After Yang Ying took a break after lunch, the police officer named Jack came as scheduled and was going to take Yang Ying and Lin Yixian to the scene of the crime, which was the family where the child was missing, to check.
On the way, Jack also introduced the case to Yang Ying.
About half a month ago, the first case of missing children occurred in the town. After that, it happened almost every day or two. The missing children were all under the age of twelve, and they were all left unattended at night. disappeared at the time.
This case caused panic in the town. Many families with children were afraid to sleep at night and kept the lights on to look after their children. Some even moved out of the town, causing quite a stir.
This time, only Yang Ying and Lin Yixian went to the crime scene to check. As for the other people, the cowboy Zanke was still lying in the hospital after his joints were removed by Yang Ying. The detective Byrne who signed a contract with the devil was sent to the hospital by Yang Ying. After arriving at the church, the two half-hearted psychics had already been frightened out of their wits by the spirits in the morning. They had no intention of caring about the case, so they ran away immediately after leaving the police station.
After checking six or seven families with missing children in succession, no clues were found. Just when Yang Ying and Lin Yixian were feeling a little discouraged, Yang Ying finally discovered something unusual in the home of the last missing child.
The last child disappeared last night. It may be because the last case occurred relatively recently, so there are some clues left.
The clue that Yang Ying discovered was not a certain item, but a special kind of energy residue, and the object with this residual energy was the bed of the missing child.
After calling out the magic hand and conducting a careful inspection, Yang Ying was a little surprised to find that the special energy left on the child's bed actually felt familiar to Yang Ying.
He had seen similar special energy before, on the ring of concealment he had given to Lin Yixian for self-defense.
In order to confirm, Yang Ying also borrowed the Ring of Concealment from Lin Yixian for comparison.
Although there are slight differences between the two, overall the difference is not big.
Playing with the Ring of Concealment in her hand, Yang Ying looked a little unhappy.
Shadow monster, this mission seems to be a bit troublesome.
Yang Ying had not encountered shadow monsters before, but when she was training at the Huaguoshan Club of the Order, she picked up some information from the Order, including about shadow monsters.
The most troublesome thing about these shadow monsters born in the darkness is not their ability to fight head-on, but their ability to travel through the shadows mysteriously.
After visiting all the families with missing children, Yang Ying asked Jack to sort out the information for all children under the age of twelve in the town, and then returned to the hotel with Lin Yixian.
Back in the hotel room, Yang Ying took out the materials for drawing the talisman seals, asked Lin Yixian to help her, and then began to draw the talisman seals.
About an hour later, Jack came to the hotel again and handed the compiled children's information to Yang Ying.
After receiving the information, Yang Ying just glanced at it and sent Jack away, while she continued to draw the talisman seals with Lin Yixian.
About an hour later, Yang Ying wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Looking at the ten new talisman seals successfully drawn on the table in front of him, Yang Ying thought that they should be enough, so he stopped writing.
Looking at the slightly darkening sky outside the window, Yang Ying put away all her things, discussed it with Lin Yixian, and prepared to go out for a meal.
Although they carry food with them, they are now in a town in another world, not in a deserted no-man's land. With hot food, who would be willing to nibble on cold, hard compressed dry food.
In fact, the hotel itself will provide food to guests, but the food they provide cannot compare with the exquisite cuisine of high-end restaurants.
As for how to get the money to go to a high-end restaurant, the considerate Sheriff Blake had already advanced part of his reward. Although it was not much in Yang Ying's opinion, it was enough for the two of them to spend a few days.
After a fierce meal of steak, lobster and foie gras, Yang Ying and Lin Yixian left the high-end restaurant and went their separate ways.
Lin Yixian returned to the hotel alone to wait, while Yang Ying planned to visit families with children under the age of twelve in Gray Heron Town at night.
Before leaving, Yang Ying borrowed the Ring of Invisibility from Lin Yixian and gave her the original amber and several talismans for self-defense.
Putting the Ring of Concealment on her hand, Yang Ying glanced around, then stepped into a deserted alley.
The moment he entered the alley, the demonic hand immediately spread out and completely enveloped Yang Ying's body, just like the symbiote venom in Spider-Man.
The effect of the Ring of Invisibility was activated, and Yang Ying's body slowly disappeared into the shadows of the alley.
Invisible, Yang Ying quickly moved forward on the night-shrouded streets, exploring one family after another with children under the age of twelve.
Perhaps because of the night and the effect of the Ring of Concealment, Yang Ying's perception of shadow energy was obviously much clearer than during the day.
During the investigation, Yang Ying really discovered something. There was strong shadow energy in one of the houses, and he was lurking in a big tree outside the house.
According to the information given by Jack, the male owner of this family is John, an engineer, the female owner is Laura, a full-time housewife, and their child is called Little John. Overall, they are a very happy family.
Although the house in front of her was still brightly lit at this time, Yang Ying could feel that invisible shadows were surging in the places where the light could not reach, as if they were waiting for an opportunity to take action.
Yang Ying just crouched on the tree without moving, waiting for the thing lurking in the shadow to appear.
After waiting like this for more than an hour, it was almost twelve o'clock, but the lights in the house showed no sign of going out. Through the window, John could be seen smoking and pacing around the house, while Laura kept Taking care of children.
It seems that the family in front of them is the kind that cares about the safety of their children and will guard them all night long.
However, they can keep guarding, but the hidden shadow is already waiting impatiently.
Along with the surge of shadows, the electric switch of the house suddenly exploded with large electric sparks, and the next second the entire house lost its lighting and fell into darkness.
The sudden darkness that fell in the house startled both Laura and Little John. As the male host, John was worried in his heart, but he still comforted his wife and children with a few words, and then went to find out the reason.
At this moment, Yang Ying's eyes suddenly lit up on the big tree outside the house. She jumped down from the tree and ran quickly towards the house that was plunged into darkness.
At the same time, in the child's room, a large number of shadows gathered towards the bed, but Little John lying on the bed and Laura guarding the bed were not aware of it at all.
While Laura and Little John were nervously waiting for John to restore the power, the window of their room was suddenly knocked.
The two looked towards the window with horrified expressions, and saw a dark figure clinging to the window looking into the house.
You must know that this room is on the second floor. Could the dark figure outside be a flying vampire? ?
Just when Laura was confused and Little John was crying loudly, the black shadow outside the window that looked like a vampire suddenly shouted at them through the window.
"Get out of that bed!"
Laura was slightly startled by the shout of 'vampire' outside the window, but soon she understood why the other party shouted that, because the bed, it, it was actually alive.
I saw a dark tentacle that exuded black energy and seemed to be made of shadows protruded from under the bed and directly entangled Little John who was crying on the bed.
Laura on the side immediately screamed when she saw this and wanted to step forward to rescue her child, but her strength was too weak. Even with her nails and teeth, she could not shake the thick shadow tentacles.
As the second tentacle poked out from under the bed, Laura's whole body was whipped out.
Laura, who fell to the ground, looked desperately at the shadow tentacles rolling around her child. But at this moment, she heard a crash, the window immediately shattered, and the 'vampire' outside the window rushed into the house.
I saw a cold light flash in the hand of the 'vampire', and the shadow tentacle, which was as thick as an ordinary human thigh, was cut into two pieces.
The severed shadow tentacles turned into black energy and dissipated, and the 'Vampire' immediately jumped to catch Little John who fell from the air.
Looking at the frightened child in her arms who was filled with tears and was a little distracted, Yang Ying shook her head slightly, put a talisman on him, and then handed it to Laura who was already staggering up behind her.
"Take the children and leave, go to a place where there is light."
As he spoke, the bed that had gathered shadow energy was undergoing terrifying changes. Several shadow tentacles and four thick shadow limbs stretched out from under the bed, followed by a shadow head with a one-eyed and giant mouth.
However, in just a few breaths, a shadow monster like a giant turtle with tentacles appeared in front of Yang Ying, and the bed was its turtle shell.
Looking at the weird shadow monster, Laura hugged her child tightly, thanked Yang Ying in a hurry, and ran out of the room in fear.
When Laura escaped from the room with the child in her arms, John, who came after hearing the call for help, also rushed over with a shotgun.
I have to say that this brother John is also a wonderful person. When he saw the shadow monster and Yang Ying in the venom suit confronting each other in the room, he directly reached out and took the child from Laura's hand without saying a word. He turned around and ran with her without any hesitation.
At the same time, one person and one monster in the house had also surrendered.
The shadow monster that looked like a giant turtle was the first to attack, and the one eye on its head shot a black light towards Yang Ying.
This black light was extremely fast and had a tracking-like effect. Although Yang Ying avoided it in time, she was still hit by it and spread quickly throughout her body.
The whole body was wrapped in black light, and Yang Ying felt as if her body had become sluggish as if she was stuck in a quagmire, and at the same time there was a slight tingling sensation all over her body.
I thought it was just an easy and simple mission, but I didn't expect that the first monster I encountered would be so difficult.
Seeing the shadow monster's head ejecting like a spring, and biting him with its mouth wide open, Yang Ying snorted coldly, and the iridium ring on his hand immediately shined brightly, illuminating the entire room like daylight.
Wow!
Accompanied by a strange cry like a child's cry, the shadow monster's attack was forcibly interrupted. Black energy overflowed from its body as it stumbled backwards.
At the same time, the black light surrounding Yang Ying's body also quickly dissipated under the strong light.
Although the shadow monster is very difficult, its weakness is also very obvious, and that is light.
No matter how powerful the shadow monster is, if it can exert 100% of its strength and 30% of its strength under the sunlight, it is considered to be relatively strong in resistance, but the one in front of it obviously does not have that much ability.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the shadow monster immediately wanted to turn into a shadow and escape, but Yang Ying, who had been prepared for it, immediately activated several golden light talismans that had been attached to the building before entering through the broken window.
This golden light talisman was the talisman that Yang Ying drew temporarily in the afternoon after learning that the enemy was a shadow monster.
With the blessing and protection of the golden light talisman, this shadow monster cannot even think of turning into a shadow and escaping in this building.
Seeing the shadow monster that looked like a giant turtle screaming in agony under the light of the iridium ring, and being unable to escape due to the effect of the golden light talisman, Yang Ying very considerately raised the bloody sword in her hand.
The tiger kills!
With a swing of the knife, Yang Ying couldn't help but frown slightly as she looked at the shadow monster's body that hadn't been cut into two parts.
It seems that the power of Tiger Slash still needs to be improved. Maybe he should look for tiger monsters.
While thinking about it, Yang Ying raised the sword again.
While Yang Ying was killing the shadow monsters, in the basement of a gorgeous building in Gray Heron Town, a rich middle-aged man who was performing some kind of ceremony suddenly spit out blood and fell to the ground. It turned into a gray-black translucent gel like jelly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the end, the middle-aged man screamed in despair and turned into a skeleton wrapped in gray-black gelatin, like a piece of weird gray-black amber.
Krones, the mayor of Gray Heron Town, died due to the backlash of the shadow ritual.
