Captain Zhao spoke.
His teammates nodded and followed Captain Zhao, chasing after the red-clothed vengeful spirit.
At the same time.
In another part of the forest.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit, having evaded Captain Zhao and his team, arrived at this location. It was holding a mouse, twisted its head, and was absorbing the mouse's yang energy. All living beings possess yang energy, and absorbing it helps in recovering from injuries.
After finishing its meal, the mouse was completely drained and casually discarded by the red-clothed vengeful spirit. Despite absorbing the mouse, it was not satisfied:
"Too little, not enough for me to recover."
Mice were too weak; one was not enough to heal its injuries. It needed to find more animals.
Then.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit left, intending to find other animals to absorb, praying it would encounter a human.
"Hmm?"
As it ran for over a thousand meters and reached a densely wooded area, it stopped.
It could be seen.
Its blood-stained face showed surprise, staring blankly ahead:
"Bears???"
Under the moonlight, it saw two colossal figures in the dark, wooded forest. They seemed to be searching for food, looking around for prey.
With its unique vision as a vengeful spirit, the red-clothed spirit clearly saw the colossal figures.
They were two large bears.
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit is bewildered. What's going on? Are there bears here?]
[Host gains system points +50]
The red-clothed vengeful spirit had a strange expression. Others might not know if there were bears here, but it knew for sure that there were no large carnivorous animals, let alone bears.
"Could it be that bears migrated here during the time I was dead? Or did bears escape from a zoo or circus?"
Its ghostly eyes darted, its gaze falling upon the two bears not far away.
Even though it didn't know why there were bears here, it didn't matter. The reason wasn't important. It was no longer human, but a ghost. Bears couldn't harm it. On the contrary…
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit is pleasantly surprised. They've come at the right time. Adult bears have much more yang energy than mice. Haha, and two of them! Enough for a feast.]
[Host gains system points +50]
As the system notification sounded.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit found its opportunity, targeting one of the bears with its back turned, and dashed out like lightning.
Its speed was incredible.
In just a few seconds, it covered over a hundred meters and was behind the bear, then leaped up and opened its ghostly mouth without hesitation.
However, the next second…
A bizarre scene unfolded.
A chilling, blood-stained vengeful spirit pounced on a bear from behind. As it leaped, the bear seemed to sense it, suddenly turned to face the spirit, and extended its thick paw, reaching out to grab the red-clothed spirit's neck.
This scene.
Was unexpected.
And it was unexpected for the red-clothed vengeful spirit.
It had just pounced, and in mid-air… it was grabbed by the neck by a bear's paw. The entire spirit was held in the air by the bear. Its legs, due to the momentum of its leap, were suddenly stopped by the grip on its neck, swinging back and forth.
For a moment.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit stared blankly at the bear, its ghostly eyes wide open. The bear also sensed it and looked over.
Their eyes met.
Red-clothed vengeful spirit: "????"
Bear: "????"
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit is utterly confused.]
[Host gains system points +60]
Feeling the force on its neck, the red-clothed vengeful spirit was astonished, looking at the bear in disbelief. "I'm being choked by a bear? Why can this bear hit me??"
It struggled, trying to break free from the bear's paw, its two legs kicking wildly, its pale ghostly hands scratching frantically at the paw holding it. But no matter how it struggled, it was useless.
Just as it was thinking about how to escape.
The bear holding the red-clothed vengeful spirit seemed to recognize something, opened its mouth in surprise, and beckoned to the other bear with its other paw:
"Xiong Er, Xiong Er, this one doesn't seem human. Oh my, could this be the ghost we're looking for?"
Its voice was not loud.
Although the voice sounded a bit childish and dim-witted, the red-clothed vengeful spirit heard it, and heard it clearly.
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit is horrified. Holy crap?! Holy crap?! The bear, the bear, the bear is talking?!]
[Host gains system points +60]
Realizing the bear could talk and was looking at it anthropomorphically.
And.
The other bear beside it heard this and stood up on its hind legs, walked over, and said:
"What? A ghost? Xiong Da, let me see."
As they watched.
The bear called Xiong Er walked over, looked it up and down, and said happily:
"Xiong Da, that's right, I'm sure this is a ghost. Look, its intestines are showing. If Guang Tou Qiang's intestines were showing, he'd be dead already, but this one isn't. It must be a ghost."
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit's expression changes. Damn it! No! This is a bear demon?!]
[Host gains system points +60]
Seeing the two bears speaking human language, the red-clothed vengeful spirit's mouth twitched. It finally understood why there were bears here – they were two bears that had become spirits.
However.
After listening to the conversation between Xiong Da and Xiong Er, it was no longer afraid.
These two bear demons seemed to have rather slow minds. They probably only recently became spirits, their intelligence not yet developed.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit immediately spoke:
"Let me go. It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding. I didn't know you were monsters. We are all supernatural beings, we shouldn't kill each other. And you've misunderstood. Although I don't know who the ghost you're looking for is, it's definitely not me. I just arrived here."
In its opinion.
It had never met Xiong Da and Xiong Er, so how could it have any enmity with them?
It was a pity.
Xiong Da did not release it. It continued to hold its neck and replied:
"Do you think I'm stupid? If you say it's not you, what proof do you have? Bring it out."
Xiong Er also chimed in:
"Exactly, don't try to trick us. We're not stupid. Xiong Da, don't be fooled by it. Look at its shifty eyes, it looks like Guang Tou Qiang, up to no good."
The red-clothed vengeful spirit quickly said:
"It's really not me. You let me down first. I really just arrived in this forest. Oh, and I have some information for you. There are ghost hunters chasing me right now, and they've entered the forest. If they see you with me, they'll definitely attack you too, because you're ghosts."
"So you quickly let me down. This is not the time for infighting. We supernatural beings should unite… Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Halfway through its speech, it suddenly noticed the two bears looking at it strangely, their eyes the same as its own – looking at idiots.
At the same time.
Regarding the red-clothed vengeful spirit's words, Xiong Er was the first to speak, laughing heartily:
"Xiong Da, this ghost is so stupid. Didn't you hear what it said? It's being chased. Isn't that what Zhang Wei told us? That ghost."
Xiong Da also nodded:
"Xiong Er, you're right. This must be the ghost we're looking for. Haha, I didn't expect to meet it so soon, and it walked right into our trap. It's truly stupid, even dumber than you, Xiong Er."
Xiong Er rolled its eyes angrily:
"I'm not stupid! I'm smarter than this ghost. At least I wouldn't walk into a trap. Zhang Wei also said this ghost was cunning. I think this ghost isn't cunning, it has some intelligence issues."
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit is both confused and angry. …You have intelligence issues, damn it! I'm being treated as an idiot by two idiotic bears?!]
[Host gains system points +70]
Besides being angry.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit was also a bit confused. From the meaning of Xiong Da and Xiong Er's words, the ghost they were chasing was also being pursued by ghost hunters?
Seeing itself being held by the neck and toyed with here, the red-clothed vengeful spirit became anxious. It was being pursued by ghost hunters, and if it didn't escape soon, it would be caught.
The red-clothed vengeful spirit grew desperate.
It quickly tried to persuade Xiong Da and Xiong Er to let it go.
But before it could say anything…
Ch ch ch————
A sound like a rotating engine's saw blades rang out. The sudden noise attracted the attention of the red-clothed vengeful spirit and Xiong Da and Xiong Er, and they all looked towards the source.
It could be seen.
From where the sound originated, a person was running.
It was someone wearing a yellow hard hat, with a large, red, bulbous nose, and holding a chainsaw.
If it only looked at the person's attire, the red-clothed vengeful spirit would think they were a lumberjack, the kind who secretly cut down hundred-year-old trees at night to sell. There were legal regulations now, and some trees could not be cut indiscriminately. This lumberjack cutting trees in the middle of the night was definitely breaking the law.
However.
After observing the person's attire and then their actions, the red-clothed vengeful spirit was stunned.
The person was charging forward, holding a chainsaw, and charging with a wild laugh.
[Ding! Red-clothed vengeful spirit was stunned for a moment. Lumberjack? No, Texas Chainsaw Massacre killer??]
[Host gains system points +70]
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