Chapter 338: Chapter 282: Regret (4600 words)_3

A moment later, he asked Liu Hao to turn on the flashlight and pass it to him, then squatted down and fiddled with a black protrusion in the corner of the wall.

With a swoosh, the entire bed flipped over, revealing a pitch-black passage extending downward.

A rush of damp and chilly air surged up.

Yu, standing at the bedside inspecting, was startled by the sudden flipping of the bed. He quickly stepped back, but still the cold air approached him, causing him to shiver violently.

Shi Tai hurried over, shone the flashlight down the passage, and then was the first to descend the slippery staircase.

Liu Hao was the second to go down, and also handed a flashlight to Yan Junze.

Yan Junze zipped up his open jacket, turned on his flashlight, and followed Liu Hao into the basement.

The basement wasn’t as deep or as large as one might imagine. After walking down twelve steps, they arrived at the bottom.

A sweep of the flashlight revealed the entire basement at a glance.

It looked like Yan Long had dug this out by himself, quietly, to avoid detection. Presumably unable to use heavy machinery, the chiseled walls were uneven with pits and bumps, and the space inside was very cramped.

Just one look at this basement and Yan Junze was certain that this was Yan Long’s lair.

There were jars everywhere on the floor. Some of them were filled with a black, viscous liquid that was almost overflowing and even bubbling.

There were also dried bloodstains on the basement floor, but no smell of blood.

The lack of the blood scent was due to the overwhelming ancient medicinal smell, and at the far end of the basement was a crudely handcrafted wooden rack, with densely packed various sized medicines on its five shelves.

Some were empty bottles, others were half-full, and some contained a little of an unidentified liquid.

In the middle of the basement was a hospital emergency room’s kind of push bed, but the four casters underneath had been removed, and the push bed had been firmly fixed to the ground.

Three or four layers of white bedsheets were spread on the bed, which were stained with some chemicals and could not be washed away. There were also large patches of red marks, likely blood.

As Yan Junze, Liu Hao, and Yu were shocked by the discovery of this basement, Shi Tai had already checked the space and taken out a strangeness detector to thoroughly scan it.

Then, pointing at the jars on the floor, he said, “This one, this one, and this one, these three jars have been infused with spirits. However, they haven’t fully grown yet. Notify someone to transport them back for disposal.”

Yu hurriedly gathered the three jars Shi Tai had pointed out to one side, storing them carefully.

Shi Tai then made another round with the detector, put away the device, grabbed the magnetic knife, and released a two-meter-long magnetic glow, sweeping through the basement.

He then nodded and said to Liu Hao, “There are no other anomalies now. Remember, these three jars must be processed immediately upon being transported back.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Yan Junze and said to the three of them, “There are no other anomalies here. I’m leaving now, I have to catch a plane at the airport.”

Implicit in his words was some dissatisfaction with Yan Junze for delaying him, and he deliberately emphasized the words “catch a plane.”

Yan Junze bowed slightly, with an apologetic smile on his face.

After watching Shi Tai leave, he turned to Liu Hao and asked, “Are you sure there are no other anomalies here?”

Liu Hao nodded, “A four-star exorcist has spoken, rest assured, there definitely aren’t any more.”

Yan Junze then used Inner Vision to inspect his own mind. The moment he entered the basement, he had activated “Perception of Strange Events,” and not long after, the perception had sent him information alerts.

According to the information now, not only were there still strangenesses in the basement, but there were also many and complex ones. Some of the detected obsessions were incomplete, either lacking a beginning or an end, or only fragments of thoughts remained.

Yan Junze had already been shocked by this flood of information, which was why he had merely stood by quietly and watched Shi Tai search for anomalies, posturing as though he was not concerned.

He made no comment even after Shi Tai confirmed there were no anomalies and left, but instead, used Liu Hao to double-check their information.

At that moment, Yan Junze was certain that the other exorcists really hadn’t discovered anything unusual.

“Obsession? The plethora of obsessions here… are actually remnant obsessions!”

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