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Chapter 833 The Vengeful Ghost Who Specifically Harms Overtime Workers
"I just got transferred back to headquarters and this kind of trouble has already happened..."

On the 44th floor of the Fortune Center, Chu Yue, leading several experts from the Supernatural Response Department, was maintaining a psionic barrier to fight against a long-haired, vengeful ghost in the distance!

As the former captain of the Sanzu City, Chu Yue was transferred back to headquarters after the failed operation to encircle and suppress Luo Jun, and joined the Spirit King Group as the deputy leader.

The Spirit King Group is a special combat team directly under the headquarters of the Supernatural Response Department. Its members are selected from the national headquarters and branches. Each one of them is a veteran with rich experience in fighting spirits, and can be said to be the elite of the elite.

The Spirit King Group holds an extremely high position within the entire Supernatural Response Department, possessing numerous special privileges. Although in terms of rank, the Spirit King Group is equivalent to the city branches, in the event of a special case, the Spirit King Group has temporary command authority, able to mobilize personnel and resources from local branches, and its authority is higher than that of the branch's chief captain!
Therefore, although Chu Yue was transferred from the captain of the Santu City team to the deputy leader of the Spirit King team, it seemed like a demotion of half a rank. In reality, her power was not reduced, and her treatment was even better.

However, the cases that the Spirit King Group has to solve are all caused by powerful evil spirits, and the level of danger is much higher than that of ordinary local branches!

But for Chu Yue, compared to sitting in an office handling local affairs, she much preferred facing vengeful ghosts in battle. However…

"This intensity is a bit too much..." Chu Yue looked at the fierce ghost opposite her, which was frantically radiating ghostly power. The blood-stained clothes on her body had turned black, clearly showing signs of evolving to the next stage.

Not long ago, headquarters received a request for assistance from the Chujiang City Paranormal Response Department, reporting a paranormal event at the Chujiang City Fortune Center. Every midnight, people still working overtime in the building mysteriously disappeared, and dozens had died over the past few days. Now, even the security guards were afraid to spend the night in the building. The head of the Chujiang City Response Department led a team to investigate, but they did not emerge after midnight. Left with no other option, they had to request assistance from headquarters.

Even the captain-in-chief personally led the team and failed. For a supernatural event of this magnitude, headquarters could only send the Spirit King Group.

To facilitate the execution of the mission, the Spirit King Group was divided into two groups, A and B, each led by a group leader and a deputy group leader. Currently, Group A, led by the group leader, is carrying out other missions, while this time, Chu Yue led Group B to Chujiang City.

Originally, Chu Yue thought it was probably a powerful earthbound spirit or something similar. After leading the team to conduct a systematic investigation of the building during the day, she did not find any special problems, so she could only wait for midnight to fall in the lobby on the first floor of the building.

Finally, as the clock hands crossed twelve o'clock, everyone felt a spatial distortion. When they came to their senses, the surrounding environment had not changed, but they keenly sensed the difference.

First, all communication devices, including cell phones, lost signal. Then, some people discovered that even though they were only a few meters away from the gate, they couldn't hear anything outside at all... Chujiang City is a large city, and even at midnight, there are still vehicles coming and going on the streets, and shops are open. But the roar of car engines that could be heard just a second ago suddenly stopped, and the flashing neon lights seen through the glass also froze at that moment, as if a video had been paused.

Realizing something was wrong, the members of the Spirit King's group immediately tried to leave the building, only to find that the walls, doors, and windows of the building seemed to be fixed by space, making it impossible to pass through.

They immediately realized that the missing people had not been eaten by ghosts or monsters, but had entered an alternate dimension isolated from the outside world!

Since they couldn't get out, they had no choice but to go up. They soon discovered that once they entered the stairwell, they would be in an endless loop, and it would take a long time to find an exit. After exiting, they could only return to the original lobby on the first floor.

The only way to leave the first floor is by taking the elevator!
However, the elevator lobby has also changed. There are no floor displays inside. When the elevator doors close and then reopen, they will send passengers to completely random floors. The Fortune Building has a total of 128 floors. If the culprit that caused all this is really hiding on a certain floor, it is unknown how long it will take for the Spirit King Group to find it.

But they had no other choice but to use the elevator to randomly teleport from floor to floor. What was even more terrifying was that some floors seemed safe, while others were guarded by powerful ghosts!
If it were just an ordinary red-clothed ghost, it would be easy to deal with. With the cooperation of the Spirit King's team, the red-clothed ghost could be easily eliminated.

But soon they discovered that on certain special levels, there existed even more powerful ghosts than those in red!

For example, the current 44th floor!
After being trapped in the building for more than ten hours, the group was randomly teleported to the 44th floor, where they finally encountered their most powerful opponent since they entered.

The vengeful ghost before them still appeared to be dressed in red, but as she let out a terrifying howl, the blood on her body began to darken and turn black, and the power of her howl continued to increase, making it difficult for even the elites of the Spirit King Group to withstand.

"This guy must be the boss of this building..." The long-haired man with a cigarette in his mouth gritted his teeth and said, "I've hardly ever seen this kind of spiritual power when I was cultivating at Liangyi Mountain!"

Cheng Hao, a genius agent in the Supernatural Response Department, was once sent to Liangyi Mountain to receive guidance from the Celestial Master because of his extraordinary talent. He was a nominal disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

"What do you mean? This thing is at the level of a Celestial Master?" the others asked in surprise.

"No, not really..." Cheng Hao said, "But apart from the Old Celestial Master, I've never really seen anyone with this level of spiritual power..." As he spoke, he looked at Chu Yue, "By the way, boss, I heard that before you were transferred here, you encountered someone even more powerful?"

"Don't mention that guy to me!" Chu Yue frowned.

Just then, the vengeful ghost had completed its transformation. Its blood-stained clothes had turned completely black, and its terrifying howls had finally stopped. Judging from its state, with its head bowed, it seemed to have just completed its evolution and was still adapting.

"A perfect opportunity!" Cheng Hao drew a peach wood dagger engraved with runes: "Cover me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he sprinted away!
Seeing this, the others immediately began to cast various spells on Cheng Hao. Chu Yue took out a silver bracelet and threw it at the vengeful ghost. The bracelet seemed to have an automatic guidance function, accurately landing on the female ghost's wrist and locking tightly. At the same time, several transparent iron chains split off from the bracelet, connecting to the surrounding walls and ceiling!

The vengeful ghost realized it was bound and immediately looked up to struggle. However, the bracelet was also a powerful magic weapon, and Chu Yue was constantly using spiritual power to enhance it with her hand seals. Even the vengeful ghost, which had completed its evolution, could not break free for a while!

At this moment, a bald man unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a demon tattoo on his chest that lit up. Several demons then flew out of his body, pounced on the female ghost, and bit her tightly!
At the same time, Cheng Hao finally arrived, his peach wood sword shining brightly as he stabbed it into the heart of the controlled ghost!
In an instant, the pitch-black ghostly energy and the spiritual power of the peach wood sword clashed violently, and the intense fluctuations even spread outside the building, where they were noticed by Luo Jun, who happened to be passing by.

"Such a strong fluctuation... It seems there's something in this building!" Luo Jun flew to the 44th floor of the building, raised his hand to knock on the window, and tore off the blinds inside.

"Hey, what are you doing here!" Behind the window, seemingly in the office of a company CEO, a middle-aged man in a suit was pinning down a disheveled woman in business attire and glasses on a comfortable sofa. Both were startled by the sudden shattering of the glass, then saw a man wearing a black half-face mask tear open the blinds and walk in. The man in the suit nearly wet himself, and the woman hurriedly grabbed her collar, her face filled with panic.

"It's alright, you guys continue, don't worry about me." Luo Jun waved his hand and released his spiritual sense to perceive.

“I can still sense that fluctuation… but it always seems like there’s something between us…” Luo Jun frowned. “It’s as if the source of that fluctuation isn’t in this space…”

"Could it be a vengeful ghost capable of creating another dimension?" Luo Jun's eyes gleamed with excitement. "Such a being wouldn't be weak! But the key question is, how do we get in?"

"Who sent you?" Just as Luo Jun was sensing this, the man and woman had finished tidying their clothes. The woman left the office in a fluster, while the man locked the door and tentatively walked up to ask, "How about this, I don't care what you just filmed, I'll pay double whatever your employer offered, how about it?"

Luo Jun frowned slightly and glanced at him: "I told you you don't need to worry about me."

"How about double... or triple... no, five times?" the man said with a grin. "My friend, we have no history of conflict, and you're just doing this for money. I wouldn't recognize you with that mask on, so there's no need to be so ruthless..."

Just as the man was entangled with Luo Jun, on the forty-fourth floor of the alternate dimension, the battle between the two sides had reached a fever pitch!
Finally, as the energy reached its peak, the energy of black and white, light and darkness produced a huge explosion that instantly swept through the entire space and even penetrated the spatial barrier, reaching into reality!

"That's it!" Luo Jun keenly sensed this power. If the previous fluctuations were like hearing someone talking next door, then now the energy was being transmitted over, as if someone had punched a hole in the wall and could already see the person on the other side!

Of course, spatial barriers are different from walls. The cracks created by the burst of enormous energy can only last for a moment, and ordinary people cannot even perceive them.

But Luo Jun wouldn't let this opportunity slip by!

He suddenly reached out and plunged his hand into the spatial rift!

"Why don't you think about it again, brother? I know a lot of shady stuff in this industry, and I can even help you find some work in the future..." The man in the suit was still trying to persuade him when Luo Jun suddenly flung his hand away. He thought the other man was going to hit him and jumped back two steps in fright: "Hey, let's talk this out, don't hit me... Huh?!"

He was only halfway through his sentence when he witnessed an unbelievable and bizarre scene.

The masked man's raised hand was half-missing, seemingly embedded in something... but there was clearly nothing there. What was going on...?

Then, an even more terrifying scene unfolded. Luo Jun inserted his other hand into the rift, then forcefully tore it open, creating a large opening. He then ducked inside, and the rift automatically closed, returning to its original state.

"No...that's it?" The man in the suit slumped to the floor, covered in cold sweat. Just then, there was a knock on the door: "Boss, I heard some noise inside, is everything alright...?"

"N-nothing...it's nothing..." The man in the suit swallowed hard. "I think I saw God..."

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A massive energy surge exploded, sending Cheng Hao flying backward and smashing through the office building's partitions. The others were also thrown off balance by the terrifying energy, and the furniture in the room was scattered and broken. If it weren't for the protection of the floor and load-bearing walls by the rules of space, they would probably have been destroyed by this terrifying energy!

Chu Yue activated her inner energy and got up, just in time to see the female ghost struggling incessantly. The iron chain on the silver bracelet rattled as she struggled, and then snapped with a crack!
"Oh no!" Chu Yue immediately focused her mind to restrain the evil spirit, but the breaking of the chains was like a domino effect. From the very first chain, the binding force weakened significantly. Even with her spiritual power, she couldn't stop it. Chain after chain broke, and the cracking sound kept ringing out. It looked like she was about to lose control!

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared, grabbed the ghost's head, and slammed her to the ground.

Strangely enough, the vengeful ghost that was originally exuding terrifying spiritual energy dissipated its aura immediately after he caught it. It was pinned to the ground and didn't move at all, not even having the strength to struggle.

"What's going on?" Chu Yue's eyes widened as she looked closely at the man and discovered that he was wearing a black half-face mask and that she couldn't even see any aura emanating from him.

Without any special energy, how did he manage to capture the vengeful spirit?

"Hey!" Luo Jun looked up and called out to Chu Yue across from him, "You're from the Supernatural Response Department, right? Do you guys have anything that can hold onto vengeful spirits?"

"Huh?" Chu Yue was startled, not expecting the other person to speak to her: "Collecting vengeful ghosts?"

"It's about trapping this thing, but not destroying it," Luo Jun continued to ask. Although the Creation and Crafting Techniques had skills for containing things, there were none that could target living beings and spirits.

"Oh, yes..." Chu Yue answered subconsciously, but then realized something was wrong: "Wait, who are you? How did you suddenly appear here!"

"I'm here to catch ghosts, of course, otherwise I'd catch you!" Luo Jun said irritably. "You guys are trapped in this building too, right? This guy isn't the real culprit. You can't handle the big boss here. If you want to get out of here alive, give me a container to hold the ghost. It has to be the highest specification, able to hold a peak-level vengeful ghost. How about it, is this deal worthwhile?"

(End of this chapter)