I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

A dozen minutes later, Xu Lindong arrived outside the Liangjie residential area.

A crowd had gathered in the alleyways of this old residential area.

Deep in the alley, a low building was surrounded by police officers, and suppressed roars could be faintly heard from inside.

The neighbors gathered nearby, peering around and whispering among themselves, with a hint of unspoken taboo in their conversation.

"Auntie, what's going on here?"

Xu Lindong didn't go in directly. Instead, he went closer and pulled an older woman aside to ask her questions, gathering firsthand information.

He was wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, looking like a young man who had just graduated from university. He had thick eyebrows and deep-set eyes, and although his face was somewhat stern, he looked exceptionally friendly and pleasing to the eye when he smiled.

The older woman glanced at the young man and said in a low, veiled voice, "I heard that the Zhou family's father was possessed by an evil spirit yesterday and was biting people randomly. Now the police have come and subdued him. Young man, you've never seen anything like this before, have you?"

Before Xu Lindong could speak, his mother, who was even more gossipy, leaned over and whispered, "It's not as simple as biting people randomly."

I heard that her daughter-in-law was breastfeeding her grandson when Old Zhou, that disrespectful old man, went up and started biting her. The family couldn't stop him. Tsk, what a disgrace!

"Yeah, that Old Zhou, he's never been proper. I always see him hanging around that hair salon on the corner in the afternoons, he's always up to no good!"

"I don't know if the police are any good. I heard that there are people who handle these kinds of special cases over the years... called, something like the Supernatural Affairs Division. We should ask someone from there."

"Young man, don't follow old Zhou's example. I don't think this is as simple as being possessed by an evil spirit; he's been bewitched by a fox spirit."

Other mothers-in-law chimed in, looking quite serious, and even started lecturing Xu Lindong, who was fairly good-looking.

Xu Lindong looked at the group of pointing and gossiping women and felt a headache coming on. He regretted asking the question earlier.

This neighborhood intelligence organization is a bit strange.

Having undergone systematic learning, he was already very familiar with the power of the extraordinary sequence.

Although Old Man Zhou in that house was indeed possessed by an evil spirit, he wouldn't be so greedy as to crave his own grandson's milk.

"Even if it's possessed by a supernatural entity from the [Tunnel Sequence Ten] zombie, and it bites people randomly, it still craves human blood. How could it possibly crave a sip of milk?"

"This is slandering someone's innocence. Old Zhou is old and has lost his integrity."

Xu Lindong shook his head inwardly.

Even though he is the Kitchen God of the Heavenly Path Sequence Ten.

However, his memories of the various extraordinary sequence courses he had previously studied at Jiangcheng Academy also gave him a thorough understanding of the powers of other sequences.

In the Xia Kingdom, the extraordinary are based on the three powers of "Heaven, Earth, and Man", and are divided into three major sequences: the Way of Heaven, the Way of Earth, and the Way of Man.

These three pathways complement each other, forming a complete system from the lowest sequence ten to the highest sequence one.

The sequence authority encompasses the fate of nature, the netherworld, and civilization.

This sequence system is far ahead of any other extraordinary system in the world, with virtually no weaknesses.

"Judging from the situation, it seems to be an evil entity infecting ordinary people, but the danger level is not high... Yunfan and the others haven't arrived yet, I'll go check on them first."

Xu Lindong observed for a moment, then pushed his way through the crowd and walked straight toward the low building that was surrounded.

As several sheriffs approached a strange young man, they were about to step forward to stop him when a middle-aged man who appeared to be a captain quickly stepped forward, greeting him with a smile:

"Brother Xu, you've finally arrived."

"Captain Lu has already informed us that you will be in full charge of this incident, and we will all follow your orders."

Xu Lindong extended his hand to shake hands with the other party and smiled, "Uncle Liang, don't be so polite, we are in a cooperative relationship."

If you call me "little brother" again, my uncle will definitely scold me.

Liang Qizheng, who was once a colleague of Xu Lindong's uncle Yi Guoqiang and they were quite familiar with each other, quickly waved his hand upon hearing this:

"You are now the executive officer of the Department of the Supernatural. Everyone should follow their own seniority. Don't worry about your Uncle Yi's side."

"The future belongs to you young extraordinary individuals."

Although he possessed a spirit and energy superior to ordinary people, he was not a transcendent being. Even though he was familiar with Xu Lindong, he still spoke with a degree of respect.

The other officers around Xu Lindong looked at his youthful appearance with surprise, admiration, and envy.

Such a young extraordinary individual, as an executive officer of the Department of Divine Exception, has an unlimited future.

"This young man is actually an executive officer of the Department of the Supernatural!"

The aunt and grandmother who had spoken to Xu Lindong earlier were also stunned and quickly stepped back a few paces.

The name of the Bureau of Mysteries has become legendary in the Xia Kingdom in recent years.

Strange things occasionally happen inside and outside the city, and they are the ones who step in to resolve them. The executives of the Bureau of Mysteries are all highly respected.

Upon hearing that it was the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs handling a case, the neighbors who had gathered in the alley to watch the excitement immediately dispersed.

If it were just a trivial matter, why would it have alarmed the executive officer?

This matter is clearly not simple.

Several elderly people who believed in these things felt uneasy and quickly hid back inside, closing the doors and windows, only daring to peek out through the cracks.

The once bustling alleyway quickly became deserted.

Only a few daring young men who had come to watch the spectacle remained at a distance, craning their necks to look around with a mixture of awe and fear, whispering among themselves, seemingly not particularly bothered by the extraordinary event.

"Won't we run into another 'sinkhole' invasion like the one over the river? I remember our neighborhood had a collapse and cracks before."

"This young man looks about the same age as our student council president... Our student council president is said to be almost 15 in terms of energy and spirit."

"The gap is huge. Even at top universities like Jiang University, where some extraordinary individuals serve as professors to personally teach, only a handful of students graduate each year with a near-extraordinary status of nearly 20 in terms of spirit, energy, and vitality. Those who can enter the Department of Divine Wonders are even rarer."

Xu Lindong glanced at the now quiet alleyway and was quite satisfied, which saved him the trouble of evacuation.

A few people were still whispering in the distance, which he noticed at a glance.

Those few were probably college students who had been exposed to extraordinary training programs. Their energy and spirit were much stronger than ordinary people. They had seen the world and their mental fortitude was also quite good.

Liang Qizheng then pointed into the room:

"Brother Xu, that old man inside is still causing trouble. We brothers have managed to control him for now, but it looks a bit serious. What are your plans?"

Xu Lindong replied, "My other two teammates haven't arrived yet; they're probably stuck in traffic."

His expression immediately turned slightly strange, and he asked again, "Uncle Liang, the person in charge of the neighborhood committee for this area hasn't arrived yet?"

"The director of this subdistrict office is Feng Yu, and he should have arrived by now, but I received a notification that he seems to be tied up with some thorny matter."

Liang Qizheng frowned, his tone revealing a hint of nervousness:

"Brother Xu, is this matter very troublesome?"

This neighborhood was once the site of a supernatural event, and it retains a sealed-off "sinkhole area".

Therefore, the person in charge of the subdistrict office here is definitely not an ordinary person.

Normally, at least one "village head" of the Humanitarian Sequence 10 should be stationed here.

The fact that the Bureau of Mysteries was alerted this time is also due to the special nature of this area.

"It's not too difficult for now, let's go in and take a look."

Based on his experience, Xu Lindong made a judgment and then walked straight towards the low building.

Liang Qizheng followed without hesitation.

Outside the low building, at the cordon, several family members huddled together, their expressions filled with fear.

The old man's suppressed roars kept coming from the inner room of the building, sending chills down one's spine.

Xu Lindong walked into the living room, paused, and his eyes suddenly darkened.

As a transcendent being, his perception far surpasses that of ordinary people, and he clearly sensed it at this moment.

A cold, eerie power is awakening inside the room.

Even the Tower of Babel pendant hanging from his neck trembled slightly at this moment.

This means that if the events here are handled well, merit will be gained.

Merit can accelerate his cultivation and even speed up the progress of cultivating the second sequence path.

"This doesn't seem to be an ordinary evil entity."

His voice was slightly cold as he casually pulled a cigarette from the pack and wiped it between his thumb and middle finger.

"Snapped!"

A cluster of golden-red flames shot up half a foot in response, leaping and dancing at his fingertips as if they were alive.

The stove fire, unique to the stove official, burns fiercely, and the high temperature causes the surrounding air to distort slightly, making the light flicker.

The bystanders were momentarily stunned, and a look of awe appeared on their faces.

The flame touched the cigarette and ignited instantly.

Xu Lindong took a drag and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.

The smoke was not the usual gray-white, but rather the dark blue hue of a stove fire, meandering and spreading in the air like a thin mist.

The smoke billowed and swirled like a living thing, drifting wisps of smoke into the building ahead.

With just one puff, the cigarette burned out, but strangely, the ash didn't fall.

This is not ordinary smoke, but his specially made "stove smoke," which has the effect of tracking and warding off evil spirits.

At this moment, the blue smoke had quietly seeped into the room, but its color had unknowingly deepened, revealing a hint of coldness.

The smoke seemed to be invisible, swirling and drifting in the corners of the rooftop.

Inside the house, an old man was tightly bound to a rattan chair, while three sheriffs stood by as if facing a formidable enemy.

The old man's face was bluish, even contorted in a ferocious expression.

His neck twisted stiffly from time to time, and he unconsciously opened his mouth as if to bite, the force of his struggle making the chair creak.

On his forehead, a black, bloody gash emitted a putrid stench like that of a dead rat.

"Brother Dong!"

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside.

Two young people, a man and a woman, rushed over and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xu Lindong still standing outside.

"There was a bit of traffic on the road, Dong-ge, you were indeed faster than us."

The thin young man, Li Yunfan, rubbed his hands together, looking a little embarrassed.

Another baby-faced girl, Xiao Qing, looked into the room and asked curiously, "Brother Dong, what's going on?"

"Infection by a foreign object."

Xu Lindong shook his head, his gaze falling on the cigarette butt between his fingers, its ash clearly turning black.

This means that the smoke seeping into the house has consumed a lot of the power to ward off evil, and the things inside are undergoing strange changes.

He frowned, then said decisively:

"That old man has most likely been tainted by a powerful evil entity from the underground sequence. His condition has worsened and must be dealt with immediately."

As he spoke, he glanced at the kitchen and paused slightly before saying, "You all stay here. Xiao Qing, come with me to the kitchen. I'll go light a stove lamp and put on a layer of armor."

Although he had been following Captain Lu Qian around for the past few months and had seen many big and small scenes, this was the first time he had led a team independently.

However, he had already accumulated enough experience, so he was not flustered at all. He turned around and went into the kitchen, and Xiao Qing immediately followed.

Xu Lindong took out a shallow oil dish from his waist pouch, poured in some murky oil, and then placed a wick made of hemp thread inside.

"Smack."

He snapped his fingers casually, and the extraordinary power between his fingertips created a wisp of golden-red flame.

"May Heaven speak good words for you, and may peace prevail on earth."

He finished reciting it in a low voice, and then touched the wick with the flame in his hand.

The stove light suddenly turned on.

A golden-red halo spread through the dark corridor, enveloping Xu Lindong and forming a heat barrier with a radius of three meters that slightly distorted the air.

This is precisely the "Kitchen God's Protection" ability of the Kitchen God.

"The Kitchen God's protection? Dong-ge actually grasped it so quickly; I've never seen him use it before."

Xiao Qing, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed.

Although she was not a superhuman, her energy and spirit were three times that of an ordinary person, and she was able to sense the terrifying power surrounding Xu Lindong.

The thermal barrier surrounding Xu Lindong's body can not only withstand attacks from ordinary cold weapons and melt iron into liquid, but also ward off evil spirits and is known as the "Kitchen God's Guardian"...

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