The sheriff introduced himself: "My name is Chen Zhiming, from the Qingchuan Branch of the Donghai City Public Security Bureau. Are you a temporary worker in the Countermeasures Bureau?"

Qi Wu replied, "That's right."

Chen Zhiming looked him up and down and said, "Okay, I understand."

"We've already been informed by our superiors that there might be some special circumstances recently, and that there are designated people to handle them."

He glanced at Zhao Peng and Liu Yang behind Qi Wu, then at the water ghost corpse on the ground in the distance, and frowned.

"Have you... finished dealing with this?"

"Um."

Upon seeing this, Chen Zhiming inquired about Qi Wu's needs, picked up the walkie-talkie to report to his superior, and only after receiving approval did he give Qi Wu a black body bag.

It's the kind of container used to hold bodies that have been retrieved from the water.

Qi Wu took it and glanced at it.

The quality is not bad; it's thicker than he expected.

After packing the water ghost's body into the sack, Chen Zhiming glanced at the bulging body bag and frowned.

"How do you plan to transport it back? By taxi? By car?"

Qi Wu laughed and said, "Taking a taxi is probably not realistic."

Chen Zhiming had obviously thought of that too, and sighed helplessly: "I'll send someone to take you back."

He picked up the walkie-talkie, said a few words, and then said to Qi Wu, "The car will be here soon. Where are you going?"

Liu Yang glanced at Qi Wu: "We can't bring the body back to school, why don't you take it home, Brother Wu?"

Qi Wu thought for a moment and gave an address: "Jinhua Residential Area, Building 3, Unit 2".

Chen Zhiming made a note of it in his notebook.

Liu Yang asked curiously, "Brother Wu, this isn't your house, is it?"

Liu Yang had previously gone to Qi Wu's house to help move things back to the dormitory.

He didn't remember this neighborhood.

Qi Wu nodded. "My family used to live there, but when I was in high school, my parents bought a house in a good school district near the high school and moved away."

"No one lives in the old house usually, so my parents ask me to clean it once a month."

"It's perfect to put this thing there."

Soon, a police car drove up from a distance.

Chen Zhiming helped stuff the body bag into the trunk.

The three got into the car and arrived at Jinhua Residential Area in less than twenty minutes.

The neighborhood isn't big, just a few buildings, the kind of old-style six-story houses. Over the years, some parts of the exterior walls have turned yellow and dark.

The security booth at the entrance was empty, not a single person was there, and the barrier gate was always raised and never lowered.

The car drove straight in and arrived at Unit 2 of Building 3.

Qi Wu was the first to get out of the car, went around to the back, opened the trunk, took out the body bag, and carried it upstairs.

Zhao Peng and Liu Yang followed behind, and when they arrived at the door of 401, Qi Wu took out his key and opened the door.

After all, he's the one who comes to clean every month, so naturally he has a key.

Upon opening the door, a strong smell of dust hit me.

Fortunately, the last cleaning was half a month ago, and no one has lived in the house since. Although there was a thin layer of dust on the floor and furniture, it wasn't too dirty.

Qi Wu carried the body bag directly into the house.

Zhao Peng and Liu Yang followed them in, curiously looking at the furnishings in the room.

Qi Wu ignored the two of them, carried the body bag through the living room, and went straight into the bathroom.

The water ghost's body can be placed in the bathroom. Even if it soils the floor, it's easy to clean. You can just rinse it with water and scrub it with a brush. It's better than leaving it in the living room.

Otherwise, if it's left in the living room, it will leave a stench over time, and if his mother comes and finds it, then it won't be the water ghost's problem anymore, it will be his own problem.

Liu Yang stood at the bathroom door, glanced at the black body bag, and asked, "Brother Wu, what should we do with this? Won't it rot like a normal corpse if left for too long?"

Qi Wu didn't even turn his head: "I don't know, but I plan to sell it."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Peng immediately leaned closer, his face full of curiosity: "Sold? To get money?"

"How much can this thing sell for?"

Qi Wu glanced at him: "It's not about exchanging money."

"Then what should we change to?"

"Exchange for some extraordinary knowledge."

Qi Wu took out his phone and opened the website that Zhou Yuanshan had sent him earlier.

"I checked it out in the car, and this website isn't just a bounty platform, it's also an extraordinary forum."

"Besides the task bounties, there are also people who post specifically to collect items."

"People collect things like ghost story props and vengeful spirit corpses."

Liu Yang also leaned over to glance at the screen: "So you want to sell this corpse and get some extraordinary knowledge to learn?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean."

Zhao Peng listened from the side and looked disappointed.

"I thought you were selling yourself, Brother Wu."

Qi Wu gave him a somewhat speechless look: "I've already awakened superpowers, making money is easy for me, isn't it?"

Zhao Peng thought for a moment: "That's true."

Qi Wu ignored him, turned around and left the bathroom, walked to the living room, and plopped down on the sofa.

He opened the Extraordinary Forum and began to read it seriously.

No login is required for the forum; everyone browses anonymously as a guest.

The page design is simple, even a bit rudimentary, and the layout isn't particularly attractive, but the content is rich.

It can be mainly divided into three sections: bounties, intelligence, and posts.

Bounties are tasks involving extraordinary events; once completed, you collect your reward from the local countermeasures bureau.

Intelligence refers to reliable information released by the authorities about monsters, including monster characteristics, areas where they appear, and how to deal with them.

The posts were a mixed bag, with posts about buying and selling things, discussing all sorts of supernatural events, and all sorts of other things.

Some people also posted information in the forum, but it wasn't from the official sources, its origin is unclear, and its credibility is questionable.

While in the car, Qi Wu had already skimmed through the intelligence section and gained a basic understanding of the monster classifications.

Monsters are divided into three categories.

Ghost stories, vengeful spirits, and monsters.

As Zhou Yuanshan said, ghost stories are monsters with specific rules, and killing them will drop ghost story items.

It's like that pig-headed man who dropped a pig-head mask after he died.

Wraiths are monsters transformed from the dead, carrying intense negative emotions. They have no reason and kill anyone they see.

Water ghosts are typical vengeful spirits.

Monsters are plants and animals that have awakened superpowers and can communicate with each other.

Essentially, there is no difference between monsters and humans who have awakened superpowers.

After all, humans are animals too.

Once ghost stories and vengeful spirits are discovered, there is only one outcome: elimination.

As for monsters, it depends on whether they have caused any harm.

Moreover, according to the content of the post, some extraordinary individuals obtain their extraordinary powers by relying on demonic beasts.

For example, spirit mediums, spirit mediums, shamans...

These are all ways to gain extraordinary power by signing contracts with demonic beasts.

Some lucky superhumans even became superhumans because their pet cats or dogs awakened superpowers.

Most of the extraordinary individuals in the Countermeasures Bureau also follow this path.

After all, animals with awakened superpowers are easier to control than people with awakened superpowers.

Humans always have their own little thoughts, while animals are much simpler.

Suppressing the thought, Qi Wu first posted on the forum, preparing to sell the water ghost's corpse in exchange for some extraordinary knowledge that he could learn later in life.

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