After completing the bizarre game, the world experienced a global resurgence of strange occurrences.

Chen Zhuo hummed in agreement, signaling her to continue.

On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Wu Yu could be heard turning over papers, his tone a few degrees more subdued than before.

"Following the clues you provided, Captain Liao led his men to the Dachang City Mental Hospital."

They quickly detected eerie energy inside, and at a considerable concentration.

Chen Zhuo sensed the heaviness in her tone and his brows furrowed slightly.

"But the problem is that they haven't found the key to the human body puzzle."

Wu Yu paused for a moment, as if considering her words.

"Instead, it led to the discovery of something even more terrifying and bizarre."

"Speak," Chen Zhuo said, his expression turning serious.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Lin Wan curled up into a ball, not daring to breathe.

Wu Yu continued, "Team Leader Liao and his team concluded that the abandoned building inside the mental hospital was itself a strange entity!"

Chen Zhuo recalled the situation when he left the hospital that day; it seemed that what he had sensed at the time was the eerie atmosphere of this building.

"What's the danger level?"

"Grade B." Wu Yu's tone grew increasingly serious: "The same grade as the Corridor Villa."

There was a moment of silence inside the car.

Chen Zhuo leaned back in his chair, his expression unchanged: "And then?"

"Team Leader Liao speculates that the mysterious portal to the human puzzle is very likely located inside this newly appeared strange creature."

Wu Yu paused for a moment, then added an explanation.

"The oddity level is B. Once you possess the Odd Domain, the probability of opening the Odd Gate will increase."

The reason why the corridor villa is so eerie is because of this.

And this abandoned building also possesses a ghostly realm!

Wu Yu then told Chen Zhuo about the current situation.

"Team Leader Liao and his team have entered the building to investigate, following the minister's instructions."

Wu Yu stopped speaking at this point, her tone tinged with a hint of probing.

Chen Zhuo immediately understood the other meaning behind Wu Yu's words.

Wu Yu, or rather the minister, wanted him to help.

"I see."

Chen Zhuo finally spoke, but did not continue the previous topic, as he did not want to get too involved.

"Is there anything else to report?"

Wu Yu was silent for two seconds, seemingly wanting to say something, but ultimately only replied, "Nothing for now."

"That's settled then."

After Chen Zhuo finished speaking, he raised his hand and cut off the connection.

The green light on the walkie-talkie went out, and the carriage fell silent again.

The Dachang City branch has a department head and a team leader; he's just a nominal advisor, so there's no need for him to be at the forefront in everything.

Moreover, he hadn't finished his own business and didn't have the time or energy to deal with other things.

Moreover, unlike the villa in the corridor, this time Captain Liao entered with an entire team. Even if they couldn't deal with the strange creature, escaping unscathed shouldn't be a problem.

The taxi continued its journey at midnight. Lin Wan huddled in the passenger seat, afraid to move, even her breathing became shallow.

She was terrified by what she had just experienced and now all she wanted to do was stay put and get home as soon as possible.

About twenty minutes later, the midnight taxi slowly pulled up in front of a residential building.

Looking out the car window, Lin Wan saw the lights on at the entrance of her building, and finally felt a little more at ease.

She had already texted her parents on the way, saying she would be home soon.

She didn't mention a word about what had happened in the past few days. She only said that she went out with friends and her phone broke, which is why she couldn't contact her family.

After all, even if she told her, her parents would never believe her.

"arrive."

Chen Zhuo leaned back in his seat, showing no intention of moving.

Lin Wan quickly unbuckled her seatbelt, opened the car door, and got out of the car.

She had just gotten out of the car when a woman's voice came from the building entrance.

"So you finally decided to come back?"

Lin's mother walked over quickly, her face full of worry.

"You've been gone for so long without contacting home or even making a phone call. Do you know how worried your father and I are about you?"

Lin Wan opened her mouth to explain, but her mother grabbed her arm.

"Alright, alright, stop talking and get inside."

As Lin's mother pulled her into the building, she glanced at the midnight taxis.

She saw Chen Zhuo's profile through the back window and immediately frowned.

"Who is that?"

"My classmate, he brought me back."

"Classmate?" Lin's mother's voice rose a few decibels: "Lin Wan, let me tell you, you absolutely cannot fail the postgraduate entrance exam this time. Stop hanging out with shady characters all day!"

"Mom, he didn't—"

"Alright! Hurry up and go inside!"

Lin's mother didn't give her a chance to speak at all, dragging and pulling her into the building.

Lin's father did not go inside, but turned around and walked towards the taxi.

He walked to the car window, bent down slightly, and wore a gentle smile.

"Young man, thank you for bringing my daughter back."

Chen Zhuo turned his head to face the direction from which the sound came.

"Things have been unsettled lately. It seems a group of patients have escaped from the mental hospital and have been injuring people everywhere these past few days. There have already been several cases."

"If it weren't for you, my daughter, a young girl, would be all alone, coming home late at night. If something had happened to her, how would we two survive?"

As he spoke, Lin's father took out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out a few bills, and handed them to Chen Zhuo.

"Here's a tip for your trouble, take it."

The banknotes swayed by the car window, but Chen Zhuo didn't reach out.

Lin's father's smile froze for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.

He sized up the young man in the car, noticing the white cane in the man's hand, and his smile gradually changed.

He turned out to be blind.

Although his tone remained polite, the disdain in his eyes was no longer concealed.

"Take it, it's not much, just a small token of my appreciation."

Lin's father waited a few seconds, then his expression froze completely.

He didn't insist any further and simply slapped the money onto the car seat.

"Then I'll leave it here."

After saying that, he slammed the car door shut with a loud bang.

Mr. Lin patted his clothes, said "What bad luck!" and turned to walk towards the building entrance.

He walked to the building entrance and was about to step inside.

call out!

A sharp whistling sound came from behind.

Lin's father instinctively shrank his neck, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of something flying past him.

He froze on the spot, slowly turned his head, and then stood there, rooted to the spot.

The hundred-yuan bills he had just slapped on the car seat were now neatly embedded in the hard cement wall!

Lin's father's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't utter a single word.

A bone-chilling cold instantly shot from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, almost freezing the blood in his body.

He quickly turned around to look at the spot where he had parked, only to find it empty; the midnight taxi had vanished without a trace.

He looked at the banknotes on the wall, his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized that he and his wife had apparently offended someone they couldn't afford to mess with!

Meanwhile, the midnight taxi had already driven away from the residential area, taking Chen Zhuo back to Green Sea Villa.

Chen Zhuo leaned back in the back seat and picked up the walkie-talkie again.

"Wu Yu".

He called out.

The green light on the walkie-talkie lit up, and Wu Yu's voice quickly came through.

"Advisor Chen, I'm here."

"Please transfer me to Wan Guanhai."

Wu Yu didn't ask any further questions and simply replied, "Okay, just a moment."

The busy tone of the communication switching lasted for a few seconds before being answered by a hoarse male voice.

The moment the communication was connected, before Chen Zhuo could even speak, Wan Guanhai's voice came through.

He seemed to have expected Chen Zhuo to come to him, his tone carrying a hint of knowing.

"I've prepared the address you requested!"