He Zhan's Palm Eye briefly suppressed the isolation of the Fierce Ghost, tearing an opening at the door large enough for one person to pass through.
The two Awakened beside him glanced at each other and entered one after the other, with He Zhan being the last to go in.
"Someone! New people have come in!"
"If they can come in, does that mean they can also get out!"
"What if... they're not people?"
As soon as they entered, they heard a commotion in the hall, and at first glance, almost everyone in there was sitting together, forming a large circle.
It's undeniable that the frequent supernatural phenomena in recent years have made most people develop a certain sense of self-preservation.
Sitting like this, they all fell within each other's sight, and coupled with the open view of the hall, any situation arising anywhere would be immediately noticed.
The appearance of He Zhan and others was immediately discovered, sparking a discussion.
They hurriedly took out their identification and loudly said, "We are Awakened from the Chengyang City's Paranormal Handling Department, everyone stay seated and don't panic!"
Having said that, He Zhan stepped forward and continued, "Can anyone explain the situation here to us? So we can remove the Fierce Ghost!"
But unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a young man stood up not far away and loudly retorted, "Shouldn't you get us out first?"
"Exactly, discussing things here is so dangerous!"
"You managed to get in, there must be a way to take us out too!"
"..."
For a moment, the scene was chaotic again.
Faced with such circumstances, He Zhan couldn't help but feel a headache.
Without finding the Fierce Ghost's true form, his Palm Eye couldn't effectively suppress it head-on, at most it could create an opening large enough for one person to pass through, like before.
There were simply too many people in the hall.
Opening a passage of this level... might actually be a bad thing!
Driven by fear, people in the hall might, due to disputes over who goes first, trigger an even bigger commotion, even turning against each other.
He's seen such situations too many times.
After all, the urge to survive can easily overwhelm a person's rationality.
"We can't get out either! The only way now is to drive the Fierce Ghost out in the building! So someone please explain the situation here!" He Zhan straightforwardly severed any thoughts of immediately exiting for everyone.
As soon as he finished speaking, his male Awakened teammate beside him stepped forward, took out a black pistol from his pocket, and silently evaluated everyone.
Protecting the public is, of course, their responsibility as Official Awakened.
But this is only if no one causes trouble!
If individual troublemakers cause more people to be harmed, they would prefer to prioritize suppressing the trouble to calm those trapped.
Sure enough, most people calmed down considerably when they saw the gun.
After all, compared to the Awakened they had never encountered before in ordinary days, the pressure from the gun was even stronger.
Within a few minutes, He Zhan and others gained a thorough understanding of the situation inside the building.
No sign of the Fierce Ghost had been found in the hall yet, nor had any victims appeared, and people from the second and third floors had mostly come down.
However...
"You didn't notify further upper floors at all!?" The female Awakened beside seemed a bit angry.
He Zhan waved his hand, indicating for her to say no more.
He could understand the thoughts of these people; in the situation within the building where communication was hindered by the Fierce Ghost, it was already commendable for someone to muster the courage from the relatively safe hall and notify those on the second and third floors.
Going further upstairs, being farther from the hall, no one dared to go up, and it's understandable.
"Liuyun, stay in the hall to prevent the Fierce Ghost from coming downstairs, while the Priest and I go up, contact each other if there's any situation using the seeds for positioning."
After issuing the order, He Zhan decisively headed upstairs with another male Awakened.
Under circumstances where communication was affected, each of them carried several rose seeds which could briefly be used for positioning and notifications.
This was one of the abilities of the female Awakened outside the building known as "Rose."
When a seed is crushed, all the seeds can sense its location.
The two quickly searched the second and third floors, then prepared to explore even higher floors.
But suddenly, an anomaly occurred!
"Boss? Where the hell did he go?"
The Priest frowned, he watched He Zhan open a door on the fourth floor and enter but never came out. When he went to check, he found inside was just a storage room.
And He Zhan was long gone.
"Didn't expect not only the door of the entrance and exit, but more room doors within the building might move people elsewhere." Not being a novice, he wasn't too anxious over the sudden disappearance of his captain.
After all, the seeds hadn't reacted yet, indicating He Zhan was still without incident.
Immediately, he prepared to turn around and continue exploring other rooms on the fourth floor.
But as soon as he turned his head, the whole corridor behind him was covered in fresh blood, sending shivers down his spine.
"Impossible? Everything was still normal when I walked over earlier!"
Sweat poured down the Priest.
The sudden anomaly made his heart race a little faster, but having carried out missions before as an Awakened, he still gritted his teeth and stepped onto the bloody corridor to continue exploring.
After all, he couldn't just stay inside that storage room forever!
The blood on the ground was extraordinarily viscous, the Priest felt that after barely taking a few steps, his shoes almost got stuck, making him wonder how much death it took to produce such a blood volume.
"Whew whew... Why do I feel a bit tired..."
After walking another ten meters, the Priest felt increasingly uneasy.
How could he be short of breath after walking just a few steps? Clearly, something was off!
"This way!" A familiar voice sounded from a room not far in front.
"Boss! So you got moved to the front?" In such a situation, hearing the voice of the previously missing He Zhan, the Priest felt much more at ease.
He examined the viscous blood underfoot, took a deep breath.
Then he drew a Scepter from his waist, stamped the ground, his eyes emitted a faint glow, and he silently chanted a series of incomprehensible Sanskrit.
Next, a burst of golden light emanated from the base of the Scepter!
Anywhere the light shone, bloodstains vanished!
Seeing the distance was sufficient, the Priest put away the Scepter, turned off the golden light, and rushed towards the room where He Zhan's voice came from.
After the golden light disappeared, the viscous blood on the ground reappeared, but the Priest had already reached his destination.
"There's a situation outside the corridor..."
Seeing He Zhan's back inside the room, the Priest started to report, but noticed the other was trembling continuously, as though trying to stifle laughter.
"Boss?" The Priest worriedly reached out to pat He Zhan's shoulder.
The shaking stopped in the next moment.
But his head directly slipped off his neck, rolled on the floor, and stopped by the Priest's feet, those bloodshot eyes staring at the Priest.
Empty and despairing.
"!!?"
The Priest's heart leapt to his throat.
Before he could react, the headless corpse suddenly burst forth a massive amount of blood from the severed neck.
In an instant, the Priest was drenched from head to toe with chilling blood.
Thinking of the bizarrely exhausting viscous blood on the corridor earlier, the Priest felt something was wrong, quickly reaching for his waist to draw his Scepter!
But in the next second, an irresistible weariness spread throughout his body, as if there were two mountains on his shoulders, his muscles began turning feeble.
The Priest gasping heavily, half-kneeling on the ground, struggled to lift his head and look at the "He Zhan" corpse.
The corpse turned around slowly, hands cupping together.
In its hands appeared a dark red teapot, relentlessly pouring out blood...