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Chapter 343 All mobilized, a net spread across the sky and earth.

"Old Bai, Bai Hongtao sent a message!"

At Ji Mo's house, Ji Mo suddenly spoke to Bai Yongnian, who was planning how to efficiently acquire Yin Virtue Points.

"what's the message?"

Bai Yongnian was frowning as he looked at the map of the area near the crack in Mubei City that he had obtained from the Bureau of Investigation.

Since Bai Yongnian had the idea of ​​buying a house in the underworld, he has felt immense pressure.

In the past two days, he has already killed one vengeful ghost and four wandering spirits in Mubei City!

The first wandering spirit was discovered the day before yesterday, while the remaining four ghosts were all discovered and dealt with yesterday.

It can be foreseen that as the 'warm sun' disappears for longer and longer, evil spirits will make a comeback.

This made Bai Yongnian somewhat anxious.

Even if you exclude the less close relatives, his large family still numbers about fifteen or sixteen people!
If you really want to go to the underworld, a three-room house is not enough. You need at least three households to fit all your close relatives in. That's alright, though, as it only costs thirty yin virtues a month.

But the key is the stickers!

That thing consumes two cards in total, and one of them is used as a 'coordinate point', so that makes three cards.

One picture is worth one hundred merits, and one person is worth three hundred merits.

Fifteen people... four thousand five hundred merits!
Even if you eliminate all the evil spirits, you'd still have to kill ninety of them, not to mention the vengeful ghosts and wandering spirits.

If he continues down this path, it might take half a year or a year to accumulate enough good karma. By then, his family might have already gotten used to the rampant ghosts in the mortal world, so what need would there be for them to go to the underworld?
So now he has two choices.

One is to approach the crack and deal with the evil spirits that are breeding near it.

According to the Bureau of Investigation, hundreds of wandering spirits spawn near the crack every day, and if they are not cleaned up, vengeful ghosts will be born the next day.

Leaving aside vengeful ghosts, one hundred wandering souls are roughly equivalent to two to three hundred yin virtues. In other words, as long as he can kill one hundred wandering souls near the rift every day, he can send his entire family to the underworld in about half a month!

However, there is a problem here: can we kill enough to reach one hundred?
While the Raven Feather Raincoat greatly enhanced his mobility, the key issue was that many agents from the Bureau of Investigation were patrolling near the Rift, including top-tier, senior team leaders.

Even if he puts in all his effort, he might not be able to gather a hundred wandering souls before they are all killed.

Unless, of course, he knows the exact location of each wandering spirit.

In addition, the second method is to undertake a task at the local government office.

When Bai Yongnian met the Lord of the Underworld before, he naturally browsed through all the facilities of the Underworld, including the mission bulletin board.

There weren't many tasks in his task list, but he remembered one called 'Explore the Underworld Region'.

The keywords for this task are 'dangerous', 'requires multiple players to team up', and 'a lot of good karma'.

Bai Yongnian didn't know how much "a lot of good deeds" meant, but "requiring multiple people to form a team" meant at least eighteen people. Bai Yongnian could understand this because eighteen people could form the Ten Thousand Crows Formation, which would greatly enhance both attack power and survivability.

This also shows how difficult this task is.

In addition, if one possesses a Yin-level protective charm, the requirement is reduced to two people.

In other words, as long as both underworld messengers have underworld-level protective artifacts, they can do this mission together.

Is it a Yin-level talisman?

Bai Yongnian currently only possesses a Soul-Binding Rope at the Yin Marshal level, which is far from the Yin Si level. Perhaps the difficulty of upgrading the Soul-Binding Rope to the Yin Si level is even greater than the difficulty of sending his family to the underworld.

However, at the exchange point in the underworld, he did see an exchange item that could upgrade the level of the talisman.

To upgrade a talisman from the Yin Cha (陰陽遠) level to the Yin Si (陰司) level, it requires 5,500 Yin virtues and three days. Among them, upgrading a Yin Cha to a Yin Shuai (陰帅) level requires 500 Yin virtues.

Five thousand merits in the underworld is another condition that will ultimately kill Bai Yongnian.

Given all of the above, Bai Yongnian was naturally in a bad mood, so he didn't bother to check his phone about the information Ji Mo had mentioned regarding the Bureau of Investigation.

"They said the Bureau of Investigation discovered members of the Divine Messenger organization and wanted our cooperation in arresting them, offering a reward in return."

Ji Mo looked at the contents of the text message and explained it again.

Bai Yongnian looked down, took out his phone and glanced at it; there was a message that looked exactly the same.

After thinking for a moment, he stood up from his seat.

"go!"

Bai Yongnian had some ideas in his mind. Perhaps after this, he would have a way to accumulate 4,500 merits.

"Huh? You're really going! Bai Hongtao has so many people in the bureau, and they're asking us for help, which means this 'divine messenger's' people are hard to catch. Do you think we can handle it?"

There are some concerns at the end of the quarter.

"If you don't have a raven feather raincoat on you, and you can't stop them, just run. He only told us to cooperate in the capture, he didn't tell us to fight to the death!"

Seeing that Ji Mo was still hesitant, Bai Yongnian shared his thoughts.

Upon hearing that he could earn merit points, Ji Mo didn't hesitate.

He's a married man!

He hasn't had time to go on a honeymoon with his wife since they got their marriage certificate. He'll take her to the underworld for their honeymoon when the time comes!

There are also his grandfather and father-in-law's family. If they were to go to the underworld for refuge, there would be at least two households. So he is just as lacking in good karma as Bai Yongnian!

Seeing that Ji Mo agreed, Bai Yongnian also breathed a sigh of relief.

If he were alone, he wouldn't have much confidence, but with the Raven Feather Raincoat, the two of them could unleash the Hundred Raven Formation, which was much better than being alone.

Immediately, the two walked to the spot where the two crows were placed by the window.

He cupped his hands in a respectful bow and said, "Please, Crow Feather!"

Whoosh!
Two black raven feathers shot out and landed on the two people's bodies, instantly transforming into two sets of jet-black feather robes. Black mist continuously appeared and disappeared from the lower part of the robes, adding to the mystery of the two people.

The two people wearing crow-beak masks looked at each other and suddenly exploded into two clouds of black mist.

More than a dozen crows flew out from the black mist, passed over the balcony, and flew towards Maple Leaf Street.

……

"get off!"

Upon hearing the voice from the walkie-talkie, Chen Xin's car immediately stopped behind the car in front.

Ten people got out of the two cars. The team was led by two senior team leaders, four ordinary team leaders, and four newcomers like Chen Xin and Bai Bowen.

There are roughly a dozen or so teams like Chen Xin's, consisting of ten people, scattered across various streets connected to Maple Leaf Street!

If it weren't for the arrival of the new equipment, we probably wouldn't have been able to gather so many people in such a short time.

"The ordinary people on Maple Leaf Street are already being evacuated from the outside in, and the guy inside will probably notice soon."

Wei Junrui is one of the two senior team leaders and also the team leader of Chen Xin's team.

"Chen Xin, Gao Xiaochang, and Gu Hai'an, the three of you who received the net screens, now take them with you and report any abnormalities immediately."

"Yes!"

"He Guangzhi, take your Shengyang Spirit Fire Basin and start burning it in those rooms... The three of you go and seal the doors and windows of those rooms, and try to prevent the smoke from the Shengyang Spirit Fire Basin from escaping."

"The rest of you, grab your special equipment and solar protection gear, and be ready to go at any time."

"Yes!"

Under Wei Junrui's arrangement, everyone sprang into action.

Chen Xin had already climbed to the top of a five-story building on the side of the street, looking down at the entire Maple Leaf Street in the distance with his mesh screen.

Wei Junrui, watching from below as everyone began to move, breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are still too few people who choose the Rising Sun Spirit Fire Basin. If eight out of ten people choose the Rising Sun Spirit Fire Basin and fill these two rows of houses with smoke, then the divine messengers will have to walk on the main street."

Mao Yaoyang, who was standing nearby, chuckled upon hearing this.

Why didn't you choose it?

Wei Junrui was very serious.

"If I choose that option, our fighting strength will decrease, which would be a loss."

Mao Yaoyang pursed his lips.

Support-type equipment is only used when there is a significant difference in strength between two players in a team, and the player with the weaker strength will be forced to choose it. Otherwise, it's really difficult to specify that someone else should choose support equipment.

"What do you think that guy's strength is?"

"Judging from the director's big commotion, it must be quite significant. Top team leaders are usually in pairs, so that guy must have the strength of a top team leader, right?" Mao Yaoyang analyzed.

"That's not necessarily true. The reason for such a big commotion is that the General Administration has a requirement that even if this is just a senior team leader-level task, the director has to allocate manpower."

"This is an attitude, something shown to those 'rats,' to let them know that angering the Bureau of Investigation will have consequences!"

Hearing Wei Junrui say this, Mao Yaoyang nodded in agreement.

"Alright, don't be careless. If we really encounter a top-tier team leader, as long as we don't die, we'll have to go up and fight them."

"understood."

After saying that, the two went into a nearby shop and hid.

……

Maple Leaf Street is structured like a ladder, the kind of ladder with a 'gung-gung-gung-gung' shape.

The main street is a not-so-bustling commercial street, but it is famous for its two rows of maple trees.

Every year when the maple leaves turn red, quite a few students and office workers come here to take photos.

But the people who actually stroll along Maple Leaf Street every day don't actually go to the main street, but rather to the adjacent side street.

Every thirty or forty meters along the main street, there is a small path leading to the side street, which is why Maple Leaf Street is said to resemble a 'ladder'.

As you walk along those alleys, you'll discover that the most beautiful part of Maple Leaf Street isn't the maple leaves, but rather the winding paths of the side streets, with their green tiles, blue bricks, and flowing streams.

The side street of Maple Leaf Street wasn't originally like this. It wasn't until a businessman saw the foot traffic on the main street that he spent a lot of money to take over the entire side street and transformed it into the appearance of ancient buildings.

On the other side of the side street is an artificial river less than five meters wide, with only two small bridges at the beginning and end of the street, leading to other streets.

The row of riverside buildings on the side street were all rented out by that businessman to specific shops, such as teahouses, cafes, and quiet bars.

As a result, one feels a unique sense of tranquility and peace as soon as they enter the side street.

In addition, the side street runs along the river, making it a favorite spot for artsy young people, white-collar workers, and business owners in Mubei City.

Among the side streets, one building stands out as the most exquisite and eye-catching.

Its name is 'Caomuju'.

The outer walls of Caomuju are covered with green vines. No one knows what kind of vines they are, only that they are evergreen and that the owner got them from researchers.

On the exposed balcony of Caomuju, there are also various flowers and plants.

The entire structure of Caomuju resembles a giant flowerpot.

From the store name to the decor, you can tell that the owner has a fondness for plants.

But it's actually a tea shop, not a flower shop.

The Caomu Residence has few rooms; there are only four private rooms upstairs and downstairs, and the rest of the space is filled with flowers and plants.

There aren't many rooms, but they're almost always fully booked every day.

Some wealthy individuals once wanted to subscribe for a monthly fee, but the owner refused, saying that he only accepted same-day bookings.

This displeased many bosses, but won the favor of many more.

At this moment, people in all four private rooms of Caomuju were chatting about their own things.

In one of the private rooms, the owner, Lin Mu, was chatting with a boss he had only recently become acquainted with.

"Mr. Lin, are you really not going to make a move? I can add another million, plus a shop on Yaoxing Road!"

Lin Mu smiled without saying a word.

"Mr. Lin, you only signed a ten-year contract with the owner here. Now there are only five years left. You're trading five years for five million plus a shop worth two million. You're not losing out at all!"

Gao Qifan looked at Lin Mu with an expression that said, "You don't know how to do business."

"Boss Gao, I just like the environment here. Money is just a number after all. Enough is enough."

Lin Mu looked at Gao Qifan and said calmly, with a nonchalant air that suggested he regarded money as dirt.

"Heh, just tell me, how can I get you to transfer the contract to me?"

Gao Qifan leaned back, waiting for Lin Mu's reply.

There's nothing in this world that money can't solve; if there is, then just add more money!

Lin Mu smiled and was about to speak when his expression suddenly changed as he heard a noise downstairs.

"Give me a straight answer!"

Gao Qifan tapped on the table to bring Lin Mu's attention back.

"Mr. Gao, there's no need to bother. If you'd like to continue drinking tea, then this time it's on me. If you don't want any more, I'll see you out, and you don't need to come back again."

Lin Mu frowned again as soon as he finished speaking.

Just as he was about to get up and go out to take a look, he heard Gao Qifan's voice again.

"Hehe, it seems Boss Lin wants to see if I have the ability?"

Gao Qifan sneered.

"Oh? What does Mr. Gao want?"

Lin Mu looked at Gao Qifan, his smile widening.

"Not so great. I'm a law-abiding businessman. If Mr. Lin encounters any troublemakers and can't handle it, he can come to me."

Gao Qifan looked at Lin Mu with a smile and said.

Lin Fan smiled, about to say something, when his gaze shifted across the wall to the next private room.

Since just now, people have been entering his shop one after another, knocking on the doors of the private rooms and calling people away.

Lin Mu got up and walked towards the door.

"What does Mr. Lin mean by this? Are you looking down on me?"

Gao Qifan stepped forward and reached out to grab Lin Mu's shoulder.

Lin Mu's smile vanished, and he turned to look at Gao Qifan. The cold light in his eyes made Gao Qifan freeze in place.

Turning his head, Lin Mu opened the door of the private room and looked at the person next door who was leading the two people from the next private room away.

"What's going on here?"

Lin Mu asked.

When the two people in the next private room saw Lin Mu come out, they immediately said, "I have something to do at home and I have to go back for a bit. Mr. Lin, please reserve the private room for me."

As soon as she finished speaking, the person behind her pushed her downstairs.

"What's the rush? Why did Second Brother hire such rude servants? I've never seen you before, who are you...?"

As the words faded into the distance, Lin Mu's eyes began to flicker.

Urgent?

The people in the two private rooms downstairs were also called away because of urgent matters.

At this moment, only Gao Qifan's private room remained occupied in the entire teahouse.

Having made up his mind, Lin Mu did not hesitate at all. He turned around and leaped off the riverside balcony, heading straight into the river.

Before he could land, he saw the large net shimmering with red light in the river.

wrong!

In an instant, the vines on the grass and wood houses shot over, pulling the trees back from mid-air.

Just as they were about to land on the balcony, a voice rang out.

"Boss Lin, what are you playing at? Let's join in!"

Turning his head, Lin Mu saw the large cauldron that had condensed on Gao Qifan's body, and the blood and qi flames that spewed from the cauldron's mouth, which were two meters in diameter.

boom!
The trees fell into the river at an even faster speed than before.

……

(End of this chapter)