Chapter 59: Black Water Village

"Enough, stop complaining. These wealthy merchants have found someone higher up to pressure me. Besides, the Qing Shan Mental Hospital is indeed a strange place, and it will have to be dealt with sooner or later. I plan to send Yang Kunpeng's team."

"Yang Kunpeng is a seasoned spirit master, so he should have no problem leading a team to deal with a C-level strange place. What about Fang Xiu? He's been to Qing Shan Mental Hospital before. Shouldn't he be included?"

Wang Dehai shook his head. "Fang Xiu is too important, and he's still a new spirit master. What he needs to do now is gain experience from D-class strange incidents. Once he's accumulated enough experience and his spiritual energy has improved, then we can talk about C-class."

Yang Ming rolled his eyes: "You're being way too protective. What's the difference between C and D?"

Wang Dehai's face darkened instantly: "You idiot! For a third-tier spirit master like you, C and D are naturally no different. Plus, your ability is luck—no matter who dies, you won't die, so of course you don't care!

Originally, if you or Bai Qi were leading the team, Fang Xiu could go to the Qing Shan Mental Hospital or even more dangerous anomalous domains. But since neither of you can go out now, we naturally have to prioritize safety!"

"Men should undergo trials of blood and fire. Greenhouse flowers..."

"Get out of here! Go fetch Fang Xiu for me!" Wang Dehai roared, driving Yang Ming out.

Yang Ming sighed and scratched his ear before going to fetch Fang Xiu....

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In the downtown area of Green Vine City, several men and women dressed in suits, clearly elite professionals, gathered on the top of a skyscraper.

The leader was a man in his twenties, tall and handsome, wearing a custom-made white suit, holding a high-end wine glass, and drinking with a somber expression.

The others also had gloomy expressions and remained silent.

Suddenly, the man in the white suit broke the silence.

"Lin Ziyang is missing, the bronze candlestick is gone, and my cousin was assassinated. Who the hell did this?!"

Bang!

He violently smashed the high-end wine glass on the ground, scattering glass shards and red wine everywhere.

Seeing the man in the white suit lose his temper, the others looked uneasy, and some even flashed a look of fear on their faces.

"This is definitely someone targeting me! Targeting the Light Club! Investigate! Investigate thoroughly!"

At that moment, a seductive woman in a wine-red long dress walked over with a smile.

"Calm down."

"You still have the nerve to show up? Aren't you going to find your boyfriends?"

"Don't put it so harshly. I'm just playing along with them. Only you are the one I truly care about."

At this point, the man in the white suit seemed to have truly lost his temper. He stood up abruptly, his aura intimidating, his eyes fierce, like a tiger descending from the mountain.

Seeing that he was truly angry, the woman quickly changed her tone. "Dear, leave this task to me. I'll make sure you're satisfied within a week."

After saying that, she turned and ran to the door, leaning against the doorframe and giving the man in the white suit a flying kiss. Seeing that he was about to get angry again, she quickly smiled and slipped out the door.

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At the Investigation Bureau.

Fang Xiu arrived at Wang Dehai's office.

At that moment, Wang Dehai looked solemn.

"Fang Xiu, I called you here because I have a difficult task to assign to you."

"I don't take on any tasks that have nothing to do with the supernatural," Fang Xiu said calmly.

"Rest assured, our primary work at the Investigation Bureau is to deal with the supernatural. The task I'm assigning you is to investigate and resolve the supernatural incident in Heishui Village.

Fang Xiu, this mission is crucial and extremely dangerous. You must remain vigilant at all times. The Heishui Village supernatural incident has been preliminarily rated as a C-level incident, but this is only a preliminary assessment, meaning its rating could potentially be higher."

Wang Dehai said solemnly, while secretly adding in his mind, "It might also be downgraded."

In fact, the Blackwater Village incident was initially rated as C-level, but after further investigation, it was found that only one villager had died, and there was no risk of the incident spreading, so it was downgraded to D-level.

Wang Dehai spoke this way primarily because he feared Fang Xiu was too young, a reckless newcomer unafraid of danger, fixated on eliminating high-tier anomalies.

No wonder he thought so, as Fang Xiu's mental contamination report was right there.

A young man like Fang Xiu, who despises anomalies with such intensity and possesses such extraordinary abilities, might well look down on a D-level mission.

"Black Water Village?" Fang Xiu was slightly puzzled, as he had never heard of this village before.

"It's normal that you don't know about Black Water Village. It's a remote mountain village in the mountainous area of Green Vine City. Due to poor road conditions, few people visit it, so not many people know about it.

Blackwater Village is named after the Blackwater River, which flows through it. In recent years, the river has claimed the lives of many villagers. At first, it was thought to be ordinary drowning incidents, but according to the villagers, there is a water spirit in the Blackwater River that specifically targets swimmers, pulling their feet while they are in the water.

Later, even more bizarre incidents occurred. A villager was sleeping at home, but upon waking up, he found himself by the riverbank, with half his body submerged in the water. If he hadn't woken up in time, he might have drowned.

There are many similar bizarre legends, and since Blackwater Village has indeed seen numerous deaths, the Investigation Bureau has preliminarily determined that the village is experiencing supernatural phenomena. The supernatural incident code is [Water Spirit]

Your mission this time is to investigate and resolve the Water Spirit incident. Since this is your first mission and your abilities are classified as top-secret, I will assign Shen Lingxue, who is familiar with the case, to lead the team. You, Zhao Hao, and a recently joined Spirit Tamer will carry out this mission together."

"Alright." Fang Xiu nodded. He was eager to undertake this mission, as he had not encountered any strange phenomena in a week.

He longed to experience the thrill of inserting a scalpel into the body of a strange entity.

Additionally, this mission was initially rated as C-level, with the possibility of being upgraded to B-level later, which made him even more satisfied.