A mysterious realm descends, and I defy fate in comics.

Chapter 36 Beyond the Ghost Realm

The Bureau of Anomalies naturally has relevant monitoring methods for the areas within its jurisdiction.

This method is sufficient to detect advanced monsters appearing nearby while keeping most small monsters away from them.

However, neither the wordless book nor Zheng Tingfeng were within the scope of monitoring.

One is the strange object—in everyone's eyes, a strange object is an object that has no ability to think. If it is not used, it is just an inanimate object with some unusual features.

The other is a human, even a minor girl with a plausible reason for entering. She was merely influenced by the wordless book, but this influence was far from enough to transform her into a monster. Zheng Tingfeng is indeed human, just like the children in Nanshan Village. The monster distorted their thoughts, but it did not, and could not, change their form.

Therefore, when Zheng Tingfeng wanted to see her mother, no one noticed anything unusual. Even if things related to the supernatural could not be known to the outside world, once Zheng Tingfeng left, a simple memory deletion would perfectly resolve the matter.

Until the ghost realm descended, the wordless book pulled everyone in the special hospital—except for Zheng Tingfeng and Zheng Pingwen—into the ghost realm. In an instant, the special hospital was empty, and only then did the alarm sound in the monitoring department.

Kan Yi, a staff member, had just worked overtime all night to find out who had made the report call and then disappeared without a trace. She just wanted to take a short rest when she heard the blaring alarm.

All her drowsiness and sleepiness vanished the moment the alarm sounded. She jolted awake and looked up, shocked to see the surveillance footage of the location where the alarm had occurred.

Luzhou is a special hospital hidden inside a central hospital, housing hundreds of patients, as well as related doctors and nurses.

Now, the surveillance footage shows that everyone has disappeared. Whether it's the screen, the human body heat sensor, or the instrument developed by the Bureau of Paranormal Phenomena to detect the presence of superhumans... everything shows that no one is there.

No, Kan Yi carefully reviewed the surveillance footage and found that only bed number 13, where Zheng Pingwen had been admitted just over ten hours earlier, was still lying peacefully in bed.

A little girl sat beside her hospital bed. Judging from her facial features, she looked very similar to Zheng Pingwen, at least nine-tenths of the same.

Kan Yi subconsciously retrieved information about the relevant personnel from the database.

—Zheng Tingfeng, Zheng Pingwen's daughter, was raised by her mother alone. She likes comics, has a good relationship with her mother, and is an ordinary person.

When Kan Yi's gaze fell on the last three words, "ordinary people," her eyes couldn't help but show a hint of sympathy and pity.

Zheng Tingfeng is an ordinary person, which means that no matter how close she was to the world when she was young, no matter how outstanding her mother was, no matter how many times her mother had saved the world, Zheng Tingfeng knew nothing about it. She only knew the part that ordinary people should know, and she only knew the truth that was on the surface.

However, just as this almost pitiful stereotype popped into Kan Yi's mind, she saw the record of everyone before they disappeared.

A soft smile graced Zheng Tingfeng's lips as she strolled leisurely down the corridor, a book clutched in her arms.

She frowned the moment she pushed open the door to her mother's hospital room.

"Why are other people disturbing me and my mother?" The monitor was too far away to pick up the sound accurately, but Kan Yi could make out the shape of her mouth when she spoke.

Distinguishing the sounds made by lip movements is a required course for them, and Kan Yi has always been an excellent student.

As soon as she finished speaking, Kan Yi saw the two children who had been surrounding Zheng Pingwen in ward number 13 stand up instantly and look warily toward the door.

But they were too late. Like everyone else in the special hospital, the two figures vanished completely before they even realized what had happened.

In the end, only Zheng Tingfeng remained with a smile on her face, a smile that didn't belong to her age, but rather a smile that looked more mature and composed, a smile of infatuation and adoration.

The girl picked up the book, hiding her face behind it, and then smiled and said, "Mom, I've come to see you."

"Mom, those doctors and nurses, they're all lying to me! They have no idea if you'll get better!"

Then, the little girl's smile deepened, and she slowly tilted her head: "But it's okay. Mom, I'll make you feel better."

"Mom, I will definitely save you."

Even if Kan Yi was incredibly naive, she would be able to sense something was wrong with Zheng Tingfeng at this point.

Her tone was nothing like the innocent and naive description in the documents. It sounded more like an antisocial person who knew she harbored malice and was willing to sacrifice for it. Kan Yi had seen many people like this who sounded normal but whose behavior was completely different from that of a normal person.

She was just about to switch to another webcam when she saw the little girl on the computer screen, who shouldn't have noticed the webcam's presence, slowly raise her face and give the webcam a gentle, soft smile.

Even her expression was completely innocent, as if the cause of all this had nothing to do with her.

The next second, the girl softly uttered a "bang".

Then the entire screen monitored by the camera went black without any warning—if that smile could be considered a kind of omens.

Even some of the cameras deployed by the Bureau of Paranormal Phenomena, which even Kan Yi herself was unaware of, became ineffective after Zheng Tingfeng's "bang".

Kan Yi suddenly screamed and scrambled to the location where the communicator was stored.

"A new monster has appeared! Repeat! A new monster has appeared!"

"Coordinates: Luzhou, codename ** Special Hospital." Kan Yi's pupils dilated, but years of training allowed her to maintain a steady and clear voice. "Everyone has been pulled into a ghostly realm and needs rescue."

On the other end of the communicator, the other party could clearly hear every word Kan Yi said.

At the same time, one could also hear the trembling tone in Kan Yi's voice.

"We need rescue." This wasn't a standard procedure phrase, but it was what Kan Yi wanted to say.

God knows how many superhumans were in that hospital area, and what they went through and what suffering they endured.

Kan Yi was silent for a moment, then said dejectedly, "We let them down."