Chapter 1 Just This

"Just this one," Jiang Cheng instructed, "The May Platform Supernatural Incident."

"You chose this?" Huai Yi's voice changed with shock. He turned his head, looking at Jiang Cheng with a face of astonishment, as if he were looking at an idiot.

Come on, anyone could see that this was a can of worms. Shen Hong was still made up of people, weren't they afraid of dying?

Huai Yi knew he wasn't the one who could make decisions, but he didn't want to die for nothing, "Brother Jiang," Huai Yi said calmly, "I really don't understand. Can you give me an explanation?"

Huai Yi's entire face was twisted together, as if he would die the next second.

Fatty felt that this guy was just short of asking: It’s okay to let me die, but can you at least let me die knowing why?

"The Fengcheng Folk Museum Statue and the Kostner Lake Ghost Ship Incident seem easier, but they're not," Jiang Cheng said calmly. He picked up the remote control next to the computer, reopened the projector, and adjusted it. The information about the Kostner Lake Ghost Ship Incident appeared on the screen.

When the photo of the ghost ship with many strange smiling faces arranged together appeared, a chilling coldness spread again.

Jiang Cheng asked while looking at the photo, "Look closely, what can you see?"

"Ghosts," Fatty muttered softly, "So many ghosts."

"This ship is not an ordinary cruise ship, and the people on it are not tourists," Lin Wan'er said, staring at the photo. "Their backgrounds are unusual, like they were sent by the military."

"Military personnel?" Huai Yi's expression changed slightly, "What's your basis?"

The people on the ship were dressed in various ways, and some women were even wearing relatively revealing clothes. The only thing they had in common was that they all wore a strange smiling face.

After looking at it for a long time, Huai Yi felt uncomfortable all over, and every pore was exuding a chill.

"Pay attention to the ratio of men to women among these people," Jiang Cheng said, "and also the women's hair."

After hearing this, Huai Yi re-examined the photo. Upon closer inspection, he gradually saw some clues. Only one or two out of ten people on the cruise ship were women, and almost all of the women who appeared had short hair.

Because their clothes were tightly attached to their bodies due to being soaked, the men, except for a few who were in higher positions and slightly out of shape, were all very strong.

Indeed, this didn't seem like the physical fitness of ordinary tourists.

"So... this is a secret operation planned by the military, but they accidentally awakened something in the lake," Huai Yi seemed to realize something.

"The secret operation is real, but they were going for something in the lake. It's just that the difficulty of that thing exceeded their expectations, and in the end, it backfired," Jiang Cheng said.

Huai Yi lowered his head, with some thoughts flashing in his eyes from time to time. Something that could interest the military and cause them to fail was obviously not easy to deal with.

Moreover, if they rashly intervened, even if they could solve it, they might be investigated.

So, no matter how you look at it, this was not a good choice.

"I understand. Brother Jiang and Miss Lin are very knowledgeable," Huai Yi complimented, but after his gaze touched Fatty's resentful eyes, he added, "Brother Fugui is also amazing. He saw through it but didn't say it, he must be accommodating me, not wanting to make me look particularly stupid."

"Hey." Fatty found Huai Yi more and more pleasing to the eye, and said with satisfaction, "You're quite sensible."

The experts in Shen Hong were indeed different. With these three escorts, Huai Yi felt that going to the May Platform wasn't so scary anymore.

Especially this fatty, who looked silly and simple. The more people like this, the more cautious you had to be.

Jiang Cheng and Miss Lin were so powerful, and they specially invited him to be their helper this time. This fatty might have some heaven-defying magical powers.

He was probably a big deal in Shen Hong as well.

Thinking of this, Huai Yi became more respectful to Fatty, "Brother Fugui, just let me know if you need anything in the future. Your business is my business."

But Huai Yi's eyes gave Fatty a strange feeling, "I'm warning you, don't have any excessive thoughts about me, Fatty," Fatty said, pulling up his pants, "I'm not gay."

After saying this, Fatty felt that he should leave himself a way out. He shouldn't speak too definitively, so he added, "Even if I were gay, it wouldn't be with you."

"Doctor," Fatty looked at Jiang Cheng, "What about the Folk Museum? That sculpture doesn't seem as evil as the May Platform, does it?"

"What do you all know about the Folk Museum?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"Um..." Huai Yi opened his mouth and said, "There's a very evil statue there that can move on its own, and then it can kill people, and finally it will turn into the appearance of the person who was killed."

Seeing that Huai Yi had said everything he could say, Fatty closed his mouth resentfully. He had originally wanted to show off a bit.

"And then?" Jiang Cheng asked again.

"And then..." Huai Yi scratched his head and said, puzzled, "Then there's nothing else, right? Brother Jiang, did you see something?" He looked at Jiang Cheng expectantly.

"No," Jiang Cheng looked at Huai Yi.

After a few seconds, Huai Yi understood. Not seeing any clues was the problem. The unknown was always the most terrifying. In comparison, they knew the most about the May Platform Incident among the three incidents.

"We don't know how the statue ghost kills people, and we don't know its motive. If it really just relies on staring at a person, and that person will die, then I can tell you very clearly that we can't deal with something like that."

Jiang Cheng was telling the truth. If it were before, they could explore the ghost's rules by having someone die, but this time they were all his own people, and he didn't want any accidents to happen.

"Who did you contact just now?" Jiang Cheng asked.

"A friend I met on the website," Huai Yi explained, "Well, to put it bluntly, he's not really a friend, just an information dealer."

"His network of relationships is relatively complex, and he can often get some secret information. If I encounter a business that I'm not sure about, I'll ask him."

"Of course, it's not free."

"It's very expensive," Huai Yi emphasized with some heartache.

"Is the information he provides reliable?" Jiang Cheng inquired.

"Reliable. As long as you can afford the price, he'll dare to reveal the black history of the Night Watchers, not to mention missions. The scandalous photos that caused a stir some time ago were said to have come from his hands. It is said that three of the five people appearing in the photos are Night Watchers."

Huai Yi lowered his voice and said, "At that time, some people speculated that the buyer was Shen Hong. This was using public opinion to create momentum and using internet trolls to launch a double blow to the Night Watchers on a moral and psychological level."

"While discrediting the Night Watchers, they whitewashed themselves, effectively increasing the brand awareness of Shen Hong, thereby facilitating their recruitment."

"Of course, I don't believe this statement. It's simply shameless slander!" Huai Yi said emotionally, "After meeting you all, I believe Shen Hong is a very loving family."