The neck over there was drenched in blood. It seemed like it had been severed.
"Ah——"
"Ah——"
It screamed, its frantic running posture frozen, the body melting like a candle, quickly dissolving into a pool of gray liquid.
"Hmm? It dissolved just like that?"
Xu Ran: "..."
The armored paperman flew out, picked up the baby, and placed it two hundred meters away.
"In this state, it doesn't seem like there's someone controlling it from behind."
"Could it be... the two Ghosts are actually one? The other is its transformed head, and ten minutes after I cut it off, it finally realized its head was gone... so it dissolved on the spot?"
Xu Ran furrowed his brows tightly.
"This situation likely is just that."
He casually released an assassin mantis to devour the leaking energy.
The sixth one!
The assassin mantis has devoured six Ghosts, enhancing its power by as much as twofold!
Whether it's the sharpness of its blade or the speed of its ambush, it's terrifying.
"So, there really is no puppet master behind the Ghosts. Is it purely an Exotic Star invasion, polluting the Spiritual Qi, leading to the birth of Ghosts?"
"It should be just such a situation."
"I, a little toddler of 502 days, saved three children, can already be considered invincible."
Xu Ran didn't forcefully search, worried about running into a powerful cultivator who might capture him while wandering around at such a young age.
The matter of the Ghosts would naturally be resolved by powerful cultivators.
So, he turned and left the scene of the incident.
A few minutes later.
Xu Ran appeared on the balcony, crawling in through the window like a lizard.
His mom was still asleep.
He retracted the origami bat and assassin mantis, stuffing them into a box full of origami animals on the side.
Xu Ran became well-behaved, his face full of innocence, his small hands gently patting his mother's face.
"Baby! Mommy will protect you!"
His mom suddenly awoke, covered in cold sweat.
"Xu Ran, are you alright? Did I faint?"
His mom checked Xu Ran all over, making sure he was fine, immediately trembling as she took out her phone to call the Patrol Guard Bureau.
"Yes! It's a ghostly entity! It suddenly emerged from the shadows, very frightening!"
"It's the second unit on the third floor of building seven."
"You have to be quick! I can't be sure, what if it's following us? I'm very scared right now, my baby is just over a year old!"
His mom was trembling with fear, her voice quivering.
Despite this, she forcibly suppressed her inner fear, gently patting "Xu Ran"'s back.
"Baby, don't be scared. Baby, don't be scared."
Xu Ran showed a pure smile, his small hands patting his mom's shoulder.
"Baby, you're comforting mommy, aren't you? Baby, don't be scared! Don't be scared!"
Xu Ran: "..."
I'm not scared, I've already gone on a rampage and returned in triumph.
Three infants were saved because of me.
But mom, you... were so frightened and trembling.
Xu Ran laughed, leaning back on the sofa, closed his eyes and contemplated.
Recalling all the information about the Ghosts, attempting to analyze whether there is a puppet master behind these ghostly entities.
Five minutes passed.
The doorbell rang.
Standing outside the door were a young man and woman.
"Madam, we're from the Patrol Guard Bureau, may we come in to conduct an investigation?"
Lin Qian was skeptical: "Are you really from the Patrol Guard Bureau? Not ghostly entities?"
"No, we're definitely not ghostly entities!"
But about this "word of mouth"...
Lin Qian was extra cautious, she didn't easily believe: "Please wait outside, I have to verify once."
With that, she made a call.
"Excuse me, did you send a young man and woman in uniform? What do they look like? Can you call them? I'm a bit scared and don't dare open the door."
After a while.
The two cultivators from the Patrol Guard Bureau outside the door received the call.
They put the call on speaker.
"Yes, yes, we're at the madam's door. We understand the madam's concerns. We'll patiently address the madam's issues."
"Madam, you see, we're really not ghostly entities. We can open our IDs for you to check, you can look through the peephole."
Lin Qian took a deep breath: "I understand, I'll open the door for you now."
"Thank you very much, madam."
The door opened.
The patrol officers entered, both wearing Bluetooth-style earpieces.
"Did madam encounter an accident while going downstairs to fetch a package? What exactly happened?"
Xu Ran leaned back on the sofa, resting with his eyes closed, at this time, he certainly couldn't fall asleep.
His mom recounted vividly.
The two cultivators from the Patrol Guard Bureau: "..."
"Did you faint for a while in the middle? How long were you unconscious?"
Lin Qian was bewildered: "I don't know..."
The female patrol officer frowned, unable to make heads or tails of it.
"Based on current information, today there are a total of four mothers in our convalescent area who encountered Ghosts."
"Fortunately, all were miraculously saved. The children appeared a few hundred meters away, at most three thousand meters away."
"Preliminary inference suggests someone in our community dealt with the Ghosts. But the surveillance can't find the trace of this expert."
The patrol officers were also powerless, they could only press the wireless earpiece in their ears.
"Team leader, this is the situation, mother and child are very safe."
The other end of the earpiece: "You protect Mrs. Xu for three hours. Leave the pursuit of the Ghosts to the higher-ups, and remember to stay vigilant at all times. These Ghosts are too bizarre!"
"Understood, team leader!"
Xu Ran perked up his ears to listen closely.
But clearly, the Patrol Guard Bureau didn't have any key information either.
"Sleep."
Xu Ran closed his eyes.
Three hours faded quickly.
The team leader called: "The convalescent area is completely safe. You can withdraw."
The young man and woman: "Madam, it seems there's no danger here, we will take our leave first."
Lin Qian: "..."
Although she was still filled with fear, it wasn't good to trouble the two any further.