Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

He has been studying at NTU for almost a year and has experienced water outages before, but they usually give him a heads-up the night before. However, today's outage was particularly sudden.

Normally, he would think it was just an accident.

But with the content of the premonition, a guess emerged in my mind.

The problem originates in the water pipes or tank.

He turned on his phone and immediately called Jiang Liu:

"Drip... drip..."

"Hey? What's wrong? Don't tell me you want me to go to work at 8 a.m. in your place."

Jiang Liu's voice came from the other end of the microphone, along with some strange clattering and knocking sounds.

"Senior Sister Jiang, what are you doing?" Chen Shi was taken aback.

"What else could I be doing? I'm working overtime. Tell me quickly if you need something."

……

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Liu, wearing a black tight-fitting vest and long boots, held the phone in one hand and a small knife in the other, stabbing to the side.

In an instant, a vaguely outlined evil spirit was pinned to the wall by her single hand.

"Spirit crossing? The spirit hasn't formed a cage yet. Speak quickly, or the signal will be lost once the spirit cage is formed."

She sighed. She had originally planned to rest and get some beauty sleep today, but at five o'clock in the morning she was suddenly woken up by the cawing of crows, who said that a dangerous evil spirit had appeared in the suburbs of Nanhai City and that she needed to deal with it.

However, Chen Shi's words on the other end of the phone sent a chill down her spine.

"Senior Sister Jiang, the suspicious person we mentioned before is probably still on campus!"

"Of all times!?"

Jiang Liu frowned; the timing was too coincidental.

Just then, the evil spirit on the wall suddenly let out a shriek, and the surrounding environment changed drastically in an instant.

"The cage is here."

Jiang Liu immediately hung up the phone and sent a few messages before the Ling Cage was fully generated.

Chapter 12 Suspicious Targets

"Drip... drip..."

The atmosphere of Nanjing University campus remained the same, but a gloomy feeling settled over Chen Shi's heart.

He tried to call Jiang Liu again, but the line was busy.

"Jiang Liu said she was ferrying souls... and of all times?"

Chen Shi frowned, sensing something amiss.

It was such a coincidence that Jiang Liu was less busy and more deliberately sent away.

Before the call went dead, Jiang Liu made one last phone call:

"Chen Shi, find a suspicious target and follow him, but don't reveal yourself. I can't get away; I'll send someone to help you. Until then... *sizzle*..."

But halfway through his sentence, only static remained.

Clearly, Jiang Liu has entered the Spirit Cage.

However, at least the meaning was clear: he wanted to find suspicious people to follow and stall for time until reinforcements arrived.

But can we really afford to drag this out?

Chen Shi took out the envelope, and every word on it sent chills down his spine.

[Nanhai City University: Massive student poisoning deaths]

Never mind, let's find our target first.

He strode forward and sent a message to Su Yining:

"Senior, do you know where the school's water supply building is located?"

Su Yining replied almost instantly, as if she were glued to her phone all day long:

"Nanjing University's water supply room? It should be built in the underground equipment room, which is the logistics area next to the underground parking garage."

"Okay, let's meet in the underground parking garage."

Chen Shi ran to the basement without stopping.

The sudden water outage, coupled with the foreshadowing of widespread deaths, makes everything make sense if the killer intended to target the school's water supply.

Upon arriving at his destination, Chen Shi looked around and indeed saw three people walking towards the water supply room. Two of them were plumbers in work clothes, while the other was dressed in casual clothes, a gray T-shirt and trousers.

"There are three people? The last one looks familiar."

Chen Shi was very vigilant. He found a heavy pillar, hid behind it, and observed the situation quietly.

It is still uncertain whether the murderer is hiding among the three people, and we must not alert them.

He hid behind a pillar, keeping a close eye on the three men. He saw the plumber in front using a lock to open a door, another plumber behind him carrying a toolbox, and the man in casual clothes following silently behind.

That figure looked more and more familiar the more I looked at it...

"The water pipe was working perfectly fine, how did it suddenly burst?" the old man in the lead muttered.

"I don't know, weren't the water pipes at Nanjing University just repaired a week ago?"

Another middle-aged man shook his head and turned to ask:

"Teacher Wu, when was the last time you had your water pipes serviced? Why are they bursting so frequently lately?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi's pupils widened instantly, and he finally recognized the man in plain clothes.

Wu Hui, Teacher Wu.

It was their club's teacher, the same teacher who, a few days ago, asked the senior to call him to the swimming pool to move things.

"I'm not too sure either. You'd have to ask the previous logistics department. I only recently took over logistics and that's when this happened."

Upon closer inspection, although Wu Hui was smiling, his face was stiff, with dark circles under his eyes and even a dark spot on his forehead, making him look like he hadn't slept well, or perhaps he hadn't slept at all.

Overall, his mental state was extremely poor, completely different from how he usually appeared on campus.

Just as Chen Shi was intently watching the "enemy's" movements, someone suddenly poked his right shoulder.

When I turned around, there was no one there.

Turning back, Su Yining's delicate face was already in front of her.

"Senior? You scared me..."

Chen Shi said that, but he wasn't scared at all.

However, if a girl pokes your right shoulder and then appears on your left, it's either because she wants to surprise you with flowers when you turn around, or she's just playing around and trying to scare you.

Su Yining's hands were now empty; she clearly just wanted to scare him.

Given that, he could only be frightened.

"Hehe, sorry, I haven't had anyone to chat with for three years, so I suddenly wanted to give it a try."

Su Yining covered her mouth and chuckled. She was still wearing a transparent sun-protective shirt and a tight vest, revealing her slender waist. Her shorts only reached mid-thigh, showing off her long, fair legs. The white stockings on her calves had been replaced with black stockings.

Before he could even admire the hot senior's beauty, Chen Shi winked at someone ahead and lowered his voice, saying:

"Senior, the person we're looking for might be among those people ahead."

"Hmm...Eh? Is that Teacher Wu Hui?" Su Yining recognized him at a glance.

"Senior, you know Professor Wu too?"

"Of course, you don't know how many years I've been at the school. Teacher Wu Hui was a new teacher who came to our school two years ago, right? I was already a ghost back then."

"I'm a freshman this academic year... You're saying that Ms. Wu joined the faculty two years ago?"

Chen Shi was startled, and a terrible thought came to mind.

The man who died at the swimming pool also died two years ago. And the story about going to the swimming pool to move things was told by Teacher Wu…

No way?

"Should I just walk up and see what they're doing?"

After thinking for a moment, Su Yining decided to take advantage of her being a ghost.

However, Chen Shi immediately objected:

"No, if the other party is really the person we are looking for, then they are breeding evil spirits and must have the ability to see ghosts like me and Jiang Liu. Senior, you will be seen."

We must not rush things now; we should wait and see how things develop.

That's what I originally thought...

Ahead, the iron gate of the water supply room was opened.

Almost simultaneously, Wu Hui's expression changed drastically, turning cold and menacing as he threw the tool bag in his hand to the ground.

"Oh!"

The bag hit the ground with a soft sound, but in the empty parking lot, the sound was quite frightening.

"Teacher Wu? What's wrong? You can't even hold the box?" The uncle was startled.

"Teacher Wu?" The old man at the front also turned around in surprise.

Wu Hui didn't say anything, but simply took out a tuning fork from his pocket and flicked it lightly.

"Ding--"

The tuning fork was struck, and a low, muffled hum pierced the eardrum.

The next second, the old man's eyes rolled back, his eyes were bloodshot, and he collapsed straight to the ground.

"Old Wang? What's wrong with you?!" the uncle exclaimed in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Hui shook the tuning fork again:

"Ding--"

In an instant, the uncle's eyes rolled back and he collapsed vertically to the ground.

Chen Shi witnessed the whole thing and was shocked:

"It's a magical artifact! Sure enough, the murderer is Teacher Wu."

"Those people...are dead? No, they're unconscious."

Su Yining became serious and, together with Chen Shi, peeked out from behind the pillar, one above the other.

"Where is the person Jiang Liu mentioned? Why hasn't he arrived yet..." Chen Shi said anxiously.

If Wu Hui were to make his move in the water supply room, the consequences would certainly be as foretold in the prophecy.

Should we go straight up? But that magical artifact seems to be able to affect a person's mind.

While he was still struggling with his decision, Wu Hui had already entered the water supply room.

"Buzz-"

At that critical moment, my phone suddenly vibrated twice.

Chen Shi looked at it and saw that it was from an unknown sender:

"Where is he? Location?"

Are these reinforcements Jiang Liu called in? Didn't they even bother to verify their identities? That's highly suspicious...

Chen Shi was very calm. Under the circumstances, he was suspicious of everyone. He asked Chen Shi to reveal his location without any proof of his identity. This is how people without vigilance in movies die.

Seeing that he didn't reply, the other party sent another message:

“Hey junior, I’ve arrived at school. Send me your location.”

Chen Shi immediately sent the location.