Let the system try to save the world

Xitong used the technique of shrinking the distance several times and arrived at Pingjing Town almost instantly.

"It's a rare occasion, Professor Shen." Xi Tong raised an eyebrow. "I only guessed that Lu Jingming and Gu Yugui would come. I didn't expect that you are free today too?"

"The new project is on track. I don't have to be at the clinic all the time." Shen Anzhi put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker. "In other words, I'm on vacation."

"I didn't see your leave note." Xitong joked.

"The director asked me to go out and play, so why wouldn't I obey?" Shen Anzhi lowered her eyes, "You were the one who asked me to go out, and you were the one who didn't approve my leave."

"Your thoughts are really hard to guess." Shen Anzhi looked at Xitong with resentment, "Then I'll go back."

After a few seconds, Xitong looked at Shen Anzhi who was standing there motionless, "Why don't you leave?"

"It's just a joke." Shen Anzhi said helplessly.

"Oh, I thought you really like working overtime." Xitong hooked his finger, signaling Shen Anzhi to take action.

"What about the two of you?" Xitong asked, no longer discussing whether Shen Anzhi liked to work overtime.

"Gu Yugui was attracted by Lu Jingming's beauty, and Lu Jingming was acting as his wingman." Shen Anzhi said concisely. He took out a handful of capsule-sized gadgets from his pocket and threw them on the ground.

The shells of those small capsules broke directly when they fell to the ground. Some of them stretched out four legs and crawled towards Pingjing Town, while others stretched out propellers and flew through the sky like big flies.

"Very good." Xi Tong said, "I had expected that Lu Jingming would be as unreliable as ever, but I didn't expect Gu Yugui to be infected by him."

Xitong crossed his arms across his chest, and a light blue screen of light spread out in front of him. As the small capsule robots moved deeper, a three-dimensional map of Pingjing Town was being built on the screen at a rapid speed.

"What's the situation?" Shen Anzhi asked.

"There is not a single living thing." Xitong looked at the cursor that only had a small green dot representing the player. He shook his head, "It is like this during the day, but it is hard to say what will happen at night."

"Let Lu Jingming and his team explore first." Xi Tong said. Now that he has become a senior member of the Psychic Bureau, he is also qualified to check Lu Jingming's locator number. "Also let me see what kind of monster the Xihe Base has cultivated in the past ten years."

"What's wrong?" Noticing Xitong's pause, Shen Anzhi asked hurriedly.

"The locators on Lu Jingming's team have lost contact." Xitong said expressionlessly.

"Isn't this a bit too fast?" Shen Anzhi asked.

"It was really fast." Xitong chuckled, pointing to the green light spot on the large screen that had not disappeared, "Look, there were no moving monsters during the day, and all the others were not ejected from Huaxu by the emergency brake."

"I'm afraid they have found the 'key'." Xitong said, "Wait a day, and if there is no movement at night, we will go in."

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The once bustling streets are now deserted, the houses are dilapidated, and there is an eerie atmosphere.

The town's walls were tall and thick. Xi Wan'an raised his hand and gently touched the stone bricks on the wall. The stones immediately cracked into powder and fell to the ground.

"The Yan family..." Xi Wan'an couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought they would end up like this."

The walls were covered with vines and weeds, giving it a desolate feel. The gates were tightly closed, as if guarding this forgotten town.

Lu Jingming gave his teammates a look, raised his hand and pushed open the city gate.

If Xitong were here, he would see many familiar faces. Lu Jingming's team in his previous life has already taken shape.

Once you step into the town, you can feel a strange atmosphere.

The shops and houses on both sides of the street have been abandoned for many years, with broken windows, tilted doors, and some blurred murals and handwriting remaining on the walls, as if telling of their former glory.

Xi Wanan released his spiritual sense. He had already entered the Nascent Soul stage, and his spiritual sense at this time was enough to cover most of the town.

He shook his head slightly, "No living thing."

"But as for what Junior Sister said." Xi Wan'an pointed in a direction, "It's indeed obvious at a glance that something is wrong."

The group used Qinggong to sweep across the ground like the wind. After ten years of training in basic body-building techniques, the team members who followed Lu Jingming had at least reached the foundation of cultivation.

Since the Psychic Bureau participated in the development of Huaxu, they naturally did not regard Huaxu as a simple game.

Lu Jingming and his team had long been accustomed to training in Huaxu. Any new weapons inventions were always tested in Huaxu first before being put on the market.

There is no need to worry about the materials in Huaxu being gone once they are used up. Just scan them in the real world and you can have as much as you want. There is no need to be too careful when you start to use them. Once a life is endangered, Huaxu will automatically eject it.

In the center of the town is an abandoned temple. The temple has collapsed and only ruins remain.

The outer walls of the temple have been tarnished by the erosion of time, and the brilliant colors of the past have faded, leaving only a dull gray.

The plaque above the temple gate is badly damaged, with only a few incomplete words left, as if telling the sadness of the temple.

"What's Laigui...Yao and Yan?" Gu Yugui barely distinguished a few words, "Maybe this is the ancestral hall of the Yan family."

Xi Wanan and the others agreed with his statement. When they opened the temple door, a cold breath hit them. The air in the temple seemed to be frozen, and there was a depressing atmosphere.

The dim lights cast eerie shadows, and the murals on the walls had faded, leaving only vague outlines, which made people feel creepy.

In the center of the temple is a huge statue with lifeless eyes, as if staring into the souls of the visitors.

Xi Wan'an and others recognized this statue. It was the statue of the Goddess Yaoguang. The status of the Goddess Yaoguang in the Xuanqing Realm was almost the same as that of Guan Gong. Over the years, Gu Yugui bought many small statues and scrolls of the Goddess Yaoguang for his master.

It would be more appropriate to say "surroundings".

The expressions of most Yaoguang goddesses are kind and gentle, but the expression of this statue is unusually serious, as if it is silently guarding this strange temple.

There is a strange aura surrounding the statue, which makes people feel creepy.

There are rows of incense burners in the corners of the temple, and at this moment, faint smoke is burning.

Cigarette smoke filled the air, exuding an ancient and mysterious smell.

As the cigarette smoke rose, a strange atmosphere gradually spread, making people feel uneasy.

"Be careful." Lu Jingming handed a gas mask to Gu Yugui and the other two. "This smoke seems to have a hallucinogenic effect."

There were still some broken offerings on the altar in front of the temple, which seemed to be evidence of abandonment.

Lu Jingming drove Gu and Gui away, saying that the boss just needed to lie down nearby. He put on gloves and picked up the items on the altar with several teammates.

Xi Wan'an didn't want to stand there, so he picked up the incense burner and began to study it.

"The clan all loves the people of the county, and Master Yan Yao has returned to the throne." Lu Jingming couldn't help but secretly glance at Xi Wan'an.

Take a look.

Another look.

Xi Wanan was surprised by his look and asked, "Daoyou Lu, is there anything wrong?"

"Captain, come and take a look." One of Lu Jingming's teammates handed over two tablets.

"The shrine of Master Yan Yaogui, a member of the clan Xianping Town." Lu Jingming held two tablets, one on the left and one on the right, "The shrine of Master Yan Yaogui, a member of the clan Zechang County."

"Boss, this is all..." Lu Jingming decided to ask the boss, "Is your junior sister really alive?"

"What are you talking about?" Xi Wan'an looked grim. He was willing to follow Gu Yugui and his party into Pingjing Town because Pingjing Town was the front line of human cultivators' resistance against the Ten Thousand Demons Abyss many years ago. If Venerable Qingzhu came, he would definitely go in this direction.

I can't contact my master, I don't know whether my junior brother is alive or dead, and now I've heard the bad news about my junior sister. No matter how well-educated a person is, he will lose his courage.

"What's the meaning of Yan Yao's return?" Gu Yugui interrupted the slightly awkward atmosphere.

"It's probably calling out to the soul." Lu Jingming knew he was in the wrong, so he followed Gu Yugui's words and said, "Have you ever heard a song about ghosts coming?"

"Just come back, come back..."

"No." Xi Wan'an took a tablet and said, "This is a person whose surname is Yan and whose given name is Yao. He has returned."

He looked up at the countless spirit tablets densely packed on the altar and said in a deep voice, "These are many, many people named Yan Guilai."

Lu Jingming couldn't help but touch the goose bumps on his arms. He had been following Lu and Xitong into the Taoist profession for ten years, but he still couldn't get used to dealing with these things.

In his words, if he encounters monsters or demons, he can scratch them with his claws or spray water on them, or at worst bite them with his mouth.

But those things will appear in his bed.

Lu Jingming felt that he couldn't handle it.

"Maybe it's some kind of ritual." Xi Wan'an remembered something and said thoughtfully, "Keep looking for other clues."

The crowd dispersed and searched the temple carefully. Lu Jingming came behind the statue.

There was a shallow dent on the back of the statue. Lu Jingming knocked on it and found that it was empty.

He swept away the dust on the surface, measured the size of the dent, and embedded a tablet in his hand into it.

A secret door appeared and he pushed it open, revealing a dark passage.

"There seems to be other space here." Lu Jingming turned around and said to others.

Xi Wanan and Gu Yugui looked at each other. This road was too easy to find. It was obvious that they were allowed to go in.

But there were no clues at the moment, so they decided to go in and take a look.

Lu Jingming cut a simple torch and threw it into the passage. The passage was filled with a foul smell, and the light became darker as he went deeper.

Fortunately, the torch rolled several times and did not go out even at a very deep place.

It smells a bit, but at least there is oxygen.

Xi Wanan walked in the front, Lu Jingming put the dagger in a position where he could pull it out at any time, and walked at the end of the team holding a pistol in one hand.

Suddenly, there was a low roar from the front, and a strong airflow rushed towards him. Xi Wanan quickly waved out a spiritual energy to form a shield, blocking the group behind him.

"It's a tomb-guarding beast." Xi Wan'an said seriously.

Tomb-guarding beasts, also known as tomb-guarding beasts, are the guardians of cemeteries. They are often considered sacred beings that protect the souls buried in cemeteries.

Especially in the world of cultivation, those monks who are often hundreds or thousands of years old are the favorite materials of demon cultivators and monster cultivators. Whether they are eaten raw or refined into puppets, the corpses of monks are even more sought after than when they were alive.

In addition to fighting side by side, many cultivators will also contract a spirit beast to prevent their bodies from being used by these evil forces.

These loyal tomb-guarding beasts were their master's best comrades-in-arms when they were alive, and they would guard their master's grave even after his death until his master's breath completely disappeared from the world.

The tomb-guarding beast is huge, up to two meters tall, and has difficulty moving in the narrow passage. Its body is covered with long red hair and it exudes a cold aura.

Its head is in the shape of a dragon, with sharp fangs, ferocious eyes, and a long sword in its mouth.

"Ya Zi?" Lu Jingming said in surprise.

Gu Yugui glanced at him and didn't expect that he could recognize such a monster.

"Relatives, relatives." Lu Jingming said embarrassedly, "They are all relatives."

Yazi is the second son of the nine sons of the dragon in legend. He has the body of a jackal and the head of a dragon, and is born to a dragon and a jackal.

"This is my junior brother's sword." Xi Wanan recognized it at a glance.

He looked at the long sword in Ya Zi's mouth and said solemnly, "Originally, this is Junior Sister's family affair. I don't want to interfere."

"But now it seems that I have to get involved."

Before Xi Wanan could finish his words, the door behind them creaked shut.

The already quiet temple was now even more eerily quiet; the only sound they could hear was each other's heartbeats.

"I expected this." Lu Jingming whispered, "I left something at the door."

The sound of the door closing angered Yazi, and it roared and pounced on the crowd.

Xi Wan'an made hand gestures and commanded seven small flying swords to attack the tomb-guarding beasts.

Although Yazi's body was huge, he dodged the attacks nimbly and swung the long sword in his mouth, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air.

Lu Jingming held a dagger in his hand and took advantage of the narrowness of the passage to constantly harass the beasts guarding the tomb.

However, the fur of Jiaozi is as hard as iron, and ordinary attacks can hardly cause damage to it. Faced with such a situation, the well-trained team was not afraid and deployed tactics tacitly.

Two or three people quickly occupied the high ground and used the terrain advantage to fire dense bullets. The bullets poured down like raindrops, aiming at Yazi's weaknesses.

Another group of team members quickly approached Jiaozi, wielding sharp blades and aiming at its ankles, trying to weaken its mobility.

The monster's roar was deafening, but the team members did not waver at all. After a long period of training, they not only knew the monster's attack methods and behavioral habits very well, but everyone cooperated with each other and had a tacit understanding. Everyone knew their role and responsibilities.

The team members' attacks kept hitting Jiaozi's vital points, and it began to feel pain and weakness.

However, Yazi was not willing to fall down. It struggled to fight back, biting these daring humans with its huge claws and sharp teeth.

Several people dodged swiftly and counterattacked quickly, not giving Ya Zi a chance to breathe.

As time went on, Jiaozi's power gradually weakened and its attacks became increasingly weaker.

Lu Jingming formed seals with his hands, and a faint light shot out from his hands and flew straight towards Ya Zi.

After the light hit Jiaozi, its movements immediately became slow.

Seeing this, Xi Wan'an took the opportunity to stab Ya Zi in the abdomen with a flying sword.

Ya Zi let out a painful roar and fell to the ground.