Chapter 1168 – Doubtful Points
As the pools of blood spread, a pale, terrified corpse emerged before Lin Qiye’s eyes.
Corpses, which were not living things, could be recorded by Black Pupil’s [Secret Peeper].
When all the people inside the mansion were slaughtered, the three-fingered footprint walked out the door and circled around the house, seemingly looking for something.
Finally, it spotted Li Jianbai, who had collapsed by the gutter, and instantly chopped his neck, and the next moment Li Jianbai’s corpse was outlined in front of Lin Qiye’s eyes.
After doing all of this, the footprint sank slightly and never moved again.
Lin Qiye frowned and looked up at the sky.
That monster possessed the ability to fly, and once it ascended into the sky, it wouldn’t leave any traces behind, so even Black Pupil couldn’t track its whereabouts.
Lin Qiye sighed and sent Black Hitomi back to the hospital, the current scene once again resuming before his eyes.
”How’s it going?” Baili Chubby and the others saw Lin Qiye open his eyes and opened his mouth to ask.
”It’s not a human, it’s a kind of ‘mystery’ with three-fingered feet and the ability to fly, it flew from the sky, and after killing someone, it similarly flew away, I can’t track it.” Lin Qiye said truthfully.
”‘Mysterious’?”
Hearing those two words, Shi Wenxuan’s brows furrowed.
”What’s the problem?” Lin Qiye asked.
After pondering for a moment, Shi Wenxuan still sighed and said, “Truth be told, our city of Linjiang, has not had a ‘mystery’ in nearly four years ……”
”Four years?” An Qingyu was surprised, “How is this possible? The descent of ‘Mysterious’ is related to the density of people, even the remote Anta County has a ‘Mysterious’ invasion once a year, Linjiang City is a second-tier city, how can there be no ‘Mysterious ‘?”
”I don’t know.” Shi Wenxuan laughed bitterly, “I’ve been here as a night watchman for more than three years now, and it’s true that I haven’t even seen a single ‘Mysterious’ shadow.
Sometimes I wonder to myself, since ‘Mysteries’ don’t appear in this city, what’s the point of us Night Watchmen existing, I’ve already applied to my superiors to be transferred out of here several times, but the higher-ups have always told me to stay, just in case.”
”Is this what Commander Zuo said, something fishy about Linjiang City?” Lin Qiye pondered, “Not having a ‘mysterious’ appear for four years is indeed suspicious.”
Four years ……
This time, why is it so familiar?
Lin Qiye’s recalled last night when he was at the Cold Mountain Orphanage, he heard the children mention the fire, which also seemed to be four years ago?
Was it a coincidence? Or was it ……
”So what now?” Jiang’er asked as she floated in the air, “I only know that the one who exterminated the Li Clan’s entire family was a flying ‘mystery’, but how do we find it?”
”Right now, carpet searching is the only way.” Cao Yuan spoke up, “That ‘Mystery’ was the one that slaughtered the Li Clan’s manor last night, it shouldn’t have left Linjiang City yet, and with Seven Nights’ spiritual perception, as well as Qingyu’s rat tide, it’s only a matter of time before we find it.”
”Since that’s the case, let’s also split up to look for it and see if there are any other clues.”
After discussing this, several people split up to look for the whereabouts of the “Mystery” in Linjiang City. An Qingyu was about to leave to spread the “Fish Seed” when she realized that Lin Qiye was still standing in the same spot, staring blankly.
”What are you thinking about?” An Qingyu walked up.
Lin Qiye looked at the ditch where Li Jianbai’s body was and pondered for a moment:
”I think …… this incident might not be as simple as a ‘mysterious’ invasion.”
”Why?”
”Because, that ‘mysterious’ is looking for him.” Lin Qiye extended his hand and pointed at the gutter.
”Li Jianbai?” An Qingyu froze, “What do you mean?”
”After that ‘mysterious’ descended from the sky, it killed everyone in the mansion, and after that it didn’t leave immediately, but instead circled around the mansion like it was looking for something ……
It waited until it found Li Jianbai and killed him before flying away from the scene.
In other words, Li Jianbai was its target from the beginning?
But that doesn’t make sense. If it was just a random ‘mystery’, why did it have to find Li Jianbai and kill him? Looking deeper, why did this ‘Mystery’ have to land in Li’s manor to go on a killing spree instead of somewhere else?”
Lin Qiye’s words directly caused An Qingyu’s brows to furrow.
”Are you saying …… that there’s someone else behind this ‘mysterious’? His target was originally Li Jianbai with this Li Manor?”
”There is this possibility.” Lin Qiye pondered for a moment.
”Anyway, you first set up a rat tide in Linjiang City and try to search for that ‘mystery’, I’m going out.”
”Where are you going?”
”Cold Mountain Orphanage.”
Cold Mountain Orphanage.
Creak-!
The old iron door was slowly pushed open, and a teenager wearing a blue and white school uniform, carrying a school bag, walked in through the door.
The rain was heavy, so heavy that the sky and earth were foggy, but the teenager didn’t hold an umbrella, the rain dripped down the tips of his black hair onto his soaked school uniform, but his expression didn’t change in the slightest, his deep eyes were as calm as an abyss.
He walked across the courtyard and stood in front of Old Man Liu’s office, the water droplets fell along his clothes on the gray-black ground and quickly condensed into a water stain.
At this moment, Old Man Liu, was sitting at the table with his back to him, looking at the five bank cards on the table in a daze.
”Grandpa Liu.” The teenager suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
In the dimly lit office, Old Man Liu looked like he was startled and jerked his head back.
When he saw the wet Wu Quan in the doorway, he immediately stood up and hurriedly walked towards him, “Xiao Quan? Why are you drenched like this? Didn’t I put an umbrella in your school bag this morning?”
Old man Liu quickly helped him take off his soaked school uniform jacket for fear of him catching a cold, while Wu Quan didn’t seem to care about this at all, he just quietly looked into old man Liu’s eyes, and
”Grandpa Liu, we don’t need to move, the Li Group has disappeared, and no one will come to our door to cause trouble in the future.
We can always live here peacefully and wait for brother Qingzhu to come back ……
Never separate.”
”Disappeared?” Old man Liu was stunned, then nodded, “I knew in the morning, we won’t move away.”
Hearing these words, Wu Quan’s expression finally relaxed a little, his gaze fell on the five bank cards on the table.
”Where did these cards come from?”
”Oh, they were given by your brother Qingzhu’s comrades before they left.”
”Them?” Wu Quan froze, the faces of Lin Qiye and the others appearing in his mind, “What did they give these for?”
”…… don’t know.”
Old Man Liu sighed.
In the dimly lit office, the silence was only the sound of rain hitting the window, after a long time, old man Liu still murmured and opened his mouth:
”Shen kid …… won t have any accidents, right?”
Wu Quan’s eyes snapped shut.
Click-!!!
A hideous thunderbolt sliced across the sky in an instant.
”Impossible!!!” Wu Quan subconsciously took half a step back, those silent black eyes surfaced with unprecedented emotional fluctuations, “Brother Qingzhu will be fine …… He will be fine!”