Chapter 8: Upper Bunk, Keep It Down
Chapter 8: Upper Bunk, Keep It Down
The young man was on full alert, his muscles tensed as he assumed a defensive posture. He even raised a hand and pulled out a peachwood sword adorned with small Five Emperor Coins from his backpack.
Pei Ye glanced at him twice and looked away.
Even if his mental power was a hundred times stronger than that of an ordinary person, in her eyes he was still a weakling among weaklings, not worth paying attention to.
The young man: “???”
Watching helplessly as Pei Ye turned and left, walking into the nearby vocational nursing college, the young man’s expression became increasingly grave.
He called his master.
“Chun’er, have you figured out the traffic accident yet?”
“There are traces of a fierce ghost’s aura remaining at the accident site. This probably wasn’t an ordinary traffic accident. Like last time, it’s most likely the work of the same fierce ghost.” The young man looked in the direction where Pei Ye had departed, his handsome brows filled with wariness. “However, I just discovered another target with extremely heavy baleful energy. I don’t know whether it’s related to the traffic accident.”
The young man’s name was Zhu Chun’an. He was a Celestial Master belonging to Group One of the Celestial Masters Alliance Special Public Security Investigation and Management Department, apprenticed to a true master of the mystical arts.
Despite being only a second-year university student, he was born with a Pure Yang Body and Yin-Yang Eyes. His talent and comprehension were extraordinary. Though young, he was already the strongest member of Group One.
The path of cultivation was like this.
Years of bitter training could not compare to the words talent and comprehension.
Some people could attain enlightenment and ascend in a single realization.
Others could spend an entire lifetime without even touching the threshold.
Comparing people really could make one furious!
At noon, unusual phenomena had been discovered at this intersection. The Special Investigation Department assigned the task to Zhu Chun’an, who was the closest, and sent him over to investigate.
In the end, he failed to find the fierce ghost causing trouble and instead encountered a formidable existence shrouded in baleful energy.
Zhu Chun’an swore that in all his years, after dealing with so many evil entities, even if every one of them were bundled together, their baleful energy would not amount to one-tenth of that person’s.
Biting his lip, he roughly described the situation to his master. The old Taoist on the other end of the phone fell silent for a long time.
“You have a Pure Yang Body. That evil entity didn’t attack you?”
Zhu Chun’an thought about it.
“Does rolling her eyes at me count?”
The old Taoist fell silent again.
Rolling eyes at someone counted as eye movement at most, not making a move!
This disciple was excellent in every way except that his brain wasn’t particularly clear.
“Since it’s such a ferocious evil entity, avoid confronting it directly for now. Prioritize your own safety. Just focus on investigating the fierce ghost behind the traffic accidents.”
The old Taoist repeatedly instructed his disciple, lest he get carried away and lose his life.
Zhu Chun’an nodded.
He was a second-year computer science student at 233 University of Finance and Economics next door to the nursing college. The fact that the evil entity was at the nursing college made surveillance convenient.
If the evil entity caused trouble, he could arrive immediately.
“It’s still more important to investigate the fierce ghost.”
In this month alone, three tragedies had occurred at this intersection, and the victims’ deaths had all been extremely bizarre.
The first victim was a forty-two-year-old middle-aged man, a member of the Sanhe Gods.
His cause of death was running into the wheels of a large truck without paying attention to the traffic lights and being crushed into a meat patty.
The second victim was a thirty-three-year-old hair salon owner.
The salon conducted legitimate business during the day and illegitimate business at night.
His cause of death was mistaking the accelerator for the brake, crashing into six vehicles in succession. Because he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, he was thrown through the window and then run over by a passing vehicle, dying on the spot.
The third victim was a twenty-five-year-old rich second-generation heir who was proficient in eating, drinking, partying, and entertainment.
His cause of death...
Well...
Even the well-informed Zhu Chun’an had never expected such a cause of death.
He got carried away fooling around with his girlfriend while driving and ultimately got himself killed.
(:з」∠)
Young people these days were really reckless.
The victims of the three traffic accidents had no connection with one another and did not know each other in life. Their only common point was that traces of a fierce ghost’s presence were found at every scene.
Therefore, the special department’s conclusion was that the fierce ghost was killing indiscriminately rather than carrying out targeted revenge.
The two situations were different.
If it was the former, they would stake out the intersection and wait for the fierce ghost’s next attack.
If it was the latter, they would investigate the common ground among the three victims, protect the fourth target, and simultaneously wait for the fierce ghost to reveal itself.
While the handsome young man in the white shirt squatted at the intersection contemplating life, Pei Ye curled up in her dormitory playing with her phone.
More precisely, she was playing Love and Raising a Child on her phone.
“A child-raising game that also includes a mishmash of match-three puzzles, Snake, Fight the Landlord, and Rhythm Master modes is honestly baffling.”
She complained with her mouth, but her actions were completely honest.
As a result, her roommates could hear the game’s background music playing aloud, accompanied by a cute babyish voice constantly saying “airplane,” “bomb,” and “can’t beat that”...
Bai Xiaoxiao could not help rolling her eyes at Pei Ye, whose bed faced hers.
“Can you turn off the sound effects on that crappy phone of yours?”
Pei Ye ignored her.
Zhou Huirong smiled and tried to smooth things over by changing the subject.
“Xiao Hong, did you get a new phone? What brand is it? It looks pretty nice. It must’ve cost a lot, right?”
The phone Pei Ye was holding while playing Fight the Landlord was an ultra-thin new model Zhou Huirong had never seen before. It had a true full-screen display, 5.6 inches, stylish and simple in design.
Only then did Bai Xiaoxiao notice the new phone in Pei Ye’s hand.
“Where’s that hilarious second-hand knockoff phone you used before?”
Pei Ye answered briefly, “In my pocket.”
She had kept the original owner’s phone. The one in her hand was probably something prepared by the Heavenly Brain.
Bai Xiaoxiao could not help glancing repeatedly between the phone and Pei Ye’s face, wondering where she had bought it.
How could a poor loser who could only afford a counterfeit second-hand imitation iPhone suddenly have the money to buy a brand-new phone that clearly looked expensive?
Thinking about how Xiao Hong had not returned all night yesterday, her gaze immediately gained a trace of contempt.
She estimated that Xiao Hong had gone out for compensated dating again.
While they were talking, Pei Ye sharply noticed that the aura of Lei Yating in the upper bunk had become even weaker.
Opening the System Records, she found another new notification.
[16:21, Heroine Lei Yating used Divine Water, Lifespan -1 day]
In the upper bunk, Lei Yating was trembling all over beneath her thin blanket, her shoulders shaking from laughter and excitement.
In the lower bunk, Pei Ye’s bed was being shaken along with it.
Before Lei Yating could finish enjoying herself, Pei Ye stretched out her long leg from below and lightly kicked the bed board.
“Keep it down when you’re humping the blanket.”
Everyone: “...”
Lei Yating: “...”
She had an MMP she wanted to say right this instant!
The innocent roommates did not understand the implication of humping a blanket, but Lei Yating, who in her previous life had married early and become a full-time housewife, certainly did.
Her face immediately turned bright red with embarrassment as she shot back angrily.
“Xiao Hong, have you no shame? What kind of slander is that?”
Pei Ye could not help rolling her eyes and retorted, “If you’re not humping the blanket, why are you shaking so much?”
Lei Yating scrambled down from the upper bunk and angrily said, “I was reading a joke and couldn’t stop laughing, okay? You think everyone is as shameless as you?”
Pei Ye coldly glanced at the frosted bottle in her hand.
The bottle was made of semi-transparent frosted material, held about 300 millilitres of liquid, and contained a mint-green fluid.
Even without opening it to smell, a sweep of her mental power was enough to tell her that something was wrong with it.
When Lei Yating noticed Pei Ye staring at her Divine Water, her nerves instantly tightened.
She had snatched this bottle of Divine Water from a red packet sent by Hundred Flowers Fairy.
Applying only a thin layer to her hand had already faded an old scar that had been there for years.
Its effectiveness was even more outrageous than what appeared in novels.
If she applied it to her face and body, why would she ever need to buy expensive skincare products again?