"They didn't die, but they left."
Wan Ling stared at the ashes stretching all the way to the end of the corridor and spoke in a low voice.
"This Vicious Ghost must have developed some Self-awareness, which is why it fled after being injured. But it shouldn't be gone for long, so we need to leave as quickly as possible."
"Who knows how many evil spirits have entered this building?"
Li Xin carried the lantern out of the Safe House, followed by more than a dozen members of the Patrol Brigade.
"Indeed."
"A Vicious Ghost with awareness is extremely troublesome."
Wan Ling glanced at the dark-red bloodstains by the door. They looked like faded paint, their color ancient and dull. Yet something seemed to be writhing within the blood.
It was obvious.
All this blood carried Supernatural Aura.
It might not pose much of a threat to Awakened, but if it got onto an ordinary person, it would still be enough to kill them.
"Let's go."
He withdrew his gaze. He knew they could no longer stay here, so he immediately led the way toward the right side of the corridor.
This underground corridor had two exits.
At the far end on the left was a small door disguised as part of the wall. Opening it led to the city's underground pipe network, which extended from the sewers all the way to a subway station, with several points along the route where they could return to the surface.
But this route was full of dangerous variables, because Li Xin had mentioned that the sewers were already packed with Vicious Ghosts.
Moreover, the Vicious Ghost that had fled just now had gone in that direction as well.
So they could only go right.
On the right stood an elevator and a