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He tiptoed back into the rental house.

It was already half past one in the morning. Yan Junze wasn't sure if the noise on the streets had awakened any of the neighbors, or if anyone had spotted him from their windows.

But even if someone did see him, there was nothing he could do. In this era teeming with strangeness, who hasn't seen a supernatural event? To be shocked by such things was unlikely; at most, people would be scared to death.

So Yan Junze planned to sneak away as soon as dawn broke. After all, he had already compensated for the repairs of the house, and he had informed the landlord. He could leave anytime without anyone complaining.

After taking off his coat covered in black ash, Yan Junze whimsically thought that it would be nice if the lockdown spirit could help him clean up, manage household chores, and wash his clothes.

However, he immediately discarded this otaku fantasy; after all, this wasn't "Ghost Slave Tales." The creatures that were showing up were no easy deal. It was lucky that he handled them well—if not, it would be more likely that he would end up being enslaved by them.

His body was covered in black ash, and he couldn't possibly sleep in that state.

The weather was gradually getting hot, and at this hour, Yan Junze felt it would be inappropriate to take a bath in the outside bathroom for fear of disturbing the neighbors upstairs and next door.

He drew a basin of cold water and carried it back to the inner room.

Then, he let out Long-tongued Zhenzhen, Ke'er, and the Crawler Monster in the outer room to mingle with each other while he went to the inner room to wipe down his body.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

After cleaning himself and changing into pajamas, Yan Junze went back to the outer room to pour out the water, only to find that the three creatures were just the same as when he had first entered.

Long-tongued Zhenzhen stood by the sofa, Ke'er was upside down against the opposite wall, and the Crawler Monster was still diligently grooming its parted hair with its forked tongue.

"What's going on?" Yan Junze put down the empty basin and asked Zhenzhen.

She was the one he communicated with most smoothly, so he naturally started by asking her.

"Ke'er is very hostile towards strangers she doesn't recognize, and she seems... reluctant to speak," Zhenzhen said after observing for a while.

"Right," Yan Junze nodded. He had recently felt that Ke'er wasn't unable to speak, but rather unwilling to.

"I asked her a few questions just now, but then I didn't dare to ask anymore," Zhenzhen said.

"Why?" Yan Junze was puzzled.

"I felt that if I kept asking, this little thing might go crazy and pounce on me," Zhenzhen said with a wry smile.

As they were speaking, Ke'er had already pounced, but her aim was not Long-tongued Zhenzhen; it was Yan Junze.

Soon she clung to Yan Junze's back, showing a sense of attachment.

"What about the Crawler Monster?" Yan Junze asked further.

Zhenzhen looked surprised, glanced at Ke'er, and then seemed to be choosing her words, lowering her voice, "I don't know if I'm right, but this person... seemed to be mentally challenged before death."

"I have the same feeling," Yan Junze chuckled, "But probably a beauty-loving mentally challenged person."

"Right," Yan Junze turned to Zhenzhen, "What did it feel like for you while in the node just now?"

Yan Junze was very interested in the phenomenon of evil spirits becoming gradually stronger after being locked down, but since Ke'er and the Crawler Monster couldn't inform him, he had been thinking of asking Zhenzhen after locking her down.

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"That environment was very comfortable, it felt like taking a bath, that kind of full-body relief after soaking," she replied.

This was the only sentence Zhenzhen could use to describe the experience of being locked down in the node and imbued with energy from a different dimension.

Yan Junze had no comment for that analogy.

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However, when it came to sensing higher-level strangenesses, Ke'er was still the strongest among the three creatures, so when it was time to sleep, Ke'er stayed outside, while Long-tongued Zhenzhen and the Crawler Monster were retracted back into the node.

The main reason was that Yan Junze couldn't understand why the Back-faced Woman kept following him; he was very puzzled and, therefore, eager to resolve this hidden danger after finishing the matters in Rock.

Now that he had dealt with Resentful Granny, it was time to go back and notify the "Open Your Eyes" video platform to prepare to film the task "Look at Her Face."

The surveillance equipment had already been placed in the FH Community and had been idle for more than a week. According to Tang Zhengyi, the platform editor, every day that the equipment was left there, money was going down the drain.

So it was also time to set Tang Zhengyi's mind at ease.

Lying in bed, Ke'er lay beside him, hugging Yan Junze's neck.

Yan Junze said softly, "Ke'er, spit that thing out."

Ke'er changed positions as told, opened her mouth, and her abdomen began to churn. Soon, a black object appeared from her mouth, showing a tip.

"How can this be so disgusting?" Yan Junze sat up and grabbed the tip of the object, carefully pulling it out.

Ke'er didn't even look at the black object; after spitting it out, she still hugged Yan Junze just like she usually did.

The object in his hand was very heavy; it was the so-called "treasure" from the Lin Family courtyard.

After letting Ke'er out, Yan Junze had immediately instructed her to enter the house and steal this thing. Now, it seemed it was indeed a statue, but not a wooden one, rather...

Yan Junze took a couple of tissues and vigorously wiped the surface of the statue, revealing a hint of gold.

He immediately turned on his flashlight and took a careful look at it, it didn't seem to be made of bronze, could it be gold?

Thinking it over, he decided to wait until he got home to clean it properly and reveal the true nature of this thing. If he cleaned this object and carried it with him now, he might attract the attention of people with ulterior motives and invite unnecessary trouble.

Yan Junze wrapped the statue with two newspapers, but as he was wrapping it, he unintentionally wiped off another dark spot, revealing two characters on the surface of the statue.

The two characters were "Yishan."

Yan Junze paused for a moment, for some reason, he suddenly thought of the notes of the Yin Yang Master Lin Yishan he had seen in the task "The Hanged Woman."

The Lin Family courtyard? Yin Yang Master Lin Yishan?

Yan Junze quickly rubbed the newspaper on the front of "Yishan," and sure enough, a "Lin" character also appeared.

The statue seemed to be a human form, and near the base part, there were these three characters—Lin Yishan.

A statue that looked like a human form and was possibly made of gold, representing Yin Yang Master Lin Yishan?!

After much thought, Yan Junze speculated that Lin Yishan, as a Yin Yang Master, might have lived in the Lin Family courtyard to begin with.

Later, as that area was set for demolition, the Lin Family members moved out one after another, leaving a large space that became a playground for little ghosts, until a fire broke out later on.

However, six months ago, when strangenesses erupted, the "resurrected" body of Long-tongued Zhenzhen kept hanging itself, and it seemed that Lin Yishan, as a Yin Yang Master, had also appeared and specifically left instructions for the Exorcist on that piece of rice paper, but now his whereabouts were unknown.

Since the task also hinted that this thing was a treasure for Yan Junze, maybe Lin Yishan was a person with real talent and learning, and this statue of himself could be of great use to him.

As for Hu Gang saying this thing was his, it now seemed to be a joke. This little guy might have been the first to find the statue in the Lin Family courtyard and so claimed it for himself.

The other kids, seeing that it was gold, like Ning, were not content, so they secretly stole it, causing such a big incident later on.