My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 278: Drowned Ghost

Lu Bai had already spent a week in this world.

During this period, although he had only encountered anomalies three or four times in total, he could basically confirm that judging the whereabouts of anomalies through yin energy was not 100% effective.

Some anomalies come with heavy yin energy, like the red-clothed female ghost type of anomaly, whose massive yin energy could almost envelop the entire residential area.

However, some anomalies only have pure killing intent, with no yin energy at all, making it hard to find them using the ghost-searching methods from Maoshan Daoism.

Fortunately, Lu Bai was not in a hurry; at worst, he could just wait patiently a bit longer.

Anyway, after dark, if there really was an anomaly, it would definitely come out to harm people again.

……

The sky gradually darkened.

Personnel from the action department began to evacuate the school one after another, leaving only Captain Mao and the Lu Bao Bureau’s Observer Chen by Lu Bai’s side.

After the three finished the dinner specially delivered, they sat in the security room playing Fight the Landlord.

The screen showed that surveillance cameras around the campus were still operating normally, giving an overall feeling of peacefulness.

“Pair.”

“King bomb!”

“Pass.”

“No.”

Suddenly,

Lu Bai put down the cards in his hand and suddenly turned his head to look at a screen in the bottom left corner.

The surveillance footage on this screen had, at some point, started showing spots of snow, even flickering occasionally.

Many anomalies bring special magnetic fields with them upon appearance, causing electronic equipment to malfunction.

If it wasn’t that the surveillance happened to malfunction at this time, then there was only one possibility left.

“It appeared?”

The other two present knew that serious business mattered and also looked toward the surveillance footage.

Captain Mao operated a couple of times to enlarge that footage for close observation, then said, “It’s over by Huixin Lake.”

He abruptly stood up: “Master Lu, shall we go there now?”

That surveillance footage became increasingly hard to discern.

Lu Bai stared at the flickering screen, rubbing his chin: “Can you judge what sequence this anomaly is?”

He was not an expert in this aspect; when it came to anomaly types, it was still best to rely on professionals like Captain Mao.

“Anomalies that appear from the water and have a fixed activity scope—only sequence 43, 81, and 168.”

Captain Mao racked his brains recalling for a while, but in the end still shook his head: “Too few clues; can’t determine it.”

The surveillance footage finally turned completely to white noise, with not a trace of image left visible.

“Then let’s keep playing; anyway, there are only the three of us in the school now, so if it wants to harm someone, it can only come for us.”

Lu Bai picked up the cards on the table, his tone carrying a smile, as if talking about something very casual: “We’ll just wait for this anomaly to come to us itself.”

Hearing this, Captain Mao’s eyelids twitched.

Whether Captain Mao or Observer Chen, both were clearly a bit nervous.

After all, even with a “master” like Lu Bai nearby, the thought of directly facing an anomaly soon still made uncontrollable fear arise in their hearts.

Captain Mao honestly picked up the poker cards, but his gaze still involuntarily drifted toward the window outside.

Keshan Art University was not some school with a long history and no historical precipitation; when built, it was all about being rich and imposing.

Whether in land area or building scale, it was all a cut above normal standards.

So after personnel in the school had all evacuated, the entire school felt very empty.

Looking at the shadows of those buildings made people involuntarily imagine some terrifying existences.

It could only be said that people scare people, scaring them to death.

That unknown anomaly had not truly appeared yet, but Captain Mao was already feeling somewhat uneasy inside.

……

About another ten minutes passed.

The light on the ceiling of the security room suddenly made a sizzling sound, then rapidly flickered before completely going out.

The whole process was quick; neither Captain Mao nor Observer Chen had time to react.

The good news was that they had some mental preparation, so they didn’t cry out from this sudden situation.

Borrowing the moonlight outside the window and distant lights, visibility in the security room wasn’t so bad as to be pitch black; the three pairs of eyes could even reflect light in the darkness.

“Master Lu, has it… come?”

Observer Chen’s voice was as faint as a mosquito, as if afraid that even a slightly louder sound would be noticed by the nearby anomaly.

Lu Bai didn’t answer immediately; he quickly swiped a hand in front of his eyes and looked around.

Sensing the hazy yin energy lingering around the security room, he then replied: “It should have come.”

Captain Mao didn’t dare say much, just silently moved a bit closer to Lu Bai’s position in the pitch black.

Slap~ slap~

Slap!

Lu Bai stared in the direction where the yin energy was thickest and reminded: “Listen carefully.”

Perhaps because his voice sounded too calm, it gave Captain Mao and Observer Chen a few extra bits of courage out of nowhere.

They quieted their minds, and sure enough, they heard faint movements outside the security room.

It was hard to say this movement was some kind of footsteps.

Because it sounded too dragging, like feet covered in thick mud stepping on lotus leaves.

Creak~

A gust of wind out of nowhere pushed open the locked door of the security room.

The wind carried a nauseating fishy stench, so dense it was almost unbearable.

Like a dead fish just pulled from the water, stuffed into a rubber boot, and naturally fermented for three days and nights to brew that foul odor.

Observer Chen had been holding his breath in concentration, but this fishy wind hit, making him dry-heave uncontrollably as if he had severe chronic pharyngitis.

“I… urgh~”

This fishy stench was really too hard to endure; even knowing there was an anomaly outside, he still couldn’t help wanting to run out for some fresh air first.

Lu Bai frowned and formed a hand seal to block his sense of smell.

After doing all this, he looked toward the entrance of the security room.

Due to being backlit, he couldn’t see the exact appearance clearly, but he could roughly make out a strangely shaped humanoid figure.

At first glance, it was like a straw cape draped over the head, with chaotic branches all over the body.

Lu Bai picked up the military flashlight on the table, aimed it at the security room entrance, and turned on the light: “Brother, you stink.”

Contrary to his expectation, after the flashlight lit up, the entrance was empty with no one there.

He hesitated for a moment, then turned off the flashlight again.

Sure enough, once the light was off, he could see this strangely shaped anomaly again.

Worth noting was that during the time Lu Bai turned his flashlight on and off, this anomaly had already walked into the security room from the entrance.

Lu Bai showed no fear at all; he even tilted his head with a smile and asked: “Captain Mao, can you determine what kind of anomaly it is now?”

Captain Mao, face turning green while pinching his nose: “Sequence 81’s drowned ghost.”

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