Unconventional blind dates

Chapter 152 The Story of Shanghai (Part 2)

"Old Lu, are you asleep?"

"Going to sleep."

"Can someone talk while asleep?"

"Then what did you ask?"

Lu Li, who was lying in the living room, rolled his eyes.

He couldn't understand why Pan Shuai, who was also a martial arts expert at the Qi Integration Realm, was so afraid.

Let's leave aside the intangible and formless curses and ghosts.

But he's also afraid of living dead with physical forms?

Moreover, these martial artists possess abundant qi and blood, so ordinary ghosts dare not approach them.

"No, Lao Lu, didn't you hear that?"

Indeed, apart from the howling wind outside that sounded like a whistle, the house wasn't exactly quiet either.

Needless to say, there was the sound of marbles rolling on the ground, along with a constant, inexplicable clattering sound.

And it's everywhere.

If this were a comic, there would probably be characters representing sounds floating around.

"Damn it!"

Pan Shuai sat bolt upright. "What's going on here?! Can't a person get any sleep?! Lao Lu, say something!"

Lu Li sat up, even yawning, "What do you want me to say?"

Pan Shuai couldn't sit still any longer. He got up, turned on the light, and said, "Aren't you going to do anything about this? What's going on here?"

"It's simple, there are things moving in the walls, ceiling, and floor." Lu Li looked sleepy. "Just ignore them, and I don't think you guys want to know anyway, otherwise you'd be the ones who really can't sleep."

Pan Shuai swallowed hard.

To be honest, he was genuinely flustered for a moment. "Old Lu, what do you know? The more you only say half of what you mean, the more people will wonder, right?"

"Alright, since you want to know."

Lu Li stood up and walked to the wall separating the inner room from the inner room. "After I came here, I noticed that this wall is a bit thick."

He punched the wall and shattered it, then turned around and said, "Come and see what you want to see."

Their commotion made the other three who were pretending to be asleep unable to continue.

So the group of people came over.

"Old Lu, what exactly is inside the wall?"

Lu Li smiled slightly and made way for him.

"Holy crap?!"

Pan Shuai was startled.

The face that appeared inside the wall was He Ran's face!

A bluish-brown, mummified face!

Blood and tears streamed down its face, and its two dark, hollow eyes stared intently at the living people in front of it.

Pan Shuai shuddered. "So those seven missing people were all built into the wall?"

"Fake."

Hearing Lu Li's words, Pan Shuai and the other three breathed a sigh of relief.

"The people in front of them were also inside the wall, probably four or five hundred in total."

Lu Li pointed to the area where the bedding was laid out, "There's one right under your spot. When you were sleeping on your side, your face was almost touching itss."

"Stop talking." Pan Shuai got goosebumps all over.

Then it suddenly dawned on him, "That's not right!"

Lu Li raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

"Old Lu, you said there's something moving inside the wall, doesn't that mean...?"

"That's right, these guys can move." Lu Li gave a thumbs-up and pointed to the hole in the wall behind him. "But you're not scared of these things, are you?"

These things are indeed quite impressive to ordinary people.

But what use are these living dead to martial artists of their caliber?

He can easily take them down with a single punch.

"It's normal for people to be afraid of these things, after all, the impressions left by the TV dramas and movies we watched as children are too deep." Pan Shuai scratched his head. "Old Lu, how about we move out tomorrow?"

"Oh? It's not a big problem, but I thought you thought this place was nice." Lu Li shrugged. "Apart from this Western-style building, the rest of the area is much worse off."

Fang Yuebai didn't quite understand. "That's not right, Brother Li. I was chatting with the lady next door during the day."

"You said it yourself, it's daytime." Lu Li said meaningfully, "It's nighttime here now, and Shanghai at night is different from Shanghai during the day."

Pan Shuai seemed thoughtful. "Old Lu, did you see something outside?"

Not only did I see them, I also killed a bunch of them. Lu Li's tone was nonchalant, "It's nothing, just human heads, balloons, and monsters and stuff like that."

"..." Pan Shuai was stunned for a moment, then jumped three feet high, "Isn't that very serious?! What kind of world is this?!"

He squatted on the ground, holding his head in his hands. "I was thinking of pawning a watch or something. I've read that's what people do when they travel back to the Republican era in novels."

"That won't affect anything. You can still pawn your watch tomorrow. Just don't go out at night. To be honest, I'm also curious why Shanghai is like this at night. Hmm?"

Lu Li suddenly turned his head to look at the gate.

Pan Shuai and the other three followed his gaze and looked over. "Old Lu, what's wrong?"

He had barely finished speaking when there was a knock on the door.

Knock knock knock—

Lu Li was about to go open the door.

"Wait a moment!"

Pan Shuai stopped Lu Li with a serious expression. "Old Lu, have you ever heard of a ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night?"

He hadn't originally thought of it that way.

But Lu Li already described what he encountered outside, which means that ghosts do exist.

In addition, there are these living dead.

It seems like we shouldn't have opened the door now.

"A ghost knocks twice on the door; you don't even pay attention when reading a novel."

Lu Li shook off his hand and went to open the door.

A female student from the Republican era stood outside, with a thick braid hanging down her side.

She was also wearing a straw hat.

Lu Li's lips curled up slightly. "A-Chan, it's been a long time."

The image of the man in front of her was reflected in Li Tingchan's beautiful eyes outside the door.

Her vision gradually blurred.

"Master, I miss you so much."

Ten minutes later—

"So you're Lao Lu's apprentice?"

Li Tingchan nodded. "Who are you all?"

Although she was speaking to everyone, her gaze kept shifting between Lu Li and Fang Yuebai's faces.

"They are all my very good friends." Lu Li then pointed to Fang Yuebai, "They are my childhood sweethearts who I grew up with."

"Childhood sweethearts?" Li Tingchan pursed her lips.

Lu Li quickly changed the subject, "By the way, A-Chan, how did you find my way here?"

Although this is Li Tingchan from a hundred years ago, Lu Li is extremely familiar with her from a hundred years later.

After all, Lu Li didn't even know the location of the mole on her buttock.

Because her pert buttocks were fair and tender, and there were no moles on them.

"Master?" Li Tingchan felt uncomfortable under his gaze.

"It's nothing," Lu Li said, recovering. "Let's get back to the question from earlier. A-Chan, how long have you been awake? And how did you find your way here?"

"I've been awake for six months now."

Li Tingchan had indeed forgotten about her master's earlier behavior.

Although she did want to be a rebellious disciple, her master was still her master, and he wouldn't look at her like that.

"Tonight I went out to slay demons as usual, but I smelled my master's scent, so I followed the scent here."

What a clever little devil! And her nose is so sensitive!

Lu Li gained a new understanding of Li Tingchan.

Moreover, he remembered that this girl was able to find him a hundred years later. It would be too much of a coincidence to say that she just happened to find her neighbor and kill him.

But now he was more concerned about something else: "Slaying demons and monsters? What's different about this era? Why are there so many demons and monsters outside at night?"

Li Tingchan thought for a moment and replied, "Master, you once said that monsters and evil spirits arise in chaotic times. It is precisely because the people are suffering that demons and monsters appear."

"If humanity loses its understanding of demons and monsters, then demons and monsters will cease to exist."

She looked at Lu Li, "Master, did you kill all those monsters on Nanjing Road?"

Lu Li nodded. "Hmm, what's the problem?"

"No problem." Li Tingchan covered her mouth and chuckled softly. Sure enough, her master was still the same master who would take her along on chivalrous deeds, punish evil, and vanquish demons. "It's just that after tomorrow, Master might see a lot of interesting news in the newspaper."

"Interesting news?"

It's past midnight today.

Taking into account the news lag of this era, "tomorrow" actually refers to "the day after tomorrow".

But there's something he doesn't quite understand.

"I killed a monster, and it ended up on the daytime news?"

Lu Li was confused. "Could it be that those monsters are related to the capitalists and compradors in human society?"

Just like in "Yu Yu Hakusho", many yokai have partnerships with wealthy people.

"No~" It was a rare opportunity to show off in front of her master, and Li Tingchan's nose almost reached the sky. "Those demons are all reflections of the minds of humans during the day."

Lu Li suddenly realized, "So after I killed those monsters, those humans also died during the day?"

That's murder.

And they killed hundreds of people.

Strangely, Lu Li's heart remained completely unmoved.

"No, not exactly." Li Tingchan blinked. "They will become 'good people,' they will become 'good people' who go against their own hearts."

Lu Li understood. "That's truly terrifying."

It's like the subconscious has been altered.

They will do things they hate, but subconsciously believe that those are the things they want to do.

Is this still them?

Lu Li shrugged. That was none of his business.

Li Tingchan added, "Also, those monsters are actually part of them, so over time, they are destined to become weak and sickly, and they will die within a few years."

"uh-huh."

Lu Li said he didn't care, "Those things aren't important, but why did it happen like this?"

"Because a monster has infiltrated from overseas." Li Tingchan's expression immediately turned cold at the mention of the monster. "A monster from that island nation in the east has infiltrated the land of China. All these things are caused by it. It wants to rebuild a demon kingdom on the land of China."

"."

This is a rather sensitive topic.

Lu Li asked, "Can we find it?"

Li Tingchan shook her head. "It's difficult. Anyway, I've chased it all the way from Beijing to Shanghai. It should be here, but I can't sense exactly where. Master, you know my abilities, right? I can only vaguely sense a huge evil in Shanghai, but I can't pinpoint its exact location. And..."

She pursed her lips. "This city is full of heinous criminals, which also helps to cover up that aura."

"I see."

Lu Li clicked his tongue. "Then you can stay here with us for now. You can help me out."

He pointed to Pan Shuai and the others, who were completely bewildered, and said, "They're terrified of what's inside the wall. Ah Chan, could you help them deal with it, and also see if you can find out who did it?"

"Okay, Master!"

Li Tingchan stood up, beaming with joy, drew her longsword, and walked to the wall that Lu Li had punched through.

She tilted her head and examined the mummy with a ferocious expression, then plunged her sword into the mummy's left eye socket and twisted it forcefully.

The next moment, the dried corpse let out a miserable scream.

At the same time, ear-piercing screams echoed from the walls, ceilings, and floors of the mansion.

The screams lasted for a full minute before gradually subsiding.

After that, black pus and blood began to seep out from the cracks in the walls, ceiling, and floor.

The foul-smelling pus and blood covered the entire Western-style building, and Fang Yuebai and the other three subconsciously frowned and covered their noses.

"It seems this place is truly uninhabitable."

Lu Li sighed.

It wasn't that he was stingy with money.

Anyway, it was Xing Tian who offered it as a tribute.

All he wants to know now is where he can stay.

After all, the villas around this house weren't very safe at night either—for Pan Shuai and his group.

Ok?

Xingtian?

Lu Li had an idea.

"I know a place to stay, but I need to find someone first."

Lu Li raised his arm and glanced at his watch.

It is 2:43 a.m.

"Let's go find him."

"Achoo! Achoo!"

Xing Tian sneezed twice in a row.

Then he looked around with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

He breathed a sigh of relief after a while, not seeing Lu Li appear.

I hope it's not Lu Li talking about me.

Turning back, he glanced at Acheng, who was surrounded by three women, and remained aloof, observing without joining in the fun.

To be in such a dangerous place as the mission world and still be talking about love... they really don't know how to spell "death".

Moreover, although the man and three women seemed to be living in harmony, there was no shortage of intrigue and backstabbing.

Xing Tian had already seen A-Cheng's omen of death shining in the sky.

Moreover, after provoking Lu Li, he actually thought about taking revenge?

This kid's life is hanging by a thread; he's basically beyond saving.

But first, we need to survive tonight.

They are currently taking temporary shelter in an abandoned villa.

Xing Tian leaned closer to the window and looked down.

Every now and then, a group of balloons with human heads connected to ribs floated by in mid-air.

A flash of lightning occasionally illuminated the rainy night through the thick clouds.

Above the clouds, a huge figure seemed to flash by.

Xing Tian dared not look any longer and had no choice but to look away.

He has now entered a state of perfect harmony with nature, and his martial artist's keen senses are at their peak.

He always felt that something in the villa was watching him, but he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked.

I just hope it gets light soon.

After dawn, we'll leave this awful place and find a safe place with lots of people to rest and recuperate.

It's really strange; it seems like there's not a single living person in this city at night.

All the houses were dark at night.

But some strange noises can be heard coming from some of the houses.

And why is the rain still not stopping?

Could it be that Lu Li never turned off his ability?

He persisted for a really long time.

Lost in thought, Xing Tian didn't see that above his head, a humanoid creature was perched on the ceiling, its empty, dark eyes fixed on them.

(End of this chapter)