The night is deep and the crescent moon is silent.
It was already past midnight, and Xia Yuxi was still not sleepy.
She was thinking about the knock on the door that had appeared in the apartment before, and the muddy footprints left outside the door.
Someone died in the apartment not long ago. Under Lu Zhan's "invitation", she used [Telepathy] on the deceased for the first time. Unexpectedly, she actually gained something.
Although she only saw some intermittent fragments, she still learned a very important piece of information——
The knock is key!
According to Lu Zhan, there was a great connection between the deceased upstairs and the corpse knocking on the door. She saw a dark red coffin in the deceased's fragmentary memory fragments, and heard a rapid and strange knocking.
A knocking sound, and a very soft word.
"Remember this voice?"
Her intuition told her that the corpse knocking incident was not over, so she tossed and turned all night before deciding to go to Lu Zhan and try to seek protection from the Forbidden Bureau.
Xia Yuxi knew very well that with her level, it would be difficult for her to resist effectively if danger really appeared. Even when she looked at the coffin through her memories, she felt a trembling feeling in her soul.
Lu Zhan agreed to her request.
However, since the corpse-knocking incident occurred in more than one place and has not had much impact yet, the current risk level of this incident is low, and Lu Zhan is not willing to make too big a fuss about it.
Incidents of corpse knocking on the door mostly occurred in apartments, so he sent a number of members of the Prohibition Bureau to guard the door of the apartment where the incident occurred. Considering that Xia Yuxi had provided information, he specially sent a female agent to protect her personally.
In fact, Lu Zhan took this matter very seriously. After all, the timing of the corpse knocking incident was too sensitive, and it seemed like it was specially created to counter the ban imposed by the Prohibition Bureau.
In addition, he was also very interested in the red coffin Xia Yuxi described. The mud-covered corpse and the blood-colored coffin sounded problematic no matter how they sounded.
He was even thinking, could this thing be related to the tombkeeper?
After all, that guy Bai Mo has been saying that he lost a body. When he heard about this before, he made a special trip to Sunshine Apartment...
Although the knock on the door was crucial, Xia Yuxi didn't know where the key point was.
She couldn't even remember what the sound sounded like. Even if she heard the sound again in the deceased's fragmentary memory, it would be difficult to describe it in detail.
She was sitting in the living room at this time. The coffee table in front of her was filled with all kinds of charms. There were all kinds of charms. There were also silver pistols on the left and right sides.
"You are really rich."
Beside her, a very capable woman in black kept her eyes on the coffee table for a few seconds, slightly stunned, and then said calmly, "But charms are also a type of extraordinary power. You can take these things under my nose."
Come out, aren't you afraid that I'll catch you?"
"I know that the rules of the Ban Bureau are not rigid. You issued the ban just to achieve a specific purpose, such as hiding from some people... but you never really want to restrict extraordinary people."
Xia Yuxi smiled calmly, "Besides, I'm almost dead, so there's no way I'm allowed to use my extraordinary power to protect myself, right?"
"You are very smart." The woman looked at her unexpectedly. Although she said nothing, she accepted Xia Yuxi's guess.
"But do you really think someone is going to come and kill you?"
"Not sure, just a hunch."
Xia Yuxi shook her head and smiled bitterly, "But my premonitions are always very accurate, so if something happens later, I will trouble you."
"What if nothing happens?"
The woman's name is Xu Jing, she is an agent of the Forbidden Bureau, a C-level practitioner, and specializes in combat.
In fact, in this era, C-level extraordinary beings are already beyond the reach of many people. Many people cannot even reach the threshold of E-level genetic warriors, let alone compare with C-level extraordinary beings.
What's more, even among extraordinary people of the same level, there is often a big gap, and Xu Jing is the top group of C-level extraordinary people.
C-level extraordinary beings can be regarded as the backbone members of major forces. This shows that Lu Zhan still attaches great importance to Xia Yuxi's safety.
"Of course it would be best if nothing happens."
Xia Yuxi thought for a while, pointed to the talismans on the coffee table and said, "If nothing happens, except for these two pistols, all the talismans on the table will be given to you as protection money. What do you think?"
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"Protection money?"
Xu Jing laughed dumbly, "You seem to be really rich, but no need, I would rather trust the knife in my hand than the charm."
Xia Yuxi blinked. It had been some time since the other party came to her house, but she didn't see a knife on the woman.
But she discovered another thing, that is, the members of the Bureau of Exclusion were not as difficult to get along with as rumored. That Lu Zhan was just like the rumors. Although he was always smiling, he gave her a very
Strong sense of oppression.
"Dong dong dong dong dong!"
At this moment, a rather rapid knock on the door sounded in their ears, which seemed very abrupt in the middle of the night.
The two of them immediately stopped talking and looked towards the door.
Xia Yuxi noticed that Xu Jing's expression on the side was still calm, but the aura on her body had quietly changed. It was particularly cold, but it could not hide the violence and sharpness, like a knife about to be unsheathed.
Xu Jing made a silent gesture to her, but did not get up immediately to check the door.
The knocking on the door stopped soon, and then continued again, as if someone was knocking on the door tirelessly.
The voice was urgent, as if something was urgent.
Xu Jing listened quietly, as if waiting for something. After a while, she stood up. She motioned to Xia Yuxi to stay where she was, and she went to open the door.
The steps were steady and light, as if there was no sound.
Xia Yuxi was inexplicably nervous, but she quickly calmed down, loaded the two pistols, and then selected a few of the most practical charms and put them in her bag.
After doing all this, she looked in the direction of Xu Jing. At this time, Xu Jing had already walked to the door and was looking out through the peephole.
It was dark outside the door and there was nothing.
She held the doorknob, slowed her breathing, and waited for the knock on the door to ring again.
"Dong dong dong..."
The knock on the door was only halfway through when she suddenly opened the door and shined a bright flashlight outside.
Empty.
She focused her gaze and did not let down her guard at all. She saw two muddy footprints appearing on the floor at the door.
Xu Jing thought for a moment and did not choose to close the door. She just blocked the door and quickly dialed Lu Zhan's number.
"Army."
"I'll be there soon."
It was already late at night, and before she explained the situation, Lu Zhan reacted quickly and knew what must have happened.
"The knock on the door and the muddy footprints appeared again, but there was nothing outside the door. I couldn't confirm the location of the other party." Xu Jing stared at the door and reported.
"According to circumstances, wait for me to come over."
"yes."
Xu Jing hung up the phone, her eyes never leaving the door.
According to the previous frequency of knocking on the door, it should be time for the knocking on the door to ring again, but she didn't know whether the knocking on the door would disappear or continue to ring under her nose...
"Dong dong dong dong dong!"
The next second, the knock on the door rang again, but this time the sound did not appear in front of Xu Jing, but behind her——
It's the bathroom!
when?
Xu Jing's expression became condensed. She first closed the door, then quickly stepped back, opened the bathroom door, and pressed the light switch.
The lighting is soft, a few scarves hang on the white wall, a neat washstand is on the right, and there is some residual moisture on the mirror.
Everything is as usual, nothing.
"Tick tock, tick tock..."
Only the faucet on the sink seemed to have been turned on by someone, making a thin and mechanical sound, like a strange clock, performing some kind of terrifying countdown.
"Invisible enemy..."
Seeing this, Xu Jing no longer hesitated and returned to Xia Yuxi immediately, saying in a deep voice: "Cheer up and pay attention to your surroundings. I can't find the other party's location for the time being."
To be continued...