" I've been here since spring, and you said you wanted to part in autumn. You said you wouldn't be sad for you, but how can I be fine..."
What a soft female voice…Who was humming Rene Liu's " Crazy for Love "? Yuwen opened his eyes and slowly turned his head. The surroundings were all white. Where was this?
"Ah, you're awake? That's great!" A familiar female voice sounded in Yuwen's ears.
"Hmm?" Yuwen's pleasant singing voice suddenly stopped, and he felt a little regretful." Where am I?”
"Where else? You're so seriously injured. Why don't you go to the hospital and lie on the streets?”
Was he injured? Black... sharp claws... bloody mouth... Ethereal Golden Spear... A large number of fragmented memories appeared in Yuwen's mind. His brows were tightly knitted, and a faint smell of blood seemed to seep out of his mouth.
"You're lucky! The doctor said that two of your ribs are broken, and the other two are just fractured bones. Fortunately, your lungs weren't pierced! " The left calf muscle is severely strained, but it doesn't hurt the tendons. The right calf is a blunt weapon injury, and the bones are fine. The rest are only relatively light skin injuries..." A beautiful face came to Yuwen's front, and her mouth was still chattering non-stop. A strand of hair fell on Yuwen's face, making his nose itch.
" Gu Qing, I'm so tired... Can you be quiet? It's good to sing like before..." Yuwen wanted to turn sideways, but he couldn't move his legs.
" Oh…" Gu Qing sat back down in embarrassment and stopped humming.
The ward was quiet and filled with the smell of dry grass. The sunlight seeped in through the window and cast a girl's profile on the snow-white wall.
"Gu Qing?"
"Hmm?"
"Um…How is Hun Dun?”
"I don't know…"
"You don't know? Did our last shot hit the magical beast?”
"I think you hit it. After you threw out your spear, I heard Hun Dun howl miserably. That sound made my ears buzz for half a day. At that time, you were almost exhausted, so you held on and said to bring me down. Liu Tianming carried you on his back as he ran down the fire escape. When he saw that thing, he realized that you had already fainted.”
"Then…what did you see?”Yuwen's tone was a little nervous.
" We saw a one-meter-long broken tail hanging on the door of the meeting room on the 18th floor. It was still twitching and swaying from time to time. Liu Tianming was dumbfounded. However, I was the only one who saw your Ethereal Golden Spear stuck in the broken tail. It was probably because your golden spear nailed the tail to the door of the meeting room. The monster couldn't break free and bit its tail to escape.”
Yuwen heaved a sigh of relief. He had almost lost his life in the battle, but he did not expect Hun Dun to escape…
" Later on, your breathing became weaker and weaker. The hollow golden spear dissipated like a wisp of smoke, and its chaotic broken tail suddenly fell to the ground, giving Liu Tianming and I a fright!”Gu Qing sighed and continued.
"Where is the severed tail now?" Yuwen asked anxiously.
Gu Qing's eyes became a little confused." I didn't dare to touch that thing. Liu Tianming was bold and wanted to take the broken tail away. However, that huge broken tail was actually light in his hands. It gradually turned from black to gray, then from gray to white. In the end, it was like a large roll of paper that had been burned to ashes. When a gust of wind blew, it was like a drifting snowflake falling on the stove, leaving nothing behind..."
Yuwen pondered for a long time and said," The body of the black dillo that disappeared inexplicably probably disappeared like this…There are records about the appearance of ancient demonic beasts in ancient books, but there is no mention of their bodies decomposing like this. It's really puzzling…Ah! That's right! How is Xuangang?"
" Xuangang is fine," Gu Qing said softly." He appeared when we pushed you into the ambulance and followed us to the hospital. Liu Tianming just took him out to buy some food. I think he'll be back soon." This heartless fellow, you don't even know where he hid when you were in the most dangerous situation.”
Yuwen smiled bitterly. Gu Qing's words about Xuan Gang seemed to have hit the nail on the head…For a moment, he did not explain to Gu Qing how Xuan Gang was knocked unconscious.
" The doctor said that you're in good health. As long as you rest well, you can be discharged in two weeks…"
"Two weeks?" Yuwen interrupted Gu Qing.
"What? It's two weeks, and that's on the premise that you can rest in peace!”
Yuwen struggled to sit up in excitement, but just as he sucked in his stomach, he moaned in pain.
The door of the ward was pushed open with a creak. Xuan Gang easily entered the door. Liu Tianming, who was dressed in casual clothes, also entered the ward with a large white plastic bag. He happened to see Yu Wenxiang sitting up.
"Yo, you're awake?" Tianming Liu put the big bag on the table beside Gu Qing and walked to the bedside.
Yuwen didn't say anything. He reached out from under the blanket and stroked Xuan Gang's back.
"You want to sit up? I'll help you." Liu Tianming extended his hands and said in a gentle tone.
"Don't touch him!" Gu Qing stood up, grabbed Liu Tianming's hand, and glared at him." The doctor didn't say that he could sit up now!”
"Haha…it's hard to be a good person." Liu Tianming laughed and stuck out his tongue.
Yuwen also smiled slightly, but his expression was still very depressed.
"You've been unconscious for more than ten hours. You should be hungry, right? I just bought some instant noodles. Can I make you a bowl?”Liu Tianming turned around and opened the big plastic bag. He took out a lot of instant noodles, braised food, fruits, and a large piece of frozen raw beef prepared for Xuangang.
"Thank you, I'm not hungry. Is Pu Yuan's cocktail party over?”Yuwen tilted his head and looked at Liu Tianming's back.
Tianming Liu paused for a moment and said,""It's alright. Although you've been doing this for a while, Pu Yuan came out to smooth things over. The guests have always thought that we were doing a performance art. Perhaps Pu Yuan likes to do things that are unexpected, so no one suspects anything…"
Liu Tianming's voice sounded a little hesitant. " Is there really nothing strange happening?" Yuwen asked warily.”
Liu Tianming turned back to look at Yuwen and said,""There was a boss in the steel industry who went around asking for his wife's whereabouts after the cocktail party. He couldn't find her anywhere, so it was fine..."
"Are you talking about Zhu Ling? She's gone?" Gu Qing asked curiously.
"Yes, that Zhu Ling." At the mention of that woman, Liu Tianming's tone turned sour.
"This Zhu Ling has always been playful. She probably entangled herself with a handsome man and left to seek pleasure first, right?”Gu Qing didn't find it strange.
Tianming Liu didn't think so. He said seriously,""Boss Li didn't pursue the matter, so we can't say anything. But I sent a lot of colleagues to guard all the exits of the Teng Long Building. Such a fat woman, anyone who saw her would have a deep impression of her, but none of my colleagues saw her leave the building! Moreover, according to Little Li, when the cocktail party ended last night, Pu Yuan's expression was also very strange. Everyone said goodbye to him very warmly, but he was a little absent-minded, and his smile was very stiff.”
Yuwen coughed and asked,""Captain Liu, did you hurt your hand last night?”
Gu Qing and Liu Tianming looked at Yuwen's face at the same time. They were both surprised because Gu Qing had said the same thing to Liu Tianming last night.
"You also saw the blood on Liu Tianming's hand?”Gu Qing's face turned pale.
"Your left hand…is clean?”Yuwen looked at Liu Tianming's hand.
Liu Tianming slowly raised his left hand." I…Did I touch something that only you can see…But I only touched the wall of the elevator?”
Yuwen's expression became more and more depressed.
Liu Tianming walked to the bedside and said to Yuwen,""When you were unconscious, Gu Qing told me everything about you. Don't blame her, I forced her to say it. Ever since I saw that huge broken tail, I started to believe what you said…Perhaps, there really is some kind of unnatural power, Guide of the Netherworld!”
When Yuwen heard Liu Tianming's last sentence, his body shook violently. Even Xuan Gang, who was lying under the bed, pricked up his ears. He closed his eyes as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he suddenly opened his eyes as if he had made a big decision.
"Captain Liu, Gu Qing, can you sit closer to me? I want to ask you for a favor!" Yuwen's voice was very solemn.
Gu Qing quickly moved two chairs over and sat beside Liu Tianming.
"Let me start from the beginning…About seven months ago, Xuangang and I wandered to City G and accidentally discovered that the Tenglong Building was emitting the aura of a vengeful spirit that was soaring into the sky. Therefore, we spent a lot of effort to become a member of the Teng Long Group. From the first day I entered the building, I began to investigate the source of this mass of resentment. This mass of resentment was evenly distributed throughout the entire building, so I couldn't even be considered to be the source. Unfortunately, my status was low, so I couldn't get involved in many places. The progress of the investigation was basically stagnant. It wasn't until Gu Qing entered the company, which was the first day we met, that I saw the chaotic primordial spirit in your office.”
"So you used that string of beads to suppress Hun Dun. Who knew that Gu Qing, this curious guy, would break it?”Liu Tianming continued Yuwen's words.
Yuwen glanced at Gu Qing, nodded, and continued,""That night, Gu Qing was frightened by the shadow of the wandering soul. I saw a trace of black gas in her eyes. She did come into contact with the wandering soul, but she was not hurt. I took it for granted that this was just a relatively common wandering soul that had just formed. When I found out that Gu Qing had pried off the Spirit Stabilizing Pearl, Hun Dun had already grown into a physical body from his original spirit and started to hurt people. By the time I rushed back to the scene, it was already too late…"
"I didn't want there to be any traces of me at the scene, and I didn't want the police to notice me because of that. Therefore, I made a fake surveillance video.”Yuwen Xiang nodded apologetically at Liu Tianming." Unfortunately, I was in a hurry and was discovered by you…At that time…I didn't know what to say…"
Tianming Liu's eyes dimmed for a moment, probably because he thought of Zhang Jianguo.
"After that, Gu Qing encountered the second ancient demonic beast, the Black Dome Dillo! " The dillo's strength is relatively weak, so I've already dealt with it. Unfortunately, its corpse has also disappeared. So far, two ancient magical beasts have appeared in the building. I don't know if this is related to the resentment.”
"According to what you said, the Pterodillo and Hun Dun are both ancient magical beasts. Then why is there such a huge difference in their strength?”Liu Tianming was very good at finding suspicious points in a conversation.
Yuwen sighed and said," This is the problem that has been bothering me the most. Hundun is huge, so its movements should be relatively slow. Besides, it has no eyes, ears, claws, and nose. It should not be difficult to deal with it. Who knew that this Hundun's speed and strength had greatly exceeded its upper limit. Moreover, it seemed to have a pair of eyes that we couldn't see. It actually knew my movements like the back of its hand. What was even stranger was that it stretched out a huge claw twice. One time, it blocked my fatal attack, and the other time, it directly threw me down from the sky…Fortunately, it was injured now. With its tail injured, its balance was greatly reduced, and its movements were definitely inconvenient. Magical beasts were also beasts. If they were injured, they would also need to recuperate. For the time being, they shouldn't come out to cause trouble.”
"Hun Dun is injured, so we can buy some buffer time!”Yuwen's tone suddenly became heavier, and the hand that was grabbing the corner of the blanket also tightened." I have a very strong feeling that everything that happened before was just a brewing. The process of the incident is likely to explode completely at some point in the future! Before the resentment gathers, we must find the source!”
"But your leg is injured now. It will take at least two weeks to recover. How are you going to investigate?”Gu Qing said worriedly.
"So I'll have to ask the two of you! Since you can't stop the investigation because of my leg injury, I can only rely on the two of you to work together!”Yuwen struggled to get up again, but Liu Tianming pressed down on his shoulder.
"Don't move. Your mission now is to recuperate in peace. The investigation of the murder case is my responsibility. It's not too much to add on the job of catching monsters.”Although Liu Tianming agreed readily, he felt uncertain when he thought of the invisible monster.
"I promise you! As long as I can help!" Gu Qing's voice became firm when she thought of Yuwen fighting for a group of strangers. She pulled her long hair back and her beautiful face looked heroic.
Yuwen's scarred face finally broke into a smile.""I'm afraid that the investigation will take no time. The two of you have worked hard…Liu Tianming, don't bring your subordinates. It's not good to have too many people. The essence in Gu Qing's body is different from ordinary people, so she can see those hollow spirits. In addition, Xuangang will follow you. If you need to go to the Tenglong Building at night, take care of each other. If you see Hundun again, don't come into direct contact with him! If you find anything strange, inform me as soon as possible.”After saying so much in one breath, Yuwen, who was still very weak, was panting again.
Gu Qing picked up the teacup by the bed, poured some warm water into it, inserted a straw, and brought it to Yuwen's mouth. Yuwen turned his head and took two sips of warm water, his eyes flickering.
"Gu Qing, can you call the doctor? The place where I pulled my calf seemed to be wrapped too tightly. It hurt badly.”Yuwen shook his head to indicate that he had drunk enough water and said.
"Oh, I'll go now." Gu Qing didn't think much of it and turned to leave the ward.
Seeing that the ward door was closed, Yuwen quickly waved at Liu Tianming. Liu Tianming blinked and moved his head closer to Yuwen. Yuwen whispered,"Captain Liu, I can't tell you in front of Gu Qing. I'll tell you now. You just have to pay special attention when you investigate.”
Liu Tianming was stunned for a moment before nodding his head repeatedly.
"Until last night, I had been investigating the black shadow that Gu Qing encountered and the ancient demonic beast separately, but there seems to be some invisible connection between these two things…Last night, your hand was stained with blood, and only Gu Qing and I saw it. You said that you only touched the elevator wall, which is probably the illusion technique used by wandering souls. You might as well go to Gu Qing's office and check. The photo frame on her desk was pressed down face down, which means that someone doesn't want to see her family photo. Moreover, Gu Qing had three strange nightmares under the brainwave interference of the wandering soul. Perhaps the wandering soul is hinting at something…"
Liu Tianming had heard Gu Qing mention these three nightmares before, so he nodded in disbelief.
"I can't help you much even if I lie in the hospital like this. Take this string of Spirit Fixing Pearls with you.”Yuwen took out a string of bright black prayer beads from his bosom. It was the magic tool that Gu Qing had accidentally pried off. "You don't know any spells, so you can only rely on the Spirit Stabilizing Pearl's own demon-resistant spiritual energy. How you use it depends on your own improvisation.”
Liu Tianming had just received the Spirit Fixing Pearl when Gu Qing pushed open the door and entered with the doctor. The two men were shocked and froze on the spot.
"Yo, when did you two become so intimate? Don't tell me you're discussing some kind of evil idea to deal with me?”Gu Qing joked with a smile. He didn't really think of anything.
"Hehe…It's fine, it's fine. I saw that Yuwen's pillow was too high, so I helped him level it.”Liu Tianming smiled awkwardly and quietly put the prayer beads in his pocket.
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