Chapter 62: Another Victim

Qi Lu didn't notice the anomaly in Hu Lei's room, he lay on his bed, bored looking at the ceiling above his head and fell into deep thought.

He really couldn't believe that Lao Wu would leave him without saying hello to him, could it be that the friendship and trust built up over the years could not withstand the threat of death?

Qi Lu's brows furrowed, and his eyes narrowed into a slit as he pondered the question. In the silence he seemed to hear the sound of the clock moving like the footsteps of the impending death.

The night was silent, but Qi Lu's heart was churning like the sea, as if the fears that had been buried in his heart for thousands of years had suddenly exploded, and the faces of several dead people kept floating in his mind...... Hu Qingyun died tragically under the sword, Yi Hanchuan was actually divided by the murderer, Meng Huai's spasmodic and pale face before he died, and even the timid words that Zhonglao Wu often said, were clearly imprinted in the space in front of him at this moment, mercilessly laughing at his incompetence.

Qi Lu couldn't solve the mystery behind the murder case, so he felt a tightness in his chest, and his hands subconsciously covered it. At that moment, his face turned white, not as a result of chest tightness, but as a sudden realization that he had lost something.

This thing is the green talisman made of materials from Kunlun Divine Mountain, Qi Lu rummaged through the pockets of his underwear and didn't find it, but he clearly remembered that he touched his pocket before going to bed last night, and this talisman was in it at that time.

During the day, he and the monsters had been searching the village for the whereabouts of Lao Wu, and no one could steal the talisman from his pocket, so there was only one possibility that someone had sneaked into the room last night and stole it while he was asleep.

Who will the thief be? If it is a few monsters of the Six Evils, the demonic aura emitted from the body as soon as the person enters the room can make Qi Lu wake up immediately! If you want to steal the spirit rune unknowingly under your nose, there can be no one else except Lao Wu.

Thinking of this, Qi Lu couldn't help frowning, Lao Wu could have asked for it, instead of stealing it to get this talisman. It is further inferred that Lao Wu has disappeared after stealing the talisman, which shows that this talisman is very important to him, otherwise he would not have thought about it before leaving.

But this talisman basically has no other effect except for being able to dispel a hundred ghosts, what does Lao Wu want to do with it, will he still be afraid of ghosts to harass him? Qi Lu knew that this was definitely not the reason why Lao Wu took away the spirit talisman, he couldn't help tossing and turning on the bed, and began to ponder Lao Wu's true intentions.

Thinking about it along the way, Qi Lu thought about every detail of the entire incident from beginning to end, just like when he was handling the supernatural case in the Kunlun Office, he wanted to sort out a clue to think through this matter.

The cold wind blew open the unclosed window, disturbing Qi Lu's thoughts, and he was suddenly startled and immediately sat up from the bed.

He heard a voice, a very slight voice, coming from somewhere outside, and sounding unusually harsh in the darkness.

The sound was very much like someone walking in the dark, and it was like the sound of something being wiped on the clothes flying in the night sky, Qi Lu suddenly became vigilant, and the person also looked out the window.

But there was only cold moonlight outside the window, not even a star, as if the sound I heard just now was just Qi Lu's illusion.

Just as he was back on the bed, the voice sounded softly outside again. Qi Lu couldn't help but be stunned, slipped out of bed silently, jumped to the curtain in two steps, and stood there holding his breath and listening.

The sound was gone again. Despite this, Qi Lu was sure that he had heard correctly, and someone had indeed walked outside the building.

He suddenly felt an impulse in his heart, and he wanted to rush out desperately to see what was going on. But Qi Lu forcibly suppressed himself, he was very clear-headed, and it was very stupid to go out rashly in the dead of night now, because this was probably a trap deliberately set by the murderer, and he was lurking in the dark waiting for him to take the initiative to come out and die.

Qi Lu decided not to pay attention to this strange sound, but the person who made this noise seemed to have a hard time with him, and as soon as Qi Lu lay down, the sound sounded outside again. So he glanced out the window without any hope, and suddenly bounced out of bed in shock.

Hong Yi floated in front of the window in white clothes and gestured to him, a gesture that even a child could understand, and motioned for Qi Lu to go out with him.

What's the matter with him looking for so late? Qi Lu immediately became alert. Could it be that the murderer turned into Hong Yi's appearance to lure himself into being deceived? But Qi Lu immediately denied this idea. Because his nose has smelled a faint smell of gasoline, no matter who the murderer is, no matter how vivid his appearance is, it is impossible to have the unique smell of Hong Yi.

Qi Lu was still not at ease, and looked at the puppet staying in the house again, he did not make any changes, which also proved from the side that the person who came was Hong Yi himself.

Qi Lu finally relaxed his guard, and hurriedly walked to the window to ask Hong Yi what was the matter with him coming to him. But as soon as the others walked to the window, Hong Yi's figure floated back a few meters away, and at the same time made the gesture just now.

"Are you afraid that the wall has ears, so let me go out and talk to you in detail?"

Hong Yi nodded slightly, and in the night, his expression looked a little uneasy and nervous.

It seemed that Hong Yi had discovered a new clue, Qi Lu breathed a sigh of relief, swept out of the window like a big bird, and followed Hong Yi to fly in the moonlit night.

flew until he reached the entrance of the village, Hong Yi stopped and fell, and Qi Lu followed his footsteps in the snow that had not yet melted.

But at this moment, something happened that surprised Qi Lu, Hong Yi's figure shook slightly in the darkness, and disappeared in front of Qi Lu's eyes like a ghost.

"Hong Yi, don't be kidding!" Qi Lu's face turned pale, and he looked around nervously, and instinctively touched the pendant around his neck with his right hand.

But Hong Yi never appeared again, although Qi Lu was surprised, he knew that what he saw just now was indeed Hong Yi himself, not some phantom or ghost, and the extremely faint smell of gasoline still left in the air was the best proof.

Just as Qi Lu was guessing whether Hong Yi's intention was to frame him, a cry suddenly came from the night, it was Ji Wei's voice, which was stuffed into Qi Lu's ears from the hotel at an extremely clear speed.

"Oh no, I've been tricked!" Qi Lu woke up suddenly, realized that he had fallen into the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and quickly flew up and returned to the hotel as fast as he could in his life.

In front of the hotel stood Ji Wei, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked both murderous and clumsy. Beside him were Hu Lei and the Demon Leader, both of whom had gloomy faces and did not speak, their eyes staring directly at the ground, and they did not even take their eyes off Qi Lu when he came.

Qi Lu looked down, and his face suddenly became whiter. The ground was a mess, the remnants of snow had been infected with a black liquid, forming an extremely ugly color, and at the same time, Qi Lu also found countless objects that looked like human corpses and rotten flesh scattered all over the ground. This scene is very much like the disgusting scene left behind by someone being blown to pieces by a bomb strapped to his body.

There was a very pungent smell wafting in the air, still the familiar smell of gasoline, Qi Lu couldn't help but shudder, and just as he wanted to speak, he saw Hu Lei leaning down and picking up a spherical object with a red glow from between the minced meat.

"Red Agate!" Qi Lu suddenly screamed, this thing was one of the parts of the Open Houyi Divine Bow that belonged to Hong Yi's custody.

In an instant, the appearance of the four people changed, like stone statues with no signs of life, and at this moment they all knew that this unlucky egg who was blown up and shattered was Hong Yi.

"It's really killing one a day...... Kill one ...... a day" Ji Wei moaned weakly, her voice getting lower and lower.

They stared at each other, neither of them could hide their nervousness, no one dared to deceive, and no one could keep their composure.

"Don't scream!" The demon leader yelled at Ji Wei in a rough voice and began to investigate the scene.

Hu Lei pinched the red agate in his hand and asked everyone: "What should I do with this thing, Hong Yi is dead, who keeps it?" As he spoke, he tried his best to suppress the joy in his heart.

No one paid attention to him, and no one cared about the agate, Hu Lei pretended to be smiling and said: "Since everyone is unwilling to keep it, then I will keep it for Brother Hongyi first." After saying that, he quickly stuffed the red agate into his underwear pocket, for fear that someone would change his mind.

"Must it be Hong Yi who died?" Qi Lu calmed down and asked.

Hu Lei also pretended to calm down and replied: "It's not my brother, could it be someone else?" ”

"I don't really believe that Hong Yi will die, maybe it is just a doll he made that died here."

"Then how do you explain the fact that the red agate will be left at the scene?"

Qi Lu was speechless for a while, but he had to admit in his heart that Hu Lei's words were very logical. If Hong Yi didn't die, he would never leave such a precious thing at the scene. Then he raised a new question: "The man died at the door, and you did not hear a single movement in the house?" ”

"Nope." The three of them spoke in unison, and at the end Ji Wei added: "The murderer is so powerful, he can kill him in an instant, how can we find out!" ”

"So you didn't even hear the explosion?"

"Yes, I didn't." Ji Wei asked him rhetorically: "Did you hear it?" ”

"I didn't hear that either." Qi Lu shook his head in disappointment.

"That's why I said the murderer was powerful, don't you admit it?"

"I don't think so."

Qi Lu suddenly sneered, and was about to explain the reason, but the demon leader who had finished surveying the scene had already expressed his opinion at this time.

"Mr. Qi is right, the murderer who killed Hong Yi is not powerful, and it is likely that the mana is between us."

"Brother is kidding, right?" Ji Wei still didn't believe it, "If that's the case, how could Brother Hong die!" Even if the murderer used a conspiracy, with the wisdom of Brother Hong, he could see through it, and he would have no chance to kill Brother Hong. ”

"Hey, I'm so strange, why didn't the murderer kill a low-IQ person like you first, but instead deal with the smartest one among us."

"Demon Leader, don't go too far!" Ji Wei couldn't hear the sarcasm in his words, and his face suddenly changed.

"When is it, you're still arguing with each other!" Qi Lu sighed and began to explain his point to Ji Wei.