Chapter Eleven: Deep within the Factory
Although Liu Haoyu had considered that the Special Task Force might be involved in this case.
He never expected to meet an old acquaintance.
“Captain Wang, haven’t you been transferred to Jiangquan City?”
Liu Haoyu shook hands with the other party, a smile on his face.
“Why did you return to this small place like Jiangliu City without informing me?”
“I would have informed you, but I only arrived here yesterday.”
Wang Wenqi gave a somewhat helpless smile.
“However, since you’re here, this tricky case might be resolved not too long from now.”
As someone who had witnessed Liu Haoyu’s strength, Wang Wenqi felt a sense of relief the moment he saw the latter arrive.
“Indeed, we have made some progress.”
Liu Haoyu roughly narrated the clues concerning the Zhou Family Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall. Wang Wenqi listened, his brows furrowed. He then took out his phone and spoke to the person on the other end.
“Feiying, Sunying, take Officer Ke’s second police team to check the situation at the Zhou Family Traditional Chinese Medicine Hall. We’ll be there shortly.”
After giving clear instructions, Wang Wenqi then said to Liu Haoyu.
“Brother Liu, let me first take you inside to see the corpse.”
As they walked, Wang Wenqi said.
“Our abilities are certainly not as profound as yours, perhaps you can discern something from the corpse…”
As he spoke, Wang Wenqi’s gaze repeatedly fell behind Liu Haoyu.
Although he couldn’t see anything, his intuition told him that someone was behind Liu Haoyu.
Was it the fierce ghost named Qin Liu?
While Wang Wenqi was thinking, the two had arrived at the location of the corpse.
Liu Haoyu looked at the death, which was comparable to a modern-day Jesus, and fell into deep thought.
The wounds on the deceased’s chest were undoubtedly self-inflicted scratches, and like Kewen, a symbol resembling an eye appeared in the center of the chest.
However, unlike Kewen, the symbol on this victim’s chest appeared rougher.
“Have you found anything?”
“It’s not much of a discovery, just that this is a form of dark magic, said to be able to open the gates of hell by gathering the souls of twelve people with yin destinies.”
Since these dark arts had been lost, Liu Haoyu could only explain the origin of this phenomenon to Wang Wenqi through the Black Book and Qin Liu’s analysis.
Meanwhile, Qin Liu had not spoken since entering the abandoned factory, her gaze constantly scanning the surrounding environment.
Being a ghost herself, coupled with her extremely strong spiritual sight, Qin Liu immediately detected something… very off upon entering the factory.
This aura was like the smell of viscous, rotten eggs.
The smell was faint, but Qin Liu could clearly feel that the source of this smell seemed to be in the depths of the factory?
Thinking of this, Qin Liu glanced towards the depths of the factory.
However, with just a glance, she saw the outline of a figure standing at the doorway, peeking at herself and Liu Haoyu and the others.
But as soon as Qin Liu discovered the person, the figure suddenly vanished.
Seeing this, Qin Liu was startled.
However, she was no longer the timid person she used to be. After calming down, she patted Liu Haoyu’s shoulder and pointed towards the depths of the factory with her hand.
Liu Haoyu, who was communicating with Wang Wenqi, was stunned by Qin Liu’s gesture but quickly understood.
“What’s wrong?”
Wang Wenqi, who had been chatting pleasantly, was confused when Liu Haoyu suddenly fell silent and his expression turned grim.
However, Liu Haoyu did not rush to reply. Instead, he put on a gas mask, picked up a fire axe, and pointed towards the depths of the factory.
“There…”
Seeing Liu Haoyu’s battle-ready demeanor, Wang Wenqi finally reacted.
“A ghost?”
Liu Haoyu nodded.
Seeing this, Wang Wenqi also took out a handgun from his pocket.
“Shall we go together?”
None of them were fools; only in horror movies did people split up at times like these.
“Let’s go.”
Liu Haoyu walked in front, Wang Wenqi followed behind, and Qin Liu was in the middle.
The three carefully walked towards the depths of the factory, their footsteps echoing in the vast factory.
Upon entering, the darkness was so profound that it was impossible to see one’s hand even when extending it.
Moreover, at that moment, every step felt like stepping on some viscous liquid.
It was this liquid that emitted an extremely foul odor.
Even the well-trained Wang Wenqi was overwhelmed by the smell.
He covered his nose and mouth with one hand, holding his pistol with the other, and walked step by step deeper.
“Thump…”
Liu Haoyu stepped on a pool of dark liquid, and his flashlight shone down.
He then discovered that what he was stepping on was a pool of dark red, viscous liquid.
It looked a bit like blood, but it didn’t seem like blood either, as blood wasn’t this sticky.
“Strange…” Wang Wenqi gripping his pistol tightly, muttered, “We checked the area within a hundred-meter radius last night, including this place, but… there wasn’t any of this sticky liquid back then.”
As Wang Wenqi mumbled, Qin Liu once again felt a gaze. Since the darkness was absolute, she took a deep breath and activated her night vision.
With the unique night vision ability of a ghost activated, the entire world instantly turned into shades of black, white, and gray. Combined with the eerie atmosphere, it was quite chilling.
And when she looked at the source of the gaze, her breathing instantly froze.
Behind the door crack, a pair of narrow, vertical pupils were staring intently at her.
Qin Liu was certain that these were not cat’s eyes.
The reflective pupils were grayish-green, surrounded by bloodshot veins.
Even more hair-raising was that the owner of these vertical pupils appeared to be a blurry, wriggling black shadow, vaguely resembling some kind of reptile.
Seeing this, Qin Liu silently took out her lantern, ready to react immediately if any danger arose.
“Liu Haoyu…” Since the other two didn’t seem to notice anything unusual, Qin Liu lowered her voice, her gaze fixed on the black shadow, and said without looking back, “At ten o’clock, there’s something there.”
Liu Haoyu’s flashlight then swept over, but it only illuminated the half-open door which was slightly swaying, as if something had fled in a hurry.
At this moment, none of them dared to speak. After exchanging a glance with Liu Haoyu, Qin Liu decided to investigate.
The group cautiously moved towards the door.
Just like in some police shootout scenes, Liu Haoyu and Wang Wenqi exchanged a look. The latter then kicked the door open and rushed in first.
Liu Haoyu followed closely behind, and the two burst into the room.
However… apart from the smell of death, there was nothing else.
