Chapter 72

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took off the ferocious ghost mask on the man's face, revealing a pale and thin face. He looked to be in his twenties, with deep features and a decent appearance, which could be considered a masculine handsome guy.

Further searching the corpse, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe did not find any documents or items on him that could prove his identity. The mobile phone in his arms was a brand-new machine that had just been opened, and there was nothing installed in it except the pre-installed software that came with the factory. The address book was also empty, obviously deliberately hiding his identity.

Fortunately, his call records had not been deleted, and a video call made about half an hour ago was still kept in the history records. This is the only clue at present.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's own phone buzzed, it was Feng Feng Yushu calling him.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe ignored the call from Feng Feng Yushu, took the masked man's phone, clicked on the call record from half an hour ago, and called back.

The call was connected quickly, and a gentle and elegant male voice came out from the speaker:

"Calling me at this time... did you get the special concession?"

As soon as the voice fell, a ferocious ghost mask appeared on Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's face, and a hoarse voice obviously forged by a voice changer came from his throat: "Yes."

"Congratulations." The man's voice with a slight smile came from the speaker: "Then I will withdraw now, this order is settled, happy cooperation. If you need help next time, you are welcome to come to me again. My price has always been fair."

"I will." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said softly.

The call hung up.

At the same time, the sky of Taoyuan City lit up.

Layers of wind-eroded traces piled up on the floorboards beside him in an instant. A mobile signal base station stood on the roof not far away. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe stood up straight and looked into the distance. The eye-catching huge glass dome by the Tao River had been replaced by a riverside park. Hengsha Ecological Park was demolished two years ago.

Things have changed, and he has returned to Taoyuan City in 2018.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took a long breath, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "So that's it."

As the identity of 'Master Yeyao known by Tu Yu' melted in his mind like sugar in a coffee cup, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe understood many things.

After spending some time dealing with the masked man's corpse, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe remembered to reply to Feng Feng Yushu, who had made several missed calls.

The hospital on a weekday is crowded with people, especially a top-tier hospital with a good reputation like Qinzhou Medical College. The flow of people is terrifying, and the entire lobby on the first floor is bustling, which is not suitable for meeting and talking about things. Feng Feng Yushu soon booked a private room in a hotel on the commercial street and sent the coordinates and room number.

Half an hour later, the late Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe sat down in the private room, and Feng Feng Yushu sat opposite him cautiously.

"Where is Bai Zhi?" Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe asked as soon as he sat down.

"She... fell asleep. She is still in the hospital now." Feng Feng Yushu looked embarrassed and said: "Just after the fake world 4 years ago dissipated, A-Zhi fell into a coma. The doctor said she was fine, just a little sleep-deprived and mentally shocked."

"The doctor is right."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe nodded and said: "Your daughter seems to have a bit of schizophrenia... It is estimated that she was scared by ghosts since she was a child, and she was scared to split. She selectively forgot all information related to ghosts, and usually, she looks gloomy and not good at communication. But when she really encounters a ghost, Bai Zhi will become another extreme personality."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe had already seen it at the gas station.

"I, what should I do?" Feng Feng Yushu hurriedly asked.

"Why are you asking me? You should ask a psychologist about psychological problems. Don't think about blaming me for everything, I don't owe you anything." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe leaned back in his seat and said: "On the contrary, you owe me, so I will need you to do some things for me soon. Remember to make time to help me then."

"Okay, I will." Feng Feng Yushu replied seriously: "There is one more thing, about Master Yeyao..."

"I came to you just to say this." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said, and a ferocious ghost mask covered his face: "This is the person who hunted us down before. His real name is 'Yu Yu Zi Qian', like your husband, from Yongzhou, but he is in music. I got part of his identity. I know some things."

Feng Feng Yushu nodded hurriedly: "Tell me."

"First of all, you are very lucky. The ghost 'special concession' originally belonged to Yu Yu Zi Qian. It was something he bought at a huge price." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said: "Now it's cheaper for you."

Feng Feng Yushu couldn't understand his words. How can encountering a ghost be related to good luck?

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe didn't care about her awkward expression and continued: "First of all, ghosts and strange events caused by ghosts are not rare in our world. There is such a sentence in Bai Zhi's diary—ghosts are everywhere."

"The essence of ghosts is rules, and rules can be cracked and mastered by people. The first batch of people who mastered the rules felt that they had extraordinary power and were superior, and they arrogantly called themselves 'Ascenders'. This group of people is almost dead now."

"Specifically, Auntie, you and I are both Ascenders—not even ordinary Ascenders, because you have mastered the two rules of 'special concession' and 'Master Yeyao'. What is even rarer is that these two rules are complementary to each other."

"Complementary, each other?" Feng Feng Yushu was a little confused: "Can you tell me specifically what it means?"

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe smiled and said: "It's very simple. Ghosts are rules, and rules are fair. For example, the rule of the special concession is 'you will die if your shadow is stepped on'. This rule can be used by you to kill others, or by others to kill you. Fair enough, right?"

As he spoke, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe pointed behind Feng Feng Yushu: "For example, if I lift a leg now and step on the cushion under your butt, you will die. I believe you have known this for a long time."

Feng Feng Yushu glanced at the parasol leaning against the table and nodded.

"Then I will continue to talk about the ability and defects of 'Master Yeyao'."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took a sip of the pre-dinner wine in the crystal glass, felt it didn't taste very good, and continued: "You should have noticed when you killed Yu Yu Zi Qian in the hospital. His shadow left his body and acted alone. This is one of Master Yeyao's abilities—it can make the shadow leave the body and act alone, which is quite sinister."

Feng Feng Yushu recalled the situation at that time and nodded: "Well, and his shadow is very strange, looking tattered, missing a piece here and a foot there, just like a disabled person."

"That's right, it seems you noticed." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe pushed the wine glass aside and said: "Letting the shadow leave the body and act alone is just an incidental effect of Master Yeyao. Its core rule has only two words: synchronization. To be precise, it is to synchronize the human shadow with human life.... Let's do this, Auntie, stand up."

"Okay." Feng Feng Yushu stood up obediently, and the chandelier on the ceiling cast a beautifully curved shadow on the dining table.

"Look, this is your own shadow." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said, stretching one of his hands under the light: "This is mine."

Then Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe flicked his fingers and tapped lightly in the air on the dining table twice.

"Ah!" Feng Feng Yushu trembled all over, her hands subconsciously covering her forehead: "Actually..."

"It's okay, Auntie, sit down." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe took his hand back and said: "This is Master Yeyao's rule: synchronization. I didn't touch you, but my shadow touched your shadow, so you can feel me tapping your forehead." "You can let your shadow leave your body now, run through the door crack to the outside of the room, and give the hotel manager's shadow a heavy punch. He won't even know where it was hit. Of course, you can also directly take a fruit knife and slit his throat. No one will know you killed him."

"However, all of this is based on the premise that others do not know Master Yeyao's rules. You can hurt others through shadows, and of course, others can hurt you through shadows. Just like I did just now."

Feng Feng Yushu's eyes widened unconsciously: "The ability of the special concession, and Master Yeyao..."

"Very close, right? And very complementary, like two puzzle pieces, one convex and one concave." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe nodded: "So this is why I said you are lucky."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said, taking off the ferocious and terrifying ghost mask on his face, revealing Yu Yu Zi Qian's pale and handsome face to Feng Feng Yushu:

"5 years ago, Zi Qian was involved in a strange event in an apartment in Yongzhou. That event was the 'Tongxin Street Apartment Gas Explosion Case' in the newspaper at that time, and many people died... But in fact, just like the power leakage accident in Bishuiwan Manor, this is a covered-up strange event. There were ghosts in the apartment."

"The ghost that haunted the apartment was Master Yeyao. Yu Yu Zi Qian was the only survivor of that event. He cracked Master Yeyao's rules, mastered the first ghost, and joined the circle of Ascenders, which is the 'Ascension Network'. His code name in the network is Master Yeyao."

"Relying on Master Yeyao's ability, Yu Yu Zi Qian began to help people steal trade secrets, assassinate political enemies, and enemies, etc., and made a lot of money. But you just learned about Master Yeyao's defects, so now I will tell you one more thing—the injuries on the body can be treated and sutured, but the injuries on the shadow will not heal. It stays there forever."

"In the past few years, Yu Yu Zi Qian's mastery of Master Yeyao's rules has become more and more proficient, but because he didn't know how to cover up in the novice period, he left many clues. Many Ascenders deduced his ability defects. Yu Yu Zi Qian's shadow was constantly injured and could not be recovered. The damage accumulated layer by layer, making his flesh begin to become thin and weak."

"To this day, he is about to die."

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"So he spent a huge price some time ago to buy a ghost from an old Ascender with the code name 'Fenwu', a ghost that perfectly fits Master Yeyao's rules and can make his death countdown return to zero."

"The name of that ghost is—special concession."

Yushu listened intently, but Ning Zhe chuckled at this time: "But Fenwu is an old immortal without integrity. After he received Zi Qian's payment, not only did he not deliver the goods, but he released the special concession to kill people. So the Bishuiwan Manor incident happened like this."

"You know what happened later. The special concession was cracked by me and driven by you. Fenwu received the money but couldn't deliver the goods, so he handed over the list of survivors in Bishuiwan Manor."

"As death approached, Yu Yu Zi Qian was almost crazy. He paid a huge price again and invited an Ascender with the code name 'Tu Yu' to melt the time and space of the entire Taoyuan City, trapping all the survivors in a fictional world for hunting. No matter what, he needed the special concession to continue his life... As a result, the hunt failed and he was killed instead. Now his Master Yeyao is also in your hands."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe spread his hands: "So Auntie, your luck is really good. Most Ascenders don't find two complementary ghosts until they are devoured by the rules to death. Master Yeyao and the special concession are Yu Yu Zi Qian's life's work, but they made a wedding dress for you. To be honest, I'm quite jealous of you."

But jealousy is useless. Everything is fate, and nothing is up to people.

"This, really..." Feng Feng Yushu's mood was complicated, and the excessive amount of information made her at a loss, not knowing what to say.

Yu Yu Zi Qian's story is finished. From the first contact with strange events to becoming an Ascender, and then to death, the short five years condensed into this last night of madness. In the end, it made a wedding dress for others.

The ordinary world unveiled an extraordinary corner to her, and Feng Feng Yushu only felt a sense of emotion and confusion.

Suddenly a crisp sound woke her consciousness back to reality. Feng Feng Yushu looked up and saw Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe lying on the table with his head down, his whole person curled up in pain, and the wine glass fell to the ground and shattered into a pile of debris.

"Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe!" Feng Feng Yushu was panicked, she hurriedly stood up and came to Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's side, holding his shoulders with concern: "What's wrong with you?"

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe raised his head, and chaotic features appeared on his pale face. Several different eyes rolled around on his face, bright red lips opened from the ear roots, giggling and revealing white and neat teeth. Dark green snake scales grew layer by layer on Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's neck, and dense bird feathers emerged from his pores like spring buds breaking through the soil.

"Ning, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe..." Feng Feng Yushu's palms trembled. She could feel that Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe was turning into a strange monster.

This sudden change made her at a loss. From He Family Village to Taoyuan City, Feng Feng Yushu had gradually become accustomed to relying on this young man who seemed to know everything and be able to do everything. No matter what kind of desperate situation she encountered, she would feel at ease as long as he was by her side. As long as he was still there, everything would pass.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe was the first person to bring her a sense of security and belonging, the only harbor where she could relax and rely on in the endless storm. However, when this only harbor also began to show that strange and terrifying change, Feng Feng Yushu finally discovered that she was so powerless. Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe had helped her so much, but she couldn't repay anything, and she couldn't even slightly alleviate his pain, so she could only stand on the side and worry.

"Auntie..."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's clear voice was mixed with the giggling of women and the hissing of snakes, which sounded very inconspicuous, but Feng Feng Yushu still keenly heard his call.

Feng Feng Yushu grabbed Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's hands that had turned into bird claws and said tremblingly: "Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, what exactly is wrong with you? I, I want to help you, no matter what, I want to help you... But I don't know, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, what should I do? Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, what should I do to help you?"

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's bird claws clenched suddenly, and the sharp nails pierced a string of deep blood holes in her hands.

"Give... give me, a mirror." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said intermittently.

"A mirror? A mirror, right? I understand, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe, I will find it for you immediately, Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe..." Feng Feng Yushu couldn't care about the pain of her palms being pierced. Her other left hand, which was not grabbed by the bird claws, hurriedly took out a small makeup mirror from her small handbag, opened it, and handed it to this increasingly deformed monster.

The humanoid monster pieced together from various characteristics slowly raised its head, and the small mirror surface reflected a face covered with different human features.

"I am Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe." Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe said softly to himself in the mirror.

"I am also Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe." He said again.

"We are all Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe." All the mouths on his face made a sound together.

This strange and terrifying scene was enough to scare anyone to death, but Feng Feng Yushu's eyes looking at him had no fear or fright, only deep worry and haggardness.

Gradually, the wriggling organs and biological characteristics on Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe's body slowly faded away. His body was no longer terrifying and bloated, and the twisted and deformed monster turned back into the young man who was as light as clear water in front of the dining table, as usual.

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe let go of Feng Feng Yushu's bloody palms and sat on the seat with a long sigh of relief.

"Are you okay?" Feng Feng Yushu didn't care about her bleeding palms and asked with concern immediately.

"It's okay, Auntie, it's okay for now."

Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe closed his eyes, the blood vessels on his forehead jumping slightly, and he said softly:

"I just branded myself with the Thought Steel Seal of 'I am Seeing Seeing Ning Zhe'."

The tide of the Tao River comes, and only today do I know that I am me.

(End of chapter)