After confirming that backup had arrived and Xishan Cemetery was sealed off, Bai Yuling didn’t hesitate. She gave orders to the two colleagues beside her to follow her into Xishan Cemetery to search for the suspect, Liu Deli, who was suspected of being involved with a superhuman.
Seeing Bai Yuling’s actions, Yan Qi, who was being held in Shen An’an’s arms, quickly broke free, wanting to follow Bai Yuling into the cemetery.
Noticing the movement from Yan Qi and realizing she intended to follow them in, Bai Yuling stopped, turned around, and said to her very seriously,
“Xiao Qi, don’t come in with us. Stay here obediently with your Sister An’an, and don’t run off.”
“Ah, why can’t I go in with you?”
Hearing Bai Yuling’s words, Yan Qi looked up at her, puzzled.
Facing Yan Qi’s question, Bai Yuling quickly replied,
“Because you’re still too young. It’s not time for you to be involved in things like this yet.”
“You adults always use the same reason to stop me! I… sigh… Fine. Since Auntie Bai says so, I’ll follow your instructions and stay here obediently with Sister An’an.”
Hearing Bai Yuling’s reply, a spark of frustration flared up inside Yan Qi. But considering her words were true, Yan Qi didn’t say anything more and honestly stayed put. She just secretly had her clearly adult avatar, Si Yexing, follow the group into the cemetery.
Hearing Yan Qi’s answer, Bai Yuling, who had thought she would need to expend more effort to get her to stay put, couldn’t help but show a surprised expression.
However, she quickly controlled her expression, smiled, reached out, and patted Yan Qi’s head.
“Xiao Qi, you’re such a good, obedient child.”
After saying this, Bai Yuling didn’t linger. Soon, she entered Xishan Cemetery with her two colleagues and Si Yexing.
“It’s really cold.”
Rubbing his hands together and feeling the cold within the cemetery, the young Bureau member shivered as he spoke.
Hearing his colleague’s words, and also sensing the abnormal temperature inside the cemetery, the experienced Bureau member knew this was definitely not a good sign. He spoke to Bai Yuling, who was leading them.
“Chief, this place is unnaturally cold. Should we be extra cautious?”
Hearing her colleague’s question, and knowing full well there must be something strange about Xishan Cemetery, Bai Yuling quickly nodded and said,
“Yes, we should indeed be careful. If anything unexpected happens later, remember to call for help from your companions immediately, understood?”
“Understood, Chief.”
Just as Bai Yuling, her two colleagues, and Yan Qi’s avatar Si Yexing were moving step by step deeper into the cemetery while searching their surroundings…
A piercing, miserable scream suddenly came from a small house ahead, normally used by the groundskeeper, startling Bai Yuling’s group, who were slowly walking outside it.
“There’s someone in that house!”
After regaining his composure, the young Bureau member said to his colleague beside him.
“I know there’s someone in the house, so why are you just standing there?”
After saying this, the experienced Bureau member quickly caught up with Bai Yuling and Si Yexing, who were already half a step ahead, and rushed towards the small house.
Seeing his colleagues, superior, and their external support charging towards the nearby house, the young Bureau member immediately mustered all his effort and rushed towards the small house along with them.
“Is anyone there? Is someone injured?”
Kicking the door of the small house open and appearing at the doorway with her colleagues, Bai Yuling immediately shouted into the pitch-black interior, wanting to know if someone was hurt.
Hearing the sound from the doorway, a figure hiding in the darkness—its body constantly swelling and shrinking for some reason, like a balloon being played with—immediately turned its head towards the door and spoke with difficulty.
“Sa… save… me… I… have… so much… left… to do… I… don’t… want… to die… here…”
Hearing the intermittent pleas for help coming from the dark room, and knowing the darkness was unfavorable for rescue efforts, Bai Yuling quickly started searching for the light switch.
It didn’t take long for her to find what she was looking for and press it.
With a series of crackling electrical sounds from the switch and the light bulb socket, the previously pitch-black interior of the small house was instantly illuminated by the light bulb.
Immediately after, a pale, twisted, terrifying monster, resembling an abyssal fiend, appeared before them.
“Hmm?!”
Seeing the monster before her, Bai Yuling, as a superhuman who had been in the job for a long time, quickly recognized it as the twisted product of a failed superhuman transformation or advancement. Knowing these creations were very dangerous, she quickly shouted to the people behind her.
“Danger here! Everyone, move back!”
“No… don’t… go… Save… me… I… don’t want… to die…”
Seeing Bai Yuling preparing to lead her colleagues away from the dangerous house, the monster inside was not about to let her have her way.
The next second, the monster in the house got on all fours, supporting its twisted, swollen body, and then charged towards Bai Yuling and the others at a speed unimaginable for a normal person.
Seeing the monster rushing towards them at an astonishing speed, none of the people present were fools. They quickly followed Bai Yuling’s earlier order and retreated from the doorway at top speed, moving to a nearby area that was temporarily still safe.
“What exactly is that monster? An Abyssal Fiend? No… if it were an Abyssal Fiend, how could it talk?”
The young Bureau member, who had not long become a superhuman and was unaware that failed advancement could result in such twisted beings, stared at the doorway wrecked by the monster and muttered under his breath.