Chapter 152: 149 Tea House Meeting

Li Duojin glanced at the three of them, then gave a faint smile, took off his gear, and turned to leave: "I'm sorry, I can no longer work with you. I think I finally understand why there are only three of you left in the Dog Team. Good luck."

Regarding Li Duojin's departure, the three members of the Dog Team said nothing, merely watching him leave in silence.

After Li Duojin left the woods, he intended to investigate the whereabouts of Wang Kuishan according to his own plan, but he suddenly received a call from Chen Xiaolin, who requested to meet.

Listening to the slightly grave tone in her voice over the phone, Li Duojin realized that Chen Xiaolin might have discovered something, so he agreed to the appointment, and the two decided to meet at a tea house.

"I am certain that Zheng Yu's daughter, Zheng Xiaopeng, has a pair of eyes similar to the legendary 'Yin Yang Eyes'. She can see dead souls and has an incredibly high level of spiritual sensitivity. From her, I learned some things that happened to Zheng Yu." Chen Xiaolin was the one who arrived late; after sitting down, she spoke while gulping down tea.

"Hmm, from the moment you appeared before me again, I was able to confirm it." Li Duojin nodded, not surprised by this news. He looked at Chen Xiaolin and saw some dark, gloomy Qi slowly rising from her, just like burning flames. This indicated that Chen Xiaolin had spent a long time with some unclean things, or had been in contact with someone of high spiritual sensitivity.

Chen Xiaolin was stunned for a moment, then said: "Let me first say what I know and what I have deduced. The reason Zheng Yu became such a madman is that he first learned from Xiaopeng that his wife's soul had appeared in the attic. Then, half-doubting, he began to explore matters related to the souls of the dead, and inadvertently came into contact with an Abnormal organization."

Inverted Sanctuary. Li Duojin thought to himself, but on the surface, he did not respond immediately. He just stared into her eyes and nodded, signaling for her to continue.

Chen Xiaolin: "I haven't found out the background of this organization yet, but after Zheng Yu had been in contact with this Abnormal organization for a period of time, he inexplicably became deeply embroiled in it. In the end, he learned a mysterious forbidden ritual from this organization that came from the ultra-ancient times. I don't know what the specific ritual was like, but I think it must be some kind of Summoning Secret Technique that could allow his wife to be resurrected in another way.

After all, in my impression, Zheng Yu loved his daughter very much and also loved his deceased wife deeply. It is precisely because of this that he stopped looking for a partner for many years and did his best to accompany his daughter."

After downing a few mouthfuls of tea, Chen Xiaolin's restless aura gradually stabilized, and she continued: "Although his madness was indeed born of love, I cannot approve of his methods. Now I feel that he deserved to die."

"I'm done." Chen Xiaolin's long, curved eyelashes fluttered gently, and her water-like eyes gazed at Li Duojin. "It's your turn, Master Li."

Hearing her form of address, Li Duojin smiled slightly, "I had already advised you that it would be best not to wade into these muddy waters, but now that you have investigated so much, the karma has become inextricably entangled with you, leaving you deeply trapped. Since that is the case, I will no longer hide certain things from you.

The 'Abnormal organization' you mentioned is, I believe, an Abnormal organization called the 'Inverted Sanctuary'. As for that ritual, through my translation of the text written for the ritual's setup, I have been able to confirm that it is a Summoning Ritual, but the summoning is not the core or the entirety of the ritual. Simply put, Zheng Yu was deceived."

"Deceived?"

"Yes, the core effect of that ritual is actually to guide the descent of an Alien God. This ritual is not yet complete, but it has already brought about obvious evil consequences. It is not just as simple as Zheng Yu becoming a humanity-losing madman and slaughtering people; it has also allowed creatures that should not have appeared in this world to appear." Li Duojin took a deep breath, recalling that Dark Young of the Woods. He always felt that the monster was eerie and dangerous, and would not have been so easily killed by the combined attack of the three Dog Team members.

He left the three Dog Team members quickly, not just because he was angry at their behavior of using him and putting him in danger, but also because of his ominous premonition about the Dark Young of the Woods. His instincts were always precise, so he chose to run away as the best policy.

Not warning the three Dog Team members about his feelings regarding the Dark Young of the Woods and leaving alone, letting them stay on the spot to continue their investigation—this was already the most merciful revenge he could offer them.

After hearing Li Duojin's words, Chen Xiaolin was deeply frightened. After her breathing stalled for a few seconds, she seized on a "suspicious point" Li Duojin had just mentioned and pressed: "You just said 'the ritual is not complete'. Does that mean this ritual is still ongoing?"

"I regret to tell you that this is indeed the case." Li Duojin sighed, "That Wang Daye, Wang Kuishan, who was not killed by Zheng Yu in the end, has become the one continuing the ritual. His whereabouts are currently unknown, and it has been discovered that new corpses have appeared around him. I deeply suspect that he may have already been influenced by the power of the ritual and is turning into a madman who has lost control, just like Zheng Yu."

"Could it be that he will also go around killing people crazily like Zheng Yu?" Chen Xiaolin felt a chill in her heart, as if she knew in advance that a time bomb had been buried in this densely populated city of over twenty million people, ready to detonate at any moment.

Li Duojin said in a deep voice: "I fear he will only be more insane than Zheng Yu and do even more outrageous things."

Chen Xiaolin gritted her teeth, recalling that she had been in contact with him yesterday. Although she was a bit dissatisfied with his final attitude, she did not think he was a bad person. She said: "Then we must find Wang Kuishan quickly and stop him."

"It's not that easy." Li Duojin shook his head, "Many parties are looking for him now, but I haven't heard any clues yet."

"Is it possible he might go to look for his family?" Chen Xiaolin guessed, "I think this is very possible."

"I have thought about that, but how are we going to investigate?" Li Duojin asked.

Hearing Li Duojin's question, Chen Xiaolin showed a confident smile: "There is a specialty in every field. As early as when I was investigating this incident, I had already searched for various details of this incident through various channels. I had long known that Wang Kuishan was a survivor. Before visiting him secretly, I had already investigated him behind the scenes and knew that he had a daughter in college here in the Magic City, and their father-daughter relationship was quite good. I think we can contact his daughter."

Li Duojin praised: "As expected of you."

Immediately, Chen Xiaolin dug out the mobile phone number of Wang Kuishan's daughter, Wang Zijing, and tried to contact her.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zijing's phone was answered quickly.

Regarding this, Chen Xiaolin quickly stated her purpose to her and tried to explain the ins and outs of the incident.

And Wang Zijing herself agreed to the meeting request quite quickly. She said on the phone: "My father called me today, and his tone on the phone was very strange. I am really worried about him..."