Caught Up To

"Senior, you really are... really..." Gan Qingyi thought for a moment, tilted her head, and said, "Someone who hates evil as if it were an enemy?"

"It is my duty." Chen Xu replied and strode out of the ancestral hall. Gan Qingyi hurried after him, following behind.

His peripheral vision swept over the remaining corner of the yellowish-brown talisman paper, and a trace of curiosity appeared on his face. Before the mist emerged, even he had only vaguely sensed that something was off about the raincoat-wearing man's aura; he had not realized that the man had been disguised as an Anomaly.

Noticing Chen Xu's gaze, Gan Qingyi smiled and explained, "Senior, this is a Specter Detection Talisman. It is used to identify Anomalies, and no Anomaly has ever escaped its detection.

"It is very precious. Each member only receives three per month.

"You already know where the headquarters is. When you have time, go register your identity, and you will be issued items like these."

The two chatted as they walked. When they passed a corner, Gan Qingyi abruptly stopped. Her delicate fists clenched, her body trembled faintly, and an uncontrollable fury flashed in her eyes, like an enraged female leopard.

More than a dozen mutilated corpses lay scattered across the ground, their faces still bearing the terror of death and their attachment to life.

"The Anomaly that killed you has been dealt with by Senior. We have avenged you. Please rest in peace." Gan Qingyi crouched down. Unbothered by the pungent stench of blood and the chunks of flesh littering the ground, she closed the eyes of each of her fellow passengers.

They found some firewood in the village and dragged the corpses together. Before long, flames shot into the sky, illuminating her face.

As she stood, a glint