"Thank you, but no need. I feel fine here. Agent Su Rui, you should go home. There's no need to follow me. I'm really not the bad person you think I am."
Ning Beichen wasn't here to stay, but to solve a problem. How could he leave?
"Why are you like this?"
Seeing that Ning Beichen didn't appreciate her concern, Su Rui, for some unknown reason, followed him inside.
Ning Beichen couldn't help but shake his head. He ignored her and continued to wander around the building, searching for something, for that red clay figurine.
The building had thirteen floors. Since it was unfinished, there was no water or electricity, and naturally no elevators. They had to walk up the stairs.
Even the stair railings were missing, the ground was uneven and pitted, and piles of construction debris were everywhere. One could easily trip, so extra caution was needed.
"What exactly are you looking for?"
Su Rui almost tripped several times following Ning Beichen and couldn't help but complain.
"Agent Su Rui, I didn't ask you to follow me. There's no point in you following me," Ning Beichen said to her helplessly.
He didn't understand this female agent's thought process. She insisted on following him, treating him as a suspect.
"No, unless you tell me what you're doing?" Su Rui said.
"You don't need to deceive me. With my years of experience, I know you're not Zhao Liang's friend." Ning Beichen stopped, turned to look at her, thought for a moment, and then spoke.
"Agent Su Rui, you're very smart. I'm indeed not Zhao Liang's friend. I went there only to find out why Zhao Liang became a vegetable."
"Who are you? Why are you investigating this matter?" Su Rui immediately asked him.
"Just think of me as being bored," Ning Beichen replied.
"No, if you don't tell me the reason, I'll take you back for investigation. I have the authority." Su Rui said to Ning Beichen sternly.
"You can consider me a private investigator, so you don't need to suspect me," Ning Beichen replied.
"Since you say you're a private investigator, you must have found some information. You have to tell me the information," Su Rui said.
Ning Beichen looked at this woman, who was a bit overconfident, and felt speechless.
However, to prevent her from losing her life, like that female reporter last time, Ning Beichen still spoke to her.
"Agent Su Rui, the only advice I can give you is to stop meddling in this matter. Go back, or you'll lose your life."
"Heh, what do you take me for? I'm an agent, an agent. Do you understand? Do you think I'd be afraid?" Su Rui said with a cold laugh.
"Yes, yes, yes. I know you're an agent. Forget it, it's up to you." Ning Beichen shook his head.
Arguing with a woman who was too overconfident was a foolish thing. She could do as she pleased, as long as she didn't get in his way.
Ning Beichen searched room by room from the first floor to the tenth floor. In a room piled high with construction debris, he found what he was looking for, the red clay figurine.
This time, Ning Beichen was even more certain that the events here were related to this "Sun Goddess."
"Miss Su Rui, I'm not joking. This matter is very dangerous. I can tell you frankly that this is not as simple as you think. It's best if you don't get involved. You can also understand it as a supernatural event." Ning Beichen said to Su Rui again.
"Ning Beichen, I have reason to suspect your motives are impure. Do you think I'm an idiot? Supernatural event." Su Rui looked at Ning Beichen with disdain and said dismissively.
"Forget it, talking to you about this is just a waste of time." Ning Beichen knew she didn't believe him and couldn't be bothered to persuade her further.
He had found the clay figurine, but to enter it, he needed another item: the Sun Emblem. Without it, he couldn't get in.
Fortunately, Ning Beichen had already obtained the Sun Emblem, so it wasn't a problem.
Ning Beichen walked up to the red clay figurine, took out the Sun Emblem, and placed it in front of the figurine.
Immediately, the red clay figurine began to glow, and it seemed to come alive. In front of Ning Beichen, a black vortex appeared.
Su Rui, who had been confident until then, was stunned by this bizarre sight, looking as if she had seen a ghost.
"Miss Su Rui, don't follow me. You're not capable of handling this." After Ning Beichen said this, he entered the black vortex.
Su Rui watched Ning Beichen disappear into the vortex, her pupils widening. Her legs even started to tremble.
Even now, she still didn't know what had happened.
She had only seen the red clay figurine in the room glow, then come to life, and then a black vortex appeared.
What was happening before her eyes had surpassed her understanding of the world.
However, what Ning Beichen hadn't expected was that even though Su Rui had no intention of entering, the vortex suddenly sucked her in as well.
After a dizzying spin, Su Rui grunted and felt like she had hit something. She found herself in a completely unfamiliar and terrifying place.
The sky in this place was red, with cliffs everywhere. In the distance, there was rolling black mist.
"Ning Beichen..." Su Rui immediately called out Ning Beichen's name loudly.
However, the vortex had teleported her in separately from Ning Beichen, so there was no sign of him anywhere.
Su Rui got up from the ground and took a few steps. Suddenly, her foot slipped, and she almost tumbled off the cliff beside her. Terrified, Su Rui quickly lay on the ground and grabbed onto the rocks with her hands.
Ning Beichen, unaware that Su Rui had entered, considered the female agent a mere passerby, not worth his attention.
After entering the vortex, Ning Beichen flew directly on his sword towards the black mist in the distance.
Indeed, after a short while, Ning Beichen discovered some souls there.
However, these souls appeared listless and were wandering around mechanically. They showed no reaction even when they saw Ning Beichen.
Seeing these souls, Ning Beichen couldn't help but sigh, and his anger flared.
"Sun Goddess, get out here!" Ning Beichen pointed his sword, and a massive sword light shot straight into the black mist.
Soon, Ning Beichen saw a large number of evil spirits emerge from the black mist. They swarmed towards Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen naturally showed no mercy.
With a wave of his hand, a torrent of sword rain, dense and numerous, flew towards these evil spirits.
Then, the evil spirits were seen perishing one after another under Ning Beichen's sword light. In front of Ning Beichen, these evil spirits were utterly defenseless.