I Am Your Natural Enemy

The moment the thought arose, the Paris photo album appeared in his mind; he could peek into the album to take a look.

As the thought surfaced, Wen Yan felt a sudden chill in his heart. Goodness! He hadn’t even dared to use that album, yet he was still being tempted.

He didn’t believe for a second that when the hint specifically mentioned that all previous owners had died, it meant they had all died of old age.

Otherwise, there would have been no need to mention it.

It must mean they all died unexpectedly; every single one of them met with a violent death.

He was not superstitious, nor did he plan to use the item; at most, he would later place it in the basement as part of his collection.

Although he had acquired many trophies, basically all of them had their various pros and cons.

Thinking of the sudden thought he had just had, Wen Yan made a decision. He put all those wondrous items in a box and then placed it on Grandma’s altar table, with her portrait pressing on top.

Whether it was useful or not, at least psychologically, it felt useful.

This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about someone at home being unable to resist touching them.

As the sky gradually darkened, Feng Wei and Tong Si, as agreed, came around that time.

After sharing a meal together, Wen Yan led the group on their way.

All the way to the perimeter of the detention center, when they were about to step out of the path, he let Tong Si peek out first.

Tong Si manifested his Grim-eyed vision, scanned the surroundings, withdrew his head, and pointed in a particular direction.

Then he also took out his phone and wrote on it with his fingers.

”The guy we saw during the day has come, and there are more of them now. They must have dug their way here from underneath quietly. It’s just that I don’t know why there is no sound at all.

I guess it might be related to the ripples we saw during the day. Among them, there must be someone whose ability is related to sound.”

Wen Yan’s brow furrowed slightly. An ability related to sound was actually a simpler concern; he was more worried about it being connected to vibrations.

In principle, they were indeed almost the same thing, but in terms of abilities, this was not necessarily the case.

Many abilities are like that: in the hands of someone with a solid knowledge foundation, high learning, and great manual skills, it’s a top-tier ability.

In the hands of an academic underachiever, it’s probably only good for some community policing work.

Like Li Linlin.

Unfortunately, it’s often like mathematics: if you understand it, you understand it. If you don’t, no amount of pressure will help you comprehend it.

If there had been any way to resolve it, Li Linlin would probably still be at Europa acting as Paru.

That knowledge just couldn’t be crammed into her head; it was impossible to apply.

”Have they started making any moves?”

”It looks like they have. I can see the aura in that area spinning rapidly; something must be activating an ability.”

”Good, follow me. It’s not safe for you to stay here.”

Wen Yan took out a Jade Pendant and had both of them enter it. He blessed them with Yang Energy and then blessed the Jade Pendant itself with Yang Energy. Wen Yan then walked out from the Desolate Tomb.

He proceeded toward the detention center, and on his way, he even sent a message to Feng Yao to notify him.

Meanwhile, dozens of meters underground, a Pangolin was turning into a drilling top, rapidly boring a tunnel through the earth.

Behind it, a creature with a big mouth and large ears, dull gray, and slightly resembling an Emei Monkey, was following. Its large ears trembled constantly, forcibly capturing all sounds from the drilling, ensuring not a single one escaped.

Behind them, a Ghost took out a piece of paper and a pencil, sketching a crude map of the route.

”Stop, someone’s coming.”

The Emei Monkey listened carefully and then relaxed.

”The footsteps are the same as one person we heard during the day. It’s probably someone from the detention center. Ignore them and keep going.”

After speaking, the Emei Monkey turned to look at the Ghost.

”Is your mapping reliable?”

”Of course it’s reliable! Can’t you guys feel it? I can already sense the Yang Energy. What kind of hellish place is this? Even dozens of meters underground, the Yang Energy can still reach us!”

The Ghost holding the pencil had a fierce look in his eyes, appearing a bit agitated; the atmosphere here made him very uncomfortable.

The people underground continued digging, with several Demons following silently behind them.

Above ground, Wen Yan had entered the detention center.

It was the same Supervisor who had shown him around the previous day, smoothly escorting him inside.

”Are you here to see Scholar Tu?”

”We have to meet for a bit.”

As he spoke, Wen Yan took out his phone and showed the content to the other party.

The message on the phone warned that something was digging underground and was likely about to reach beneath the detention center.

Additionally, the intruders had the ability to suppress the sound of digging, block certain detections, and possibly eavesdrop.

They might be planning to help someone in the dungeon escape.

Of course, it was also not ruled out that they were here for Scholar Tu.

Upon seeing the message on the phone, the Director nodded to acknowledge he understood but didn’t rush to take any action. Instead, he took out his phone and issued a command.

”Thank you for making the trip specifically. Do you want to stop by the control room for a bit?”

”Okay, I’ll have a chat with Scholar Tu in a while.”

”Right, it’s a good thing. He’s written quite a bit today, and I’ll give it to you.”

As the Supervisor led Wen Yan forward, only when someone called out ”Director” did he realize that this man was the warden of the detention center. No wonder he could take him on a tour around the entire detention center, even to confidential areas, without needing to report to anyone above.