A Grand Gesture

Based on past experiences, the ghosts inside the Lion Umbrella are really weak. After each time it pops out to cause trouble, it takes a very long time to appear again.

Clearly, the Lion Umbrella is an extraordinary magical artifact. At the very least, it has abundant Yang energy inside, enough to suppress the ghosts tightly.

But perhaps because this is a public cemetery, where Yin energy and ghost energy are more abundant, the ghost's vitality recovers faster. It's only been a few days, and it's already out causing trouble again.

It's obvious that it's still very weak, because this black shadow is sometimes solid and sometimes scattered, and it's very blurry and chaotic, like a layer of... mosaic.

It pointed to the ground, as if hinting to Lu Yibai that beneath this small, flat house, there was a hidden mechanism.

Lu Yibai looked at it, and after a while, he said:

"Oh."

Then, he went back to doing whatever he was doing.

You're saying it's underground?

Heh, I don't believe you!

You expect me to believe you?

Every time you've shown up, it's been to scare me. There's no trust between us.

He even suspected the ghost might have pointed with the wrong finger. It should have been his thumb pointing down, not his index finger. Maybe it was trying to mock him: "You're so weak!"

Seeing that Lu Yibai was no longer paying attention to it, the ghost's black shadow flickered a few times, like it was lagging, sometimes dissipating and sometimes gathering, stuttering all the while.

After a few seconds, due to its energy being depleted, it reluctantly dissipated.

It seemed a little angry.

To be honest, this small, flat house was built by the Night Watchmen organization as a resting place for newcomers.

Even if there was something special about it, it would have been intentionally done by the Night Watchmen organization, and it shouldn't be anything bad.

Since it's not something bad, then... what's it to me?

Boss Lu's curiosity isn't particularly strong, and he remained vigilant towards this ghost.

It's always better to be safe than sorry.

The first time it appeared in my dreams, it said: "You're awake."

The second time it appeared in a mirror, it played rock-paper-scissors with you.

The third time, the fourth time...

In any case, it was never serious.

However, Lu Yibai did have a bit of an idea now.

This small, flat house was built by the Night Watchmen organization. Even if there was a secret, it should be thought about according to the usual practices of the Night Watchmen organization.

How do the Night Watchmen organizations hide within the cities?

Mechanisms!

Yes, mechanisms are a major reliance!

Both the Answer Bar and the Modu Night Watchmen office had hidden mechanisms.

It's just that the mechanism in the Answer Bar was used by Boss Lu as a commercial gimmick to attract customers.

Lin Xiaoqi had told Lu Yibai that buildings related to the Night Watchmen across the country had mechanisms to varying degrees.

So, what about this place?

Since he had nothing else to do, Lu Yibai started searching everywhere.

He treated it like playing an escape room.

He gathered the light points of energy within his body and focused them on his eyes, to see if there were any markings.

Then, on the wall next to the toilet, he saw a small arrow pointing to a circle, like a button, as if it were prompting: "Come on, press me! Yes, press here!"

Damn it, it was actually written so clearly?

If he had known, he would have used the light points of energy within his body to check earlier.

With such an obvious marking, it shouldn't be some forbidden area. This was clearly informing all the Night Watchmen.

Since that's the case, he might as well press it.

Before pressing it, Lu Yibai didn't forget to pick up the Lion Umbrella from the corner.

Carrying his weapon first made him feel safer.

With an umbrella in hand, anything can be stabbed!

He gently touched the dot, and there was no reaction. But when he slightly mobilized the small light points within his body, that dot immediately lit up.

Then, a series of mechanical sounds began to ring out. They weren't particularly loud, but they could still be clearly heard.

About two meters away from Lu Yibai, a not-so-wide secret passage appeared, and this secret passage—

led underground!

Awkward...

It's actually down here!!??

Lu Yibai stood at the entrance of the secret passage, able to feel the ghost energy and yin energy below it was at least ten times more concentrated than outside!

Even dozens of times more!

And this dense ghost energy and yin energy was calmly gathering underground without leaking out.

Hmm, it was as if something was preventing side leakage.

He didn't know what was inside for now, but he was certain that a large portion of the ghost energy and yin energy he had gathered from the Ghost煞 after killing it had flowed in here.

The inside was like a vacuum cleaner, absorbing all this overly concentrated ghost energy and yin energy.

It was very strange!

Why would there be such a secret door in a perfectly normal newcomer trial ground?

Lu Yibai felt that this secret door wasn't prepared for the newcomers. He suspected that the Night Watchmen organization just found it troublesome, so they built it together with the newcomer resting area.

He walked down the stairs, and unlike in the movies, there weren't candles lighting up at intervals. They were just ordinary stairs, and they didn't even have lights installed.

However, Lu Yibai's physique was far beyond that of ordinary people now, and even at night, his vision wouldn't be significantly affected.

The stairs were very long, much longer than he had expected, making him wonder where they led.

"I feel like this pit is dug very deep!" Boss Lu thought to himself.

After walking for a long time, Lu Yibai finally reached the end of the stairs.

It was no longer a narrow passage; his vision suddenly opened up a lot.

At the dome, there was a giant object resembling a night-shining pearl, emitting a dim light and serving the function of a light bulb.

Should I pry it off? It might be very valuable...

Lu Yibai initially thought it was a small secret room, but he didn't expect the underground to be so vast!

Yes, it was about as large as the public cemetery above ground!

It was like the first basement level of a public cemetery!

He looked at the nearby walls, which were carved with runes, containing the power of the Night Watchmen.

Each rune was written with points of energy light!

They were dense, truly dense!

He felt them slightly. Although he couldn't understand these runes, the power of the Night Watchmen within them was very surging.

He felt ashamed. With Boss Lu's current strength, he could only draw two or three such runes at most before his energy was completely depleted.

And how many mysterious runes were there here?

He couldn't count them at all!

And this was just one wall!

What the hell is this place, what a Grand Gesture!

He continued to walk forward, only feeling the surrounding yin energy and ghost energy becoming more concentrated.

But strangely, no ghosts had formed here!

This was not logical!

Could it be that they were suppressed by the golden runes on the walls?

After walking for about five minutes, Lu Yibai stopped.

By this point, he could see very clearly.

In front of him, there was another set of stairs leading down. Looking down, he could see small mounds of earth.

There were many small mounds, no fewer than the graves in a public cemetery.

"Wait, graves?"

Lu Yibai gasped.

If each mound had a tombstone in front of it... how would it be different from graves?

Underneath the public cemetery in Wucheng, there was a large pile of graves!

This was...

—A grave within a grave!

(ps: Second update. Seeking recommendation votes and collection. The new book list is about to be pushed down, it's very annoying.)