Chapter 36 36. The mysterious fire bearer
"Am I dreaming?"
Wang Chengzhi quickly pinched his arm, and the pain clearly returned to his head, frightening him.
This is not a dream!
A huge black shadow sat on the throne, tapping with its long and dry fingers.
Illusions came like a tide, and time and space rotated. From a third-person perspective, Wang Chengzhi witnessed the hollow swallowing the sun and his tragic death at the hands of the black-robed jailer. His face turned pale with fear.
"Big... boss, is this true?"
The shadow sneered hoarsely, "Let me do the math, you are less than a month away from death."
Wang Chengzhi was shocked. When he came back to his senses, the terrifying scene in the corridor of the unit building was placed in a box like a miniature model as the perspective went away.
Blood-red light lit up around him, and Shadow Demon appeared opposite him.
"Boy, do you want to live?"
Wang Chengzhi swallowed, feeling a little bad inside. This scene seemed like a demon bewitching mortals.
But when he remembered what he had just seen, he nodded slowly.
The shadows around Shadow Demon laughed, and flew towards Wang Chengzhi one after another, surrounding his body, seeming to be sizing him up.
Shadow Demon said, "I inherited the flames of the previous era, and used shadows to protect the brilliance of the flames."
"It's time for you, the immortal of the new era, to take over this flame."
The dry and cold knuckles stretched out, the palms were bony, and veins were crawling.
On this terrifying palm, a flame illuminated the darkness and enveloped Wang Chengzhi's whole body with warmth.
"From today on, you will be the second fire bearer."
Wang Chengzhi quickly asked: "Who else is in front?"
Without waiting for a response, he was engulfed in flames and woke up in his room.
The night outside the window was dim and silent, and it was already late at night.
"Was it a nightmare just now?" Wang Chengzhi touched his cheek, and the warmth from the flames still remained on it.
He looked down and saw a bead that looked like an eye staring at him. He was so startled that he almost threw the eyeball out.
"That person left it for me?"
"It seems like he called me the Fire Bearer. Could it be that the trajectory of my life is about to change and I will embark on the path of the protagonist?"
When he thought of this, his fear gradually dissipated. Wang Chengzhi felt happy and began to explore the use of the Soul Orb.
Su Hong watched him from the shadows and smiled.
If Wang Chengzhi can survive the end of the world, relying on the terrifying existence living in his body, he might be able to become a strong among the undead after joining the undead force.
But before that happened, he had become a glorious firebender working for him.
Leaving the shadow attendant to guard Wang Chengzhi, Su Hong lay back on the bed and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Su Hong took a look at Wang Chengzhi's situation. This guy stayed up all night last night and only studied the Soul Orb.
After the excitement faded, he fell asleep again.
In fact, Su Hong had no expectations for Wang Chengzhi to master the Soul Orb. After all, disaster items cannot be used by just anyone, and the issue of compatibility must be considered.
But what is surprising is that after Wang Chengzhi fell asleep, the Soul Orb, which had no reaction at first, turned into a shimmer of light and got under his eyes, and began to take effect.
Su Hong thought thoughtfully, and it seemed that the compatibility between the undead and disaster items was not static, but certain conditions needed to be met.
Putting Wang Chengzhi behind him, Su Hong sat at the dining table and ate breakfast while scrolling through the news. Countless messages slipped down, and a strange piece of news caught his eye - serial murders were happening again! The number of victims reached twelve, and the rich man in Longshan Shuyuan was brutally murdered at his home...
He calmly took a sip of hot water, his expression unchanged. In Zhou Hong's memory, the serial killings in Sheng City were related to different minions.
Not only that, Li Jian will also appear at Longshan Villa today.
Today is a good time to reach out to the living Protz family.
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Shangyun District, Longshan Villa Garden.
As a famous high-end residential area in Shengshi, Longshan Villa faces the Shengjiang River and is surrounded by green willows and flowers. It is quiet and peaceful on weekdays. Almost all the famous and wealthy people in Shengshi have a villa here.
But today, the sirens echoed harshly, breaking the tranquility of the community.
In front of the gate of a villa near the Shengjiang River, the police pulled up a white cordon and blocked off the villa and nearby roads.
Not long after, a matte black van passed through the layers of police and stopped smoothly on the road in front of the villa gate.
The car door opened, black tactical boots fell to the ground, and the man walked out wearing a combat uniform, carrying a gun holster and a long strip covered with black cloth around his waist.
"Officer Li, please excuse me." The police officers came over.
Different from them, the man in front of him came from the Special Criminal Investigation Team. It is said that there are some talented people in it, and they are extremely efficient in solving criminal cases.
Even the chief wants to be polite to these special police officers, and they don't dare to neglect them.
Li Jian looked at the villa in front of him, and could faintly feel an ominous atmosphere exuding inside, which made him frown.
He put his hand on the long black cloth and asked, "How is the situation inside?"
The police quickly opened the folder and said, "There are three deceased persons, namely Zhang Dinghua, the boss of the listed company Shengkang Pharmaceutical, his wife Zhou Qiurong, and nanny Chen Lan."
"After preliminary identification, the modus operandi of this case is exactly the same as that of the landlord incident in Qinghai District. The deceased's body was covered in blood and flesh, the skin was incomplete, and all internal organs were missing, as if they had been bitten clean by something."
"The murderer has not yet been identified. It cannot be ruled out that he committed a copycat murder."
Li Jian fell into deep thought. After a while, he stepped forward and walked inside. "You guys are on guard outside. I'll go in to investigate."
"good."
Li Jian stepped into the door and took off the black cloth, revealing the plain steel scabbard. He pressed his palm on the hilt of the sword, and the bronze ring on his ring finger faintly glowed with blood, lingering around the scabbard.
After everyone evacuated the villa, he walked into the hall and saw the man's body lying on the ground.
Five or six hours had passed since the death of the owner of the villa. The blood on the ground had almost dried up. The body was black and red, with bent hand bones and bite marks all over the body. No piece of skin was intact.
What's even more disgusting is that the abdomen of the corpse has a large gaping hole, and the ribs are pierced through the flesh and flesh and are turned out. The inside is empty, and only the spine and accumulated plasma can be seen, like a cup of flesh and blood with residual wine.
It makes people feel physically uncomfortable and want to vomit.
Li Jian's face looked a little ugly. Although he had dealt with no less than four similar incidents, he still felt disgusted subconsciously.
"Damn minions of division."
He pulled out his long sword, crossed over the body of the male owner of the villa, explored the entire villa, and found the bodies of the hostess and nanny in the corridor.
The two of them seemed to have been dragged by monsters before they were alive. The entire corridor was stained red with blood. Their bodies were already cold, and their death methods were no different from Zhang Dinghua's.
Li Jian stood up and sighed slightly. If nothing else happened, he would let the different minions go unpunished again this time.
"Hehe, human, you seem to be troubled." Snickers sounded from the darkness of the room.
Li Jian was shocked in his heart, the blood mist stirred in his body, and the giant's heart was almost released.
He pointed his sword at the dark corner of the corridor room and yelled: "Who is there!"
"Are you talking to me?"
The shadows spread out, making the originally well-lit corridor dim.
(End of chapter)