The Riverside Murderer.

A transcendent carrying a seal.

A highly dangerous out-of-control individual.

These were the words Hu Danian used to describe the man in front of him last night. But in reality, when he actually met the guy, he realized that his appearance was even more shocking than these words... He was dressed in a tattered and smelly black robe, with exposed pale and withered skin, resembling a corpse or a ghost floating on the ground.

The description of a lonely ghost was quite accurate.

If someone saw him walking on the street, they would feel like they had encountered a ghost in broad daylight.

Qu Shui was startled and hid behind Gu Shen. She saw the owner of the withered hand and whispered softly.

"Dr. Xiao Gu... I think I've seen this person before..."

"Relax. I'm here."

Gu Shen remained calm.

He glanced and saw that the door was being blocked by a hand, indicating that the person had no intention of leaving.

Judging from his cold and resolute appearance, even if Qu Shui slammed the door shut, he probably wouldn't let go.

Gu Shen decided not to close the door and instead opened it generously, making way for the hunchbacked man. "Come in."

Surprisingly, it was the hunchbacked man who was taken aback.

He walked slowly inside, cautiously surveying the surroundings.

"Wait a moment."

Gu Shen casually said. He took Qu Shui and went to another room on the west side. The girl looked tired and frightened, and before she could say anything, she heard Gu Shen's gentle voice.

"Look at me."

Qu Shui instinctively looked up and saw Gu Shen's eyes, with a flickering flame reflected in her pupils...

In the next moment, the girl's warm and soft body was supported by Gu Shen and she fell into a deep sleep.

Gu Shen walked out of the room on the west side and brought the hunchbacked man to another room. He closed the curtains, instantly darkening the room, leaving only faint light seeping through the gaps in the curtains.

"Close the curtains. The room will be even darker, which you should prefer."

Gu Shen said lightly, "After all, you haven't slept for so long... right?"

The man squinted his eyes, remaining silent, just staring at Gu Shen.

"The Lipu Street mass insomnia incident... has caused such a big commotion in the city. You should know that someone has been keeping an eye on you for a long time." Gu Shen slowly spoke, "But you still committed the crime and even took the initiative to come to my door... Obviously, you don't care, don't care about being caught, and don't care about death."

When it came to not caring.

The man sitting across from him smiled.

"Gu Shen, you really... hide well."

He called out Gu Shen's name... Gu Shen lowered his eyes.

"If you can call out my name, it means you have seen my file..." Gu Shen lightly tapped the table and smiled, "It should be about the fire case, right?"

No response.

Gu Shen continued murmuring, "Actually, when I saw the file of this transcendent incident, I sensed that something was wrong. The first insomnia patient appeared on the 8th night at Jiangtan... which was my first day in the city. Since that day, insomniacs have been appearing one after another near Jiangtan Lipu... It has been nine consecutive days, and the scope has never expanded. This is not something a deranged out-of-control person would do."

On the plane, Cui Zhongcheng told himself.

This mission... his file was classified.

And only a "few people" known by Mr. Xiao Cui were aware of his itinerary, which was the key to the mission.

Gu Shen finally understood what Cui Zhongcheng's purpose was in sending him to Lipu Street.

This was not just a simple adaptation period for a vacation.

In fact, the real mission had begun since the first day he arrived in the city, but he didn't know... At that time, someone was already hunting all over the city and Jiangtan, and the target was him!

"The person behind you... only knows that I came to the city and is near Jiangtan Lipu, but doesn't know my exact location." Gu Shen smiled softly and said, "He was too impatient and sent you. But the Sumeru Stone Seal is not a seal under your control, so the mass insomnia incident occurred in Jiangtan Lipu. The appearance of these insomniacs was not your intention."

"..."

The man fell silent. "What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say... is very simple." Gu Shen said, "Any attempt to use fanatical actions to stop the progress of the era is foolish and ignorant. The tide of the times will not stop because of the death of any individual."

Veins bulged on the man's forehead.

Gu Shen clasped his hands together, staring at the man, his voice becoming deeper, as if he was judging a criminal.

"Disregarding life, indiscriminate killing, trampling on rules..."

"If you think that what you are doing symbolizes righteousness, then why is the Longevity Foundation hiding underground?"

An angry rebuke resounded.

"Enough!"

The man interrupted Gu Shen. His eyes burned with anger, and perhaps due to extreme fatigue, even his furious voice sounded tired and weak.

"Justice is the most noble excuse in the world... Those who stand in the light are nothing more than winners. We hide underground only to reach a farther destination!" He looked down at Gu Shen from a higher position and asked coldly, "What do you think the Judgment Hall is?"

Gu Shen's expression remained unchanged as he stared at the thin man... His previous words were a test.

Just to provoke the other party!

Sure enough, this person was a member of the Longevity Foundation!

With this response, a stone in Gu Shen's heart finally fell, but at the same time, he felt even more apprehensive.

He was not afraid of the Longevity Foundation, but of Cui Zhongcheng.

Many people feared Mr. Xiao Cui.

Even Senior Sister Luo said that Cui Zhongcheng was a cold-blooded and ruthless person.

At this moment, Gu Shen truly experienced the terrifying aspect of Cui Zhongcheng. The pleasant conversation before seemed to be fake. He, who came to the city, unknowingly became a pawn in Cui Zhongcheng's plan... On the plane, Cui Zhongcheng said that his file was highly classified and only disclosed to a "few people."Clearly, his own files were only leaked to his suspects.

In the event of a break in the fire case clues.

This "please enter the urn" strategy made the undercover agent of the Changjiu Foundation jump into the game with joy.

However, the cost was... he had to face the upcoming killing game alone.

"Now that we've met, it doesn't matter if you know my identity..."

The man chuckled softly, "After all, we're both corpses now."

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"Clang."

A small and exquisite stone carving was taken out by the man and placed heavily on the table. The surface of the stone carving was a ferocious ghost face. A normal person would feel a sharp pain in the head even if they just glanced at it from a distance.

A Class D sealed object, the Solemn Eye Stone Carving!

According to the records, if touched or approached too closely, one's mental power would be absorbed by the stone carving. The fundamental reason for stealing dreams is that a devouring ghost dream is engraved inside this sealed object.

Because of carrying the stone carving for a long time, this man was already withered, his spirit had been devoured.

But at this moment, he was extremely excited.

After taking out the stone carving, the man's actions did not end. He lifted his wide, rotten black coat, and under the coat, there were bulging heavy objects. Gu Shen's pupils contracted... it was a circle of old explosives strapped to his body.

"Screw the new era!"

The man suddenly stood up, his sunken eyes reflecting the blazing fire. He lunged at Gu Shen and shouted loudly.

"Long live the Changjiu Foundation!"