death gap

Chapter 59 Sea Soul Envoy

There is an antique corridor between the playground and the teaching building, which is covered with dead grape vines. The top floor of the double eaves is like a thick cloud, blocking the orange-red sunset.

When Su Chen found this place, Li Wei was still sitting on the bench in the corridor in a daze.

Before he even got close, he smelled the fishy smell of the sea.

It smells a bit like rotten seafood...but more dank and smelly.

This unusual smell, coupled with Li Wei's almost numb expression, made Su Chen realize that something was wrong, and he was almost certain that he had something to do with the weirdness.

"Did something strange happen to you?"

Su Chen walked up to him without any concealment, and then went straight to the point:

"Has the thing that killed your friend already targeted you?"

"..."

Hearing this, Li Wei's body suddenly twitched, as if he was electrocuted.

Then the boy raised his head, as if grasping for a life-saving straw, pinning all his hopes on the other person:
"Can you save me?"

"I can help." Su Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at the other person carefully:

"As for whether I can save you, it depends on the specific situation... First, you must tell me the whole story."

"I told you, you must help me!" His eyes were bright, showing hope.

Li Wei talked to many people throughout the day, but no one was willing to believe him, so he could only sit in a corner alone in a daze.

Now that someone believed him and was willing to listen to what he had to say, they immediately chose to reveal everything without caring whether the other party had other motives.

It took almost 5 minutes for Li Wei to tell him everything about what he saw last night and the changes in his body today.

After listening to the boy's narration, Su Chen was silent for a moment and then said:
"I remember the first drowned victim was Chen Yan. Do you know what kind of person he was?"

"Gangster." Li Wei blurted out almost instantly, and then added:

"A very famous gangster."

"We may have to start the investigation from his side." Su Chen already had a clue at this time.

"I'm afraid it won't work!"

A very penetrating voice suddenly broke into the conversation between the two.

Su Chen turned around when he heard the sound and found a young man wearing a Hunyuan scarf and a blue robe walking towards here from the other side of the corridor.

This Taoist priest looks very young, almost in his 20s based on his appearance.

The edge of the Taoist robe on his body has a special pattern of gold and silver threads. This is the iconic symbol that distinguishes the Shenxiao sect from other Taoist sects.

Xuanjia Wu Xiangzong had a close relationship with the Shenxiao sect, so Su Chen knew these things.

As the other party walked along, he was followed by two uniformed police officers.

The young Taoist priest walked up to them and stopped about one meter apart:
"I am Wang Li from the Shenxiao sect. I have been ordered by my master to assist in the investigation. This young man must be under my care."

"The Shenxiao sect still cares about this kind of thing?" Su Chen looked at her in surprise.

"It's just a day-to-day promotion." Wang Li showed some reluctance in his words, as if he didn't really want to get involved in this matter, and then waved his hand:

"If you cherish your life, you can leave now."

"I won't hinder you." Su Chen stepped aside and then made a request:
"How about you take me with you during the investigation? I may be much more reliable than the two ordinary people behind you."

"You..." Wang Li looked at him carefully, with a look of surprise on his face:

"The bones are strong, the muscles are solid...the temples are bulging high, and the breath is long and even. This is clearly a characteristic of both internal and external cultivation, and is quite accomplished." The other party's self-interpretation of the examination made Su Chen feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, after taking a closer look, Wang immediately withdrew his gaze, coughed lightly and said:
"If you want to forcefully intervene, that's not impossible... But good and evil are unpredictable. It's not my fault that you lost your life in vain."

"That's natural." Su Chen said matter-of-factly.

He already knows the risks well and will not have unrealistic illusions.

……

After reaching a verbal agreement, Wang Li took Su Chen and Li Wei into a van.

The cabin has been specially modified and there are no other seats except the driver's seat and the passenger's seat.

In the extra space, there is a transparent box made of tempered glass.

Inside the box, there is a stone statue about 120 centimeters tall. It is dark green and looks a bit like a toad.But it is extremely fat and bloated, almost taking the shape of a sphere, with two eyes located on the left and right sides of the "sphere".

Each of the pupils of the eyeball has a nail inserted deeply into it. Even so, its pupils can still be seen as a vortex, full of chaotic malice.

"Toad" grinned widely, with no tongue in his mouth, only a ball.

Judging from the texture and plates above, it looks a bit like a certain planet.

Su Chen squatted in front of the toad statue and asked Wang Li beside him:
"what is this?"

"The body of the culprit." As Wang Li spoke, he took out a piece of chewing gum from the sleeve of his Taoist robe, peeled off the paper and put it in his mouth to chew:
"The first drowned victim was named Chen Yan. He was a gangster. He and a group of people from society dug into the ancient toad temple next to Yunmeng Lake half a month ago."

"Then the group of people were drowned one after another...in their sleep, drowned by an indigo ocean."

"This stone toad is the shell of a murderer."

Su Chen stood up and looked at the young Taoist priest beside him:
"Did they release something weird?"

"You actually know about weirdness? No wonder you have the courage to interfere in this matter." Wang Li blew bubbles with chewing gum and said with a sneer:

"There is indeed a gap at the bottom of Yunmeng Lake, but it has been completely sealed. We know this very well."

"And...if a monster pops out from there, it won't be as simple as drowning a few people."

"It will probably form a huge flood that swallows the entire planet."

Having said this, he stopped chewing, and the lines on his face tightened, revealing an extremely serious expression:

"Those gangsters didn't release the weird ones, but released the Sea Soul Envoy from the Ancient Toad Temple."

"The so-called Sea Soul Envoys... are human beings who have fallen after being distorted by the gap."

"Because they couldn't be killed, they were sealed with lead by the ancestors and suppressed under the temple."

Listening to the other party's description, Su Chen felt that this sea soul envoy was very close to the people of the gap mentioned by Fang Zhong.

"So, as long as the Sea Soul Envoy is dealt with, the matter can be solved." After Wang Li said this, he turned his attention to Li Wei beside him:

"As soon as the Sea Soul Envoy was released, he broke away from his petrified body and leaned over Chen Yan."

"Then for every person killed, there is a transfer."

"Now it has been transferred to this unfortunate guy's body."

"What are you going to do?" Su Chen asked immediately.

"If possible, try to force the Sea Soul user out of him." Wang Li's eyes were as sharp as a blade:
"It really doesn't work... we can only take extreme measures to deal with it and the young man together, otherwise more people will be implicated!"

(End of this chapter)