I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Chapter 160 Slaying Evil! Cold Wave! On TV! (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

"You seem to be looking for someone?"

Faced with a question from a stranger beside him, He Yan felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy, his mind tense, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Do you know who I am?

Sitting in the passenger seat, Xu Lindong didn't wait for the other person's answer and continued to ask.

His voice was flat and emotionless, and his face was covered by the pale mask of the faceless man, making him seem extremely insignificant and easy to overlook.

He Yan had to be completely focused and tense to lock onto the dangerous person sitting in the passenger seat opposite him.

Sweat beaded on his forehead, and his mind raced. Almost instantly, he deduced from the powerful magnet in his hand that the person before him was definitely "Yama's Decree".

But the information shows that Yama's Decree isn't from a superhuman who comes through a secret route? How can this person use the power of a gatekeeper?

Could it be... a transcendent being who cultivates both paths?

A sense of extreme danger crept up my spine.

He Yan suppressed his shock and forced a calm expression, saying:

"I don't know who you are. If you want something, just say so, and I'll try my best to satisfy you. I don't want to be your enemy."

"Don't play dumb!"

Xu Lindong's tone was flat, revealing no emotion, as he surveyed the car's interior.

"I really don't understand. You don't seem to be short of money, so why would you take such a risk and accept those kinds of missions, willing to work for the Federation's lunatics and betray your own people?"

He Yan's heart sank completely.

As expected, the other party learned his identity and mission.

Moreover, judging from this person's attitude, there is no doubt that he may have already contacted other people who have taken on the task.

He Yan stopped pretending and leaned back in his chair a little, his voice revealing a hint of helpless weariness:

"You think I look glamorous? That's just what's needed to maintain my status."

This car belongs to the club; I'm just a high-level employee.

His tone slowed, his face became unusually sorrowful and pained, and his voice was filled with regret.

"I can earn some money every year, but it's all earned by risking my life. My son... he has a very special disease, and the treatment costs millions of yuan every year. I need to earn more money to completely cure his disease, which requires greater strength."

"So those supernatural potions are very important to me. They can help me advance in rank, and only after that can I earn more money and save my son. He really wants to become a superhuman... He's so cute, only eight years old this year."

"Alright, you've finished playing the victim. Now it's time for me to send you on your way."

Xu Lindong interrupted the other party's attempt to elicit sympathy with a cold tone.

"I don't like hearing too many tragic stories, especially when a villain like you is trying to gain sympathy."

You even tried to appease me with legalistic language to change my mind and lessen my hostility. Unfortunately, that tactic didn't work on me.

He Yan was taken aback at first, his eyes seemed to be blazing with fire, his lips trembled a few times as if he had been hit by a strong gust of cold wind, his expression gradually became ferocious, and he said coldly: "How do you know I am a bad person? Who is born a bad person? I have no choice but to get to this point."

He spoke, but quickly calmed down.

Because it is very clear that the "death warrant" in front of us is extremely difficult to deal with and extremely dangerous.

He forced back the fire that was rising in his throat and tried to remain calm as he spoke:

"I'm just here to find your place, not to take your life. There's no need for us to fight to the death."

If you'll let me go, I'll be willing to risk my life for you from now on.

"I am, after all, a Sequence Nine transcendent, not too bad. I can be your helper."

"Don't you like hunting people from the Federation? Take me with you, and I'll help you hunt a few times as atonement."

"Afterwards, we'll split the spoils from the hunt 20/80, I'll get 20% and you get 80%. How about that?"

Xu Lindong looked at him quietly, then suddenly smiled and said, "A very good idea."

He Yan felt a sense of relief, but before he could even feel happy, he felt a sense of relief.

Xu Lindong's voice rang out again: "But I don't need you to be my helper. You're not worth taking along."

His gaze was indifferent:

"Your level... is too weak."

He Yan was taken aback at first, but then his suppressed anger could no longer be contained, and his fiery eyes pierced like nails.

"You're pushing me too far!!"

Suddenly, he struck first, about to unleash a furious roar.

But before the sound could be fully uttered, Xu Lindong had already opened his mouth.

A hoarse, chilling ghostly howl.

It burst from his mouth, exploding first from the passenger seat!

"Waaaaah!!"

The ghostly howl, like ripples of cold water, instantly shattered the commanding sound brewing in He Yan's throat.

Its deterrent power has been largely diminished.

The remaining legal commands and shouts were easily blocked by the ghostly robes he wore.

The Taoist robe he is wearing now is the manifestation of the Ghost Robe.

"call!"

Xu Lindong's right hand shot out at that moment.

In his palm, a blood-red "Qin" character appeared like a red-hot branding iron, and the intense suppressive force was like Mount Tai pressing down!

Even more bizarrely, a ghostly blue flame suddenly shot up from the back of his hand.

The atmosphere of ice and fire, suppression and burning, is contradictory and intertwined, exuding an indescribable eeriness.

"drink!"

He Yan reacted extremely quickly, shouting loudly and raising his palm to meet the attack in the same instant.

A dark, ethereal figure emerged from his palm.

This illusory figure twisted like a snake, insidious and vicious, rushing straight to coil around Xu Lindong's arm, even burrowing towards his heart.

But as soon as we made contact...

"Clang! Sizzle!"

The ghostly blue flames rapidly burned away the illusory figures of human energy that were coiling around them, freezing them inch by inch, and even spreading rapidly.

The suppressive power of the gatekeeper then crushed down, and the phantom of human energy that erupted in He Yan's hand couldn't even struggle for a few seconds before collapsing inch by inch.

"Ugh...!"

He Yan screamed as his entire right arm was covered in icy flames. The bone-chilling flames penetrated his very bones, instantly numbing half of his body.

"I'll fight you to the death!"

His eyes were bloodshot.

He suddenly pulled the exorcism shotgun from behind his waist with his left hand, raised the muzzle and pulled the trigger!

"Bang!!"

At the same instant the trigger was pulled.

A hideous, enormous maw suddenly emerged from the shadows of the back seat, its blood-red opening blocking Xu Lindong's path!

"Bang bang bang bang!"

All the Soul-Shattering Bullets, burning with blood energy, blasted into that ghost's mouth.

This blow caused the suddenly appearing ghost to let out a shrill scream, its long tongue severed, and black shadows splattered like blood from its gaping maw.

But instead of dying, it became even more ferocious, its body lunging forward greedily, its huge mouth snapping shut.

With a "crack," it swallowed He Yan's left hand, which was holding the gun, along with the gun itself, and even made a chilling chewing sound.

This is a starving ghost!

"ah!!"

He Yan's face contorted in pain, and his screams echoed through the confined space of the car.

He was then horrified to realize that there was a ferocious ghost hidden inside the car, which the other party could control!

"escape!!"

He was terrified and quickly moved towards the car door.

Extraordinary power surged wildly within his body, and he was about to control his illusory human form to forcibly break free from its restraints.

Suddenly, a large, illusory human-shaped hand shot out from Xu Lindong's chest.

The palm looked as if it were wrapped with dense, blood-red veins.

The moment it appeared, the air inside the car suddenly froze, as if it had been instantly sucked out by an invisible force, plunging into a suffocating vacuum.

A heavy, oppressive feeling instantly squeezed in from all directions, as if the entire car was being squeezed to the brink of exploding and suffocating.

The phantom of human energy within He Yan's body began to tremble with fear at this moment.

His extraordinary power was quickly suppressed and eroded, melting away as rapidly as snow meeting fire.

"There's even a force for humanity?! And it's so powerful..."

A storm raged through He Yan's heart, but it was too late.

The giant hand, wrapped in blood-red veins, had already pierced his chest with lightning speed!

"puff!!"

It was as if a wooden frame covered in mud had been inserted into it.

The five thick fingers of the phantom of human energy, like iron clamps, gripped the trembling phantom of human energy inside He Yan's body and pulled it outwards sharply.

"Sizzle!"

The tearing sound seemed to explode from the depths of one's soul.

He Yan let out a painful and intense howl.

He could clearly feel that the humanistic phantom power he had painstakingly cultivated over the years was being frantically devoured, crushed, and disintegrated by that giant hand.

He opened his mouth and screamed in agony, the remaining power of the law gathering in his throat as he attempted a final struggle.

"I...and I have a child..."

His voice suddenly weakened, trembling and pleading:

"He's still sick... Let me go... Please let me go... Didn't you kill three federal agents to save the children at the orphanage? Why were you willing to save them... but not my child? Why?"

Xu Lindong's expression was indifferent, his gaze coldly fixed on his face:

"Since you know I killed the Federation soldiers to save the children, why are you helping them against me?"

The moment the words fell, the thick, blood-qi-meridian-like giant hand suddenly tightened.

"puff!"

He Yan's body shuddered as his incredibly strong heart was crushed and the last bit of strength in his body was completely drained away.

His pupils suddenly dilated, his consciousness went dark, and his limp body collapsed against the locked car door, where he died completely.

Xu Lindong looked calmly at the completely dead He Yan.

Almost at the same time, a barely perceptible tremor came from inside the Tower of Babel.

"Merit +173!"

Another guy who deserves to be imprisoned in the Tower of Babel and judged as "evil".

This person might be a loving father.

But his compassion was clearly built on the price of trampling on the bottom line of others.

To save their children, they would stop at nothing, abandon principles, and even be willing to act as pawns of the Federation.

This is a distorted form of "morality" and does not deserve sympathy.

Xu Lindong threw the other person's body directly into the Tower of Babel.

To destroy the body and eliminate all traces, leaving no evidence whatsoever.

He stepped out of the car, removing the protective force that had welded the doors shut.

Night fell.

He felt that the night seemed unusually cold.

The wind was strong, as if a sudden drop in temperature had cut cracks in the air.

The extraordinary energy fluctuations in the air, which had been somewhat calmer, became restless again, and the surrounding streetlights flickered slightly.

"Is it getting worse again?"

Xu Lindong frowned slightly, his gaze beneath the faceless mask as calm as ice.

He lightly flicked the hem of his Taoist robe, quietly blending into the night, like a slayer of corpses or a demon-slaying apostle wandering through a city of sin, heading towards his next target...

...

One night passed.

Two more superhumans have gone missing.

Xu Lindong, who had returned to his family compound, felt that the world was much quieter.

He now has three magnets in his hand.

The search mission launched by the federal government has now been completely declared a failure.

He didn't get any more clues about gangs and cults from these people, but that didn't matter.

More clues can be left to Sister Xun to investigate further through the internal channels of the Commander's Office.

At this moment, he was sitting in the canteen of the family compound, tasting the freshly cooked Jiangcheng bean curd sheets, which he enjoyed with hot soy milk, satisfying his craving.

The neighbors from the residential compound, who were having breakfast at several tables around the house, would occasionally glance at him, their eyes filled with respect.

Just then, the experienced chef hurried over carrying three packed breakfasts: "Team Leader Xu, two servings of hot dry noodles, one serving of bean curd sheets, and two bowls of eggnog, all packed for you, still warm."

"Okay, thank you, Master Wang."

Xu Lindong wiped his mouth with a tissue, got up and took the breakfast, which was for Uncle Yi and Sister Xun.

"No need to thank me! I already said I wouldn't take your money, but you insisted on paying."

Master Wang waved his hand, a smile plastered on his face, "If anyone should thank you, it's us. The radio's been saying every day that there's a terrible pest infestation outside, but hey, our yard is all quiet, nothing's happening."

Xu Lindong smiled and said, "That's because Section Chief Wang did a good job. I wouldn't dare take credit for it."

Master Wang immediately straightened his face: "Do you think I don't know him? If you hadn't mentioned it the other day, he would never have thought of this. In the end, he was even commended by the higher-ups for this. You're his benefactor!"

Xu Lindong smiled and exchanged a few polite words before turning and leaving with the bag.

Section Chief Wang Jun is the son of this Mr. Wang, and he appreciates this gratitude.

As for whether they deserve credit or not, it's enough that they remember it in their hearts, and they will naturally take better care of their parents in the future.

...

Just came out of the cafeteria.

A light rain began to fall outside, the raindrops seemed to contain ice crystals, and the air was damp and cold.

Xu Lindong frowned slightly.

The temperature has become absolutely terrible in just one night...

It seems that the sinkhole that the federal government has reopened is indeed continuing to worsen.

His heart sank.

But this overall situation is not something he can change alone; he is not a god.

Since the environment is getting worse, the only option is to become stronger as quickly as possible.

After returning home and delivering breakfast to Sister Xun and the others, he went back to his room and opened the website of Cixin Welfare Home.

He then immediately converted all of the more than 200,000 yuan of embezzled money he had just obtained from the last two people the day before into his own clean money and donated it.

He kept the embezzled money for himself to spend at his leisure.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a bottle of extraordinary potion and drank it all in one gulp.

His consciousness sank into the Tower of Babel and began his cultivation.

His current energy level has reached 289.4, and in the next few days, with the help of medicine and cultivation, he will be able to break through the bottleneck.

However, 20% of the extraordinary substance, the Qin Qiong Door God Scroll, remained undigested.

This requires him to continue using the power of the door gods and deepen his understanding in the confrontation with evil in order to speed up the digestion process.

...

Meanwhile, inside the Tzu Hsin Welfare Home.

The children's laughter and chatter created a particularly warm atmosphere in the cold weather that had suddenly dropped in temperature.

Lu Qian, dressed in a red volunteer uniform, could not hide her graceful and tall figure as she distributed the sorted food and clothing to the children who had gathered around her.

In the midst of her busy work, she suddenly overheard several volunteers nearby whispering among themselves:

"Look, this executive donated another 25? He's so rich! Is he some rich kid?"

"Not necessarily. I heard before that he's a captain in the Eastern District's Supernatural Division, and his family is quite ordinary. He probably saved up all his salary and bonuses to donate... He's really kind-hearted."

"By the way, Sister Lu, didn't you used to work in the Eastern District's Supernatural Affairs Division? Do you know this executive officer?"

"From the Eastern District's Department of the Supernatural?"

Lu Qian paused for a moment, then followed their gaze to the list of donors on the display screen.

"Xu*Dong: Donated 25 yuan, belonging to the Eastern District's Department of Supernatural Phenomena."

Although the middle character was hidden, she still recognized it at a glance: it was Ah Dong.

She glanced at the total amount of donations, her eyes narrowing slightly; it had already exceeded one million.

Lu Qian was stunned.

Ah Dong actually... donated so much money without saying a word?

She recalled the previous times she had invited him to the Tzu Chi Welfare Home, but he always made excuses about being too busy, so she thought he wasn't interested in this kind of charity.

But now it seems...

She looked at the date of the earliest donation; A-Dong's donation was even earlier than when she came to the welfare home.

"It turns out he wasn't just making excuses; he'd been quietly doing these things all along..."

Lu Qian felt a strange stirring in her heart, and felt that the sudden drop in temperature today was not as heartwarming as A Dong.

There are many people in this world who talk about charity all the time.

But very few people are actually willing to take out their savings and put them into action time and time again.

Xu Lindong is clearly the latter.

...

Time flies.

Three more days passed in the blink of an eye.

A strange cold wave swept through many cities in Xia Kingdom again in just three days.

Strong winds swept through some coastal cities.

In some cities that are hot all year round, the sun shines brightly during the day, but hail falls at night, making the weather so extreme that it is almost bizarre.

At this moment, in the living room of a villa in the Jiangcheng Shenyisi family compound, the television was broadcasting the news.

In the footage, cities across the country have launched large-scale mosquito and insect control campaigns in addition to dealing with extreme weather.

It targets not only mosquitoes, but also various pests such as cockroaches, locusts, and rove beetles.

Many of these pests shouldn't appear during the cold season, but this rule seems to have been broken now.

The host's voice came from the television: "Recently, in some cities with high concentrations of supernatural energy, there have been cases of mutated insects attacking and killing ordinary people."

Although similar incidents have not yet occurred in most cities, the country has quickly activated its emergency response plan and is comprehensively implementing pest control measures.

On television, the host continued, "Next up is a live interview with Wang Jun, an outstanding representative of mosquito and insect control efforts in Jiangcheng."

"Section Chief Wang?" Yi Guoqiang was somewhat surprised.

The scene shifts, and the camera focuses on a middle-aged man in a uniform with a work badge pinned to his chest.

Wang Jun smiled into the microphone and said, "In dealing with unusual pest infestations, our residential compound has achieved remarkable results through advance planning, frequent pest control, and environmental cleanup..."

A simple smile appeared on his face as he frankly told the camera, "To be honest, this credit goes to Captain Xu of the Eastern District's Supernatural Affairs Division. He was the first to remind us to pay attention to the abnormal insect infestations that might be caused by fluctuations in extraordinary energy, and suggested that we start prevention and control measures in advance..."

Immediately afterwards, a fleeting photo of Xu Lindong's young and aloof appearance appeared on television.

In the living room, Yi Guoqiang and Zhou Hui were watching TV, and for a moment they were stunned.

"This..." Zhou Hui stopped knitting. "The section chief Wang is talking about...our son, A-Dong?"

"It's him!" Yi Guoqiang snapped out of his daze, his surprise quickly replaced by a smile. "This Section Chief Wang is really a down-to-earth person. He used to praise our A Dong for giving him advice, and I thought he was just flattering him."

He chuckled and leaned back into the sofa, looking up at the room upstairs.

The people from the Extraordinary Research Institute just delivered something over, and Xu Lindong signed for it and went straight upstairs.

Yi Guoqiang didn't disturb him; at that moment, he felt both comfortable and proud.

Despite the bad weather and cold wave these past few days, several prominent leaders have visited me to offer their support and warmth.

They're all here because of Xu Lindong.

They treated him, "an elder in Captain Xu's family," with utmost respect.

He had even met one of them before; he was his former boss's superior when he was in the Public Security Bureau.

When I saw him now, I actually took the initiative to shake his hand and was very polite.

This made him extremely proud.

only……

Yi Guoqiang glanced at Yi Qianxun's room upstairs again, and that lingering worry resurfaced in his heart.

The more dazzling A-Dong was, the more he couldn't help but think that his own Xun-Xun was ultimately a bit too ordinary.

What if... I'm not good enough for him in the future?

The thought lingered in his mind for a while, but he ultimately didn't say it aloud.

...

In the room on the second floor, Xu Lindong looked at the Nightmare Crystal Core in the silver box that the Extraordinary Research Institute personnel had just delivered, and his expression was slightly excited.

Qu Nan truly lived up to his word.

The extraordinary substance that will help you advance to the Night Wanderer level will arrive soon.

"My energy and spirit level is already 298... I'm just a little short of the threshold for Sequence 8."

Xu Lindong felt the surging power within him and made his decision.

Preparations for the Night Wanderer's advancement can begin.

Now, after three days of buffer and fermentation, the four superhumans from the underground black market that he killed have been judged to have failed in their mission and died.

The manhunt launched by the evil forces on the federal side has also come to a temporary end, which can be considered as having been resolved by him.

Currently, there has been no further talk of targeting him.

He also instructed Sister Xun to continue monitoring the movements of the underground black market and the Federation, secretly gathering information on the leaders and strongholds of those gangs and evil societies, so that after her breakthrough and advancement, she could launch a direct attack and completely eliminate any future troubles.

Therefore, during this brief period of calm, he prepared to handle the joint missions of the Department of the Supernatural while completing the promotions of the Night Wanderers and the Town Landlords.

The path and rituals for ascending to the status of a wandering soul must be completed within the Path to the Underworld.

But the final step can be carried out inside the abandoned supernatural hospital at the mission location.

Because the advancement of a wandering soul is different from that of a lonely ghost.

Wandering ghosts need to follow a specific route of death and wandering patterns to roam the outside world for seven days.

The key to advancing as a Night Wanderer lies in observing and examining all the ghosts.

Ultimately, one must at least control and command a ghost to complete a nighttime journey through the human world.

The smoother the control over this demon is during this experience, the more perfect the advancement will be, and the more thoroughly the supernatural matter will be digested.

Controlling vengeful spirits is a demanding requirement and a reason why many people fail to advance in their careers.

But for Xu Lindong, who had already mastered the art of corpse-driving, this was not a difficult task.

If he can ride the vengeful spirit to complete the "Night Tour" at the mission location, his promotion might be perfect.

As for the joint mission, it may also be due to the worsening environment these past few days.

The Southern District's Department of the Supernatural has now sent a request for assistance.

Xu Lindong instructed liaison officer Xiao Qing to immediately notify the team members to prepare, and then planned to lead the team to set off the next day to preside over the joint mission.

With his current ranking in the top 200 of the Prodigy List, even if he is only a squad leader, he will be directly appointed as the supreme commander once he participates in a mission.

In this way, he can command not only his own troops, but also the troops in the southern district.

This is the privilege that comes with a high ranking on the Prodigy List.

"Once this joint mission is resolved, my regional political achievements and influence will rise again, and my promotion to town land level should be a sure thing."

As he was thinking, the door was suddenly pushed from the outside, but it wouldn't open...