Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 399 Traceability
Chen Xin still felt somewhat sorry for the death of Ke Ting, who dared to fight for her life.

Chen Xin has high hopes for people who dare to take the initiative to seize opportunities.

Unfortunately, they were just a bit unlucky.

In fact, what Chen Xin told Bai Xue was true. There were too many talismans, and the information transmitted to Chen Xin was very complicated. If Bai Xue hadn't called him again, he might not have known that Ke Ting was dead.

With so many protective objects in the Great Xia Dynasty, he couldn't possibly keep track of the events associated with each one.

This can be considered a negative effect of the increased speed at which one accumulates good karma.

Shaking his head, just as Chen Xin was about to continue compiling the story of the talisman, his phone rang.

Upon seeing the caller ID, Chen Xin smiled.

It was Li Ruonan calling.

Since Chen Xin left school, he has had less contact with Zhou Lei, Li Ruonan and the others.

On the one hand, Chen Xin's energy was tied up with the affairs of the Bureau of Investigation and the Underworld; on the other hand, they each had their own lives.

Many people may have had this feeling: friends who were inseparable in high school become increasingly distant after going their separate ways in college.

When you go back home after the holiday, the friends who used to grope you when you met might just give you a polite smile.

This indifference to emotions is hard to understand, but it does exist.

Aside from childhood friends, close buddies, and the group of people you see regularly, most high school friendships are hard to maintain.

Fortunately, Chen Xin's friends were either from the same school or childhood friends, so even though it was difficult to meet, they could still see each other once or twice a month and share their recent situations.

When I last met Li Ruonan, she had already joined the Bureau of Public Opinion Research's training program at school. If all goes as expected, she will join the Bureau of Public Opinion Research when she starts her second year of university next month.

The call is connected.

"what happened?"

"Chen Xin, something's happened."

Chen Xin's smile faded.

……

Half an hour later, Chen Xin appeared in Lingyuan City and went to Li Ruonan's house.

When Chen Xin knocked on the door, he saw a somewhat tired Li Ruonan.

"Huh? How come so fast? You're already in Lingyuan City?"

Li Ruonan was stunned when she saw Chen Xin.

Because it was summer vacation, she returned to Lingyuan City. When she heard Chen Xin say he was waiting for her, she thought she wouldn't see him until the afternoon. But they met in less than half an hour.

"Yeah, I'm doing a mission nearby. Tell me more, what's up?"

Chen Xin didn't explain much. This was after he had delayed for half an hour. If he wanted, he could have appeared at Li Ruonan's doorstep after hanging up the phone.

"Come in first."

After being led into Li Ruonan's room, Chen Xin saw Wu Mengmeng lying on Li Ruonan's bed.

Not only was she lying down, but Wu Mengmeng's limbs were also tied up by Li Ruonan.

"Is this what she is?"

Chen Xin was surprised.

"Mengmeng has attracted something evil. She keeps walking towards the window and taking off her clothes as she goes."

Upon hearing Li Ruonan's words, Chen Xin also noticed Wu Mengmeng's disheveled clothes.

However, that's not important. What's important is... why didn't the house-protecting medicine activate?
He had already planted a talisman in their building, so if a ghost came looking for Wu Mengmeng, it should activate the talisman.

Curious, Chen Xin walked over to Wu Mengmeng and grabbed one of her hands.

The power of Qi and blood surged into Wu Mengmeng's body, and after circulating it around, Chen Xin found no trace of Yin Qi.

He then reached into his bag and took out his mesh sieve.

"This is special equipment from the Bureau of Investigation, right?"

After seeing this, Li Ruonan asked a question.

"Yes, you'll get that too once you join the Bureau of Polling."

Chen Xin did not mention that his version was different from the one released by the Bureau of Public Opinion Survey.

After putting the mesh over his head, Chen Xin saw a faint light coming from where Wu Mengmeng's head was.

The head is a sensitive area; if the flow of qi and blood is not properly managed, serious problems can arise.

Chen Xin was about to summon the Staff of Mourning, intending to try and draw out the thing in Wu Mengmeng's mind.

But the bag he brought back this time was just an ordinary backpack, not at all like it could hold a scepter of mourning.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Xin reached into his backpack and took out a small jar.

"what is this?"

"A special kind of wine."

As Chen Xin spoke, he opened the bottle cap.

"Bring me a bowl."

"okay."

Li Ruonan acted quickly and soon brought the items.

After pouring a bowl of Netherworld-grade Tusu wine, Chen Xin gestured for Li Ruonan to feed Wu Mengmeng.

Li Ruonan walked over and woke Wu Mengmeng up.

"Mengmeng, Mengmeng."

After Wu Mengmeng woke up, her eyes looked confused.

When she saw Chen Xin, her eyes were filled with pleading for help.

"Chen Xin, help! Help! Help!"

Chen Xin smiled.

"Stop calling me uncle, drink your medicine."

Wu Mengmeng looked at the bowl in Li Ruonan's hand, said nothing, and leaned over to gulp it down.

When she realized it was alcohol, she was about to vomit on the spot.

"Once it's vomited up, there's no hope."

Gudong!

With her face flushed red, Wu Mengmeng swallowed the wine in her mouth.

"what?"

After swallowing, Wu Mengmeng found that the wine was not as spicy or burning as she had imagined. Instead, it had the refreshing feeling of drinking an iced cola on a hot summer day.

She immediately took another gulp.

After two bites, Wu Mengmeng hummed comfortably on the bed.

Chen Xin asked, "How are you feeling?"

"That feels great, is there any more?"

Chen Xin shook his head and put the mesh screen back on.

To his surprise, the light was still on Wu Mengmeng's head and had not been cleared away by Tu Sujiu.

Chen Xin became interested.

This thing is definitely not a ghost; if it were, the talisman would have been triggered long ago. So it can only be a trick left behind by that ghost.

With this in mind, Chen Xin activated the Naowang Sifting Yama-level ability [Tracing the Source].

Everything before my eyes vanished, leaving only that single glimmer of light.

Immediately afterward, Chen Xin traced the light, and a ray of light extended from it, growing faster and faster.

The light circled the room dozens of times before leaving through Li Ruonan's bedroom door.

Chen Xin removed the mesh screen and pulled Li Ruonan's pink gaming chair over to sit down.

He looked at Wu Mengmeng, who was snuggling against Li Ruonan with a pitiful expression, and said, "Wu Mengmeng, tell me about your recent situation. When did it start, and what did you experience on that first day?"

Wu Mengmeng's situation was somewhat special. This was probably the first time Chen Xin had encountered this type of ghost, so he was also quite curious.

"I... I didn't do anything. I just went to the next city for a trip, and this is how I came back."

Wu Mengmeng said with some grievance.

It was summer vacation, and she originally wanted to go out and have fun with Li Ruonan. But who knew that ever since Li Ruonan joined that training class, she had become interested in that exercise and spent every day either practicing the exercise or practicing Sanda (Chinese kickboxing).

Left with no other choice, she could only go out and have some fun on her own. Li Ruonan had told her that things weren't going well in Daxia lately because of a paranormal event, so she didn't dare go too far and just went to a neighboring city with a few friends.

Who knew things would turn out like this after I came back?

"Tell me about any unusual things you encountered during this process."

Chen Xin did not believe that Wu Mengmeng's process of getting infected was completely normal.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Mengmeng asked uncertainly, "When we went to the next city, we encountered someone jumping off a building. Does that count?"

Chen Xin was taken aback.

Jump off a building?

Such a coincidence?
While Chen Xin was in a daze, Li Ruonan had already asked him the question on his behalf.

"Jump off a building? Jump off what building?"

"It's about jumping off a building. Apparently, someone was caught having an affair and then jumped to escape."

How do you know it's an affair?

"They weren't wearing any clothes. Who would take off their clothes before jumping off a building?"

Wu Mengmeng stared at Li Ruonan with wide eyes and continued, "If you don't believe me, I still have the video I took yesterday on my phone."

Li Ruonan took out Wu Mengmeng's phone, unlocked it, and saw the video.

Chen Xin also went over to take a look, and it turned out that the person who jumped off the building was not Ke Ting, but a young man he didn't know.

When Wu Mengmeng mentioned seeing someone jump off a building, Chen Xin immediately thought of Bai Xue's situation.

After Ke Ting's death, Chen Xin paid more attention to Bai Xue's side and learned some things about her.

He immediately asked, "Did you post the video on a short video platform?"

"Of course not, I have quite a few followers on my platform, it would be too offensive to post that."

Chen Xin was surprised.

Since it wasn't released, Wu Mengmeng wasn't significantly affected.

Or is it that the ghost's influence diminished because it was located in a different city?
Or perhaps that ghost was too busy dealing with other, more heinous people, and therefore didn't have time for Wu Mengmeng.

Chen Xin didn't know which situation it was, but Wu Mengmeng should have encountered the same ghost as Bai Xue and the others.

This ghost seems to be seeking revenge on everyone who films people jumping off buildings.

The light in Wu Mengmeng's mind was probably the mark that ghost left on her.

With the mark, the ghost can find Wu Mengmeng and thus influence her.

As for why the Yin Si-level Tu Su wine failed to remove the mark, Chen Xin's idea was that the mark was either not within the scope of the Tu Su wine's processing.

Either that ghostly ability surpassed the Blood Calamity level and reached the Black Abyss level, which is why the Yin Si level Tu Su wine was ineffective.

But this is impossible.

This is the mortal world, not the underworld. Ghosts and spirits don't have such a good breeding ground. Even with a lot of killing, it's hard for a wandering soul to leap into the Black Abyss so quickly.

If there were such a thing, the Bureau of Investigation headquarters would have taken action long ago; it's impossible that only the local offices were handling it.

It seems that the best way to solve Wu Mengmeng's problem is to deal with that ghost.

Thinking of this, Chen Xin stood up.

“I understand the situation. Wu Mengmeng has been wearing this on her body recently.”

Chen Xin took out two Yin-level suppression coins from his bag, giving one to Wu Mengmeng and the other to Li Ruonan.

However, when he gave it to Li Ruonan, he gave her some instructions.

"Don't wear this when you go to meet people from the Bureau of Investigation, or something bad will happen."

Li Ruonan didn't ask any more questions, she just nodded.

Then Chen Xin took out four more stickers and stuck them on Li Ruonan and Wu Mengmeng respectively.

"Keep these two things close to your body as well; they can save your lives."

Chen Xin left two of them with the money and left the other two at the Sanshan camp.

If they were to encounter real danger and Chen Xin didn't have time to react, the stickers could save them once.

After doing all that, Chen Xin picked up his bag and prepared to leave.

Li Ruonan followed and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Solve Wu Mengmeng's problem. By the way, have Wu Mengmeng notify her friends, and try to tie them down like she did. If that doesn't work, then make this call."

Chen Xin gave his uncle Wang Xingping's cell phone to Li Ruonan.

"Just tell them they encountered a paranormal event, and have my uncle take them to the Bureau of Investigation for a while."

"As for when he will be released from the Bureau of Polling, wait for my news."

After saying that, Chen Xin turned and left.

As Chen Xin passed by his own house, he glanced at it but did not go in.

Li Ruonan returned to her room.

"Chen Xin is gone? What am I going to do?"

Wu Mengmeng said pitifully.

"He said he went to solve your problem. Oh, and he also told you to tell your friends that they might be in the same situation as you."

Wu Mengmeng's expression changed, and she immediately wanted to have Li Ruonan make the call.

Li Ruonan simply asked her to give her friend's family information and name, and then she directly called Chen Xin's uncle to explain the situation.

Although Chen Xin said he could tie her up first, Li Ruonan knew the truth.

If Wu Mengmeng hadn't experienced paranormal events, and if she weren't Wu Mengmeng's best friend, Wu Mengmeng would never have let her tie her up.

As for the others, Li Ruonan had no hope.

It's best not to waste time explaining and just let Chen Xin's uncle handle it.

After finishing the call, Li Ruonan explained the situation to Wu Mengmeng.

Wu Mengmeng murmured, "Ruonan, why does it feel like Chen Xin is getting further and further away from us?"

Wu Mengmeng's words silenced Li Ruonan.

Compared to Wu Mengmeng, she felt this even more strongly.

Before joining the Bureau of Public Opinion Training Program, she was unaware of the gap between herself and Chen Xin.

After joining, she thought the distance between her and Chen Xin would shorten.

But now it seems that's not the case.

Looking at the money for warding off evil spirits and the sticker in her hand, Li Ruonan felt powerless.

But she quickly dismissed that feeling.

What she wanted to do was to follow in Chen Xin's footsteps and get closer to him.

But that's not all.

What she wanted was the power to protect her family from the Bureau of Polling!

……

Just as Chen Xin left Li Ruonan's house and followed the trajectory line in the net, Bai Xue had already begun her operation.

After gaining the approval of the underworld crow, she directly told Hu Guohao how to make the Ai Hu, and asked the Bureau of Investigation to make the Ai Hu with her!
In Bai Xue's mind, it would be difficult for her to avenge Ke Ting on her own.

So she needs help.

Since the underworld has not explicitly forbidden her from revealing the creation of Ai Hu, she will assume that it is permissible!

The Bureau of Public Opinion, which had long had this idea but dared not do it because it was not authorized by the Underworld, readily agreed.

If something goes wrong, they have Bai Xue, a candidate for the underworld official, to take responsibility; they are not afraid.

In just two hours, the polling bureau had collected hundreds of Ai Hu samples that Bai Xue had screened and felt would definitely be effective.

Instead of handing these tiger cubs over to the Bureau of Investigation, Bai Xue had them moved to the room where Ke Ting and Wu Mai had their accident.

Afterwards, Bai Xue wrote an electronic will and scheduled to send it a week later.

After finishing everything, Bai Xue went to the room where Ke Ting jumped off the building.

Open your phone, log in to a short video platform, and post multiple short videos of people jumping off buildings.

After that, she sat among the pile of tigers, quietly waiting for its arrival.

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