the car.

A black dog was lying on the passenger seat like a person. Upon seeing him, it jumped up and moved over to make room for him.

Middle-aged man: "..."

Hurry up, the middle-aged man and the black dog squeezed into the passenger seat, and drove through the woods at the foot of the mountain, heading towards the back of the mountain.

"Just turn right ahead and you'll arrive."

creak-

The truck stopped on the paved road amidst the lush greenery on both sides.

In front of Ji Ran was a closed iron gate. The person in charge jumped down and quickly unlocked the chains binding the fence. The truck immediately drove in.

This is a very large open space. On both sides are two rows of bungalows, and behind is a large hall with pillars and a high ceiling. Above the main entrance is a bright red five-pointed star emblem, although the color has begun to fade.

"here……"

Ji Ran looked around. The courtyard looked very old, but it was still tidy and free of weeds, which meant that it was usually maintained.

"This was the command center for the previous abnormal incidents in Qing City, and it was later used as an incinerator for handling special corpses."

The person in charge explained, "Due to confidentiality regulations, I cannot explain in detail to you, I apologize."

The middle-aged manager was very respectful, even though the other party was just a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

As someone who experienced that secret incident twenty-four years ago, he understood that the boy assigned by the Special Operations Department probably also possessed some kind of superhuman power.

"fine."

Ji Ran nodded; it must be the spiritual event that happened earlier.

Where is the incinerator here?

"It's right in the courtyard."

The person in charge led Ji Ran to the center of the courtyard, and Sha Jiu jumped out of the car and followed behind.

The person in charge pressed a handle in the center, causing a dent in the ground.

Bang!

A circular ground surface fell down, then contracted to both sides, revealing a huge circular metal cover.

The middle-aged man took a few steps away from the lid and said, "This is an incineration well, very deep."

"We have been conducting monthly inspections and maintenance, and there are no problems with its use."

Click!

After the middle-aged man left, the metal lid slowly opened, revealing a huge cremation site that resembled a deep, pot-bellied well.

This incineration well is over ten meters high and at least fifty meters wide.

Sunlight filtered through the trees, casting dappled amber halos. In the already chilly winter sea breeze, Ji Ran felt a bone-chilling cold rising from the incineration well.

Ji Ran's eyes narrowed slightly. He saw it: pale scratch marks were left on the rock walls on both sides of the incineration well!
Some of the scratches were small, shaped like human hands, while others were large, with scratches as thick as three fingers, resembling the claws of a giant beast.

The things burned here were alive.

The pale scratch marks spread from the top all the way to the bottom.

"I'll go back first. This is my number. Put the body inside and contact me, and I will start the incineration process."

The person in charge handed Ji Ran a business card and then turned and left.

The man, who had been involved in a secret operation, keenly sensed that there might be something wrong with the body Ji Ran was about to handle. After explaining the situation clearly, he decisively left.

"Such a big well..."

Ji Ran stared at the incineration well, her heart pounding.

Twenty-four years ago, before I was even born! Such a large well clearly indicates it encountered a corpse that a normal incinerator couldn't handle!

The incineration well was also placed directly in front of the command post...

That spiritual event was definitely not simple! The commander must have been a general!

In other words, even disposing of a corpse during that spiritual event twenty years ago required the presence of the Lord!
Ji Ran thought of his father, who had carried out a confidential mission in Qing City more than 20 years ago and was awarded a second-class merit.

Based on what Xie Yan had said earlier, the place where he was now was probably the same place where his father had carried out a mission twenty-four years ago.

What exactly did my father go through when he was young?
"How to deal with it?"

Suddenly, Sha Jiu's voice broke his reverie.

Ji Ran turned to look at the truck bed and said, "Just dump the bodies in and cremate them."

He walked toward the truck.

Click!

boom--

Amidst the clanging of metal, Ji Ran dismantled the truck bed and dragged it to the incineration well. With his current physical strength, lifting the metal truck bed was a piece of cake.

Click!

brush--

The electronic lock was opened, the three locking bars were removed, and the rear door of the carriage was opened.

A strong, pungent smell of blood wafted out in the cold wind.

Ji Ran sighed. These weren't just the corpses of vengeful ghosts; there were also ordinary people who had been attacked and killed.

However, there was no other way; the flesh and blood tainted by the Knife Demon contained deadly poison. For safety, they had to be burned entirely.

click!
Crash—bang!
Ji Ran lifted the carriage directly and, as if lifting a huge square can, dumped all the corpses into the incineration well.

The blood splattered onto Ji Ran, but was blocked by a layer of spiritual barrier and bounced into the well.

boom--

The corpse's flesh and blood were smashed into the long-sealed incinerator, where it exploded into a large patch of blood-red color amidst the layer of gray-black filth on the ground.

It's like red paint suddenly splashed onto a black and white sketchboard.

Bang!

Ji Ran threw the carriage on the ground, looked at Sha Jiu, and said, "Clean up the bloodstains that have been splattered outside."

"can."

Sha Jiu reached into his neck and pulled a Lego robot from the dog hair. This Lego Minion, wearing a red hat and carrying a small broom, charged straight into the carriage!

Ji Ran was taken aback and asked, "What is this?"

"Corpse puppet".

Sha Jiu pointed and said, "The Corpse Craftsman's Tier 1 skill, Summoning Spirit, summons the soul of the dead and awakens it, then stitches it onto an inanimate object through an awakening skill."

"That stuff is poisonous, let this little thing clean it up."

Ji Ran glanced at the yellow Lego figure, then dashed onto the carriage, wielding a broom with incredible speed to clean up the splattered poisonous blood outside. Sha Jiu shrugged and said, "This vessel belongs to Ning Yan's family; I just grabbed a few to use. I'm only level 1 now, so I'm not immune to the Dao Lao Gui's poison yet."

"Where did you get your soul from?"

“When the Ninth District of East went to the old forest a while ago, I went with them and collected some souls.”

"However, one chubby kid was too quick and snatched most of it. I only managed to get a little soup."

Ji Ran nodded and said, "You still need to upgrade. Have I told you about this before?"

"Yes, your Special Operations Department plans to give me a train ticket after the New Year so I can go to the Celestial Realm."

Sha Jiu laughed and said, "I submitted several corpse crafting techniques, and the Special Operations Department said they would assess their value. I have already applied for a second-tier corpse. When the time comes, I will create a level 3 corpse monster, which can serve as my temporary protector."

"Good."

Ji Ran smiled. A powerful corpse craftsman is also an important asset to a team. They can even forcibly bring back the dead and extend their lives!

This is the same top-tier profession as Luan Ke. It's just that Sha Jiu's level is too low right now, but that's not because of his lack of talent, but because he is restricted by the sect in Journey to the West.

Once it enters the Celestial Realm, it will definitely make rapid progress!

"Dududu-"

Ji Ran took the phone, contacted the person in charge, and immediately said, "It can be burned now."

Click!

The incineration well began to slowly close, and the flame holes in the four walls began to open.

buzz-

boom!
Even through the thick metal, Ji Ran could feel the roaring flames below!
The entire land is warming up.

"What a fierce fire."

Sha Jiu jumped onto the round metal lid that was already red-hot, and said while jumping, "Hey, what a grand gesture."

boom!
It leaped and landed beside Ji Ran: "The fire here is mixed with spiritual energy. There must be something made of fire element bullet inside the burning area."

"But it needs to be much bigger."

Sha Jiu stroked his chin and said, "Are all cultivators in this world this carefree?"

"In Xiniu Hezhou, such a large fire spirit stone would need at least a second-tier ferocious beast to guard it for peace of mind."

"But you... you're just going to leave them in an abandoned courtyard, with a few ordinary people watching over them?"

Ji Ran thought of the Special Operations Department in Harbin, and the condescending attitude of the General Administration.

I thought of that old forest, where Bai Yan broke the rules and was repeatedly slaughtered by the Ninth District's sequence squad.

Ji Ran smiled and said, "Perhaps it's because there are few cultivators in the present world, and no one dares to touch the Special Operations Department's things."

Although the present world is not a world for cultivation, travelers who traverse the heavens can gather treasures from countless worlds here.

The Special Operations Department, which controls Jia Chen District and a nation's traveler world, is the uncrowned king of this group.

……

boom!
Inside the incineration well, raging crimson flames engulfed everything.

The loose limbs instantly ignited in the flames, crackling and sizzling.

One by one, the corpses were reduced to large chunks of carbonized bone in the flames, and then shattered into dust.

The flames spread across the entire space like a carpet, but suddenly stopped when they approached a corpse!
"Snapped!"

A snap of the fingers extended, long, pale, and delicate fingers emerging from the blood-stained white sleeve.

The frozen space seemed to come alive again!
The flames instantly engulfed the arm!
but--

Those long, beautiful hands remained unharmed in the flames, countless flames passing through them as if passing through a shadow.

Brush and pull!

A corpse, disemboweled and almost torn in two, sat up.

The body was dressed in a large chef's coat, with short, gray hair and an old, kind face—it was the chef who worked the night shift at the restaurant, preparing molecular gastronomy for the children.

He patted his belly, and the round, torn belly immediately shrank back into a flat stomach.

stab-

He stretched out his long, slender fingers and pulled at the skin on the old man's face. The old man's face was ripped off and thrown to the ground like a rag.

Beneath that skin was a gentle, feminine face, refined and cultured.

Her long, narrow eyes narrowed, giving the impression of a harmless smile. Her perfectly oval face concealed the harshness of her thin lips, instead adding a touch of gentleness.

pat.

He took out his phone and dialed a number.

"well done."

A calm, aged voice came from the other side, saying, "【Just Three Knives】 and 【Peeling and Stuffing Grass】 left Hokkaido this morning, along with the captains of five sequence squads."

"The breach has been opened."

"Oh?"

The young man in the chef's uniform smiled and said, "Sounds good, but unfortunately I've been found out."

"Someone from Yashan came with the Jade Pillow, a life-bound artifact. They entered my dream and discovered the Dao Lao Ghost. They realized that the vengeful spirit here is not from Japan."

"It doesn't matter."

The voice on the other end said, "If it really succeeds, it won't be good. With so much karma on your shoulders, you'll only be able to escape this world and live in the Demon Realm of the Eastern Ninth District in the future."

The young man shook his head and said, "But wouldn't the world be more interesting if these ghosts were scattered?"

"There was terror everywhere; that was the good time, full of horror and death."

"A bland life is like poison."

"I just feel sorry for people in this world."

"..."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone before he said, "Ancient Sorcerer, I hope you can be more composed. Since this matter has failed, let's rescue the Rusty Blade and then come to Japan together. In the Demon Realm, the threat from those generals of the Special Operations Department will be minimized."

"Okay, but I want to skin him."

“Hongluan died in his mission, and he owes me an explanation. You know, this woman is the only one who could make me feel pleasure even after being skinned alive in bed.”

"I like her very much."

There was a pause on the other end of the phone, then a voice said, "Do as you please, but don't kill him."

"it is good."

Bang!

The man crushed the phone, stood up in the flames, and walked towards the flame nozzle. It led to the interior of the equipment. He walked through the flames and entered the maintenance tunnel.

He did not directly attack Ji Ran, even though at this moment Luan Ke only had a dog by his side, posing no threat whatsoever.

He walked out of the maintenance passage, glanced at the forest path behind him, gave a meaningful smile, and then turned and walked towards... the main building of the crematorium.

"Ancient Sorcerer" is both his code name and his title.

It was the title he was forcibly given in the world of advancement.

Ordinary sorcerers can only use illusions to bewitch living things. But he can bewitch all kinds of elemental attributes.

"Zhuo Xian?"

"The Eighth Squad, the Luan Ke under Xie Yan, huh."

"Then take your head and that idiot with the rusty knife back with you."

……

Haishan Crematorium.

Inside the workshop, the middle-aged manager sat at the control panel, waiting for the incineration to finish. He closed his eyes, and the horrific scenes from twenty years ago flashed through his mind.

That indescribable, terrifying plague... and that which devoured the entire seamount... uh?

The middle-aged man suddenly opened his eyes and rubbed his head.

Why is it suddenly so hot?

He reached out to take off his clothes, but found that they were difficult to remove today.

He could only pull hard, but it still didn't work.

It's so hot, so incredibly hot!

Why is this button so hard to undo?

The person in charge reached for the razor, took out the blade, and cut open the button.

One of them has finally been solved.

The person in charge felt himself sweating more and more, so he tried harder to loosen his clothes to cool off.

Stab-prick-

"call--"

One button at a time, the blade was unbuttoned, revealing sticky sweat clinging to it.

The middle-aged manager finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's cool...it's cool now...

Bang!
The middle-aged manager's head lolled to the side and slammed against the back of the chair, then he fell silent.

The ancient sorcerer stood up behind him, his squinting eyes filled with a smile, and picked up the human skin that the middle-aged man had peeled off himself.

……

creak- creak-

A moment later, the person in charge, with a smile on his face, came out of the workshop, got on a bicycle, and rode along the path at the foot of the cemetery towards the location of the incineration well.

(End of this chapter)