The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 501: The Coming One After Another (asking for monthly tickets)

At 7:30 in the evening, I stood at the door of the busy cafeteria.

Yun Jinxi wiped the wet corners of her eyes and said reluctantly: "Xu Shu, thank you for your guidance. I feel much better now... Then I will go back. I will treat you to a meal next time we meet. Well, I also wish you a happy new year!"

"Okay, okay, of course! Happy New Year to you too... um, wait, today is New Year's Eve?" Xu Shu was suddenly stunned.

He looked back at the crowded cafeteria and wondered what the hell was going on in this lower-level downtown area.
If Yun Jinxi hadn't mentioned it, he would have really forgotten about it!
It’s not that he has a bad memory, it’s just that there is simply no New Year atmosphere here.

The restaurant was surprisingly packed on New Year's Eve. People in work clothes were eating there, their faces filled with numbness and fatigue, and it looked like they would have to go to work the night shift soon.

This is totally different from what we see on a daily basis.

So much so that when Xu Shu entered here, he completely forgot that he was woken up by the sound of fireworks in the morning.

"What's wrong? You didn't know? You are not from the lower city?" Yun Jinxi stopped with a little curiosity, looking at Xu Shu thoughtfully, as if she began to doubt whether he was a rich young man in disguise.

In order to avoid being exposed, Xu Shu had to explain: "I just got the right of residence. I fled here from another place."

"Ah, so that's how it is~ It was the one that exploded..."

Yun Jinxi covered her mouth in surprise.

She had heard about the huge explosion in the D8B3 area, the rumor that a demigod had assisted, and the hundreds of thousands of civilians pouring into the adjacent safe zone, but she had never expected that the person in front of her was one of the "refugees".

No wonder he was wandering outside today, his parents must be gone... Yun Jinxi's eyes flashed with pity, and after thinking for a while, he explained:
"In Baiyujing, only the upper city district is allowed to celebrate New Year's Eve. In addition, companies in the lower city districts with numbers less than three will allow their employees to take a day off. The lower city district with number one will take seven days off, the lower city district with number two will take three days off, and the lower city district with number three will take one day off. As for those after the fourth day, they are under pressure and do not have a day off, but I heard that a few factories will give their employees a bonus."

"..." Xu Shu opened his mouth, but didn't respond for a long time.

God damn, why are you under pressure not to take a holiday?
What kind of pressure could there be? Pressure from the damn capitalists who don’t make enough money?

Alas, the huge class gap between people has reached this point... Bai Yujing, you guy!

But then again, Baiyujing is packed with people like sardines in a can, but there is no farmland like in D8B3. I guess supplies must be purchased from other safe zones, right? In other words, they can only be "airlifted".

If you think about it this way, in terms of food abundance alone, Baiyujing is indeed far ahead.

Even residents in the lower city areas never had a shortage of meat and could easily eat delicious food. Back then, we were very short of money for food.

If we just talk about living conditions, even the slums in the third-class safety zone wouldn't be so degraded that there's no holiday for the New Year...

It is really a contradictory place, rich in material but poor in spirit.

Uh, could it be that the top management of Baiyujing exchanged all the output for food?

I always feel like there's something weird going on but I can't put my finger on it...

Xu Shu silently complained a few words.

Seeing that Yun Jinxi was about to stop and turn around, as if she really wanted to teach her a lesson, she smiled and hurriedly rejected the other party's kindness.

After much persuasion, this unlucky but enthusiastic girl who was crying and clamoring to tear Yu Mingluan into pieces was finally sent away.

"I don't think she's very smart. She's useless except that her scent makes me feel comfortable."

"But it's really pitiful. She probably has no other relatives except those strange servants? She must be an orphan..."

Xu Shu wiped his sweat speechlessly.

After so many contacts, he has determined the source of the familiar magical energy from the other person.

There is a 99% chance that this woman’s extraordinary profession is “Seven-Colored Taoist Nun”!
The reason why Xu Shu felt so familiar was naturally because he had recognized many mothers in the Nuxu Palace.

From the "female crown" and "seven-color Taoist nun" to the "Mysterious Lady of Heaven's Mandate", and even the demigod Taoist nun of the fourth realm, none of them could escape Xu Shu's harm.

Under the influence of his surroundings, Xu Shu naturally developed a sense of closeness to the extraordinary people in this profession. This is called "the taste of mother."

After all, who isn’t a baby?

But if that's the case, then if Arthur's beacon is placed with my aunt, doesn't that mean...

Will I feel close to extraordinary people with the profession of "doctor" in the future?
Should... shouldn't it be like this?

The parasitic methods are different. Wang Teng is a cursed fetus, hiding directly in the Queen Wa Palace; while Arthur is a pure spirit-type possession. The two are incomparable...

Xu Shu comforted himself with this sentence.

After all, “treating everyone as if they were your mother” is not a good habit!
After a while, after watching Yun Jinxi completely disappear from his sight, Xu Shu was about to leave.

However, after taking only two steps, some details of his previous conversation with Yun Jinxi subconsciously flashed through his mind.

According to this woman, although her strength is not very good, only the second level, she has a high status in the Butterfly Love Flower Department and is highly regarded by the director...

Got it!

Xu Shu's thoughts turned, the smile on his face disappeared, he quickly turned into the alley next to him, pulled out the "Red" mask, and slapped it on his face.

Kuacha!

He transformed into the tall and bearded man named Yu Mingluan!
"Dong Dong Dong~"

With hurried footsteps, Xu Shu ran in the alley at an extremely fast speed.

He wanted to take a shortcut to appear in front of Yun Jinxi.

He wanted to let the other party know that Yu Mingluan from the Resurrection Society had come into the city from outside!
He wanted to let the other party see with his own eyes the malice of this world!!
Oh, no, it is to let this junior who is highly valued by the director, pass on Yu Mingluan's whereabouts to the "Dielianhua" department, so as to use the power of this living repair group to force the demise of the Living Society.

By alerting the enemy and making them lose their composure, perhaps we can find a flaw on the part of the Judgment Department and make some progress in the plan to find voodoo!

"Humph, as expected of me, I have amazing wisdom! Foolish Xiaoya, I haven't been able to find anyone from the Resurrection Society for a month. I'll let you see how a real master does things!"

……

After a while.

Xu Shu crossed several streets and caught up with Yun Jinxi who had just entered the elevator.

So, this mysterious man wearing a bamboo hat appeared in front of Yun Jinxi "by sheer coincidence" and "happened" to stop in front of her. His bamboo hat was "accidentally" blown up by the wind, revealing his true face underneath.

He rubbed two blue gems together like a lighter, lit a cigarette, and let the smoke rise in the air.

That rough yet somewhat gentle face was dim under the street light, just like the shining appearance of the most perverted murderer in the movie!
And all of this naturally did not escape the eyes of the second-level master Yun Jinxi.

The girl's gaze was fixed on the two azure gems that had a faint smell of blood and were covered with special patterns.

Time seemed to stop for a moment. In an instant, the inner defense that had been soothed by someone collapsed on the spot, and tears burst out.

“Xie…Auntie Scorpion?! No! Yu Mingluan! How dare you…how dare you…take my life!”

The girl let out a roar of extreme grief and anger—of course, in her heart.

Knowing clearly that Yu Mingluan was the "Executioner of the Extermination Society" and the "Tiger" with a mysterious origin and powerful strength, even a reckless person like Yun Jinxi did not do anything unwise!

She was so angry that she yelled several times, clenching her teeth so tightly that even her lower lip bled. She memorized the other person's appearance, figure and all other characteristics in her mind.

But from beginning to end, she didn't say a word, and even looked away as if unintentionally when "Yu Mingluan" accidentally made eye contact with her.

Then, under the puzzled looks of others around him, he quietly and frantically pressed the elevator's up button.

Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa!
The elevator door finally closed.

"Tsk tsk, this woman seems reckless, but she is actually quite cautious. She didn't rush out to fight me, which is rare."

"Hehehe, I hope that the Butterfly Love Flower Division will go all out to find the Extermination Society. Don't let me down."

Xu Shu smiled in his heart.

He then continued to make detours around, leaving traces of his existence everywhere to ensure that everything was reasonable, and then he hurried away.

He didn't want to stay too long. It would be very embarrassing if he was caught on the spot by members of the Butterfly Love Flower Division who came after hearing the news.

Half an hour later.

Xu Shu took off the red mask and returned to his original form, returning to the restaurant where he had dinner with Yun Jinxi.

He politely nodded to several familiar-looking diners he had seen before and asked for permission to pass through, while wiping his mouth with a tissue as he walked through the hall, looking as if he had just left.

Do the whole show.

Of course, enough is enough.

If your companions leave but you linger for a long time, it will also arouse suspicion.

This level is enough now.

Xu Shu threw the deliberately oily paper towel precisely into the garbage collection port on the wall beside the road - it would go directly through the pipe into a special landfill deep underground, and every once in a while, special personnel would deal with it to ensure that nothing would remain.

These terrifyingly efficient environmental purification systems produced by the Mogong Research Institute are one of the important assets that have enabled the sunless downtown area to remain at a "livable" level to date.

If it weren't for their existence, the downtown area would have been filled with miasma and poisonous fog, making it completely uninhabitable.

Seeing the object reminded Xu Shu of his younger sister Zhou Shiyu.

Not long ago, she obtained the Astronomical Society's authorization through the official channels of the Governing Bureau, officially joined the Mogong Research Institute, and completed the curse containment, becoming a stage one extraordinary person: "Child Prodigy".

This is naturally good news for Xu Shu.

It should be noted that in the past ten years of his life, being admitted to the Mogong Research Institute could be regarded as one of his hopes to change his destiny.

And everyone knows that to become a transcendent, joining the Research Institute or the Astronomical Society is much easier than joining the Judgment Department.

In the past, the former were real "civil servants" who "sat in an office"; while the latter were coolies who had to work everywhere and were the first to rush to the front when there was any danger.

"With the strength of the institute, there is no need to worry about her safety."

"The only downside is that we have fewer opportunities to meet. I'm doing research all day long. I'm even busier than when I was studying. Why is Mo Gong so mean?"

"Fortunately, today is New Year's Eve, so she must be home by now."

"It's time to go home and have another meal."

"Well, I can't let them know that I ate outside..."

Xu Shu's mind moved, and he called out Ji Yu, using his ability to "remove filth" to clean the remaining smell of oil and water on his body.

By the way, I looked at the blind girl who was playing the guitar under the overpass.

She was small and thin, wearing a grayish-white eye mask and a very old pink cotton coat that had been washed to a pale color. There were a few banknotes sticking out of the pencil case in front of her.

Xu Shu's breathing paused slightly. Although the other party was performing and not a beggar, he still thought of his own childhood life of wandering and begging.

The last little girl who was so pitiful was Xiaoya who was in the welfare school.

She was so innocent, weak, pitiful and helpless at that time, but she was also sweet-mouthed and lovable.

It turns out that there is a sinister and cunning female ghost behind it, which is really frustrating!
Ugh……

Comparing the two, Xu Shu couldn't help but feel compassion and took out a handful of banknotes, but after a little hesitation, he selected a few with the smallest denomination and put them in.

The girl stopped playing, forced a smile, and said very seriously: "Thank you, brother!"

Xu Shu touched the blind girl's hair with pity, thinking that this quiet and gentle child looked a little familiar. He remembered her after thinking about it carefully.

It was the day he first came to Penglai. He had met the mother and daughter at the train ticket office in Jinbaoshan. At that time, they seemed to be quite well-off.

This is……

Are you trying to make a living by performing because your family is bankrupt?

My eyes are blind...

Alas, a hemp rope always breaks at the thinnest part, and misfortune always finds the unfortunate...

I remember her mother seemed to mock me at that time?
The memory of their first encounter fluttered in his mind, and Xu Shu didn't know what to say for a moment.

He turned and left without saying a word. He didn't think, "It's great that the people who used to look down on me are now in trouble." Instead, he just felt a lot of pent-up anger but didn't know who to vent it to. But before he took two steps, he suddenly stopped.

That's not right. I didn't say anything. How could a blind man know whether I was a man or a woman...

Xu Shu was slightly stunned, and subconsciously looked back, and caught a glimpse of the evasion and cowardice that flashed across the girl's eyes.

"..."

Good man, you are really pretending to be blind!
Shit, you pink little girls are all black inside when you cut them open, right?

Xu Shu almost choked.

But then he thought, hey, just pretend to be blind!

This at least shows that the girl is in good health, and that she is smart enough to use people's sympathy to survive.

It's not easy~
Xu Shu smiled bitterly with relief.

Soon, he quietly returned along the path to his "temporary" residence in the staff quarters of the Adjudication Bureau, where he had a brief reunion with his family and had a New Year's Eve dinner together.

Although it is called a temporary residence, under Xiaoya's arrangement, the adoptive parents have already settled down here completely.

After all, with the increased patrols by the Judgment Department, there is really no other place safer and more reliable than here. Now the last step is for Xu Shu to officially join the Penglai District Judgment Department.

But he kept dragging Xiaoya, saying that he needed to observe further before drawing any conclusions.

Full of wine and food.

Looking at the happy family, Xu Shu couldn't help but smile knowingly.

At the same time, I had a guess in my mind.

That is, according to the statement that every supernatural profession's curse will bring with it a hidden influence, could it be that the "prodigy" curse will "allow the supernatural to have unparalleled super-confidence"?

Looking at Zhou Shiyu, a first-level powerful being who was speaking loudly and announcing with high morale that she would protect her brother from today on, Xu Shu gradually had such a guess in his mind.

Happy times are always few and far between.

Especially when the whole city of Baiyujing is in turmoil now.

Xu Shu felt embarrassed to relax too much when he thought that even on New Year's Eve, there were still a large number of colleagues from the Judgment Department putting pressure on and arresting the gray forces in the Lower City.

Therefore, tonight he still chose to go to the Yuelaiyueshang Hotel to practice and stay there.

While practicing, Xu Shu did not forget to log on to the upgraded network to check the latest global information.

Just take a look at the world channel and you can see that the battle in the Eastern Region is still fierce.

The fight has been going on for almost half a month, and the number and persistence of those deep-sea aliens in the Death Sea are shocking, as if they will never stop dying.

Even though several powerful humans of the fifth realm have joined forces to explore, there is still no definite news.

The "unknown super-large ruins in the East Pole Ocean" are becoming one of the unsolved mysteries of the new post-apocalyptic era.

However, after communicating with "Hianwei Dizang", Xu Shu learned some inside information of the matter.

Even though what that "god" said was vague and confusing, it did not affect Xu Shu's ability to show off.

No, I'm not pretending!
To be precise, he was going to pass some information to more people, to the top leaders of the human race, to let those powerful people know that this matter was too strange and dangerous and should be ignored if possible.

After all, the current situation of mankind is not good to begin with. In this case, if a few fifth-level Heavenly Ranking masters were to be killed, that would not be what Xu Shu wanted to see in the long run.

As for showing off? Showing off in front of others?

It was just a coincidence!

The main purpose is to make a contribution to mankind.

Xu Shu calmly switched his account nickname, and after a brief thought about the message sent by Dizang, he typed it carefully and sent it in a short while.

[The night covers the stars, and the mist approaches the earth again. The shackles of the forbidden existence are opened... The sea of ​​death is not an opportunity, but a disaster. Fellow Taoists, please be careful and beware of the gods playing tricks on you! ] - Taichu

A post with a rather long title, which was obviously out of place in the style of other posts like [A beautiful girl ferrying people around picking up corpses in the Sea of ​​Death], appeared in the world channel.

In fact, Xu Shu was a little worried about doing this.

After all, these words were copied almost verbatim from "Her Tail Ksitigarbha". If seen by "Him", his alias 'Taichu' would be exposed.

But after repeated consideration, Xu Shu felt that it was necessary to make a reminder. On the one hand, he believed that the possibility of "Hianwei Dizang" being promoted to the Internet was almost zero; on the other hand... well, "there are always some things that are above others."

Not long after the post was sent, there were a lot of replies, and it was pushed to the top of the interface again and again, becoming the most popular one.

"The front row is worshipping Master Taichu!"

"Thank you, Master Taichu, for the demigod monster you dropped off last time. I'll ask politely when you'll get another one."

"Hiss——I encountered a fifth-level boss during the comment period. The senior riddle man is as strong as a monster. I can't defeat him no matter how hard I try!"——Wang Feng also wants to be on the headlines, the second-level prisoner

"You are so brave, you dare to be naughty to anyone." - Anonymous

"Fellow Daoist Taichu is very good at making clever remarks, so what are you talking about? I am a little curious." - Chen Huang, a first-class child prodigy.

"+1"

When you click in, you will see a variety of comments from "newbies" like these, which have taken over the comment section first.

Then, within no more than three minutes, a large number of demigod-level beings began to come over and ask Xu Shu what had happened in a very cautious manner.

This includes the Astronomy Club member and Melanie, the Master of the Mysterious Caverns, who are the most active on the Internet.

Of course, there were also acquaintances of Xu Shu, such as Shui Longyin, who also sent greetings, saying things like "Senior, how are you?"

This made Xu Shu very disgusted.

Oh, the pretentious strong man on the Earth Ranking!
Humph, a humble demigod who only chooses dishes based on the conditions!
In addition to this, several people on the Tianbang who had previously added me as friends when exchanging messages also sent a bunch of question marks.

Obviously, they were keen enough to sense that there was something behind Taichu's words, and that the matter was of great importance, so they were eager to find out!
However, faced with a large number of questions, Xu Shu did not answer any of them.

The reason is simple, because he doesn't know what is going on.

In this case, no answer is the best answer.

Anyway, he had almost made it clear in his post that there was something wrong with this riot in the Sea of ​​Death and it was best not to get involved. Even a "fifth-level expert" like himself who almost made his cards clear found it tricky and was trying to advise everyone.

If Yiru still insisted on going to die in this situation, then Xu Shu could only say that it was difficult to persuade a damned ghost with kind words.

They have done what they should do, and now it all depends on their luck.

However, it is rare to see so many replies today, and they continue without stopping, and seem to last for a long time.

I'm just in a bad mood, so why not... cheer myself up?
Xu Shu rolled his eyes and held down Alice who was trying to appear. He adjusted the position of the buzzing upgrade drive, and when he felt it was a tight fit, he lay on his back in the bathroom, started doing sit-ups, and began his daily practice.

It is worth mentioning that on the last day of the lunar calendar in 2142, the "haunted house" located at 2B, Building 178, Lanlingsi, Xiacheng District No. 88, once again had a new owner.

They were a young couple who looked very happy and were said to be doctors.

On this New Year's Eve filled with noise, excitement and passion, the young couple who were enjoying the beauty of the fusion with nature and having sex did not know that in a secluded corner of the hotel opposite Tianjie, there was a third-stage transcendent who was also having sex alone and watching them quietly.

Quietly, watching...

……

……

At daybreak, Xu Shu once again woke up to the sound of fireworks and firecrackers.

He first grabbed the orange cat Alice, who was groggily crawling towards the toilet after waking up, and threw her outside to avoid smelling the first stench of cat feces in the morning.

He waited until he had finished washing up before letting Alice into the bathroom.

Xu Shu glanced at the number of times the Taichu Volume in the void refreshed the greeting message, and began to seriously think about today's plan for the day again.

"It's the first day of the new year. Today should be a day of rest, but I can't slack off! Do you want to go visit the little bride? We haven't seen each other for a long time."

Of course, it is through the way of [continuing the legend].

Thinking of this, Xu Shu felt that his underwear, which had been silent for most of the night, vibrated again.

He opened it with some guesswork and found that the letter was from Xiaoya.

"Come quickly! There's something going on. There are traces of activities of important figures of the Inactivation Society in the Lower City District!" Xiaoya's message.

"Forehead……"

When Xu Shu saw the message, his expression froze.

An important figure from the Inactivation Society appeared in Xiacheng District... Could it be that he is Yu Mingluan from the Inactivation Society?

How should I explain to you that that person is me?

That's not right. If it was Yu Mingluan's information, Xiaoya would know the inside story...

Xu Shu quickly stood up, picked up the cat and put it in his backpack, while tentatively asking: "Where did you get this information? Could it be that someone inside the Butterfly Love Flower Department gave it to you?"

If that's the case, there's no need to run~ Xu Shu thought.

Xiaoya was immediately suspicious: "Die Lian Hua Si? Why do you say that?"

"Don't worry about it, just tell me if it is true or not."

"Yes and no. This morning we received a report from the public that there was a murder case. The deceased was indeed from the Dielianhua Division. The on-site examination showed that it was done by Xuehuo Loutai, but I found that it was done by the inactivator." Xiaoya said.

"what?"

It's nothing... What's wrong with the bloody tower? Why should they be suspected when the people of the Resurrection Society killed them?
Xu Shu felt confused and worried that Yun Jinxi might be the one who died.

Could it be that Yu Mingluan was seen by someone when he met Yun Jinxi yesterday, and the other party killed someone and wanted to frame me?

Xu Shu frowned and rushed to the scene according to the location given by Xiaoya.

This is an alley in the downtown area of ​​No. 12, no more than 200 meters away from a nearby subway exit.

The crime scene had already been cordoned off by the Adjudication Department. Xiaoya seemed to be giving orders with her backpack on her back, but the police officers present seemed not to see her. However, what was strange was that after Xu Shu came over, everyone assumed that he was "one of them", which was magical.

When Xu Shu went inside, he found that the deceased was a young man.

He was nailed to the wall, his mouth wide open with his tongue cut off, his limbs twisted in a very symbolic pose, and the burnt wound on his chest combined into a large centipede scar.

"Huh, luckily it wasn't Yun Jinxi, otherwise Yu Mingluan would never be able to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River." Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and apologized to the strange brother who had died.

Xiaoya came over with some information in her hand and whispered, "Brother Xu Shu, how do you know this is related to Die Lian Hua Division?"

"Um, I..." Xu Shu was speechless for a moment, thinking that this matter seemed difficult to explain, so he changed the subject and said, "You asked me to come over, do you have any clues?"

Xiaoya nodded and said, "Yes. As you know, the Blood and Fire Tower and Tianya Hechuwufangcao suddenly went to war yesterday, so although the Butterfly Love Flower Division received intelligence that someone from the Resurrection Society had appeared, they had no time to take care of them. As for the deceased Liu Yan, although he was the garrison officer of the market town under the jurisdiction of the Butterfly Love Flower Division, his identity was somewhat special... Haha, I suspect that this was not a revenge killing by the Blood and Fire Tower, but a work of voodoo, which was faked to make it look like their work. And he got some things he wanted."

Wait a minute, I didn't know that the Blood and Fire Tower and Die Lian Hua started a war... Why is this happening? ? Are the dead cultivators and the living cultivators just stopping the show and starting a fight?
"Please explain it clearly." Xu Shu asked in confusion after listening for a long time.

"It can't be explained in a few words. My real body is tracking him... Anyway, I want you to go out of the city with me and go to Luling Terrace. You protect me. Wait for me for a while and I will tell you the details on the way." Xiaoya said.

Damn, you are really a puppet that can eat everything in the world. You let me bear all the dangers alone. Fortunately, I have become a little stronger now...

and many more.

Xu Shu was suddenly stunned: "Where are we going?"

Xiaoya raised her little head and said, "Luling Terrace."

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(End of this chapter)