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The slender figure wrapped in a pitch-black uniform swayed her body and exhaled softly. Her pair of plump and agile legs held firmly on the ground under the pitch-black stockings. The person, who was obviously a woman, looked around as if to reconfirm the situation, and muttered in a low voice: "Fortunately, fortunately... The casualties are not severe. I finally made it in time - I don't have to be arrested by Section Chief Cheng and put in solitary confinement..."

She stood in the strong light and raised her eyes and said this, her face full of relief. She subconsciously looked at Li Re and Yin Bai who saved the situation, and opened her mouth to thank them.

But when I was standing there just now, the strong light and the rain blocked my view and I couldn't see clearly.

Now that she had finally seen the two people clearly, her face suddenly turned pale. Then the words that came to her lips became:

"Thank you both... Lire!??"

Li Re seemed to be familiar with the place and waved, "Nice to meet you again, Captain Aiko! But there are not two Li Res here!"

Undoubtedly, the one who led the team to the scene was the 'investigator' Ai Ke, the 'former illegal player' who was recruited by Shiyu, and now the captain of the action brigade under the jurisdiction of the 'Jiang City Cleaning Division in the provincial capital of Dajiang Province'.

When she saw Li Re again, her face changed and she subconsciously turned around and wanted to run away - just like the last time in the vegetable market. However, when she saw Li Re standing by the car and looking at her with a smile, she suddenly steadied her steps and took a deep breath!

I always felt that if I really ran away, there would be even more tragic consequences...So even though she was nervous and scared, Echo still forced a smile.

"Um...Mr. Li Re, Miss Yin Bai, good morning."

Yes, she is an official now - there is no need to be afraid of anything... She stepped forward and tried to cheer herself up!

"Yes, we are officials, backed by the country - why should we be afraid of him!?"

Yes, that's right, that's it... No, why did I say what was in my heart? No, that's not what I said at all!

Eco paused, blinked, and looked suddenly at what he was holding in his hand.

Li Re also looked at what she was holding and laughed immediately - he saw that Aiko was holding a "lantern" in her hand. The lantern looked very inconspicuous in the strong light from the helicopter - that is, if you ignore the fact that it was shaking and talking at this moment.

Yes, this lantern can talk!

"Fuck, who told you to tell me what I was thinking again? How many times have I told you that mind reading is not for this kind of thing? Are you looking for death?" Echo became anxious in an instant!

The 'lantern' shook a little: "But I am a dead man... Oh, I am just a 'dead head', not a 'dead man', hahahaha!"

Yin Bai looked at this weird scene and remained silent. She didn't have a deep impression of Ai Ke, and she didn't know the crimes she committed before. The biggest impression of this 'investigator' was when she became an 'operator'. After being the captain of the team, she occasionally took people to the ghost shop to buy supernatural items, so Yin Bai didn't quite understand Ai Ke's behavior of being so terrified of Li Re, but she also clearly understood that the "investigator" held the What's that thing...it's a 'ghost' put in a psychic lantern.

This is exactly why Li Re couldn't help but laugh.

The ghost in the lantern was the 'dead head' he encountered in the vegetable market last time - unexpectedly, this guy was not directly detained, but was taken away by the 'investigator' and became a supernatural object in her hands. Moreover, it seemed that because most of its power was sealed and it became relatively stable, this 'evil ghost' became more humane and even told jokes.

It's quite a 'harmonious' door too!

As if noticing Li Re's gaze, Ai Ke stopped arguing with this guy, and once again couldn't help showing a nervous expression and explained: "Mr. Li Re, don't pay attention to this guy, he is talking nonsense!"

"No matter what, I have to thank you and Miss Yin Bai for your help this time - to be honest. This time it was our cleaning department's negligence. It seems that the 'monitoring mechanism' arranged previously still has some problems!" She quickly changed the subject and tried to divert Li Re's attention in a panic.

Li Re, who didn't care much about it, was distracted: "Monitoring mechanism?"

"Yes, monitoring mechanism."

Ai Ke breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since the invasion disaster of the magic world, the number of awakened people has increased day by day, and the number of new players has also suddenly skyrocketed. So I proposed to Chief Cheng that we should use the core of the professional skill of the 'investigator' and the principle of the 'eye of investigation' that can directly monitor the special energy fluctuations within the range as the center to establish a complete monitoring organization throughout the city to detect the fluctuation value of the 'supernatural energy' in various places."

"The core of an investigator's professional skills? Are you willing to hand over even this?" Li Re was a little surprised.

"Well... this, if you don't hand it over, I can't get out either!" Ai Ke said frankly, and as if to distance himself from the past, he continued: "Besides, it is my honor to work for the government! I also believe that with such a prospect, those scattered illegal players will be completely defeated sooner or later!"

"This sentence sounds a bit like a guide." Li Re couldn't help but complain as he looked at the loyal girl investigator. However, listening to her tone, even Aiko, who is now an official player, seems to have not yet noticed the big move from illegal players that may happen in the country. It seems that...the intelligence ability of 'Painter' is indeed worthy of attention!

"Ahem..." Ai Ke couldn't help but choke, and continued: "In short, now Jiangcheng City has basically been included in this monitoring network. It is said that this method has been appreciated by the General Affairs Office... But now it seems that the monitoring is still not perfect. I thought that the energy was stable, but now it seems that it is too stable and abnormal!"

The 'investigator' said this, and then looked at the 'awakened' who was being carefully contained by the cleaning department combat personnel. It was obvious that he was saying that this awakened person had been very 'stable' before.

Li Re's eyes suddenly paused. He chewed on Aiko's words as if he had thought of something.

Too stable...not normal! ?

"Yes, this is indeed-very abnormal!"

He suddenly whispered!

"Ah?" Ai Ke was stunned and looked at Li Re whose expression changed inexplicably.

Yin Bai, who was standing next to him with his hands hanging in the air, also glanced at Li Re.

Seeing Li Re suddenly turn to her and whisper, "Yin Bai, do you still remember the specific information that the Ghost Princess conveyed to you?"

"Yeah." Although he didn't understand, Yin Bai nodded and responded: "She wrote to say that Bai Xi is doing fine and the situation is very stable... There is no risk at all?"

She spoke slower and slower.

She also realized something was wrong.

Yes.

How can it be possible that the position of 'court monitor' who takes over is so stable?

How could there be no risk at all?

Absolute stability.

It also means - abnormal!

"I thought it was a bit strange before... Even if there is really no danger, the spiritual fire I left on her body seems so stable, which itself represents abnormality." Li Re narrowed his eyes and said: "Now it seems that I need to talk to the ghost princess in person!"

Chapter 253: Ghost Story Amusement Park

The falling rain came suddenly and went away just as suddenly. The dark clouds over Jiangcheng City soon thinned out visibly. After the last few tiny raindrops fluttered down, the bright sunshine penetrated the clouds and enveloped the world in crystal clearness, as if it had been cleansed.

Amid the sound of water dripping from the eaves, a mist suddenly wafted in front of the door of a shop in the deep alley with a signboard reading "Ghost Shop". The next second, two figures walked out of the mist, one in front and one behind.

"Why are you looking for me in such a hurry?"

A clear murmuring voice was then heard.

The figure walking in front had her black hair loose and her skirt swaying in the wind. Her white clothes fluttered like wings, stretching out the graceful figure underneath. The person stood firmly on the ground where water was flowing, yawned lazily, and looked at the store in front of him - or rather, the figure in the store said so.

Following closely behind the figure in white and black, a girl dressed in a blue maid outfit with a long sword hanging from her waist also bowed slightly to the opposite side: "Long time no see, Mr. Li Re."

Li Re, who was standing in the store, leaned against the door frame and raised his eyebrows at the two people who finally appeared. Just as he had thought, he made an association from Aiko's words. After realizing that something was wrong, he immediately and decisively took Yin Bai back to the Guilai store and used the contact information left by the "Ghost Princess" to contact them and asked them to come over for a face-to-face meeting!

At this moment, he looked at the two people in front of him and couldn't help thinking that they were indeed "psychic players" like me...

"Come in and talk." Li Re turned slightly to the side and said, "Don't worry, I won't eat you. I just have something to clarify."

"You have to have that ability!"

The ghost princess yawned lazily in response, looking as if she had not yet woken up - in fact, she had just woken up and had not yet completely woken up from her sleepiness.

But soon, she suddenly woke up.

Together with the maid behind him...

[Players 'Princess Ghost' and 'Maid' have been detected entering the range of the supernatural dungeon 'Ghost Town·Yin Yang Road']

[Now triggering the copy task——]

[Instance introduction: Time is a lock, space is a prison, this is a place of great danger where 100,000 evil spirits are sealed, and it is also the 'road' guarded by the person who controls this place of danger.]

[Main quest: Have a chat with 'The Guardian of the Underworld (Skywalker)' and player 'Li Re']

[Side mission: None]

[Reward for completing the copy/penalty for failure: None]

The ghost princess suddenly widened her eyes and looked around. When she stepped over the threshold, what she saw was not the dazzling shelves and counters she had just seen when she stood outside the store, nor the two girls watching the store behind the counter. Instead, it was the steel and concrete buildings stretching out in the dark night, and a narrow path under her feet, sandwiched between the strange fields and the city.

Even the maid who followed closely behind him was slightly startled and looked at Li Re in front of her.

A player-exclusive copy... and it's also a supernatural-exclusive copy! ?

"How could you——"

The ghost princess opened her red lips slightly in astonishment.

'Maid' Jiuye looked around and even though she felt that the other party had no reason to deal with her, they both still tensed up.

Facing the gazes of the two people, Li Re grinned and thought that it was finally his turn to invite them into his "copy"... He certainly would not forget the scene when he was sent into the "Court Outpost" copy after escaping from the super power world.

This moment is very similar to the previous one.

The only difference is probably that this time it is Li Re's turn to be the 'protagonist'!

So he said to them casually: "Don't be nervous, I just think it's more convenient to talk here - just like last time in the court outpost."

"After all, the issue I am going to discuss next is related to the 'Inspector Trial', and you don't want this secret topic to be heard by others...even if there is a one in a billion chance, right?" Although he said so, Li Re actually just wanted to show off his own 'exclusive copy'.

Of course, he wouldn't let the other party see the 'Shuangxue real person' on this road—that real person has a frightening sword aura, if he sees it, it may cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

For Li Re, Lu Baixi's safety is more important.

So he sent it to a certain 'past' connected to the Yin-Yang Road in advance.

Although the ghost princess was surprised by the copy in front of them, she did not notice any danger. After looking at each other, she and the maid Jiuye really believed what Li Re said.

The ghost princess took a deep breath, pulled up her sleeves to cover her arms, nodded slightly, and calmed herself down in the cold wind that was blowing towards her on this strange path. She said, "So, you are so serious - what do you want to discuss with me?"

"You can't be so impatient to see your 'little lover', right?"

"It's a bit urgent indeed." Li Re put his hands in his pockets and narrowed his eyes slightly, not denying his intentions: "After all, I don't even know whether she is safe or not!"

"How is that possible?" The ghost princess's red eyes slightly glared: "Didn't I send a message to your real world coordinates before, saying that she is stable?"

"That's the problem, Princess Ghost!" Li Re followed up on the other party's words and said, "The trial of the 'World Inspector' is so stable? Not to mention the trial, even if a normal person drinks a sip of water, there will be some risk, right?"

"Uh..." Princess Ghost was slightly stunned when she heard this.

Just when Li Re thought she had noticed something was wrong, she blinked again: "What else?"

Otherwise...what?

"The court's 'Junior World Inspector' trial, isn't it just a matter of getting some sleep?" The black-haired girl in her fluttering skirt said as a matter of course.

Seeing the other party's confident and self-righteous appearance, Li Re was suddenly confused. He even began to doubt that his "psychic power" perception was wrong... He wanted to summon the demon god image for further confirmation!

At this moment, Jiu Ye, who had just finished observing the surrounding environment of the dungeon, seemed to have just come to his senses and happened to hear the words of her own princess. The maid with short silver hair was slightly stunned, as if she had realized something and couldn't help but say: "Excuse me - Princess, I think what Mr. Li Re said makes sense."

"Jiuye, why are you on his side too?" The Ghost Princess was stunned and puffed up her cheeks.

"Ahem..." The maid coughed softly and said, "I am just adhering to the attitude of a maid to tell the people I serve everything I know - or does Your Highness think that everyone is as gifted as you?"

Now it was Princess Mononoke's turn to be speechless.

Do we have to make her admit that she is no different from other people?

How is that possible!

Li Re listened to the maid's words and took a deep breath. He was not confused by the ghost princess' words. He thought that his perception was right. Jiu Ye paused for a moment and continued to speak. His clear and pleasant voice spread in the cold wind of Yin Yang Road: "In fact, Mr. Li Re's words also enlightened me."

"Not every player with the 'Spiritual Road Inspector' talent can be as gifted as Her Royal Highness the Princess, who can ignore all trial obstacles and pass through them smoothly."

"Also, the trials that each Court World Supervisor candidate undergoes are different, so they can't be generalized..."

The Ghost Princess calmed herself down, and finally realized that what she took for granted was not really taken for granted - as the Inspector of the Court World, she monitored the "road" leading to the supernatural world every day. She had met quite a few players, but not many were qualified as candidates for the Inspector of the Court World, and each of them was gifted. It was natural for her to think that everyone was the same as herself!

She is so.

The same is true for the maid Jiuye.

It's just that the latter woke up faster than Princess Mononoke.

Now that he has come to his senses, the mind of the 'psychic' player has also started to become more sensitive.

"Hmm... So it seems that Lu Baixi's condition is indeed a little abnormal. Her physical condition is unusually stable..." After a moment of thought, she understood Lu Baixi's current situation.

Li Re's eyes also brightened for a moment.

Even without Princess Mononoke telling him, he had actually thought of it a long time ago.

"Sure enough, it's not the body—it's the 'dream', which is the 'trial' on the level of thinking!" He calmed down and responded.

"That should be the case." The Ghost Princess confirmed Li Re's words, and then said: "And at the moment, the situation does not seem optimistic..."

“After all, a stable condition means there is no sign of waking up.” Li Re spread his hands.

Jiu Ye stepped aside and watched the two people talking to each other without interrupting. As a maid, she only needed to raise doubts at the appropriate time. Saying more would indeed be a bit "disrespectful".

Princess Ghost didn't care about her previous transgression, but looked at Li Re in front of her and said, "So what do you want to do?"

"I can use my authority as the 'World Inspector' to allow you to enter Lu Baixi's trial, but... no one knows what she is going through now. As an outsider, you will most likely face great danger if you go in - even if you have supernatural powers, it may be useless!"