Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1149 - 113: Sealed Memories and Old Friends
Moreover, this Anzi looks very confident, let’s trust him this time. After all, he’s the "Butcher," and sensing danger is his forte. I can’t underestimate my teammates either, and I’m indeed quite curious about this place... Xu Shu’s eyes darted around, then he nodded and said: "Hmm, let’s go in then! I’ll take the front!"
Saying this, he took the lead and crossed the street first.
Gu Yue Ming followed behind him and extended his hand to bless him with a "Blessing."
The rest formed a line as per the usual rules, with "Dragon Elephant" Yan Shan bringing up the rear.
Just like that, a group of nine third-tier experts sneaked in through the hospital’s main gate like mice in the night.
Splat!
As soon as they entered the gate, a chilling aura hit them in the face.
Inside the hospital, shadows loomed large, and their ears were filled with a cacophony of cries:
"Waaah~ Waaah~"
"Mama~ Mama!"
The cries seemed to come from every corner, a scene straight out of the weeping of infant souls. Most people would be scared to death upon entering.
Xu Shu’s expression froze momentarily as he subconsciously glanced at the Tai Chu Scroll.
Lines of text appeared on it, reading:
[You enter the hospital and hear a great deal of infant crying. It seems that the number of stillborns here is quite high.]
[It turns out this hospital has always had a dubious reputation. The children often suffer torture in the womb, unable to withstand the intrusive pressure, naturally ending up as stillbirths. In the ensuing calamity, they transform into Earth-bound Spirits, lingering on.]
[But there’s nothing worth worrying about here, is there? What are you so surprised about? Didn’t you have any idea about this?]
"Damn, watch your words! What do you mean I didn’t have any idea? Someone might think I did it! I’m one of the victims here!"
Xu Shu inwardly complained fiercely.
However, the Tai Chu Scroll was not wrong. There really was nothing to worry about.
Though this place was teeming with Evil Spirits, for a team of first or second-tier members, it would indeed be considered a perilous area of great danger.
Back in the day, when Xu Shu went into the ruins with a bunch of second-tier teammates, just about a hundred first-tier ’Ghost Soldiers’ would make the team want to flee in terror.
But times have changed!
Now they were an entire team of third-tier experts, with a lineup that could be considered perfect.
Just one third-tier "Soul Capturer," Ning Zhaoxuan, was enough to handle the situation perfectly.
He waved his hand, and torrents surged through the air. All the infant souls that dared approach were obliterated under the "Sending to the Afterlife."
Some left behind crystals of either white or green, occasionally blue, but no purple ones were seen.
"Impressive, that’s what I call professional skill!" Xu Shu marveled to himself.
If it were a second-tier, they might still get overwhelmed by first-tiers, as ten or so of them could gang up and take down a second-tier.
Even Xu Shu, when he just entered the second-tier, had been overwhelmed by first-order little monsters.
But for third-tier experts to fight first-tiers, it’s a pure-dimensional reduction strike. These infant souls didn’t even have the slightest ability to resist.
Ning Zhaoxuan even took the time to find and pull up a sleeping mermaid from the sewer to give to Xu Shu, suggesting that in case they encountered a "Corpse Spirit" or "Curse Spirit," they’d still need to use "Mang."
Xu Shu had no objections, even somewhat delighted, as he was looking to collect those strange Buddhist characters inside the mermaids.
He placed the mermaid under his arm and walked on, not forgetting to observe its leg shape and conclude: this one’s leg wasn’t as comfortable as the last one, too skinny, lacked fleshy feel.
Thus, Xu Shu marveled at how competent his teammates were while picking up the fallen crystals along the way and stuffing them into his pouch without a hint of shame.
It wasn’t until Xie Xiaochan lightly coughed and poked him that Xu Shu, with a poker face, took out the items, and without a hint of embarrassment or shame, returned them to her saying: "I was afraid you couldn’t pick them all up, so I helped you hold onto them."
"Ha, should I trust you?" Xie Xiaochan rolled her eyes but didn’t point out that during Xu Shu’s comings and goings, those blue patches had disappeared.
After circling the first floor of the hospital a few times like this, the scene had grown much quieter.
The eerie cries of those evil infants were no longer audible, and in the process, they seized over a dozen second-tier Yin Generals and Corpse Generals.
Ning Zhaoxuan was responsible for guiding these Yin Spirits, while the Corpse Generals were thoroughly subdued by Xie Xiaochan’s talismans, easily crushed with no surprises.
It’s worth mentioning that Xu Shu hadn’t yet encountered any Evil Spirits with suffixes, what they call "Corpse Spirits" or "Curse Spirits," which left Xu Shu somewhat disappointed.
Just then, Anzi made a shushing gesture, pointed below, and whispered, "There’s a formidable one coming up from the basement, it’s alone! The other dangerous presences are still lurking on the top floor, not showing any signs of movement for now."
Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up.
Although the overall strength is greater than at the base, taking them down one by one is certainly the best choice!
At once, everyone exchanged glances and clustered on both sides of the elevator entrance, using some service counters to conceal themselves.
Xie Xiaochan, Jiang Biyun, and Gu Yue Ming hid to the left, while Anzi, Ning Zhaoxuan, and Lin Zhengxing gathered on the right.
Yan Shan and Xiao Yingrong ran to the back to guard against sneak attacks from behind, each with their own task.
At first glance, it seemed that only Xu Shu was left, standing openly at the elevator entrance, which had long since stopped operating due to power outage, brazenly standing there.
"Coming over!" Anzi pressed his palm down to remind Xu Shu.
Xu Shu nodded.
Looking up, there was a creaking sound ahead, and a lopsided figure, looking like it was drunkenly staggering, was approaching.
He seemed to sense that many Yin Spirits and Corpse Evils had been destroyed in the hospital, and from a distance, he saw Xu Shu and spoke with a slightly accented voice, "From the start, I heard someone causing trouble, thought they were just some small fry, didn’t expect a worthy opponent. So, was it all you?"
"Ha." Xu Shu squinted his eyes.
Having eighteen years of experience in "Shen Valley First-class," he had no difficulty understanding the opponent’s language.
Indeed, the stronger the "Evil Spirit," the more it retains its memories from life; this third-tier guy almost looked no different from a living person at first glance.
But Xu Shu wasn’t planning to answer his question.
Who would waste words with an opponent about to die?
The only thing worth noting is where did this guy come from, and why did he choose to linger in this hospital?
As this thought flashed, the man fully appeared in Xu Shu’s view, with no intention to hide himself.
This was a middle-aged man, wearing a black shirt, with several medals on each shoulder; he seemed to be a policeman.
His short haircut, sharply defined face with chiseled features, eyes lacking pupils, dreadful pale white filling the entire eye sockets, chilling to behold.
"Hey, I’m talking to you! Are all the outsiders so rude now, not even answering questions, you bastard!"
The middle-aged man cursed while lifting a head he was clutching, and took a deep suck, swallowing it down.
That was a human head, clearly belonging to a Transcendent who had come to this place to hunt the relics but met with misfortune.
The face was full of fear and despair, the skull opened up with a large hole, blood and brain matter consumed like liquor.
Seeing this, Xu Shu’s gaze narrowed on the face of this presumed "Corpse King," suddenly speaking, "Long time no see, Chief Sasaki."
"Long time no see, you... huh?" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man suddenly paused.
His eyelids twitched, the ghastly white eyeballs frantically darting around, the skin of his face crisscrossed with bulging veins, twisting his neck repeatedly, managing to utter broken words, "You, know, me?"
His speech became stammering as if Xu Shu’s greeting threw him into immense confusion and contradiction, turning from seemingly normal living being to an old, malfunctioning machine.
"Yes, I know you. It’s unfortunate to meet again under such circumstances, allow me to mourn your demise. Now..."
Mr. Xu nodded, casting a glance at the human head in the man’s hand before continuing, "You can go ahead and truly die now."
