My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 273: Red Clothes

At this moment, night had already fallen, yet terrifying screams emanated from inside the residential building.

Such a sudden situation.

Even though these Action Department team members present often dealt with anomalies, they couldn’t help but feel some unease in their hearts.

The citizens who had previously returned home also hurriedly turned off their lights after hearing the screams.

There was no way around it; ordinary civilians could only hide when encountering an anomaly, praying that the anomaly would spare them.

In an instant, the residential area gradually darkened and became eerily quiet.

Faintly, a chilling cold wind brushed by, making people feel chilly both in their hearts and on their bodies.

It was precisely because of this that Captain Mao shouted loudly.

The team members present subconsciously responded loudly to their superior’s voice amid the panic.

“Here!”

“Here!!”

From a psychological angle, loudly shouting out when feeling fear can greatly alleviate inner tension.

Facts proved that this statement was correct.

The atmosphere on the scene visibly became heated.

But morale was one aspect, and what to do was another aspect.

According to the regulations of the Anomaly Disaster Action Manual, action personnel must first determine the sequence of the anomaly upon encountering it.

Currently, they only heard screams of someone being harmed and didn’t know exactly what anomaly it was, which meant someone had to step forward to confirm the situation.

Li Hanbin stood up and forced a difficult smile toward Lu Bai: “Don’t be nervous, we’ll protect you.”

Lu Bai didn’t reply, merely nodding perfunctorily before shifting his gaze back toward Building Number Eight.

To be honest, he really hadn’t expected an anomaly to exist in this residential area.

After all, he had left alone last night without encountering any change of circumstance, so this anomaly that suddenly appeared could only have descended on this residential area today.

“Stay calm.”

Captain Mao shouted, then continued: “Everyone, don’t separate, follow me.”

With that, he led the team members toward Building Number Eight.

Judging from the direction the screams came from, this anomaly should be on the fourth floor.

The group stood downstairs waiting for a moment.

The anomaly didn’t appear, so they could only steel themselves and enter the corridor.

The corridor was terrifyingly quiet. Captain Mao took out his military flashlight and walked at the forefront, slowly ascending the stairs.

Li Hanbin stood in the open space outside Building Number Eight, staring fixedly at the window on the fourth floor.

Just as everyone’s nerves were taut, a room on the fourth floor suddenly lit up with red light, a deep crimson like blood.

The Action Department personnel outside the building unanimously aimed their muzzles at that room.

“Come out quickly!”

Someone immediately shouted.

In fact, even without the shout, Captain Mao was already prepared to lead the team members out of the corridor.

Because the moment the red light appeared, the entire interior of the building felt like plunging into an ice cellar.

Yin energy that appeared out of nowhere howled wildly in the cramped and narrow corridor.

For some reason, it made people’s minds blur involuntarily.

Captain Mao hurriedly exited the corridor, his complexion already ashen, shouting hoarsely: “Play the emergency evacuation notice, don’t continue hiding in the rooms!”

These characteristics clearly belonged to the sequence 65 red-clothed female ghost.

This type of anomaly, like the old tour guide, had a fixed activity range.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of anomaly was what action personnel hoped to encounter most.

As long as they didn’t enter this anomaly’s activity range, safety could be guaranteed.

But the problem was that this red-clothed female ghost appeared in a residential area, where population density was far higher than in parks or remote areas.

If the red-clothed female ghost were allowed to kill all the residents in the entire residential area, the degree to which its activity range could expand was simply unimaginable.

The chilling cold wind howled, releasing a cold that penetrated to the bones.

In an instant, Building Number Eight was filled with the panicked cries and shouts of the residents.

Most terrifyingly, Captain Mao had already left a certain range from Building Number Eight but could still feel that chilling cold, meaning they were still within the red-clothed female ghost’s territory.

“How big is this activity range exactly?”

Captain Mao was extremely puzzled.

Since it was an anomaly with a fixed activity range, it was obviously a new student.

How was this red-clothed female ghost so strong right after being born?

While Captain Mao was still pondering this issue, several exclamations suddenly came from the surrounding team members.

It turned out that the window of the room on the fourth floor glowing with red light was slowly being opened.

Looking up from below, only a pair of red embroidered shoes could be seen stepping on the railing.

Following that pair of delicate embroidered shoes upward was a flawless, slender white calf.

Seeing this scene, no one had any stray thoughts; Captain Mao’s eyes nearly split as he cursed loudly: “How the hell has it already evolved to the final stage?!”

In fact, a sequence 65 red-clothed female ghost, normally speaking, had no human form at birth, only a red dress.

Only as it harmed more people would it gradually grow bones, flesh, and skin.

However, this red-clothed female ghost now was shockingly in complete form.

“Everyone pay attention! Evacuate immediately! I repeat, evacuate immediately!”

Captain Mao no longer harbored any fluke mentality; facing a complete red-clothed female ghost, these Action Department personnel staying in this residential area had no meaning—they would just provide more food for the red-clothed female ghost.

Whether it was indifference or confidence that these food sources couldn’t escape.

The red-clothed female ghost on the fourth floor just let the residential area residents flee out from the corridors.

Looking around, crowds of people were fleeing in panic everywhere.

In this situation, no one cared what Lu Bai was doing; he simply sat on the stool and chanted incantation softly.

“Mystical light guidance, regardless of distance, open my dharma eye, reveal the truth…”

After finishing reciting, he wiped across his eyes, and the world before him instantly changed dramatically.

The fourth-floor window naturally had the heaviest yin energy, but the surroundings of this residential area were no better.

After opening his eyes, he could clearly see a layer of eerie yin energy like an enormous inverted bowl covering all the dozens of buildings in this residential area.

Sure enough, Lu Bai soon heard dejected cries and shouts from afar.

Because some people were gradually realizing that no matter how fast or how long they ran, they still couldn’t see the outline of the residential area gate.

Looking back, after running wildly for a while, they hadn’t put any distance between themselves and Building Number Eight at all.

It’s over!

Captain Mao forced a calm appearance for the team members, but these two words surged in his heart.

A red-clothed female ghost already at the final stage—if it devoured all the residents of the entire residential area, I’m afraid the whole city wouldn’t be safe then.

“Ah!”

“Look quickly!”

“It jumped, it jumped!”

Amid countless exclamations, the red-clothed female ghost on the windowsill leaped down, floating lightly like a graceful butterfly with the wind.

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