It’s the peak of rush hour now, and the streets are crowded with people. Being near the university, there are even more students around, so as Lin Baici looks around, all he sees is a sea of heads.
This isn’t going to be easy to find!
Lin Baici takes a deep breath, calms his mind, and walks around, carefully gauging the strength of his hunger sensation.
Lin Baici immediately quickens his pace, scanning the pedestrians ahead.
There are students in uniform with youthful faces, weary workers just off from their jobs, and housewives in a hurry to get home and cook dinner after picking up their children with electric scooters...
Suddenly, a figure catches Lin Baici’s eye.
It’s a tall person, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist typical of a man’s build. He is wearing blue jeans, yellow Martin boots, and a black hooded sweatshirt.
The hood is pulled up over his head.
He keeps looking around restlessly, seemingly searching for something.
Lin Baici notices that when he isn’t looking around, his head is bowed, and in addition to sunglasses, he’s wearing a large mask that covers his face completely.
"What’s this guy sneaking around for?"
Lin Baici frowns, the closer he gets to the man, the stronger his hunger sensation becomes.
This guy has Divine Prohibitions on him.
Lin Baici takes out his phone, planning to snap a photo and send it to Xia Hongyao. If the man is from the Security Bureau, he’ll leave it be.
Just as Lin Baici captures the photo, the man suddenly turns his head, looks over, then in the next instant, he turns and runs.
Lin Baici instinctively kicks into gear and starts to chase him.
This guy must be up to something; otherwise, why run?
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His long legs stride forth, swift as the wind and thunder, and in a moment, he has closed the gap to within thirty meters of the man.
The man looks back, sees how close Lin Baici has gotten, and panics. The next moment, he suddenly darts towards the road.
It’s not red light time now, and cars are flowing on the six-lane road like a dragon.
Lin Baici hesitates, wondering whether to rush across or not?
Technically, with his Giant Locust Leg, Lin Baici could leap across, but the problem is there are too many people around now. What if someone catches sight of him doing it?
While Lin Baici is making up his mind to cross the street,
A speeding BMW hits the man, making a huge noise.
The BMW slides forward another ten meters, smashing into three more cars before coming to a halt.
The man is thrown to the ground and rolls several times.
Due to the sudden accident, nearby cars are braking hard, leading to total chaos on the road.
Lin Baici’s eyes narrow, and he immediately starts sprinting.
The man definitely hasn’t died!
Because Lin Baici sees that the BMW that hit him has its bumper indented quite a bit, and even with his enhanced body, he couldn’t have left such a severe mark on the car if he were hit that way.
As expected, even as the momentum of the man’s rolling hasn’t stopped, he suddenly springs up and starts sprinting across to the other side.
"What is this, a movie shoot?"
"It must be undercover cops catching a thief, right?"
"Someone got injured!"
The bystanders are abuzz, and traffic is completely disrupted.
Lin Baici follows the man in the hooded sweatshirt into a mall.
He has lost sight of his target.
The man is fast, and the layout here is complicated. Just by ducking into any nook or cranny, Lin Baici is left groping in the dark.
The sensation of hunger quickly fades.
Ten minutes pass, and Lin Baici can’t feel it anymore.
This means that the man has already put some distance between them.
Lin Baici leaves the mall, stands on the street, and dials Xia Hongyao’s number to report the incident.
"Starting five days ago, pollution incidents have been occurring in Haijing, with victims turning into paintings!"
Xia Hongyao’s tone is excited, "The person you were talking about just now could very well be the culprit!"
"Turned into a painting?"
Lin Baici doesn’t quite understand.
"The entire person is imprinted onto the floor."
Xia Hongyao tries to explain, "The person is gone, leaving an image on the floor, like a painting!"
This pollution sounds absolutely spine-chilling.
"I’ll tell my sister and ask her to send someone to monitor the area near Haijing Normal University as soon as possible!"
After finishing the formalities, Xia Hongyao asks about Lin Baici’s plans for the National Holiday, "Are you going home?"
Lin Baici plans to practice his driving.
Xia Hongyao is hesitant to speak.
"Don’t worry, I don’t need your company."
Lin Baici can tell that High Ponytail must be busy over the holidays. It seems his driving practice plan has to be postponed again.
"I’m sorry, some work came up suddenly, and I can’t postpone it!"
"Hey, hey, the way you’re saying that makes it sound like I can’t go three days without seeing you, as if it’s been ages."
I acknowledge your charm, but even that isn’t quite enough to grab my attention.
"Once I’m done with my work, I’ll properly hang out with you for seven days!"
Xia Hongyao ends the call.
Lin Baici hails a cab to return to school.
On the sixth floor of the mall, in the restroom,
a female sales associate wearing a short skirt, black stockings, and kitten heels walks in while playing with her phone. As she looks up, she suddenly screams.
The sales associate jumps in fright, her face turning pale.
Some depraved prankster has placed a human anatomical model in the restroom—the kind used by medical students.
It’s split down the middle, one side showing normal muscle patterns, the other, the insides.
The sales associate sidesteps the model to enter a stall, and when she comes out to wash her hands, she realizes the anatomical model is gone.