Chengxin Garden was the residential complex where Su Xiaoyu lived. As it happened, it was also the only place we knew of where someone whose name we knew lived.
Nantian's question made my heart tighten.
If she really was in Chengxin Garden, then based on my past experience with paranormal incidents, Su Xiaoyu was probably as good as dead.
Liu Miao glanced at Nantian, looking puzzled. "You've been there?"
"Yeah. I ran into one of my fans, and she helped me out," Nantian said.
"It wasn't there. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing," Liu Miao said.
He went on to explain. "We found a blank spot in the area where ghosts have been active around People's Celebration City. It's not very large—just a few buildings around the center of a residential complex. So we suspect something's wrong there."
"You mean there are ghosts everywhere in People's Celebration City except that place?" the Thin Man asked in alarm.
"Ghosts have been active everywhere. I wouldn't put it that absolutely. If you count the paths the ghosts have taken, that's the only blank spot. That's why it's strange," Liu Miao said. "Nangong designed software and ran the program for years. We fed in all the cases we'd encountered, the intelligence we'd gathered, and the historical anomalies we'd found in news reports and archives. That's the only place that came up as a 'pure land.'"
If things really were as Liu Miao described, the phenomenon was indeed highly suspicious.
"We'd already looked into it. There were no ghosts there. We'd planned to split up and ask around, see if anyone living there had noticed anything strange. I passed out before I could do anything," Liu Miao said regretfully. "I thought something had taken me out. I didn't expect... Hmm, now