Chapter 50
The room was deadly silent.
Wu Su slowly blinked a few times. He suspected his ears, “Um….What did you just say?”
The man sitting opposite him pushed up his glasses and patiently repeated, “Revenge…..”
Wu Su: “……..”
What should he do about this?!
Just as he was at a complete loss, someone knocked on the door to the interview room.
Those three polite knocks broke the awkward atmosphere in the room. As if he was saved, Wu Su hurriedly shouted, “Come in!”
A man with light coloured hair and amber eyes entered the room with a stack of documents.
Ye Jia, “Cap Wu, this`………”
The man in the suit turned to look at the door and their eyes met.
Ye Jia: “………”
Wu Su stood up and quickly went over to receive the documents. He lightly coughed and asked, “Is it urgent?”
Ye Jia returned to his senses, “Actually…..”
They’re just the usual documents. Just signing it is enough.
But when he was met with Wu Su’s eyes that were winking like crazy, he immediately changed his words, “Yes….”
Wu Su breathed a sigh of relief and took the documents. He then turned back and looked at Red who was still sitting properly on the other end of the table, “Ah, sorry, I may need to quickly deal with this. Let’s do this instead. You can…….”
Wu Su’s eyes landed on the innocent Ye Jia standing next to him and he suddenly had an idea, “You can talk to him first! I’ll be back soon!”
Red nodded, “Alright, take your time.”
After saying that, Wu Su rushed out the room as if there was something chasing after him —– He had to quickly contact Ace.
Such a strange development couldn’t be concealed.
And….he also didn’t know how to deal with ittt!!
—-However, that very Ace himself was stuck in the interview room, sitting face to face with that Red.
Ye Jia: “………”
Fuck……
He had actually only just arrived at the Bureau.
Although the time lapse in a ghost domain could be controlled, half a year still wasn’t very short and would take at least a few days in the real world. Knowing this, Ye Jia had no intentions to wait in there until Puppet Master gave him the answer he was looking for and he instead asked Ji Xuan to contact him as soon as it is over before leaving the ghost domain and returning to the Bureau to continue with his usual work…..
He however didn’t expect to be stuffed with a stack of documents by Liu Zhaocheng as soon as he arrived and be asked to send it over to Wu Su.
—-And then, such an unexpected development followed.
Ye Jia could only brace himself and sit down in the seat Wu Su sat in earlier. He lowered his head and slowly looked through the resume in front of him.
His eyes lingered on the first page for a moment.
Next to the small photo was the candidate’s name:
Chen Qingye….
Turns out this was his name.
Ye Jia raised his eyes and looked over at Red who sat opposite him.
The face was exactly the same as the one in the photo and he wore a suit that had no folds or wrinkles. Even his sitting posture with his hands on his knees and his expressions were all extremely proper.
He clearly had no intentions to hide his identity from the very beginning.
That was why, despite having a completely different appearance now, Ye Jia was still able to connect him with a player in his memory.
Red, ranked tenth on the leaderboard.
A…..very difficult to deal with person.
In fact, Ye Jia had expected this person to come after sending out his signature, but what he didn’t expect was that Red would make his appearance so quickly.
Ye Jia could only brace himself and ask, “Um…..What position are you applying for?”
Chen Qingye, “You mean apart from looking for someone?”
He thought for a while and answered earnestly, “If possible, I hope to become a member of your Bureau’s Logistics Department and if possible, I do not wish to be involved in any fighting. But please believe me, I have sufficient experience in dealing with paranormal events so even if I don’t fight, I can still contribute a lot to the Bureau.”
Ye Jia: “……”
While he was racking his brains thinking of what to ask next, Wu Su entered the room again.
He looked a little absent-minded as he held an unlit cigarette in his mouth. The smell of fire still lingered on his fingertips.
Ye Jia knew in one glance that Wu Su probably tried to contact him just now.
But clearly…..he didn’t receive a reply from Ace.
Ye Jia stood up and stepped aside, “Cap Wu, please sit.”
Wu Su flattened the cigarette in his mouth and sat down, “What…..What were you two talking about?”
Ye Jia, “This….Mr. Chen wishes to apply for a position in the Logistics Department.”
Wu Su: “What?!”
His eyes widened and he looked up, the cigarette falling out of his mouth.
Wu Su didn’t move to pick it up and just looked incredulously at Chen Qingye who sat opposite him, “What a minute…..The Logistics Department? You’re not joining the Combat Division?”
While Wu Su was left stunned by this unexpected news, Ye Jia used this opportunity to open the door and sneak out.
Chen Qingye’s line of sight followed the other party’s figure until he was out of the room.
Wu Su’s voice sounded again, “Are you serious? Logistics?”
Chen Qingye’s attention was drawn back.
He turned to look at the shocked Wu Su and nodded solemnly, “Yes, I don’t think that the Logistics Department is a dispensable existence and its importance in the Bureau is not any less than the Combat Division. If I join the Logistics Department, I believe I can make use of my strengths.”
As he said that, he patiently smoothed out the wrinkles in his clothes.
Wu Su still had difficulty accepting this, “But…..but…….”
Although it is said that the Logistics Department and the Combat Division are equally important, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Combat Division is the core department in the entire Bureau and, with all these ghosts roaming around everywhere, there is currently great pressure on the Combat Division, and they were in serious shortage of staff. As the top ten ranked boss on the leaderboard, Red could only display his full strength in the Combat Division!
At this moment Chen Qingye asked, “By the way, who was that person just now?”
Wu Su who still hadn’t recovered from the shock just now answered absentmindedly, “He’s from the Logistics Department, an old employee.”
He looked up and asked, “Why?”
Chen Qingye shook his head and looked back, “Nothing….”
Wu Su didn’t purse this any further.
He took a deep breath and asked as calmly as possibly, “Um……Can I ask why? Why are you choosing the Logistics Department instead of the Combat Division?”
Chen Qingye’s expression darkened in an instant. The originally normal and plain face became a little scary, “I can’t lose any more of my babies.”
He turned to reveal his palm.
The next second, Wu Su could feel his breathing stop.
He saw several huge bugs burrow out from under the man’s sleeves. One looked like a centipede with a hard, metallic-like black shell that had been strengthened using yin energy. Numerous long legs stretched out from both sides of its body and there were openings on its body which had eyes inside. In addition to that one, there were also two large and colourful worms with a huge mouth on their backs that were lined with sharp teeth. Transparent and colourless liquid continued to flow out of their mouths.
Chen Qingye took out his handkerchief and lovingly wiped their saliva.
Wu Su: “………”
He had a small urge to run.
He just didn’t know if it was too late to do that.
Chen Qingye put away his handkerchief and sighed with some sorrow. He gritted his teeth and continued, “Especially after what Ace did to their mother…….”
In the corridor…..
Ye Jia let out a long sigh of relief.
Speaking honestly, he really didn’t know how to deal with this Red who had come after him.
After all…..the grudge between them was something that was difficult to explain with a single sentence.
But if he really had to make a long story short and briefly summarise what happened, it was like this:
It really was just an accident.
He had once by chance formed a team with Red. At that time, Ye Jia was too focused on clearing a side mission, so it took him a little longer than the others to find the boss of the instance and when he arrived at the scene, he found that the battle was already over with traces of fighting still left in the scene. Very clearly, someone had arrived before him and defeated the boss.
Although it was a pity, at least the side mission gave a generous reward.
Ye Jia turned to leave.
The next second—–There was a squelch from under his foot.
Ye Jia was taken aback. He lowered his head and checked.
A white bug the size of a thumb just happened to be stepped on by him.
At this moment, a heart-wrenching scream sounded from the distance —— “Xiao Bai!”
Ye Jia: “…….”
Only then did the game confirm the death of the boss, resulting in the instance directly coming to an end. All the players in the instance were teleported away.
Ye Jia only found out after leaving the instance that it was a mother gu raised by the player called Red. It had eaten the body of the instance’s boss at that time and turned back to its original appearance to digest, but was accidentally…..
Crushed by his foot………
Ye Jia raised his hand and covered his face, embarrassed.
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He had wanted to talk to Red several times after that, but every time they met in an instance, the other part would immediately release a bunch of gu insects to go after him to avenge his Xiao Bai.
It was really, very difficult to deal with.
At this moment, Zhao Dong hurried over. His eyes lit up when he saw Ye Jia, “Hey! Have you seen Cap Wu?”
Ye Jia nodded and pointed at the closed door beside him.
Zhao Dong raised his hand and was about to knock on the door but the door opened before he could do that and Wu Su’s face appeared, “What is it?”
“Uh…..” Zhao Dong was taken aback. He then quickly recovered, “Oh! The superiors have assigned us a task to clean up the Yin Pits so I’m here to ask you which team to send over.”
Normally, the Yin Pits didn’t need to be cleaned so frequently.
Because although it would gather the yin energy from the city, the speed it did it was very slow, and it could remain harmless for more than ten years.
But with so many things happening recently, from the ghost doors opening in the human world and the ghosts and monsters rampaging the city, the yin energy in the city had skyrocketed. Although the alarm systems they had put in place didn’t go off, it was better to be careful, so the superiors had asked them to send over a team to inspect and clean the Yin Pits.
Generally speaking, such a team would require at least three members of the Combat Division and two members of the Logistics Department.
Wu Su’s eyes lit up.
He turned and looked at Chen Qingye behind him, “Just in time, this one here is about to apply for the Logistics Department!”
Wu Su looked at Chen Qingye, “How about treating this as a probationary period to see if you are suitable for this job?”
Chen Qingye stood up and then carefully moved the chair he was just sitting on so that it was returned to the correct position, “No problem.”
Wu Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he didn’t know what kind of grudge there was between Red and Ace, so he didn’t dare directly accept his application. It was just that, although he can be a little strange, Chen Qingye was still top ten in the rankings so Wu Su couldn’t help but selfishly hope that the other party would realise that the Combat Division is actually the most suitable department for him and not the Logistics Department that typically deals with cleaning up the aftermath.
He turned to look at Ye Jia who stood on the side, “Ah, and just right. You go and bring along the equipment and teach the newcomer.”
Ye Jia: “……..”
Oh how he regrets not leaving this place earlier.
Ye Jia gave Chen Qingye two devices.
One was a detection device and the other was a cleaning device.
Chen Qingye didn’t take it and just raised his head to look at Ye Jia, “So are we going to clean up the yin energy in this place?”
Ye Jia nodded.
Chen Qingye said, “Thank you senior, but I won’t need this.”
He raised his hand and showed Ye Jia the bugs hidden in his sleeves, “They can eat it……”
The one that looked like a centipede stared hostilely at Ye Jia. It hissed threateningly at him while baring its fangs.
A hint of tenderness flickered across Chen Qingye’s eyes.
He gently rubbed the centipedes head and covered its eyes with his fingers and apologised, “Sorry, my family’s A’Chang isn’t usually like this but for some reason it’s reacting a bit more strongly towards you today. It might be hungry.”
Chen Qingye softly coaxed A’Chang, “Be good, I’ll take you to eat.”
Ye Jia: “……”
Fuck…..
Although he was confident in his ability to hide his scent, but when faced with strange creatures like the gu insects, he didn’t know how effective his disguise was.
It would be better to stay as far away as possible.
He took a deep breath and gave the detection device to Chen Qingye, “Then you should still carry this. It is used to detect and measure the amount of yin energy and the data collected will be used for research. It’ll also help you when you write your reports.”
“Oh, okay. Thank you senior.” Chen Qingye nodded and received the detection device from Ye Jia, “Are there any other things I should pay attention to?”
Ye Jia shook his head, “No….”
If it was a logistics staff being dispatched for their very first time, there were still a lot of rules and regulations but for Red who had already spent some time in the game, all those precautions are basically all nonsense.
Very soon, the car reached the location of the first Yin Pit.
It was an abandoned building. Even just looking at it from outside, it gave off a dark and gloomy air.
Ye Jia stopped at the door, “Ah, I suddenly remembered I had something else to attend to today. Sorry, I might have to head off first.”
Two of the three people in the Combat Division were newcomers who had trained with Ye Jia and are very familiar with him. Although they have long grown used to Ye Jia’s salted fish behaviour and habit of slipping away from his job, but Ye Jia had always been very serious when he is dispatched out and this was his first time doing something like this just before starting their task.
They were a little surprised, “Brother Ye, this isn’t like you? You really have other matters this time?”
Ye Jia nodded and was a little apologetic, “Yes, I only just remembered it. I’ll treat you all to a meal next time.”
“Alright, alright……” They waved at Ye Jia, “Remember to get us milk tea when we get back!”
Ye Jia smiled and looked at Chen Qingye, “Will you be okay alone?”
Chen Qingye calmly nodded, “Of course. Don’t worry senior, you should attend to your other matters quickly. Don’t waste time here.”
If you ignored the grievances between them, Chen Qingye was actually a very good teammate—–At least, he was better than Maid who would usually make the situation worse instead.
Ye Jia silently sighed and turned to leave.
—-In fact, to some extent, it wasn’t a lie.
Ye Jia did indeed want to stay away from Chen Qingye’s gu insects, but it was also because he suddenly remembered something.
There are actually four Yin Pits in M City.
Another one was located in the villa that was under Ji Xuan’s name. He should have taken the blood gu fish there to clean the place up once in a while but because too many things had been happening lately, he had forgotten all about it.
The task this time just happened to remind him to take a look at that place.
Ye Jia activated his ghost domain and arrived at the pool of blood at Ji Xuan’s place.
The blood gu fish was swimming around leisurely in that pool. As soon as it smelt a familiar scent in the air, it immediately raised its head and looked over.
As soon as Ye Jia arrived, he was almost knocked over by the blood gu fish that had charged over.
He raised the corners of his lips and scratched its chin, “Didn’t I only see you not long ago? Why are you so excited?”
He raised his head and looked around the room.
Ji Xuan was not around.
Ye Jia breathed a sigh of relief.
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If he was around, he would probably cling to him again.
However, in a certain sense, Ye Jia didn’t really want to take the blood gu fish out to eat together with Ji Xuan. It somehow gave him a feeling of……excessive intimacy.
Ye Jia brushed off the awkward feeling inside him and thought for a moment before taking out his phone and sending Ji Xuan a message, “I’m taking the fish out.”
The other party didn’t answer. He was clearly busy.
Ye Jia placed the phone back in his pocket and then patted his legs and said to the excited blood gu fish, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat.”
At the villa.
As soon as he entered the gates, Ye Jia could feel the yin energy coming from the villa in front of him.
It seems that during this time, the changes in M City had affected this Yin Pit here too.
However, what Ye Jia didn’t expect was that this villa had really been transformed into a haunted house. He had originally thought that Ji Xuan was joking about it.
The grassy courtyard and the rusty gates had been left as is to maintain the mysterious and scary environment but, because of the recent incidents in the city, the haunted house is currently not in operation.
Ye Jia went through the gates and approached the villa.
The villa was almost no different to how it was when he first came. Although there was yin energy gathered, it clearly had not reached a level that would allow the villa to return to its former state.
As soon as he pushed open the door, the blood gu fish rushed in excitedly. Sounds of it happily eating away echoed through the villa.
“Ahhhhhh——”
Two screams sounded.
Soon afterwards, two transparent jelly-like figures dashed out of the villa.
Ye Jia: “……..”
Oops, he had forgotten about these two.
The big scare spirit habitually hugged Ye Jia’s waist while the little scare spirit hugged his arm in a very proficient manner. Both had an almost intoxicated look on their faces, “Wahhhhh! You’re finally here to visit us!”
The big scare spirit was aggrieved, “You said you would come and visit us!”
The little scare spirit was aggrieved, “But you never came!”
Ye Jia’s lids twitched. He answered awkwardly, “Sorry…..”
At this moment, the blood gu fish who had already had its fill slowly swam back out of the villa. It raised its skull head and used its dark and empty eye sockets to stare at the two scare spirits clinging onto Ye Jia. A cold, oppressive air emanated from the blood gu fish.
The two scare spirits trembled but they still continued to cling onto Ye Jia. No matter how scared they were, they still turned and stuck out their tongues at the blood gu fish below them, “Lueluelue, you can’t hug him!”
The blood gu fish seemed to understand what they said.
It flicked its tail and then leaned over and tried to wrap its body around Ye Jia.
Ye Jia: “……..”
Fuck, this is too much for him to handle.
He ruthlessly tore off the two scare spirits and then moved away from the blood gu fish, instantly increasing the distance between himself and the three ghosts, but before he could get too far, his phone buzzed a few times.
Ye Jia stopped in his steps and checked his phone.
Ji Xuan sent, “Okay….”
It was followed by an emoticon of a puppy waving its tail.
The three ghosts used this opportunity to cling to him again.
Ye Jia sighed. But before he could do anything, Ji Xuan called.
He paused for a moment before accepting the call.
The man’s low voice travelled over from the other end of the phone, “Your method was very effective. Puppet Master just gave me a very useful piece of information.”
Ye Jia, “He agreed to cooperate?”
Ji Xuan laughed. The low voice sounded particularly nice through the phone, making his ears a little numb, “Not yet, but I think he will soon. After all, the reason why he gave me this information is in exchange for a day off.”
Ye Jia rubbed his ears and silently brought his phone further away, “What information did he tell you?”
Ji Xuan said, “Before he looked for you, he hid a pupa in the city and is now waiting for it to hatch.”
Ye Jia’s expression turned serious, “Where is it?”
“I just sent it….” Ji Xuan said.
Ye Jia checked their chat interface. Sure enough, Ji Xuan had sent him an address.
And that address…..looked particularly familiar…..
Ye Jia narrowed his eyes.
Suddenly, he was taken aback. He seemed to have remembered something.
That was where one of the Yin Pits are!
Chapter 50
The room was deadly silent.
Wu Su slowly blinked a few times. He suspected his ears, “Um….What did you just say?”
The man sitting opposite him pushed up his glasses and patiently repeated, “Revenge…..”
Wu Su: “……..”
What should he do about this?!
Just as he was at a complete loss, someone knocked on the door to the interview room.
Those three polite knocks broke the awkward atmosphere in the room. As if he was saved, Wu Su hurriedly shouted, “Come in!”
A man with light coloured hair and amber eyes entered the room with a stack of documents.
Ye Jia, “Cap Wu, this`………”
The man in the suit turned to look at the door and their eyes met.
Ye Jia: “………”
Wu Su stood up and quickly went over to receive the documents. He lightly coughed and asked, “Is it urgent?”
Ye Jia returned to his senses, “Actually…..”
They’re just the usual documents. Just signing it is enough.
But when he was met with Wu Su’s eyes that were winking like crazy, he immediately changed his words, “Yes….”
Wu Su breathed a sigh of relief and took the documents. He then turned back and looked at Red who was still sitting properly on the other end of the table, “Ah, sorry, I may need to quickly deal with this. Let’s do this instead. You can…….”
Wu Su’s eyes landed on the innocent Ye Jia standing next to him and he suddenly had an idea, “You can talk to him first! I’ll be back soon!”
Red nodded, “Alright, take your time.”
After saying that, Wu Su rushed out the room as if there was something chasing after him —– He had to quickly contact Ace.
Such a strange development couldn’t be concealed.
And….he also didn’t know how to deal with ittt!!
—-However, that very Ace himself was stuck in the interview room, sitting face to face with that Red.
Ye Jia: “………”
Fuck……
He had actually only just arrived at the Bureau.
Although the time lapse in a ghost domain could be controlled, half a year still wasn’t very short and would take at least a few days in the real world. Knowing this, Ye Jia had no intentions to wait in there until Puppet Master gave him the answer he was looking for and he instead asked Ji Xuan to contact him as soon as it is over before leaving the ghost domain and returning to the Bureau to continue with his usual work…..
He however didn’t expect to be stuffed with a stack of documents by Liu Zhaocheng as soon as he arrived and be asked to send it over to Wu Su.
—-And then, such an unexpected development followed.
Ye Jia could only brace himself and sit down in the seat Wu Su sat in earlier. He lowered his head and slowly looked through the resume in front of him.
His eyes lingered on the first page for a moment.
Next to the small photo was the candidate’s name:
Chen Qingye….
Turns out this was his name.
Ye Jia raised his eyes and looked over at Red who sat opposite him.
The face was exactly the same as the one in the photo and he wore a suit that had no folds or wrinkles. Even his sitting posture with his hands on his knees and his expressions were all extremely proper.
He clearly had no intentions to hide his identity from the very beginning.
That was why, despite having a completely different appearance now, Ye Jia was still able to connect him with a player in his memory.
Red, ranked tenth on the leaderboard.
A…..very difficult to deal with person.
In fact, Ye Jia had expected this person to come after sending out his signature, but what he didn’t expect was that Red would make his appearance so quickly.
Ye Jia could only brace himself and ask, “Um…..What position are you applying for?”
Chen Qingye, “You mean apart from looking for someone?”
He thought for a while and answered earnestly, “If possible, I hope to become a member of your Bureau’s Logistics Department and if possible, I do not wish to be involved in any fighting. But please believe me, I have sufficient experience in dealing with paranormal events so even if I don’t fight, I can still contribute a lot to the Bureau.”
Ye Jia: “……”
While he was racking his brains thinking of what to ask next, Wu Su entered the room again.
He looked a little absent-minded as he held an unlit cigarette in his mouth. The smell of fire still lingered on his fingertips.
Ye Jia knew in one glance that Wu Su probably tried to contact him just now.
But clearly…..he didn’t receive a reply from Ace.
Ye Jia stood up and stepped aside, “Cap Wu, please sit.”
Wu Su flattened the cigarette in his mouth and sat down, “What…..What were you two talking about?”
Ye Jia, “This….Mr. Chen wishes to apply for a position in the Logistics Department.”
Wu Su: “What?!”
His eyes widened and he looked up, the cigarette falling out of his mouth.
Wu Su didn’t move to pick it up and just looked incredulously at Chen Qingye who sat opposite him, “What a minute…..The Logistics Department? You’re not joining the Combat Division?”
While Wu Su was left stunned by this unexpected news, Ye Jia used this opportunity to open the door and sneak out.
Chen Qingye’s line of sight followed the other party’s figure until he was out of the room.
Wu Su’s voice sounded again, “Are you serious? Logistics?”
Chen Qingye’s attention was drawn back.
He turned to look at the shocked Wu Su and nodded solemnly, “Yes, I don’t think that the Logistics Department is a dispensable existence and its importance in the Bureau is not any less than the Combat Division. If I join the Logistics Department, I believe I can make use of my strengths.”
As he said that, he patiently smoothed out the wrinkles in his clothes.
Wu Su still had difficulty accepting this, “But…..but…….”
Although it is said that the Logistics Department and the Combat Division are equally important, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Combat Division is the core department in the entire Bureau and, with all these ghosts roaming around everywhere, there is currently great pressure on the Combat Division, and they were in serious shortage of staff. As the top ten ranked boss on the leaderboard, Red could only display his full strength in the Combat Division!
At this moment Chen Qingye asked, “By the way, who was that person just now?”
Wu Su who still hadn’t recovered from the shock just now answered absentmindedly, “He’s from the Logistics Department, an old employee.”
He looked up and asked, “Why?”
Chen Qingye shook his head and looked back, “Nothing….”
Wu Su didn’t purse this any further.
He took a deep breath and asked as calmly as possibly, “Um……Can I ask why? Why are you choosing the Logistics Department instead of the Combat Division?”
Chen Qingye’s expression darkened in an instant. The originally normal and plain face became a little scary, “I can’t lose any more of my babies.”
He turned to reveal his palm.
The next second, Wu Su could feel his breathing stop.
He saw several huge bugs burrow out from under the man’s sleeves. One looked like a centipede with a hard, metallic-like black shell that had been strengthened using yin energy. Numerous long legs stretched out from both sides of its body and there were openings on its body which had eyes inside. In addition to that one, there were also two large and colourful worms with a huge mouth on their backs that were lined with sharp teeth. Transparent and colourless liquid continued to flow out of their mouths.
Chen Qingye took out his handkerchief and lovingly wiped their saliva.
Wu Su: “………”
He had a small urge to run.
He just didn’t know if it was too late to do that.
Chen Qingye put away his handkerchief and sighed with some sorrow. He gritted his teeth and continued, “Especially after what Ace did to their mother…….”
In the corridor…..
Ye Jia let out a long sigh of relief.
Speaking honestly, he really didn’t know how to deal with this Red who had come after him.
After all…..the grudge between them was something that was difficult to explain with a single sentence.
But if he really had to make a long story short and briefly summarise what happened, it was like this:
It really was just an accident.
He had once by chance formed a team with Red. At that time, Ye Jia was too focused on clearing a side mission, so it took him a little longer than the others to find the boss of the instance and when he arrived at the scene, he found that the battle was already over with traces of fighting still left in the scene. Very clearly, someone had arrived before him and defeated the boss.
Although it was a pity, at least the side mission gave a generous reward.
Ye Jia turned to leave.
The next second—–There was a squelch from under his foot.
Ye Jia was taken aback. He lowered his head and checked.
A white bug the size of a thumb just happened to be stepped on by him.
At this moment, a heart-wrenching scream sounded from the distance —— “Xiao Bai!”
Ye Jia: “…….”
Only then did the game confirm the death of the boss, resulting in the instance directly coming to an end. All the players in the instance were teleported away.
Ye Jia only found out after leaving the instance that it was a mother gu raised by the player called Red. It had eaten the body of the instance’s boss at that time and turned back to its original appearance to digest, but was accidentally…..
Crushed by his foot………
Ye Jia raised his hand and covered his face, embarrassed.
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He had wanted to talk to Red several times after that, but every time they met in an instance, the other part would immediately release a bunch of gu insects to go after him to avenge his Xiao Bai.
It was really, very difficult to deal with.
At this moment, Zhao Dong hurried over. His eyes lit up when he saw Ye Jia, “Hey! Have you seen Cap Wu?”
Ye Jia nodded and pointed at the closed door beside him.
Zhao Dong raised his hand and was about to knock on the door but the door opened before he could do that and Wu Su’s face appeared, “What is it?”
“Uh…..” Zhao Dong was taken aback. He then quickly recovered, “Oh! The superiors have assigned us a task to clean up the Yin Pits so I’m here to ask you which team to send over.”
Normally, the Yin Pits didn’t need to be cleaned so frequently.
Because although it would gather the yin energy from the city, the speed it did it was very slow, and it could remain harmless for more than ten years.
But with so many things happening recently, from the ghost doors opening in the human world and the ghosts and monsters rampaging the city, the yin energy in the city had skyrocketed. Although the alarm systems they had put in place didn’t go off, it was better to be careful, so the superiors had asked them to send over a team to inspect and clean the Yin Pits.
Generally speaking, such a team would require at least three members of the Combat Division and two members of the Logistics Department.
Wu Su’s eyes lit up.
He turned and looked at Chen Qingye behind him, “Just in time, this one here is about to apply for the Logistics Department!”
Wu Su looked at Chen Qingye, “How about treating this as a probationary period to see if you are suitable for this job?”
Chen Qingye stood up and then carefully moved the chair he was just sitting on so that it was returned to the correct position, “No problem.”
Wu Su secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he didn’t know what kind of grudge there was between Red and Ace, so he didn’t dare directly accept his application. It was just that, although he can be a little strange, Chen Qingye was still top ten in the rankings so Wu Su couldn’t help but selfishly hope that the other party would realise that the Combat Division is actually the most suitable department for him and not the Logistics Department that typically deals with cleaning up the aftermath.
He turned to look at Ye Jia who stood on the side, “Ah, and just right. You go and bring along the equipment and teach the newcomer.”
Ye Jia: “……..”
Oh how he regrets not leaving this place earlier.
Ye Jia gave Chen Qingye two devices.
One was a detection device and the other was a cleaning device.
Chen Qingye didn’t take it and just raised his head to look at Ye Jia, “So are we going to clean up the yin energy in this place?”
Ye Jia nodded.
Chen Qingye said, “Thank you senior, but I won’t need this.”
He raised his hand and showed Ye Jia the bugs hidden in his sleeves, “They can eat it……”
The one that looked like a centipede stared hostilely at Ye Jia. It hissed threateningly at him while baring its fangs.
A hint of tenderness flickered across Chen Qingye’s eyes.
He gently rubbed the centipedes head and covered its eyes with his fingers and apologised, “Sorry, my family’s A’Chang isn’t usually like this but for some reason it’s reacting a bit more strongly towards you today. It might be hungry.”
Chen Qingye softly coaxed A’Chang, “Be good, I’ll take you to eat.”
Ye Jia: “……”
Fuck…..
Although he was confident in his ability to hide his scent, but when faced with strange creatures like the gu insects, he didn’t know how effective his disguise was.
It would be better to stay as far away as possible.
He took a deep breath and gave the detection device to Chen Qingye, “Then you should still carry this. It is used to detect and measure the amount of yin energy and the data collected will be used for research. It’ll also help you when you write your reports.”
“Oh, okay. Thank you senior.” Chen Qingye nodded and received the detection device from Ye Jia, “Are there any other things I should pay attention to?”
Ye Jia shook his head, “No….”
If it was a logistics staff being dispatched for their very first time, there were still a lot of rules and regulations but for Red who had already spent some time in the game, all those precautions are basically all nonsense.
Very soon, the car reached the location of the first Yin Pit.
It was an abandoned building. Even just looking at it from outside, it gave off a dark and gloomy air.
Ye Jia stopped at the door, “Ah, I suddenly remembered I had something else to attend to today. Sorry, I might have to head off first.”
Two of the three people in the Combat Division were newcomers who had trained with Ye Jia and are very familiar with him. Although they have long grown used to Ye Jia’s salted fish behaviour and habit of slipping away from his job, but Ye Jia had always been very serious when he is dispatched out and this was his first time doing something like this just before starting their task.
They were a little surprised, “Brother Ye, this isn’t like you? You really have other matters this time?”
Ye Jia nodded and was a little apologetic, “Yes, I only just remembered it. I’ll treat you all to a meal next time.”
“Alright, alright……” They waved at Ye Jia, “Remember to get us milk tea when we get back!”
Ye Jia smiled and looked at Chen Qingye, “Will you be okay alone?”
Chen Qingye calmly nodded, “Of course. Don’t worry senior, you should attend to your other matters quickly. Don’t waste time here.”
If you ignored the grievances between them, Chen Qingye was actually a very good teammate—–At least, he was better than Maid who would usually make the situation worse instead.
Ye Jia silently sighed and turned to leave.
—-In fact, to some extent, it wasn’t a lie.
Ye Jia did indeed want to stay away from Chen Qingye’s gu insects, but it was also because he suddenly remembered something.
There are actually four Yin Pits in M City.
Another one was located in the villa that was under Ji Xuan’s name. He should have taken the blood gu fish there to clean the place up once in a while but because too many things had been happening lately, he had forgotten all about it.
The task this time just happened to remind him to take a look at that place.
Ye Jia activated his ghost domain and arrived at the pool of blood at Ji Xuan’s place.
The blood gu fish was swimming around leisurely in that pool. As soon as it smelt a familiar scent in the air, it immediately raised its head and looked over.
As soon as Ye Jia arrived, he was almost knocked over by the blood gu fish that had charged over.
He raised the corners of his lips and scratched its chin, “Didn’t I only see you not long ago? Why are you so excited?”
He raised his head and looked around the room.
Ji Xuan was not around.
Ye Jia breathed a sigh of relief.
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If he was around, he would probably cling to him again.
However, in a certain sense, Ye Jia didn’t really want to take the blood gu fish out to eat together with Ji Xuan. It somehow gave him a feeling of……excessive intimacy.
Ye Jia brushed off the awkward feeling inside him and thought for a moment before taking out his phone and sending Ji Xuan a message, “I’m taking the fish out.”
The other party didn’t answer. He was clearly busy.
Ye Jia placed the phone back in his pocket and then patted his legs and said to the excited blood gu fish, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat.”
At the villa.
As soon as he entered the gates, Ye Jia could feel the yin energy coming from the villa in front of him.
It seems that during this time, the changes in M City had affected this Yin Pit here too.
However, what Ye Jia didn’t expect was that this villa had really been transformed into a haunted house. He had originally thought that Ji Xuan was joking about it.
The grassy courtyard and the rusty gates had been left as is to maintain the mysterious and scary environment but, because of the recent incidents in the city, the haunted house is currently not in operation.
Ye Jia went through the gates and approached the villa.
The villa was almost no different to how it was when he first came. Although there was yin energy gathered, it clearly had not reached a level that would allow the villa to return to its former state.
As soon as he pushed open the door, the blood gu fish rushed in excitedly. Sounds of it happily eating away echoed through the villa.
“Ahhhhhh——”
Two screams sounded.
Soon afterwards, two transparent jelly-like figures dashed out of the villa.
Ye Jia: “……..”
Oops, he had forgotten about these two.
The big scare spirit habitually hugged Ye Jia’s waist while the little scare spirit hugged his arm in a very proficient manner. Both had an almost intoxicated look on their faces, “Wahhhhh! You’re finally here to visit us!”
The big scare spirit was aggrieved, “You said you would come and visit us!”
The little scare spirit was aggrieved, “But you never came!”
Ye Jia’s lids twitched. He answered awkwardly, “Sorry…..”
At this moment, the blood gu fish who had already had its fill slowly swam back out of the villa. It raised its skull head and used its dark and empty eye sockets to stare at the two scare spirits clinging onto Ye Jia. A cold, oppressive air emanated from the blood gu fish.
The two scare spirits trembled but they still continued to cling onto Ye Jia. No matter how scared they were, they still turned and stuck out their tongues at the blood gu fish below them, “Lueluelue, you can’t hug him!”
The blood gu fish seemed to understand what they said.
It flicked its tail and then leaned over and tried to wrap its body around Ye Jia.
Ye Jia: “……..”
Fuck, this is too much for him to handle.
He ruthlessly tore off the two scare spirits and then moved away from the blood gu fish, instantly increasing the distance between himself and the three ghosts, but before he could get too far, his phone buzzed a few times.
Ye Jia stopped in his steps and checked his phone.
Ji Xuan sent, “Okay….”
It was followed by an emoticon of a puppy waving its tail.
The three ghosts used this opportunity to cling to him again.
Ye Jia sighed. But before he could do anything, Ji Xuan called.
He paused for a moment before accepting the call.
The man’s low voice travelled over from the other end of the phone, “Your method was very effective. Puppet Master just gave me a very useful piece of information.”
Ye Jia, “He agreed to cooperate?”
Ji Xuan laughed. The low voice sounded particularly nice through the phone, making his ears a little numb, “Not yet, but I think he will soon. After all, the reason why he gave me this information is in exchange for a day off.”
Ye Jia rubbed his ears and silently brought his phone further away, “What information did he tell you?”
Ji Xuan said, “Before he looked for you, he hid a pupa in the city and is now waiting for it to hatch.”
Ye Jia’s expression turned serious, “Where is it?”
“I just sent it….” Ji Xuan said.
Ye Jia checked their chat interface. Sure enough, Ji Xuan had sent him an address.
And that address…..looked particularly familiar…..
Ye Jia narrowed his eyes.
Suddenly, he was taken aback. He seemed to have remembered something.
That was where one of the Yin Pits are!
