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Chapter 98 [97] The Bride Can Kiss The Groom

Chapter 98: [97] The Bride Can Kiss the Groom Now

Two days later.

The curfew for this year officially began.

There was an immediate and noticeable change in the social order within Qinglin City.

Schools delayed their start times, factories adjusted their work schedules, restaurants canceled their evening business, and security personnel in residential areas were doubled.

After 7 p.m.

Not a single person could be seen on the streets.

Only a large number of patrol officers with spirit dogs and carrying oil lamps were patrolling the city, paying attention to any suspicious activity.

Due to the potential danger of night patrols during the curfew, they usually operated in groups of six to ensure they wouldn't be left without support in case of an accident.

Cheng Han and five colleagues formed a patrol team, each holding three spirit dogs and walking slowly on the snow.

The team leader of the patrol was Long Xingyun.

The other five rookies were treated differently, with Liu Yidao, the whistle leader, not trusting them too much. He assigned them to guard the gate of the outpost instead of working with the spirit dogs.

Of course, they wouldn't always be treated like dogs.

After all, patrol officers were not made of iron and couldn't patrol every night. Usually, they rotated every three days, and the rookies would eventually join in and experience the joy of working overnight.

"Creak!"

The sound of stepping on the snow kept ringing.

No one spoke.

The six people and three dogs carefully observed their surroundings.

After a while.

Cheng Han suddenly broke the silence, "Team leader, you should know that my intuition is very keen."

Everyone slowed down their pace.

Long Xingyun turned his head and said, "If you have something to say, just say it!"

Now that they were familiar with each other, their language had become more casual and less polite than before.

Among this group of rookies, only Cheng Han "enjoyed" such treatment. Old Niuhuang was too lazy to even look at the other rookies.

Cheng Han stared ahead, his tone filled with seriousness, "I have a very bad feeling about the 'Hua'an Lane' up ahead. It's best if we don't go there."

Long Xingyun straightforwardly asked, "Is it eerie?"

Cheng Han nodded slowly, "I vaguely sensed a chaotic aura."

The so-called "sensing" was obviously an excuse. In fact, it was the deduction of his All-Knowing Eye. His current mental value was as high as 34.5 points, so he didn't need to be as conservative as before.

Therefore, during the patrol, he used his skill every now and then.

According to his deduction, this was a relatively dangerous and rare kind of eerie phenomenon.

As soon as he said this, including Old Niuhuang, the entire team stopped.

Long Xingyun looked serious, "Are you confident?"

Cheng Han answered with a rhetorical question, "I ran with the Ice Charm for twelve streets and managed to come back unscathed. What do you think?"

Long Xingyun frowned and grumbled, "You just dropped a 'there's a problem up ahead' and left. Aren't you making things difficult for me?"

Cheng Han smiled ambiguously, "How about I become the team leader?"

He knew very well that the other party had a heavier responsibility and was under considerable psychological pressure. It was normal for him to speak with a bit of frustration.

Everyone laughed together.

The atmosphere became slightly livelier.

Long Xingyun cursed, "Get lost, you egg!" and quickly made a series of arrangements, "Ding Wenle, you and I will stay here... Zheng Yande, Dai Chao, Guan Zhengchu, you guys take two spirit dogs and go around to the other side... Cheng Han, immediately take one spirit dog back to the outpost and report."

Old Niuhuang chose to believe Cheng Han's words.

And this guy, Cheng Han, undoubtedly did it out of good intentions.

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

A group of inspectors immediately responded.

However, Cheng Han shook his head and refused, "Chief Inspector, my intuition is very keen. Let me stay at the scene. In case of danger, maybe we can save some lives."

He didn't want to miss the opportunity to encounter something strange, so naturally he didn't want to leave.

Long Xingyun hesitated for a moment and looked at a spiritual mastiff, "Baiding, you go back quickly!"

"Woof!"

The spiritual mastiff quickly ran out.

Long Xingyun looked at Cheng Han again, his expression serious, "You're a newcomer. If you encounter an irresistible danger, I ask that you leave the scene immediately."

Cheng Han nodded lightly.

Lao Niu paused for a moment and his tone became more solemn, "I am the team leader, I will be the last one to leave."

If faced with great danger, being "the last one to leave" usually means being "the first one to die."

Cheng Han blinked.

He didn't think things would come to that point.

Long Xingyun waved his hand, "Take action."

Ten minutes later.

"Bang! Bang!"

Accompanied by heavy footsteps, a group of feathered beasts rushed over.

The Black Armor Army has arrived.

Still the familiar faces, namely the six Black Armor soldiers who killed the Ice Charm last time, led by Zhang Beishan.

Long Xingyun immediately went up to meet them and quickly explained, "We..."

After listening, Zhang Beishan's face darkened, "You only have a feeling, but you haven't found any direct clues to the strangeness? This is a bit of a joke."

Long Xingyun gritted his teeth, "If there is a false report, I will take full responsibility."

At this moment, a soldier came over and whispered, "Captain Zhang, I saw..."

Zhang Beishan glanced at several inspectors not far away, his gaze lingered on Cheng Han for a moment, and he waved decisively, "Everyone, enter 'Hua'an Lane'!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Beishan took the lead and walked forward.

Cheng Han watched the back of the Black Armor Army and breathed a sigh of relief.

The deduction just now showed that if there was no intervention, the inspection team would discover abnormalities in half an hour, ultimately resulting in a tragedy with one death and two serious injuries.

And the deceased would naturally be Long Xingyun.

In the illusion, this person fulfilled the promise of being "the last one to leave."

Cheng Han focused his mind and sensed the subtle fluctuations coming from ahead, once again silently reciting, "Deduction."

The illusion slowly emerged:

A young woman in a white veil, with a strange smile on her face, said in a peculiar tone, "Now, the bride can kiss the groom!"

In the dim candlelight, it could vaguely be seen that there seemed to be nothing under the white veil.

But instead of arousing desire, it was chilling.

On the surface of this naked body, patches of black hair kept rapidly growing out and then retracting, repeating this cycle.

"Uh~ uh~"

A young man was tied to a chair, his mouth tightly gagged with a cloth, struggling frantically, his face filled with immense terror.

A young woman walked over and bent down to kiss the man's cheek.

In the next moment, something horrifying happened.

"Bang!"

The young man's eyeballs exploded, and a mixture of brain matter and blood gushed out of his seven orifices.

He was dead.

The young woman seemed oblivious, still passionately kissing the corpse, which quickly grew large patches of black hair.

After a while, the illusion dissipated.

Cheng Han muttered to himself, "The 'Black-Haired Woman' recorded in the ancient scroll was already disgusting enough, but the actual strangeness is ten times more disgusting."

One minute later.

"Ah~"

A piercing scream shattered the tranquility of the night.

Everyone who heard it felt a dizzying sensation in their heads.

There was no doubt about it.

The Black Armor Army had found their way here and encountered the strangeness.

The battle began.

"Boom! Boom!"

Explosions rang out continuously.

The faces of the patrol officers turned pale.

Long Xingyun's expression was filled with intense fear. "This strangeness seems to be very powerful."

Lao Niu could fully imagine that if he hadn't believed Cheng Han's words and rashly went to investigate, the bodies would have already turned cold.

No.

In the face of the strangeness, whether one could leave behind a body was still a question.

After thirty seconds.

The battle ended.

Zhang Beishan carried a comrade and rushed over, shouting loudly, "Xiang Tianlong has been infected by the 'Black-Haired Woman's' 'Cursed Hair.' Hurry and find a doctor to cut off the infected area."

Long Xingyun was stunned for a moment, then ran off. "I'll go right away."

The other patrol officers, each with deep gratitude in their eyes, looked at Cheng Han.

Heaven above!

It was actually the Black-Haired Woman!

The curse of this strangeness was extremely terrifying. Its strength was below that of a warrior, but once infected by the cursed hair, one would have to take medication for the rest of their life, or else they would turn into a black-haired monster.

Soon after.

The fragmented body of the Black-Haired Woman was transported out.

Cheng Han approached and took a glance, using the "Imprint" technique to engrave this disgusting scene into his mind.

Nine hours later.

Dawn was approaching.

The patrol was over.

Cheng Han returned home and took a nap.

After waking up.

He retrieved a stone box from under the bed and gazed at the Soul Stone, remotely connecting to the Blood of the Divine.

He recalled the Black-Haired Woman and silently recited:

"Linkage analysis!

"Derivation of Puppetry Technique!

"Complete the Linghuan Remnant Seal!"

In addition to its curse, the Black-Haired Woman possessed another terrifying ability - the control of Black-Haired Puppets.

Cheng Han felt that this was an extraordinary ability with great potential, perfectly suited for the Linghuan Remnant Seal and in line with the character of 'Yomu.'

Using the Black-Haired Woman as a reference, he could deduce a more powerful puppetry technique from the Blood of the Divine. It was almost a certainty.

In an instant.

A chill surged through him.

His mental value dropped by nearly ten points.

After two seconds.

The completion was done.

A message flashed: "Proficiency +474, current proficiency is 2480/3000, mental value is 14.2/37.7."

The feedback from the remnant seal also arrived: "Linghuan Remnant Seal, completeness 36.74%."

The upgrade of the All-Knowing Eye was not far away.

The completeness of the remnant seal increased by 8.34%.

The upper limit of his mental value increased by 3.2 points, reaching a new high of 37.7 points.

Cheng Han smiled with satisfaction.

It was another great harvest!

To others, strangeness was a terrifying disaster.

But for him, it meant a wealth of valuable knowledge.

He locked onto the remnant seal with his mind, observing the newly appeared subsidiary structure.

The shape of this structure resembled a damaged flower.

It had a name - Dark Spirit Secret Puppet.

Cheng Han's face was filled with joy. "According to the ancient scroll, 'Yomu' excels in puppetry. Previously, I could only simulate it reluctantly, but now I can perfectly play the role of Yomu."

Dozens of meters away.

Inside a residential house.

A middle-aged woman was sitting in front of a fireplace, earnestly doing needlework.

To save firewood, the fire in the fireplace was very small, almost extinguished. She was almost leaning against it.

At this moment.

The middle-aged woman suddenly showed a bewildered expression, a hint of blue light flashed in her eyes.

She stood up, put down what she was holding, and revealed a strange smile, saying in a fake tone:

"Now, the bride can kiss the groom."

As soon as the words fell.

The middle-aged woman suddenly snapped back to reality.

She looked at the fireplace and muttered, "Strange! How did I stand up?"

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