Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 82 "Come Together"

A split second before he was crushed, Gao Bin instantly exited the super-sensory mode.

It's not that the damage received during extrasensory perception will be reflected back to the physical body, but rather that it will have a certain degree of impact on the mind.

It's like being hacked to death in a virtual game; your physical body is fine, but your mind is still quite upset.

"Let go, let go! This time it's alright!"

Choked by the gummy candy, Gao Bin forcefully pushed Xia Qiyuan away.

From the moment he suddenly woke up, Xia Qiyuan kept stuffing the gummy candies he had prepared in advance into his mouth, almost choking him to death.

Are you sure everything's alright?

Xia Qiyuan did not lower his guard because of a single sentence. His expression was solemn, and he held a gummy candy in his hand. Whenever Gao Bin showed any sign of abnormality, he would force-feed it into his mouth.

"It's nothing, just a little soreness in my lower back and legs."

Gao Bin helped Xia Qiyuan up from the chair, supporting his shoulder.

Seeing his partner's nervous expression, he couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart.

However, the next moment, Xia Qiyuan shook off Gao Bin's arm and carefully poured the gummy candy back into the medicine bottle little by little.

Xia Qiyuan stared intently at the medicine bottle, not even glancing at Gao Bin, and asked, "Have you found that person?"

"..."

Damn it, I'll just consider this a heartwarming story and throw it at the dogs.

Gao Bin's face looked like he was constipated: "No, the monster's senses are completely different from humans', and the Blackwater Sub-body has not mimicked any visual organs."

"So you're saying you took nearly a million worth of superhuman drugs and found nothing?"

Xia Qiyuan's expression began to turn unfriendly.

Gao Bin was furious after hearing this: "Damn it, can't you speak like a human being? I'm risking my life to perform extrasensory perception, and you're just concerned about the medicine?"

Xia Qiyuan ignored him and focused on administering the medicine.

Are you angry? You're definitely faking it.

Having spent so many years with Gao Bin, Xia Qiyuan had long since figured out the guy's personality. To put it nicely, he loved to slack off; to describe him in one word, he was lazy.

How lazy is he? No matter what you say, he's too lazy to get angry with you.

"Don't give me that. I'll give you two months off after this job. Now tell me about the other leads."

After putting all the gummies back into the medicine bottle, Xia Qiyuan took out his voice recorder and notepad, assuming a posture ready to take notes.

Upon hearing that he would have a two-month vacation, Gao Bin's back pain and leg soreness vanished, and he immediately changed his attitude.

"The speed of the black water body was about three meters per second. It followed the target for about two kilometers. During this time, I felt a lot of repetition. The target was probably leading it in circles."

Gao Bin's expression was solemn: "In addition, the Blackwater Sub-body was crushed by an unseen hand. To be precise, a strange force entered the Sub-body, and the power burst out from the inside, which caused the host body to shatter like this."

An invisible, monstrous force... the man with a thousand faces?

Upon hearing Gao Bin's description, Xia Qiyuan's first thought was of a man with a thousand faces, but he quickly dismissed the idea from his mind.

No one could possibly be the Thousand-Faced Man, because he is the one who controls the source of the Blackwater.

While Xia Qiyuan pondered the relevant abilities and took notes, Gao Bin shamelessly asked, "Old He... when do you think would be a good time for me to start my vacation?"

Xia Qiyuan did not answer the question directly: "Is there any way to confirm where you met that person?"

"Do you think I really understand monsters' senses? If I did, I'd be in solitary confinement by now."

Gao Bin's expression changed instantly, and he glared at him irritably: "Can't you check the surveillance footage yourself based on the area?"

"It's much more convenient with you here. If you don't come, we'll have to use the cumbersome method of checking little by little."

Xia Qiyuan said, "Use the construction site as the center, then circle the radius of each location and eliminate overlapping locations."

Xia Qiyuan scribbled on sticky notes and occasionally took out his tablet to look at them.

After five minutes of sketching and painting, a simple hand-drawn map was created.

The map shows Ai Liang's approximate activity area and two possible routes, one of which is the school.

"Go find it yourself. I'm going to rest. The side effects of extrasensory perception are quite severe."

Gao Bin only glanced at it before looking away, as the extrasensory perception was extremely taxing on his mental energy.

Don't be fooled by his current energetic appearance; once the effects of the drug wear off in two hours, he'll be sleeping like a log.

"Don't worry, I didn't plan to ask you to help me find it. After all, it's my job."

Xia Qiyuan immediately contacted the local police station and asked them to help retrieve the surveillance footage of businesses along the way.

When he was a criminal investigator, he often sought the assistance of police officers at the local police station in handling cases.

Although I am now a member of the Countermeasures Bureau, I cannot forget my good comrades from before.

Xia Qiyuan was proud of his noble character.

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Inside the hotel, Ai Liang had just gotten up and finished washing up.

He had arranged to view the apartment with two other landlords today.

After changing her clothes, Ai Liang left the hotel and hailed a taxi nearby.

The first residential area is not far from the school, only two kilometers away, making it very convenient to go to and from school. The environment of the residential area is also quite nice.

At least in first impressions, it's many times better than yesterday's.

After telling Ai Liang the location of the house, the landlord hung up the phone, saying that he needed to prepare the lease contract. It seemed that he was very confident in his house.

Ai Liang didn't care about that, because the green environment and quiet atmosphere of the community perfectly met his requirements.

If nothing unexpected happens, I will indeed sign the contract.

However, an unexpected incident occurred when Ai Liang stepped into the elevator.

He stepped into the elevator, and a middle-aged man in a leather jacket followed him in.

After entering the elevator, the middle-aged man pressed the button for the 26th floor, the top floor, and then started pointing and gesturing on his phone, seemingly chatting with someone.

Ai Liang stood aside and watched him coldly.

The latter seemed completely absorbed, oblivious to Ai Liang's gaze.

Ai Liang withdrew her gaze and pressed the button for the second floor.

The elevator stopped on the second floor.

But Ai Liang didn't go out; instead, she pressed the button for the third floor.

When they reached the third floor, Ai Liang still didn't go out. He then pressed the button for the fourth floor.

When they reached the sixth floor, the middle-aged man finally couldn't hold back any longer and yelled, "Are you out of your mind? You have to stop on every floor!"

Ai Liang looked at the middle-aged man and uttered two words: "Fellow traveler".

For a moment, the elevator was silent, and the other person's eye twitched almost imperceptibly.

The middle-aged man stopped pretending, put his phone back in his pocket, and pressed the button for the first floor.

As he left, Ai Liang could still hear him muttering words like 'bad luck' and 'unlucky' under his breath.

Ai Liang pressed the button for the eighth floor again; that was the landlord's floor.

However, he casually pressed the buttons for floors seven through twenty-two, just in case the person came back for another attack.

Be extra careful when encountering two types of people in elevators.

One type is the one Ai Liang just encountered, where people directly press the top floor button, or press a floor that is one floor higher or lower than theirs. Another type is where people don't press any buttons at all.

The former are relatively cautious. Once they have their eye on a target, they will repeatedly scout the location, pretending to be a resident of the same building. They will "accidentally" exit the elevator with you one day, and while waiting for the elevator, they will secretly observe which door you enter.

The latter is more direct; he will follow you out of the elevator and write down your room number. This method is relatively "crude" and can easily arouse suspicion.

However, don't worry, they do have something in common: they all break into doors and steal when you leave.

Ai Liang's originally good mood was ruined by this little incident.

Perhaps this neighborhood isn't as nice as it looks.

(End of this chapter)