Trembling At A High Altitude

The distance was too far, and it had started raining again, so after studying the route, Li Teng decided not to ride his electric bike.

Instead, he took the subway.

The client had purchased a big bag of snacks.

Li Teng rode his electric bike to the nearby subway station, parked his bike, and rushed into the station with the bag.

Half an hour later, Li Teng walked out of the subway station.

The address written on the order was in a large warehouse in the southern part of the city.

But it seemed that this large warehouse had been abandoned for a long time.

Since the Black Rain incident, many places had been mysteriously abandoned.

However, these incidents were never reported in the news, and the citizens seemed not to care much about it.

Li Teng checked the address on the order again and then entered the large warehouse through its open doors with some confusion.

Officer Liu said this place could provide clues about Liu Yin?

Because it had been abandoned, there was no guard at the gate of the large warehouse.

Inside, there were rows of large, seemingly identical warehouse storerooms.

Not exactly identical... Some storerooms were dilapidated, with half-collapsed roofs.

Some storerooms had several large holes in their outer walls.

It was hard to imagine who would live in such a place.

Counting the numbers on the walls of the warehouses, Li Teng arrived next to warehouse number 23 after about fifteen minutes.

That was where the buyer of the big bag of snacks was located.

However, there was no sign of life here, no vehicles, nor any people in sight.

Luckily, the rain had stopped earlier on the road; otherwise, it would have been difficult to navigate this route.

As he continued toward the door of warehouse number 23, Li Teng inexplicably felt a sense of oppression.

He became alert, spreading out his Soul Power around him to scout, ready to face battle at any moment.

...

"The D-level Evil Ghost for this examination has been deployed within the target area!"

"Examination subject Li Teng has entered the field of vision..."

"Examination subject Li Teng has entered the target area!"

"All Spiritual Energy cameras are functioning normally..."

"..."

"North Zone security team is in position!"

"South Zone security team is in position!"

"West Zone security team is in position!"

"East Zone security team is in position!"

"..."

"Sniper number 1 is in position!"

"Sniper number 2 is in position!"

"..."

"The two C-level Control Field Ghost Hunters are in position! Awaiting orders!"

"..."

"Everything is ready!"

"The examination officially begins!"

"..."

"All teams be aware, if the situation deteriorates, the erasure procedure will be immediately executed!"

"..."

Inside a temporary office near the warehouse, several people in military uniforms were busily at work.

A man in uniform paced the office, closely monitoring the progress of each team.

A woman superior, wearing a black mask and hat, sat motionless, staring at the screen in front of her.

Outside the warehouse where Li Teng was, in all four directions, there were twelve-person armed teams.

They wore specially made Psychic Helmets and Psychic Armor, fully armed and hidden behind various covers, observing Li Teng with tense expressions as he slowly approached warehouse number 23.

Li Teng slowly walked into warehouse number 23.

Although there were no people outside and no sounds could be heard, inside warehouse number 23, it was packed full of people.

The atmosphere on-site was also very lively.

The entire interior of the large warehouse was set up like a cocktail party scene.

Inside, there were seven or eight round tables.

Each round table was surrounded by over ten elderly people.

The tables held cans of soda and various fruits and snacks.

Gift bags were placed at the feet of the elderly, and next to them were whole trays of eggs.

Along the wall of the warehouse, there were rows of POP promotional posters.

The posters advertised a health product called "Golden Walnut."

"Our Golden Walnut is specially designed for the elderly, containing various rich vitamins and nutrients, easy to digest and absorb, and very effective for cardiovascular diseases, rheumatism, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes in the elderly,

"and it can also prevent Parkinson's disease, commonly known as senile dementia..."

A rotund man in a suit energetically introduced his product to the elderly.

The entrance of Li Teng did not attract the attention of the man in the suit.

It seemed that a health product promotion meeting was being held here.

"Who is the boss? Mr. Song who is written here?" Li Teng discreetly approached a staff member who was pouring drinks into the elders' cups, and asked her.

"Do you need something?" the staff member asked Li Teng.

"This is his order from the supermarket, could you get his signature, or sign on his behalf?" Li Teng handed the big bag of snacks to the female staff member.

"I can't sign on his behalf! Please take a seat here for a while, and I will report to our boss once he's free."

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry." Li Teng reminded the female staff member.

"He will be free soon, and if you don't personally deliver it to him, he might complain about you!" the staff member half-threatened as she led Li Teng to a table and handed him a chair.

Li Teng reluctantly sat down.

An old grandmother nearby smiled at Li Teng, as kindly as a neighbor's grandma.

Li Teng smiled back at her.

"Sir, would you like something to drink?" the staff member asked Li Teng.

"No, thank you." Li Teng waved his hand.

"I've already brought over the tea." The staff member insisted and poured a cup of tea for Li Teng.

Li Teng picked up the tea cup and looked at it; there were two tea leaves in the tea.

Of course, having two tea leaves in the tea isn't strange.

In the eyes of ordinary people, these were just two tea leaves.

But under the perception of Li Teng's Soul Power, these two tea leaves kept turning in the water.

Soon, Li Teng saw it clearly.

Those two moving "tea leaves" were not real tea leaves at all.

Instead, they were two flat-bodied insects!

Their shape was similar to cockroaches, but their bodies were much thinner.

As they flipped over, it was visible that they had many legs underneath.

And...fierce mandibles!

Li Teng felt a wave of nausea in his stomach.

"Drink up? Why aren't you drinking?" the staff member urged Li Teng a few times.

"Thank you, I'm not very thirsty right now. Your boss is still busy for a while, right? I'm going to step out for a cigarette and come back for him later," Li Teng said as he stood up and walked toward the exit of the warehouse.

From the moment he entered the warehouse, Li Teng had sensed something was off.

That feeling of facing a formidable enemy.

He had just regained his cultivation in the Inner Soul Realm and wasn't sure if he could handle a strong opponent that suddenly appeared.

Today's events felt like a trap.

Given Officer Liu's character and style, she probably wouldn't set this trap to ensnare him.

But it wasn't out of the question that she was controlled by someone else, or forced to set this trap under duress.

Li Teng felt that it was impossible to get any information about Liu Yin here.

Therefore, there was no need to risk staying any longer.

As he reached the door of the warehouse, it suddenly became eerily quiet behind him, prompting him to look back.

The corpulent man in the suit had stopped his speech and was glaring at him fiercely.

The several elderly men and women seated at the tables had all ceased their activities and were staring at him with vacant, lifeless eyes.

Li Teng acted as if nothing had happened and turned around to keep walking out.

But the warehouse door in front of him had suddenly turned into a wall!

Li Teng had no choice but to turn back.

Although the elderly people at the scene had become somewhat vacant, the staff member who served him the tea still seemed very normal.

"Sir, you haven't finished your tea yet!"

She smiled warmly and walked towards Li Teng with his teacup in hand.

"I suddenly don't feel thirsty anymore. I just want to step out for a cigarette. Could you open the main door for me?" Li Teng responded to the staff member, also with a polite smile on his face.

"This is a top-grade tea, it shouldn't be wasted!"

The staff member said, suddenly splashing the tea in Li Teng's face.

The two tea leaves, enshrouded in a cloud of black mist, flew out of the tea and headed straight for Li Teng's mouth.

Li Teng had anticipated that something was amiss, so he immediately dodged to the side and then made a dash for a nearby window.

Just as Li Teng was about to escape through the window...

The window also turned into a wall!

The elderly men and women in the warehouse rushed over and surrounded Li Teng, holding him down with their scrawny claws, and some even forcibly pried open his mouth.

The staff member picked up the two tea leaves from the ground and walked over.

The elderly men and women parted automatically to make way for her.

The staff member walked straight up to Li Teng, ready to force the tea leaves into his mouth.

Li Teng continued to struggle, but to no avail.

...

"This person seems no different from ordinary people!"

In a makeshift office, a female superior frowned as she looked at the screen.

"I think...perhaps he's not yet adept at using his abilities?" the man in uniform said, his face slightly embarrassed.

"It looks like such a grand setup was somewhat unnecessary," the female superior expressed disappointment.

"Notify the two Control Field Ghost Hunters to go to the scene...wait! There's a change!" the man in uniform was about to implement Plan B, but new developments were unfolding in the warehouse.

...

As Li Teng's mouth was forcibly pried open, staring at the two hideous tea bugs, he watched helplessly as the staff member attempted to throw them into his body.

Just then, his eyes suddenly turned completely black.

Not a trace of white remained.

The surroundings in the warehouse changed in an instant, transforming into the interior of a psychiatric hospital.

"So many patients!"

"Hurry and get them all into the ward!"

The orderlies at the psychiatric hospital rushed over, clutching each of the elderly and the female staff member, forcibly dragging them down the hall.

Then they locked each one into a ward.

The employee holding the tealeaf insect struggled hard, but still uncontrollably stepped backward.

She looked at Li Teng from this side with a puzzled face as if she couldn't quite understand what was happening.

"A Mental Illusion Realm?"

The female supervisor muttered to herself as she looked at the screen.

The other staff members also tensely watched their respective screens.

On the screen, the elderly men and women who had been pulled apart burst free from their restraints and once again crowded around Li Teng.

But soon, they were taken away from Li Teng once again.

Each time they were taken away, these elderly men and women became weaker.

After several incidents, the elderly's movements started to slow down, posing less of a threat to Li Teng.

"Was the Soul Power level data tested during the Mental Illusion Realm just now?" the female supervisor asked the uniformed man next to her.

"Yes, not very precise, but preliminarily estimated around 70," the uniformed man responded to his superior.

"Around 70… Not bad potential, almost reaching the level of an E-class Mental System Ghost Hunter. But with just this, he won't be able to handle the D-class Evil Ghost you deployed. With his current strength, as long as he knows the method, he should be able to use Soul Power to blast open the Ghost Wall and escape from the storeroom…" the female supervisor contemplated.

"This is bad!"

An adjacent staff member shouted.

The supervisor and the uniformed man hurriedly looked back at the screen.

...

In the repeated tugging by the orderlies, those old men and women grew increasingly weaker, gradually losing their Attack Power.

Just then, a pudgy man in a suit who had been standing behind the elderly, glaring fiercely this way, suddenly underwent a transformation.

His body swelled up like the Green Giant, his clothes bursting apart.

Dark, menacing bone spurs grew out from his back.

His two hands also transformed into sharp Ghost Claws, emanating a chilling metallic luster.

After the transformation, the Spiked Evil Ghost let out a howl, leaped up like lightning, and savagely reached for Li Teng, who was sitting against the wall!

The levels of Ghost Hunters correspond to the levels of Evil Ghosts.

The strength of a D-class Ghost Hunter is on par with that of a D-class Evil Ghost.

A D-class Evil Ghost, attacking a E-class Ghost Hunter with full force, can kill the latter within two minutes at most.

Moreover, Li Teng was an uncertified mutant without professional training, lacking any real combat experience; he would only die quicker.

...

"Control Field Ghost Hunter, proceed to the scene immediately! Prepare for the rescue and wrap-up operation!" the uniformed man issued the order.

A large hole suddenly burst open in the wall of the storeroom.

Two C-class Control Field Ghost Hunters forcibly opened the Ghost Gate in the storeroom with their Soul Power, then prepared to rush in for the rescue…

"Pull back!" the supervisor directly stopped the two Control Field Ghost Hunters through the communicator in front of her.

Just at that moment, another shocking scene occurred on the screen.

Li Teng, who had been crouching by the wall, suddenly flew out, darting seven or eight meters across with extreme speed, narrowly dodging the powerful strike from the D-class Evil Ghost!

And by incredible chance, he landed right next to the Ghost Gate opened by the two C-class Control Field Ghost Hunters.

Now, he only needed to leave through the Ghost Gate calmly.

However, he chose not to leave through the Ghost Gate.

Instead… he turned back to face the Evil Ghost!

"What is he trying to do? That Evil Ghost's strength is far beyond his…" the female supervisor said with a puzzled expression.

"Should we send the Control Field Ghost Hunters in to clear the area and rescue him?" the uniformed man inquired.

"Wait longer," the female supervisor urged, her eyes not leaving the screen.