Chapter 103: Nothing Left To Fear
Coordinating with his divine sense, Bai Mo quickly located the original site of the nearest jewelry store, then casually parked the car and walked away.
"Bro, should we follow him?"
"Follow! Let's gamble on following him, maybe we'll strike it rich!"
The two of them quickly got out of the car, standing behind Bai Mo, who was contemplating the ruins, like attendants.
Through his divine sense, Bai Mo already perceived various pieces of jewelry buried beneath the ruins. A small number of glass display cases, holding their contents, had shattered, but most of the bulletproof glass cases, though crushed under the debris, still stubbornly held to their purpose. Nearby, a shop assistant's corpse was also pressed beneath.
Although it was the cusp of winter and spring, Tianhai's temperature still hovered around zero degrees Celsius, and after ten days under the ruins, the corpse had already begun to rot.
"There are corpses everywhere; maybe we can check for any unlucky ability users."
With a thought, rings and gold necklaces beneath the rubble began to emerge from the cracks in the ruins.
"Got a bag?"
Accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering glass, more jewelry surged from underground. The entire scene was like drilling a well and suddenly striking oil.
"Which of you knows how to open a safe?" Finally, Bai Mo retrieved a safe from underground and lightly tossed it to the two men.
"I do (I do)!" The two said in unison, then exchanged glances.
"I don't care who knows how, nor will I care why you know how. Just get it done. Now, let's head to the next spot."
"Yes, Boss!"
After sweeping through seven or eight jewelry and jade shops, gazing at a sack full of rings and gold necklaces, and another sack of jade and gemstones, Bai Mo began to feel somewhat annoyed by this mechanically repetitive treasure hunting. Of course, the two men in the back of the car thought completely differently; they had never seen a sack full of gold and silver treasures in their lives. If not for being intimidated by Bai Mo's martial might, they would have long since been unable to resist making a move.
"Bro, how much do you think the Boss will give us?" Xiao An whispered to Lao Zhang beside him.
"At least half a bag for the two of us, right? We're the ones doing the skilled work of opening the safes."
"Bro, how did you learn this trade?"
"When you're out and about, how can you not know skills like this? Besides, in the car, it's not like in the movies where you can't make a sound opening a safe. Here, we can just bang away, and no one cares." Lao Zhang didn't answer directly.
"Does anyone here know Feng Shui?" Bai Mo suddenly had an idea.
"I know a little." Lao Zhang volunteered again. "I dabbled in it for a while back then."
"Take me to the place with the densest Yin energy in Tianhai."
"That's not difficult. But Boss, you're thinking of... Tianhai is, after all, a place where tens of millions died all at once. The Yin energy here is truly terrifying, not ordinary."
"Don't argue with me. Lead the way, and when we get there, this sack is yours." Bai Mo pointed to the bag of gold in the back seat.
"If a man dies, he faces the heavens; if he lives, he lives for ten thousand years! I'll risk it! Alright! I'll lead the way!" Lao Zhang thought that his half-life of struggling was a wasted one anyway, and decided to steel his resolve and gamble.
"I'm with you, Bro!" Xiao An also knew that if he backed out now, he would get nothing.
"About five hundred meters ahead, turn left, then right..." Lao Zhang began to lead the way by instinct. The further they went, the greater the psychological pressure he felt. His hands clenched into fists, and his palms began to sweat.
Bai Mo, sitting in front and driving according to Lao Zhang's instructions, also began to sense something unusual. With his extraordinarily powerful mental power, he seemed to hear countless people whispering to him, yet he couldn't make out a single word from any of them.
"Do you hear a lot of people talking?" Bai Mo asked quietly.
"Don't! Don't scare me! I didn't hear anything!" Xiao An, who had never encountered such supernatural phenomena, already felt his legs trembling.
"My cheap master used to say, 'Whispers of a thousand ghosts' — that's a sign of a Ghost King appearing! We need to leave now!"
"You seem to know quite a lot of strange things," Bai Mo said, still smiling.
"Boss, please don't laugh. With tens of millions of vengeful spirits gathered, some exceptionally powerful ones are bound to emerge as Ghost King candidates. The whispers of a thousand ghosts mean the vengeful spirits have already taken sides, shouting for their respective candidates. Let's leave Tianhai quickly before they reach a final result and have time to deal with us. Tianhai will soon become a land of ghosts!"
"You're quite good at spinning tales. Unfortunately, I'm a scientist, someone with an intense interest in exploring the unknown. Keep going." Bai Mo ignored Lao Zhang's pleas, continuing to drive deeper on his own.
"Please believe me just this once!" Lao Zhang's tone had turned into a plea.
"I'm a bit curious. Historically, our Huaxia has no record of tens of millions dying within an area the size of a city. How do you know that Ghost Kings would still emerge in such a situation?"
"I'm an orphan. My cheap master raised me. Ever since I can remember, he looked like an old Taoist. He kept many books about these things, and when I was little, I read them like novels. He never treated me as a successor or taught me any Taoist arts; he just let me read whatever I wanted on his bookshelf. Later, when I was sixteen or seventeen, the winds of reform and opening-up reached our area, so I followed them south. I didn't feel anything in the first few years, but every year after that, when I went back to visit the old man, I found he always looked just as robust. That's when I realized he was truly an old man with some cultivation. The things his books talked about should probably also be true..." Lao Zhang tried to persuade Bai Mo by explaining his background.
After listening, Bai Mo stopped the car and dropped the two men and the bag of gold out.
"You, leave your cheap master's address and contact information. Don't try to fool me, or this bag of gold will be your burial accompaniment. It won't be hard for me to find you two." Bai Mo said, pointing at Lao Zhang, then made a notebook and pen float before him.
Lao Zhang quickly wrote a few lines in the notebook, then hoisted the gold and ran.
"This is the first time I've felt that a hundred catties is so easy to carry!"
"Bro, wait for me!"
Bai Mo no longer paid attention to the two of them. Driving alone, he continued towards Tianhai City's First People's Hospital, the place with the densest Yin energy.
"Finally, I can see for myself what these so-called ghosts truly are." Bai Mo's curiosity grew stronger and stronger. In a cheerful mood, he completely ignored the whispers of a thousand ghosts, humming a tune as he steered the wheel. Feeling powerful enough, he didn't care about these so-called ghosts like the other two.
"There are only two reasons people fear ghosts: first, fear of the unknown, and second, the potential threat of death they may bring. As for me, there's nothing left to fear."
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