The Raven That Passes By

Chapter 454 - 271: Did You and Your Brother Go Cultivate Immortality?!

Li Changzhou, accompanied by two people, directly teleported away from the parking lot.

Kale Square was under the "influence" of Ming City University. It wasn't as though most of the customers were students from there, but if there were customers, there definitely were students from Ming City among them.

He didn't visit often, only going to a few designated shops, but he was still familiar enough to teleport directly to the first floor.

Around the central atrium's railing, corn hung in the Northeast style, and Sichuan-style cured sausages were crowded with people.

"What happened?"

"An earthquake?"

"Don't know, I heard just now a woman jumped off the building to her death."

"Suicide?!"

"Yeah, they said she was a mistress whose lover refused to buy her a bag, so she jumped off the building."

"All this over a bag?"

"Excuse me, please make way! Don't crowd together; it's dangerous. Parents with children, please take your kids and leave immediately to avoid a stampede!"

Behind the crowd, Yang Qinglan's right hand embraced the "Fairy's Ruyi," and her left held the "Invisibility Lantern," its orange-yellow glow coating the three of them.

"Mistress! Li Qianxia gritted her teeth wishing she could throw those spreading the rumors off the edge to bounce on a trampoline for three days and nights."

"If you want a bag, I'll buy it for you. Why be a mistress?" Li Changzhou sighed; his family was unfortunate.

Li Qianxia's elbow, sharp as a steel spear, aimed straight at her brother's stern warning.

Li Changzhou raised his hand to block her elbow, glancing not far off at a man and a woman who immediately averted their gaze upon being spotted.

These were two players mingling in the crowd.

The "Invisibility Lantern" could only cloak visibility, not hide one's presence, sound, or heat. It was good for playing pranks on ordinary people, but ineffective against players and most high-tech devices.

"Found them," Yang Qinglan lifted her head.

The siblings followed her gaze to the railing on the opposite side of the fourth floor where a man with a pet backpack stood.

Despite being watched by the three, he appeared unconcerned, curiously looking down at the second basement, but after two seconds his demeanor changed, and he shrugged his shoulders and retreated into the crowd.

Li Changzhou didn't move.

"Aren't you going to chase him?" asked Li Qianxia, puzzled.

"Fighting here, one death would lead to a massacre," Li Changzhou's gaze swept over the sea of people.

Why hadn't the mall's management evacuated the crowd yet?

"Shadow Cat is already tracking him. We don't need to act just yet; let's wait until these people have left the square and then…" Yang Qinglan suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" the siblings looked at her.

Yang Qinglan turned to Li Qianxia.

Li Qianxia tilted her head, locking eyes with her, both stared at each other.

"I've met your roommate once…"

Before Yang Qinglan could finish, Li Qianxia realized something, straightened her head, and shouted: "My wives!"

Li Changzhou: "..."

"Our friend ran in there!"

"Understood, we are handling it right away, please go back upstairs, it's dangerous here!"

At the staircase leading to the second basement, Xu Xiao, Song Yuan, and Su Qin were stopped.

"What do we do?" Song Yuan looked anxious.

"How could Qian Xia suddenly jump down!" Xu Xiao was furious, anxious, and baffled.

Out on a Sunday with her best friend, sipping bubble tea, just returned from the restroom together, discussing which shop to try on clothes next, then her best friend jumped off the building?

"Should we call the police?" Song Yuan clutched her phone tightly.

"Security knows more about the situation; if needed, they would have already called the police," Su Qin remained relatively calm, "let's go back upstairs, don't crowd here. Let's leave professional matters to professionals; we'd only be in the way staying here."

The trio hesitated with every step, the escalator was stopped, crowded with onlookers, so they could only take the elevator.

The elevator doors opened, and a group of people walked out, dressed and moving with an air like the mall's staff.

"...should we conduct an emergency evacuation of the customers?"

"Let's wait for the officials to arrive before deciding. Evacuating now might provoke them."

Su Qin pressed for the first floor, the elevator doors slowly closed and began to ascend.

"What do you guys think," Song Yuan suddenly spoke up, "could it be that Qian Xia and her brother took out a high-interest loan and are being chased for debts? Was the previous trip a way to dodge debt collectors?"

As soon as she said it, she convinced herself, looking certain.

"That's too far-fetched, right?" Xu Xiao was half doubtful, as if hearing that Snow White was played by a black actress or that four Indian men were arrested for mating with a giant lizard; hard to believe, yet somewhat plausible.

Su Qin rolled her eyes: "Stop guessing. Do Qian Xia and her brother sound like the type to take out high-interest loans?" Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novᴇ

"They're not that kind of people, but they're broke. Sometimes, people do crazy things for money."

The elevator doors opened, and a rude guy, without waiting for the people inside to get off first, barged in and stood smack in the center.

Fortunately, the elevator was spacious enough; Xu Xiao, Song Yuan, and Su Qin walked around him to exit.

As they circled, Su Qin inadvertently glanced at the opposite side, where in the elevator's polished metal surface, slightly distorted reflections showed them and the man who had just entered, plus three corpses.

The corpses reached out from the top of the elevator, reaching toward them.

Her face turned pale, and she opened her mouth to scream:

"Mmm—!!!"

The elevator doors slowly closed, and the three were held by the corpses visible only in the metal mirror, hands covering their mouths, pinned against the elevator walls, their eyes wide with terror.

Chen Zong twisted his neck, making a chilling sigh.

"That is... the King of Black Fog…"

The elevator began to descend, and two seconds later it stopped. Chen Zong abruptly looked up, and in the mirror the three corpses turned their heads simultaneously towards the top of the elevator.