"Hey, you're not scared, are you?" Badi immediately laughed. Everyone knew that recent murder had happened upstairs from Jack's apartment.
"I heard you knew that couple too?" Badi asked curiously.
Lu Sheng nodded speechlessly.
"That's why I didn't want to go back there. Lying in bed, it feels like blood is seeping through the ceiling."
"All right, then. Go on in first. I still have to stand watch. We'll talk later when there's time."
"Mm, okay." Lu Sheng passed through the Police Station's iron gate, took out his ID from his jacket pocket and showed it to the guard, then strode into the Police Station compound.
His superior was a bearded man over forty, a contradictory sort who was arrogant toward outsiders but exceptionally generous to his own people. Besides, the murder had happened in the building where Lu Sheng lived.
So he quickly received understanding and secured permission to stay in the corresponding dormitory. After registering his information, he could live in the dorm every day, with three meals provided morning, noon, and night.
Once that was settled, he took the key and headed straight for the dormitory. The intuition born of his powerful divine soul told him that even greater trouble might soon come tangling around him.
He had to raise this body's strength as quickly as possible. Otherwise... After entering the dorm, Lu Sheng took off his filthy coat, then went out again to buy some food and daily necessities at a nearby convenience store.
He then hurried back to his room and began the path of strengthening for this descent.
The dorm was a single room, containing only a wardrobe, a bed, and a set of table-and-chair furniture. Lu Sheng sat cross-legged on the floor.
The dim yellow bulb overhead gave off a faint warmth.
"This