Chapter 832: How Could He Bring Shame to His Big Brother!

Earth.

Night had fallen.

On the muddy path, an off-road vehicle slowly came to a stop at the edge of the village, and Yin Qin and Bai Yi stepped out.

Once here, they had already passed beyond the military's outer containment line, venturing deep into the core zone of this area. Apart from specialized personnel like themselves, unless under special orders, no one unauthorized was allowed anywhere near this place after nightfall.

Because just a few days ago, there had been casualties because of this very matter.

"We're here."

Yin Qin lifted her briefcase, turned her head for one last look at the setting sun, then raised her eyes toward the village ahead.

Beneath the silent night sky, the entire village was eerily quiet, like one massive, soundless tomb.

In fact, shortly after discovering traces of the Flesh and Blood Cult's activities, the military had already evacuated all the villagers from this place and properly settled them elsewhere. So right now, within this village, apart from the two of them and some members of the Supernatural Administration who were here to receive them, there was not a single living person left.

Bai Yi gripped his sword hilt tightly, his gaze darting uneasily across the surroundings, and said:

"Sister Yin Qin, here... there shouldn't be any Evil Spirits or anything appearing for now, right? I've seen them before too, but... but..."

Yin Qin raised her head and strode forward along the path with long steps, saying:

"Don't be afraid. Actually, as long as you don't disturb them, most spirits won't really do anything to you. In many cases, they still believe they haven't died, so they keep repeating the patterns of behavior from when they were alive."

"So if you really do see them, don't be scared. Just treat them like normal people. Of course..."

She turned her head and glanced at Bai Yi's shoulder.

"Resentful Ghosts are the exception."

Bai Yi involuntarily shuddered, swallowed hard, and quickly moved to walk side by side with Yin Qin, asking nervously:

"So you're saying... there are actually a lot of Evil Spirits here?"

Yin Qin took a deep breath, removed her sunglasses, and said:

"If you want a definitive answer, then I can give you one—yes, an enormous number. In fact, this place is already as bustling as a marketplace."

Bai Yi was instantly stunned.

Cold wind whistled past his neck, sending an inexplicable chill down his spine.

Because the surroundings remained utterly silent. There wasn't a single figure on the muddy path, and the entire village was as quiet as an Ancient Castle.

"Sister Yin Qin, don't scare me like that!"

He trembled, his heart pounding wildly.

Yin Qin kept her head up, striding forward, and said: "I'm not scaring you. The appearance of that Red-Clad Evil Spirit seems to have nearly awakened every spirit in this area. Many people here have lived for generations—their fathers, grandfathers, and ancestors are all buried in this very land. So when something like this happens, it truly stirs everything up. A hundred ghosts walk the night."

"Moreover, you yourself carry a faint trace of hell's aura, which also draws those spirits' attention to you. In fact, from the moment we got out of the car, quite a few spirits have already been attracted to you. They're all very curious about you."

Bai Yi hugged his sword with a distressed expression, and said: "A... a lot...?"

"What... what are they doing..."

"They're leaning on you and sniffing you."

"..."

Bai Yi's expression went blank in an instant. His entire body stiffened like a pine tree.

Yin Qin walked on for a while, then noticed he hadn't caught up. She turned to look at him, saw him standing there pale-faced, and shook her head with an expression of disappointment at his lack of grit. She shot him a glance and said:

"Let me tell you one more thing—fear and dread will also attract spirits. If you don't want to summon some Resentful Ghosts over here too, then hurry up and catch up. Besides, don't you idolize your Big Brother? Well then, think about what your Big Brother would do in this situation. Let's go!"

After saying that.

She strode briskly toward the interior of the village.

Standing in place, Bai Yi's teeth chattered uncontrollably as he desperately tried to psyche himself up and force himself not to be afraid.

That's right—just think about what Big Brother would do here, wouldn't that work?

If it were a badass guy like Big Brother...

In his mind, the image of Lynn instantly surfaced—chatting and laughing with two Evil Spirit beauties in his arms, perfectly getting along with all sorts of ghosts and monsters in the village, not only speaking with great eloquence but even looking like he wanted to get a little... adventurous.

"I can't do that! Let's just forget that one!!"

Bai Yi hurriedly scrambled to catch up in alarm.

Honestly, he felt that if he could have even one-tenth of his Big Brother's boldness—no, even one-hundredth—that would be enough. Any more than that, and he felt it would be way beyond his level.

...

Knock knock knock—

Even a gentle knock sounded extraordinarily loud on this quiet street.

In front of the door of a warehouse located in the deepest part of the village, Yin Qin raised her head and, with the nervous Bai Yi in tow, knocked on the warehouse door.

This was the very warehouse where, in the video footage left behind by the Flesh and Blood Cult, that Evil Spirit had first appeared.

With the advance of modernization.

All kinds of changes had been happening everywhere. Take this village, for instance—in order to keep up with modern trends, a few years ago it had formed a cooperative with a neighboring village and built a factory nearby that specialized in exporting and processing agricultural products.

However, due to the poor economy.

That factory hadn't lasted long before going bankrupt. Many villagers had their life savings washed down the drain and were forced to head to nearby county towns just to make a living.

The only things left behind were these desolate, wasteland-like warehouses scattered around the various villages.

"Who is it?"

A deep, heavy voice came from within the warehouse.

Yin Qin said calmly: "Yin Qin, team leader of the Supernatural Administration's special investigation team, and my assistant Bai Yi. We'll be taking over your investigation work for now."

After a brief silence, the door creaked open a crack.

Yin Qin glanced at Bai Yi, who was still fidgeting nervously behind her, signaled for him to follow, and then strode inside with long steps.

Time to get to work.

...

"How are the bodies looking?"

"The bodies are severely fragmented, and varying degrees of Corruption have already set in. It took us a very long time just to separate the mixed and tangled flesh and blood tissue. This consumed a great deal of our essence."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Yin Qin, accompanied by the investigators who had come to receive them, quickly moved deeper into the warehouse.

From a distance, Bai Yi could already smell the increasingly heavy stench of blood wafting from within, mixed with waves of putrid odor that made one want to gag.

This was the location where that video had been shot.

It should have been shortly after that massive case of mass disappearances. Flesh and Blood Cult devotees had summoned that Evil Spirit here—perhaps one they had called forth from hell—and then, for reasons unknown, they had been slaughtered by it.

The next moment.

Bai Yi's attention was drawn to the scene before him.

In front of a row of professional equipment, several personnel wearing masks and hazmat suits who appeared to be forensic examiners were solemnly and cautiously working under the glow of lights inside a crude surgical tent, nervously carrying out some kind of procedure.

He could vaguely make out that on the Operating Table, a hand caked with coagulated blood was dangling over the edge, bearing obvious signs of having been stitched back on.

"As per your requirements, after separating the mixed-up organs, we processed the remains immediately. However, the level of difficulty remains extremely high. So far, we've only managed to barely reconstruct one of the bodies."

The crude surgical tent was pulled open.

Yin Qin calmly walked up to the Operating Table, observing their suturing work on the corpse, and said:

"One body is enough. The more complete the corpse, the greater the probability of a successful séance. You've done very well. Once we obtain sufficient information, you can all leave this godforsaken place."

Bai Yi swallowed hard.

In the end, he couldn't resist stepping into the surgical tent, leaning past Yin Qin, and nervously casting a glance at the corpse on the table.

And in that instant, Bai Yi's pupils dilated rapidly. A massive wave of nausea surged up from his stomach, turning his lips a sickly shade of purple. He couldn't help but turn away and dry heave.

He had already seen it in the video, of course.

But the sheer visual and olfactory impact at such close range still triggered an extremely intense physiological reaction in him.

Shattered, rotting muscle tissue had been forcibly stitched back together, the entire body twisted into an unnatural state. You could even clearly see the fine, winding traces left behind by maggots burrowing and squirming through the broken eye sockets.

In hell, this might have been an everyday sight.

But in the real world, this was the first time he had ever witnessed such a horrifying scene.

"Get used to it. Come over and assist me with my work."

Yin Qin calmly reached out, set her briefcase on the Operating Table, unlocked it, and took out a bundle of long silver needles.

"If you want to become a true Demon Hunter, then in the future you will only see things even more terrifying than this. You need to learn to face the fear and discomfort in your heart head-on, and treat this as part of your life."

"After all, once you enter this line of work, it means you've completely severed ties with the world of ordinary people. To put it in your terms..."

She glanced sideways at him and smiled.

"Someone has to carry the weight and walk through the darkness, right?"

Bai Yi clutched his stomach tightly and gasped for breath, feeling his entire lips going numb. While it was true—and he kept telling himself that real Demon Hunters certainly weren't the enviable profession depicted in movies and TV shows, where people dual-wielded pistols and silver swords to slay Evil Spirits—

Still, witnessing a scene like this at such close range.

It went beyond what an ordinary person could endure.

He gasped for air, desperately trying to calm his emotions and push past his discomfort. Then he thought of his Big Brother, gritted his teeth, forced himself to rise, and clutched the pendant tied to his palm tightly.

Yes—if he was scared of something like this, then he really was too useless!

Since he had already chosen the path of a Demon Hunter.

How could he give up halfway?

Because compared to what Big Brother had experienced in hell, what was a scene like this? Big Brother was in the very depths of hell, having to face terrors like this and worse every single moment, dealing with misshapen monsters and rotting corpses day in and day out!

And he, as Little Brother personally refined by Big Brother, as his representative!

How could he possibly bring shame to his Big Brother!

(A determined, fighting expression)

He's giving it his absolute all, fighting for his life with every ounce of strength he has!