Unknown Intrusion

Chapter 124 The True Taoist

Now is not the time to meddle; we already have enough troubles of our own, and a safe house is the primary objective.

His past life experiences taught him that, often, self-preservation is the way to survive.

Su Yu slowly retreated, trying to find another way.

But the intermittent sobs, like tiny hooks, caught my heartstrings.

If you choose to turn a blind eye...

The regrets and helplessness of my past life flashed through my mind, and a strange sense of restlessness and resentment welled up in my heart.

Having been given a second chance at life, would he still choose to ignore the evil and misfortune before him, just like before?

If I didn't have the power, that would be one thing, but now I do.

"Damn it..." Su Yu cursed under his breath, not at others, but at his own damned "compassion".

He gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and looked around the corner.

The dim streetlights cast a faint glow, illuminating a small area of ​​residential buildings along the street. On one of the small buildings, a hunched and twisted dark figure could be seen.

The dark figure seemed to be formed from thick black smoke, its outline blurred and indistinct, only a human shape vaguely visible. Its movements were stiff and slow, each step accompanied by a "rustling" sound, as if it were dragging something invisible, and a chilling aura emanated from it.

Su Yu remained still, took out a badge, a trophy he had obtained on the island last time, and pinned it to his chest. The badge immediately emitted wisps of white mist, seemingly concealing his body.

Suddenly, the shadowy figure sensed something was wrong and tilted its gaze, but it seemed to see nothing at all.

"Let's see what's going on."

Su Yu was not a human supremacist. Although he recognized the sobbing as the voice of a little girl, he still had to take a look.

If the grievance has a clear cause and the debtor has a clear cause, then naturally we won't interfere.

Su Yu hates nothing more than "humanists" who are purely driven by a stance. It's one thing to seek revenge, but when someone declares that ghosts are causing trouble and that everyone, good or evil, should be killed, it's really just a matter of "you lowly commoners are not allowed to resist even if you starve to death."

Not to mention the extreme belief that "all ghosts can be killed." If you really believed this, if your father died, would you immediately kill his soul?

Because it is no longer human.

Or, if he dies, he will immediately order his disciples to destroy his soul.

This is what a "true Taoist" is; otherwise, it's just "double standards."

Turn it over to one side, and you can actually see people vaguely through the cracks in the door and windows, but the evil spirit cannot enter. This is because the house forms a whole and provides protection. However, judging from the evil spirit's persistent appearance, even with the house's protection, it will eventually wear it down.

It's a house in a slum after all.

Looking through the crack, I could see candlelight inside.

A little girl in tattered clothes was curled up on the bed in the corner, her hands covering her mouth, her body trembling, and tears silently streaming down her face.

"Huh? Zhao Xi, number 17 in the Bath district?"

Su Yu's pupils contracted sharply. The little girl Zhao Xi, whom he had saved during the exorcism at No. 13 Garden Street at dusk, was her.

Why is it her again?
It's understandable that she returned home from the police station a few hours later, but could it be that this child has some special constitution that makes her so susceptible to attracting unclean things?
Even more amazingly, after a few hours of stealth, I just happened to run into her!
Is it a trap?

No, impossible. My own route was temporary; who could have guessed it?
The thought flashed through her mind in an instant. A shapeless hand made of black mist slowly rose and began knocking on the doors and windows. Inside, the little girl was frozen in fear, unable to even cry out, her eyes filled with extreme terror.

"kill"

Su Yu was about to kill him without further hesitation, but suddenly, a new idea came to him.

[Strike the Undead] The pale white light that had appeared out of nowhere was reduced to only one-fifth of its original size, and with a "poof," it shot up.

The shadowy figure was struck, and a piece of it was instantly gone. It let out a sharp, piercing, inhuman howl, filled with rage and resentment.

The evil spirit's target instantly shifted from the little girl to Su Yu. Although he couldn't see her features clearly, Su Yu could clearly feel a chilling malice trying to lock onto him.

The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, and even breathing produced a white mist.

Without hesitation, Su Yu turned and ran. As he moved, the badge continued to emit wisps of mist, trying to conceal his body.

Although it wasn't completely locked on, the shadowy figure turned and pounced without hesitation.

Inside the room, the little girl Zhao Xi seemed to sense something and was stunned by the sudden change. A faint light flashed in her eyes. As if waking from a dream, she scrambled to her feet and looked through the crack in the door. She could only see a dark figure and Su Yu's back—right under the streetlight.

Su Yu then ran wildly toward his original goal—Cai Jiang's safe house.

He could feel that even though the badge was constantly emitting wisps of white mist to obscure him, the chilling aura behind him was still like a leech, relentlessly pursuing him, and the sharp howl seemed to be right next to his ear.

"It's just psychological interference. It hasn't completely locked onto me yet, otherwise it would have moved to my side long ago."

The night wind whistled in his ears, and the cobblestone path beneath his feet was uneven. He almost fell several times. His memories from his previous life came in handy at this moment. Although he was not familiar with the terrain of this area, he remembered the general path and some obstacles that could be used.

He would sometimes leap up the low wall, sometimes squeeze through narrow gaps, but the evil spirit seemed to ignore the physical obstacles. Several times Su Yu felt the cold breath almost touching the back of his neck, and could even smell the increasingly strong stench of decay.

"Almost there, almost there..." Su Yu thought to himself. The safe house was in an abandoned warehouse area not far ahead.

It was more remote and more chaotic there.

Finally, he rushed into a darker area filled with all sorts of waste.

According to memory, the safe house was located underground in one of the inconspicuous warehouses.

After wandering around for a while, he finally found the inconspicuous iron gate he remembered. The gate was covered in rust and looked like an ordinary entrance to an abandoned warehouse.

However, Su Yu didn't go through the main door. Instead, he went to a window and quickly pulled out a wire from his pocket. This was one of the key pieces of information about safe houses from his memories of his previous life.

There's a trap at the main gate, so you can't go in. It's safer to go in through the window.

The chilling aura behind him grew closer and closer; he could even hear the rustling sound of dragging things echoing not far behind him.

With a "click," the window opened.

He opened the window, slipped inside, and then closed the window again.

After finishing all this, Su Yu leaned against the wall, panting. The howling and crashing sounds outside could be faintly heard, but they seemed to be mostly blocked by Fang Su.

“This is it”

Su Yu looked around the so-called safe house. Behind the door was a staircase leading down. The air was a bit stuffy, but it wasn't as damp and cold as outside. Instead, it was a bit dry, and there was even... a faint smell of tobacco and the lingering aroma of coffee.
There really was someone there?

Su Yu waited a moment, then let the badge emit wisps of white mist that enveloped him. With the double isolation of the house, the originally suffocatingly cold aura gradually lost its ability to hold him back.

Once he felt completely relaxed and was sure the lock had been released, Su Yu didn't immediately get off. Instead, he opened the window with a "snap".

With the window open, a chilly atmosphere carrying a thick fog rushed in, but even so, there seemed to be a significant obstacle.

However, the chilling aura that had already entered seemed unaware of Su Yu, who was no longer stimulating it. The effect was exactly the same as on Myron Island. This badge was indeed excellent. I wonder how many more times it can be used?
Su Yu walked down the steps, her steps extremely light.

The moment came when the thief was lured into the house.

(End of this chapter)