Chapter 16 You saw me...
As the hum of the engine faded away, four figures walked out of the old building nearby.
"How is it, is there any movement?"
The man turned off the engine and got out of the car. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette and passed it to another young man who was walking towards him. Then he took out a cigarette and took a sip, then took out his lighter and lit it.
He shook the lighter, threw it to the young man opposite him, held the cigarette and slowly exhaled a puff of thick smoke from his mouth.
"No, it should be dormant during the day."
The young man lit a cigarette, chuckled, and said to the three people around him: "This is Brother Liu. He has been killing ruins for three years. He is a veteran of the second echelon of our bureau. He once led a team to kill a D-level ruin beast. You are lucky."
The three people next to him were Zhao Yuan and his two companions who were taking part in the assessment. They were flattered when they heard what he said, and they immediately greeted him politely, “Hello, Brother Liu.”
Liu Feng flicked off his cigarette ash and said, "This time our target is an E-level Ruins Beast. You three will be the ones to hunt it. Our mission is just to keep you alive."
"As long as you don't panic and cooperate carefully, it won't be difficult to hunt down an E-level ruins beast."
"Yes, yes." Zhao Yuan and the other two hurriedly smiled.
Liu Feng glanced at the faint daylight obscured by the thick fog around him and said, "Then let's prepare for action. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back."
"okay."
The young man turned and got into the vehicle.
"Brother Zhao, you guys have to cheer up and be careful!" Qi Tianming stepped forward and seemed to have a good relationship with Zhao Yuan and the other two.
Zhao Yuan glanced at him and said with a smile: "It seems that you are almost there too. Watch carefully. I hope you will be successful next time."
Qi Tianming nodded.
"Who is this……"
Zhao Yuan noticed Xia Jingxiang and Xu Shen behind him, one a troublesome woman and the other a very strange one.
"This is a newcomer to the bureau. I heard that he mastered the opening and closing of the ruins in just two days. The bureau took special care of him and asked him to come here to observe." Qi Tianming turned his head to look at Xu Shen, then smiled at Zhao Yuan.
"His eyes opened and closed in just two days?" Zhao Yuan and the other two were stunned and looked at Xu Shen in surprise.
Soon, they calmed down. Zhao Yuan said to Qi Tianming, "You have to take care of him later. After all, this is your first time to see the ruins. Don't scream or shout. It would be bad if something goes wrong."
Qi Tianming knew what he meant, and fearing that it would disturb their assessment, he nodded and said, "I understand, Brother Zhao."
While several people were talking, the bucket on the top of the vehicle suddenly started to spin, and the young man got out of the vehicle holding an instrument the size of a brick, and looked around while checking it.
Liu Feng opened his eyes and looked around.
Suddenly, a scarlet light flashed inside the crystal tube at the edge of the instrument .
"over there."
The young man raised his head and looked at a place in front of him.
"Walk."
Liu Feng strode forward and said to Zhao Yuan and the other two, "With the amount of your Xu power, keep opening and closing it every 10 seconds. Once you enter the range of the Xu beast, you must maintain it at all times. I will remind you."
"Yes, Brother Liu."
Zhao Yuan and the other two became a little nervous.
Although there are two veteran team members leading the team, this assessment is mainly for them, so the process of hunting the ruins will depend on their performance score.
"Follow us and keep a distance of 10 meters." The young man turned around and said to Xu Shen and the other two.
Although there is thick fog and newcomers cannot see clearly beyond 10 meters, they can see vague outlines. When they really hunt with the beast, they will clear away the thick fog around them to avoid affecting their vision.
Xu Shen and the other two walked closer to each other and followed silently.
Xia Jingxiang looked at the quiet surroundings and secretly suppressed the urge to open her eyes. The uneasiness she felt when she was first involved in the incident with the beast quietly filled her heart.
However, thinking of the five months of training, she secretly clenched her fingers and told herself that today was different from the past...
At this time, everyone went deeper along the street, bypassed three buildings in front, and came to a dilapidated residential building.
This residential building has six floors and is very old. Some old clothes and underwear are drying on the balcony outside, and some people are drying bacon.
Outside the building, guide ropes are entangled, from house to house, wrapping around the small building , like prey waiting to die.
On weekdays, people living in fog travel by following the guide ropes and blind sticks at home.
Quiet and tranquil.
This small building looked normal, but the target of the instrument in the young man's hand, the light spot that was faintly flashing with the fluctuation of the spiritual force, was in the small building.
"On the fourth floor..."
The young man whispered.
Liu Feng nodded slightly and said, "Prepare to clear the fog."
"Yes." The young man put the instrument into his arms, squatted down and opened the black box in his hand. Inside was a sparkling purple-red crystal.
As the precision gears in the black box turned, some kind of kinetic energy seemed to be injected into the crystal. In an instant, a strong shock wave surged out, like a silent sound wave, spreading out in a semicircle.
In an instant, all the thick fog within hundreds of meters around the black box was pushed away and cleared.
The residential buildings emerged clearly as if emerging from the deep sea.
"Keep your eyes open at all times, draw your sword, and prepare to hunt!"
Liu Feng spoke coldly to Zhao Yuan and the other two.
Zhao Yuan and the other two felt a chill in their hearts, their heartbeats quickened, and they quickly opened their eyes.
"You too, can open your eyes now." The young man turned and said to Xu Shen and the other two.
Xia Jingxiang took a deep breath and quickly opened his eyes.
The same is true for Qi Tianming.
As the ruins opened, the two of them immediately saw a horrifying scene. The outside of the seemingly ordinary residential building was covered with dried blood spots!
The residents' clothes hanging on the balconies were stained with brown blood, and some of the dried bacon was crawling with small white fuzzy insects.
This small building is like a beast's lair!
Obviously, those things that cannot be seen by the naked eye are all contaminated by the power of Xu, so only the Xu eye can see them.
"This thing should have noticed us. We suggest luring it out and killing it in the open space outside." Liu Feng said, "This is an E-level Ruins Beast. It roams in the shallow layer of the Ruins Realm, alternating with reality. You will be hindered by the real environment. It is not conducive to cooperation in the small space inside."
Zhao Yuan understood that this was the other party giving him a reminder.
"Won't this scare it away?" Xia Jingxiang couldn't help but ask.
Liu Feng frowned slightly and said indifferently: "Will you be scared away when you see food?"
The young man made a "hush" gesture to Xia Jingxiang.
Xia Jingxiang's expression changed slightly, but she said nothing more.
Zhao Yuan and the other two were well prepared. They opened a black garbage bag they had brought with them, and inside was a pile of dead chickens with their internal organs exposed, emitting a pungent fishy smell.
When Xu Shen smelled this familiar scent, his nose couldn't help but twitched slightly.
Liu Feng glanced at Zhao Yuan and the other two, and saw that they were staring at the small building nervously, obviously ignoring other things. He immediately shouted: "The inspection office is handling the case. Please listen carefully, residents inside. No matter what happens, do not go out, otherwise you will be arrested as a criminal!"
The sound spread.
There was a slight commotion in the small building, but it soon calmed down.
The Inspection Office is the sky above the heads of the Wu people. No matter whether the words are true or false, no one dares to try. Moreover, for the Wu people, impersonating the Inspection Office itself is a terrible thing.
Zhao Yuan and the other two reacted with a hint of shame on their faces. This was what they had been taught in the training camp: the first thing to do when hunting a ruins beast was to appease the surrounding survivors and residents to avoid disturbing them.
Time passes slowly.
A few minutes later, the young man looked at the Xu force fluctuations in the instrument and said, "It's still on the fourth floor. It seems that this Xu beast is very cautious."
Or maybe those things are not delicious enough...Xu Shen listened from behind and said silently in his heart.
Liu Feng stared for a moment, then said to Zhao Yuan and the other two, "It seems that they have built a nest inside and have no intention of leaving easily. You are the only ones who can go in."
Zhao Yuan and the other two's faces changed slightly, and they asked nervously, "Go in?"
"Well, I'll accompany you, but I hope you don't force me to rescue you, otherwise it will be considered a failure of the test. Do you understand this?" Liu Feng said.
Zhao Yuan and the other two naturally understood the rules: whoever they rescued would fail.
There was no other choice at the moment, the three of them could only bite the bullet and enter the small building holding the Zhanxu Sword.
"You three follow me. Don't be nervous and don't shout when you see Xu." The young man's task was obviously to take care of Xu Shen and the other two observers.
The three of them nodded. Although they were nervous, they felt better than Zhao Yuan and the others.
Soon, people entered the small building one after another and slowly went up the stairs.
Liu Feng followed behind Zhao Yuan and the other two. At this point, Zhao Yuan and the other two realized that they could only rely on themselves.
The three of them exchanged glances and slowly groped their way to the stairs to the third floor.
"over there……"
Zhao Yuan leaned over and immediately saw the figure of a woman in white, but her hair was like sticky black silk, her five fingers turned into sharp blades, and her body was exaggeratedly close to two meters tall. She was squatting on the ceiling at the corner of the fourth floor, staring at them.
When their eyes met, Zhao Yuan's heart was shaken and he understood what murderous intent meant.
whoosh!
The opponent did not attack, but suddenly flew away and disappeared.
Zhao Yuan's scalp tingled. After waiting for a moment, he suddenly realized that the other party seemed to be fishing, waiting for them to come up.
Zhao Yuan looked back at Liu Feng, but saw that the other party had an indifferent expression and did not have the slightest intention of reminding him. He immediately understood that they could only rely on themselves at this moment.
"Be careful." Zhao Yuan took a deep breath and said to his two companions. Then, as the team leader, he walked in front and slowly walked forward along the stairs.
Soon, they arrived at the fourth floor, but there was no sign of Bai Yixu there.
This old residential building has more than ten households on each floor, lined up along the corridor. At this moment, the corridor is in a mess, with bones scattered all over, and a rotten corpse with bite marks all over its body.
Just when Zhao Yuan calmed down, a sharp whistle suddenly came from a room on the side.
Zhao Yuan was startled and hastily raised his sword to block. With a clang, his body was knocked flying and his arm felt as if it was broken apart. He found that in his panic, he forgot to channel his strength into his arm, resulting in his flesh taking the blow.
The other two reacted and rushed forward to protect Zhao Yuan.
Liu Feng stood at the stairs, staring quietly as if he was not involved.
The young man, Xu Shen and the other two stood on the stairs and watched. Through the narrow distance at the corner, they could see the scene of Zhao Yuan and the other two fighting with the ruins beast, but they could not see it all.
Xia Jingxiang and Qi Tianming stared intently, their faces turning slightly pale. Not to mention the brutality of the beast, the blood all over the stairs and the scattered broken arms and limbs were enough to make one's scalp tingle.
Soon, under the cover of two team members, the three fought the Ruin Beast to a draw in the narrow corridor.
The beast suddenly moved and rushed towards the depths of the corridor, as if preparing to escape.
It sensed that in addition to the three prey in front of it, there were two powerful auras nearby. Those were not prey, but danger.
and……
Seeing that the beast was about to escape, Zhao Yuan and the other two were frightened and anxious, and they immediately chased after it.
Liu Feng followed closely behind to prevent the three from getting into trouble.
"Let's follow." said the young man.
"Big brother……"
Xu Shen was about to catch up when he suddenly heard a voice coming from the corridor and looked over subconsciously.
Suddenly, I saw a little girl in a white dress standing in the corridor on the second floor.
He looked to be about seven or eight years old, with fair skin.
And the moment Xu Shen saw her, he found that the other person's eyes narrowed and revealed a crescent-shaped smile.
not good……
Xu Shen's whole body tensed up instantly, with that familiar feeling.
"You saw me..."
The little girl giggled.
