This actor is full of tricks.

The man in red robes belatedly realized what Lin Jue meant by his words.

How could someone capable of destroying two shrines in a row be a pushover?

This human! I can't beat him!

The moment the thought of fear surfaced in the red-robed man's mind, it instantly filled every nerve. At this moment, the red-robed man no longer considered whether he could fulfill his father's request; he had only one thought in his mind.

Run! Run as far away as possible! Otherwise, those charred white robes will be his fate!

Then a chain descended from the sky, lashing his body like a whip, leaving him dazed and confused. Bi Zheng rushed out of his backpack and picked up the red robe like a chick, placing it in front of Lin Jue.

Although both are B-level supernatural entities, the Child of the Mist completely overwhelms the ordinary supernatural entities.

The red-robed creature strangely awoke from its dazed state after being whipped, struggling in Bi Zheng's hands. It only became much more docile after Bi Zheng whipped the chain again.

"Can you answer my questions now?" Lin Jue smiled as he looked at the red-robed ghost in front of him: "Are you from Sanjiang or Xinzhou? Also, tell me all the information about the fathers you mentioned."

"Why should I tell you?" The man in the red robe stood tall and proud.

Lin Jue gave Bi Zheng a wink, and Bi Zheng immediately tightened the chains binding the red-robed ghost. In an instant, the sound of bones squeezing could be heard coming from the red-robed ghost's body.

Even as its body gradually twisted and deformed, the red-robed monster remained silent, staring fiercely at Lin Jue.

"That's quite a show of backbone." Lin Jue waved his hand, signaling Bi Zheng to increase his strength.

The red-robed ghost's body instantly ripped apart like a sausage bound by a thin rope, the sound of bones breaking echoing continuously. Black blood seeped from his seven orifices, making him look extremely ferocious.

"Hahahaha! You are afraid, you are scared. You destroyed Father's two shrines. You are afraid that you will die in agony after Father descends!" Even though his eyeballs were almost bulging out from being squeezed, the red-robed ghost still did not reveal any information. Instead, he laughed wildly and mocked Lin Jue.

“I have never known what fear is, because I am going to kill the father you speak of, and I am doing this only to know myself and my enemy.”

Lin Jue shook his head, and his words made the red-robed ghost's laughter stop abruptly. The ghost looked at Lin Jue in disbelief. In his mind, his father was a god-like being, supreme and unparalleled. Now, a human insect was saying that he wanted to kill his father.
Although this human was very strong, he was still no match for his father.

"Heh." The red-robed ghost sneered: "Ants are ants after all. Even if you are the king of ants, do you dare to dream of defying Father? Father's power is beyond the imagination of you insects."

Lin Jue gave a noncommittal "oh," and then asked, "If your so-called father is so powerful, why doesn't he show up? Does he just watch his followers disappear one by one?"

"What right does someone have to be called a father if they can't even protect their own child?"

"Could it be that the so-called father has no physical form now? Could it be that he couldn't stay in the thick fog any longer and came outside to play tricks?"

He added a bit of information he knew to his words, using irony to provoke the red-robed ghost in front of him.

"What are you doing?" The red-robed ghost was furious and about to retort when he suddenly realized something and sneered, "Trying to provoke me into revealing information?"

"You're not smart when you should be, but you're quick-witted when you shouldn't be." Lin Jue sighed with a hint of regret, holding a pencil sharpener and gesturing at the body of the red-robed ghost. "I was thinking that if you knew what was good for you, I could show you how I deal with your father, but it's a pity."

The pencil sharpener fell with his words, and the pitiful screams of the red-robed ghost echoed through the tunnel until it finally died five minutes later, becoming nourishment for the pencil sharpener. After dealing with the red-robed ghost, Lin Jue glanced at the bus, leaving Xiao Ming behind, and headed deeper into the tunnel.

Aside from being a bit dilapidated, there was nothing else strange about the tunnel. Eventually, he found the driver hiding in a pile of rocks. The driver looked at him with fear. He had just heard a strange scream and knew exactly what had happened.

Lin Jue tried to get some information out of this guy, but the guy was completely clueless.

So he simply had Bi Zheng capture the driver, take him out of the tunnel, and then dump him far away. Now, the outside world was shrouded in mist, and an exposed living person was a deadly temptation to the monsters in the mist.

After confirming that there was nothing unusual inside the tunnel, Lin Jue returned to the car. The elderly people in the car were startled when they heard the noise and screamed, covering their heads.

"Grandpas and grandmas, it's me." Lin Jue quickly spoke up to reassure the passengers: "Those monsters are all dead."

Hearing this, the group of elderly men and women timidly raised their heads. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was Lin Jue. One of the older women mustered up her courage and asked, "Young man, what did you mean when you said that all the strange creatures are dead?"

"Literal meaning." Lin Jue pried the car door back open.

The bolder ones would secretly peer out the window.

Amidst the billowing fog, the charred corpses could still be vaguely seen.

"vomit!"

Those who witnessed this scene immediately gagged. The bizarre appearance was already frightening enough, but now, twisted and distorted by flames, it was even more gruesome, making their stomachs churn with acid.

Lin Jue sat down on his own, wondering how long it would take for the fog to clear. If it was going to be tomorrow, he could see if the flesh-and-blood room would appear in the tunnel after midnight.

An old man cautiously approached Lin Jue at this moment: "Young man, are you from the Inspection Department?"

This is the same old man who talked about the cat-faced girl at the train station. After figuring out that Lin Jue killed the group of strange creatures, the old man's attitude changed 180 degrees, and his tone became much more respectful.

"I guess you could say that," Lin Jue nodded. He was now a minister in name only.

Upon hearing his words, joy appeared on everyone's faces. Having an investigator in the fog would greatly increase their chances of survival.

"By the way, everyone, does anyone know how to drive a bus? After the fog clears, we'll continue towards Xinzhou." Lin Jue turned to look at the back of the bus.

“I know how!” The old man telling the story raised his hand: “I used to drive a big truck, and people called me the Takumi Fujiwara of the National Highway.”

"I remember clearly the number of times I braked with my right foot."

"Third gear ignition, launch control!"

Lin Jue felt something was off: "Wait a minute, sir, if I may ask, did you get your driver's license at an arcade?" (End of Chapter)