CHAPTER 414: CHAPTER 414: THE EERIE FERRIS WHEEL

The Deputy Director had already spoken to this extent, and Zhao Liu and Wang Cheng couldn’t insist on staying any longer. They exchanged a few polite words with Sun Yang and then left the amusement park.

Outside the amusement park, two drivers were smoking. Seeing Wang Cheng and Zhao Liu come out, they immediately went up to them.

"How is it? Is there any news about the Director?" The faces of the two drivers were filled with anxiety.

With the Director gone missing during this period, they too had been worried.

The entire Mysterious Investigation Bureau was now in a state of leaderlessness.

Zhao Liu shook his head blankly, "Not yet."

"Let’s wait outside!" Wang Cheng responded.

The two drivers silently acknowledged and continued smoking, the glow of the cigarettes obscuring their expressions.

Wang Cheng and Zhao Liu were so concerned about the Director’s safety that none of them noticed.

Xia Mian, Lu Zechuan, and Sun Yang soon arrived at the base of the Ferris wheel.

The Ferris wheel creaked past their eyes without any sign of stopping.

The three stood in front of the Ferris wheel for a full half hour before Sun Yang’s eyes suddenly lit up, "It’s our Director!"

In one of the cabins of the Ferris wheel sat the Mysterious Investigation Bureau Director, Xie Huang, with a blank expression and vacant eyes!

Sun Yang’s voice seemed to wake Xie Huang. His gaze gradually focused and looked towards Sun Yang, Xia Mian, and the others outside the Ferris wheel.

However, he quickly looked away, pretending he had never seen Sun Yang.

Sun Yang squinted deeply, "Something’s wrong with our Director!"

Xia Mian lowered her eyes slightly and tilted her lips, "Of course something’s wrong."

Besides Xie Huang, the entire Ferris wheel was filled with nothing but the dead!

Moreover, this Ferris wheel could only turn, not stop!

No one knew how Xie Huang got up there initially.

Just as this thought crossed Xia Mian’s mind, she suddenly received a strange communication: "Leave here, don’t linger, it’s dangerous!"

Looking up, Xia Mian saw Xie Huang glance at them.

With just one glance, he quickly withdrew his gaze again.

Xia Mian understood immediately, "Before he got up, the Ferris wheel wasn’t moving. But after he boarded, once full with people, the Ferris wheel began turning and couldn’t stop anymore."

Lu Zechuan, however, lightly furrowed his brows, "Not necessarily unable to stop. Since it’s a game, games have their moments of pause."

Lu Zechuan slowly lowered his gaze, "Once this ride is over, perhaps the Ferris wheel will stop."

Xia Mian thoughtfully furrowed her brows, "You might be right."

As Xia Mian’s words fell, the Ferris wheel slowly stopped in front of them.

Three indistinct wandering souls descended from the cabin, followed by ghostly staff urging Xia Mian and the others to enter the cabin.

The three indistinct wandering souls that descended were so thin their skin clung to their bones, as if they had starved to death inside the Ferris wheel’s cabin!

Xia Mian gently grasped Lu Zechuan’s hand. This was her responsibility, and she didn’t really want Lu Zechuan to take risks with her.

But Lu Zechuan understood her intention; before she could speak, he was already holding her hand and entering the cabin.

Sun Yang didn’t hesitate either. As the cabin where Xie Huang sat approached, he stepped in.

Finally seeing their Director, still breathing, Sun Yang had many things he wanted to say to him.

But Xie Huang wrote two words on Sun’s hand: silence.

Sun Yang furrowed his brows, understanding that there must be some kind of restriction inside this Ferris wheel.

Xie Huang continued writing on his hand, "Didn’t I tell you to leave? Why did you come up here?"

Sun Yang replied, I came to find you.

Xie Huang almost lost his composure.

That day he came to this amusement park, he found many wandering souls here. He also wanted to ask them questions, like Xia Mian. However, those souls chased and bit him on sight, and in desperation, he went into this Ferris wheel.

Inside this Ferris wheel, there is a bizarre life-force detection field. A living person entering here must exhaust their life force before being allowed to exit.

Attempting to forcefully exit would often lead to attacks from the wandering souls.

Within the Ferris wheel’s cabin, even with magic, one’s cultivation would be limited, making it hard even to handle the lowest wandering souls.

Xie Huang tried several times to forcefully exit, only to be attacked by the souls, and almost got injured, which made him more cautious.

Not only that, there were other entities within the Ferris wheel cabin monitoring everything inside. If they sensed anything different about the people compared to the souls, they would also attack.

Xie Huang had been trapped here for three days and was on the brink of collapse.

However, he couldn’t leave. Once he did, ordinary people would be summoned to replace him.

At least he had some skills and could hold on for a while. If ordinary people were lured here, they would only be waiting for death.

The Ferris wheel slowly rotated, rising ever so slightly.

Before they entered this amusement park, it was four in the morning. Though it was winter, it was nearing dawn.

Yet now, the sky remained pitch black, and in the Ferris wheel’s cabin, they couldn’t see outside.

Vaguely, it seemed like there was a fog outside.

Xie Huang was not surprised by this at all. After a brief exchange with Sun Yang, he didn’t speak much more.

In another cabin, Xia Mian and Lu Zechuan had already attracted the attention of something.

The two didn’t deliberately conceal their life force, so as soon as they sat down, the entities inside noticed.

In the darkness, it seemed a fearsome pair of eyes were fixed on Xia Mian and Lu Zechuan.

Lu Zechuan gently held Xia Mian’s hand, his expression calm.

As long as he was with Xia Mian, facing even an Evil Ghost or traversing a sea of knives and fire wouldn’t make him frown.

After a moment of staring, the entity in the dark began to make its move.

The Ferris wheel cabin echoed with bizarre gurgling noises.

From the compartment panels, a bloodied, grotesque "person" slowly emerged.

"Come play with me!" That bloodied, grotesque "person" raised its head, revealing a ghastly face and a bloody mouth, reaching out with a gory hand to tug at Xia Mian’s pant leg.

Xia Mian squinted her eyes and with a slight movement of her fingers, slapped an Evil Avoidance Talisman onto the bloody hand.

Immediately, white smoke billowed from the bloody hand, and the bloodied "person" emitted a pig-like screech.

Still, Xia Mian feigned ignorance and cheerfully said, "Come play with us!"

Playing this game with her?

Heh, as if she were just an inexperienced eighteen-year-old girl!

Xia Mian’s smile contained a hint of malicious glee, and despite being inhuman, the entity was terrified by her smile.

He wasn’t human, but this young girl before him was more terrifying than an Evil Ghost!

Because she could sense the soul body, Xia Mian’s talisman stuck to him like it was made to defeat him!