Chapter 148 Hope
Chapter 148 Hope

During lunch, Bai Yanliang asked Gao Fei for a favor.

"A man who is 1.7 to 1.75 meters tall and has a missing little finger on his right hand?" Gao Fei stuffed noodles into his mouth while looking at Bai Yanliang in surprise. "Is he related to this case?"

Bai Yanliang shook his head and said, "No, but the car accident I was in might be related to him. I would like to ask you to help check if there is such a person in the police file."

Gao Fei stared at Bai Yanliang in a daze. Now that things had come to this, how could he not understand that there was something wrong with that seemingly accidental accident?

"Don't worry! Leave it to me!" Gao Fei patted his chest and said, then he frowned again: "But, if that guy doesn't have a criminal record, things will be more difficult..."

Bai Yanliang didn't care. After all, he didn't put all his hopes of finding the mysterious man on the police.

"It's okay, just do your best. I'm leaving now. Leave the investigation of Chen Huaiyu to me."

"Ok!"

……

On the other side, Liangcheng.

Li Mu woke up.

He looked at himself in the mirror. Was that haggard, dying person really himself?

"Do you want to... call your parents..."

Li Mu turned his head and looked out the window, thinking.

The Liangcheng Police Station specially gave him three days off. After all, everyone could see that Li Mu's condition was really bad. He had very deep dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he did not get enough rest.

Everyone thought Li Mu worked too hard, after all, he has always been that kind of person.

But Li Mu himself knew that this was not the case.

Although he worked very hard on the case, he always knew how to plan his time and would leave himself enough time to rest, but... his problem was that the time he spent sleeping was getting shorter and shorter.

His brain was tired, but his body would only sleep for about two hours, and... this time was constantly shortening.

This is a very scary thing. The brain wants to sleep, but the body cannot fall asleep. This contradictory torment makes Li Mu's spirit extremely bad. As a result, even though Wu Ji has undergone such a big change this time, he has no energy to organize everyone for analysis.

Normally, he is the one who does this, after all, he is the "first person" who has survived the longest.

If he really doesn't have time to organize a discussion, Du Shangjing will initiate it.

But this time, Du Shangjing was also absent.

Du Shangjing and Li Mu have a good relationship in real life, but this time even Li Mu couldn't contact him.

I hope... nothing unexpected happens to him...

Li Mu lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

Although it was just past noon, he knew that he would not be able to fall asleep today. The strange old man in his dream kept calling him, making it impossible for him to rest.

Li Mu was already extremely certain that he had inadvertently violated some taboo and had encountered a ghost.

Moreover, it was not in the fog, but in reality.

To Li Mu's surprise, he thought he would be terrified and even collapse in despair, but when he really confirmed that he had seen a ghost, he did not feel this emotion.

This made Li Mu think of the time when he first entered Wu Ji.

At that time, when he learned that he would have to constantly deal with evil spirits and be cursed forever, he really broke down emotionally.

Fortunately, in the three fog gatherings, there was a person who was in the same position as he is now, and whose name was always the first.

Only when he looked at him could Li Mu cheer up a little. "Everything has an end, and so does Wu Ji. One day, we will be able to escape the curse..."

This is what he said to Li Mu.

Li Mu has always kept this sentence in his heart. Many times when he was so desperate that he wanted to give up his life, he would think of this sentence.

But now I think it was just a kind of self-deception...

The current Li Mu no longer had any hope of leaving Wu Ji. Perhaps he had already prepared himself to die at any time. So after learning that he had encountered a ghost, Li Mu was not as panicked as he had imagined.

He looked at the time. It was 1:20 p.m.

Li Mu picked up the clothes on the back of the chair and put them on, then... turned on his cell phone.

A text message hung at the top of the phone screen.

Li Mu clicked on the message and found out that the person who sent the text message was his mother.

"Xiao Mu, how have you been in Liangcheng recently? Are you busy with work? You are a child who never likes to tell me and your father the truth. Your leader told me that you were sick. We called you, but your phone was turned off, so we had to send you a text message. The temperature difference between morning and night in Liangcheng is large, so you must keep warm. Health is the most important thing. Don't send your salary home. Mom and your dad have enough money. It's a good thing to work hard, but don't force yourself. Some things are not your responsibility alone, so you don't have to shoulder them all by yourself... No matter what... As long as it is your idea, mom and your dad support it. Just do it boldly and don't worry about us..."

Li Mu quietly read the text message over and over again. As he read, a tear fell on the screen.

He raised his head and looked at the ceiling blankly...

Li Mu knew that he could not hold on any longer.

He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that his parents would know about his death.

Maybe he is a good detective, but not a good son.

If possible, Li Mu didn't want to die, but the old man in the dream was like a leech, appearing on time every time he fell asleep.

He couldn't think of any solution. When they met in the fog gathering before, he told everyone about his own situation and had the idea of ​​getting everyone to think of a solution together, but unfortunately, no one was able to come up with a solution.

Because everyone knows that this world... although there are ghosts, there are no gods and no Buddhas.

Whether it is Eastern or Western, whether it is exorcism or exorcism, all methods are useless.

Someone once hid in a temple with a glimmer of hope, trying to avoid Wu Ji's summons, but in the end, he died miserably...

Li Mu's situation is even more serious.

Because what haunted him was not a ghost in the fog, but a real ghost in reality.

Before this, although Li Mu had investigated imaginary events in reality, he had never encountered a ghost himself.

Who...can help me in this situation?

Li Mu's mind flashed through the names of people. Although in his opinion, they were all quick-witted and calm people, they should be unable to deal with the evil spirits in reality.

Besides, several people already knew about my situation but still showed no intention of helping. It was obvious that they had no solution.

Moreover, there are no rules in reality that are the same as those in Wu Ji. If there are rules, you can only discover them by yourself. There are only a handful of people who can do this in reality.

It is impossible for everyone to risk their lives to help him.

Thinking of this, Li Mu was suddenly stunned, and a person flashed through his mind.

As for that madman, he probably wouldn't care too much whether the sight of ghosts happened in Wu Ji or in reality. It seems that all he cared about was that it was interesting.

After hesitating for a while, Li Mu held on to his last hope and made a phone call.

(End of this chapter)