25: Chapter 25 Spirit Spring Suppresses Evil Abyss

The underground second floor of The Fourth Psychiatric Hospital, the morgue.

A thick smell of blood and formalin was intertwined in the air.

The black ashes left by the Mutated Blood Zombie King were still smoking, signaling the tragedy of the one-sided slaughter that had just occurred.

Lin Ye's gaze passed over the mess, locking firmly onto the ground crack, over half a meter wide, in the corner.

Deep blue ice crystals spread from the edge of the crack, and cold air, like substantive white mist, rolled into the corridor.

The surrounding temperature dropped below freezing, and frost covered the walls.

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan leaned against the cold wall, clutching the wound under her ribs with one hand, panting heavily.

She looked deeply at Lin Ye, who stood with his hands behind his back, then at the black-clothed woman whose aura was like a peerless god of slaughter, storms raging in her heart.

The Bureau of Abnormal Phenomena Management's intelligence network covered the whole country, and the files of all prominent folk cultivation experts in Jiangnan Province were in her encrypted terminal.

This young man claiming to run a Funeral Shop seemed like a blank slate, yet the Taoist Pure Yang Qi techniques he used were fierce and overbearing to the extreme.

The woman beside him even shattered an A-grade Mutated Blood Zombie King with one slap!

"Mr. Lin."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan stood straight, enduring the sharp pain, her high ponytail swinging behind her head.

"Below this crack should be the source that turned the entire hospital into a ghost realm. The Ninth Bureau's support team will arrive in fifteen minutes. It is dangerous down there, I suggest we hold the exit and wait for the main force to take over."

Lin Ye glanced back at her.

"Wait for your Ninth Bureau main force to come and close the net, then put a seal on that Extreme Yin Spirit Spring and confiscate it?"

Lin Ye's mouth curled into a playful smirk.

"Deputy Captain Chu, we are just passing acquaintances. I saved your life, which counts as accumulating Yin merit. I am taking the five million reward, and I am taking what is down there too. If you are scared, just stay here and wait for support."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's face changed slightly, and she stepped forward to block Lin Ye:

"The Extreme Yin Spirit Spring is a special-grade containment object derived from the earth vein! According to The Ninth Bureau's regulations, no civilian organization or individual is allowed to intercept it privately. Mr. Lin, are you openly resisting the regulations of The Ninth Bureau?"

"Rules are made by dead people."

Leng Yue stretched her long legs and appeared silently beside Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan.

She did not even turn her head; her deep red eyes stared at the deep blue crack ahead, and a crushing, mountain-like pressure was released.

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan felt as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on her head; her knees went weak, and she nearly knelt on the spot.

She discovered, to her horror, that the spiritual energy she had cultivated for years in her body was like a mouse meeting a cat in front of this black-clothed woman's aura, cowering in her Dantian, not daring to move.

"The things my Husband wants to take, even the King of Heaven cannot stop. If The Ninth Bureau is not convinced, they can come and find me."

Leng Yue's voice was cold, like a deity of the Nine Netherworlds high above the clouds.

"Leng Yue, restrain yourself. If you scare Deputy Captain Chu, who will pay us that five million reward?"

Lin Ye stepped forward and gently patted Leng Yue's shoulder.

Leng Yue immediately withdrew her pressure, bowed her head slightly, and took half a step back to stand behind Lin Ye, as obedient as if the god of slaughter from just a moment ago was not her.

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan was drenched in cold sweat, soaking her tattered combat uniform, and dared not say another word.

"Brother-in-law, it smells so good down there, let us go down quickly!"

Frost Star was tossing a small bone knife in her hand, greedy blue light flashing in her heterochromatic eyes, urging impatiently.

"Let us go."

Lin Ye took out a flashlight and jumped into the deep blue crack.

Leng Yue followed closely, and Frost Star hopped along behind.

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan gritted her teeth, looked at the morgue full of black ash, and then at the dark crack.

Her sense of duty as a Deputy Captain of The Ninth Bureau overcame her fear; she took out a backup light stick, snapped it on, and limped after them.

...

Below the crack, it was a whole new world.

A wide concrete passage met the eyes.

Faded slogans like "Dig deep tunnels, store grain extensively" were painted in red on the walls, and ventilation equipment that had long since rusted into iron lumps was piled in the corners.

This was an underground air-raid shelter built in the 1970s.

To meet the construction deadline back then, the site selection for the air-raid shelter had not avoided the mass grave of this old city district.

After the hospital was established, the morgue's mortuary cabinets happened to be right above the ventilation opening of the air-raid shelter.

"So cold..."

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan, following behind, shivered.

The cold here could not be explained by physics at all.

When the flashlight beam shone out, fine blue ice sand floated in the air.

This cold air penetrated directly into the soul, capable of freezing a living person's Yang fire to death.

The Pure Yang Qi in Lin Ye's body automatically protected its master, a faint red halo appearing on his skin surface, isolating all the cold air.

He glanced at the Sanyuan Compass in his hand; the magnetic needle had completely snapped.

The magnetic field here had long since collapsed.

"White Tiger Holding Corpse Formation, combined with this intricate air-raid shelter pipe network, has formed a massive 'Yin-Gathering Funnel'."

Lin Ye frowned, analyzing as he walked.

"The Extreme Yin Qi of heaven and earth leaked along the earth veins, depositing here for more than half a century. Quantitative changes led to qualitative changes, which is why it gave birth to that legendary Spirit Spring."

Frost Star walked at the very front, as if she had returned to her happy home.

She opened her arms, breathing in the blue ice sand in the air.

To this mutated White Zombie, those lethal Yin-cold corpse qi were simply the ultimate tonic.

Her silver-blue twin tails emitted a faint glow in the darkness, and with every step she took, the frost under her feet automatically receded.

"Husband, there is a living thing ahead."

Leng Yue suddenly stopped, her red eyes narrowing slightly, her gaze piercing through the deep darkness.

Lin Ye immediately adjusted the flashlight beam to its brightest setting, shining it directly at the end of the passage.

At the end of the air-raid shelter was an underground domed hall the size of half a soccer field.

In the center of the hall, the ground sank downward, forming a natural stone pit.

Inside the stone pit, a pool of milky white liquid was emitting a faint blue light.

That was not liquid at all; it was entirely condensed from the purest, nearly liquefied Extreme Yin source.

Just by taking one look, Lin Ye felt his Pure Yang Dao Body stirring wildly.

Extreme Yin Spirit Spring!

On the ground around the Spirit Spring, countless bone-white skeletons were scattered.

There were animals, humans, and one could even see a few broken Ninth Bureau standard assault rifles.

"Careful!"

Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan's pupils shrank, and she exclaimed.

"Splash!"

The calm surface of the Spirit Spring suddenly exploded.

A massive monster, as thick as a water vat and nearly twenty meters long, suddenly lunged out from the bottom of the spring!

It was a lone-horned giant python covered in dark green scales with a fleshy lump on its head.

Its eyes were like two huge red lanterns, and as it flickered its tongue, it sprayed a large amount of deadly deep blue poisonous mist.

"Century-old Yin Python!"

Lin Ye gasped.

This type of fierce beast, mutated from snakes consuming earth-vein Yin Qi, could transform into a Yin Flood Dragon after one more molting, and its strength was even above that of a Flying Zombie.

The Ninth Bureau's advance team had likely all ended up in its stomach.

The Yin Python coiled above the Spirit Spring, emitting a deafening hiss.

The terrifying sound waves caused the rubble on the dome to fall with a rustling sound. It stared fixedly at the intruders, opening its bloody maw to reveal two rows of dagger-like fangs.

Just then, the system's notification sound rang in Lin Ye's mind on time.

"Ding! "My Lord, Please Behave Yourself" System notification: Detected that the host has encountered the Spirit Spring's accompanying guardian beast 'Century-old Yin Python'. Please make a choice within three minutes to seize the fortune!"

[Option A: Strategic Transfer — Shout "Can't beat it, let us run, let us run", pick up Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan and run. ]

[Reward: Sprint explosive power +20%. Consequence: Miss the Extreme Yin Spirit Spring, Leng Yue and Frost Star will be disappointed in your cowardice, and the five million reward will go down the drain. ]

[Option B: Hero Saves the Beauty — Block the Yin Python alone, let the three women leave first, and show the spirit of a real man. ]

[Reward: Deputy Captain Chu Hongyan favorability +50. Consequence: You will be swallowed by the Yin Python in one bite and turned into feces to nourish the Spirit Spring. ]

[Option C: Head of the Household, Lead the Battlefield — Command the two female zombies to coordinate perfectly, use the Pure Yang blood as bait, and lead this decapitation operation! ]

[Reward: Husband points +500, unlock [Mysterious Grade Yin-Gathering Formation Map], Frost Star's evolution level greatly improved. ]

Only a fool would choose A and B.

Brainlessly choose C.