What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

Then, I quickly walked down the stairs and returned to my car parked at the intersection.

I started the car, closed my eyes, and focused my mental energy on the space between my eyebrows.

Soon, I clearly sensed the faint but unusually persistent fluctuation of evil energy in my mind.

At this moment, it is moving at a moderate pace toward the west of Jiangcheng.

I opened my eyes and smiled slightly.

Then, I stepped on the gas.

The SUV let out a deep roar and merged into the morning traffic.

As I drove, I followed the direction indicated by the ominous sign.

About twenty minutes later, the car entered an old town area on the west side of Jiangcheng.

There is an antique street with a strong sense of history. Most of the buildings on both sides of the street are antique-style buildings in the Ming and Qing styles, with blue bricks, gray tiles, and upturned eaves.

This street is not usually crowded, and today, being a weekday morning, it was unusually quiet.

Looking around, there were only a few elderly vendors on the roadside displaying some copper coins and porcelain that were hard to tell were real or fake.

I parked the car at a distance from the entrance of an inconspicuous alley, not too close.

Through the car window, I saw the man in the baseball cap hurrying across the street.

After looking around, he plunged into an antique shop called "Jiyaxuan" on the street corner.

Although I had already located the target, I didn't rush to get out of the car.

Instead, he sat in the driver's seat, quietly observing the activity of the shop.

Indeed, my caution was correct.

About two minutes later, the glass door of the antique shop was pushed open, and a slightly overweight middle-aged man walked out.

He stood on the steps, peering around the street carefully twice.

That wary look clearly indicated that he was checking to see if anyone was following the baseball cap.

After confirming that there were no suspicious people around, the middle-aged man quickly took out a sign from inside the door that read "Inventory Check, Temporarily Closed" and placed it at the door.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and pulled down the metal roller shutter door at the entrance of the store.

With a loud, piercing sound, the roller shutter door was firmly shut on the ground, completely isolating the interior of the shop from the outside world.

Seeing this, I slowly opened the car door and got out of the SUV.

Since the main entrance was already locked, and pulling the curtain door would make too much noise, it was clearly not suitable for me to sneak in.

So I followed a narrow alleyway next to the shop and went around to the back of the antique shop.

Unlike the antique-style decor in front, the back alley of the antique shop was filled with all kinds of discarded packing boxes and miscellaneous items, and the air was filled with a musty smell.

Following the directions, I walked to the back door of the shop and found that it was a very thick security door, which was also locked from the inside.

However, prying open this type of security door is much quieter than pulling up a roller shutter door.

I focused my mental energy on the space between my eyebrows, and a cool aura instantly flowed out, my five senses spreading into the room like radar.

After confirming that there were no hidden weapons or traps behind the door and that no one was lying in ambush, I took the black bone needle out of my pocket.

The tip of the bone needle silently probed into the keyhole.

This time, I didn't deliberately slow down.

With a slight exertion of force, the bone needle deftly moved a few times inside the lock cylinder.

With just a very faint "click," I easily unlocked the heavy security door.

I gently opened the door a crack, slipped inside, and then closed it again behind me.

As soon as I entered the house, I suppressed the evil energy in my body and my breathing to the extreme.

The power of the Mountain-Shaking Force to control the physical body was fully demonstrated at this moment.

At that moment, every step I took was as light as a cat's, and I didn't make the slightest sound as I stepped on the floor.

This is the back room of a typical antique shop. Passing through the storeroom filled with miscellaneous items, there is a carpeted corridor in front.

Following the guidance of the ominous mark in my mind, I cautiously made my way forward.

Finally, I stopped in front of a closed room at the end of the corridor.

I sensed that the man in the baseball cap was right behind this door.

There were only two people in the room.

Besides the baseball cap, the other one should be the middle-aged boss who put up the notice board at the main entrance earlier.

At that moment, they were talking in hushed tones inside.

Although the sound was very faint because of the solid wood door, my superior hearing allowed me to hear every word of the conversation inside.

First, the sound of water being poured came from the room, followed by the soft clatter of a cup being placed on the table.

The middle-aged man's voice rang out, carrying a hint of urgency and accusation:

"What's going on? Why do you look so flustered, like you've seen a ghost?"

How's the matter I asked you to handle going? Did you get the items?

Immediately following was the sound of the man in the baseball cap gulping down water.

He was breathing heavily, his voice still carrying a trace of lingering fear:

"Don't even mention it! Zhang Zhi isn't even home!"

Moreover, that thing wasn't at Zhang Zhi's house.

I searched that dilapidated house inside and out, every corner, but I couldn't find a single hair!

He paused, then added, still shaken:

"Moreover, I almost fell for a trick by a young man just now in front of Zhang Zhi's house."

"What happened?"

The middle-aged man's tone instantly became serious.

"Are you being watched?"

The man in the baseball cap took a deep breath and recounted in detail what had just happened in front of Old Zhang's house.

"...I originally planned to ambush him from behind the door, but that kid reacted incredibly fast, catching my knife between two fingers."

The man in the baseball cap sounded a hint of lingering fear in his voice, but then it was followed by a touch of relief and disdain.

"Damn it, I have no idea where this kid came from."

Fortunately, although he reacts quickly, his actual combat skills are not very good.

I punched him with all my might, and he couldn't take it and stumbled backward. I seized the opportunity and ran away.

Standing outside the door, I couldn't help but grin and chuckle to myself when I heard the man in the baseball cap boasting.

However, I did not make any move and remained quietly standing outside the door, continuing to listen to their conversation.

Inside the room, the middle-aged man fell into a brief silence after listening to the man in the baseball cap's story.

After a moment, he slowly spoke, his tone filled with doubt:

"How come another person has appeared? And they're so skilled..."

Could it be that you're here for the military tally as well? Are you sure the military tally isn't at Zhang Zhi's house?

"I'm sure!"

The man in the baseball cap answered decisively.

"I even searched his entire underwear drawer, but there was absolutely nothing there!"