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Chapter 116 Source
"Ghost, ghost! Aaaaaaah!"

A piercing scream rang out, and Chang Wenshan scrambled to escape to the other side.

Unexpectedly,

at this time.

Suddenly, a ghostly hand grabbed his clothes.

That hand was so dry it seemed devoid of flesh and blood, yet at this moment it gripped his body like an iron block, preventing Chang Wenshan from escaping even an inch.

"Please, please, I'm innocent! Please, have mercy on me!"

The owner of the arm made no response; with a slight pull, he dragged Chang Wenshan back to his side—but just as he was resigned to his death, a chilling sword light flashed across the sky—

Chang Wenshan closed his eyes tightly, but after waiting for three or four seconds, he did not feel any severe pain in his body.

He cautiously opened his eyes and finally saw clearly what the owner of the ghost hand looked like.

—Traveling around.

“Mr. Zhou, you, no, this is…”

Seeing the panic in his eyes, Zhou You realized something and casually swung the Broken Evil.

Although its true form was not yet revealed, the sword light alone, imbued with the power to ward off evil, was enough to cleave through this illusion.

Where the longsword swept across, the hospital scenery melted away rapidly, revealing the steel bars and concrete underneath.

Similarly, it also allowed Chang Wenshan to see the true state of things before him.

—There's no such thing as a ghost hand.

What was holding him was just an ordinary arm, not particularly strong, but it looked exceptionally sturdy.

Before Chang Wenshan could speak, Zhou You explained directly.

"Be very careful in this place. Luckily, I reacted quickly and grabbed you, otherwise you would have been in trouble."

Something happened?

Chang Wenshan followed Zhou You's gaze to the side and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Right beside him, where he had just tried to dodge, a protruding steel bar was gleaming in a pit. If he had taken another step in that direction, his calf would have been pierced right through.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Zhou. Was that some kind of ghostly trick just now?"

"I guess so?"

"perhaps?"

Chang Wenshan looked completely astonished.

Zhou You shook his head, offering no further explanation.

The ghostly face from earlier was the same as the one in the security room—a jumble of yin energy and resentment mixed together. And whether it was due to excessive depletion or some other reason, it was even weaker than before. Forget about severing evil, even a bloodstained dagger might be able to easily kill it.

Its greatest ability is nothing more than creating illusions and scaring people.

Moreover, judging from the situation, this guy didn't seem to have much killing intent; he just wanted to make Zhou You and his companion get injured and back down.

At that very moment, that same voice rang in my ears again.

"Stay away, we're not waiting for you. Stay away, don't hold us back."

The sound was ethereal and unreal, as if it were about to dissipate with the wind.

Zhou You lowered his head.

There was no doubt that the sound came from below, but for some reason, the sound always gave Zhou You a strange feeling.

It seemed as if the other person was trapped in a closed space, to the point that even their speech carried a somber tone.

Zhou You remained silent for a while, then called out to Chang Wenshan and walked deeper into the hospital.
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After that ghostly figure suddenly appeared in their face, they encountered no further danger. According to the hospital's signs, the morgue was on the second basement level—however, according to Chang Wenshan, there was no second basement level at all on this construction site; only the bottom level was used as a parking lot.

So Zhou You could only go to the place and take a look first.

Before long, the two arrived at a corner underground.

From the hospital's perspective, this place is an empty elevator shaft, the dark opening of which seems to be devouring people, but after wielding the evil-slaying sword, only a drill hole appears before them.

With the help of the flashlight, the bottom of the cave was clearly visible, about seven or eight meters below the ground. However, there seemed to be a pipe inside the cave, but due to the angle of view, it was impossible to see where it led.

Chang Wenshan looked completely bewildered.

"When I came here before, there wasn't such a big pit, and it wasn't mentioned in the construction plan either. Where did it come from?"

Unfortunately, no one could answer his question.

After studying the cave for a long time, Zhou You still couldn't find any clues. But at least he could feel that the yin energy in the cave was much thicker than in other places, and the repeated rejections from before were becoming clearer and clearer.

—In any case, at least we came to the right place.

Zhou You shrugged, deciding to go in and take a look himself. But just as he was about to turn over and go in, he was suddenly stopped by a panicked voice.

"Mr. Zhou, where are you planning to go?"

"Isn't it obvious? Of course we should go down and take a look."

"Uh... what about me?"

—You can stay here. Once I go inside, the vengeful ghost will naturally stop attacking you.

Looking at the helpless young man, Zhou You ultimately didn't say those words. He just sighed, then found a stick nearby and drew a circle at Chang Wenshan's feet.

"Mr. Zhou, what are you doing?"

Have you ever read Journey to the West?

"Seen."

"This is the golden circle that the monkey drew for Tang Sanzang." The person put aside the wooden stick and said seriously. "As long as you don't leave this circle, that ghost can't do anything to you—by the way, you wouldn't be foolish enough to go out like Tang Sanzang, would you?"

Seeing Chang Wenshan nod blankly in agreement, Zhou You took a deep breath, braced himself against the edge of the cave, and jumped down.

The seven or eight meters were covered in the blink of an eye. If it were an ordinary person, jumping from that height would at least break a few bones, if not cause serious injury. However, Zhou You's feet barely touched the wall before he landed on the ground as lightly as a feather.

This wasn't due to the blessing of the Jing Shen Food Song, but rather some lightness techniques he learned from the Xuan Yuan Daoist.

Unfortunately, the time we spent together was too short, and I only learned the basics.

After arriving at the bottom of the cave, Zhou You looked around and, seeing nothing else, dusted himself off, turned on his flashlight, and walked into the pipe by the light.

The pipeline is not long, only about thirty meters long. At the end, there is only a stone chamber with a thick layer of cement on the ground. There are also a few construction machines next to it, which looks like it is being used as a temporary warehouse.

But whose construction warehouse would be hidden so well?
Zhou You looked around.

The yin energy in this temporary warehouse had solidified to the point of being tangible; one could even feel a chilling aura seeping into one's bones with every breath—undoubtedly the source of the haunting.

Moreover, Zhou You could also sense that the other party was spying on him from within this yin energy.

Then, he flicked his longsword and suddenly laughed.

"I'm saying, you've been hiding for so long, shouldn't you come out and meet us?"

No one answered, but just seconds later, the yin energy suddenly surged.

A pale face emerged from it.

But it wasn't the quality inspector Zhou You was thinking of.

Instead, it was the face of a woman who was about seventeen or eighteen years old.

(End of this chapter)