You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

Chapter 53 Terrifying Mist
Upon hearing this, Chen Yang, Wang Lin, Lin Miao, and the others were all taken aback!
If it were just one "Five Dragons Mountain," it could be considered a coincidence. But the fact that nine places like "Five Dragons Mountain," shrouded in mist, appeared in the Great Xia Dynasty in one day is extraordinary!

The fog devours people.

If this is true elsewhere...

A chill ran through everyone's hearts!
Wang Lin couldn't help but ask, "Have other places also failed to find out what the fog actually is?"

Wei Rufeng shook his head.

“Various places are investigating the origin of the fog and its harmfulness... I’ve decided to go into the mountains myself.”

He quickly made arrangements, saying, "Wang Lin, Ma Lin, you two go to the edge of the mist to meet me... Lin Miao, you stay at the command post and are responsible for coordinating forces to seal off the entire Five Dragons Mountain."

Lin Miao is not the strongest among them.

But he has a calm and composed personality.

The others felt it was too risky for Director Wei to go into the mountains himself, and they all tried to persuade him to go in his place. However, Wei Rufeng shook his head: "After all, I am a half-step Grandmaster, and I have a better chance of getting out of the fog than you."

Director Wang advised, "Director Wei, it's already past 2 a.m.... Why don't we wait until dawn before making a decision?"

Perhaps it's a fog...

It will dissipate on its own then!
"I have made up my mind, no need to say more."

"Moreover, there are villagers and rescue teams in Wulong Mountain... They may not be able to hold out until dawn."

Wei Rufeng had Wang Lin take his weapon from the trunk of the car. It was a sword made of a new type of composite metal, with intricate Dao patterns engraved on its blade. These Dao patterns gave the sword a certain ability to "ward off evil," and it was even more lethal to evil spirits!

Ma Lin took out a handful of talismans, but then put them away: "Director Wei, I'll go with you... You're a martial artist, these talismans won't be very effective for you. Sister Miao, Wang Lin, and Lao Cao are enough outside."

The mystery of the mist over Wulong Mountain remains unknown to anyone.
It is precisely because it is unknown that it is even more dangerous!
No one knew whether they would come out alive after going in, yet these people were all vying to go in.

"The Great Xia Dynasty has never lacked such people. They work silently, yet they protect the country and its people... even at the cost of their own lives!"

Chen Yang sighed inwardly...

The Special Administration Bureau is a special department that ordinary people have never even heard of.

The combat personnel in this department are all elites. With their abilities, they could easily earn a million or even more a year in society, but they did not choose to live such a privileged life.

Instead, they are busy running around every day, dealing with "paranormal events" like dogs, all for the sake of protecting ordinary people.

And what they did...

Originally, this was the duty of the underworld officials.

Chen Yang stepped forward and said, "Director Wei, let's go together."

"no!"

Unexpectedly, Wei Rufeng flatly refused: "Master Chen, you and I are different... If something happens to me, the higher-ups can just send someone to replace me."

"You are……"

He glanced at Director Wang and the others beside him, and after a moment's thought, he did not reveal Chen Yang's "identity." He said, "You bear a heavy responsibility. Whether the world can truly be at peace in the future still depends on your efforts. It's not too late for you to go in after I have figured out the origin of the mist in Wulong Mountain."

3:08 AM.

Wei Ruhai and Ma Lin set off together into the mist.

Chen Yang, Wang Lin, and Cao Zepan accompanied him.

Lin Miao took charge of the temporary command post and began issuing orders, instructing the police to seal off Wulong Mountain and contacting the military for support.

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At the foot of Wulong Mountain.

Edge of fog.

Ahead lies a small village, adjacent to "Red Flag Village," called "Xishan Village."

Xishan Village is similar to Hongqi Village. It is a village under the "ecological migration" plan. Most of the villagers have moved away, leaving only about twenty households in the village that farm, raise livestock, and herd sheep.

The entire Xishan Village is now shrouded in mist, with occasional low growls and howls echoing through the village, sending chills down one's spine. Beside the paved road leading to the village, Wei Ruhai dialed Wang Lin's cell phone, saying, "Keep the call going, don't hang up..."

The other two also each carried a walkie-talkie.

soon.

Wei Ruhai and Ma Lin entered the fog.

Their figures were gradually swallowed by the mist, and the phone they were talking to first emitted a crackling sound of electricity, and then the call was cut off.

"Director Wei... Director Wei, can you hear me?"

Wang Lin tried to contact Wei Ruhai again using a walkie-talkie, but lost contact again.

"It looks like this fog will interfere with the use of electronic communication equipment..."

Chen Yang spoke, paused, and then added, "No, it's not just interference, but communication equipment malfunctions immediately after entering... that's why the villagers and rescue team members lost contact."

Looking ahead into the mist.

Chen Yang discovered that even he found it difficult to see through the fog.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Wang Lin, how big is Wulong Mountain?"

Wang Lin said, "Wulong Mountain is only about 20 or 30 li in length and width, it's not that big... Even if those villagers and rescue teams walked in a straight line, they should have made it out by now, right?"

"Not always."

Chen Yang said, "Director Wei said before that these fogs seem to have the power to bewitch people... Moreover, given the strangeness of the fogs, if phenomena like 'being trapped in a ghost wall' occur in the mountains, how would ordinary people have the ability to get out?"

What followed was a long wait.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Yang inquired about the situation inside "Five Dragons Mountain" from the old man.

Chen Huaiyi said, "We were affected by the evil energy of the earth veins in Wulong Mountain, which made us feel dazed and confused. We were also often suppressed in the Soul Imprisoning Box by Wang Jianlin. We weren't too badly affected by Wulong Mountain... Huh?"

He was halfway through his sentence when he exclaimed in surprise, "I suddenly remembered something..."

“I once came to Xishan Village before I died. A woman from Wucheng Township came to me... Her family is from here. She said her father was possessed by an evil spirit and asked me to help take a look.”

"At that time, his father was so frightened that he lost his mind and became mentally impaired. He would scream and shout at the slightest sound in the house, and keep saying that there were ghosts..."

"According to his family, he went to Wulong Mountain to dig for yams, and when he came back, he became like this... It was on that occasion that I stumbled upon Wang Jianlin using the evil energy of the earth veins in Wulong Mountain to refine a ghost puppet. After investigating, I found out that he was helping his master prolong his life."

soon.

The sky began to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

The sky gradually brightened.

Wei Rufeng and Ma Lin did not return.

The villagers and rescue teams in the mountains were nowhere to be seen.

It was soon 8 o'clock.

In Northwest China at the end of May, the sun was already high in the sky by 8 a.m.

From within the misty Xishan Village, a scream suddenly rang out: "Ahhh... There's a ghost! Help!"

A man, about thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, dressed in tattered clothes and covered in blood, scrambled out of the fog. He looked panicked and shouted as if he had been traumatized.

After being comforted, he sat down on the ground again, staring blankly into the distance...

Chen Yang glanced at Chen Huaiyi, who was in a ghostly state.

Chen Huaiyi said, "This...this is exactly the same as that old man who lost his soul back then!"

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(End of this chapter)