"Mingyang District, Fengcheng District, Haimen District..."

Wu Liang searched through all the areas with long-term supernatural events in the archive room.

Only then did he realize that even around the Capital City, where Awakened gathered, there were still more than twenty long-term supernatural events that couldn't be dealt with.

Currently, they could only designate isolation lines and dispatch personnel for daily patrol and investigation.

"I really can't imagine how Huaxia would cope if a second Supernatural Calamity occurred under these circumstances."

Thinking of this, Wu Liang couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.

But in the blink of an eye, he was already outside the headquarters building, looking at a familiar taxi slowly approaching from a distance, a smile appeared on his face.

The Capital City has 16 districts, and long-term supernatural events were almost everywhere in each corner, except for a few near densely populated areas; most were still in sparsely populated places.

Or rather, because they couldn't be resolved, these places became sparsely populated.

Now, an incredibly bold plan emerged in Wu Liang's mind—"Since the exact long-term supernatural event cannot be confirmed, let's just hit them one by one!"

All of this was thanks to the confidence brought to Wu Liang by the ghost taxi!

[Unhindered: Taking the ghost taxi allows you to reach any place in the city within half an hour, even if the route isn't quite reasonable.]

This allowed Wu Liang to almost ignore the vast amount of time and energy needed to traverse the enormous Capital City!

If he could resolve three to four long-term supernatural events a day, then in at most five or six days, he could completely find the hiding place of the Zodiac Pig!

"The addresses on the map, let's start one by one."

Saying that, Wu Liang tossed the map marked with all the long-term supernatural events to the ghost taxi.

Just as he was about to take advantage of the half-hour journey, leaning against the seat to close his eyes and rest for a while.

The ghost taxi unexpectedly handed over a bunch of other stuff!

"Huh? What's this... damn! Where did you get so much cash?"

Wu Liang was stunned.

At a glance, it seemed the cash handed over by the ghost taxi was at least a thousand bucks.

Why would a ghost taxi have cash? Dude, aren't you a Fierce Ghost? Even if you use money, it should be Netherworld Currency to fit your identity, right?

"Earned it myself... as a tribute to you."

After a bunch of explanations from the ghost taxi, Wu Liang finally understood that after letting this guy roam freely in the city, due to the ghost taxi's instinct, it started attracting passersby to board.

However, since it was managed by the Ghost Compendium, Wu Liang didn't allow it to kill people indiscriminately.

Therefore, after picking up passengers, the ghost taxi didn't harm them. Instead, it started running fares as if it were a genuine taxi driver.

With its ability to reach any place in the city within half an hour, plus being a Fierce Ghost that didn't need rest, it could keep driving nonstop.

It had been less than two days since it arrived in the Capital City, and it had already earned nearly a thousand.

"...Dude, you truly are a genius."

Helplessly accepting the labor fee, Wu Liang closed his eyes to rest.

The ghost taxi, delighted with the results, started the car and slowly drove towards the end of the road, gradually disappearing into the traffic.

Half an hour later.

Wu Liang opened the car door, stood in front of an old apartment building, and observed all around.

A glance at the surroundings showed that apart from this place maintaining the decor of a proper building, almost everything else was unfinished buildings, so quiet that the drop of a pin would be clearly heard.

Even this only intact building was surrounded by yellow caution tape, clearly stating — "Supernatural Blocked Zone, Do Not Approach!"

Without breaking the caution line, Wu Liang's body became lighter, and with the upgraded ability of the Mist Ghost, he slowly flew into the air.

At this moment, an urgent voice yelled from not far away, "What are you doing! Get down quickly! It's dangerous here!"

Turning his head, Wu Liang saw two individuals, dressed in familiar uniforms of the early investigation personnel, rushing over.

They should be the personnel stationed nearby for watch, just like the guys camping at the ghost taxi's pick-up point.

"Guys, don't worry, I'm an Official Awakened too, just here to handle a supernatural event."

With that said, Wu Liang's entire figure shot out like an arrow leaving the string, instantly disappearing beyond the caution line without a sound.

The two investigators exchanged a glance, somewhat hard to maintain composure, and said, "Did you hear from headquarters about plans to handle these long-term events?"

"No, did you?"

"Damn! I was just about to report the mutation situation of this unfinished building! Where did this brash rookie come from!"

They had been guarding this area for almost half a year, and this morning they discovered that the supposedly always unfinished building in the supernatural blocked zone suddenly changed, becoming an old apartment in just a few hours!

The changes in long-term supernatural events needed to be reported.

Just as they were about to record all the changes and upload them to the system, they saw an unfamiliar Awakened brazenly barging in.

How were they supposed to stay calm?!

"Forget it, let's quickly report the situation, and also mention that Awakened just now, hopefully headquarters will send someone to rescue him quickly..."

......

The moment Wu Liang entered the supernatural blocked zone, he felt the power of the Mist Ghost behind him start to be restricted, and his body, which was initially airborne, gradually descended to the entrance of the apartment building.

Years had left traces on the surface of the building walls, with wrinkles-like cracks making its already somewhat dilapidated appearance resemble a building ready to collapse at any moment upon closer inspection.

Next to the rusty big green iron door hung a milk-box-like container, stuffed with a newspaper so wrinkled it was almost sticking together.

"The Ghost Compendium doesn't have any information on Fierce Ghosts here, so it has been blocked for half a year without anyone actually seeing the Fierce Ghost itself?" Wu Liang curiously walked over and took down the newspaper.

The Ghost Compendium records information only after a Fierce Ghost has been truly discovered at least once, Wu Liang wouldn't forget this.

Unfolding the newspaper, the information on it left him a bit dumbfounded—

A 1999 fire, a 2003 real estate ad, a 2005 job recruitment notice, a 2011 criminal case...

The entire newspaper contained information, with the latest news being today's morning news, spanning a full 30 years from 1999.

"Interesting, does this suggest that the time inside the building is actually in disarray?" Wu Liang began deducing the environmental changes caused by this Fierce Ghost.

Besides the newspaper, would he also encounter many other past things or... people?

The most crucial question was—are there any survivors in this building?

"Hey! Young man! Are you the student reporting here today? Come in quickly and register your information!" A loud voice broke Wu Liang's train of thought.

He incredulously looked up, seeing a chubby, middle-aged woman leaning out from an open window in the management room on the first floor of the apartment building, waving to him.

Reporting? Student?

Damn, could this be a dormitory from some years ago? Is this woman the dorm manager?

No, no!

The real question is—Is this lady alive?

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