Dare to snatch souls, and attack ghost messengers?
After the dinner appointment, Jiang Lin returned to the Eighteenth Hall.
His mind was still replaying what Qin Zhouzhou had just said.
Judging from her words, such situations seemed to be more than just one or two cases.
He wondered if the Eighteenth Team had ever encountered anything similar.
Upon arriving at the Eighteenth Hall, Jiang Lin found that there were still quite a few ghost messengers busy in the kitchen area, snatching moments to practice their culinary skills.
Moreover, it was unclear when it started,
As they gradually became accustomed to cooking with ghost energy, these team members had actually begun to change their menus.
At first, everyone was just practicing simple shredded potatoes and cucumber slices.
But now, at a glance.
Some were making shredded pork with green peppers, some were making boiled fish slices—the fish they brought themselves, Jiang Lin only provided fruits and vegetables.
Others were making candied sweet potatoes.
Throughout the entire practice process, they were truly cooking and eating at the same time.
If one didn't know better, they would think this was an underworld chef training base.
"It seems that everyone has basically mastered the practice of cooking with ghost energy."
Jiang Lin mused.
If they continued to practice, their progress might not be as significant.
Perhaps it was time to look for other ways to practice.
Then, if any team members still wished to improve their culinary skills, they could practice privately.
As Jiang Lin thought, he arrived at the very front of the kitchen area.
He clapped his hands.
"Everyone, stop what you're doing for a moment."
With the enhancement of ghost energy, Jiang Lin's voice clearly reached the ears of every ghost messenger.
It drew their attention away from the stove and focused it on him.
Seeing Jiang Lin, the team members who were engrossed in cooking reacted differently.
Some calmly turned off the heat.
Others were stunned for a moment, then felt a surge of guilt.
They quickly covered the roast duck on the stove with a lid.
Pretending that they really weren't there just to eat.
'It's all that guy Bai Wan's fault!'
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Jiang Lin saw their subtle actions but paid them no mind.
No matter what they were doing, as long as they completed the required practice, it was fine.
As for the rest, a little free rein was not unacceptable.
Once everyone looked at him, Jiang Lin directly asked:
"Recently, have you encountered anything strange during your work?"
"Or, has any ghost caused trouble?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the kitchen area fell silent.
Some team members looked bewildered, glancing at their colleagues.
Others had serious expressions, as if recalling something.
After a moment, Hong Ya was the first to raise her hand, "Me, me, me! Captain, I encountered something!"
Jiang Lin looked at Hong Ya. Da Feng Novel Network
The surrounding team members also looked over.
Because she had spoken disrespectfully to the captain before, Hong Ya had been particularly eager to prove herself recently.
"A few days ago, when I went to a hospital to escort a soul, I was almost robbed by a ghost wearing a cloak."
"At that time, I had to protect the soul first, so I didn't chase after it."
"But after returning, I filed a report at the mission center and handed over the cloak the opponent dropped during the fight to the mission center."
Jiang Lin thought for a moment and asked, "Are you sure the other party was a ghost? What was their strength?"
"Yes, it was a ghost's aura. As for strength... it seemed to be just average."
Hong Ya recalled the process at the time, "I used a few other moves, and the opponent fled."
"Speaking of which..."
She frowned, "I went half an hour early that time. At that time, the soul's time of death hadn't even arrived yet, but the soul had already come out prematurely."
"Later, I pushed his soul back in, but he came out on his own several times."
At that time, the soul mistakenly thought she liked to take pictures of ghosts and wanted to destroy him.
After hearing Hong Ya finish,
The surrounding team members were somewhat surprised, "There's actually such a thing?"
"The deceased's vitality hadn't been cut off at that time. Could it be that the ghost used some method to make him leave his body prematurely, specifically to avoid the time of escort by the ghost messenger?"
"What do they want the souls for?"
Amidst the team members' speculations,
A fair and tender little hand hesitantly raised.
Qiao Linglong said uncertainly, "I don't know if it counts... but I just felt something strange."
"Yesterday, when I was escorting a soul, I felt like I was being watched."
"And... the aura of that person... I always felt very uncomfortable, but I couldn't say why."
Jiang Lin listened carefully, and after she finished, he asked:
"Was the other party human?"
Qiao Linglong frowned, "My feeling is that they were human, but also somewhat strange."
She couldn't explain it clearly.
Anyway, just thinking about it made her feel uncomfortable all over.
That feeling... was like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Physically repulsed.
Jiang Lin hadn't expected such a thing. He asked Qiao Linglong to describe the approximate location.
Then he nodded, "Alright, I understand."
He looked at the other team members, "Are there any similar incidents?"
After waiting for a while and seeing no other ghosts speak up, Jiang Lin said:
"From now on, if you encounter anything in your work that you're unsure about, or that you find strange."
"You can report it to the mission center, but you must also report it to me."
"If I'm not here, submit a document, and I'll review it when I return."
The team members cupped their hands in unison, "Yes, Captain!"
"Okay, Captain!"
Although it was a bit more troublesome, they knew that the captain wouldn't say this without reason.
Either something had happened, or it was for their safety.
Jiang Lin continued, "Please pay attention to safety when you work recently, don't be careless. Also, inform your teammates."
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After coming out of the kitchen area, Jiang Lin went to the arena and repeated what he had just said.
Fortunately, strange phenomena were only a minority.
However...
The peculiar feeling Qiao Linglong mentioned did make Jiang Lin a little concerned.
Originally, Jiang Lin had planned to finish the matters in the underworld.
Then he would go and do his daily tasks—the drifting bottle wishes.
But after hearing what Qin Zhouzhou and the team members had said, Jiang Lin decided to postpone the drifting bottle matters.
What if his teammates encountered something in the meantime and couldn't find him? That would be troublesome.
Coincidentally, he hadn't had a chance to look at the "Unsolved Mysteries of the Underworld" materials he had copied from the West Hall a few days ago.
So, for the next few days,
Jiang Lin would either be in the Eighteenth Hall reading materials or patrolling the team members' work situations outside.
He would also occasionally stream the process of Machine Ball and Xu Nan completing tasks.
Every time Machine Ball completed a task, it would come up with all sorts of tricks.
Coupled with its mechanical nature, it attracted many viewers.
Especially when Machine Ball transformed into a beautiful woman, the rewards in the bullet comments were like fireworks during the New Year.
Crackling, filling the screen.
Jiang Lin looked at the reward amounts in the backend and fell silent.
In his past... had he chosen the wrong streaming image?
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