Don't follow the rules

Chapter 562 The Church of the Cross (Twenty-Five)
"Huh?" Ning Yao couldn't believe what he had just heard. He picked at his ear. "Is it the little brother I'm thinking of? Or are you implying some mysterious person whose name can't be spoken directly, or some sensitive word that would be censored..."

"It's not that profound. The little brother is just that little brother, of course. You have to understand. In ancient times, people's knowledge was limited, so they always had to include these kinds of things when making up myths." Old Chu waved his hand.

"Then please allow me to ask, whose little brother is it?" Ning Yao eagerly leaned over, looking like he was enjoying the show.

Old Chu told the truth: "I forgot, really. I just heard someone mention it casually, and I didn't study it carefully at all. After all, who has the time to linger over someone else's little brother and study it carefully? I'm a straight man!"

Ning Yao rolled his eyes: "The last sentence is completely superfluous; it's a statement that's trying to cover something up."

Old Chu, hands on his hips, looked at Manyi and said, "Look at the group of guys you've just met; they really don't know how to talk to you."

Manyi leaned against the stroller, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "It's alright, not exactly awful. You two aren't close yet, and he still seems quite fond of you."

Old Chu shuddered with disgust, hugged his arm, and took two steps back, wanting to get away from this foul-mouthed guy.

Taking advantage of the gap in their movement, Chunyu Kong stepped into the middle of the crowd.

“This isn’t hard to find out. Now that we know the plot outline, we should be able to find it on any search engine. However…” Kong’s gaze fell on Ning Yao’s eyes, “I’m not sure if this will further enrage him.”

Ning Yao seemed to have suddenly stumbled upon a huge piece of gossip, covering her mouth in surprise: "You mean that little brother is his..."

Chunyu Kong's expression suddenly hardened.

"Ning Yao, close your eyes!"

Although Kong noticed the anomaly immediately, he still couldn't stop the Eye of Horus from going berserk.

Ning Yao's vision was instantly engulfed by crimson, and the pupil of his right eye suddenly split into two rings, violently vibrating with uncontrollable rage.

Dry bandages spontaneously combusted without fire, carrying a burnt stench that rose to the shelves. The densely packed mummies, one after another, instantly ignited the entire mummy warehouse.

Highly dehydrated mummies are excellent fuel, and the pine resin used to make mummies is an excellent accelerant. Once ignited, it would be a devastating fire.

"Holy crap!" Old Chu jumped up on the spot. "We're doomed! Run!"

"It's nothing, just a little fire, no big deal~" Ning Yao seemed to have recovered from the previous excitement. He put his arm around Chunyu Kong's shoulder, looking slightly weak, and muttered, "This old guy's emotions are too unstable. I could only give him a little setback. Before the warehouse is completely burned down, let's quickly see if there are any useful clues."

"It's not a fire problem, it's..." Old Chu looked anxious and grabbed Dr. Man's arm, starting to run outside.

boom! ! !
The warehouse door was suddenly blown open from the outside, and Geng Xun, holding a fire extinguisher in both hands, stood there dumbfounded at the door.

Everyone felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

Ning Yao, who had been leaning against Chunyu Kong in a sickly manner, looking like he was about to die but was actually taking advantage of the situation, straightened his spine the moment he saw Geng Xun.

"Uncle Geng, don't panic..." he stammered, trying to soothe him. Before he could finish speaking, the fire extinguisher slipped from Geng Xun's hand and fell to the ground. His eyes quickly lost focus, completely enveloped by a layer of gray mist; his spine made a teeth-grinding cracking sound, and his originally thin body swelled up like an inflated balloon, with tar-like, sticky black oozing from the cracks in his skin, dripping to the ground and turning into a cloud of black ash.

Without wasting words, Chunyu Kong lightly touched the ground and rushed forward while Geng Xun was still transforming. At the same time, he flipped his wrist and produced a yellow paper talisman out of thin air between his fingers. The cinnabar incantation lit up with a red halo, and the soft yellow paper stood up like a sharpened sword, piercing straight towards Geng Xun's brow.

Ning Yao did not stop him. He was confident in Kong Ge's discretion and was certain that Kong would not kill Geng Xun.

After all, he himself has never been killed by the flight attendant (proud).

Moreover, there were other things that were attracting Ning Yao's attention at that moment.

Under the cover of flames and thick smoke, shadows writhed like living creatures on the shelves. Soon, they broke free from the mummies' bodies and transformed into pure vengeful spirits. Enveloped by the poisonous smoke, they pounced on the warehouse workers who were fleeing in panic.

"Oh no, they're going to kill people!" Ning Yao shouted and rushed out first. Old Chu and Manyi weren't just standing by and watching. Although they didn't understand who Ning Yao was yelling about killing people, they knew that saving people was definitely the right thing to do.

The group split up and dragged their colleagues, who had been choked by the thick smoke, away from the center of the fire, finding a place with less fire and smoke to temporarily act as a safe haven.

"This is a makeshift warehouse. We didn't have time to open up other safety exits. Grandpa Geng is blocking the doorway and can't get out..." Old Chu used his magic to release a small green fluorescent bubble to protect a colleague's heart and lungs, and looked up worriedly in the direction of the warehouse door.

Manyi dragged over two more people and threw them at Lao Chu while cursing: "If I had skipped work to the end, I wouldn't have had to get involved in this mess. Now I not only have to work overtime, but I also have to do volunteer work. It's really not worth it."

With a series of thuds, Ning Yao crawled over like a crab, leaving a few people behind before leaving again.

"...What just passed by?"

"...Does he have more hands than before?"

Manyi and Lao Chu looked at each other in bewilderment.

Ning Yao returned to the thick smoke and conducted a final search of the warehouse. The three of them were very efficient; there were no more colleagues left behind in the entire warehouse. The vengeful spirits hovering overhead were getting angry because they couldn't find any living people, but Ning Yao slapped them to pieces.

"I knew all along that Du guy was up to no good. Do you think Zhong Ming's goods are so easy to rob? I bet all the mummies the association intercepted were stuffed with vengeful spirits, just to disgust people on purpose."

The fire burned even brighter. The number of mummies in the stockpile was enormous, and the number of vengeful spirits that broke free was also astonishing. Although they were neither human nor intelligent, it was precisely this mindless "swarm" attack that was one of the Alliance's favorite methods.

Even without any means of communication or command on-site, as long as he understands the "habits," Du Jingxiu can still control the swarm from afar, just like a queen bee.

Soon, the vengeful spirits stopped fighting individually like headless flies and gradually gathered together. Ning Yao then lowered his body again, intending to strike them hard when the swarm was just beginning to form.

Chunyu Kong thrust the talisman straight at Geng Xun's brow, but the yellow paper burned to ashes an inch away from Geng Xun. Helpless, Kong withdrew his force, spun around, and landed a zhang away from Geng Xun.

This attack failed to interrupt Geng Xun's transformation. Kong could only watch as Geng Xun's knuckles pierced through his flesh, turning into charred claws.

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