National Rare Monster Illustrated Book

Twelve midnight.

Da da da.

Footsteps sounded again in the dark corridor, Shen Qing hid silently in the corner, almost blending into the shadow.

A figure swayed slowly from the other end of the stairs, with its head down, and its footsteps were erratic.

Shen Qing raised her eyebrows unexpectedly.

It's Xue Shuya.

The Du family's mistress walked past him unsteadily and walked to the end room.The door of the room opened slowly, like a huge mouth that wanted to devour someone, revealing its bloody fangs to her.

Shen Qing stepped forward, stopped Xue Shuya with one hand, and pressed the doorknob with the other.

A black breath gushed out of the room, tied his wrists, and dragged him into the room.

Unmoved, Shen Qing closed the door slowly and forcefully.

The moment the door closed, all the black energy was cut off, Xue Shuya seemed to lose her support and fell down, and was supported by Shen Qing.

He lightly pressed on Xue Shuya's back, and the latter stood up unsteadily again, closed her eyes, and slowly walked back along the way she came.

Shen Qing watched her disappear at the corner of the stairs, turned around, jumped down from the corridor window, and fell into the vast night.

Twenty one in the morning.

Ding.

The elevator door opened slowly in front of Shen Qing, and there was no one inside.

He went in and pressed the button on the first floor, looking down at his phone.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds...

Five seconds.

The elevator stopped.

Shen Qing didn't look up, he waited quietly, and the time on the phone passed by every minute.

16 seconds, 17 seconds.

The elevator is running again.

The time coincided with the night when the woman disappeared. The second the elevator started, Shen Qing noticed that there was an extra person in the elevator.

The man stood quietly behind him, bowed his head and said nothing.

The floor displayed by the elevator is constantly changing, the third floor, the second floor, and the first floor.Shen Qing's gaze was always on the phone, and she didn't seem to find anything wrong.

Twenty minutes and twenty-five seconds later, the elevator reached the first floor... without stopping.

The bright red number jumped from "1" to "-1".

On the basement floor, the elevator door opened, and before Shen Qing's eyes was a darkness so thick that no light could penetrate it, and no sound could be heard in the empty underground space.

He took a step forward, and the elevator door slowly closed behind him.

There was boundless darkness all around, only the faint green light of the emergency light on the elevator door spilled on a corner, and when Shen Qing turned around, the light went out with a "snap".

"……Help……"

In the depths of the darkness, a woman's cry for help came faintly.

"Help……"

"I am here……"

"help me……"

Shen Qing stood there, indifferent.

The cries for help continued.

"Who can help me……"

"Is anyone there..."

"Save me, save..."

The last syllable came to an abrupt end, and someone seemed to be strangled by the neck in the darkness. Painful whimpering and struggling sounded together, and after a few seconds, everything fell silent.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, and the light laughter was carried by the blood, passing by Shen Qing's side coldly.

[You're desperate again, little black snake. ]

[You killed another person. ]

[you……]

Shen Qing closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, there was only ice-cold silence in her black eyes.

"Don't use the same trick a second time,"

He said, "Annoying."

Black Snake raised its foot and stomped heavily, the black flame exploded loudly, roaring like a wild beast that stood up to the sky, broke through the cage, and tore open the huge black net.

The emergency lights intersected, the high-rise buildings shook violently, and the roar of giant beasts pierced through the sky and night, and then disappeared in an instant.

The huge surging black energy re-integrated into Shen Qing's body, he raised his hand, and his pale five fingers strangled a person's neck.

It was a small child.

"Wow—you bully—"

The basement floor, which had been restored to its original state, echoed with the loud cries of children.

Shen Qing increased the strength in his hands, and the child's crying stopped abruptly.

"Han Yan,"

He said coldly, "Where's Yang Rong?"

Little Douding Han Yan looked at him tearfully: "What are you talking about, I, I don't know..."

"Then choose,"

Shen Qing said, "Be killed by me, or tell what you know."

"I don't want to tell you that you are not good to me."

Han Yan said aggrievedly, "I want to go home to find my mother, you...you go away."

As soon as he finished his last word, Shen Qing let go of his hand.

A gust of hot air rushed straight up, and the child's body was instantly engulfed by the flames, and he fell to the ground hard.

substitute.

Shen Qing looked at the pile of broken logs expressionlessly, and stomped out the flames.

The lights on the basement floor lit up in all directions, and in a corner not far away, a young woman woke up with difficulty and groaned.

"Well... where is this... did you save me?"

She rubbed her forehead, eyes confused.

Shen Qing glanced at her casually and said, "You are safe, go home."

After saying that, he left.

-

The night wind was bitterly cold, Shen Qing went back to Du's house alone, and buried herself in the quilt silently.

The fire amulet failed halfway, and the temperature in Ancheng was several degrees below zero at night. Shen Qing was caught off guard by the cold, and the whole black snake was stiff when he came back.

He wrapped himself in the quilt, feeling the lost body temperature come back little by little, and it took a long time for his hands and feet to feel a little warmer.

Confused, Shen Qing turned over uncomfortably and wanted to have a good sleep...couldn't sleep.

If only there was another person.

He moved into the bed.

Maybe it was because it was too cold, Shen Qing couldn't make herself fall asleep no matter what.Consciousness rose and fell, and countless vague and messy thoughts flashed by.He wandered between half-asleep and half-awake, with flames intertwined for a while, ice and snow for a while, and a warm and powerful embrace for a few short seconds.

At dawn, Shen Qing, who was finally barely sleepy, was awakened by a scream.

The scream is extremely penetrating, like a boulder thrown into a lake, and the water splashes in an instant.

Shen Qing got up expressionlessly in her black robe, opened the door and walked out of the room.

On the third floor, the servant who came to clean the corridor early in the morning fell to the ground, pointing at the end of the corridor with trembling arms... the open door.

The room that had been unoccupied for many years was decorated by white flags to look like a mourning hall. A white-haired old man fell in front of the door, his bloodshot eyes were wide open, and he was dying.

It's the housekeeper of the Du family, Li Furun.

"Li Bo!"

Du Haoan who rushed over after hearing the sound gasped, and looked at Shen Qing reflexively.

The moment he met those indifferent black eyes, a bucket of cold water was poured on his head, extinguishing his shock and panic.

He immediately recalled one thing - what he saw through the crack of the door yesterday... was the missing Uncle Li.

"What's the matter!"

Xue Shuya who hurried upstairs screamed, grabbed the handrail of the stairs and took a step back.

Du Haoan hurried over to help her.

"Mom, where is my dad? What happened to Uncle Li? Why was Grandpa's room turned into a mourning hall?!"

"wait……"

Xue Shuya stroked her chest and gasped for a while, then she didn't look away from the other side of the room, "Your dad had a fever last night, and he is still resting in the room, don't bother him. There is still room... yes, call your second Uncle is back, let’s go now.”

Du Haoan frowned and said, "Dad has a fever? Why didn't you tell me?"

Xue Shuya said softly: "What's the use of telling you, it's not like you don't know your father's temperament... What are you doing in a daze, go find your second uncle, and Mr. Ji—"

"It won't be him,"

Du Hao'an said without thinking, "There is no evil spirit here, and it's too obvious, and it's not so stupid."

Shen Qing: "..."

Xue Shuya said: "Then, please ask Mr. Ji to stay in the room for the time being. Also, find someone to properly accommodate Uncle Li, and the Li family will also contact you..."

"mom,"

Du Haoan interrupted her again, "Didn't you say yesterday that Uncle Li went home?"

Xue Shuya was stunned for a moment: "He really told me that."

"...Okay then, I'll go find Second Uncle now, you stay with other people and don't wander around."

Du Haoan sent Xue Shuya to the living room on the first floor, and called his second uncle Du He.

"Second Uncle, something happened at home..."

When he was on the phone, Shen Qing looked around the living room.Xue Shuya in the living room was sitting on the sofa, watching him closely with lingering fear.

One window of the living room faced the lush green hills behind Du's house, Shen Qing felt that something was wrong, and stopped in front of the window.

At the foot of the mountain, a shadow flashed past...it was a woman in a white dress.

Shen Qing grabbed Du Haoran who happened to pass by him: "Where is that over there?"

"Over this hill is our family's family grave."

Du Hao'an asked sharply, "What did you find?"

"one person,"

Shen Qing said, "Take me there."

Du Hao'an responded immediately: "Okay!"

An hour later, he regretted it.

"You, you wait..."

Out of breath, he climbed the bluestone steps, and was pulled away by Shen Qing a few meters away.

"It's not like climbing a mountain, that's not how you climb it...wait a minute..."

The wind picked up the corner of the black robe, Shen Qing stepped on the stone steps, turned around and looked down at him condescendingly: "You are too slow."

"I'm a human, but I'm not a demon."

Du Haoan straightened up with his back supported, waved his hands again and again and said, "No, let me rest, I can't crawl anymore..."

He rested for more than 20 minutes, and then walked for a while, and finally arrived at the Du family's cemetery under Shen Qing's slightly disgusted eyes.

"Our family is a traditional burial, and this piece is all my grandparents' generation,"

After resting, Du Haoan explained to him, "Don't look at the few people in the family now, in fact, everyone has moved out to start their own families, and they can only come back to get together during the Chinese New Year."

As he spoke, his expression darkened.

"Uncle Li came to my house more than ten years ago, and I was brought up by him..."

Shen Qing glanced at him: "You can go over there and cry for a while."

"No, my dad fell ill, I don't cry."

Du Haoan said, "I won't cry until my second uncle comes back."

Shen Qing said: "Well, a good and strong boy."

"..."

Du Haoan said, "What did you say you saw just now?"

"A woman in white."

Shen Qing's gaze scanned the cemetery for a week, and stopped at one of the places.

Du Haoan said: "Woman in white? Are you sure you read it right?"

"..."

Shen Qing didn't answer, and walked straight to a place.

"Hey,"

Du Haoan quickly followed, "That's my grandfather's tomb..."

His words stopped abruptly.

Among the many tombstones, an unnamed monument stood in the howling wind. The surface of the monument was covered with mud, as if it had just been dug out from the ground, and it had been artificially erected here.

"I have never seen this tombstone, and there is no unnamed monument in our house..."

Du Haoan said, "Who is buried here...?"

"..."

Shen Qing walked to the tombstone, raised her hand to stroke the corner of the stone tablet.

"There is no evil spirit,"

He said, "But I don't know what is buried underneath."

hum-

Something suddenly vibrated, and Du Haoan was taken aback. Just as he was about to take out the talisman paper, he saw Shen Qing take out his mobile phone silently.

Du Haoan: "...so you can still use your mobile phone."

Shen Qing ignored him, he stared at the caller ID on the screen for a few seconds, and connected the call.

A man's pleasant low smile came from the other end of the phone.

"Little Black Snake, come here and let me give you a hug."