Everything around was shrouded in a layer of fog, and the crowd's eyesight could only see fifteen or sixteen meters away in such an environment. The only thing that existed at their location, apart from the gold bricks covering the ground, was nothing else. The two investigators who had fallen down earlier seemed to have vanished into thin air. Ximen Chain had circled around the surrounding area and did not find any traces of those two people. However, he feared getting lost in the fog and unable to find his way back to the cave entrance, so he didn't venture too far either.

  Everyone thought that Sun Baozi would lead them in the direction that Ximen Chain had not taken, to search for the whereabouts of the two investigators. But unexpectedly, Sun Baozi decided to continue following the route that Ximen Chain had taken, heading deeper into the cave. Although everyone had doubts, they still had to listen to Sun Baozi, who was the largest among them. With Ximen Chain leading the way and Liu Bu Zhen taking the lead, the group began to head towards the depths of the cave.

  Every fifty meters or so, Sun would have someone place a xenon lamp the size of a watch face in a conspicuous location. Fortunately, the investigators from rooms 2 and 5 had brought many such lamps with them, just for this purpose, so they wouldn't run out anytime soon.

  If it were outside, the light from this xenon lamp could be seen clearly by people hundreds of meters away. But in an environment like this, fifty meters is almost the limit. The brightness looks no different from a firefly.

  As I continued walking, after about 400 to 500 meters, the dense fog in the air began to thin out, and the surrounding objects became clearer. However, there was still no clue about the whereabouts of the two investigators, and some people in the crowd who were similar to Xiong Wanyi's investigators had already begun to make discordant voices.

  But just then, Xi Menlian, who was walking in front, suddenly pointed to a bright spot ahead and said: "Look at that! Is it the xenon lamp that matches the sentence?" Among all the people present, except for Yang Xiao, his eyesight was the best. What others couldn't see clearly, he could still make out?

  Sun Baozi leaned in behind Ximen Chain, squinted his eyes and looked at the direction he was pointing for a while before saying: "What's going on? Let's go take a look, okay, Old Yang?"

  Yang Xiao's eyes were also fixed on the glowing spot in front of him, and he said softly: "It's just that your xenon lamp is not wrong, but be careful a little further ahead. Apart from the xenon lamp, there are things that can't be said."

  This remark struck a chord in Sun Wu, and he stared at Yang Tie and said: "Is there anything else? Old Yang, don't say half and leave half unsaid now. It's not me saying it, but you really aren't learning good habits from old Wu."

  Yang Xuan smiled faintly and said: "The aura of the demon spirits is getting thicker and thicker, although I don't know their exact location, but they will definitely not be far from us."

  "If that's the case, you should have said so earlier." Sun Baozi narrowed his eyes and looked at the light spot in front of him again. Suddenly, he turned to Liu Bu and said: "Old Liu, why don't you take a look ahead? This time, you can rest assured, as long as you can find those two people, your business with us will be over. From now on, as long as you don't raise any more undead, we'll consider it as if we never had any contact."

  Sun Baozi finished speaking, and Liu Butian fell silent for a moment before saying in a lukewarm tone: "I won't dare to hope for anything more than being let go. As long as you don't shoot me in the back, I'll consider myself lucky." He started limping towards the brighter area, and Sun Baozi and his men followed him for a while before stopping. After Liu Butian had walked far away, Sun Baozi whispered to Ximen Lian: "Officer, your eyesight is the best. Keep an eye on this old guy, and if he tries to run, shoot him. However, it's more useful to keep him alive." Ximen Lian glanced at Sun Baozi before raising his gun and aiming at Liu Butian's buttocks.

  Taking advantage of Liu Bu's departure, Sun Baozi turned to Yang Yue and said: "Old Yang, you've been calling out 'monster' all along. Is this monster a monster or a ghost?"

  Yang Xiao couldn't help but shift his gaze from Liu Bu's back to Sun Wu's body, and after sighing, he said: "Yao Gui is both a Yao and a Gui. When a Yao encounters a thunderbolt and is struck dead, it may either dissipate into nothingness, be reborn through reincarnation, or transform into a Yao Gui. The transformation into a Yao Gui is relatively rare, I didn't expect to encounter one here."

  "After the demon was struck by lightning and turned into a vengeful spirit...". Sun Baozi repeated Yang Xiao's words, then suddenly remembered something and continued to ask Yang Xiao: "Old Yang, you shouldn't have any problems dealing with this kind of vengeful spirit, right?"

  Yang Xiao looked at Sun Wuji and smiled slightly, then said: "Encountering demons is still a bit tricky, but since they've all transformed into demon spirits, there's no problem."

  Just after Yang Xiao finished speaking, Liu Bu Zhen had already walked to the bright area and circled around, seemingly hesitant about something. However, in the end, he still turned back to face Sun Bi Zi and the others, shouting: "You all come over here, be mentally prepared, there may be things here that you don't want to see."

  After watching Liu Bu Zhen pass by, nothing unusual happened, and Sun Wuzi's team arrived at the position where the light was emitted. As Yang Xiao said, the light on the ground was a small xenon lamp specially made by the Civil Affairs Bureau. However, next to the xenon lamp, there was a mutilated corpse with most of its flesh eaten away by monsters. Judging from the clothes on the corpse, it was indeed the black suit of the Civil Affairs Bureau. The only thing is that this corpse's head was gone, and it couldn't be distinguished whether it was Zhang Mingyu or Du Quze.

  The people on the scene began to fall silent, and the first person to make a move was Old Mo. He squatted beside the body and started searching through the tattered clothes. A moment later, Old Mo found a certificate for a public security department's section-level officer in the deceased's pocket, with the name Zhang Mingyu on it.

  "It's Zhang Mingyu..." Old Mo handed the documents to Sun Baozi, then took out his own exclusive tool and began performing an autopsy on Zhang Mingyu in front of everyone without any hesitation.

  Sun Baozi sighed and handed Zhang Mingyu's documents to Ximen Lian, saying: "After returning, give them to your family's Old Qiu. When sending him on his last journey, call me." Ximen Lian silently took the documents and turned to look at Yang Xiao, saying: "We'll handle this demon ourselves, don't try to snatch it from us."

  Yang Xiao looked at Ximen Lian and said: "Who told you there's only one demon here?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes were fixed on Yang Xiao. Sun Baozi spoke up first: "Old Yang, what do you mean? Not just one monster, how many are there?"

  Yang Xiao looked around and said: "I don't know about far away, but at least two nearby"

  As soon as he finished speaking, the investigators in Room 2 almost simultaneously drew their pistols and turned to stare at the distant foggy black space. The people in Room 5 were a beat late, but they also made the same movement as the crowd in Room 2.

  "Don't be so tense," Yang Xiao said slowly, "I'm here, they only dare to circle around from a distance. The evil spirits don't dare to appear in front of me easily."

  After hearing Yang Xiao's words, Sun Baozi let out a sigh of relief and said: "Don't mention the demon for now, there is still Du Qiu Ze whose whereabouts are unknown. Let's find him first."

  When Sun Pengzi was speaking, Old Mo had already completed a preliminary autopsy on Zhang Mingyu. He looked up at Sun Pengzi and said: "The evil spirit that bit Mingyu to death is carrying corpse poison. If you encounter this evil spirit, you must kill it immediately. If you are bitten by it, even if only a small wound is broken, there will be mortal danger." After finishing speaking, Old Mo emptied everything from his backpack and put Zhang Mingyu's incomplete body inside. Fortunately, Zhang Mingyu didn't have much left, so it was barely possible to squeeze him in.

  Just as Lao Mo was collecting Zhang Mingyu's remains, Sun Baozi circled the small xenon lamp on the ground and turned it around. After two circles, he found a problem under the lamp. Under the lamp, there was a faint bloodstain in the shape of an arrowhead, pointing to the left position.

  After seeing this arrow, Sun Baozi was stunned for a moment. This should be done by either Zhang Mingyu or Du Qizhe. But I don't know why it's so secretive. If what Yang Xiao said is true, that the demon is a product of the thunder calamity created by the demon, then it shouldn't have such intelligence to leave this mark.

  At this time, Ximen Chain also discovered the blood arrowhead. He looked in the direction of the arrowhead and said to Sun Bi: "This should be left by Ming Yu before he died. He wants to tell us that if we follow here, we can find Du Qiu Ze's whereabouts. Dasheng, don't hesitate, hurry up and move forward."

  At this time, the investigators around all gathered over, and a few people who were familiar with Du Qiu Ze, such as Xiong Wanyi, began to argue about going to find his whereabouts. Sun Baozi's heart was temporarily at a loss, so he simply followed the direction of the arrowhead. There was also a Yang Xiao in the team, and with him there, even if there were ghosts or monsters, they shouldn't cause any trouble. However, he didn't notice that just as Sun Baozi decided to follow this path forward, Yang Xiao slightly furrowed his brow, seemingly hesitant about something. But in the end, he didn't say anything, and silently blended into the crowd of people following Sun Baozi.

  As they walked forward for about 200-300 meters, they suddenly heard several gunshots coming from the front, followed by a person's mournful cry. At the same time as the gunfire sounded, the people in the second room immediately ran towards the source of the sound, but unfortunately, when they arrived, it was already too late. They saw that Du Qiu Ze had fallen motionless into a pool of blood, with a dark shadow crouched on top of him, devouring his internal organs.