I've already become a god, and only now you're telling me there are monsters in this world?

Gu Qing was only assisting with the investigation, so he was seated in the passenger seat beside the public security captain.

As the patrol car slowly headed toward the school gates.

On the edge of the administration building's rooftop, a lovely figure stood silently.

She looked down from above.

Her gaze was cold and sharp.

It was fixed firmly on Gu Qing inside the patrol car.

For a long time, she did not look away.

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Chapter 36: Unknown secrets

Late at night.

The public security station was brightly lit.

The public security captain called Gu Qing into his office and asked him to sit across from him for a chat.

"I remember your name was Gu Qing, right?"

"Yes."

"What year are you in, and what's your major?"

"Third year, Foreign Languages College."

"Gu Qing, I'm a little curious. Why did you turn up at two rat-related incidents in a single day?"

"The daytime attack was purely a coincidence. As for tonight's rat-feeding incident, I got involved because I investigated it myself."

Gu Qing concealed nothing, choosing to tell the public security captain the truth.

After all, he hadn't done anything wrong.

"Tell me the details."

The public security captain sipped his tea, a barely perceptible trace of scrutiny in his eyes.

Gu Qing kept it brief:

"During the daytime attack, I saw that man following Senior. I was worried, so I followed to see what was going on. Then I saw him attack Senior, so I went up and subdued him with a surprise attack."

"As for tonight, I was heading back to my dorm when I saw a group of rats scurrying in the same direction. I followed out of curiosity and saw that security guard feeding them meat. Then I reported it."

"That's basically what happened."

After finishing, Gu Qing fell silent and waited for the captain to speak.

The captain asked, "Rats run pretty fast. You could keep up?"

"Yes."

Gu Qing explained, "I'm extremely athletic. I can even do a one-finger planche with ease. Keeping up with a few rats is a piece of cake."

The captain raised his eyebrows. "Show me a one-finger planche."

He had never seen anyone 180 centimeters tall do a planche in real life, let alone a one-finger planche.

He suspected Gu Qing was bluffing.

Gu Qing didn't mind showing off in front of him. He immediately rose, walked to an open space nearby, and performed an incredibly smooth standing backflip straight into a planche.

Once he held the planche steady, he immediately lifted his other eight fingers, supporting his entire 180-centimeter frame horizontally on just his two thumbs.

"Holy shit!"

At this astonishing sight, the normally calm and composed captain could no longer stay seated. He stood up and exclaimed on the spot.

Two public security officers passing by heard the commotion and came over curiously to see what was happening.

When they saw the tall, slender Gu Qing doing a one-finger planche on the floor, both exclaimed:

"Holy shit!"

"Holy shit!"

At that moment, the captain and the two officers were completely dumbfounded, wondering whether working overtime late into the night had exhausted them into hallucinating.

Feeling he had shown off enough.

Gu Qing contentedly ended the move, rose from the floor, and returned to his seat.

"Young man, you're fucking incredible!"

Coming back to his senses, the captain took a sip of tea to steady himself and couldn't help giving Gu Qing a thumbs-up.

Gu Qing replied modestly:

"It's nothing much. I just practice when I have time. It's not that impressive."

"Are you kidding? With core strength like that, you could easily put everyone in our station to shame. How is that not impressive?"

A female officer outside the door spoke.

The captain glanced at the two outside and shooed them away:

"Get back to work, both of you. Stop gawking."

"..."

The two officers left sheepishly.

The captain called after them, "You two brats, remember to close the door when you leave!"

The female officer quietly returned and closed the door.

Only after the door closed.

Did the captain look at Gu Qing and say:

"No wonder you managed to subdue the man who attacked Senior today. You're incredibly strong."

"It was partly a surprise attack, and he was poisoned afterward too. Otherwise, I couldn't have handled him."

Then Gu Qing asked curiously, "By the way, what exactly was going on with him? Why did his muscles suddenly bulge and his strength multiply?"

"You're a student. You'd better not learn too much about that. It won't do you any good."

The captain spoke flatly.

Those words sounded all too familiar.

They were almost exactly what Bai Ningyu had said back then.

Gu Qing's curiosity grew even stronger.

He leaned forward slightly, looking at the captain earnestly, his tone utterly sincere:

"I know there's a side to this world that ordinary people like us know nothing about. I really want to understand it. Please."

"Begging won't help."

The captain's tone was firm. "I don't know what you've discovered, but I'd advise you not to be too curious, or you won't live long."

"You should know that even I don't dare get involved in these things on my own."

"If I encounter anything, I report it immediately for someone else to handle."

"I called you into my office tonight not just to ask what happened, but more importantly to tell you to stop looking into the rats. Just be a college student and study. Don't go looking for death."

"I need to make this especially clear: don't think being physically strong means you can act without a care."

"You were lucky tonight. You only ran into two ordinary people paid to feed rats."

"If you'd encountered those terrifying beings, you'd be dead no matter how well you could fight."

"Those terrifying beings aren't something ordinary people like us can afford to provoke."

"College boy, that's all I can tell you. Look after yourself."

With that, the captain stood, walked to the doorway, opened the office door, and said evenly:

"Go on. I'll have someone drive you back to school. Remember my warning. Focus on your studies and stop courting death."

Seeing that he refused to reveal anything.

Gu Qing didn't pester him with more questions.

He soon rose and left the office.

He walked out of the public security station.

And got into a patrol car outside.

Along the way.

Gu Qing's mind kept working, his brow furrowing tighter and his expression growing increasingly grave.

Although the captain hadn't explicitly stated anything, he had still picked up quite a bit of useful information from their conversation.

First, the mysterious killer from that afternoon really wasn't a normal person.

Second, the two disappearances at school weren't the work of some ordinary deranged cannibal at all. They involved abnormal humans, or rather... supernatural powers.

I just don't know whether my current strength is enough to deal with those so-called abnormal humans.

At least I could handle that mysterious killer from this afternoon without much trouble.

What worries me is that he might have been nothing more than a bottom-tier weakling.

By the time he returned to school.

It was already past two in the morning.

Gu Qing soon reached his dorm building, scrambled up a drainpipe to the second floor, and easily climbed onto the balcony.

He walked to the dorm room door.

And found the lights still on inside.

Since it was the weekend and they had no classes the next day, his roommates were still up playing games.

"Well, look who it is. Why are you back so late? Where've you been messing around?"

As soon as Gu Qing entered the room, Chen Zijie took off his headphones and asked curiously.

Beside him, Qian Duole narrowed his eyes. "Don't tell me you've found another girlfriend and betrayed our noble ranks of bachelors again."

Gu Qing sat down beside his bed and said with a laugh as he took off his shoes, "You might not believe this, but I just got hauled into the station by public security officers."

Qian Duole narrowed his eyes further. "You didn't go looking for hookers, did you?"

Chen Zijie condemned him vehemently. "Damn, you went looking for hookers without bringing us? What a lousy friend. You deserved to get hauled in!"

"And Gao, who stays out every weekend getting a hotel room with his girlfriend-lock him up too!"

"All of you who've touched women deserve life sentences, because you've committed intentional bodily harm against those of us who've been single since birth!"

Chen Zijie had been laughing and joking at first, but as he spoke, he suddenly thought of Gao Fei getting to sleep with his girlfriend in his arms tonight, and immediately felt miserable.

"Please. With looks like mine, I'd be making money as a male escort. Why would I pay for hookers?"

Leaving them with that laughing remark, Gu Qing grabbed a clean set of clothes and went into the bathroom to shower.

Inside the bathroom.

Water splashed noisily.

The warm water washed over him, driving away the late-night chill and allowing his nerves, which had been taut for almost an entire day, to relax a little.

Facing the falling hot water, he tilted his face up slightly and closed his eyes. Bai Ningyu's figure gradually surfaced in his mind as he murmured inwardly:

Unless I'm mistaken, Ningyu must have come into contact with the supernatural.

We haven't been in touch for so long. I wonder how she's doing now.