Chapter 588: Bound to the Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 589 Infinite Flow Cannon Fodder (36)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

It turned out Xu Ningchen and Mei Yi made a deal just to get the key to the top floor.

Besides the police station, only the natives here had the key to Ping'an Community's top floor.

Mei Yi was the landlord and owned many properties, so it was only natural she would have the top floor key.

However, the palm-sized key was delivered by Mei Yi to Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen; after receiving the talisman paper, Mei Yi returned to her residence to fetch this spare key.

In principle, no one was allowed to enter the top floor, but Mei Yi didn't take that rule seriously at all; besides, Ping'an Community constantly had incidents, which affected Mei Yi's ability to rent out rooms for money—after all, it was best if tenants stayed alive, and once they died, the vacant period was a pure loss for Mei Yi.

"Little Shen, if you and Little Xu want to go up to the top floor, you must go when the noon sunlight is strong."

"Remember, absolutely do not go at night; before, some people who didn't believe in evil all suffered great losses," Mei Yi said with a serious expression, afraid the two wouldn't believe her, and she even gave examples to show that over the years she hadn't just let things slide but had invited who knows how many masters, with not a single good result.

Shen Yao, Xu Ningchen:...

"Mei Yi, don't worry; we just want to investigate and see exactly where the problem here lies."

"That's right, Mei Yi; we won't recklessly risk our lives. You can use these talisman papers first, and contact us if you need more."

The two spoke one sentence each, then smiled and waved goodbye to Mei Yi; the three parted ways and each returned home.

Before returning, Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen ran to a store they often shopped at and bought all sorts of miscellaneous things.

It definitely wouldn't do to put them out in the open, but Ping'an Community had a long-standing reputation, so nothing the tenants bought was surprising.

"I still have a few bottles of fresh black dog blood here, and there are peach wood swords and copper coins placed over there," the shopkeeper pointed to a corner already gathering dust, speaking very carefully.

There was no helping it—feudal superstition was not allowed, but special customers had special needs; for anyone else, he wouldn't dare sell such things.

"I want them, all of them!"

Having earned quite a bit of money from Mei Yi just now, and since they couldn't take it out of the instance anyway, they might as well spend it all to replenish some of their strength; who knew, they might even clear the instance sooner.

Not only did they buy things here, Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen also visited several antique shops; some of the old antiques inside were special, and as long as the price wasn't high, the two of them bought them all with heroic generosity.

When they returned to Ping'an Community, it was just past noon, and the sun overhead was scorching hot.

"While we can, let's go check out the top floor."

They weren't really reckless; Mei Yi's kind reminder definitely couldn't be ignored.

Besides, with sufficient light at noon, even if the top floor really had problems, it could at least help ensure their safety.

Said and done; anyway, the things they bought were all in their backpacks, and as long as they carried them on their person, how they took them out was up to them.

Deng deng deng

Walking up the cement stairs, the two jogged all the way to the ninth floor.

At this moment, the ninth-floor corridor was exceptionally clean; they could even see tenants going out. The morning's death incident was too sparse and ordinary; most tenants who could live here were pitiful people struggling on the line between life and death, and their empathy lasted only a few seconds.

Hualalala

Shen Yao raised her hand and shook the iron chain and iron lock before her, then took out the key, opened the iron lock, pulled out the iron chain, and tugged at the gate.

Dust fell down, as if no one had entered for a long time, yet clearly the person who jumped off the building that morning was on the top floor.

Shen Yao slightly raised her head, her eyes scanning this gate, which had been pulled open a gap by human force, several times.

In the end, she couldn't make out anything; perhaps they had come at the wrong time?

Taking advantage of the gap opened by the gate, Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen squeezed in, and finally arrived at the top floor of Ping'an Community.

En

How to put it

This place was somewhat beyond their expectations; after using talisman paper to dispel so much evil energy, they thought a base camp like the top floor definitely couldn't be without it, but although the top floor's environment was a bit messy, there was not a trace of evil energy.

As mentioned before, Ping'an Community had only one building, and it was a hui-shaped structure.

When the two stood on the top floor, they could not only overlook the environment around the community but also walk a full circle around the cement ground.

"Something's not right here."

Shen Yao took out several talisman papers to test them, but the talisman papers had no reaction.

"Go to the front; there's something."

Xu Ningchen pointed to the center of the hui-shaped structure; it seemed there was something protruding.

The two went one in front of the other, avoiding various sundries piled on the top floor, and stepped to the center of the building.

When they reached the center, Shen Yao finally saw clearly what the protrusion Xu Ningchen pointed to was.

A Taiji Diagram and a Bagua Array.

En?

Could these be placed together? Talisman papers with runes no longer legible were pasted around; some had already disappeared from wind and sun, with only a few still stubbornly holding on there.

"It seems to be suppressing something," the person who set it up understood the inside information of Ping'an Community, but unfortunately, the anomaly of Ping'an Community was not easily solved; until now, tenants were still constantly dying, which could prove the problem here was not small.

Shen Yao took out the talisman papers that had no reaction before and tested them around; en, there was a faint glow.

"The problem with the top floor can only be investigated at night," it would be hidden during the day.

And at night, without sunlight, evil energy would be less suppressed and more likely to emerge and gather.

By then, the problem with the top floor would be completely exposed.

After looking around here, Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen walked another circle around the top floor.

Besides occasionally finding talisman paper fragments, the entire top floor was just a gathering place for various sundries; simply unmanaged for a long time, it was a mess with no place to step.

"Let's go back."

They had browsed and looked; next, they should discuss the plan and arrangement for coming at night.

Considering the danger of going out at night, besides the talisman paper they had prepared earlier, they also needed to prepare other items for self-defense.

Alas, a pity that the masters here were not skilled enough; they wanted to become apprentices to learn the craft but could not find anyone.

Silently complaining that the instance was unreliable, having to rely on these two half-baked ones to take action, Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen came out from Ding Lou, rehung the iron chain and iron lock, and only then returned to their residence on the fourth floor.

Rubbing her belly, she felt a bit hungry.

Shen Yao took out the food she had put into the Space Backpack earlier; the two had one portion each, and after eating and drinking their fill, they entered the bedroom to rest.

Although their bodies had become stronger through points added in the Infinite World, fundamentally they were still human and would feel tired.

Shen Yao slept for an hour, feeling that the problems with her body had been alleviated considerably, and only then did she start thinking about how to handle the matter of Ding Lou.

The System had been arranged by her these past few days to go out and dig for gossip; the whole building was full of tenants, and the various grudges and love-hate entanglements were very much to the System's taste.

Every evening, the System would pick out a few prominent things to chat idly with Shen Yao about.

Among the people living here were those whose companies had gone bankrupt, those who borrowed money and refused to pay as deadbeats, thieves, and those involved in pornography and gambling...

In short, the pitiful must have something hateful about them; otherwise, Ping'an Community could not have remained standing at the forefront of the storm for so many years.

"Host, they truly deserved to die; these evil spirits actually did a good thing."

The System rarely spoke like this; because its function was single, it was usually somewhat of a saintly person.

Right now even a saintly System could not stand to watch, showing just how poor the quality of these tenants in Ping'an Community was.

"Perhaps all sides would be glad to see it happen," tenants as purely penniless as Shen Yao were extremely rare, and Xu Ningchen even carried the debuff of bankruptcy and debt on his back (through selling talismans, he had already successfully paid off the money he owed).

"Host, if we solve the community's trouble, will we be doing a bad thing with good intentions, giving this bunch of scum a way to live?"

The System felt that the current laws still had loopholes; people with thick skins simply did not take them seriously.

The System was always high-spirited when watching gossip, but when it came back to describe it to Shen Yao, it always gnashed its teeth; fortunately, it was just a System, otherwise it would have secretly put them in a hemp sack and beaten them.

"You said it yourself, those are all scum," Shen Yao had an expressionless face, and her voice was also very cold, "scum have no way to live; once the trouble in Ping'an Community is solved, there will still be Peaceful Community, Healthy Community... once invaded by strange evil spirits, everywhere will be full of loopholes."

Just like a leaking wooden bucket, what's the use of plugging one hole; so many holes will sooner or later leak all the water inside the bucket.

It's just a pity that when the time truly comes, strange evil spirits will not distinguish between good and bad people; when they act, they treat everyone the same.

System:...

The Host's words were too impactful, causing the System to stop speaking.

After a long while, just as Shen Yao thought the System had quieted down, the System abruptly sighed, "Ordinary people truly have a hard time living."

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao looked at the empty room with a face full of novelty, feeling that the System was becoming more and more human-like, tsk tsk tsk; before it was not like this, and now it was even more human than herself.

"This is not something we should worry about; when the sky falls, there are tall people to prop it up."

"I am just an ordinary person who was fortunate enough to enter the Infinite World; being able to live until now is entirely thanks to my own strength."

Even in the Infinite World there were many Big Shots existing; she could not even stand out, so how could she possibly save the various worlds in the instances?

Perhaps the Infinite World could do it, but the Infinite World had always advocated neutrality; there were those who favored instance worlds, but it would not violate the rules it had set for itself.

Shen Yao stood up and walked out of the bedroom, seeing Xu Ningchen sitting seriously on the sofa drawing talismans.

As the runes on the talisman paper were drawn, a clear and spiritual Qi surrounded Xu Ningchen's body; it was exactly the Spiritual Energy they had mentioned before.

The Spiritual Energy here was slowly reviving; otherwise strange evil spirits would not appear; in the end, it was all trouble caused by the Spiritual Qi Revival.

Shen Yao had eaten dinner, rested for a while, and planned to go up to Ding Lou in advance.

During this time, every household was eating dinner; whether ordering takeout or making it themselves, the fragrance of the food filled the entire corridor.

The heavy gate was opened, and the two, familiar with the way, came to Ding Lou.

On the horizon, the sun had not completely set; the setting sun cast a bit of afterglow, enveloping the entire city in this orange-yellow warm light.

Shen Yao came to the rooftop; lowering her head slightly, she could see the community and the endless flow of people outside.

Only at times like this could Shen Yao notice the abnormality of Ping'an Community.

That community gate leading to the Outside World was like an open mouth of an abyss, constantly devouring the returning tenants, and the community also appeared sinister and strange.

Hualalala

Clearly there was no wind, but the hair at Shen Yao's temples was still blown up.

The Yellow Talismans pasted around the rooftop were scraped and fluttered noisily; soon, some talisman paper was blown away, spinning and disappearing from Ding Lou.

The air was filled with an evil spirit's aura that made people feel disgust; ordinary people would feel fear and terror, while Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen, who had cultivation realms, would subconsciously dislike it.

Thick talisman paper appeared in her hand; Shen Yao pinched it in her hand to observe the surroundings, and wherever she sensed a problem, she threw it over; who let her have so much talisman paper, she was not afraid of consuming it at all.

When the sun on the horizon completely set, the entire city became dim.

Just like a dividing line, the hidden evil spirit's aura emerged, baring teeth and claws to occupy this territory that it did not dare to infringe upon during the day.

The talisman paper in Shen Yao's hand was like a long paper dragon; after flying out, it would automatically search for evil spirit's aura, and blow it up before the other side could gather.

Xu Ningchen and Shen Yao made the same movement, only their positions were opposite, and the center was exactly the place where the Eight Trigrams Array and Taiji Diagram were arranged.

When they came during the day, the Taiji Diagram and Eight Trigrams Array seemed to be suppressing something; but when they came to explore at night, they discovered that they were the most dangerous place on the entire Ding Lou.

The evil spirit's aura was actually leaking out from the center; it really made one's scalp go numb.

"The array inside has been destroyed; during this period, no one came up to check."

"Or rather, no one came up to check at night," problems that could not be discovered during the day would all appear one by one at night.

Xu Ningchen threw the talisman paper in his hand; as if it had its own consciousness, the talisman paper constantly circled around the center, dissipating the evil spirit's aura that surged out.

The talisman paper effects of the two of them were not the strongest, so they could not break the seal at the center and completely eliminate the source inside.

"What should we do?"

Shen Yao had learned ten types of talismans; for the current instance, the most used were the Exorcism Talisman and the Suppress Evil Talisman; the Draw Fire Talisman and Draw Thunder Talisman could be tried; the Explosion Talisman, the talisman paper of perishing together, they were not yet prepared to fail the instance.

"Suppress it temporarily first, go find Mei Yi."

As a native of Ping'an Community, she definitely knew some inside information; perhaps, finding the person who originally arranged this suppression artifact could solve the source of the community's mutation.

"You are talking about that Taiji Diagram and Eight Trigrams Array; the master who arranged it back then has been dead for several years," Mei Yi said, twisting her wrinkled face, indicating that they had also hired this master's apprentice back then, but the effect was not good; otherwise Mei Yi would not have grasped at straws in desperation and bought talisman paper from Xu Ningchen's hand.

When Mei Yi saw Shen Yao and Xu Ningchen again, she was not surprised, because she knew these two would still come looking for her; if they didn't come looking, she would have to go to their door and invite them.

Who made the talisman paper bought actually effective!

In the eyes of outsiders, Ping'an Community was nothing much, even heinously evil, but in Mei Yi's heart, this place was her home.

Who doesn't want their home clean and tidy? For so many years she thought of many methods, invited who knows how many famous masters to help; Mei Yi dreamed of restoring Ping'an Community to its original appearance.

"You go find the officials; the officials know more about Ping'an Community's matters."

Shen Yao, carrying the proof Mei Yi gave, arrived at the police bureau, and also did not expect the story would develop like this.