Chapter 48 (2/2)

Vivian tossed her hair and said, “Yeah, get real! The last time I checked, I was carrying a man. Why don’t you do the same and we’ll see who goes faster next time?”

“Shh, that’s enough,” Hao Ren chided and put the argument to rest. There was a moving light coming towards them but it was still far away at the bottom of a hill. Without haste, he hurried Vivian and Lily. “We have to move now. We just attracted attention thanks to you, Lily—your great impact.”

The trio left the messy ‘landing site’ and moved behind a mound. The mound, which was closer to the castle offered a better view of the ruins.

The Yorkford Castle was situated on high ground but its location was not exactly strategic for a defensive position. The surrounding terrain was almost flat. The castle itself had mostly collapsed, leaving behind a large pile of grey stones. It appeared to be sitting on a rectangular-shaped foundation but other than that, the castle was mostly unrecognizable and lifeless.

There was a small group of lights nearby. A few tents and large vehicles could clearly be seen under the moonlight. The shadows of humans flashed around as they passed in front of the lights. Those people were most likely paranormal enthusiasts.

There were more than a handful of them but not as many as Hao Ren had thought. Ghost enthusiasts who went to great lengths like camping out in the wild at night to seek paranormal entities were still of the minority.

Obviously, he was confusing ghostbusting and a temple fair.

“Nangong has arrived,” Vivian pointed to a distant moving pair of lights. It became clearer as it came nearer. It was the off-road vehicle of Angus, the lodge’s owner. Nangong was sitting in the rear and he was seriously looking like a ghostbuster.

“Oh, wait.” Hao Ren sensed that something was not right. He rubbed his eyes before casting his sight over to the distant darkness. “Vivian, how’s your eyesight at night?”

“Pretty good for a typical nocturnal creature.” Vivian nodded.

“Can you see that there are three dead trees in that direction? And under one of them is one… Errr… two large rocks.”

“Yup, as clear as day,” Vivian replied impetuously but quickly came to a realization after what Hao Ren had said. “Wait a minute, you mean you can actually see that?”

Hao Ren rubbed his eyes again. He did not realize he was having an unusual vision throughout the journey. Despite the darkness and the not-so-helpful moonlight, he could still see things as clear as day. The dead trees he had seen were at least two or three kilometers away yet, he could see each and every branch on them.

“This is…this is what Raven 12345 was talking about?” Hao Ren suddenly understood what Raven 12345 told him before he departed. “Bioenhancement will be activated under the right circumstances. Is this what she was talking about?”

Hao Ren was in seventh heaven. Luck was not on his side up to that point and he finally felt he had something to cheer about.