modern soul hunter

The workers on duty were working in groups of two. When they saw Li Jingxing coming to put on the charms, they felt relieved and greeted each other politely.

Three floors downstairs have been inspected, leaving only the place closest to the sea—the bottom equipment floor.

The equipment at the bottom is used to extract oil from the seabed, and then carry out water and oil decomposition, which is the most dangerous place.

The usual production and inspection work must not be sloppy, and a little carelessness can easily cause safety production accidents, such as fire outbreaks and highly toxic gases.

As a senior engineer, Wang Song was very familiar with this place, so he led Li Jingxing and others to inspect the dark equipment.

The equipment for extracting oil is huge, and the machine makes a rumbling sound from time to time, competing with the roaring sound of the iron pipe ventilation.They are welded together and stacked one upon another, like a steel giant, with a sense of oppression.

The hot air around also made it difficult to breathe.

"Wang Gong, you are not in good health, walk slowly." The worker behind said concerned.

"Thank you, Xiao Hong, I'm fine." Wang Song wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and said in a low voice, "Everyone has to be very nervous tonight, and I have to fight even harder with my old bones."

"Hey, the management of the platform is so heartless that they all quietly evacuated, and the tanker also drove away." The worker named Xiao Hong complained: "Will the successor come? We won't Are you waiting to die here?!"

"Don't be discouraged. Although we really don't know what happened, the company definitely hasn't given up on us. Maybe some people with ulterior motives are tricking everyone. The company doesn't know about it. Anyway, we will know about the haunting after tonight. Is it true or not?" Wang Song said.

Xiao Hong became even more impatient: "Why can't we stop the operation and everyone hide in the restaurant?"

"Don't mess around. If we suspend work without authorization, it will cause huge losses to the company. If it is rumored that it is caused by ghosts, we will not only be ridiculed by people in the industry, but also more likely to lose this job." Wang Song patiently Persuading: "It is a difficult engineering task to exploit high-pressure volatile hydrocarbons with the help of heavy machinery, but oil is a precious resource. Since we are engaged in this industry, we are ready to fight a protracted war. We must do it As good as it gets."

Li Jingxing slowed down, and said casually: "It's a good thing to be dedicated, but you have to judge the situation."

Before Wang Song could speak, the worker shouted, "What do you mean?" It was obvious that Li Jingxing was not pleasing to the eye.

Li Jingxing didn't turn his head back: "It's literally."

"I hate your pretense..." Xiao Hong wanted to continue denouncing him, but was pressed down by Wang Song.

"Xiao Hong, I suddenly have a stomachache and want to go to the bathroom." Wang Song said.

Seeing this, Xiao Hong took the initiative to ask Ying to accompany Wang Song to the bathroom, and asked Li Jingxing and another worker to wait for them outside the bathroom.

When the two got into the bathroom, another worker stretched out his hand and said enthusiastically, "My name is Zhang Li, hello."

Li Jingxing didn't reach out, but nodded politely and then looked around, his expression could be described as cold.

"Master Li, I'm really sorry about the fight last time. I deserved to be thrown into the sea by you." Zhang Li continued flatteringly: "I have no eyes and I offended you."

Li Jingxing stopped the other party from continuing to apologize: "It's okay."

"Master Li, I have been working on an oil platform. Due to the particularity of oil platform work, it is very difficult to find a partner. What woman is willing to find a man of her own for a month? So I have been very worried. Recently, I only met a woman through the introduction of my family. My friend, I just thought of your supernatural powers, and I want to ask about marriage, I can give you some money." Zhang Li couldn't stop laughing, and his thick shoulders trembled.

Li Jingxing continued to look around and didn't intend to reply at all.

"Master Li, are you listening?" Zhang Li asked eagerly.

Li Jingxing answered very simply: "No."

There was great displeasure in Zhang Li's eyes. The polite attitude just now changed 180 degrees in an instant, and he returned to the bossy look a few days ago in an instant.

"What's so important about you being a fortune teller? There are everywhere on the road. I think ten yuan is too much for you. You still pretend like this?"

"Is it me pretending, or are you pretending?" Li Jingxing sneered, "It's easy to save money by using clumsy methods. I never do fortune-telling for people, especially those who are unlucky."

Zhang Li gritted his teeth angrily, but he couldn't do anything to the person in front of him.

"Don't talk to me casually if you have nothing to do." Li Jingxing said seriously, "I hold grudges."

Zhang Li thought to himself, I didn't touch you that day, I just met those two boys surnamed Xu and Asi, and you threw them into the sea. Who should bear the blame? !It's just unreasonable.

The kid surnamed Xu was in the back kitchen of the restaurant, and a few brave ones followed behind him to watch, and even took out their mobile phones to record.

The staff canteen serves a large number of people with four meals a day, and various dishes need to be frozen and stored, so an artificial freezer is built.

The freezer is about the size of a small single room, and the temperature inside is very low, so the gate must be opened to pick up vegetables, otherwise, it will only take a few minutes for people to turn into icicles.

The muffled sound just now came from the innermost freezer.

Xu Xu handed the watermelon knife to the two courageous people next to him, and he himself held the gossip mirror, and the three of them walked slowly towards the freezer.

The door of the freezer, like the gate on the ship, is a pressure switch, which needs to be turned like a steering wheel.

Xu Xu turned the door of the freezer several times, feeling that the switch in his hand was getting looser and looser, and a corner of the stainless steel door of the freezer was slowly opened.

Xu Xu asked another person to take over the valve and continue to turn it, while he stood in the middle and took a defensive posture.

As the doors of the freezer were all opened, the lights inside suddenly flickered twice, just like the plot in a ghost movie, the strong man holding a watermelon knife instantly hid behind Xu Xu.

Xu Xu held up the gossip mirror to meet the front, standing upright with an invincible momentum.

He stood so upright not because he was really fearless, but because a group of people behind him were filming.

If this video is posted on the Internet, wouldn't his cowardly behavior affect the reputation of him and Li Jingxing's studio? !At critical moments, all he can do is pose for a shot.

This pose immediately stunned the others, Xu Xu's eyes swayed from side to side, and the people around him supported the machine with both hands and lowered their bodies in unison, trying to capture Master Xu's demeanor even more and his figure more stalwart.

Soon, he really started to feel complacent, even the tails of his slender eyes were raised high, people who didn't know, thought this man was going to sing a big show.

It is not without reason that he is so complacent. Xu Xu, the fox, has been keenly aware that there is no evil spirit inside. He simply changed his posture and said arrogantly: "Scatter the evil spirit!"

More people squeezed in, and the scene was like a star press conference. Xu Xu slowly put down the gossip mirror in his hand, and said, "Exorcism is important, let me go in and check carefully."

After finishing speaking, he stepped into the freezer pretending to be a dedicated Feng Shui master.

As soon as you enter the door, there is only one feeling.

"Damn, it's too cold!"

Xu Xu cursed in his heart, but he still kept a calm expression on his face.

The strong man who followed was also shivering from the cold, and advised, "Go out if you don't have evil spirits. If you stay here for a few minutes, you must wear a cotton jacket."

Xu Xu was about to say hello, when suddenly, through the ice-white air-conditioning, he saw a person lying on the innermost side, face down and back up.

His mind went numb for a while, there was no evil in the freezer, how could there be an extra person for no reason, Xu Xu hurriedly ran over, and the others stepped back in fright when they saw it.

Xu Xu easily turned the person on the ground over. He felt that although this person was big, he had no flesh on his body, even boneless. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be so light. Before he had time to think about it, he noticed this person There is no sound, his name is printed on the overalls-Atletico Madrid.

"Atletico Madrid." As soon as Xu Xu finished speaking, the others yelled in horror, and they all exited the freezer.

Is this the haunted ghost?

Atletico Madrid!Xu Xu immediately thought of the medical records.Speaking of this horse, it is really the source of the sea haunting, and now on the fourth seventh day, this "person" who has been dead for a month has magically appeared.

At this moment, the corpse was frozen hard, and thick ice was formed on the face, blurring the facial features.

"Drag the corpse out first!" Xu Xu shouted.

"Beep!"

The strange sound suddenly knocked on the roof outside the freezer door again.

Except for Xu Xu, everyone hid farther away like an electric shock. Someone accidentally leaned against the door, and the door of the freezer slammed, and Xu Xu and the corpse were about to be locked inside.

Xu Xu's first reaction was that he had to run over to open the gate, otherwise the pressure valve would automatically close with the help of external force.

He tried his best to drag the corpse's leg and rushed forward, but he was still a step too late, the pressure valve automatically rotated, and the door was firmly closed.

The lighting device of the freezer is the same as that of a domestic refrigerator. When the door is closed, the lights inside go out.It was dark all around, the temperature dropped sharply, and the air was thin.

Xu Xu patted on the door of the freezer for help.

As long as someone outside turns the pressure valve, the door can be opened quickly.

However, the knocking sound of "Deng Deng" stopped people, and no one was willing to approach.

The people outside the freezer were afraid of exposing themselves, so they could only cover their mouths in a hurry, but the knocking sound magically rang several times above the freezer door, and every time someone approached two steps, this magical sound would follow behind. to.

The people at the scene wanted to protect themselves a lot, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

Xu Xu in the freezer tried his best to breathe, but at this moment, he was like a drowning person. He couldn't breathe any air, and his lungs were about to explode.

In the darkness, the corpse lay quietly beside him.

But now, Xu Xu was no longer worried about being in the same dark room with the dead body.

The bone-piercing cold penetrated into the spine and bone marrow, and the pain was like a needle, but there was nothing he could do. If this continued, he would freeze to death.

Even the word "seconds like years" cannot accurately describe his torment.

After a few minutes, Xu Xu's hands were completely stiff, and his limbs felt as if they had been injected with anesthesia.

He still has a little consciousness, but his body is numb and no longer belongs to him.

People who freeze to death usually have a peaceful face, and generally feel intense drowsiness in the absence of body temperature. Once they close their eyes, they cannot wake up again. Therefore, people who freeze to death seem to be asleep.

Xu Xu was also seriously sleepy at the moment, but he bit the tip of his tongue fiercely with the remaining sensation on his teeth, forcing his eyes that were about to close.

The knocking went on for a while before subsiding.

The doctor suggested in a low voice: "Those who are close, go and open the door of the freezer!"

The closest one was a cook, half of his soul was frightened, and he said tremblingly: "It only takes 2 minutes to freeze a chicken to death in the freezer. I don't think it can be saved. I dare not open it for fear of seeing it to the corpse."

"Do you want to be so worthless?!" The doctor immediately shouted, "I'll go!"

The person next to him grabbed him and said, "No matter what, people will die today, there is no escape!" The implication is that the people in the freezer should die. Only when someone dies can they be safe.

"No, how can you do something without conscience?!"

In the process of tugging, Li Jingxing led the three of them into the restaurant.

Everyone was hiding in the back kitchen, Li Jingxing was out of consciousness, strode in and asked, with a serious face, "What's wrong?"

"Someone's been killed!" The middle-aged man insisted on saving people and shouted, "Someone's been locked in the freezer!"

Without a moment's hesitation, Li Jingxing rushed towards the freezer.

When he came in, he already had a strong premonition—Xu Xu was gone.

Others need both hands to cooperate with the turning valve, Li Jingxing steers with one hand.

The valve was turning fast, but it still felt too slow to him.The Taoist wished to break the valve, and it would be better to dismantle the entire freezer.

"Boom" the pressure is released.

Li Jingxing opened the door, only to see Xu Xu sitting on the ground, his whole body covered in white flowers.

His eyelashes trembled slightly, his remaining consciousness was encouraged by Li Jingxing's arrival, but his whole body was stiff and unable to make any more moves.

But this one action is enough.

Xu Xu is still alive.Li Jingxing's hanging heart instantly fell to the ground.

In a blink of an eye, he saw another person lying straight on the ground, frozen into a popsicle long ago, and his clothes were stained with the ice on the ground.

This man is more dangerous, perhaps dying.

Li Jingxing quickly passed Xu Xu, he tried to pull him, and this person was already connected to the ice on the ground.

With a violent punch, he shattered the ice on the ground with all his strength, and picked up the person on the ground and dragged him out in big strides.He quickly put down the person in his hand and turned to hug Xu Xu.

Xu Xu's eyelashes drooped completely, and he closed his eyes tightly.

"Doctor!!!" Li Jingxing gently lowered the person in his arms to the ground.

"I'm here." Lao Huang ran over scrambling.

Li Jingxing took a deep breath: "Save Xu Xu!"

The doctor froze in place. It was the first time he encountered such a frozen patient, and he was somewhat at a loss as to what to do.

Li Jingxing roared, "Are you deaf? Save Xu Xu quickly!!!"

The doctor was taken aback by the furious man, and he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly used the only medical equipment to keep warm and perform cardiac resuscitation.

Li Jingxing squatted beside him, picked up his cold hand from the ground, and put it in his arms, the expression on his face was like a sword of wind and frost, so sharp that no one dared to approach him.

Except for the doctor who was saving people, everyone else could clearly feel the cold aura emanating from him, which was thousands of miles away from others.

No one dared to speak, and everyone surrounded them neither far nor near, keeping silent.

And even though there was no sound, Li Jingxing heard a strong accusation in his heart: Xu Xu is obviously a half-hearted Feng Shui master, how could Li Jingxing ignore his closest companions and leave Xu Xu here alone in order to protect others of.

Regret is like a tree bud, piercing the cold and resolute shell of a Taoist priest

He blamed himself, if something happened to Xu Xu...

"There must be nothing wrong with you." Li Jingxing's eyes were covered with an impenetrable mist.

Xu Xu——Lifelike, should be lively and lively... That noisy Xu Xu, that cheap-talking Xu Xu, endured loneliness, lying quietly, silently, Not angry at all.

The doctor turned his head and said: "His blood vessels are blocked, all of them are frozen, it is very dangerous."

Li Jingxing's eyes were red. As soon as he heard this, he pulled the doctor's collar and said in a trembling voice, "Please save him! Immediately!"

Wang Song quickly persuaded: "Calm down, Master Li, if you care about it, you will be confused. Let's think about it, what else can we do to clear the blood."

"Through blood...Through blood...yes! Acupuncture!" Li Jingxing yelled at the doctor, "Are there any needles?"

The doctor was taken aback, nodded, and took out a box from the medical box: "I'm a Western medicine doctor, interested in Chinese medicine, and I'm doing research on my own, but I can't give needles yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Jingxing snatched it up, and after simply treating the needle tip with fire and alcohol, he pressed the acupuncture point, and within 10 minutes Xu Xu smashed it into a hedgehog.

After the piercing, Li Jingxing was very disturbed. Acupuncture and moxibustion belonged to the essence of Taoist medicine, but not many Taoist priests knew acupuncture and moxibustion. On the contrary, most of the people who knew this were doctors, not Taoist priests.

Because Li Jingxing liked Taoism, he also read a few books on acupuncture and moxibustion classics. Before, he pressed the acupuncture points and tried it on himself. With his good hand feeling in martial arts, he could basically find the acupuncture points, and the length of the needles was also accurate.It's just that he specialized in Taoism later, so he didn't dig deep into this aspect.

Unexpectedly, on today's occasion, Li Jingxing's professional skills were useless, but his hobby, which he had been unfamiliar with for more than ten years, would come in handy.

But whether it really works depends on the after effects.

For the first time in his heart, there was nothing.

But soon, Xu Xu had a reaction - he flicked his finger lightly.

It's not the kind of finger movement that is usually shown on TV, but a bodily function similar to the rebound of external stimuli.

"The nervous system is responding!" The doctor shouted happily, and quickly asked Li Jingxing to help, and the two joined hands for further rescue.

Others also hurriedly found clean clothes, towels, and quilts to cover Xu Xu.

Several hours later, Xu Xu managed to open his eyes, but his joints were frozen and unable to move, and he was speechless.

"Wait for me." Li Jingxing gently straightened the wet bangs for the other party, stood up, and walked towards the corpse on the ground.

"Master Li, Atletico Madrid's body has been frozen to death. We sent a distress signal, but the company didn't respond at all, but the body will rot soon after being left like this." Wang Song consulted: "How about we adopt sea burial? "

"No, put it in the freezer and wait for the police to deal with it. One person can't just say he's gone." Li Jingxing stopped talking, carried the corpse into the freezer, and carefully put him down to lie down.

"By the way, have you seen Asi?" The doctor asked, "He said he went out to find you."

"When did he go out?" Li Jingxing stood up abruptly.

The doctor immediately replied: "Xiao Xu went out before entering the freezer, and he hasn't come back for so long, will something happen?"

Everyone whispered to each other, Li Jingxing asked the worker to take Xu Xu back to the room to take care of him, he turned around and ran out.

Wang Song turned his head and looked outside the restaurant. The sunrise on the sea is always very early. The first ray of dawn has penetrated the ocean surface, and the darkness is eagerly hiding its tracks.

As soon as the sun appeared, everyone became more courageous, and they all took the initiative to apply to look for it together.

But everyone searched for several hours and still got no results, so Asi just disappeared for no reason.

Li Jingxing's eyes became a lot more indifferent, and he didn't return to the dormitory silently until noon.

This night, one of Li Jingxing's friends was injured and the other disappeared. Seeing Li Jingxing's sad figure disappearing at the end of the corridor, Wang Song sighed in a low voice: "Hey, it doesn't matter if the person on the platform is dead, it's a ghost."

For the next three days, Asi's search was still fruitless, so Li Jingxing was bored in the dormitory, and when it was time to eat, he came out to make a quick meal, packed it and took it back.

Seeing this, other workers volunteered to deliver meals for them, but Li Jingxing refused them one by one.

Xu Xu's physical fitness is not bad, and under Li Jingxing's careful care and medical treatment, he recovered extremely quickly.

Li Jingxing was not worried about Xu Xu's body, but he was worried about another thing - whether Xu Xu's brain nerves were damaged by freezing.

After Xu Xu woke up, he knew that Asi had disappeared, so he seemed very silent.Li Jingxing took the initiative to find topics to chat with him several times, but Patient Xu had an impatient expression, as if suffering from amnesia, and didn't mention a word about the past.

He was even more reluctant to talk about Assi.

When Li Jingxing talked about that night, Xu Xu pretended to be asleep, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it, it was just an escape.

Li Jingxing only thought that Xu Xu was sad, so it was inconvenient to ask further questions.

But he decided to find out about Asi's matter.

He took the time to find the doctor and asked about the situation at that time. The doctor gave a general introduction to Assi's situation in the restaurant.As for what happened when Asi went out later, and what happened to the "thumping" sound, the doctor couldn't explain it clearly.

Li Jingxing had more and more doubts in his heart, but at this moment, Wang Song found the Taoist priest and said that he called up the surveillance video playback of that night and made a major discovery.

Li Jingxing quickly followed Wang Song to the monitoring room to find out.

There are cameras in the restaurant and the corridor outside the restaurant. The video shows that Asi and Xu Xu left after saying a few words, with an extra piece of yellow paper pasted on their shoulders. The playback of the video is unclear. Decided to read on.

The following picture appeared at the corner of the downstairs stairs. Asi seemed to be frightened and remained motionless at the corner. After that, the screen went black and the monitoring signal was lost.

After Wang Song finished reading, his expression was pale: "I'm so shocked, Axi must have been bewitched by someone, why did he stay where he was?"

Li Jingxing's face was expressionless, but his heart was beating violently.This yellow paper is obviously a spell.

Except for him and Xu Xu, no one on the platform knew how to use spells.And this kind of spell is not at all an orthodox or a true method.

The spells that can immobilize people generally come from witchcraft, and it is normal for Xu Xu's faction to go back to the source and use some dirty tricks.

Seeing that Li Jingxing was deep in thought, Wang Song said anxiously: "Master Li, this matter is fatal, and the fifth seven days will come soon, so it cannot be ignored, it must be thoroughly investigated."

Li Jingxing nodded solemnly: "I will judge myself."

"See if there is anything that needs cooperation, such as adjusting our employees' personnel files and family backgrounds. I can help with these. After all, the management is not here, and my old bones can barely speak."

Li Jingxing could naturally hear the meaning behind Wang Song's words.The employees on the platform are all innocent, and the matter of harming people by the spell has nothing to do with Li Jingxing and Xu Xu.

After all, only they make good use of Taoism.

Li Jingxing waved his goodbyes, went back to the dormitory and silently talked about it all night, but there were still no more clues.

The fifth seventh day is coming soon, but his doubts are getting deeper and deeper. After thinking twice, he decided to discuss it with Xu Xu.

Xu Xu has started to walk freely and move his body. Although he is not as flexible as before, he recovered so well in less than a week. Prick him regularly.

Acupuncture does not hurt but increases, this torture Xu Xu can bear, but he is extremely dissatisfied with the shape after the acupuncture.He clearly felt that he was an angry dolphin.

But helplessly, every time he got the needle, he would feel much more energetic. In order to recover as soon as possible, he had no choice but to let Li Jingxing practice his hands.

As usual, Li Jingxing took acupuncture and took a meal. He put the lunch box on the table and sat beside him.

"Xu Xu, come over for dinner."

Xu Xu walked over and sat down, lifted the lid of the box and started to eat. Li Jingxing sat on the side and watched him quietly.

The already small space seemed even more oppressive because of Li Jingxing's indifferent iceberg face and examining eyes.

Xu Xu had noticed the gaze on his face a long time ago, and he raised his head uncomfortably: "Look at me, don't you eat?"

"Ate."

Xu Xu let out an "oh" and continued to plan rice.

Li Jingxing kept looking at him straightly, feeling a little worried in his heart, he didn't turn his head back when he opened his bow, and saying something would be like planting a mine for the two of them.

But he really couldn't do it if the Taoist asked him to ask around the bush.

Xu Xu's appetite diminished, so he finally put down his chopsticks, sighed, and asked, "Tell me, it makes people panic."