Fengshen Nana continued, “Since then, the place was no longer peaceful. This police station was built after the reform period. Then, one night, a young officer was on his duty when he suddenly heard someone walking in the corridor.

“The officer immediately drew his pistol and went there to check.

“The footsteps seemed to be going toward the storage room. The policeman was startled because the storage room was the place where all the firearms and bullets were kept. If someone had the guts to steal from the police station, he had to act soon and stop that person at all costs.

“He pushed the hefty door of the storage room open and saw a headless person kneeling on the ground, digging up the cement floor with his bare hands.

“The officer sweated in fear and shot his gun at the sky. The headless man heard the sudden boom. He quickly jerked up and ran for cover behind some shelves, disappearing into thin air.

“The same things happened many times over the years. The headless man kept on digging the storage room’s ground. He scared many policemen in the span of a dozen years or so, and some even had heart attacks…

“Later on, the police learned about the story of the filial, headless son. They decided to dig up the foundation of the storage room, and as expected, they found an old coffin that held the remains of an old woman. It was more than a hundred years old.

“The police properly buried the old woman’s remains on a foggy morning. A headless man stood in the fog and bowed three times to the policemen. Then, no more odd sightings were registered at this police station.”

While I listened to her, I concluded that the police station’s geomancy was pretty bad.

Police officers were a sort of ‘imperial force.’ In ancient times, they were known as ‘bukuai’ and were a bunch of murderous people. As such, even if they were bolder, ghosts wouldn’t have dared to enter this place under normal circumstances.

When I entered the station, I did notice that the building was in a bad location. It faced the intersection on both sides. In geomancy, this setting was called ‘Heart-Piercing Overflowing Yin.’ People couldn’t live in a structure like this. If this place weren’t a police station but a school or a hospital, paranormal activities would have been registered barely a month after its construction, and people would have died on a daily basis.

While telling the story, Fengshen Nana took a look at Captain Liang, who was sitting in a corner. She found his expression odd. “Captain Liang, are you sleepy?”

“No.” Captain Liang gave a dry cough. “Nana, stop talking about ghost stories. Don’t you think this place is scary enough?”

Fengshen Nana blushed and said, “Sorry.”

Her eyes turned to me; I guessed she wanted to tell me something.

I looked down and checked my watch.

 What... Half an hour has passed already. Why hasn’t Li Mazi returned yet?

“I’m going out to look for Li Mazi.”

Yin Xinyue wanted to go with me.

This police station was in the suburban area of Wuhan, and everything was pitch-black at night time. To add more green in this area, they had planted a lot of locust trees. The original geomancy of this building wasn’t good, and now the place was surrounded by Yin-type trees. I wondered if those police officers were too bold or simply ignorant.

I had to turn on my phone’s flashlight. Yin Xinyue held my hand and followed me.

I found that Li Mazi had tied the wire already. The bells on the wire would jingle as soon as they sensed waves of Yin energy. However, all of them were still right now.

I felt my scalp go numb and rushed to check them out. All the clappers had been taken out, and there was some sticky liquid on the bells, which looked like pus.

“Not good. The murderer is right here!” I screamed in fright.

“Brother Zhang, look over there!” Yin Xinyue hissed. A dark shadow was making its way toward us through the forest of locust trees. I knew he was Li Mazi from his appearance and clothing. However, he didn’t say a word no matter how loud I called him.

My palms grew clammy, and I grabbed the Sirius Whip. I took out a stack of Corpse Subduing Talismans and put half of them in my pocket, giving Yin Xinyue the other half. “When you see someone strange, just stick a talisman on their forehead.”

Yin Xinyue was puzzled. “This paper doesn’t have any glue. How would it stick on someone’s head?”

“Don’t worry. The paper pulp was mixed with glutinous rice water. As soon as it meets an undead, the rice water will melt and become sticky,” I explained.

Yin Xinyue nodded.

When Li Mazi was around a dozen meters away from me, he suddenly raised his hands and jumped toward me. I arched my brows.

 He’s possessed!

I immediately lashed at him with the Sirius Whip. However, Li Mazi ran away.

“Stop!” I screamed as I chased after him.

Li Mazi ran really fast amidst the dark forest. I borrowed the lights of a passing truck to improve my aim. After reciting the Big Dipper Sirius Spell, I lashed at Li Mazi’s back with the whip.

The whip coiled around Li Mazi’s ankle, and he landed on the ground with a loud thud when I pulled.

I stormed forward and put the whip around his neck despite his struggles. I checked his breathing; it was normal. I then checked his eyelids; it was good that the white of his eyes was also normal.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

Li Mazi desperately motioned at his ear and mouth. I finally understood that he couldn’t hear nor talk.

Curious, I pried his mouth open. His tongue was stiff and as hard as a rock. It seemed someone had used magic to control it. I immediately picked up a twig on the ground and pricked it thrice. Li Mazi spat some black blood then screamed in pain.

“I almost choked! That bastard, if I find him, I will skin him alive!” Li Mazi fumed loudly.

I asked Yin Xinyue for a mineral water bottle. I burned a talisman and placed the ashes in the water. I then used the water to wash Li Mazi’s ears. Eventually, his hearing was recovered.

“What happened?”

“Once I had tied all the bells, I was about to go back to the police station. Suddenly, someone called me from behind, and I instinctively answered. When I turned around, I saw a man wearing a black sweater. He seemed to be holding something in his hand.”

It was apparently a small drum. When the man hit the drum, Li Mazi suddenly lost all hearing. Li Mazi felt that the opponent was too strong, so he ran for his life.

While rushing through the forest, he suddenly saw Yin Xinyue and me. He was very excited. However, I used my Sirius Whip to attack him as soon as I saw him. He had to turn around and escape because of this.

I furrowed my brow.

What kind of drum is that? He just hits the drum and people lose their hearing and speaking abilities?

“Where did you meet that man?” I asked Li Mazi.

“On the way back to the police station.” Li Mazi’s expression changed. “Is he going to the police station?”

“Damn! Captain Liang and Nana are still there. Hurry, we have to get to them!” I ordered.

I also advised Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue not to answer if someone called them. Otherwise, we would not be able to bear the consequences.

Fengshen Nana and Captain Liang were gone when we returned to the morgue. Their quilts still were on the chairs, and the robber’s corpse was also there.

“I’ll try to call them!” I hurried to take my phone out.

However, Li Mazi suddenly landed on his butt, his face frightened. A strong gust of cold wind shook the morgue’s windows, and the white sheet covering the corpse on the bed suddenly moved, just as if the body would stand up in the next second.

Then, I suddenly found that the corpse’s hand that held the pen was vibrating. It began to move in the sand bucket, eventually writing one character.

It was the character for ‘injustice!’

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