Metaphysics Live Stream, Going Viral Across the Internet Ch. 45

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"That area isn't under Fengdu's control. It's long been handled by the Ghost Mother of the Hungry Ghost Path. That place has always been a gate to the Hungry Ghost Realm, so it falls outside our authority."

"The Ghost Mother's always done her own thing. After the last chaos in the Underworld, no one managed her. Now that you're asking, could something have gone wrong over there?"

"There's a spirit that escaped from the Hungry Ghost Realm, stole the Yin Prince's command token, and is now causing chaos among the living!"

Everyone froze.

"The Yin Prince's command token—that's your..."

The Lord cut him off. "Reclaim the Hungry Ghost Path. Find out where the Ghost Mother went."

The group received the order and left.

"What about the ghost city in the human realm..."

"Someone will take care of it."

On the roadside near Ghost City, Officer Zhang's face was full of worry. A whole day had passed, and there was still no news from inside. No one knew what the situation was like in there.

"Captain, someone's coming up."

Officer Zhang frowned. "Didn't I say not to let any civilians up here? It's too dangerous."

"They're not civilians. Said they were sent from above."

Seven people came in total, each dressed bizarrely.

One wore a Taoist robe, another was in a full-on suit, and someone even had a full-on emo hairstyle straight out of a punk rock band...

Officer Zhang, carrying out orders, looked at this odd group—felt like they just walked out of a psychiatric ward. He was in a terrible mood.

The one leading the group was very polite and handed over an ID. "Hello, Officer Zhang. We're from the Special Operations Division. We're taking over this area now. Thank you for your work yesterday."

Zhang checked the ID, and sure enough, it bore the official seal of approval.

Not long ago, his director had called, saying if this group showed up, to let them through without question.

Zhang returned the ID and kindly warned them.

"It's been raining non-stop. This place could collapse again at any moment. Be careful when you head in."

The man patted his shoulder.

"Thanks. Officer Zhang, please have your people fall back."

Zhang gave the order for his team to head down the mountain, staying behind himself to cover the rear.

Then, he saw something he'd never forget for the rest of his life.

A young guy in a Taoist robe knelt down and started arranging things on the ground—looked a bit like copper coins, maybe candles?

The next second, the stuff on the ground lit up on its own. The entire mountainside seemed to freeze in place, and the mud and rocks blocking the road were pushed to the sides.

Zhang had no idea how to describe it. It was like something out of a movie, like an immortal casting spells.

The road just opened up by itself—as if an invisible pair of giant hands were parting the mud left and right.

Too bad everyone else had already been cleared out. He was the only one who got to witness that mind-blowing scene.

No wonder they insisted on clearing the area first. If anyone else had seen that, who'd still believe in science?

That moment reminded him of a case he once investigated with the director—a suicide jump from a building.

Back then, the director was still the captain of the First Division, and he himself was just a green rookie, working his first criminal case.

The one who jumped was a wealthy businessman, filthy rich, and no one could figure out why he'd jump from the top of his own company's building.

Surveillance showed that on the day of the incident, the man was still working in his office, nothing out of the ordinary. The timestamp on the footage was around 11:50 PM.

But right at midnight, the footage started getting weird.

The man stood up and slowly walked upstairs.

Then, the camera on the ground floor caught the moment he hit the pavement.

He and the director went up to the rooftop to check.

And that's when he saw a woman in red standing at the edge of the rooftop.

Suddenly, the director grabbed him by the neck—and when he snapped out of it, he realized he had walked all the way to the edge himself, completely unaware.

If the director hadn't pulled him back in time, he would've been splattered on the ground too.

Later, they found out the businessman had married into his wife's family. After causing her death, he stepped on her corpse to climb the social ladder and brought his mistress and her entire family into the house.

Not even half a month after his original wife died, he moved the mistress in. Tch. Even animals wouldn't stoop that low.

In the end, the case was cracked—it turned out the mistress had gone insane and pushed the man off the building.

When Officer Zhang told the director that the woman he saw looked just like the businessman's original wife, the director gave him a vague look and said he was just suffering from heatstroke—then told him to go back and write a report.

Just as Officer Zhang spaced out, a loud roar jolted him back to attention.

The passage had opened—and a horde of flesh-colored monkeys came charging toward them.

Those monkeys had twisted faces and razor-sharp teeth.

Officer Zhang hurried to draw his gun, but the man next to him, who had been smoking, pressed down on his hand.

"It's too dangerous here. Take the others and head back down the mountain—fast."

"But those monsters..."

The man clapped a hand on Officer Zhang's shoulder and slipped a triangle-shaped talisman into his pocket.

"Believe in science. What monsters? Those are just wild monkeys gone rabid."

Officer Zhang stared at him in disbelief, hesitated for a moment, then turned and left.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the young Taoist up front press his palms together. The talismans on the ground flew up and struck the charging flesh-monkeys, sending them flying.

The rest of the team hopped onto motorcycles and sped toward Ghost City.

Their movements were sharp and clean. Seeing that they could handle it, Zhang didn't look back and rushed down the mountain.

"Zhai Hongyun, did your senior brother say if we need to do anything special after entering Ghost City?"

Zhai Hongyun—the young Taoist who used the talismans to take out the monkeys—wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Nope! Senior bro said just go in and start fighting!"

"...What about him?"

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