After an Infinite Flow Player Retires

Chapter 2

"What?! What is this?!"

Countless black hands stretching out from the elevator flew about wildly. With the surging dark and sinister energy, the temperature in the air became even colder.

"You! What the hell are you?!"

As if it was scalded, the small black hand made a strange hissing sound and quickly retreated.

But what it didn't expect was that the young man who was standing motionlessly earlier would suddenly turn his wrist and grab the small black hand.

"So hot!! So hot!!" A shrill scream sounded, "So cold! So cold!! Let me go!"

The other hands in the air seemed to have no physical body and would intermittently appear and disappear. The small black hand in the young man's grasp however couldn't break free no matter how seemingly easy it appeared to be.

It could feel the bone chilling cold energy transmit through from the place where it was in contact with the young man. It brought along a kind of instinctive tremor, like it had found itself in front of a predator that was soon about to awaken. Even just the small breaths the other party made while sleeping subconsciously made it terrified.

In any case, the existence in front of it was definitely not human!

But he clearly breathed and had a heartbeat. All the signs of life were completely normal.

What was more frightening was that it could sense some of that man's emotions being transmitted into it. It was a very familiar emotion —— Hunger.

"Monster!" It wailed, "Monster!! Monster!!"

Countless black hands flew about more and more frantically. Those sharp cries were mixed together with countless desperate curses and threats.

All that noise gave Ye Jia a headache. He pinched his fingers and that small black hand suddenly stiffened and quietened down. It was as if it was gripped by some invisible force.

The dark mist around the young man's body suddenly became less dense, as if a part of it had been swallowed up.

"Don't talk nonsense." Ye Jia's voice was still lazy, "I'm human. A real and authentic human being."

Evil spirit: "………."

——- Even ghosts don't believe you!!!

The next second, it felt the hand around it tighten threateningly. The evil spirit immediately submitted, "You're human! You're definitely human!"

Ye Jia relaxed his grip a little in satisfaction.

He looked up and glanced at Cheng Cezhi who laid on the ground unconscious.

The other party's face was pale, and his eyes were tightly closed. Half his body had been dragged into the elevator shaft and pitch-black misty particles drifted out from where he was submerged in the darkness. Even from several metres away, he could clearly feel the cold air of death escaping out.

The space inside the elevator was no longer part of the human world.

It was now a dark domain created by resentment energy that overlapped with the real world. Only ghosts above the level of B could create it.

If Cheng Cezhi was dragged in, he probably wouldn't even have bones left.

Ye Jia was deep in thought.

He hadn't seen a B-Level fierce ghost in the real world yet.

And……..

Ye Jia lowered his head and looked at the small black hand in his hand that was still struggling while trembling. His light-coloured eyes narrowed slightly.

This should be the cause for that unusual energy fluctuation he felt earlier in the elevator.

But……..Compared to an ordinary B-Level fierce ghost, this one was too weak.

But that wasn't the main point.

Ye Jia shooks the small black hand, "Bring my colleague back."

Ordinary humans couldn't stay in that domain for too long. Even if only a small part of their body was caught in it, their life energy would be drained away consistently.

The small black trembled for a while and then humiliatingly obeyed.

The next second, several thin, light coloured but greyish in colour arms stretched out from the elevator. It grabbed Cheng Cezhi's legs and body, slowly dragged him out from the darkness, and then tossed him onto the ground with a thud.

Ye Jia: "………"

It looked too much like it was throwing away garbage.

When Cheng Cezhi wakes up later, he would probably have some body aches for several days.

"So cold……..so hot……" The small black hand complained and twisted around in Ye Jia's palm, "You can let me go now….hurry…."

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Ye Jia lightly glanced at it, "I can't do that."

Letting a suspected B-Level fierce ghost continue to mess around in this area? He didn't want to be worked to death with overtime.

The young man's eyes lowered slightly. No matter whether it was his skin or his eyes, his entire body seemed like it was too light and lacking in pigment. He looked like a pale phantom and was very out of place in this ghostly dark corridor.

He smiled and said, "However, I can make this end faster."

The next second, his slender fingers moved and a silver-white cold light flashed briefly like an electric spark —– "Whoosh."

There was the sound of a blade cutting through the air.

Without even having the chance to scream or struggle meaninglessly, the large mass of darkness suddenly disappeared. It was as if it had been directly erased from this world.

The darkness in the elevator slowly disappeared, revealing its old and dirty metal walls.

The coldness in the air faded a little.

Little by little, sunlight penetrated through the hazy glass, returning the corridor to its normal colour.

The elevator door was stuck a few times before it slowly closed completely.

.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Cheng Cezhi felt someone shaking him, "……Hey, wake up."

His eyelids moved and he slowly opened his eyes. Zhao Dong's concerned face appeared very close to him, "What's wrong? Why are you lying here?"

In an instant, all the memories from earlier returned to him like a tide —— The sudden drop in temperature, the dark elevator that seemed like it was from another world, and the countless black hands that stretched out from inside……

"Ahhhhhhhhh———!!!" Cheng Cezhi screamed.

Zhao Dong was startled. He quickly drew back and rubbed his ringing ears, "What are you doing?!"

Cheng Cezhi immediately jumped up from the ground but sharp pain hit him the next second and he collapsed back down. It felt like he had been hit by a car.

He clenched his teeth and sucked in a breath to stop himself from screaming.

Ye Jia came over belatedly, "What happened?"

Cheng Cezhi fearfully turned his head and looked at the elevator —- The elevator door was closed. Everything was normal.

He pointed at the elevator and stammered, "Hands…….There were a lot of hands……"

Zhao Dong scratched his head, "Where you caught in a nightmare?"

In places where ghosts have appeared in, there would usually be unusual energy particles left behind and these particles could affect people who are emotionally unstable or are weaker spiritually, causing them to see some horrible hallucinations. This was the so-called 'nightmare'.

Compared to ordinary people, the staff at the Paranormal Investigation and Management Bureau are more susceptible to these energy particles.

Ye Jie personally believes that this is related to their high-pressure working environment which often involved excessive overtime.

He shook his head and sighed, "I have given the head chief feedback about this numerous times. It's unethical pressuring employees like this. We also need to rest."

Ye Jia suggested sincerely, "When you go back, go and complain to the head chief. You should be able to get a few more days of paid leave."

Zhao Dong: "…….."

Cheng Cezhi: "……."

Why are you so familiar with this?!

With Zhao Dong's support, Cheng Cezhi slowly got up from the ground. He rubbed his sore neck and looked around at the extremely normal environment —- All those strange things he had witnessed earlier seemed to have disappeared completely like smoke. It almost felt like it was a dream.

Could he……..really have been caught up in a nightmare?

He looked down at the detector next to him. The detector was broken, and the screen was completely dark. Not a single data was collected.

Cheng Cezhi's shoulders slumped in frustration.

—– This time, their trip out to the field had been all in vain.

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Paranormal Investigation and Management Bureau was located in an office building not far from the city centre.

The floor above was an optometrist and the floor below was a designer.

As for their floor, the sign that hung from the door was 'Recycling Clean Energy' —– Or more commonly known as 'Garbage Disposal'.

As expected of a secret government department.

It was hidden very well.

At the end of the dark and crowded corridor, a dusty 'Logistics Department' sign hung crookedly on the door. The room inside was filled with miscellaneous items and at the centre of all of that were a few small desks which formed the office space for the logistics department.

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Cheng Cezhi dejectedly handed in the broken detector to the head of the logistics department, Liu Zhaocheng. He was a serious and slightly bald middle-aged man who always had a stern look on his face, as if he wanted to use his eyes to scare away all those who tried to cast their eyes onto his head.

"I understand." After hearing about what happened, the head chief said, "You can take the afternoon off and go to the medical department to get checked. After you're done, go back and have a good rest……."

Before he could finish his words, Ye Jia slowly raised his hand, "Head chief………"

"Don't even think about it." Liu Zhaocheng didn't even raise his eyelids. He refused coldly, "Go and work."

Ye Jia: "………."

Being a corporate slave was too difficult.

He lifelessly returned to his seat, but the next second, Ye Jia was stunned.

For a moment, he couldn't find his chair.

It was because everything was covered by a thick stack of documents. There was hardly any space on the table left.

"Sort it out by tomorrow or your bonus will be deducted……If I remember correctly, there's probably not much left of your year-end bonus, right?" The Head chief hooked up his lips, "Good luck."

Ye Jia: "………."

I didn't enter this department for this.

What happened to the idle job we agreed on?!

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Early morning.

The sky was brightening up.

Ye Jia let out a yawn. He stared sleepily at the mountain of documents still piled up in front of him and rubbed his messy hair.

Fortunately, head chief had generously allowed him to take the documents home to deal with it or he would have had to work overtime in the bureau.

Ye Jia didn't want to spend too much time in the department. After all, his cubicle was too crowded.

He stretched his waist, slowly stood up and headed for the kitchen with slow dragging steps.

—— He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but Ye Jia had felt that the city didn't seem quite right recently.

It wasn't just the recent string of disappearances which had caused a stir in the community, but the recent paranormal incidences had also been very out of the ordinary. It had reached a stage where there was clearly a shortage in staff, and everyone was too busy to take a break. Even the idlest logistics department had to work overtime until they were about to go mad.

Ye Jia narrowed his eyes. As he thought about this, he stretched his hand out to open his fridge door—–

And was met with a familiar small black hand.

It tremblingly hid behind the fridge door and flatteringly called out, "Hi! Good morning………."

Ye Jia: "………"

He slammed the door shut with a bang.

The small black hand who was squashed by the door let out a squeak and then carefully retreated back into the fridge through the gap.

Ye Jia expressionlessly turned around. He poured himself a glass of water and downed it all in one go.

……..Yup. Working overtime excessively had caused him to have hallucinations.