Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Xie Yuchen looked at the cat corpses, bit his lower lip, and thought to himself, maybe the house has already killed a lot of things. It looks like all the larger animals near the house cant survive.

The degree of decomposition of these cats was different, and there wasnt a large number of them that had the same degree of decay. This meant that the cats came into the vicinity of the house one by one and then died for some reason.

This also meant that the house wasnt capable of attracting animals. The street cats here were only hunted as they passed by.

Is this house alive? Xie Yuchen had some experience in this area. He was often entrusted with some tricky items, so he knew that there was a phenomenon called pseudo-intellectualism. These items had outward features that made you think that they were alive, but in fact, it was a collection of phenomena. These phenomena included the collective intelligence that ants and bees presented in biology: individual ants and bees werent intelligent, but they manifested collective intelligence when grouped in colonies. They used it to deal with a lot of problems, which made it look like they had wisdom. But non-living things resembled the will-o'-the-wisp in a fire. Due to the interference of carbon dioxide, the elusive flame deliberately avoided human beings.

In many cases, this was how evil forces were misrepresented, and stories eventually became legends that involved ghosts and monsters. Xie Yuchen once encountered a building where people had continuously died over a thirty-year period. They eventually discovered that someone had buried radioactive metal blocks in the buildings load-bearing columns. In the end, it turned out to be an institute administrators revenge on society. (1)

But this incident didnt seem to be the same. He needed to explore further in order to find an exact explanation for this.

The street cat he had been playing with followed him over. It wasnt afraid of the corpses, but it stood in front of Xie Yuchen with its unwavering stare fixed on the house. If they were to compare the blood on their hands, the house definitely wouldnt be able to win. Ive investigated so many dangerous and mysterious cases, but its sad how none of them have caused as much harm as I have.New novel chapters are published on

With that being said, he wasnt someone who would continue living here just out of spite. He picked up the little street cat and said to himself, unlike your siblings, youre in luck. Ill take you to a safe place.

He wanted to see what consequences illogical actions would have on the present situation.

He drove for another three kilometers and saw two more people appear in front of him. As he approached them, he realized that it was Ah Tou and Liang Yanyan again. The two women were also confused as to why there was another car coming at them, and why it was Xie Yuchen again. But this time, they didnt dare get closer to the car. Instead, Liang Yanyan pushed Ah Tou behind her.

Xie Yuchen got out of the car and looked at the sky. There were no moon or stars in the sky, and only a section of the road illuminated by the streetlights was bright. He walked a few steps forward before turning back, only to find that his headlights were suddenly very far away. They almost appeared to be several hundred meters away from him now.

But he had only taken a few steps.

It was the first time he had ever faced such a hardcore paranormal event head-on, so he decided to take it seriously.

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TN Notes:

(1) Refer to Blind Tom