Chapter 133

The ‘black covered’ ghost covered with asphalt disappeared from the public toilets. Xiao Li crouched down and pulled up Qian Zixuan sitting on the ground. “Are you okay?”

Qian Zixuan hadn’t come to her senses from the scene of the fierce ghost in red fighting against the asphalt monster. She reached out and pointed to the place where the fierce ghost in red had been and stammered, “Just now, this…?”

Xiao Li explained, “I brought in a helper. It’s fine. That’s why I believe you since I can see these things.”

A human was always more credible than a ghost, not to mention that Xiao Li was the type of young man who looked good. At the disappearance of the asphalt ghost, Qian Zixuan’s mood soon stabilized. She stood up straight and covered her face like she was seizing a life-saving straw. “Thank you, thank you.”

The rest of the reincarnators circled around and came in through the door of the public toilets.

Only Shen Chenzhi was standing in front of the window. He lowered his head and rubbed the hands that had touched the young man’s waist. Xiao Li’s waist was flexible and powerful. He felt it very well which made him think that if he tried harder, he would leave fingerprints on Xiao Li’s waist. Thus, he had subconsciously lightened his strength.

However, he was still a bit too thin. Shen Chenzhi could circle him with one hand. He would have to eat more. These were Shen Chenzhi’s thoughts.

On the other hand, Qian Zixuan in the public toilets was surprised by the number of reincarnators. “Host, this is…?”

Xiao Li made up a life experience for the reincarnators without blinking. “We are hosts of a late-night spiritual radio show. We are also members of the Hell Society. Since our physiques are special and filled with yin, we often see evil spirits. That’s why our organization’s motto is a ‘pure and white man conducts himself with integrity will definitely go against ghosts.’

Kudo, “???”

This motto was too poisonous! It was too forced but no one could care about the motto of the spiritual organization! Although the details determined success or failure, wasn’t this too detailed!

“Yes, is that so?” Qian Zixuan reluctantly forced herself to accept this setting. After all, the appearance of the red ghost wasn’t false and Xiao Li had appeared to save her. “Still, how can there be foreigners?”

Xiao Li spoke in English. “We are an international organization and foreigners have a special understanding of the subduing method.”

Alice drew a cross on her chest.

Qian Zixuan bowed her bow. “I-I see…”

Kudo, “……”

She really believed it! This sister might’ve been scared silly but she should have a high IQ if she could participate in a confidential project!

Xiao Li named each of the reincarnators and led her out of the public toilets.

Qian Zixuan lowered her head. Among the strange reincarnators, Xiao Li was closest to her. “Hercule, where are we going?”

Xiao Li thought for a moment. “We’ll find a hotel for you to let you rest first. We just got off work and have to sleep for a bit. However, before that, we have a few questions for you.”

Qian Zixuan’s spirit seemed to be on the verge of collapse. She hadn’t slept for a long time and felt that her brain had turned to paste. She had lost the ability to think. “What do you want to ask?”

Xiao Li asked, “How did you know about our radio’s phone number?”

Qian Zixuan replied, “I was visiting a website when an ad jumped out. I saw it was for a spiritual radio station and no one in reality believed what I said, so I wanted to call your hotline to talk about…”

Was it an instance of tricks?

Xiao Li asked the next question, “Where do you work?”

Qian Zixuan muttered, “I-I can’t say…”

“Why?” This time, it wasn’t Xiao Li who was talking but Kudo who had been listening to them. “You are like this now and a ghost is going to kill you. What can’t you say? The first time you encountered the ghost was at work. We suspect that the ghost is related to the place where you work. If we don’t resolve it, the ghost will probably haunt you all the time.”

Qian Zixuan tightly bit her lip. She had come out in a hurry and hadn’t done any makeup. Her hair was dishevelled, her eyes glazed and her cheeks were sunken. “Sorry, let me think about it. I can’t think at all right now. I’m sorry…”

Kudo could only say, “It’s fine. You have a good rest. We’ll talk later.”

They found a place very close to the radio office building. The hotel size wasn’t large and it was a common quick hotel. The ID cards were strictly checked and combined with Xie Zeqing handing over some money, the manager opened several rooms for them.

Qian Zixuan stayed in a room by herself. Before she went in, Will was worried that the task would fail because they hadn’t resolved her secret. He took out a stack of exorcism paper from his pocket and gave it to the other person, which was better than nothing.

Qian Zixuan held the stack of exorcism paper. She couldn’t understand the meaning of these charms but it didn’t prevent a warm and safe feeling from rising in her heart. She smiled gratefully at Will, took the door card and entered the hotel room. She stuck the paper on the door and in front of the bed like the other person had told her. She really needed a good night’s sleep.

The rest of the reincarnators were the same. It was almost dawn and everyone was struggling to hold on. They split apart into rooms and went to bed.

Xiao Li was the last one to enter the room. Before he entered the room, Shen Chenzhi grabbed his hand and dragged him back. He quickly reached out for a hug before releasing his hand. It was a touch that could hardly be called a hug.

Shen Chenzhi’s eyes were shining in the soft light of the hotel corridor. He looked cold and indifferent. His eyes didn’t pay attention to anything but at his time, he looked at the other person like Xiao Li was the most precious treasure in the world. He said, “Let me hug you.”

Once he had the first physical contact, he would go further with a second and third one. The root of inferiority didn’t only exist in humans. Even high-dimensional gods weren’t immune. No one knew that in this short moment, Shen Chenzhi wanted to rub himself into the other person’s blood.

Shen Chenzhi was too close and Xiao Li could smell the scent of ice and snow from him. His eyes narrowed as he recalled the past. “You—”

Who was he in the end?

Shen Chenzhi foresaw what Xiao Li wanted to say but he obviously didn’t want to answer the question at this time. Thus, his lips curved and he avoiding it by asking lightly, “Do you want me to go in and sleep with you?”

Xiao Li, “…”

Accompany him my ass.

Before he closed the door, Shen Chenzhi stood in the corridor and mouthed to Xiao Li: Good night.

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Wu Gong’s house.

Based on the address he reported, it was a new style community. It was located in the city centre and the location wasn’t remote. It was surrounded by 24 hour convenience stores, bars and other buildings. The neon lights were so bright that they compared with the moonlight above their heads.

Xie Zeqing successfully used money to persuade the security guard and registered Wu Gong’s house number. Then he and the rest of the reincarnators mixed into the community.

Shen Chenzhi didn’t go in with them. He looked around the area and bent over to whisper in Xiao Li’s ear. “I want to buy something. You go in first.”

Xiao Li looked at the young man’s back and found he entered a convenience store. Xie Zeqing pointed to Shen Chenzhi’s back. “What is he doing? Is he buying something?”

Xiao Li shook his head hesitantly. “I don’t know. Let’s go ahead and talk first.”

Xie Zeqing shrugged and didn’t take back his inquiring eyes until the convenience store left his view.

This area was surrounded by a sleepless city but once inside, there weren’t many residents with lights on. People could perceive the dark and gloomy atmosphere. The greenery of the community was very good. All types of flowers and plants were in full bloom. There were still raindrops from last night on it. There were stray leaves and flowers on the ground.

The reincarnators pushed open the safety door and walked up to the third floor to Wu Gong’s place. The footsteps of the group were instinctively very light because they were afraid to attract the attention of ghosts. Xiao Li stood at Wu Gong’s door and knocked.

Chu He’s body was tense. If something went wrong, he was ready to jump into the safety stairs and run outside. Wu Gong seemed to have been waiting for them. The sound of footsteps was quickly heard and the door opened.

Warm yellow light poured into the room. Wu Gong was an ordinary looking man around 30 years old. He was a bit fat and full of sweat. “Yes… are you the host?”

Xiao Li replied, “Yes, we are the hosts of the spiritual radio station. We are also members of the Hell Society.”

Wu Gong didn’t care what Xiao Li was saying. After experiencing the extreme horror of ghosts, he was happy enough seeing humans. He had no time to consider if the other side was lying and hurriedly opened the door. “Come in. Hosts, you haven’t encountered… that hand?”

He wore a scarf that firmly covered his neck.

Kudo looked at the other person’s neck inquisitively. “We didn’t encounter it. Mr Wu, are you very cold?”

Wu Gong touched the scarf around his neck. “This… ah, no. I’m afraid the hand will appear to strangle my neck. I can buy more time with the scarf.”

Zheng Yi temporarily abandoned the shadow that the first phone call had brought to me. He comforted Wu Gong, “It’s fine, there is Hercule.”

He had blind faith in Xiao Li. At this point, he was staring at Xie Zeqing to imply ‘Sherlock is more reliable than Moriarty.’

Xie Zeqing didn’t understand Zheng Yi’s meaning and added, “Yes, there is Hercule and there won’t be any problems.”

Moriarty was still very reliable.

Xiao Li looked behind Wu Gong. This house was very big. There were three rooms and one hallway. It was decorated in a pretty manner and the walls were painted white. There was the fresh smell of oranges in the air.

Xiao Li mused for a moment before asking, “Where is that video?”

“Oh, here.” Once the video was mentioned, Wu Gong shook all over. He led Xiao Li and the others to the computer where the video of ‘him’ was standing in front of the door.

Wu Gong explained. “I don’t dare touch him. I just touch him every five minutes to let him take two steps. I found that this can delay the time of the hands appearing…”

Kudo frowned. “You mean, you died again in the time we can over?”

Wu Gong’s face was bitter. “Yes, during the time when you didn’t come, I have been circling the living room. As a result, the hand reached for my head again. I blinked and the video returned to the original. I don’t know how many times I died in the vide and I don’t dare to face the screen anymore…”

Xiao Li sat on the chair in front of the computer. Xie Zeqing’s hand pressed on Xiao Li’s shoulder and he wanted to say something but Xiao Li just glanced at him.

Xiao Li said, “Then I’ll try it.”

Just as he put his hand on the mouse, there was the sound of footsteps from the door. Shen Chenzhi came over and placed a carton of milk in front of the computer screen. “Drink something to nourish your stomach.”

Xiao Li, “…”

He reached out and touched the outside of the carton, which was still warm.

On one side, Xie Zeqing made an unbearable expression. What were these two men doing? Still thinking about drinking at this time? Don’t talk about lovers, he couldn’t do this to his parents?

Shen Chenzhi was actually very content. He didn’t care about other people’s eyes. After putting down the milk, he stood aside and looked at Xiao Li playing the game. Yes, playing the game.

The video on Wu Gong’s computer was closer o a mini-game. Players can manipulate the area on the computer screen by clicking on the mouse to manipulate the little man who resembled Wu Gong but he couldn’t give more detailed instructions.

Xiao Li first pointed to the bedroom. The person on the screen walked into the bedroom from the living room. Then Xiao Li opened the wardrobe and let the person open it one by one. After finding nothing, he pointed to the toilet.

Kudo looked for a moment before asking, “Hercule, what are you doing?”

“Um? Exploring.”

He clicked on the toilet and the little person on the screen raised the toilet lid and looked into the toilet.

Kudo muttered, “I don’t think the hand would be hiding in the toilet…”

Wu Gong saw this and pointed to the time in the lower right corner. “I… I can’t stay in the room for long or that hand will strangle me…”

He pointed out the essence. This was originally a scary escape game. Wu Gong went out and died once. He hid in the room and died once. It was just that in Xiao Li’s hand, he didn’t know why but it felt like an excellent operation show.

Xiao Li stated, “There seems to be nothing in the room. Then go out and take a look.”

According to Wu Gong’s experience, he couldn’t go down the stairs. Xiao Li clicked the bedroom window. On the computer video, the little man pushed the window open and stuck out his head. Xiao Li clicked on the air conditioning box next to the window, the window edge and the sewer pipe. The small man followed the directions of the mouse click and slowly descended to the ground.

Wu Gong’s expression was complicated. He looked at this little man quivering and reaching out with his toes for the next house’s window edge. Then he muttered, “I… I’m not physically strong enough. I can’t do it.”

The moment she spoke, the little man’s arms weakened and he fell from the height of the second floor.

Wu Gong, “……”

Xiao Li tried to click on the lawn. The little man stood up. He seemed to be in pain from the fall but he could still walk. He only stumbled a bit.

Xiao Li stated, “You fell from the second floor but didn’t die. Fortunately, you can walk.”

Wu Gong subconsciously touched the place where he fell in the video.

Xiao Li then manipulated the little person to go outside the community. The little person walked firmly on the road of the community, surrounded by trees. It was just like when the reincarnators entered.

At first, it was smooth. Then once the little man reached the door of the community, Xiao Li found that the lights in the security room had gone out and the security guard had disappeared. The little man gradually approached the security room. The security room was dark and it was impossible to tell if someone was inside or not.

The moment the little person passed the security room, there was a white twisted hand that emerged from inside, grabbing the edge of the window! Xiao Li increased the intensity of the mouse clicks, manipulating the small person to avoid the attacks of the hand.

Wu Gong who was distressed by his old waist, “……”

He seemed to hear the sound of his waist twisting, making him touch his waist. The little man stumbled as he ran forward. The hand behind him was as Wu Gong described. It was like rubber mud that kept following the little man.

Xiao Li ran to the road. This road had no pedestrians and the lights of the convenience store were also turned off. It was as if the whole world in the video only contained this little person. He steered the little man to the trees on the side of the street, walking around a tree trunk three times while bending to avoid the hand reaching for his neck.

This led to the hand twisting around the trunk three times…

The owner of the hand seemed angry. It suddenly stretched out half a metre, making it impossible for the little man to escape by winding around a tree. Xiao Li could only manipulate him to continue running forward.

This time, the little man was running a lot faster than before. The hand took some time to unwind from the tree trunk, giving the little man a chance to breathe.

Wu Gong had never left the community in the game. He stared with big eyes, watching every move on the screen. Soon, the little man came to a crossroads. In front of him, the pedestrian lights turned red. Then the little man stopped running and waited on the side of the road.

Wu Gong couldn’t help asking, “Why aren’t you running? That hand is coming.”

Xiao Li placed the mouse on the opposite red light signal and spoke incredulously, “You want me to run a red light?”

Kudo, “……”

So law-abiding when playing an escape game? Wasn’t he usually clever?

“I-I-It’s coming already!” Wu Gong nervously pointed to the computer screen. The hand over there had reach out half its fingernails—

At this time, the light opposite the small person was still red. Xiao Li controlled the little man to turn and run to the left green signal light. He had just run across the road when the original signal light turned green and the light here turned red.

In their eyes, the hand didn’t obey the traffic light restrictions and stretched out to the little man on the other side of the street.

Xiao Li seemed quite surprised. “Running a red light, this isn’t good.”

Everyone, “………??”

Why so strict? What was the point of being strict with ghosts?!