Chapter 1168
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Chapter 1168 Suspicions
As the pool of blood spread, one pale and terrified corpse after another appeared before Lin Qiye’s eyes.
Corpses, not belonging to living things, could be recorded by the Black Pupil’s [Observer].
After everyone in the mansion had been slaughtered, those three-toed footprints walked out the door and circled around the house, as if searching for something.
Finally, it discovered Li Jianbai lying by the ditch, instantly shattered his neck, and the next moment Li Jianbai’s corpse was also outlined before Lin Qiye’s eyes.
After completing all this, those footprints sank slightly, and then never moved again.
Lin Qiye frowned deeply and looked up at the sky.
That monster possessed the ability to fly. Once it ascended into the sky, it would leave no trace, and even the Black Pupil couldn’t track its whereabouts.
Lin Qiye sighed, sending the Black Pupil back to the hospital, and his vision returned to the present scene.
“How was it?” Baili Pangpang and the others asked when they saw Lin Qiye open his eyes.
“Not human, it’s a ‘Mystery’ with three toes on each foot and the ability to fly. It flew in from the sky, killed everyone, and then flew away. I can’t track it,” Lin Qiye explained truthfully.
“A ‘Mystery’?”
Hearing these two words, Shi Wenxuan’s brows furrowed tightly.
“Is there a problem?” Lin Qiye asked.
After pondering for a moment, Shi Wenxuan sighed and said, “To be honest, our Linjiang City hasn’t had any ‘Mysteries’ appear for nearly four years…”
“Four years?” An Qingyu asked in surprise, “How is that possible? The descent of ‘Mysteries’ is related to population density. Even remote Anta County has at least one ‘Mystery’ invasion every year. Linjiang is a second-tier city, how could there be no ‘Mysteries’?”
“I don’t know either,” Shi Wenxuan said with a bitter smile. “I’ve been a Night Keeper here for over three years, and I truly haven’t seen even the shadow of a ‘Mystery’.
Sometimes I wonder, if this city doesn’t have ‘Mysteries’ appearing, what’s the purpose of us Night Keepers being here? I’ve applied to be transferred several times, but the higher-ups always want me to stay, just in case.”
“Is this the peculiarity of Linjiang City that Commander Zuo mentioned?” Lin Qiye pondered. “No ‘Mysteries’ appearing for four years is indeed suspicious.”
Four years…
Why did this timeframe seem so familiar?
Lin Qiye recalled the fire mentioned by the children at Hanshan Orphanage last night, which also seemed to have happened four years ago.
Was it coincidence? Or…
“So what do we do now?” Jiang Er asked, floating in the air. “We only know that the ‘Mystery’ that wiped out the Li family can fly, but how do we find it?”
“Now, we can only conduct a thorough search,” Cao Yuan said. “That ‘Mystery’ slaughtered the Li estate last night and probably hasn’t left Linjiang City yet. With Seven’s mental perception and Qingyu’s rat swarm, finding it is just a matter of time.”
“In that case, let’s split up and look for other clues.”
After discussing briefly, they dispersed to search for the “Mystery” throughout Linjiang City. An Qingyu was about to leave to spread his “fish seeds” when he noticed Lin Qiye still standing in place, lost in thought.
“What are you thinking about?” An Qingyu approached.
Lin Qiye looked at the ditch where Li Jianbai’s body had been found and pondered for a moment:
“I feel… this incident might not be as simple as a ‘Mystery’ invasion.”
“Why?”
“Because that ‘Mystery’ was looking for him,” Lin Qiye extended his hand, pointing at the ditch.
“Li Jianbai?” An Qingyu was stunned. “What do you mean?”
“After that ‘Mystery’ descended from the sky, it killed everyone in the mansion, but didn’t leave immediately. Instead, it circled around the mansion, as if searching for something…
Only after it found Li Jianbai and killed him did it fly away from the scene.
In other words, was Li Jianbai its target from the beginning?
But this doesn’t make sense. If it was just a randomly appearing ‘Mystery’, why did it need to find and kill Li Jianbai specifically? And looking deeper, why did this ‘Mystery’ choose to land at the Li family estate and go on a killing spree, rather than somewhere else?”
Lin Qiye’s words made An Qingyu’s brows furrow.
“Are you saying… there’s someone behind this ‘Mystery’? That its target was always Li Jianbai and the Li family estate?”
“It’s possible,” Lin Qiye thought for a moment.
“Anyway, you start setting up your rat swarm in Linjiang City to search for that ‘Mystery’. I need to go out for a while.”
“Where are you going?”
“Hanshan Orphanage.”
…
Hanshan Orphanage.
Creeeeak!
The old iron gate was slowly pushed open, and a young man wearing a blue and white school uniform, carrying a backpack, walked in from outside.
The rain was heavy, so heavy that the world was shrouded in mist, but the young man had no umbrella. Rainwater dripped from his black hair onto his soaked uniform, yet his expression remained unchanged, his deep eyes as calm as an abyss.
He walked across the courtyard and stood in front of Old Liu’s office. Water dripped from his clothes onto the grayish-black ground, quickly forming a puddle.
At this moment, Old Liu was sitting at his desk with his back to the door, staring blankly at five bank cards on the table.
“Grandpa Liu,” the young man suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
In the dim office, Old Liu seemed startled and quickly turned around.
Seeing the soaking wet Wu Quan at the door, he immediately stood up and hurried toward him: “Little Quan? Why are you so drenched? Didn’t I put an umbrella in your backpack this morning?”
Old Liu quickly helped him remove his soaked uniform jacket, afraid he might catch cold. Wu Quan seemed to care nothing about this; he just quietly looked into Old Liu’s eyes.
“Grandpa Liu, we don’t need to move. The Li Corporation is gone, and no one will come to cause trouble anymore.
We can stay here peacefully and wait for Brother Qingzhu to return…
We’ll never be separated.”
“Gone?” Old Liu was stunned, then nodded. “I heard about it this morning. We won’t be moving.”
Hearing this, Wu Quan’s expression finally relaxed a little. His gaze fell on the five bank cards on the desk.
“Where did these cards come from?”
“Oh, your Brother Qingzhu’s comrades gave them before they left.”
“They did?” Wu Quan was surprised, the faces of Lin Qiye and the others flashing in his mind. “Why would they give these things?”
“…I don’t know.”
Old Liu sighed.
In the dim office, silence remained except for the sound of rain hitting the windows. After a long while, Old Liu finally murmured:
“That Shen boy… I hope nothing bad happened to him?”
Wu Quan’s eyes suddenly contracted.
CRACK!!!
A fierce bolt of lightning tore across the sky.
“Impossible!!!” Wu Quan instinctively stepped back, those calm black eyes showing unprecedented emotional turmoil. “Brother Qingzhu will be fine… he will be fine!”
