My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 282 - 195: Tunnel Mystery
"Wuwuwuwu..."
It seems like the crying girl noticed the vehicles stopped.
She cried even harder, and her sobs echoed in the distance.
However, the members of the Security Army didn't do anything; instead, they looked towards Li Zheng and Chen Lusi in the front.
Li Zheng thought for a moment and also looked at Chen Lusi.
Since becoming an Empowerer, the only anomaly he had led in handling was the recent "disappearance of Celestial Strategy Mansion member" event in Jiangchang City.
And he wasn't even in charge.
That time, he was called by Chen Lusi, and it was also Chen Lusi who ultimately resolved the issue.
As for before, when he followed Xia Yue, although he also confronted many cases of legend activations, most of the time he was assisting, rarely getting hands-on, as such issues are tough to tackle with modern weaponry.
Just like during that cemetery visit, when Li Zheng walked into the rain and achieved nothing.
"..."
Noticing the gaze from Li Zheng and others, Chen Lusi was about to ask why they were looking at him.
But the words hadn't left his mouth.
He suddenly remembered he was still under the title of advisor...
No other way.
Chen Lusi could only say, "This isn't quite normal, right?"
"Hmm."
Li Zheng nodded: "There are no villages or shops around here; even if we indeed encountered an unlikely dramatic event, now a whole row of vehicles has stopped. If the person were normal, they should at least glance up by now.
Yet, not only did they not raise their head, upon realizing we stopped, they cried even louder... almost like trying to lure us closer."
"Shall we go over and take a look?"
Chen Lusi looked at the crying girl and asked.
"I'll go with you."
Li Zheng nodded and then, after a moment of hesitation, removed the pistol from his waist, opting not to take "Celestial Punishment."
It wasn't necessary.
With Chen Lusi by his side, the other didn't seem to have much destructive power either.
If it really exploded, it would be a mess to deal with.
Chen Lusi nodded and slowly walked toward the girl sobbing heart-wrenchingly.
On the way there.
Something suddenly occurred to Chen Lusi, prompting him to ask: "By the way, why are we headed to Jiming Temple this time?"
Upon entering the boundaries of Jinling, he'd just heard Li Zheng say they were first visiting that famous spot.
"Actually, I'm not too clear on that."
Li Zheng, staring at the girl in traditional attire, replied directly: "The high-ups requested it. I heard the person in charge over there has something to say, but they don't trust the Celestial Strategy Mansion, so they sent our security army."
"Don't trust the Celestial Strategy Mansion?"
Chen Lusi paused in his actions.
"Naturally, because they're considered a relic of the old days, and not everyone agreed with the establishment of the Celestial Strategy Mansion. Many still distrust it, although after experiencing hardships... it's not easy to change certain things.
Li Zheng explained softly: "Basically, anything involved with faith is bound to be troublesome, especially after commercialization, it gets even trickier."
Chen Lusi: "..."
Better off not knowing.
After getting a systematic understanding of the domestic Empowerer forces, his only impression was it's really not simple.
But it's understandable.
If the Celestial Strategy Mansion were that dominant, he wouldn't be needed as this 'hub'.
As they conversed.
They reached the girl in the white dress.
Chen Lusi looked down, then squatted down.
The girl still didn't look up, continuing to sob.
"Hello."
Chen Lusi thought for a moment and greeted her.
The girl's crying stopped abruptly.
On the other side.
Li Zheng didn't squat but raised his gun, aiming at the girl on the ground.
"..."
The girl's sobbing halted.
Yet she didn't lift her head nor move, almost as if she were frozen suddenly.
Chen Lusi, after thinking for a moment, continued asking, "What happened?"
"Beheading."
Finally, a voice emerge.
But it wasn't Mandarin, rather a dialect, likely the legendary Jinling accent.
So Chen Lusi was momentarily confused before understanding what was said.
"Beheading?"
"..."
The girl did not respond again, just resumed crying.
Chen Lusi was about to say something else.
Suddenly, the sound of hooves erupted behind!
Everyone heard it.
At that same moment.
The girl suddenly screamed "Ah—". 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Chen Lusi swiftly turned around... but nothing was there.
All the Security Army members were alert, looking around, so it wasn't auditory hallucination.
But what was this...
Chen Lusi furrowed his brows slightly and turned back around... only to find the girl had vanished.
"Vanished directly."
At that time.
Li Zheng replied to Chen Lusi.
He had noticed Chen Lusi turning, while he chose not to, monitoring the girl closely.
But in the blink of an eye... she disappeared.
He didn't even have a chance to fire a trial shot.
"..."
Chen Lusi slowly stood up, looking at the spot the girl had been squatting in, asking, "Jinling has had a lot of such incidents lately?"
"Yes, precisely because of this, Ji Xin came to Jinling and also mobilized personnel from headquarters."
Li Zheng nodded: "There's been nearly a hundred instances of these 'ghost sightings', some harmless like just now, some harmful, with Celestial Strategy Mansion members encountering them too.
Yet, the source can't be found."
"Can't find the source."
Chen Lusi frowned again.
Because in his experience.
Such source-less legend activations are rarely trivial matters.
