Free Web NovelChapter 82: Chapter 82: Return to High Tower
The rules of Spirit Possession dictate that the object must be close to the person. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Items placed outside of the tower, even if a few hundred years have passed, will not become possessed by a spirit. And only a human can be the carrier, not an Evil Fallen.
This heart has displayed a Spirit Possession Reaction, and there is only one answer.
During the period when the mummy was pregnant, the fetus inside her triggered the Spirit Possession Reaction.
"What is this all about?"
Having escaped the range of the mummy’s attacks, Bai Wu was now at ease and didn’t mind listening to a sixty-second story.
"I fell in love with the wrong person in the past, and because of that person, I turned into what I am now..."
"He first impregnated me, then turned me into a monster, all just to test... whether the two children in my womb would turn into monsters, die, or... remain some kind of human beings with monster abilities."
Two children? Bai Wu had not anticipated this.
"My greatest misfortune in life was meeting that person, but my greatest fortune is that my children... were able to survive."
"Perhaps because of me, the women who marry into the Yan Family, as well as the Yan men, all give birth to one son and one daughter."
"Through this heart... I can establish some form of empathy with them."
Bai Wu understood.
The two fetuses in the belly of the Evil Fallen woman had caused that heart, which had left her body, to undergo a Spirit Possession.
A mother’s connection to her children. The ability of Spirit Possession allowed the Evil Fallen woman to always sense them.
This also explained how Yan Jiu knew about this region and why the Evil Fallen woman was aware of Yan Jiu’s whereabouts.
His interest was no longer playful because his brain unconsciously carried out a chain of reasoning.
The heart was the greatest consolation to the Evil Fallen woman. Without this heart, how lonely would she be on the plane in the future?
But she still gave her heart to him. Why? Simply because of the love he showed for Yan Jiu?
The truth could only be this reason, but did this imply that perhaps, for seven hundred years, the daughters of the Yan Family... were all experimental subjects?
Perhaps Yan Jiu had simply feigned madness to find refuge in the Asylum.
The daughters of the Yan Family had never been cherished, and that’s why the Evil Fallen woman entrusted something so important to him?
He did not delve any deeper, understanding that everything would be clear once he met Yan Jiu. With this heart, he would be able to establish an empathetic connection with Yan Jiu.
"But why is there only half a heart?" Bai Wu asked.
"Because several years ago, another child of the Yan Family... severed their connection with me."
Bai Wu was surprised.
Yan Jiu had an older brother. If the sister was locked up as a lunatic in the Asylum, then the brother was likely the ruler of the fifth layer, poised to take over the power of the previous Yan Family Head.
For seven hundred years, the Yan men had never severed their empathy, but now the brother had suddenly cut off his connection with the Evil Fallen woman; perhaps something had happened that even the Evil Fallen could not know?
It was very possible that the Evil Fallen woman knew some clues about this secret.
But time was fleeting, and Bai Wu no longer had the chance to learn more about the Yan Family’s later tales.
[Ah ha, this is truly the final summary! Simply put... well done! Although you didn’t collect all the clues about the flight, that’s okay. I too enjoy skipping through the plot and fighting in a frenzy! Of course, you can always explore slowly when you head to adjacent areas in the future. By the way, here’s a free bonus: Every single sweet nothing you said to that guts-spilled woman, the crazy young girl heard it all! Surprise or not?]
In the instant before he was pulled away by the Return Roulette, Bai Wu suddenly had a bad premonition.
He quickly realized what the note implied...
The words he had spoken to the mummy Evil Fallen, expressing love for Yan Jiu... Yan Jiu could hear them?
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High Tower, ground floor.
Upon learning that Wu Jiu had entered the purple zone, many squad leaders of the Investigation Corps gathered at Eastern Square.
Liu Mu anxiously waited. Wu Jiu was his best friend. He also knew that Wu Jiu was powerful, but the purple zone was an absolutely dangerous area for everyone.
Apart from Liu Mu and the squad leaders, Yin Shuang, Lin Wurou, Wang Shi, and Shang Xiaoyi were also waiting outside the stele.
There had been very few cases in history of anyone returning alive from the purple zone, and even with a captain like a legend, these members didn’t have much confidence.
But the most worried of all was a woman. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
Ye Weiming stood right behind this woman, who was aged twenty-six or twenty-seven, a year or two older than Wu Jiu.
If Yin Shuang was an icy beauty with a cold aura that made her difficult to approach, then this woman was the opposite, with an overly seductive charm that made people’s thoughts wander.
However, men and women who mingled in the business world of the lower levels would not really do anything to this woman.
After all, the proprietress of Ghost Grinding Firm had proven her capabilities long ago when she was still a little girl.
A large crowd gathered at Eastern Square, the atmosphere quite heavy.
Ding Tai Sheng could find out about Wu Jiu’s departure from the tower, and the Investigation Corps, being on the ground floor year-round, naturally had more informants than Ding Tai Sheng.
Not long after Wu Jiu and the others left the tower, they had gathered here.
And the Ghost Grinding Firm received the news almost as quickly as the Investigation Corps.
Everyone’s face bore an expression of anxiety.
Fortunately, this anxiety didn’t last long because Wu Jiu had returned.
Although the journey felt unusually long for Wu Jiu, in fact... Bai Wu was very efficient; dying once took six minutes, and they hadn’t died many times before they directly cleared the mission.
Calculating the time, actually, less than an hour had passed. Seeing Wu Jiu’s return, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, guessing that the captain had known the difficulty of the purple zone and had chosen to retreat.
They couldn’t imagine what Wu Jiu and Bai Wu had experienced in that brief time.
"Damn it, you really think you have nine lives, but thankfully you’re back! If you hadn’t come back, I would have definitely had to fight to the death with the fucking Garrison Corps!" Liu Mu’s voice was very loud.
But Wu Jiu seemed as if he hadn’t heard.
The others were also saying something, mostly expressing relief that the captain had returned. But Lin Wurou frowned—now that the captain was back, what about that stubborn young man?
The members of the seventh squad group all felt that something was off with their captain, Wu Jiu seemed to be on edge.
He kept staring at the stele, not responding to anyone’s words.
As time ticked by, everyone felt a sense of solemnity due to Wu Jiu’s serious expression.
Yin Shuang was the smartest among the group; she guessed that, given the captain’s personality, if he could have brought Bai Wu back with him, he certainly would have.
If he could let Bai Wu return first, the captain would have unquestionably stayed behind without hesitation.
But now it was the captain who had returned first, which perhaps meant that Bai Wu... may have run into misfortune?
Suddenly, the purple stele started flashing with a purple light, just as everyone was conjecturing that those who accompanied Wu Jiu had met with misfortune and were thinking about how to console him...
Bai Wu actually came back!
He was injured all over; although he had been saved by Bootlicker Evil Fallen before fleeing the airplane, he was still bitten to a pulp by other Evil Fallen, his flesh badly mangled.
But for Bai Wu, pain was more or less like a buff that sharpened his senses. Seeing the captain and a whole bunch of people waiting for him, he started to smile.
Bai Wu’s first sentence showed no concern for his own injuries, as if he were an emotionless mission completion machine:
"Captain, I’ve found a clue to our target!"
