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Chapter 321 The Altar, the Penetrated Spatial Layer
Luo Da watched the entire process of Luo Xiaohei's battle with the candlelight from beginning to end.

The candlelight burned off three of Luo Xiaohei's faces, but it did not cause him any real harm, which shows that the power of the candlelight was not strong.

Despite this, Luo Xiaohei was completely helpless against the three candle flames.

"Rhoda, what exactly happened?"

Luo Xiaohei squatted on the ground and looked at Luo Da, asking a question.

But Rhoda didn't answer; instead, she picked up her phone and made some calls.

The phone call was about nothing more than asking one question: had you noticed anything unusual?

But the result was always the same: nothing.

Just as Rhoda was deep in thought, a phone call came in.

The content was exactly the answer he was looking for.

After hanging up the phone, Rodda rested his elbows on the table.

"Among the many disciples, one went wrong; the problem arose when the new lamp was being made."

"Therefore, the problem must have occurred recently."

"Of all the disciples who did not have any problems, the one who made the lamp the latest was only a week ago."

"In other words, the light has changed in some way in the past week."

"Has anything unusual happened this week...?"

Rhoda reviewed the events of the week but couldn't find a matching answer.

Just then, Luo Xiaohei jumped onto the table.

"I went to Mubei City a couple of days ago and found him..."

The black hair on Luo Xiaohei's face disappeared, revealing a face.

If it wasn't Zhang Yunshan, who else could it be?

“Originally, I sensed that the ghost within him had been formed, which is why I took the time to prepare to take on another disciple for you. But when I arrived, I found that the ghost was gone.”

"At first I thought he was up to something, but now I think it might be related to this situation."

Looking at that face, Rhoda's memory suddenly returned to ten years ago.

"It's him."

After saying that, Rhoda ignored him, as if that face was only good enough for him to say that one sentence.

After a long silence, Luo Da looked at Luo Xiaohei and said, "Come with me tonight to meet that person. Perhaps other people are involved."

"Other adults!?"

A look of fear appeared on Zhang Yunshan's face, and in the blink of an eye, black hair grew back, covering Zhang Yunshan's face.

"Hmm...maybe only other adults can make the lamp change like this."

Rhoda said this.

The expression on the black cat's face, now devoid of human features, is unreadable, but its sudden, more upright squatting posture reveals its attitude towards that person.

……

Chen Xin saw a total of three flashback scenes of three ever-burning lamps.

The individual case is fine, but it's similar to Zhang Yunsheng's situation.

But the black cat in the other two lamps' location intrigued Chen Xin.

"Is it a ghost too?"

Chen Xin sensed something was wrong.

If it's a ghost, then why does the candlelight only burn its face?
If it's not a ghost, why does it have so many ghostly-looking skin on its face?

With doubts.

Chen Xin went to the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigation and searched for keywords related to Black Cat and Face on the computer, but found no information.

"No, you've hidden it quite well."

As Chen Xin recalled the cat, his curiosity grew even stronger.

"How about we go check it out there tonight?"

Chen Xin suddenly had this idea.

"That black cat looks to be only at the ferocious level. The man next to it is a bit mysterious, but he is still human. If he is a Yang cultivator, that's fine, but if he is a Yin cultivator, then there is nothing to worry about."

"However, could he be Yang Xiu?"

Chen Xin chuckled.

Because he planned to go there tonight, Chen Xin decided not to take on the cleaning staff's tasks today and instead slacked off in the office.

After completing a task, He Xiangwen, the head of the Information Management Department, got up to get some water.

As I passed by Chen Xin's desk, I saw him slacking off with his chin propped up on his hand, and a smile involuntarily crept onto my face.

He couldn't help but chuckle when he recalled the director's earlier conversation with him, telling Chen Xin not to stay cooped up in the information processing department all the time.

He kept Chen Xin's position as information sorter simply because he felt that his talent in this area should not be wasted, and that he could come to the sorting department from time to time to do a few tasks.

But who knew that Chen Xin now treats the information processing department as his main job and the work of front-line specialists as a side job.

This really worried Director Bai Hongtao.

However, He Xiangwen did not intend to interfere with Chen Xin's choice, or rather, he could not interfere now.

As for the reason, it's mainly because of the things Chen Xin has done recently.

In less than ten days, Chen Xin discovered many clues and arrested many people based on his keen eye.

The interrogation of those officers from the branch offices led to the arrest of another group of people.

It can be said that Chen Xin's actions completely wiped out all the strongholds.

What was most surprising was that, through torture, they learned about the abilities of the leader of the Skull God Cult and that he had joined the Bureau of Investigation.

It turned out that after investigation, it was discovered that the Black Abyss, who came from who-knows-where in Gray District 76, was the leader of the Skull God Cult.

In this way, all nine masters were executed except for one who could not be found, one who was in Thailand or Myanmar, and one who was in Japan.

Such achievements were all made by Chen Xin in just six months.

This ability is undeniably powerful.

Because of this situation, the headquarters also gave the Mubei City Survey Bureau a word of praise.

Special talents should be treated specially; they should not be hindered.

With just one sentence, even Bai Hongtao couldn't force Chen Xin to do anything, let alone He Xiangwen, the head of the information processing department.

Now, the only person who can command Chen Xin is Chen Xin himself.

At least that's the case at the Mubei City Survey Bureau.

Of course, Chen Xin himself was unaware of this matter. If he had known, Chen Xin would have made He Xiangwen talk to the higher-ups to see if he could be granted some special privileges.

For example, the ability to view documents beyond one's immediate level, such as a level-two information clerk, is still a bit too limited.

That night.

After reading books and browsing forums at home for a while, Chen Xin directly threw the Tusu wine onto the floor of the study.

Through that drop of Tusu wine that had not yet evaporated, Chen Xin discovered that the study where the black cat had been was empty.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Xin didn't send Huang Ying, but sent Chicken Brother directly instead.

Not only has the ability to deal with ghosts and spirits reached the Black Abyss level, but some of his secondary attributes have also been elevated to a new level.

For example, the ability to conceal oneself.

At the Yin Si level, Chicken Bro could only contain the pale flames within his body, but at the Yama level, Chicken Bro could directly envelop himself in the pale flames and hide in the air.

If you don't look closely, you won't be able to tell that there's a slight spatial distortion in the location where Chicken Brother is.

Most importantly, the scorching yang energy of Chicken Brother's own flames was also concealed.

Therefore, for this deployment, Chen Xin did not choose Huang Ying, but instead directly sent Brother Chicken.

After entering the study, Chen Xin channeled his consciousness into Chicken Brother's body, controlling Chicken Brother to pass through the study door and arrive inside the villa.

"Tsk, he's a rich man."

Walking to the edge of the railing, Chen Xin, who was on the fourth floor, could see directly into the lobby on the first floor.

In a place where land is extremely valuable, instead of utilizing the space in the villa, they created this hollow living room.

Could it be just for the sake of having the spaciousness of a movie theater when lying on the sofa watching TV? Chen Xin didn't understand, so he just sighed and started looking for the cat.

After the net was thrown over, it shrank and covered Chicken Brother's head.

Through the sieve, Chen Xin could see some traces of yin energy remaining in the room.

Following the traces of yin energy, Chen Xin went down from the fourth-floor study to the second basement level.

After entering the exhibition room on the second basement level, Chen Xin went through a cabinet and entered a hidden door on the second basement level, and then walked down through the hidden door.

As they drew closer, the traces of yin energy became increasingly pronounced, making the sieve no longer necessary.

Soon, Chen Xin controlled Chicken Brother to arrive at a stone door carved with inexplicable patterns.

Chen Xin didn't let Brother Chicken in, but looked at the pattern on the door with some confusion.

"I feel like I've seen these patterns somewhere before."

Scenes flashed through Chen Xin's mind one after another, finally settling on the well in the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.

There was nothing special about the bottom of the well in the underworld.

In reality, however, some patterns were left on the well wall by the infant messengers of the Divine Messenger Organization.

Although the patterns on those doors are slightly different from those on this door, the overall framework is the same.

This is why Chen Xin felt it was familiar at first glance.

"So, that cat, and that man, are both members of the Divine Messenger Organization?"

Chen Xin's lips curled up in his rented room.

"I was just thinking that the level of Level 2 Information Analyst was a bit too low, and now there's another task to 'explore'."

I recalled the unsolved cases I saw when I searched for Zhang Yunshan before.

He had always thought that those things were done by Zhang Yunshan in the past.

At the time, he wondered why, having committed so many crimes, even if he hadn't killed many people, he should have still gained a lot of benefits.

However, Zhang Yunshan's ghost was unable to even handle the three ever-burning lamps of the Yin-Yang level.

Now, he understood.

Someone else was responsible for those crimes!

After keeping this in mind, Chen Xin had Brother Chicken plunge headfirst into the stone gate.

The stone gate is not thick, only half a meter.

But once inside, it's not the end.

Just three meters behind the first door is another stone door, still decorated with some strange patterns.

In this way, Chen Xin controlled Chicken Brother to crawl through seven doors, advance more than twenty meters, and descend more than ten meters before finally arriving at the real location.

"This is... an altar?"

The space in front of them was not large; it was a hemispherical space with a diameter of about twenty meters and a height of no more than ten meters.

Apart from the three-meter-high altar in the center and the three eternal lamps burning around it, there was nothing else around.

However, the walls and floor of the hemispherical space are completely covered with the mysterious patterns that were on the stone gate.

As for those three ever-burning lamps, they are not objects to ward off evil spirits.

It must have been manufactured a long time ago.

The items listed in the "Complete Guide to Talismans" are only effective for newly created items after the item appears. Items created before that are not within the scope of the "Complete Guide to Talismans".

Chen Xin didn't understand this principle. If he really wanted to explain it, he would say that the production process was also an important step in making the talisman effective.

Without the production process, only the finished product is recognized by the "Complete Collection of Town-Suppressing Objects".

At this moment, on the altar in the center of this space, there was a person and a cat.

The person is on one side of the altar, and the cat is in the center of the altar.

"So, the cat was a sacrificial offering?"

Chen Xin's interest in the person and the cat grew even stronger.

He wasn't in a hurry, nor did he get close; he simply watched what the two of them would do from the doorway.

This was the first time he had ever seen an altar, and he had no idea what it was.

Just as Chen Xin was observing, something suddenly happened over there.

It's unclear whether Chen Xin missed the initial 'prayer', but at that moment the cat on the altar suddenly raised its head.

Suddenly, countless pale, paper-like objects flew out from his cheeks.

Chen Xin understood what they were at a glance.

Shameless!

Those are all shameless, or rather, they are the kind of ghosts that can enter the 'interstitial space'!
Looking at those faces floating in the air, Chen Xin suddenly thought of something.

In the village of Sanshan, the illusionary figure took out the Staff of Sorrow and summoned the hat.

The raven prophet shot in a raven feather and burrowed into it.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Xin, the illusory body holding the hat, focused all his thoughts on the altar space.

At the same moment, the boundless darkness where the Raven Prophet's clone was located suddenly began to change.

Soon, the space where the altar was located gradually appeared around the Raven Prophet.

When Chen Xin saw the space above the altar through the Crow Prophet's vision, he was immediately shocked!
In reality, what floats on that altar are faces, but in the interlayered space, the Raven Prophet sees one ghost after another.

Although these ghosts and monsters take on different forms, they all have the same face.

A face with its seven orifices gouged out!
Chen Xin roughly counted them, and there were a total of eighteen ghosts!

But it seems they are all at the level of vengeful ghosts?

Driven by curiosity, Chen Xin sent the Raven Prophet's clone to the altar, where it moved among the ghostly bodies.

"Sure enough, they are at the same level as the three ever-burning lamps, and none of them can see the Raven Prophet."

Just then, Chen Xin had the Raven Prophet land on the shoulder of the man next to the altar, observing up close what was about to happen.

Not long after, Chen Xin heard a man's voice.

"Please, Your Excellency, lower the curtain."

After saying this, the man lowered his head and knelt on one knee.

But Chen Xin saw the man's expression through the crow.

Fanaticism, excitement, anticipation.

This was the first time Chen Xin had ever seen such an expression.

But who is the adult?
Just as Chen Xin was wondering, the ghosts around him changed.

The eighteen ghostly figures began to tremble simultaneously.

Countless grayish-white wisps of energy emanated from the seven orifices of these eighteen ghostly creatures, eventually converging into a column of grayish-white smoke.

Chen Xin controlled the crow to fly over, wanting to see what those grayish-white auras were all about.

But as soon as he got close, Chen Xin found that his view was blocked.

After a moment of stunned silence, he finally understood what had happened.

The grayish-white mist obscured the crows!

So... the crow and the gray-white aura are now on the same level?

How can it be!

Chen Xin was startled. Just as he was about to continue observing, he suddenly noticed that a portion of the grayish-white aura floated upwards and then disappeared!

Just vanished into thin air!

Where did they go?
Suddenly, Chen Xin thought of something.

“Since the grayish-white aura can travel from the previous level to the crow level, then…”

Watching the grayish-white aura disappear to where it had been.

Chen Xin murmured, "So, the aura didn't disappear, it's just that I can't see it anymore? They... went to a higher level."

What are they trying to do?

……

(End of this chapter)