Jing Kaiyu saw him rummaging through things and directly said to everyone, "Let's go out and scout with Brother Kai."
Then he and Gao Kai walked out.
"Hey... wait up, you two. Take this, just in case!"
Zhao Lei took out two heads of garlic from his bag, along with a string of Buddha amulets, crosses, and other miscellaneous items.
He also pulled out two yellow talismans from his trouser pockets and handed them to Gao Kai and Jing Kaiyu.
The two looked helpless, clearly already aware of the many items he had prepared.
They looked disgusted, but couldn't refuse Zhao Lei.
He stuffed a few cloves of garlic into Gao Kai and Jing Kaiyu's pockets, one yellow talisman for each of them, and also gave them crosses and Buddha amulets, one for each.
Then he distributed them one by one to Chu Tian and Ye Ling.
Chu Tian reluctantly held the items in his hand and asked, "Where did you get these things?"
He didn't believe these items would be in the equipment bags they were given in the Hummer.
"I carried them myself," he said, gesturing to his trouser pockets.
Chu Tian understood, no wonder he had seen Zhao Lei's pants on the plane, with two bulging pockets.
They were of that particularly loose style, with two super large trouser pockets.
He had thought those two pockets were just a special design, not realizing he had actually stuffed them full of things.
As Zhao Lei distributed these items and handed them to Ye Ling,
Chu Tian thought Ye Ling would directly throw them aside.
But to his surprise, Ye Ling took them, then carefully put them away one by one and stuffed them into her pockets.
"Thank you!"
This time, not only Zhao Lei was stunned.
Everyone was taken aback, including Gao Kai and Jing Kaiyu, who had walked to the door.
Even Xu Duoduo looked at Ye Ling in astonishment.
It was truly like encountering a ghost, Ye Ling actually saying thank you.
"Uh... that, uh... you're welcome!" Zhao Lei stammered.
Ye Ling smiled at him, then also walked towards the door.
As she walked, she said, "Duoduo mentioned before that something ominous might appear here. We shouldn't stay in this room for too long. Let's split into pairs and check things out separately."
"Chu Tian, you're with Zhao Lei. Ye Ling and I are a pair."
After saying this, she walked out.
"Um... Duoduo... uh... senior, do you want these?"
Zhao Lei held out the items in his hand towards her.
Xu Duoduo floated past him as if he were not there.
He shivered and turned around, just as Xu Duoduo turned back: "Do you think I need them?"
Zhao Lei quickly shook his head, his head shaking like a rattle.
"Heh heh, kid, you're pretty good!" Xu Duoduo said something inexplicable.
Then, she sped away, catching up to Ye Ling.
Everyone left, leaving only Chu Tian and Zhao Lei.
At this moment, Chu Tian was looking up at the eighth sword mark in the hidden spot.
"Brother Tian, what are you looking at? Let's go!"
Chu Tian continued to look up at the ceiling beam and said, "Look, isn't there someone hanging there."
Zhao Lei's face changed. He followed Chu Tian's gaze and slowly said, "Where... where?"
"Right there, can't you see it?" Chu Tian continued, looking up.
"Brother Tian, don't scare me!" Zhao Lei was completely unnerved at this point.
Chu Tian suddenly turned his head, staring at Zhao Lei's back, his eyes filled with terror, and said, "It's behind you now."
"Ah... Heavenly spirits, Earth spirits, Amitabha, Sawasdee, Amen..."
Zhao Lei abruptly turned around, closing his eyes, holding a pile of miscellaneous items that clinked and jingled.
He made a frantic sweeping motion in front of him.
"Heh heh..." Chu Tian let out a triumphant laugh.
He patted Zhao Lei and said, "Alright, let your gods return. They've been scared away by you. Let's go!"
At this moment, Zhao Lei knew that Chu Tian was toying with him.
His face flushed with embarrassment: "Uh... Brother Tian, you can't play like this. Scaring people to death!"
Chu Tian had already walked to the door, while Zhao Lei had just reached under the ceiling beam.
Seeing Chu Tian, he suddenly turned back, shone his flashlight directly onto the ceiling beam, and fixed his gaze there.
Chu Tian's expression was one of sheer horror, and he took a step back.
Zhao Lei thought he was trying to scare him again.
He walked up to Chu Tian with a smile and said, "Brother Tian, I'm not an idiot. Don't use such tricks on me... Holy shit..."
Zhao Lei grabbed Chu Tian and they both retreated two steps.
On the ceiling beam, a black狸猫 was lying there, its eyes glowing green.
It just lay there, staring intently at the two of them.
Dada dada...
Zhao Lei raised his submachine gun and fired a burst at the ceiling beam.
The 狸猫 sprang up and dodged the rapid burst of fire.
It then shot out through a hole in the roof.
Only then did Chu Tian and the other realize that there was indeed a hole in the roof.
Swoosh... a white shadow appeared behind Chu Tian and the others, and then also flew out through that hole.
Zhao Lei almost opened fire on the white shadow again.
Chu Tian stopped him and said, "It's Xu Duoduo."
At this moment, Ye Ling, Gao Kai, and Jing Kaiyu also ran back.
"What's going on?"
"Night 狸猫..." Chu Tian replied.
Zhao Lei also nodded.
"Duoduo wants us to go over there!" Ye Ling shouted to everyone and ran towards the village.
Everyone quickly followed, clearly she and Xu Duoduo had some secret communication method.
As for the walkie-talkies, they had tried them when entering the village, and they had all lost their functionality.
Only static could be heard, and now everyone had taken them off.
From the entrance of the village, they ran all the way to the furthest part, beyond which lay a forest.
Xu Duoduo stood beneath a large tree.
Seeing everyone arrive, she looked at Chu Tian and said, "This is the place. We used to chase it, and it would disappear here. Try to see what your divine sense can detect."
When Chu Tian heard that he was to use his divine sense, he hesitated.
Seeing his reaction, Xu Duoduo continued, "Don't be afraid. There's a formation covering this area, so things like divine source stones won't be able to perceive it."
She didn't know that Chu Tian wasn't worried about that at all, but rather that the last time he had used his divine sense was during a life-or-death situation, unintentionally.
Now, being asked to use it actively, he truly didn't know how to do it.
But there was no other way. Since they had come this far, he had no choice but to close his eyes, concentrate, and try to perceive.
Hum...
As soon as he closed his eyes and focused, an invisible wave rippled outwards from Chu Tian.
A strange sensation appeared in Chu Tian's mind.
Everything was so real, even more real than seeing it with his own eyes.
Within the range of his divine sense, even a single insect egg could not escape his perception.
The entire village, including the location Xu Duoduo mentioned, where the 狸猫 always disappeared, showed no anomalies.
After carefully perceiving, Chu Tian opened his eyes and shook his head.
The previously anxious group, seeing his actions,
their expressions of hope turned to disappointment.
Chu Tian himself felt somewhat uncomfortable, having entered an awkward phase.
Although they had just arrived, they had seen the legendary Night 狸猫 upon their arrival.
However, it seemed to offer no help in solving the problem of the Shadow Devouring Ghost Worms.
Everyone was at a loss as to how to proceed with the investigation.
Suddenly, Chu Tian remembered that he had only focused on perceiving what he could see within his divine sense earlier.
There seemed to be a place that was quite strange, which he hadn't noticed unless he thought about it carefully.