Chapter 299: Ancient House and Spontaneous Combustion

After listening to Xiao Cui's explanation, Bai Zhi didn't speak for a long time, and his thoughts flashed quickly:

"Although this 'parent-eater' curse is weird and terrifying and points directly to fate, after several life and death catastrophes, it should no longer exist in me and dissipate on its own..."

"Furthermore, since I am still alive, the possibility of passing it on to my dependents is basically gone..."

"Furthermore, even if the curse does happen to be passed on unexpectedly, there will only be one cursed dependent, and the risk is controllable..."

After thinking about this, Bai Zhi felt a little more relaxed, and received Guiyu's prayer voice.

After receiving the former's request, the latter took less than ten minutes to bring back information about the strange rumors about the ancient house in Xiaoshi Town and the missing people and cars in Yucheng City.

…

Spiritual space.

For the sake of safety and concealment, Guiyu did not choose to transmit the information directly through the smart device, but re-appeared through the spirit world as pieces of A4 paper, so that Bai Zhi could look at the graphic summary on it and listen to his explanation:

"About that ancient house in Xiaoshi Town, three strange incidents happened..."

"The first incident occurred more than fifty years ago. The original owner of the house, a family of five, all died suddenly overnight. They died in a miserable manner, with all the fluids drained from their bodies. The incident occurred in the early morning, and the surrounding neighbors did not hear a sound. …After the then Supernatural Affairs Bureau, the predecessor of the Federal Bureau of Secrets, intervened, the case has never been closed…”

"The second incident was that half of the people involved in the investigation died within the fifth year after the investigation, and their families also suffered varying degrees of misfortune..."

"At this time, the relevant departments have not discovered anything strange about this ancient house..."

"The third incident was a father and daughter who moved into that old house fourteen years ago despite dissuasion... In the end, the father died and the daughter disappeared..."

After introducing three strange events that could be combined into one, Oniyu mentioned the "parent-eater" curse that the Secret Guard Bureau had investigated in nearby folklore, which was not much different from what Bai Zhi had already realized.

"Shortly after the third incident, in order to ensure local social stability and economic benefits, and to implement the federal policy of tourism revitalizing the countryside, the Secret Security Bureau, in conjunction with the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department and the Law Enforcement Department, bulldozed all the weird buildings, including the ancient house. …”

It was not until this step that the ancient house was demolished. Perhaps it was because of opposition from local residents? The reason for the opposition is also very simple. He is afraid that the curse will spread after the ancient house is gone, and the evil spirits inside will come out to take revenge on the people around him... Bai Zhi came up with such an idea.

Immediately she stopped Guiyu's words and said:

"I know, tell me another thing."

Bai Zhi has already read the information on the events related to the ancient house, and the Secret Guard Bureau did not find out who the curse came from until the end...

"Yes." Guiyu considered his words and said:

"Sir Bai Zhi, based on the conditions you provided, I found a case that fits a similar description - namely, the spontaneous combustion of vehicles and the disappearance of people on the Yucheng highway numbered 'A-1028'."

Vehicle spontaneous combustion? People disappear? Bai Zhi's heart moved, but there was no change on his face.

Bai Zhi, who often dealt with Oni Yu, knew the danger of this strange incident as soon as he heard this number.

Starting with A means that at least A-level secret keepers are required to solve it, and the following numbers represent the date when the file was created.

Guiyu said in a deep voice:

"More than a month ago, in several surrounding cities centered on Yucheng City, vehicles spontaneously ignited for no reason while driving on the highway. However, the search and rescue team arrived but found no casualties, no blood stains, or accidents. The clues basically exclude ordinary people from committing crimes intentionally. "

"According to further investigation, all cases in the incident have the following unified characteristics. The incident time was around 12 noon, with an error of no more than 5 minutes, and the locations were all on roads far away from the city..."

"Even if you are not driving a vehicle, if someone is passing by on the road, their clothes and hair will suddenly spontaneously ignite, and the person will disappear before the flames expand... Even ordinary pets are no exception..."

After listening to this paragraph, Bai Zhi was a little curious. If the hairless creature passed by there at 12 noon, would it be fine?

"In addition, the target subjects, that is, the missing persons, have not found anything in common, and they include both ordinary people and extraordinary people..."

"For more than a month, the number of missing people has reached 219."

"The Secret Guard Bureau found through divination that most of the missing people are still alive, but they cannot determine their location, and they cannot even know their general direction. It is initially suspected that they are blocked in a different space..."

"Initially, the Secret Guard Bureau rated this as a 'severe level' strange incident. However, because two teams led by A-level secret keepers disappeared one after another during the investigation, the danger rating was raised to a 'quasi-evil level'..."

All A-levels are missing... The Federal Secret Service only sent two people, but they must be very distressed... Bai Zhi's eyes quickly scanned the information, and he suddenly thought.

Guiyu continued:

"By the way, the official investigation team also included extraordinary people hired from the 'New World', and they also disappeared together."

"Now the Secret Guard Bureau is further studying the rescue plan, and there is a high probability that S-level Secret Keepers will be deployed to intervene."

Bai Zhi glanced at Oniyu, his eyes seemed to say: Are S-class people that busy?

Gui Yu lowered her eyebrows and said respectfully:

"Including quasi-S level, there are no more than 10 strong people at this level in the Secret Guard Bureau."

"Some of them are exploring and training in the ruins, some have missions and cannot leave the city they are responsible for guarding, some are cooperating with the military to conduct experiments, and some seem to have been affected by strange things and are under quarantine and observation."

Bai Zhi's mouth almost twitched, thinking that the top combat power of the Secret Guarding Bureau is too insufficient... No wonder Mr. "Zhan Xing" took a long time to rush over last time.

Seeing that Lord Bai Zhi did not respond, Gui Yu raised his head slightly and asked:

"Lord Bai Zhi, is there anything else I can do for you?"

Bai Zhi thought for a while and said:

"Give me a list of the locations where the spontaneous combustion and disappearance incidents occurred."

A second later, he added a "concerned" word:

"How did you digest the 'spiritual fluid' the night before yesterday?"

Bai Zhi was also looking at Gui Yu's information.

[Object]: Guiyu

[Identity]: The 6th follower

[Life force]: 275

[Body length]: 181cm

[Status]: Healthy

"Thank you for your concern, Master Baizhi. I feel very good..."

At the same moment when Baizhi received Guiyu's "good review"——

Ding!

[The progress of the awakening of the talent 'Mysterious Forbidden Domain' has been increased to 52%]

Baizhi's thoughts froze for half a second:

No way? It's okay to care about the follower too?

No, it's not only related to this... Lin Binbin is also making good progress...

The feedback from believers and followers will help me merge with the subconscious...

While thinking, Baizhi looked at the gray-brown star representing Lin Binbin in the starry sky, and the three tiny stars with faint light nearby.