Chapter 14 (2/2)

Indeed, Chen Hao discovered residual dark energy in these places.

Since there was dark energy, it meant there were ghosts!

Hur. But why wasn’t the Pleasure Helping Spirit System assigning him a mission? Previously, in Liu Yue’e’s case, he was given notice several thousand meters away!

Chen Hao was baffled. Could it be because he was a newcomer when he was assigned his first mission, and after the newbie period, the system no longer entitled him to this privilege? If he wanted to do missions now, he had to find ghosts and talk to them himself? Damn. This wasn’t humanized at all.

Thankfully, he discovered dark energy here, which meant that ghosts existed here. Chen Hao felt invigorated.

The present him was no longer like how he was when he first met Liu Yue’e. With a big bag of blessed magical artifacts, even if he were to face a ferocious ghost, he could protect himself.

He walked along the streets. A moment later, Chen Hao arrived at the entrance of the sewer where the dismembered corpse was found.

This was an entrance into a well. The cover of the well had been discarded aside and no one had bothered to put it back into its proper place. Chen Hao silently grumbled, “Thankfully, I came during the daytime. If I came at night, I would have fallen into the hole if I wasn’t careful.”

Chen Hao walked to the edge of the well and observed below.

The well was five to six meters deep, and there was a vague rotten smell coming from below.

However, in Chen Hao’s eyes, the thing he noticed more was the moving dark energy—it was very intense, which went to show there was indeed a ghost down there. Mm, he wondered if it was that dismembered female ghost.

After some pondering, Chen Hao climbed down the stairs.

When his feet landed on the ground, Chen Hao’s brows furrowed. He turned around and saw that not far away in a dark spot in the sewer, there was a deathly pale face.

This was the face of an old man, and it was expressionless. His body was somewhat vapory, and only his upper body could be seen.

Although Chen Hao was startled, he didn’t feel afraid. He was quite bold, to begin with. Else, the first time he wouldn’t have dared to bluff Liu Yue’e. After that time, as he had seen a ghost before, that layer of mysterious veil had been lifted, so it didn’t feel as scary to him as the unknown.

Moreover, as a future great master, for him fearing ghosts would be akin to a pilot having a fear of heights. He certainly couldn’t fear ghosts.

Carefully sizing the old man up, a look of pity surfaced in Chen Hao’s gaze.

This old man wouldn’t be able to exist for long.

Because his body appeared very unstable, and only his upper body could be seen, and the wind in the underground sewer was causing it to float unsteadily.

Ordinary ghosts would absorb dark energy and slowly turn corporeal, ultimately turning into the ferocious ghosts that could appear in front of humans. But there were also ghosts who weren’t able or didn’t know how to turn corporeal. Such ghosts stuck to their kind natures and didn’t have evil intentions—they were called wandering ghosts.

Chen Hao thought for a moment, then walked towards the old man.

The old man was originally curious as to why someone would come here, so he observed Chen Hao quietly in the dark.

When Chen Hao walked over, the old man subconsciously avoided him a little. It seemed as though he was aware that he wasn’t a living person and that there was a distinction between the world of the living and the dead, that if the living and the dead came into contact, it would do the living person no good.

However, very quickly the old man was stunned.

Because Chen Hao shouted, “Sir, please don’t go. I have something to ask you.”