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Someone's dead!!

The sudden, piercing scream from outside the room made Li Heng frown. Although he was somewhat surprised by the content of the scream, he considered death to be a very common occurrence these days.

I picked up the bottled water from the bedside table and took a sip.

He then sat up on the bed and recalled the dream he had just had.

To be honest, since he started practicing meditation in his previous life, he has been sleeping less and dreaming very rarely.

Since coming into this world, I have never dreamed.

Now, he suddenly had a dream, which should be the life that the original owner of this body experienced from childhood to adulthood, because he could roughly recall and compare it from his memories. But it was a bit strange that it appeared so clearly in his dream and was presented to him.

Now that he has cultivated his powers, ordinary evil spirits and ghosts will avoid him.

If anything were to sneak in, not to mention whether it could escape his keen senses, just the fact that Jerry the mouse was there meant that it would be attacked the moment it entered the room.

He was quite certain that his dream wasn't influenced by any spirit or supernatural entity, but rather related to his conversation with his landlord, Chen Hai, during the day, where Chen Hai mentioned the original owner's parents, and his thought of paying respects to the original owner and his deceased parents.

As he carefully recalled the scenes in his dream, he remembered seeing the news that the original owner's parents had died from their injuries, while the three wealthy perpetrators had been successfully released on bail after only a few days in jail. He could feel a strange anger welling up from the depths of his body.

Even now, when he thinks back, he can still vaguely feel that anger, only it wasn't as intense as it was in his dream.

Li Heng now understood that it was the strong obsession left behind by the original owner!

The original owner must have desperately wanted to avenge his parents, but he lacked the ability to do so.

But Li Heng has it.

He had just remembered to pay respects to the original owner's parents yesterday, and then he had this dream last night. It can only be said that the original owner's obsession was very strong.

Li Heng was also willing to do this for the original owner, as a way of repaying the possession of the other's body.

I've figured out the reasons behind this.

Listening to the noise coming from outside.

Li Heng then got out of bed, put on his pajamas and robe, and prepared to go out to see what was going on.

"squeak!"

Little Jerry the mouse tried to catch up, but Li Heng stopped him at the door: "You stay here and watch the house."

"squeak..."

Little Jerry responded, then watched the door close before returning to the sofa.

I left the room.

Li Heng immediately saw several people gathered in front of room 302 in the corridor next door. They were all Asian, and they were all looking inside, their faces clearly showing fear.

Li Heng strode forward, walked to the door and looked inside. He saw a middle-aged Asian man hanging from the ceiling chandelier. His expression was distorted with fear, his face was bluish-purple, and his tongue was sticking out. He was clearly in a state of hanging and had been dead for some time.

"That guy on the fifth floor just hanged himself yesterday!"

"Now another one is dead!"

"What exactly is going on?"

"Could it be haunted?"

"I can't stay here anymore, I'm checking out in a bit..."

"This is the cheapest place in all of Flushing. Where will you stay if you move out?"

"Let's wait and see what the landlord says..."

Listening to the conversation of several elderly Asian men around him, Li Heng was about to go in and take a look when he saw his landlord, Chen Hai, walking up quickly.

"Who was shouting just now?"

"What's going on?"

As soon as Chen Hai arrived, he rushed over and asked, "What happened?"

"Boss, someone else has hanged themselves..." someone immediately said.

"Ah Heng..."

Chen Hai saw Li Heng and quickly asked, "What happened?"

Li Heng looked up and gestured towards the room.

Chen Hai strode to the front of the room, looked at the corpse hanging in the center of the room, and his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

"Ah Heng, come help me..."

He then said something and immediately went into the room, grabbing the body by the legs and trying to put it down. Li Heng quickly followed and helped to get the body down.

Put the body down.

Chen Hai immediately walked out of the room and looked at the people in the corridor, asking, "Who discovered it first?"

"It's me..."

A young Asian girl wearing black-rimmed glasses stood against the wall, her expression one of lingering fear. She whispered, "I live in room 301 next door. I just stepped out and saw this room door open, and then I saw the corpse hanging there..."

Chen Hai nodded, waved for the girl to follow, and walked to the window at the far end of the corridor before asking, "Did you hear anything last night?"

"last night..."

Upon hearing the sound, the girl with glasses immediately tried to recall, but quickly shook her head: "No, I didn't hear anything. I went to bed a long time ago, but I really didn't hear anything..."

Inside room 302.

Unlike the others who avoided it, Li Heng didn't go out. Instead, he stood in the room and sensed the distribution and flow of various elemental energy particles in the air. However, the dark elemental energy was basically the same as in the corridor outside and in his own room.

He then looked around the room but found nothing unusual.

The most unusual thing was that the corpse could be hung up there without any footholds.

Because the middle-aged man couldn't possibly hang himself, at least not that high.

The body was forcibly hung up...

Just as he was about to go check the restroom, Chen Hai quickly walked to the door and said, "Ah Heng, come out quickly, I've already called 911..."

Li Heng walked out of the room, and Chen Hai immediately closed the door.

At this moment, the old man who had previously said he wanted to check out looked at Chen Hai and said, "Boss, this place is too scary, I want to check out."

"no problem..."

Chen Hai nodded, his expression unchanged, and said, "Go downstairs in a bit, I'll give you a refund. The same goes for everyone else; you can get a refund anytime you want..."

Given the price and environment of his "Peaceful Hotel," there is no other hotel like it in the entire Flushing area, and it is never short of customers.

"Boss, did the tenant in room 504 commit suicide yesterday?" another tenant asked.

Chen Hai nodded: "Yes, this is the conclusion drawn from the 9/11 investigation..."

A short while later.

The tenants all dispersed and left.

Chen Hai looked at Li Heng and said, "Ah Heng, it's still early, you should go back to sleep too."

Li Heng nodded: "Uncle Chen, please call me if you need help."

"I will..." Chen Hai nodded.

Li Heng then turned around and went back to room 305.

"Bang!"

Close the door.

Li Heng's expression immediately turned serious. One incident yesterday morning, and another this morning. "Peaceful Hotel" is not peaceful. Uncle Chen's big hotel is obviously problematic. Either there are villains committing murders and faking hanging scenes, or there are evil spirits killing people.

Judging from Uncle Chen's expression earlier, he probably understood the situation better than he did.

That makes sense. The other party has lived here for so many years and is quite well-off. I reckon this isn't the first time they've encountered this type of situation.

Thinking of this.

Li Heng didn't think much of it, nor did he intend to reveal his identity or volunteer to help.

But after discovering that there was something wrong with the hotel, he stopped sleeping and went to bed to continue meditating and practicing as usual.

I meditated until noon.

After waking up, Li Heng made and ate lunch, then took Jerry the mouse and the still-sleeping Black Raven out the door.

Upon arriving at the apartment building entrance downstairs, I saw neither police nor police cars.

Li Heng then knocked on the landlord's sturdy steel door.

Who is it?

A moment later, a familiar, clear female voice came from inside the room.

"It's me..." Li Heng said.

Soon, the large steel door opened from the inside through a small window. Seeing him, Chen Chuxia was about to open the door, but Li Heng stopped her, saying, "No need to open the door. Where's Uncle Chen?"

Chen Chuxia: "My dad went out early this morning and hasn't come back yet."

Li Heng: "You know the tenant in room 302 hanged himself this morning, right?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Chuxia looked frightened and immediately nodded, saying, "I know, my dad told me. This morning we had to cancel a lot of guests' bookings because of this."

Li Heng: "I'm going out for a bit. Call me if you need anything, especially if you encounter any strange situations at home, understand?"

He listened attentively to Li Heng's words.

Chen Chuxia nodded immediately, even though she didn't quite understand what Li Hengge meant by the strange situation, and quickly said, "I'll remember, Hengge."

"Um..."

Li Heng nodded, then turned and walked out of the apartment. He bought some incense, paper money, and candles for the memorial service, as well as three portions of fruits, wine, and other offerings, from a store not far from the community that was run by people of Dongda University. He then drove towards the cemetery where the original owner's parents were located.

More than half an hour later.

Following the original owner's memories, Li Heng found the two adjacent tombstones of the original owner's parents in a huge cemetery park, among a dense cluster of tombstones.

Then, he simply piled up a small mound of earth and stones between the two tombstones, and then took out a framed family photo of the original owner and his parents, and placed it in front of the small mound in the center of the tombstones.

Then, he placed a portion of fruit, wine and water as offerings in front of the two tombstones and the photograph in the middle, and lit incense, paper money and candles on each.

Then, Li Heng stood before the three tombstones, bowed, offered a toast, and finally whispered, "I will avenge you two elders, so that you may rest in peace!"

Wait until the incense and paper money have burned to ashes.

The memorial service is complete.

Li Heng turned and left the cemetery.

Just as he said, he would avenge the original owner's parents and make those three scumbags who caused their death in the car accident receive the punishment they deserved and go to hell.

However, he won't do this so soon, as he's been quite busy lately. In ten days, he'll be receiving newly purchased firearms and ammunition, and in twenty days, he'll be joining Dorothy's team to carry out bounty missions while also guarding against the bounty hunt by the Black werewolf family.

Once the mission is complete, he should be able to relax and have time to investigate and seek revenge.

We walked all the way back to the "Peaceful Hotel" downstairs.

I saw five or six people standing in front of the landlord's large steel gate, all of them checking out. After they finished checking out...

Li Heng stepped forward and asked, "Early Summer, hasn't Uncle Chen returned yet?"

Chen Chuxia shook her head: "Not yet, but my dad called me earlier and said he won't be back until tomorrow. He also asked me to process check-outs for all the guests and tell them to come back in five days if they want to stay..."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng was immediately surprised: "Check out all the guests?"

Chen Chuxia nodded: "Yes, that's what my dad said. He said there will be a major investigation, and we must find the culprit!"

Li Heng: "Has this ever happened before?"

Chen Chuxia shook her head: "This is the first time I've encountered this, but my dad said it has happened before. By the way, Heng-ge, I'll make a note of it for you. Heng-ge, come and stay again in five days."

"I..."

Watching Chen Chuxia begin registering, Li Heng smiled and shook his head: "I don't need to. I'm skilled in martial arts, I'm not afraid of anyone. By the way, what about you? Where are you staying?"

Chen Chuxia: "My dad has already booked a hotel for me. I'll check in as soon as I finish checking out!" Then she immediately added, "Heng-ge, let me register you. Don't sleep here tonight. My dad said that killer is very fierce; it's too dangerous!"

Seeing Chen Chuxia's earnest and concerned expression, Li Heng was about to say it was nothing, but he changed his tone and nodded with a smile, "Then you can register. I'll move out later. By the way, Chuxia, are you still going to the party tomorrow?"

"Go away!"

Chen Chuxia nodded quickly and said, "I've already talked to my dad. It just so happens that there's a big hotel inspection going on. How about we meet at the entrance of the Rice Hotel at 7 PM tonight, Heng-ge?"

Li Heng nodded: "No problem, then you go to the hotel early, I'll go up first."

"See you tomorrow, Heng Ge!"

"See you tomorrow..."

It was 2 p.m., and the hallway was quiet, much quieter than usual.

Go up to the third floor.

The hallway is quieter now.

"squeak..."

Jerry the mouse jumped onto his owner's shoulder and looked around. Li Heng carefully sensed the concentration of elemental energy particles in the air. The proportion of dark element particles was slightly higher than usual, but it was still normal because there were fewer people around.

Because evil spirits are aggregates of dark elemental energy, the concentration of dark elemental energy is significantly higher in places where evil spirits appear than usual.

Open the door, close the door.

boom!

Just after the door to room 305 closed.

A shadow as black as ink disappeared from room 302 into the doorway opposite.

"squeak..."

Little Jerry the mouse immediately jumped onto the sofa and turned on the TV.

Li Heng took off his clothes and shoes, took out the raven Dahei, which was still fast asleep as if it had fallen into a deep sleep, and put it away. Then he took out his laptop.

As for the murderer hiding in the "Peace Hotel," it doesn't matter if it's a person, an evil spirit, or anything like that.

As long as they don't bother him, he has no interest in causing trouble for them.

But if anyone dares to come looking for trouble, then he shouldn't blame him for being ruthless!

Just as he logged onto the "New World" website, his phone suddenly vibrated. He answered, and Dorothy's sexy voice came through: "Honey, our captain is having a party on the 10th. The rest of the team will be there too. Why don't you come too? It'll be a good opportunity to meet and get to know each other..."

Li Heng: "OK, send me the address and time..."

I hung up the phone.

Li Heng browsed the website forums for a bit, then went back to bed to continue his meditation practice.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening.

The sky outside the window was dark.

The cold wind of early spring was howling.

In a dimly lit room.

on the sofa.

Jerry the mouse is curled up in the corner, fast asleep with his paws in the air.

Suddenly, Jerry woke up from his sleep, rolled over, jumped off the sofa, and quickly and quietly went to a spot not far from the door. He then crouched down in a fighting stance and stared intently at the door.

Not long after.

Suddenly, wisps of ink-black mist seeped in from the crack in the door, quickly enveloping the doorknob and slowly turning it open.

"squeak!"

After waiting for a long time, Jerry the mouse let out a sharp cry and flew forward like an arrow. He grabbed the black shadow that squeezed in through the crack in the door, his sharp teeth gleaming coldly, and bit down hard.