Everyone's Suppressing Ghosts: Others Contract Divine Weapons, I Contract Blank Paper

Chapter 17 Six Buildings Sealed Off Together

Xu Du had just come out of the training building when the Jiangcheng Lingguan Bureau's car parked at the college gate.

The car door opened.

A middle-aged man in a dark gray uniform stepped down; his badge read:

[Jiangcheng Municipal Bureau of Public Security, Action Team 3, Deputy Captain: Zhao Heng.]

Zhao Heng glanced at Xu Du first.

I glanced again at the cardboard box behind him.

One box.

Two boxes.

Three boxes.

Five hundred blank talisman papers per box.

Zhao Heng remained silent for a second.

"You're Xu Du?"

"Yes."

Have you reviewed the mission details?

"I've seen it."

Zhao Heng spoke very quickly.

"In the old town of Nanqiao, in Anmin Community, six buildings exude an aura of malevolent energy."

"Originally a training team mission, with an initial rating of D."

"Half an hour ago, the pollution spread beyond expectations. The trainee team failed to handle the situation and had to evacuate four people."

"Two cases of mild pollution, and one case of delayed life-saving lamp function."

"The mission has now been upgraded to the edge of level C."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Xu Du.

"You just finished your practical training and the review of abandoned town artifacts. Can the Life Lamp hold up?"

Xu Du picked up the white paper soul-guiding lamp.

"They can fight."

Zhao Heng nodded.

"Consumables will be reimbursed by the Lingnan Administration Bureau."

Xu Du asked: "The upper limit?"

Zhao Heng looked at him.

Several practical training teachers nearby were also watching him.

Zhao Heng glanced down at the communicator.

"For this temporary authorization, the cost of blank talisman paper will be fully reimbursed."

"If the task evaluation is excellent, the same amount will be issued as a supplement."

Xu Du nodded.

"Walk."

The moment those two words were uttered, the surrounding students erupted in uproar.

"He's really going, bro."

"Just finished practical training?"

"They also reviewed two abandoned town artifacts, and now it's been upgraded to Grade C?"

"The Anmin residential area near Nanqiao?"

"Those are six buildings, not a simulated haunted environment—"

"All consumables will be reimbursed."

"While others bring protective charms on missions, he brings three boxes of paper."

The college forum was also flooded with posts about it.

[Xu Du just got first place on the overall training list, and the Bureau of Spiritual Affairs' mission vehicle came directly to the school!]

[A malevolent aura is emanating from the old town area of ​​Nanqiao; recommended person for assistance: Xu Du!]

[Three boxes of blank talisman paper are loaded onto the bus; the White Paper Lantern is about to start a real mission!]

Xu Du did not check the forum.

He loaded three boxes of blank talisman paper onto the car.

Place a white paper soul-guiding lamp beside you.

The car door closed.

The Lingzhi Authority vehicle sped directly out of the college.

Anmin Residential Area, Nanqiao Old Town.

This is a well-known old residential area in Jiangcheng.

Six residential buildings surround a courtyard that is neither old nor new.

The area outside the building has been cordoned off.

The warning lights were flashing.

Residents were kept outside the cordon and there was a lot of noise.

A middle-aged woman in pajamas shouted at the top of her lungs, "My mom's in building number three! Building number three!"

"My baby hasn't come out yet!"

"Speak up about what's going on inside!"

"Wasn't it supposed to be a low-risk area? Why are all six buildings sealed off?"

"Where are your people? Where are they?!"

The Bureau of Spirits Management is maintaining order.

At the entrance of the residential area, a temporary task panel hangs in mid-air.

[Jiangcheng Spirit Management Bureau Temporary Mission: A cluster of malevolent spirits is overflowing from Anmin Residential Area.]

[Task Rating: Borderline C]

[Number of buildings involved: 6]

[Estimated number of Yin Sha: 300+]

[Number of residents trapped: 83]

[Building under lockdown: 1/6]

[Pollution diffusion rate: 32%]

[Trainee Team Status: Processing failed, team has been withdrawn.]

[Current needs: group clearing, building lockdown, resident protection.]

As Xu Du got off the bus, he saw a young man in a trainee uniform being helped out.

His face was ashen, and his hands were still trembling.

A soul-suppressing bell hung from his waist.

A thin crack has appeared on the bell's body.

Another intern muttered under his breath, "It's not just one building, Captain Zhao."

"The first floor of Building 2 has just been sealed off."

"Numbers four and five leaked at the same time."

"Staircases, elevator shafts, underground parking garages—everything is overflowing."

"We don't have enough manpower."

"We can't hold it."

Zhao Heng walked over.

"casualties?"

The trainee team leader gritted his teeth: "—The people are still alive."

"There are still people inside the three buildings who haven't been evacuated."

"If you can't hold it in any longer, wait twenty minutes."

"Six buildings connected together constitute a yin-evil zone."

Zhao Heng's face darkened.

At this moment, a young sorcerer saw Xu Du and frowned.

He was carrying a standard peach wood sword and wearing a Spirit Management Bureau trainee uniform.

"Team Leader Zhao, is this the assistant you mentioned?"

Zhao Heng said, "Jiangcheng Town's Ghost Academy ranks first in the overall freshman training list."

The young sorcerer looked at Xu Du, then at the three boxes of white paper on the cart.

"----student?"

Zhao Heng glanced at him.

"Song Lin".

"Now is not the time for nonsense."

Song Lin did not back down.

"Team Leader Zhao, there are residents inside."

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"The elderly and children are all here."

"No matter how well he plays in practice, it's still just a simulation."

"Clearing quickly doesn't mean you can hold onto six buildings."

Xu Du did not explain.

He only looks at the task panel.

[Building under lockdown: 1/6]

[Pollution diffusion rate: 33%]

It was 32% just now.

rose again.

Xu Du asked, "Who's in charge of the lockdown now?"

Zhao Heng pointed to Building No. 2.

"Before the trainee team withdrew, they managed to seal off the first-floor exit of Building No. 2."

"The remaining five buildings are still overflowing."

Xu Du nodded.

He walked to the back of the Spirit Management Bureau vehicle and opened the first box of blank talismans.

Five hundred sheets in one box.

He then took out another stack from the second box.

Soon, he placed six stacks of white paper on the roof of the car.

One hundred sheets per stack.

Song Lin frowned.

"—What are you going to do?"

Xu Du picked up the white paper soul-guiding lamp.

"Sealing off the building."

Song Lin was taken aback.

Xu Du continued, "All six buildings will be sealed off together."

Upon hearing this, all the apprentice ghost hunters turned to look.

"All six buildings together?"

Do you know how many entrances and exits there are in six buildings?

"Staircases, elevator shafts, fire exits, underground parking garages—all are prone to leaking negative energy."

"It's difficult for the eight of us to guard just one building."

Xu Du did not turn back.

The white paper-drawn lantern lights up.

The pale light fell on six stacks of blank talisman paper.

Six hundred sheets of white paper trembled simultaneously.

Xu Du picked up his pen.

He wrote only one word on the top sheet of paper.

seal up.

The character is complete.

The same handwriting appeared simultaneously on the remaining 599 blank sheets of paper.

Song Lin's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Simultaneous pattern formation?"

Zhao Heng also stared at the six hundred sheets of white paper.

His gaze was much deeper than when he was in the car.

Xu Du raised his hand.

"go."

Six hundred sheets of white paper flew out at the same time.

It didn't fly towards a building.

Instead, it split into six streams, each rushing towards one of the six residential buildings.

Building No. 1, 100 sheets.

Building No. 2, 100 sheets.

Building No. 3, 100 sheets.

Building No. 4, 100 sheets.

Building No. 5, 100 sheets.

Building No. 6, 100 sheets.

A piece of white paper was pasted on the stairwell.

Stick it on the elevator shaft.

Post the entrance to the underground parking garage.

Seal the gaps in the fire escape door.

Cover the gray-black cracks that are seeping out of the window.

One by one, the "sealing" orders were lit up.

The gray-black yin energy that had just surged out of the stairwell seemed to have hit an invisible wall.

boom!

The overflow from Building 1 has stopped.

boom!

The overflow from Building 3 has stopped.

boom!

The overflow from Building 5 has stopped.

The task panel started refreshing frantically.

[Building under lockdown: 2/6]

[Building under lockdown: 3/6]

[Building under lockdown: 4/6]

[Building under lockdown: 5/6]

[Building under lockdown: 6/6]

[Pollution diffusion rate: 33%]

[Pollution diffusion rate: 21%]

[Pollution diffusion rate: 9%]

[Pollution diffusion rate: 0%]

[Pollution spread: has stopped.]

The entire area inside and outside the blockade fell silent instantly.

The residents are still crying and shouting.

The Bureau of Spirits Management is still maintaining order.

But all the demon hunters' eyes were fixed on the mission panel.

The eight trainees spent more than twenty minutes trying to block one exit on the first floor of a building.

Xu Du arrived less than a minute ago.

Six buildings.

Completely sealed off.

The pollution diffusion rate is reduced to zero.

Song Lin opened his mouth.

He didn't utter a single word.

Zhao Heng reacted the fastest.

"Record!"

The staff member next to him immediately uploaded the data from the task panel.

[Assisted by: Xu Du]

[Operation: All six buildings are simultaneously placed under lockdown.]

Time taken: 47 seconds.

[Building under lockdown: 6/6]

[Pollution diffusion rate: 0%]

[Task contribution record in progress————]

Outside the cordon, a middle-aged woman in pajamas cried out, "Is it all over? Can my mom come out now?"

Zhao Heng did not answer immediately.

Lockdown is only the first step.

The building is sealed off, but the evil spirits are still inside.

The residents are still inside.

It can't be completely eliminated; it only temporarily blocks the danger.

Xu Du also looked at the mission panel.

[Number of residents trapped: 83]

[Estimated number of Yin Sha: 300+]

[Currently, negative energy is active within the building: On the rise.]

[Building 1: 52.]

[Building 2: 41.]

[Building 3: 67.]

[Building 4: 39.]

[Building 5: 58.]

Building 6: 76.

The number of malevolent spirits in the six buildings is gradually becoming apparent.

The total has exceeded three hundred.

Zhao Heng looked at the numbers with a solemn expression.

"How long until the official team is ready?"

The staff member said, "At the fastest, it will take fifteen minutes."

Fifteen minutes.

If the pollution isn't contained, those fifteen minutes are enough to turn the entire neighborhood into a gloomy zone.

The pollution has now been contained by Xudu.

But the trapped residents couldn't wait much longer.

Zhao Heng looked at Xu Du.

"Can it be cleaned?"

Xu Du did not answer immediately.

He glanced down at the remaining blank talisman paper.

Three boxes of paper.

We just used 600 cards.

There are 900 cards left.

The white paper soul-guiding lamp is in a stable state.

Can clear.

But the priority is to protect the residents.

Xu Du asked, "Do you have a location tracking system for the residents in the building?"

The staff immediately pulled up the heat source map.

Floor plans of the six buildings are unfolded.

Red dots represent negative energy.

Blue dots represent residents.

In the six buildings, red and blue dots were mixed together.

In some floors, malevolent spirits have already approached the residents' doors.

Several residents were hiding in their bathrooms, bedrooms, and kitchens, where blue dots kept flashing.

Xu Du glanced at it.

"Seal off the residents' doors first."

Zhao Heng was taken aback.

"Shouldn't we clear away the negative energy first?"

"If the gate isn't sealed, they'll run rampant during the cleanup."

Xu Du opened the second box of white paper.

Draw out three hundred cards.

"Protect people first."

The white paper guiding lamp lit up again.

Three hundred sheets of white paper flew up.

Xu Du wrote down the second character.

护。

Three hundred "protect" paper orders were divided into dozens of strands and flew into six buildings.

They traveled through the stairwells and stuck to the doors, windows, and beds of the trapped residents.

The task panel refreshed again.

[Resident Protection Mark: 12/83.]

[Resident Protection Mark: 27/83.]

[Resident Protection Mark: 46/83.]

[Resident Protection Mark: 69/83.]

[Resident Protection Mark: 83/83.]

[Temporary protection for trapped residents: Completed.]

Inside the cordon, a voice immediately came through the communicator of a staff member of the Superintendent of Public Health.

"Building 3, Room 401, safe!"

"Building 5, Room 602, the entrance is blocked by a gloomy atmosphere!"

"Those two kids on the first floor of Building 6, they're being protected by a light source!"

"The apartment for the elderly in Building 1 is also under pressure!"

"The trapped residents are all located stably!"

Outside the cordon, the middle-aged woman in her pajamas was stunned when she heard "Building 3, Room 401".

She immediately rushed to the front of the cordon.

"That's my mom! That's my mom's house!"

The officials from the Department of Spirits and Deaths stopped her.

"The person is safe for now, don't rush!"

The woman burst into tears.

She looked up at the windows in the neighborhood that were lit up with white paper lights, her lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.

Zhao Heng looked at the mission panel, and his expression completely changed.

If the simultaneous lockdown of six buildings was a large-scale control operation, then...

The simultaneous protection of 83 residents is a precise control measure.

Six buildings.

Eighty-three people.

Xu Du stood at the entrance of the residential compound, without taking a single step inside.

Blank sheets of paper have been laid out at all the danger points.

The task panel continues to refresh.

[Number of new resident casualties: 0.]

[Pollution spread: 0.]

[Protection of trapped residents: 83/83.]

[Task contribution rate is being updated —]

The next second, a new contribution panel popped up.

[Current Task Contribution:]

[First: Xu Du, contribution rate 43%.]

[Second: Trainee Team 1, contribution rate 11%.]

[Third: Zhao Heng, contribution rate 8%.]

Song Lin looked at the contribution rate and his face flushed.

The eight of them caused damage to the talisman, which totaled 11%.

Xu Du arrived less than three minutes ago.

43%.

He subconsciously gripped the standard peach wood sword in his hand, then slowly loosened it.

Zhao Heng took a deep breath.

"Next step?"

Xu Du looked at the six buildings.

"Clear the corridor."

"Six buildings together."

This time, no one spoke.

Xu Du opened the third box of white paper.

The remaining blank talismans vibrated in unison under the light.

He picked up the white paper lantern to guide the soul.

The stark white light shone on the six buildings.

On the task panel, the red dots for the six buildings are still flashing.

[Current number of Yin Sha: 333.]

Xu Du picked up the ink pen.

Write a word on the first piece of paper.

Extinction.

next moment.

In the stairwells of the six buildings, sheets of white paper lit up simultaneously.

Outside the blockade, everyone looked up.

All at once, a stark white light shone from the windows of the stairwells of the six old buildings.

A new notification pops up in the task panel.

[Assisted by Xu Du, an application was made for simultaneous removal of debris from all six buildings.]

Target quantity: 333.

[The clearing timer is about to begin.]

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