I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

The red light was blinding, and the timer was counting down to its final ten seconds.

However, after Lei Chong walked out of the alley, he did not collapse to the ground like the mosquitoes before him.

The old woman who swept the streets, resembling a sanitation worker in an ancient town, never reappeared.

"It worked!?"

Xu Lindong's gaze sharpened.

Across from him, Lei Chong, who had successfully walked out of the alley, was suppressing his excitement.

His figure was shrouded in the red light, yet he walked quickly away from the traffic lights.

As he walked, he gestured to Xu Lindong and Pang Jia, pointing ahead to indicate that they should leave the area immediately once they were out of there.

"Really? We can go when the light is red!"

Gu Yi exclaimed in delight.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Lei Chong on the opposite street suddenly disappeared into a fog.

"That's great..."

Ji Huaisheng's cheer was cut off before he could finish shouting it.

He stared in astonishment at the spot where Lei Chong had disappeared.

Where is he?

The joy on Ji Huaisheng's face froze instantly.

"Is there still a problem? Does this mean we can't go through a red light either?"

Xu Lindong frowned.

"No, you can go through a red light. If you can't go through, even if Lei Chong is blessed by the Kitchen God, something strange will happen. At most, he can safely retreat under the Kitchen God's protection..."

"The fact that he was able to go this far means that he didn't trigger the strange patterns of the evil entity."

The person should have already left, but once they stepped out of this area distorted by the evil entity, they disappeared from our sight.

Blessings and protection are merely an additional layer of protection, preventing potential disasters and avoiding direct loss of life.

The mosquitoes were moving too fast, and Lei Chong's success rate wasn't very high either. He hadn't expected it to be so dangerous, so he didn't use this move immediately.

Xu Lindong now feels he is getting closer to the truth.

If his supernatural power were stronger than the evil entity, he could have easily seen through the distorted field around him with his Hearth God Eye and calmly found a way out.

But now... we can only speculate based on the existing clues...

At this point, the final countdown of the traffic light ended again.

The lights changed rapidly, and a new countdown began.

The yellow light flashing on Xu Lindong and the others suddenly disappeared, replaced by a scarlet light.

Meanwhile, the green light across the street where Pang Jia was located turned into a flashing yellow light in the blink of an eye.

But to everyone's astonishment, the countdown time for the traffic light changed to 10 seconds.

In the blink of an eye, it jumped to 9, 8... like a shocking and suffocating countdown to death.

"What's going on? Why is the countdown suddenly so short?!"

Ji Huaisheng gasped in shock.

"What should we do? It's a red light here, should we gamble or not...?"

Gu Yigang turned to look at Xu Lindong.

But they found that Xu Lindong had already stepped out of the alley and was running onto the street.

"No time to dawdle! We have to get out of here before the red light closes and leave before the countdown ends!"

As he ran in the direction Lei Chong had gone, he shouted a warning to Pang Jia:

"Pang Jia, if your side is facing a red light in the next round, don't hesitate, run out immediately!"

The next countdown might only have three seconds left!

No sooner had he finished speaking than he had already approached the spot where Lei Chong had disappeared.

His decisive action stemmed from the fact that the Tower of Babel on his neck throbbed violently once again the instant the traffic light countdown suddenly turned into ten seconds.

That restlessness was exactly the same as when the old sweeper appeared before; it was practically a countdown to death.

That's why he no longer hesitated and acted decisively!

despair!

His heavy combat boots trod on the area where Lei Chong had disappeared.

A fog suddenly rolled in, blurring the view.

His figure completely disappeared from the ancient town streets shrouded by traffic lights.

At this moment, only three seconds remain on the countdown.

"Damn it! Charge out!! I'm not even afraid of my wife, why would I be afraid of an old woman?"

Gu Yi let out a low roar, gritted his teeth, and rushed out of the alley, running wildly in the direction where Xu Lindong had disappeared.

Forty meters or so, three seconds is more than enough for him.

"Wait for me!"

Seeing that the two had already rushed out, Ji Huaisheng dared not hesitate any longer and immediately followed.

He was afraid of dying, and even more afraid of dying alone.

If we rush out, at least we can still take a gamble.

"you……"

At the street corner, Pang Jia was left alone, forced to watch helplessly as the others rushed out while she remained trapped in this strange traffic light area.

If, as Xu Lindong said, there are only three seconds left in the next countdown, then it will be a true race against time.

She immediately lowered her body and assumed a starting position.

Just then, a loud "snap" sound came from ahead!

Ji Huaisheng, who was running wildly, suddenly fell forward and crashed to the ground.

Ahead of him, Gu Yi's figure had been swallowed by the mist and disappeared, having successfully escaped.

But by then, the countdown had ended, and the traffic lights changed again.

In three seconds, Gu Yi successfully rushed out.

Ji Huaisheng hesitated for a second, and only had two seconds left to start.

Given his energy and mental state, he was simply not capable of crossing the distance of more than forty meters, and collapsed halfway through.

"Who... is littering again...?"

A hoarse, cold, and aged voice rang out once again, accompanied by an eerie mist.

The hunched silhouette of the old woman sweeping the floor gradually emerged from the mist.

By this time, the traffic light change had been completed.

A red light suddenly appeared directly in front of Pang Jia.

Although the countdown time was not the three seconds Xu Lindong predicted, it was only a short five seconds.

She had been tense and ready to sprint, but now she stood frozen in place, her eyes filled with despair.

Because ahead of her in the path she was sprinting, the old woman sweeping the floor had already appeared, cleaning up Ji Huaisheng who had fallen to the ground.

This blocked her from rushing forward.

Should we wait for the next traffic light?

Or should we force our way through now and knock the old lady sweeping the floor flying?

...

On the other side, the moment Xu Lindong was enveloped in the fog, he had already stepped out of the ancient town's street area shrouded by the evil spirits and traffic lights.

What came into view directly in front of them was a dark and dilapidated ancestral hall and old house.

The dark blue tiles were broken and about to fall, spider webs hung from the eaves like ghostly hands, the couplets in front of the door were old and worn, and the surroundings were deathly silent.

The entire building seemed to be soaked by time and gloom, exuding a heavy, deathly stillness.

The only striking feature was the tightly closed old wooden door.

A picture of a door god was pasted on the door, but the paper was grayish-yellow and the painting was blurred.

The god's heroic face was distorted and blurred in the dim light, as if it might come to life at any moment, exuding a chilling aura.

At this moment, deep within the ancient house, muffled impacts and energy bursts could be faintly heard.

Extraordinary fluctuations were intensely intertwined, clearly indicating that powerful individuals were locked in a fierce battle.

"The door god inscription...it's actually here..."

Xu Lindong's gaze sharpened, his heart tightening. "This house... could it be the ancestral hall or ancient residence that's truly close to the core of the sinkhole?"

"There's a fighting going on inside? Who's fighting? It doesn't seem to be some kind of evil entity... more like superhumans?"

He was filled with doubt and unease.

I'm a little confused about the current situation.

Could it be that the changes in the sinkhole's field were caused by this ancient ancestral hall?

If that's the case, the people fighting inside the ancestral hall in the old house at this moment are probably the same guards who were stationed at the entrance of the sinkhole.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand and looked at the recorder in his hand.

The dashcam has been restored to normal, and the route back can be clearly seen on it.

He turned his head to look in the direction of the stone bridge across the street.

A faint scent of cooking fire wafted from there, a faint trace left by Lei Chong.

The place seems peaceful for the time being, but things are not so tranquil on the other side of the stone bridge, as if there is a hidden danger.

Lei Chong probably originally intended to leave the ancestral hall and old house and head straight for the stone bridge, planning to return to the entrance on the outer edge of the site, but he encountered an accident on the other side of the bridge.

"No one followed?"

Xu Lindong looked back again.

Behind me was an alleyway that should lead to the old town street with traffic lights.

But no one came out.

His gaze shifted to the eerie door god inscription on the old house's gate, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes.

The fighting continued inside the courtyard, and the road ahead was fraught with danger.

"Never mind, saving your life is the priority."

He paused for only a moment before withdrawing his gaze, suppressing the urge to touch the door god's inscription, and deciding not to linger any longer.

Ironically, he had originally come looking for the door god inscription.

But when they actually saw it, they didn't dare to go up and make a rubbing.

Both the intense fighting noises inside the house and the strange old sweeping woman he had encountered earlier filled him with dread.

After all, this place is already deep inside a sinkhole.

Previously, he was still in the peripheral field, and he still had courage.

If this had happened before, and if the door god sticker hadn't been on this old house's door, but on any other door, he probably would have already attacked.

"Xu Lindong!"

Just then, a shout came from behind.

The alleyway was shrouded in mist. Gu Yi rushed out from behind and saw Xu Lindong. His face immediately lit up with the joy of surviving a disaster.

Xu Lindong was about to turn around when he suddenly sensed something was wrong...

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