Chapter 1: The Chief
The world is full of circles.
Social circles, relationship circles, life circles, people seem to move freely, but they can always be summarized into a certain circle. The world outside the circle is like a plot on a movie screen for the people in the circle, vivid but not real.
What's even more terrifying is that some worlds outside the circle don't even exist in the cognition of ordinary people, and they can't be touched for the rest of their lives. Ignorance is both a blessing and a misfortune. Luckily, danger is far from the everyday, and unfortunately you don't know anything about it when it comes.
Chen Li is the official person who is responsible for eliminating unknown dangers before touching the daily life, and at this moment he is complaining to his boss on the phone: "Recently, those yin ghosts don't know what medicine they have taken wrong, and they are running around desperately. There's so little staff in the department that I'm too busy to get busy!"
"We are a formal organization, and we have clock-in and clock-out records. β
"As the head of a place, it's normal for me to forget to clock in for official business, right?"
"Then it's not like there are only ten days a month to punch in! Chen Li, I know you don't pay attention to official business, at least pretend to be serious for me!"
"Huh, you know!" Chen Li said embarrassedly: "Next time I ask Li Xian to use fingerprint film to help me punch in, I guarantee that it won't be too ugly!"
"Don't think about the travel expenses, overtime pay, and high temperature allowance you applied for last time!" The voice on the other side of the microphone was faintly hoarse, and there was a faint sound of swallowing a big gulp of water.
"Okay, okay, it's good not to delay things! Isn't our friendship for many years as good as a sign-in sheet...... But I've been the director of the department for ten years, and I'm still a big cat and a little kitten under my hands, and I can't talk about it!
"There are a lot of newcomers, and it's hard to find those who are qualified to be sent to you...... There are not many respected elders behind the current newcomers, or they are stunned young people who are on a rampage, and you don't want to report a funeral fee next month, right? The formalities are already being completed, and I am expected to be able to report to you next month. I'll say it first, you have to entertain this master well, or ......"
"Remember to report all my invoices!Come over for tea when you have time~~" Chen Li quickly hung up the phone and let out a long breath.
"Ah Qing, this guy is really verbose at the higher the position, he used to be a neat person......
"That's because you're always bothering Bureau Liu to make you special!" Li Xian mercilessly mocked the head: "If it weren't for the large number of Qingju, the small shoes you want to wear would have already been lined up on the road in front of the house! The fingerprint film you want is ready, do you want to try it?"
Because of the needs of the work, Chen Li's unit is located at the very edge of the city, just opposite the education district where schools are gathered. Chen Li once tried to apply for relocation to the education district in the name of protecting the future flowers of the motherland, but he was directly beaten back when he arrived at Liu Qing's desk. The application also marked a sentence with a red pen: In order to protect the future flowers of the motherland, this unreasonable request is rejected!
"Okay, you still have a way!" Chen Li was interested, patted Li Xian on the shoulder and walked out of the door: "Go and try to see if it's useful, if it's useful, get a few more!"
From the outside, it looks like a half-abandoned factory, but when you turn the corner, you can see a small sign hanging on the door: Extraordinary Disaster Rescue and Protection Department. As a formal office, the fingerprint punch card machine is also one of the conventional configurations. I saw Li Xian cover a white film on his fingers, aim at the glass and press it gently.
"Chen Li, check in successfully!"
When these words floated from the punch card machine, Chen Li hurriedly snatched the film on Li Xian's fingers and took a closer look.
"It's really yours! next time A-Qing will have no excuse to delay my declaration!"
"That's not an excuse, it's obviously your own violation, okay!" Although he was an accomplice who helped the boss steal and prepare props, Li Xian couldn't help but complain: "It's just a matter of pressing your finger when you go in and out, you're too lazy! What are you playing! Just press it with your finger!"
Chen Li put a film on his fingers and happily experimented on the punch card machine. As a result, the scene kept hearing the prompt of "successful check-in".
"This is a triumph of technology, another major victory of human beings over machinery!"
"The technology that can be done with just a hot melt adhesive and a glue gun is really too cheap! After all, you are just pushing the trouble to your subordinates!"
"You, you still have to learn more. Chen Li said with a smug face: "Isn't it natural for subordinates to help their bosses deal with troublesome matters? Subordinates who have to ask their superiors to take the initiative are stupid! Why do you think Ah Qing helps me reimburse the invoice every time!"
"It's really a bad boss, and it's too bad to be a subordinate! Do you want me to be a clever subordinate? I've heard all the phone calls between you and Bureau Liu!"
"I understand your urgency to help me run errands, but alas, I've found the right doglegs. Come out and check in at No. 1!"
As Chen Li pinched a trick, an invisible yin wind blew in the darkness, and the dust on the ground was rolled up to form a human figure.
"Use empty ghosts to help you be lazy, you give me a little more common sense!"
Just as Li Xian was speaking, the puppet named Empty Ghost had successfully completed the task entrusted by his master.
"Punch in successfully!"
"Okay! So I won't even use the office anymore!" Chen Lixi looked at it and gave Li Xian two satisfied looks.
It's over, and the man is speeding towards the abyss of the waste. Thinking that he was working under the hands of the wasted, and even sitting in the back seat of the wasted, Li Xian only felt that the future was bleak.
Seeing Li Xian's depressed appearance, Chen Li comforted him and said: "Don't worry, I still understand the principle of not suffering from widowhood but suffering from inequality." You go back and get everyone's fingerprint film, fill out the empty ghost application form, I won't treat my own people badly!"
Please think carefully about the feelings of the people in the bureau! The person who came down to inspect last time was angry with you, but this time you want to send people directly to the hospital? Looking back at the familiar factory compound, Li Xian can already imagine the empty scene here in the future.
"Boss, I don't think that's great......"
"It's okay, Liu Ju is my iron buddy, everything has him!"
It would be nice if you patted your chest and promised to vouch for yourself! Anyway, how much trouble do you have to cause to Liu Ju! Li Xian looked at the empty ghost standing quietly behind Chen Li, ah, now that he has changed his name to punch card No. 1, he always feels that his little common sense is collapsing little by little.
I'm part of a semi-secret organization that expells visitors from the other world, and it's our job to keep ordinary citizens safe and eliminate the influence of visitors from other worlds. We are highly trained and professional, with a large number of techniques and props to fight against visitors from other worlds. For example, the empty ghost, it can accept simple instructions from its owner, it is not afraid of physical attacks and will not flinch, and it can even remotely control it to punch itself in...... What a fart!
The props that he once dreamed of fell into his hands so easily, but Li Xian was not happy at all. Compared with the days when he was learning art from the master, Li Xian always felt that something was wrong.
Li Xian is not a full member of the Abnormal Disaster Rescue and Protection Division, he is only temporarily under the command of Chen Li, and participates in some situations as an intern. Li Xian, who asked himself about his superb skills, had also carried out some expulsion exercises under the leadership of his master before, never expected that what he was doing here was to help the boss Chen Li steal and play tricks!
I recall the sentence shouted out in front of the director: "I want to go to the most challenging place!" It was really shy and frustrating, and I should have answered normally if I had known! The ambiguous smile that appeared at that time was not a gratifying smile when I saw an aspiring junior, but a happy smile when I saw a naΓ―ve junior!
"You, you're just thinking too much, aren't we doing this and that just to expel the anomaly and return to normal?
After Li Xian left, an anxious voice came from the shadow around the corner: "Boss, the seal in the southeast corner has cracked again, and many Yin Ghosts have escaped!"
"What are you afraid of, it's not the first time. Chen Li stretched out his hand and hooked in the shadows, and grabbed a dog-headed human ghost: "Dog Li, do you kid have anything else to hide from me?"
Goli is a rare youkai that has a small chance of being born only if a dog that trusts and relies on each other dies with its owner. Because it is formed by the entanglement of dogs and humans, it has both human wisdom and various characteristics of dogs, and is a difficult monster that is not very threatening but very slippery. Sadly, partners who trusted each other during life often find it difficult to accept other parts of each other after death, and Gou Li's whole life is in the pursuit of separation and restoration of pure individuals, whether it is to become a human or a dog.
When Chen Li mentioned it, Gou Li trembled with fright: "No, it's just that Yabai, who was passing by, said that he seemed to have seen a guy other than a ghost, so I quickly ran over to tell you!"
Yin ghosts are the most common visitors from other worlds, and they can be seen almost every day in the city where Chen Li is stationed. The destructive power of the individual Yin Ghost is not strong, and it usually dissipates by itself when it passes through the seal, and only a large number of Yin Ghost impact the seal need to be dispatched by the Abnormal Disaster Rescue and Protection Department. The monsters above the Yin Ghost are all difficult to control, and once indulged, the impact is limitless, and may even make the anomaly prominent.
"Is there a mistake, Lao Tzu just finished the check-in and you came out to make trouble, isn't it not to give face!?" Chen Li left the dog away, and said annoyingly: "It's better to go and dismantle the Linggong Tower, anyway, I've been to the place last time, and it's right to walk along the road!"
At this moment, the dog that was thrown in the air by Chen Li suddenly stopped, and even the empty ghost behind Chen Li who was constantly circulating in dust was motionless, and the whole world seemed to be pressed the pause button.
"I just said that I would be a guest at your house, and you came to the door by yourself. Chen Li carefully hid the fingerprint film on the empty ghost's hand, raised his head to the sky and said, "Inspiration King, are you going to declare war on me?"
"It was not my intention to disturb your realm, I came to explain it to you, King Li. A deep voice came from the air, and a huge shadow seemed to appear in front of Chen Li's eyes in a squeezing way.
"Phew! How many times have I said it, don't mention this unlucky nickname, others will think we are making some bloody and violent tertiary film when they hear it!" Chen Li flew out with a mouthful of spittle, and it happened to land on Gou Li's body. "Say, I'm listening. If your explanation doesn't satisfy me, then don't blame me for going to the Spirit Palace Pagoda for a few days!"
"The Spirit Palace Tower will always open its doors to you, Director Chen. The black shadow in the sky was very obedient, and immediately changed Chen Li's title to a more popular director: "It was a karma maniac who caused this riot, and the guards in charge of guarding it managed it according to the old way, and accidentally let it take advantage of the loopholes. β
"You mean the shit has been pulled out, and now you want me to wipe your ass?" Chen Li looked impatient.
"If Your Excellency allows me, I will naturally send my subordinates to deal with ......"
"Excuse me, that broken seal is already full of holes like a sieve, and you can't even make a show if you throw a few more men in. Today the head approved a free labor down, I'm in a good mood this time. Remember, don't take it as an example!" Chen Li snapped his fingers, and the empty ghost behind him disappeared in a flash.
"So, this side has retired first!"
Chen Li opened his hand and grabbed into the void, forcibly dragging the huge shadow that was gradually fading.
"Ordinary karmic maniacs have already begun to devour karma when they come to the Yang World, and this karmic maniac has not yet appeared, have you done some strange experiments?"
"Director Chen's eyes are like torches, and he really can't hide it from you. The King of Inspiration is also calm, "The karmic maniac who broke into the yang world has been specially adjusted, has a certain amount of wisdom and is extremely inspired. β
"I said you, if you want to find fault, you will come to me in front of you, there is no point in doing these small actions behind your back!" Chen Li clenched his palms into fists and tore a small shadow from the Inspiration King's body. "This will be regarded as an apology for your Spirit Palace Tower, and I will deal with it as a karmic maniac!"
The King of Inspiration nodded slightly, and the haze that hung over the factory suddenly disappeared.
"Oops!" the dog rolled over from the ground, embarrassed but unhindered to blend into the dark shadow in the corner.