My daughter has been possessed.

Chapter 120 Make amends

Chapter 120 Make amends

In Zhou Yiwen's villa.

After Li Jiuhe entered the Boundary Stone, Zhou Yiwen's daughter placed the Boundary Stone on the coffee table and asked Luo Shuo and Ma Li to look after it.

She then pushed Zhou Yiwen, who was in a wheelchair, back to the bedroom to give him his medication and let him rest.

The father and daughter did not return for some time after they left.

Only an elderly man, who seemed to be the butler and appeared to be energetic, stood by the stairs in the hall. The maid would occasionally enter the living room to bring Luo Shuo and his companion tea again, and to replace the tea with snacks and fruit.

At other times, Luo Shuo and Ma Li simply sat quietly, glancing at the motionless old man by the stairs and then at the strange sequence object on the coffee table—the Boundary Stone.

After some time, Luo Shuo said softly to Ma Li, "Don't you feel the atmosphere is very oppressive right now?"

Ma Li nodded quickly: "I could tell as soon as I walked into the room."

"Is there anything wrong with it?" Luo Shuo asked quietly.

Ma Li shook her head: "Nothing else is wrong, but I always feel that the atmosphere in this room is very strange, giving me a feeling that I need to be on guard at any time."

"Will Brother Li be alright if he enters the Boundary Stone?" Luo Shuo asked with some concern.

Ma Li frowned slightly and remained silent.

Luo Shuo immediately reminded him, "Be prepared. If anything seems amiss, we'll act immediately! Use the ant swarm against the person by the stairs; that person is definitely a Sequencer. I'll subdue Zhou Yiwen immediately. He's not strong enough right now, so he shouldn't be difficult to control."

As for Zhou Yiwen's daughter who always followed him, Luo Shuo had already figured it out; she was just an ordinary person, not a Sequencer.

Ma Li nodded.

About an hour later, the elevator in the lobby made a sound, and soon the elevator doors opened, and Zhou Yiwen, sitting in a wheelchair, was pushed out by his daughter as usual.

At this point, Zhou Yiwen seemed to have rested for a while, and his complexion and mental state were much better. It was unclear whether this was due to the medication he had taken.

He said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Luo Shuo frowned, feeling somewhat anxious. He didn't speak, but just stared longingly at the boundary stone.

In fact, after Zhou Yiwen came out, his gaze kept sweeping over the boundary stone to observe whether there were any changes.

He glanced at the old man who looked like a butler, and the old man shook his head in tacit agreement. Neither of them spoke.

Another hour or so passed.

During this period, Zhou Yiwen and his daughter occasionally exchanged a few words with Luo Shuo and Ma Li.

Suddenly, the boundary stone that had been sitting on the coffee table jumped.

Although it was a very light blow, everyone in the room was actually focused on it and immediately turned their attention to it.

The boundary stone pulsed again, but no strange scene unfolded. In a flash, a man and a woman were standing beside the coffee table.

These two people were Fang Yi and Guo Yunxi.

After the two appeared, they exchanged a glance and bowed to Zhou Yiwen, who was sitting in a wheelchair: "Mentor, we're out."

Zhou Yiwen looked bewildered and asked, "Where are the others?"

"Where are my colleagues?" Luo Shuo asked at the same time.

As he asked, he stood up and looked around. He only saw the two people coming out, but he did not see Li Jiuhe.

Fang Yi glanced at Luo Shuo but didn't answer him. Instead, he said to Zhou Yiwen with regret, "Mentor, the passage is destroyed. They—most likely won't be able to get out."

"what!"

Luo Shuo and Ma Li were shocked.

But at that moment, the boundary stone on the coffee table jumped twice, and everyone's vision blurred as they discovered that two more people had appeared.

These two people were Zhang Song and Hong Xiaojun.

Upon seeing the two of them, Fang Yi and Guo Yunxi's expressions changed.

"You—you all—"

The boundary stone continued to pulsate, but this time the amplitude of the pulsation was much greater than the previous ones.

In a flash, a small giant nearly three meters tall, with a jet-black body that shone brightly, appeared before everyone. It had thick, strip-like limbs, a round, bulging belly, and deformed blood tumors all over its back that were throbbing.

The appearance of this guy immediately filled the entire villa hall with a bloody and eerie atmosphere, making everyone feel as if they were suddenly in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Zhou Yiwen was very familiar with this guy's body and face, because this was the cursed avatar that he had released into the Boundary Stone space at great cost.

Then Li Jiuhe's voice rang out: "Our enemy is right in front of us, aren't you going to make a move?"

The cursed avatar had barely steadied itself when it roared and stretched out its two hands, reaching out to grab Fang Yi and Guo Yunxi, who were standing close by.

The two were immediately startled; they had never expected that even the incarnation of the curse would follow them.

What's even more unexpected is that even though they had destroyed the USB drive and closed the channel, why was it reactivated at this moment?!

Before they could react, the two instinctively stepped back.

But while they retreated quickly, the cursed incarnation struck even faster.

Seeing that he was about to be caught, Fang Yi, in a moment of desperation, pushed Guo Yunxi, who was next to him, out to shield him.

He then quickly pointed at Zhou Yiwen in the wheelchair and said, "Kill him—"

Before he could finish speaking, he felt a faint curse force come over him and block his throat. This curse force seemed to come from Zhou Yiwen.

Zhou Yiwen's face turned pale instantly, and his body tensed up, as if he had used up all his strength and was struggling to hold on!

He knew that his spell power was too weak and he couldn't hold out against Fang Yi for long.

The next second, Li Jiuhe's silver-corroded dagger pierced Fang Yi's heart. A hazy white light shone on the surface of the dagger, causing Fang Yi's magical power to dissipate.

Zhou Yiwen, who was struggling to stay upright, had involuntarily curled up in his wheelchair, frightening his daughter who was at a loss.

Zhou Yiwen's body suddenly relaxed. After Fang Yi was stabbed in the heart, the curse power that attacked him vanished instantly, and he collapsed.

At the same moment, Guo Yunxi, who was pushed out by Fang Yi, was blocked in front of the cursed avatar. The cursed avatar stretched out a fan-like hand, and five fingers instantly embedded themselves into her chest, lifting her up. You could also vaguely see the knuckles of thick fingers piercing through Guo Yunxi's back, which was extremely terrifying!

Guo Yunxi was seriously injured. In front of this curse incarnation that was completely unafraid of the curse, she could not even struggle. She was filled with fear and resentment towards Fang Yi.

Ever since she met Fang Yi, she had liked this man very much. The two did not tell the other students, but secretly dated and went on dates.

Even after hearing about Fang Yi's plan to deal with their mentor, Guo Yunxi did not object, but instead wholeheartedly supported her man.

Fang Yi's plan was made much easier thanks to her help, and it is now almost complete.

Who would have thought that things would turn out this way when all was said and done! The man she loved would sacrifice himself to save his own life at the crucial moment.

"Fang Yi"

Knowing she was already dead, Guo Yunxi opened her lips, and a mouthful of blood gushed out, staining her chin and neck red.

She couldn't turn back, and couldn't see that Li Jiuhe had stabbed Fang Yi in the heart. Filled with resentment, she spoke with utter malice: "Damn you! I'm willing to sacrifice my last remaining life to curse you to a terrible death!"

Fang Yi heard every word Guo Yunxi said, his body trembled violently, and he let out a painful groan.

Li Jiuhe said, "Yes, your curse has worked."

Click!

The cursed form bit Guo Yunxi's head, snapping her neck. As if spitting out a fruit pit, it casually spat the head onto the living room floor, where it rolled to the corner of the sofa.

It then discarded Guo Yunxi's headless corpse, grabbed Fang Yi who was already unable to resist, and even pulled out the silver dagger stuck in his heart by the force.

"Wait, I have something else to ask!" Li Jiuhe said hurriedly.

"Wait!" Zhou Yiwen, in his wheelchair, heard Li Jiuhe speak and immediately stopped his cursed incarnation.

Normally, this guy wouldn't pay attention to Li Jiuhe's words, but Zhou Yiwen's words made it pause, gripping Fang Yi tightly, with at least four fingers inserted into the other's body, rendering him unable to move.

The cursed incarnation remained in that position, looking over there.

Zhou Yiwen hurriedly said, "Investigator Li, ask away, ask quickly!"

Li Jiuhe looked at Fang Yi, whose body was trembling and who was already severely injured: "Why did you cast the Ghost Fire Curse on me, or rather, the Water and Fire Incompatibility Curse?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yiwen, standing behind him, suddenly realized what was going on.

Fang Yi himself also looked surprised. He struggled to raise his head and look at Li Jiuhe: "So—the target of my curse—was you—"

"You don't even know who the target is. It seems you're just like He Erbing, the cursed one from Nanfeng Town." Li Jiuhe frowned and continued, "Who exactly ordered you to cast the curse on me?"

"Hehehehe————" Fang Yi grinned, revealing a bleak smile, but said nothing.

Li Jiuhe sneered: "Fine, you don't have to tell me. But since you were found, do you think I can't find the person behind you?"

Fang Yi's smile faltered.

Li Jiuhe then turned to Zhou Yiwen, his tone no longer respectful: "Zhou Yiwen, don't you want to know why he wanted to kill you? And what methods he used to dilute your abilities?"

Zhou Yiwen gave a wry smile and said quietly, "Investigator Li is very kind. However, I already have a general idea of ​​the reasons."

Li Jiuhe looked at Fang Yi again, only to see that the guy's eyes were unfocused, his body was loosely held by the cursed incarnation, and he was already dead.

The cursed entity seemed furious that Fang Yi had died so easily. Without waiting for Zhou Yiwen's order, it opened its mouth wide and, just like before, snapped Fang Yi's head off and spat it onto the ground.

They then tore off the guy's limbs one by one, a scene of extreme cruelty, before finally discarding Fang Yi's torso, which had become a human stump.

Zhou Yiwen pointed outside the door: "His accomplices are also there."

The embodiment of the curse turned around and strode out of the hall.

Not long after, the maid who had just been serving tea and water to Luo Shuo and his companion let out a scream.

It turns out that this woman was a spy planted by Fang Yi next to Zhou Yiwen, and Zhou Yiwen seemed to have realized it long ago.

Zhou Yiwen then gently clenched his right hand, and the cursed avatar still outside the door completely collapsed. The remaining cursed power turned into a wisp of black energy and returned to the living room, surging into Zhou Yiwen's body.

In an instant, Zhou Yiwen's complexion became rosier, and his body clearly regained some strength.

Li Jiuhe's move to directly draw the cursed avatar back to the real world from the Boundary Stone space was something Zhou Yiwen never expected. So at this moment, he took the opportunity to use the cursed avatar to eliminate the hidden pawn in his home and return the cursed avatar to his body as the last bit of curse power.

From the appearance of Li Jiuhe and the incarnation of the curse, to their immediate killing of Fang Yi and Guo Yunxi, and then to the series of subsequent changes, everyone else in the living room was dumbfounded.

This includes the two innocent students, Zhang Song and Hong Xiaojun.

They had already instinctively shrunk to the corner, and now they didn't dare to take a step forward.

Since they had already left the city of Bian, the regional death curse on the two of them had been automatically lifted.

Of course, although the two of them had escaped from the desolate city, they still didn't understand how they got out.

No one knew that before the mission reset, when Li Jiuhe obtained the real black USB drive, he used one of his chances to carry any item and copied the USB drive to the point after the mission reset.

In other words, in the later tasks, there were actually two USB drives that could activate the channel.

The original USB drive was still with Fang Yi, while the copy was with Li Jiuhe.

So when Li Jiuhe saw Fang Yi and Guo Yunxi leave, he calmly plugged in the second genuine USB drive and reactivated the channel.

The spacious living room of the villa was deathly silent.

Then a loud bang was heard, and everyone was stunned, staring at the scene in surprise.

Li Jiuhe turned around and saw Zhou Yiwen kneel down from his wheelchair in front of him.

"dad!"

His daughter panicked and quickly bent down to help him up.

Zhou Yiwen abruptly flung her hand away, startling his daughter so much that she dared not come any closer, only staring at her father's erratic behavior with surprise and fear.

The butler on the other side also wanted to go forward to help him, but seeing this, he stood still and dared not approach.

"Investigator Li, I, Zhou Yiwen, sincerely apologize to you! Please forgive me!"

Zhou Yiwen knelt on the ground, looking at Li Jiuhe with a face full of guilt.

Li Jiuhe did not stop him from doing so, because he himself was also full of anger, which he had been holding in for a long time, ever since he roughly guessed the truth in the Boundary Stone Space.

"I lied to you because I wanted you to help me rescue the other students. Before that, I only knew that the culprit was among those four people, but I didn't know exactly who it was."

"Were you originally planning to go in by yourself?" Li Jiuhe asked.

Zhou Yiwen nodded emphatically: "Before you came, I was prepared to risk my life to rescue the other innocent students, and then go down in flames with the culprit inside."

"You deliberately hid it from me, saying you didn't care about the person who tried to harm you, and only wanted to save Zhang Song and the others," Li Jiuhe said. "Did you change your plan after you heard we were from the Investigation Bureau?"

"Yes." Zhou Yiwen lay on the ground, raised his head, "But the main reason is that you worked with Tongcheng investigators."

I trust Tong Cheng; I know he's very capable. You're all in his group, so your abilities are definitely not lacking. With you two helping, it's better than me doing it myself!

At this point, he quickly explained, "As for why I didn't tell you the truth before you went in, it's because I suspected that someone in the house was the mastermind's mole, and I was worried that telling you would expose my whole plan and ruin everything."

"Aren't you worried that I know nothing and might cause trouble after entering the Boundary Stone?" Li Jiuhe asked.

Zhou Yiwen shook his head fiercely: "Don't worry, I believe in the capabilities of the Tongcheng investigators' team, and I believe you will uncover the truth. If even the people from headquarters can't solve this, then this is my fate, the punishment for concealing the truth."

"Punishment? Heh—" Li Jiuhe chuckled.

Zhou Yiwen immediately added, "I didn't expect you to draw out my cursed avatar, so I quickly absorbed the little remaining curse power it possessed. This curse power should be enough for me to cast another curse for you, such as a curse related to the abandoned wooden house."

"Really?" Li Jiuhe was overjoyed to hear this.

"Absolutely true." Zhou Yiwen nodded quickly. "This is my way of making up for what I did for Investigator Li. Thank you for your hard work! It's what I should do, please believe me!"

Li Jiuhe stared at Zhou Yiwen, remaining silent for a moment.

He then turned to look at Luo Shuo and Ma Li and asked, "Are you two alright?"

Both the man and the insect shook their heads simultaneously: "It's nothing."

It was clear that both of them were a little angry, after all, neither of them expected to be outmaneuvered by this man in his nineties.

After the other party knelt down and apologized, and explained that although Zhou Yiwen's previous actions were indeed selfish, he was able to give a sufficient reason, and he was now willing to help Li Jiuhe again.

Especially since this was something Li Jiuhe cared about most, their hatred for the old man seemed to have lessened.

Li Jiuhe turned to look at Zhou Yiwen again, and after a moment said, "Get up first."

Zhou Yiwen's daughter and the housekeeper immediately stepped forward and carefully helped him up from both sides, slowly moving him to the wheelchair behind him.

Zhou Yiwen respectfully inquired, "Investigators, this place is a complete mess right now. How about we go to my study on the second floor, where I'll finish the curse I placed on you regarding that abandoned wooden house?"

Li Jiuhe and the others looked at the living room floor and realized it was no longer just a mess, but a river of blood, accompanied by a strong smell of blood.

Blood was still flowing from the two corpses on the ground, soaking the beautifully patterned floor tiles in the living room.

"Okay." Li Jiuhe nodded.

He then gestured to Luo Shuo with his eyes.

Luo Shuo understood and quickly walked to Fang Yi's body. He squatted down and rummaged around for a while, finding some of his personal belongings.

He touched everything, then began searching the corpse with his eyes slightly closed.

A moment later, he got up and went to Guo Yunxi's body. He performed the same set of movements, smooth and practiced, and then began to search for her.

This is done to verify the results against the first trace and see if they are accurate.

He quickly stood up and returned to Li Jiuhe's side: "It's done. We've locked onto the same person. And I've learned from experience; this time we explored very carefully, so even if that person is a powerful Sequence User, we won't be alerted."

"How far is it?" Li Jiuhe asked.

"It's not far, just in Xingtai City," Luo Shuo said. "But—if you're going to perform the curse on the wooden house now—"

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Li Jiuhe waved his hand: "I'll arrange that."

"Investigators, please follow me." Zhou Yiwen, in his wheelchair, spoke earnestly, then looked at Zhang Song and the other man, "You two come too."

Then he instructed the old butler, "Old Xia, please clean this place up."

"Of course, sir." The butler nodded and turned to get busy.