Tie Xuan thought to himself, "Old Wang, you're really good at bragging. You've watched too many movies." He wasn't unfamiliar with intelligence agencies; those people just had more knowledge and did more specialized work. Otherwise, they were no different from ordinary people.
However, the reason why Old Wang was so respectful must be due to that black phone. But no matter what, this person is clearly the suspect named Li Wei.
"Wait a minute, Old Wang, how can you determine someone's identity based on just that crappy phone? What if it's a criminal impersonating someone? You should make him reveal his identity first!"
As Tie Xuan spoke, he flashed in front of Li Wei, blocking his path.
With Li Wei's current abilities, how could Tie Xuan possibly withstand him? He only felt a gust of wind pass by, and Tie Xuan's eyes widened, his face showing an expression of utter disbelief, while Li Wei was already behind him.
After speaking, he didn't stop walking and went straight into the hospital.
"That's too fast!"
Tie Xuan's heart pounded uncontrollably. It took him a while to calm down, and he immediately dialed the number of the Director of the Public Security Bureau. At first, the Director, surnamed Zhang, was very friendly, telling Tie Xuan to do everything in his power to seal off the hospital. He even gave considerable affirmation. However, after hearing the code name that Tie Xuan had reported, the Director's voice changed!
"Number? Director Tie, you didn't hear me wrong, did you? That person really said that?"
"Yes! What, Director, you know this code name?" Tie Xuan sensed something was amiss.
"Beep beep beep"
Before he could finish speaking, the director hung up the phone, leaving Tie Xuan completely bewildered. What exactly did the alternate number mean? Even the usually aloof director was behaving strangely.
"Director Tie, that person has already entered the morgue building. You should go and check it out!" A special police officer rushed over. Tie Xuan knew that this was a member of the special police team that had sealed off the morgue. Judging from his terrified expression, he had obviously been frightened by something.
Tie Xuan snorted coldly, grabbed a Submachine Gun, and rushed over.
When he arrived at the sealed-off building, he saw that the previously welded-locked door had been opened. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the welded joints of the door had been cleanly cut open by something.
Where is that person?
"He went in." Old Wang stood there quietly to the side.
Tie Xuan's heart surged with rage. He thought to himself, "That person is too reckless. No matter how powerful you are, you're still human. But what's inside isn't; it's Devil, a man-eating Devil."
"Old Wang, how could you let him in!" With that, Tie Xuan tried to follow him in, but Old Wang stopped him.
Old Wang, looking mysterious, pulled Tie Xuan to a secluded corner, looked around, and then said, "Chief Tie, don't worry, that person is fine. He's... [illegible]..." Uh, right...
Stepping into the dark corridor, Li Wei remained completely calm. Although he could sense the evil lurking around the corner, judging from the aura of the other party, they posed no threat to him whatsoever.
After walking a few more steps, Li Wei saw bloodstains and Firearms Mastery scattered on the ground, clearly left behind by the SWAT team outside. Turning a corner in the corridor, Li Wei saw the dark figure hiding in the shadows.
"Corpse-Gathering Demon, An Hei creature, Level 0. Special Abilities: Devouring, Body Fusion; 'This is a gigantic, tentacled, and repulsive monster.'"
In Li Wei's eyes, this monster was indeed disgusting. It looked like it was formed from many corpses squeezed together, and its combat power was only at the level of. For Li Wei, a single blow would be enough to obliterate this monster.
However, to ordinary humans outside, this Corpse-Gathering Demon is a nightmare; even bullets have difficulty harming it.
However, how did this monster appear? There was no black mist here.
Upon approaching, the Corpse-Gathering Demon abruptly stopped tearing at the half-corpse and instead stared at Li Wei with its tumor-like eyes. Suddenly, it stood up, swaying its obese body as it slowly walked over.
"Uh, why isn't it hostile?" Xiao Li Wei was a little puzzled. In the monster's murky eyes, there was only doubt and "closeness".
This is hard to understand.
Li Wei didn't immediately deal with the monster; instead, he watched it, observing what it might do next.
The Corpse-Gathering Demon approached and carefully sniffed Li Wei with its nose-like appendage. After a long while, it made a gurgling sound, retreated, and continued to gnaw on the half-corpse.
Now, Li Wei found it quite interesting. This monster must have smelled some kind of "scent" on him, and that scent made it believe that he was not an enemy, but might even be one of its own kind.
This idea is insane, but it's the only possibility. Otherwise, is it because its own flesh doesn't taste good? Is this monster picky about food?
Since the Corpse-Gathering Demon wasn't attacking, Li Wei decided to ignore it for the time being.
Li Wei entered the morgue behind the Corpse-Gathering Demon. He took out his phone; the dim light from the screen wasn't strong, but it was enough for him to see some things in this pitch-black world.
The morgue was in complete chaos. Body cabinets containing corpses had been pulled out haphazardly, and body bags were scattered all over the floor.
Suddenly, Li Wei saw
This was a man, wearing a hospital uniform. There were no signs of him being eaten by the Corpse-Gathering Demon, but he had a wound on his wrist. On the wall not far from the corpse, someone had drawn a complex pattern on it.
The pattern was drawn with fresh blood, eerily strange, like the demonic runes drawn by some cult when summoning demons.
"Could it be... that the dead guy drew it himself?"
Li Wei stared at the pattern, completely baffled, so he used the camera on his black phone to take a picture of the wall. The phone's flash went off, and the photo was saved to the phone.
Aside from this, he found absolutely no other valuable clues.
It seems the problem lies with the corpse and the blood pattern.
Li Wei found a body bag, put the corpse inside, and carried it out of the morgue with one hand. He looked back at the Corpse-Gathering Demon, who was still gnawing on the corpse. Li Wei thought for a moment, then took out the Copper Pot that the Daoist had given him.
"I wonder if this Daoist's magic artifact can contain living beings. Let's give it a try. This Corpse-Gathering Demon must still have secrets!" Li Wei tentatively cast a storage spell on the Corpse-Gathering Demon, and unexpectedly, it succeeded.
The Corpse-Gathering Demon was swept up by a gust of air and transformed into a smooth stream that burrowed into the Copper Pot.
Li Wei was unaware that this Copper Pot was a complete replica of the Demon Refining Pot made by Daoist Daoist priest. It contained more than a dozen Daoist arrays, one of which was capable of holding living creatures. Li Wei had only just discovered the Copper Pot's wondrous uses.
Stepping out of the building, Li Wei felt as if he had instantly transitioned from winter to summer. The number of special police officers guarding the door seemed to have increased several times over. In addition to Tie Xuan and Old Wang, there was also a bald middle-aged man.
Upon seeing Li Wei, the middle-aged man put on a broad smile and came over to greet him.
"Sir, you're finally out! Are you alright? Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhang Weiguo, the Director of the Provincial Public Security Bureau."
Turns out he was an official!
The fact that a department head treated me with such deference suggests that his status must have played a role.
Sure enough, Director Zhang then lowered his voice and whispered, "Sir, I will keep your identity a secret. To be honest, the last battle to Black Mist Extermination Battle was brilliantly fought. Privately, we all idolize you!"
Li Wei nodded; he didn't want to have any more conversation with this Director Zhang.
Now, we need to figure out what the blood in the photo is.
"Here, take this. Tell me the results of your examination!" Li Wei took the body bag and placed it on the ground.
"This is?"
When a special police officer opened the body bag, Director Zhang jumped back like a mouse seeing a cat.
Tie Xuan and Old Wang hurried over, looked at the corpse in the bag, and exchanged a glance.
The two had been police officers for quite some time, and although the cause of death, according to regulations, could only be determined after a forensic autopsy, their experience allowed them to guess the outcome with a fairly high degree of accuracy.
"The cause of death was excessive blood loss. There was only one wound on the wrist, and judging from the angle of the incision," Old Wang asserted.
Suicide?
Li Wei immediately pictured a scene: the deceased was the one who cut his own wrists and then used his blood to scribble on the wall.
This person is either sick or controlled by something.
"Call the hospital director over and let him take a look at this body!" Tie Xuan noticed the clothes on the deceased, which clearly belonged to a hospital staff member.
A short while later, the dean came running over.
Sure enough, he recognized the dead man.
"He was the morgue's attending physician. Before the incident, his colleagues in the department mentioned that he seemed a bit off. I hadn't seen him yesterday. How could he have died here?" The hospital director was clearly shocked.
Just as I expected!
Li Wei had roughly guessed some of the results, but these results were not sufficient. The blood-red pattern on the phone should be a key point. As for these mysterious symbols, as long as he went to see Daoist, he should be able to find out most of the truth.
However, the Daoist is still in the mission world at the moment, and to contact him, we would have to wait for his return. Fortunately, Li Wei has other channels, such as the identity of the secret department, which is worth using now.
Having reached a secluded spot, Li Wei dialed the Doctor's number.
The call was quickly answered, and the other end seemed to be waiting for news as well. After hearing Li Wei's description, the Doctor said that the reincarnated beings also retrieved the same blood-red pattern, but they were engaged in a fierce battle with the "Corpse-Gathering Demon."
Another important piece of news is that all the staff members responsible for their duties died from the same cause.
After hanging up the phone, Li Wei muttered to himself.
"Two things have been confirmed: First, the places where the dead are stored have all appeared with 'Corpse-Gathering Demon' and blood-red patterns; second, this was a deliberate accident, and those blood-red patterns were likely drawn by the deceased staff members, and the appearance of the Corpse-Gathering Demon is also related to the patterns."
"Furthermore, the Corpse-Gathering Demon didn't refrain from attacking me because I'm a reincarnator; they attacked other reincarnators." The only explanation is that I have a familiar scent on me. But what could it be?