Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

Chapter 90 Floating
The manor was brightly lit, but the furnishings were rather simple, with almost no furniture.

It is said that the Jing family planned to furnish the house themselves, which is why the huge house is empty.

This greatly facilitated Li Yelai and his two companions in their search for the missing person.

"Detective, it's up to you." Li Yelai, carrying a large black umbrella, spoke as he walked at the front. Now, as a third-level psychic, Li Yelai possessed a physique superior to others of his level and formidable defensive capabilities. Naturally, he had to be at the forefront to protect his teammates from potential threats.

Although the detective isn't particularly strong, and his psychic abilities aren't offensive, he's a first-rate expert at finding clues.

He was originally a private investigator, meticulous in his work, quick-thinking, and possessed the ability to navigate using his spiritual vision. He had powerful support abilities, which was one of the reasons Li Ye invited him to join the team.

“I know, I’m already looking.” The detective’s eyes flickered, clearly indicating that he had activated his ability, Tracking. He looked towards the depths of the manor: “I didn’t see any footprints coming up; they should all still be down there.”

"Are they all down there?" Li Yelai asked.

“There’s a cellar beneath this manor, and that’s where you supposedly saw the undead. It’s quite a large space. Be careful, everyone.” Cheese said after looking at the manor map for a while. “Just in case, the detective will stay on the first floor to provide backup, while Night and I will go down to find them.”

There are currently three psionicists in the team. Two of them are third-awakening psionicists, who have higher psionic resistance and are less likely to be hit.

For now, the best course of action is for the detective to remain on the first floor to keep watch and provide backup.

This ensures that, in the worst-case scenario, if Li Yelai and Zhishi are trapped after being infected, someone will still be able to call for help.

Of course, the probability of this is very low. But we must be careful.

“Okay, if anything unexpected happens, I will fire a warning shot and notify the branch for backup.” The detective nodded in agreement and took out a large-caliber revolver: “Be very careful. If there is anything strange, it’s best to retreat and wait for backup.”

The two nodded and entered the cellar one after the other.

Compared to the brightly lit upper level, the cellar was much dimmer.

The huge cellar was only illuminated by a few HDL lamps, but clear footprints could be seen on the dusty floor.

This allowed Li Yelai and Zhishi to clearly see the movements of those people as they moved closer to the rooms deeper in the cellar.

That was the spot where the original homeowner's grandfather passed away.

Li Yelai and Cheese exchanged a silent glance, then followed each other's footsteps.

Soon, the two heard conversations not far away.

“I have money now, and my job is stable. Our lives will definitely get better and better. I knew you wouldn't abandon me. Wait until I take you out, and we'll buy a big house,” someone spoke, seemingly a middle-aged man. His voice was filled with fantasies and longings for the future, but it ultimately turned into a painful murmur: “I regret it so much. I shouldn't have left you at home back then.”

"It's alright, I've always been here," a clear voice replied, slightly ethereal. But it was unmistakably a woman's voice.

This caused Li Yelai and Zhishi's expressions to change. According to the intelligence, there were no women among the employees who escaped this time or the scavenger guards who came to take them away.

Is this what they call the undead?

The two approached quietly and found an employee talking intimately with a blurry figure at a corner of the cellar.

He was about forty years old, his face was a little pale, and his voice was trembling with tears, but also with the excitement of having something lost and found again.

Before him stood a young woman whose figure seemed somewhat ethereal. She was gently comforting the man. If one ignored the age difference between them, their conversation suggested that they were lovers who had not seen each other for a long time.

"There really are undead?" Li Yelai and Cheese were both shocked and wary.

The woman's ethereal figure was clearly not human.

"What should we do? Use your abilities to forcibly take them away?" Li Yelai asked in a low voice.

“This isn’t a good idea. Rushing in might have other consequences. Let’s try talking to him first and see if we can take him away or get some other information out of him.” Cheese took out a soft whip from his pocket and said, “But first, let’s make sure that woman is in danger.”

"Is this whip any good?" Li Yelai asked in a low voice.

“It’s a psionic weapon containing a mysterious substance from the Divine Path. It might not be very powerful, but it’s still good for binding people,” Cheese replied.

Then, the two slowly approached each other, but before they could even speak.

The middle-aged man suddenly turned around and looked at Li Yelai and Zhishi, his eyes wide with anger: "Who are you?"

The illusory woman looked at the two of them calmly, seemingly unsurprised.

"Your boss told me to call you back." Li Yelai pointed the large black umbrella at the illusory woman and said, "Go back quickly, the boss is about to pay salaries."

The middle-aged man was taken aback, his face full of suspicion: "Salary? But I've never seen you before."

Li Yelai tried his best not to provoke the middle-aged man, and continued, "Let's go back now, it's so late. We'll see her another time."

The middle-aged man roared, "Don't even think about separating us!"

"Alright, alright, we won't separate. How about we leave here together?" Li Yelai continued, "This isn't exactly a good place for a date."

The middle-aged man frowned, then hesitated before saying, "But she can't... she can't leave here."

"Then what are you going to do? You still need to eat, drink, and relieve yourself, right? You don't intend to do all that here, do you?" Li Yelai pointed to the dirty and chaotic environment and continued to ask. He then leaned closer to the middle-aged man and said, "Go back first, rest well, and then come back."

Look at you! Your clothes are all dirty, your hair is a mess, and you look terrible. You should go back and get ready so you can come back for your date looking refreshed tomorrow. You don't want to appear in front of her looking like this, do you?

The middle-aged man seemed somewhat tempted.

At that moment, the woman hiding behind him suddenly spoke: "Are you leaving me? Once again?"

What kind of tea talk is this? Li Yelai and Cheese's faces stiffened.

"no no!"

The middle-aged man seemed to suddenly become alert, pulling a steel pipe from a pile of miscellaneous items nearby and pointing it at Li Ye, saying, "You just want to separate me from her! What are you up to? Why are you doing this to me? I finally found her! No one can separate us!"

"Calm down, calm down!" Li Yelai raised his large black umbrella to shield himself and continued, "Don't be impulsive. If you don't want to leave, that's fine. We won't force you. Just calm down first."

The middle-aged man's attitude softened somewhat, muttering, "No one can separate us, no one can."

Li Yelai took another step closer and asked, "Then can you tell us where the others are?"

"Others?" The middle-aged man looked confused. "I don't know. It seems like there were some... wait, where did they go?"

It seems that he has fallen into some kind of emotional influence, and even his thinking has become flawed.

Cheese gently patted Li Yelai, signaling that she was about to use her ability. Li Yelai, meanwhile, kept his eyes fixed on the woman, his black umbrella poised to strike in case she suddenly attacked.

The next instant, Cheese spoke: "[Listen to me], think clearly!"

In an instant, the middle-aged man's gaze cleared, breaking free from some kind of influence.

At the same time, Cheese suddenly reached out, and the soft whip in his right hand shot out like a serpent, wrapping around the middle-aged man's waist and pulling him aside with a sudden tug.

Li Yelai, holding a black umbrella, rushed quickly between the middle-aged man and the woman. Once the woman showed any interest, he would unleash his heat.

However, the woman remained unmoved, only looking at the middle-aged man with a nostalgic gaze.

There is no intention to attack.

The middle-aged man cried out in terror, "Don't hurt her! Please, I'll give you anything, just don't hurt her!"

This surprised Li Yelai and Cheese. The middle-aged man had been affected by some kind of force, which was why he was in a daze and hadn't noticed the woman's strange behavior.

Now that everything has returned to normal, why is this happening again?

"Don't you know she's not human?" Li Yelai, still wary of the woman, said, "She doesn't even have a shadow! Look at your face, she's trying to harm you!"

The woman's figure was ethereal and indistinct, clearly not human. Moreover, she didn't even have a shadow.

"I know, I know everything! I knew she wasn't human the moment I saw her." The middle-aged man struggled to break free of the whip, but to no avail. He could only reach out and grab Li Yelai's clothes, shouting, "But I really want to see her! Seeing her makes me feel like she's still alive, still back by my side. Please, don't hurt her! Please!"

He screamed at the top of his lungs, his already pale face becoming even more ashen.

He knew that the other party was not human, but some kind of being that was harming his life.

But he didn't care; he just wanted to keep seeing her, seeking that illusory comfort. He was actively being influenced by her!
Are all the affected employees because of this?

But in this situation, we have to take him away.

So, after eating a piece of candy, the cheese quickly said, "Listen to me," and fell asleep!

The next second, the middle-aged man, who was already in a very bad state, fell asleep immediately.

The woman's face turned cold after she fell into a deep sleep in middle age.

"Why? He himself wants to stay here and reunite with me. Why are you meddling?" The woman looked coldly at Li Yelai and Cheese: "Do you also want to disrupt our reunion?"

"A reunion?" Li Yelai sneered, "A fake weirdo in human skin dares to mention this?"

He decisively thrust out the large black umbrella. Although it had been modified into a molten metal gun, its material was sturdy and heavy; the equipment department had guaranteed it could be used as a melee weapon. It was under warranty if damaged.

Li Yelai then decided to capture the woman first and extract more information from her through interrogation.

However, the woman vanished without a trace the instant she was hit.

Li Yelai had absolutely no feel for hitting the target.

The two immediately looked around warily.

“This is a bit troublesome. The so-called undead are actually something influencing people’s minds and destroying their vitality,” Cheese said.

"We need to find the others as soon as possible; we can't let them stay here. Request support from the branch." Li Yelai responded quickly, hoisted the middle-aged man onto his shoulder, and headed towards the stairwell.

Save as many as you can.

However, just as the two were about to return to the stairwell, they heard a girl's laughter.

“Xiaoya, you’ve grown a lot. You can stand on your own now.” A girl wearing a black trench coat with light armor shoulder pads suddenly appeared beside the two of them.

She has delicate features and a short ponytail. Combined with her outfit, she exudes a dashing and spirited aura.

The black-robed scout?

Reinforcements? No! These are 'undead'!
Li Yelai suddenly stopped, his large black umbrella pointing directly at the girl.

Cheese's expression was somewhat strange. She looked at the girl with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes: "Well, I've somewhat guessed it. If it really can summon the dead, I should be able to see you too. Sister Xiaoqi, it's been a long time."

Sister Xiaoqi? Uncle Cheese's daughter?
Li Yelai's heart skipped a beat. He realized the identity of the 'undead' before him.

This time, the 'ghost' that appeared was Cheese's cousin, the Night Watchman who had sacrificed himself years ago, Floating!

No wonder he was wearing a black uniform overcoat!

"It's been such a long time, how many years? Five years?" 'Floating' smiled slightly. "You've grown so much!"

Her gaze fell on Cheese's chest, and a hint of annoyance appeared on her face: "Tsk, it's big in places it shouldn't be. How annoying!"

Then, her gaze fell on Li Yelai next to Cheese, her eyes filled with teasing: "Oh, this handsome young man must be your boyfriend, right? He's really good-looking. Come on, try calling me 'Auntie'?"

Li Yelai did not respond, but instead took out the summoning bell and gently shook it.

Soon, the dual-wielding knight appeared. He knelt on one knee beside Li Yelai.

"Take him out and hand him over to the detective." Li Yelai handed the middle-aged man on his shoulder to the dual-sword knight.

At the same time, his eyes were fixed on the 'floating creature'. If the 'floating creature' made any move, Li Yelai would give it a good beating.

Fortunately, 'Floating' did not make any rash moves until the dual-wielding knight carried the middle-aged man up the stairs.

Instead, she smiled meaningfully and said, "Xiaoya, now that you've met your older sister, aren't you going to try to get closer to her?"

"Cheese!" Li Yelai whispered a reminder.

"I know," Cheese replied with a faint smile. "But you really do act like it. You're just as unserious as I am."

"Pretending?" 'Floating' shook its head: "Although it's unexpected to be here, it really is me. Do you remember? When you were little, I took you to buy snacks. You didn't like sweets, so I bought you a lot of bags of potato chips. You got them all over your face, and I called you a little kitten, and you started crying. I couldn't soothe you. I got scolded by Dad and Mom. By the way, how are Mom and Dad? Have you been spending enough time with them?"

Cheese's eyes sparkled; this was indeed an experience she had shared with her cousin when they were young.

Could this place really summon the dead?

Has she really come back?
(End of this chapter)