Chapter 696: Encountering a Living Ghost

Book Chapter 696: Encountering a Living Ghost (Update 4)

It all began when Team Two took over a bizarre case… Special A!

Wang Dong lay on the hospital bed, cigarette in his mouth, completely ignoring the disapproving glare of a young nurse. Lin

“Special A?”

Special Major A… and Xiao Yu felt a chill run down his spine.

Do you have any idea just how terrifying a case classified as ‘Special A’ can be?

At the very least, it means a minimum of ten lives lost!

And it gets even worse.

Those ten victims were dismembered into minced flesh.

Or sliced into thousands of pieces—the absolute worst kind of murder.

And that was just the starting point!

“One day, someone discovered something unusual on the wall of a basement in a villa.”

Wang Dong continued, “When we broke through the wall, we found… dry corpses. Thirty-six dry corpses!”

Holy shit… Xiao Yu sucked in a sharp breath.

Truly, this was the epitome of Special A.

This ‘640’ case was even more outrageous than the ‘Organ Trafficking’ case he cracked a year ago.

But where were the demons then?

“Cases like these are definitely beyond our jurisdiction.”

Wang Dong flicked ash—quite conveniently landing it on the Shoe Gun on Xiao Yu’s foot—and said, “I took Team Two over there.”

Xiao Yu stared at his Shoe Gun, covered in ash, contemplating one peculiar question.

Does beating a patient really count as bullying?

Decision made… Xiao Yu lifted his head and fixed his gaze on Wang Dong’s rear.

“What do you think you’re doing?”

Wang Dong bristled, “I advise you not to act rashly. We can resolve this with words—there’s no need for violence!”

Xiao Yu sneered coldly, “Heh, heh!”

“After investigating the dry corpses, guess what we uncovered?”

Wang Dong quickly shifted Little Brother’s attention by adding, “Every victim had been turned into a dry corpse by human hands!”

What a load of nonsense… Xiao Yu rolled his eyes.

Thirty-six corpses piled together would reek terribly if they weren’t preserved as dry corpses.

Wait a minute… Xiao Yu’s eyes flashed coldly, “Are you saying there were thirty-six dry corpses?”

To create a dry corpse, one must master the principles of dehydration.

This technique isn’t as simple as strapping on a few strips of cloth.

It’s more like mummification.

Do you really think that vacuum sealing alone does the trick?

Ridiculous—bodies still decay naturally.

Otherwise…

Even vacuum-sealed food comes with an expiration date,

but dehydrated ‘dried goods’ are a different story.

Take cured meat, for example.

With special methods, it can be preserved for decades without spoiling.

It’s all about using a unique process to remove moisture from the meat.

The drier it is, the longer it lasts—that’s the basic idea.

But humans are different; under normal conditions, about 70% of our body is water.

To produce a dry corpse, you’d need to extract at least 60% of that water.

Only then can the corpse be preserved without rotting.

How many ordinary people even know how to extract moisture from a body?

That alone made Xiao Yu suspect something was very wrong.

“Go on,”

Setting his doubts aside for the moment, Xiao Yu looked at his senior.

“After we discovered those dry corpses, even stranger events unfolded.”

Wang Dong took a deep breath, “One of our team members… went insane!”

“Insane…?”

Xiao Yu snickered.

In superstitious terms, ‘insanity’ is often blamed on curses from evil spirits.

There are two primary meanings behind ‘going insane.’

One is encountering malevolent spirits.

The other is simply acting abnormally.

“He started screaming like a madman, as if he’d been struck by some terrible fright.”

Wang Dong’s expression darkened, “He even attacked us, injuring four team members. After we subdued him and sent him for tests… something even stranger occurred.”

“His health report came back impeccable, yet his nervous system seemed out of whack. There were no signs of poisoning or any drugs that could explain the issue. Everything appeared normal.”

“You think it might have been a ghost encounter?”

Indeed, it must have been—a ghost encounter… Xiao Yu frowned.

No matter if it was due to a strange odor, chemicals, or any other factor affecting the nerves,

any standard examination would have picked it up.

If nothing shows on a physical check-up, it can only mean…

“Are you suggesting it might have been an accident?”

Wang Dong, clearly sharp, caught Little Brother’s drift, “At first, I thought so too. But then another team member started showing signs of insanity!”

Xiao Yu’s body suddenly went rigid…

and his thoughts felt completely paralyzed.

Some coincidences simply can’t occur together.

When they do, it’s far from mere chance!

“Then came the third case, the fourth case…”

Wang Dong’s face gradually turned pale, “At first I suspected that being at the crime scene had exposed us to some unknown substance that triggered these episodes.”

“So I ordered everyone to leave immediately.”

“But the next day, another team member fell ill at a local hotel.”

“And not only that—nearly everyone who had been to the crime scene started showing these symptoms… including me!”

At this point, Wang Dong’s face registered a hint of terror, “I saw a demon!”

Xiao Yu: Σ(⊙▽⊙!!!

“Even in that state, my mind remained crystal clear.”

Wang Dong, his face ashen, continued, “But then… a demon over ten meters tall, assembled from countless corpses, appeared before me.”

“And not only that, this demon disintegrated into smaller phantasms that swarmed and attacked me.”

“You know, even then my mind was clear—I wondered if it was all just a hallucination.”

“I tried to hold back, believing these demons were nothing but illusions, nonexistent—until…”

“I was struck by a humanoid demon—a punch landed on me… it hurt so much, an excruciating, heart-wrenching pain.”

“Only then did I realize it was all real… I didn’t want to die; I wanted to fight back.”

“The next moment, I blacked out… and when I came to, I was already in the hospital.”

“You might think I was poisoned?”

“Heh, I originally thought the same.”

Wang Dong looked at Xiao Yu with a troubled expression, “If I told you that all of us affected had seen a demon over ten meters tall—saw it disintegrate and launch its attack on us—what would you say?”

Hissing… Xiao Yu drew in a cold breath.

So you really did see a living ghost, huh?!

Wen

Xue