Jiang Ning stood alone in place.
The blood moon in the sky cast a red glow.
Even in the daytime, the moonlight didn’t diminish much; the darkness and eeriness were no less than at night.
Lu Lu came out of the outpatient building and hurriedly passed a drifting shadow, until that shadow called out to her.
“Lu Lu, where are you going?”
The voice was familiar and gentle, almost making Lu Lu turn around immediately.
But how could Brother be in an outpatient building full of ghosts?
It must be a trap set for me by some hallucination-type ghost.
She dared not look back. She took a difficult step forward, then shrank back.
That voice was too similar. Whether it was the tone, intonation, or the inadvertent little pauses, it was exactly the same as in her memory.
Why is it so similar? So similar that even knowing it’s fake, I can’t help but crave that familiar flavor from my memory.
Lu He looked at Lu Lu’s frail back, his heart aching. “Lu Lu, don’t be afraid. It’s Brother.”
Lu Lu’s throat instantly went dry.
How is that possible?
Brother is already dead. If he weren’t dead, how could he not come back to find me for a year?
Lu Lu’s hands hanging by her sides gradually clenched into fists.
She opened her mouth to say something, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jiang Ning walking over.
Jiang Ning walked around the laboratory building, found nothing good, and came out.
There was nothing left there except Lu He. But if Lu He left here, he would almost die too.
Seeing the two standing there, Jiang Ning found it strange. “You’re standing here; do you want to be eaten?”
Lu He was already dead and couldn’t be eaten. Lu Lu was still alive.
Jiang Ning had no intention of protecting the two. If they wanted to survive, they would naturally find a way.
Lu Lu was speechless, her attention entirely focused on the word “you” (plural).
The “person” behind me isn’t a ghost?
She turned around and saw the familiar face. Except for the tattered clothes, there was no difference from before. But the semi-transparent soul body indicated that the other party was not human.
It was 7:30 in the morning. Another scream came from the direction of the dormitory building.
The System, eating melon seeds, tilted its head in confusion: [ That sounded like Jiang Shu’s voice just now. ]
Jiang Ning nodded. “Someone came to save him.”
Fu Zhao was in a sorry state right now. He was an A-rank Awakened and originally didn’t take this newly born Urban Legend seriously, thinking he could just take Jiang Shu out.
Unexpectedly, before even leaving the dormitory building, he was attacked by several ghosts together.
Jiang Shu, who was useless, screamed in fright, attracting several ghosts who hadn’t noticed them initially.
Fu Zhao had to hide with Jiang Shu first, whispering, “Be quiet.”
His face was full of impatience.
If this weren’t Xiao Yu’s brother, he wouldn’t want to care about this trash.
Being yelled at, Jiang Shu gradually calmed down. He wasn’t particularly timid to begin with; it was just that everything happening lately was overwhelming his nerves.
Now barely calm, he whispered, “Brother-in-law, when can we get out?”
How would Fu Zhao know? He didn’t even know why this Urban Legend was so much stronger than ordinary newborn ones, even reaching the standard of a C-rank Urban Legend.
“Wait a bit longer.”
Fu Zhao asked, “You’ve been here for two days. Have you found the rules of this Urban Legend?”
Jiang Shu mentioned a few that everyone knew, hesitated, and added, “There’s a ghost called Dr. Jiang in this Urban Legend. She’s currently the strongest and likes to toy with people.”
Jiang Shu felt his current state was ninety percent thanks to Dr. Jiang!
Fu Zhao arrived late and hadn’t seen Dr. Jiang. Hearing this, he frowned but didn’t take Jiang Shu’s words to heart.
There were usually a few top ghosts in an Urban Legend, and the strength difference between them wasn’t significant.
Jiang Shu’s thinking that Dr. Jiang was the strongest was probably because he hadn’t seen other equally strong ones.
“I know,” he said perfunctorily.
Jiang Shu nodded. With Fu Zhao by his side, he felt much safer and could slowly compose his emotions.
Fu Zhao: “Let’s find clues to this Urban Legend first.”
Currently, the Special Abnormalities Administration knows two ways to leave an Urban Legend.
One was to find clues to leave, that is, to open the “Door” to exit the Urban Legend. The location of this door was generally hidden, and a key was required. The door would close within one minute after opening. You could leave alone or take teammates with you.
The second was to wait for the Urban Legend to release people itself. According to research by the Special Abnormalities Administration, some Urban Legends would automatically release surviving people after a certain period.
But Fu Zhao didn’t know if this Urban Legend would automatically release people, so he could only take the initiative to find clues to leave.
Bai Qianqiu was making breakfast in the kitchen, couldn’t help sneezing, and tried hard to ignore the gazes and drool of the ghosts behind her.
Drip, drip, drip…
Damn, this drool.
Bai Qianqiu finally couldn’t help turning around. “Can you stay further away? Dr. Jiang’s breakfast is going to stink because of you.”
Of course, it wouldn’t stink; Bai Qianqiu dared not give Jiang Ning a bad breakfast. This was just an exaggeration.
Fortunately, after this sentence, the ghosts finally left.
Bai Qianqiu breathed a sigh of relief, realizing Dr. Jiang’s terror once again.
The more human-like the ghost, the more savage!
Even its own kind avoids it like the plague!
Bai Qianqiu fried an egg, thought for a moment, opened the refrigerator, ignored the foul-smelling, strange meat at the bottom, and took out a pomelo, an orange, and a mango, planning to make a glass of juice.
Even if Dr. Jiang didn’t eat, they had to eat. The three of them hadn’t eaten for a day and a night.
When picking up the mango, something fell from it with a crisp sound.
Bai Qianqiu bent down to pick it up and found it was a black ring-shaped stone. She hesitated, didn’t put the stone back, but placed it on Jiang Ning’s breakfast as decoration.
The black ring-shaped stone looked unexpectedly nice on the white dinner plate.
Bai Qianqiu carefully walked toward the outpatient building carrying the breakfast.
Seeing Bai Qianqiu, Fu Zhao felt strange. “What’s going on with that person?”
Isn’t it forbidden to leave the dormitory building before the designated time?
The dormitory auntie is still guarding the door covetously.
Jiang Shu: “That Bai Qianqiu, she defected to the ghosts!”
“Bai Qianqiu?”
Thinking Fu Zhao didn’t know who Bai Qianqiu was, Jiang Shu explained, “She’s from City A’s Special Abnormalities Administration.”
Of course, Fu Zhao knew Bai Qianqiu. He was confused about how Bai Qianqiu could defect to the ghosts.
And ghosts wouldn’t accept human defection at all. Wouldn’t it be better to just eat them?
Bai Qianqiu indeed didn’t intend to defect to Jiang Ning, but she didn’t want to do anything else either.
Can’t fight, can’t lie flat, what else can I do? Just maintain the status quo and pray things don’t develop in a worse direction.
In this one Urban Legend, she had suffered too many shocks. She even doubted whether she should continue staying in the Special Abnormalities Administration.
Bai Qianqiu knocked on Jiang Ning’s door. “Dr. Jiang, breakfast is ready.”
Jiang Ning looked up, let Bai Qianqiu in, and her gaze lingered on the black ring-shaped stone for a moment.
The black stone is the key to this dungeon.
Just now, the System was complaining to Jiang Ning.
Unexpectedly, Bai Qianqiu brought it over by sheer accident.
The System laughed secretly: [ Ningning, that Fu Zhao is going to be furious this time. ]