I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

After listening, Officer He glanced at the wall.

"in?"

"later."

Lin Ye pointed to the row of old cabinets at the very back.

The staff member's face was a little pale.

There's nothing behind the wall.

Are you sure?

"I've been working here for seven years, and there's a wall right behind me."

Lin Ye did not argue.

"Move the cabinet."

Several people worked together.

The old iron cabinet was covered in a layer of dust, and one of its legs was rusted to death.

It makes a screeching friction sound when dragged.

The cabinet is just half a meter away from the wall.

hum.

Again.

Lin Ye's vision suddenly went black.

It doesn't hurt.

It felt more like something in my head had been jolted open.

Although the body was still standing in the same place, the consciousness "drifted" half a step backward in that instant.

Extremely short.

It's so short that ordinary people don't even have time to notice it.

Lin Ye heard it clearly.

The voice belonging to my soul within me just went awry.

"Lin Ye?"

Officer He helped him up.

"Why is your face so pale?"

"Don't touch the wall."

Lin Ye raised his hand.

"Everyone, get out first."

The staff were stunned.

"The cabinet isn't there yet..."

"go out."

This time the tone was stronger.

Officer He reacted the fastest.

"Everyone out! Get out first!"

The people quickly retreated to the corridor.

Lin Ye also withdrew.

As soon as the door to the purification room closed, the feeling of my soul being pulled away immediately lessened.

Officer He looked at him.

"What exactly is inside?"

"have no idea."

Lin Ye leaned against the wall for a few seconds to recover.

If it had been an ordinary person, they might not have had a noticeable reaction.

But it's different for people who have just died.

With the physical body dead, the connection between the soul and the body is already weak.

If that kind of vibration were to fall directly on it...

It's easy to be shaken out.

Lin Ye turned his head.

"Check the dates when Tang Guofu and Zhou Jiajin were in the purification room."

The staff quickly switched to the backend.

Soon, the two process records were found.

Tang Guofu entered the purification room at 8:12 a.m.

Zhou Jia, delivered at 8:26.

According to normal procedures, two bodies should not be inside at the same time.

At 8:28, the surveillance camera at the entrance of the cleansing room showed that Zhou Jia's transfer bed had also been put inside.

Officer He frowned.

"Isn't it one person per room?"

The staff member looked somewhat embarrassed.

"Many bodies were brought in this morning."

"Zhou Jia's family members requested additional tidying up at the last minute."

"There was an empty bed inside, so we pushed them in and waited for a few minutes."

"How long will you stay inside?"

"About seven minutes."

Lin Ye looked up.

"During those seven minutes, did anyone hear the bell?"

The staff were stunned.

"bell?"

"Any sound."

The group looked at each other.

The last young mortician raised his hand.

"I...I think I heard it before."

"What is it like?"

"It's hard to say."

He touched his ear.

"It wasn't something I heard with my ears."

I suddenly felt dizzy.

"I thought it was low blood sugar."

Lin Ye asked, "What time?"

Young people are looking through their work records on their phones.

"Around 8:31."

The timing is right.

The bodies of Zhou Jia and Tang Guofu were both in the washing room.

An anomaly has occurred.

Afterwards, the voice of a woman appeared inside Tang Guofu's body.

Zhou Jia was completely empty-handed.

Lin Ye looked towards the purification room.

"Seal this place off."

Officer He asked, "Aren't you going to take the things out of there?"

"take."

"You're taking it?"

"Not for now."

Lin Ye opened his work terminal and sent a request for support of abnormal magical artifacts to the Seventh Division.

Reaching into the wall to grab something before you've figured out the situation is just asking for trouble.

A dozen minutes later, the nearest mobile unit arrived.

They brought sealing boxes, protective cloths, and remote robotic arms.

Cheng Fang himself did not come.

The video call did come in.

The first sentence is:

"Didn't you just finish dealing with a building?"

Lin Ye stood outside the bathroom door.

"Business is pretty good today."

"You call this business?"

"That's called performance?"

"..."

Cheng Fang was too lazy to waste words with him.

"What's going on?"

Lin Ye quickly recounted the known situation.

Two fresh bodies.

Seven minutes overlap.

The soul trembled within the purification chamber.

Currently, one soul is misplaced and the other is missing.

After listening, Cheng Fang's expression became serious.

"Remove the body first."

"They've already withdrawn."

"Don't let anyone, even the living, get close."

"Um."

"And you?"

Lin Ye looked at him.

"Am I not a living person?"

"Going in now is no different than asking for a beating."

"I can hear when it rings."

"If you can hear it, you should hide even more."

Lin Ye did not refute.

The mobile team has begun operations.

First, the protective cloth is laid outside the door.

The robotic arm enters the cleansing room.

The camera scanned the wall.

The wall behind the cabinet is very old.

However, there is a thin crack in the lower right corner.

Like redoing during renovations.

The robotic arm gave a tap.

empty.

There is a hidden layer inside.

The staff were visibly stunned when they saw this.

"Is there really something there?"

"open."

Through the protective glass, a field operator slowly cuts through the outer layer of cement using a robotic arm.

A high-speed chainsaw was not used.

Just peel it little by little.

The first piece of cement fell down.

no response.

The second piece.

The third piece.

When the crack expands to the size of a fist.

The camera was extended inside.

The screen was initially completely black.

Adjust the lighting.

Inside, a moldy wooden box was visible.

Not big.

Palm-width.

Officer He stared at the screen.

"Who built that thing into the wall?"

The staff member shook his head.

Lin Ye didn't say anything.

The robotic arm extends in and clamps the wooden box.

I just ran into it.

hum!

Several people outside the protective glass swayed at the same time.

Officer He braced himself against the wall.

"Hold."

One of the mobile field crews was even more direct, and his face instantly turned pale.

"What the hell is that?"

Lin Ye was also suffering.

This time the distance is even closer.

It felt like someone had grabbed his soul and was violently pulling it out of his body.

The spiritual energy in the seven meridians was momentarily disrupted.

Fortunately, after his body was cleansed by the spiritual essence, his mental endurance improved considerably.

It's just dizziness.

It didn't actually leave the body.

But suddenly a commotion came from the other end of the corridor.

"Tang Guofu has made a move!"

Lin Ye suddenly turned around.

Several people rushed into the processing room.

Tang Guofu's body was still lying in bed.

But then his eyes opened.

This time, his lips moved even more rapidly.

"mom……"

"I'm here..."

"Don't……"

The conversation was only halfway through.

The voice suddenly changed.

The voice that originally belonged to a young woman suddenly became drawn out, as if something was pulling it out of her body.

Lin Yeling's hearing device opened instantly.

He cannot "see" the soul.

But one could hear the voice of the soul leaving the corpse.

A little bit.

It leans towards the direction of the purification room.

"Stop!"

Lin Ye shouted into the communicator.

The person controlling the robotic arm immediately released the wooden box.

The buzzing stopped.

The female voice inside Tang Guofu's body suddenly fell back down.

The body fell silent again.

The whole process took less than five seconds.

Officer He stood at the door, his face frozen.

"Was it trying to suck that woman away?"

"It's not inhalation."

Lin Ye stared in the direction of the purification room.

"Shock it out."

"Is there a difference?"

"have."

Lin Ye caught his breath.

"It just makes the soul unstable."

This is troublesome.

It wasn't caused by a conscious spirit.

There was no communication.

There is no purpose.

It was simply a magical artifact operating according to its own rules.

The robotic arm was readjusted.

This time, I won't touch the wooden box directly.

First, wrap the entire box with a protective cloth.

layer.

Two layers.

Only after the fluctuations in spiritual energy have subsided significantly can it be slowly taken out.

The sealed box is opened.

The wooden box was placed inside.

Stamp it shut.

Only then did Lin Ye re-enter the purification room.

The wall is now empty.

He crouched down and glanced at the mezzanine.

There were also a few rotten yellow papers inside.

And a wooden sign that was almost rotting.

Only two blurry characters remain above.

Guardian.

Wasn't this a funeral home before?

Lin Ye asked.

The staff member shook his head.

"I have no idea."

Officer He has already sent someone to check the old building records.

Lin Ye didn't wait.

He walked over to the sealed box.

With several layers of protection, the vibration inside was already very weak.

After Ke Ling heard the pressure, she passed away.

He still heard it.

First came a very low hum.

Then.

A man's voice came from inside the wooden box.

It feels very weak.

It's very far.

"Is anyone there...?"

Lin Ye's expression changed.

The field officer next to him asked, "What did you hear this time?"

Lin Ye did not answer immediately.

He stared at the sealed box.

The man repeated himself.

"Let me out..."

The voice sounded old.

Unlike a spirit.

It looks more like someone who has just died.

Lin Ye stretched out his hand.

Information on Tang Guofu's family.

Officer He immediately handed over the terminal.

It contains videos of him before his death, provided by his family.

Lin Ye clicked on a section.

In the picture, Tang Guofu is talking to his grandson.

"Slow down."

"If you break it, your grandma will scold me again."

Lin Ye listened to it twice.

Then turn off the video.

Inside the sealed box.

The man was still speaking in a low voice.

"Is anyone there...?"

Lin Ye looked up.

"Tang Guofu's soul has been found."

Officer He was stunned.

"Where?"

Lin Ye knocked on the sealed box.

"Inside the bell."

Half an hour later.

The wooden boxes were opened in seven temporary isolation facilities.

Inside lay a bronze bell the size of a fist.

It's rusted black.

The bell is engraved with faint soul-suppressing patterns.

The strangest thing is...

It's empty inside.

There is no bell clapper.

Officer He stared at it for a long time.

"How can it make a sound without a tongue?"

Lin Ye listened to that low hum that only souls could hear.

"It wasn't originally meant for the living to hear."