Afterlife Department

"Damn badass…!" Jenny hissed after she saw Huo Ling dragged the leader's corpse out using his legs wrapped around the other's neck.

"Yes… Huo-ge is so cool!" Qi Ying said as he looked at Huo Ling with sparkling eyes.

Xi Kai heard what Qi Ying said and he cursed. "Remember that he is already married to Yi Bing." He told them.

"Yes!" Qi Ying and Jenny answered and followed Xi Kai back to the group to interrogate the 'family'.

Upon hearing those words, Huo Ling who is walking towards Yi Bing, almost tripped had he not immediately regained his composure. He glared at Yi Bing who just chuckled. "What did you find?" he asked.

"There is Foul on that man's wound. He turned to a zombie." Yi Bing answered and glanced at Xi Kai's group who are now interrogating the woman who was tied up while the girl and the other two children are sitting beside Xi Ke and Lu Lu who are pacifying them.

It turned out that the man and the woman are members of that group who were chasing them. They left the group and kidnapped the girl and the other two children who were all orphans and used them to act as a family to deceive the people from the base that they were come from. When that group found them, it just happened that this 'family' were out to scam other people again. The man even created a wound to gain more pity.

"That's not right." Huo Ling spoke. "If the wound was human-made, then why is there a Foul?" he asked.

"This is what I am puzzled with, too." Yi Bing spoke. "Rei already had the plants to pull the zombie away from them and is just waiting for Xi Kai to burn it. The woman also doesn't know why did the man turn into a zombie and was frightened." He explained. "They didn't have any contact with the zombies." He told him.

"This is strange…" Huo Ling frowned. "No contact with the zombies, but there is a Foul?" he muttered.

"Anyway, I already sent Jin Wu and Mo Shi a message about this. Let's see if they can find something on their end." Yi Bing said.

"Okay." Huo Ling nodded. He turned and burned the 'family's car into explosion to be safe. After seeing that there was no Foul that leaked, he followed behind Yi Bing.

"We can take the girl and the children with us to the base." Xi Kai spoke when he returned after he burnt the man who turned into a zombie.

Lu Lu nodded. "I and your father can take care of them." She spoke as she patted the children's heads while they slept on hers and Xi Ke's laps.

"I can… I can do household chores! I won't burden you!" the girl said.

"Such a sensible child. What's your name?" Lu Lu asked.

"Xiao Ru." The girl answered.

"Then, you can serve my parents. We won't leave you hungry." Xi Kai told her.

"Thank you very much." Xiao Ru cried.

"What should we do about this woman?" Chichi asked.

"Hand her to Hu Feng. He knows what to do since she's a criminal." Xi Kai answered.

"Alright, boss." They said as they placed the unconscious woman who was tied up inside the trunk. They also taped her mouth in case she would scream, which might attract the zombies.

"Yi Bing. Huo Ling." Xi Kai called. "You take my parents, Qi Ying and the two children with you. I'll be taking my team and the girl with me." He said.

"Huh?" Qi Ying muttered, surprised.

"No problem." Yi Bing nodded as he entered the car while Huo Ling pulled Qi Ying to the back seat to sit beside Lu Lu while Xi Ke sat on the other side of her.

Everyone boarded the car and took off. But, suddenly, in the middle of the night, Xi Kai's car slowed down and came to a step on the roadside, followed by the second car. The door opened and a figure came out before it ran to the other car and opened the door. Then, carefully, it took the two children.

But, just as it was about to leave with the children, it heard something clicked behind and turned, only to see a gun pointing at its forehead.

"Where do you think you are going, xiao Ru?" it was Jenny. The gun on her hand is the one that Yi Bing gave her.

"Impossible!" Xiao Ru exclaimed as she took a step back while she looked at Jenny in shock. "I hypnotized you to sleep!" she said.

"Yeah. I heard a voice telling me to sleep." Jenny nodded. "But, unfortunately for you, I am also a healer aside from being a water ability user." She told her and grinned.

"'water'?!" Xiao Ru exclaimed in shock.

"Yeah. Water is a bane to hypnosis because they can 'capture' any essence, right?" a voice spoke.

Xiao Ru turned and her eyes widened in shock when she saw Qi Ying, Yi Bing and Huo Ling. "You… you are also water ability users?!" she asked.

"No. It's only me and sister Jenny." Qi Ying answered.

"Then… then why are the two of them…" Xiao Ru muttered as she looked at Yi Bing and Huo Ling.

Yi Bing didn't answer. "Are you a cultivator?" he directly asked.

Hearing the question, Xiao Ru's eyes widened in shock.

"A cultivator?" Jenny and Qi Ying asked.

"In the ancient times, there are people who have affinity with the nature and can become immortals." Yi Bing spoke. "They are the cultivators." He said.

"I only read it in novels…" Qi Ying looked at Xiao Ru. "They really exist?!" he was shocked.

"They are real?!" Jenny was also shocked. She never believes in the supernatural and only believe in science.

"She only has a low cultivation, though, and her hypnosis is harmless." Huo Ling spoke. "She only wanted to escape together with the children." He said.

"Why do you know about this?" Jenny asked as she looked at Yi Bing and Huo Ling. "Are you two also…" she muttered.

"No. We only work in a special department that specializes in this area." Huo Ling answered.

Qi Ying nervously gulped and moved closer to Jenny. "So, you two… you are actually…" he said.

"We are investigating the cause of the apocalypse." Yi Bing spoke. "And we finally found a lead." He said and looked at Xiao Ru.

Jenny's eyes narrowed as she looked at the girl. "Are you the one responsible for this apocalypse?" she asked.

Xiao Ru's eyes widened. "No! I'm not!" she immediately answered.

"She really isn't." Yi Bing spoke.

Jenny and Qi Ying looked at him.

"She must not know anything and was only given a task to take the two children away." Yi Bing said.

Xiao Ru nodded her head.

"Where are you taking the children?" Qi Ying asked. "It is very dangerous now to be alone, especially with children." He told her.

Xiao Ru bit her lip. Finally, she couldn't hold back anymore and cried. "These two are orphans like me. It was our master who took care of us and told us that our parents are his fellow disciples who left the cultivation world that is declining for them to integrate with the society since it is not too late." She started. "But… but those monsters suddenly appeared and killed our master. Master told us to go north and never return. The last thing that I saw is our master… our master also turned to a monster!" she sobbed.

They fell silent. It was already a shock that cultivators that only appear in novels and television shows are actually real.

"We are also going to the north, so why do you still want to leave?" Qi Ying asked.

"Really?! You're going north?!" Xiao Ru was shocked. "But, the road leads to south…" she said.

It was their turn to be shocked. "WHAT?!" they exclaimed and looked at the road ahead. It was covered in mist.

Yi Bing's eyes narrowed while Huo Ling took out his gun with a silencer. Jenny turned and looked at them while Qi Ying resumed asking Xiao Ru.

"Why do you want to go north?" Qi Ying asked. "Is there something in the north?" they heard him say.

Xiao Ru shook her head. "Our master only told me to go north. Nothing else…" she answered.

"Yi Bing. Huo Ling." Jenny called. "Why did you say that she is a clue to the apocalypse?" she asked. "You two… knows that this apocalypse is related to the cultivation world?" she looked at them.

"We guessed." Huo Ling answered while Yi Bing approached the mist. "Wake everybody and don't come out of the car." He told them.

"What? What's wrong?" Qi Ying asked.

"Xiao Ru already said that this road leads south but we are going north." Huo Ling speak and looked at Jenny.

Jenny's expression turned serious and he immediately pushed Qi Ying and Xiao Ru to the car before she woke everyone.