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Since he had to go out to complete the "Drop the Handkerchief" mission that night, Yan Junze planned to sleep again during the day to store up energy.

After confirming that both Ke'er and the Crawler Monster had become stronger, this surprise was beyond his expectations. Though the consumption of Different Dimension Energy had increased in the process, the consumption was negligible to these two Evil Spirits' appetites at the moment.

Yan Junze was eager to let Ke'er enter the node and absorb more Different Dimension Energy to enhance her own strength.

But under the current circumstances, with the Back-faced Woman lurking nearby, Yan Junze didn't feel comfortable letting Ke'er go in and leaving only the Crawler Monster as a sentinel.

Mainly because the Crawler Monster's performance in the "Wine Red High Heels" task had been worrisome, acting like it might have had some intellectual disability in its past life, it took Yan Junze two goes to direct it to charge at Jian Tong.

And that's not to mention that it got KO'd with one move by the other party.

Of course, if it were the current strength of the Crawler Monster, it might hold out a bit longer. But Yan Junze didn't believe that just absorbing energy for such a short time would allow an Evil Spirit's strength to leap qualitatively.

The one thing he could be more relieved about now was that, during the execution of the mission, these two Evil Spirits could at least offer an additional assurance for his safety, rather than relying solely on Rewind.

Of course, the precondition for releasing the Evil Spirits was that it wouldn't hinder the completion of the mission. If he let Ke'er out and the little guy started killing weaker Evil Spirits than herself, then what's the bloody point of the mission!

Yan Junze took back the Crawler Monster, leaving only Ke'er outside, and he went to sleep.

During that time, he felt a chill on his back as he dozed off; Ke'er had already climbed onto the bed and embraced him, and then he drifted back to sleep.

This sleep lasted for two hours, and when he awoke, he was incredibly recharged.

The two flashlights were still fully charged; since the mission was in the Lin Family's yard and the air should be good, Yan Junze didn't plan to wear a mask.

Besides, the weather had been nice these past few days, and there was plenty of moonlight at night. If the place was outdoors, the visibility would still be quite extensive.

That evening, the young couple upstairs returned home, and initially, Su Muyao let out a surprised scream, then ran downstairs thump thump thump.

Yan Junze was preparing instant noodles without Zhang Xiaomo around, as he wouldn't make anything else to eat.

The door was open, Su Muyao knocked on the door and came in, first surprised to see a dent in the floor, then looked up to see the bulging ceiling overhead.

"There's a bump on the second-floor surface, we dare not step on it. What happened here?"

Yan Junze laughed awkwardly, as he opened a packet of Shuanggang brand instant noodle companion, saying, "I was killing a cockroach, just now there was one on the floor, then it ran to the ceiling..."

Su Muyao was dumbfounded.

Lin Dong's voice rose at the doorway, apparently he had also heard Yan Junze's explanation.

"I just want to ask, just for killing a cockroach, have you trained in Iron Legs or Iron Head Kung Fu?"

Yan Junze's face was a picture of distress, feeling he couldn't spin the tale any further, and asked, "Uncle Lin, just name your price, I'll pay for the damages."

Lin Dong came in, looked carefully at the extent of the damage, and held up three fingers: "Three thousand yuan. Both upstairs and downstairs need fixing. I know you're a student, so this is already a friendly price."

"Damn it, Ke'er, your one move just cost me three thousand," Yan Junze mourned inwardly, but he didn't hesitate to transfer the money as he said he would.

Having quelled the trouble, he silently finished his instant noodles and sat at home waiting.

Around ten o'clock, Yan Junze prepared to take action.

He took Ke'er into the Spacetime Atlas, closed the door, and headed towards the back street.

When he wasn't asleep, he didn't worry about the Back-faced Woman approaching, because every time she appeared, she was standing in some place, waiting for him.

This was quite advantageous, giving Yan Junze ample reaction time.

What he feared most was falling asleep only to have the Back-faced Woman appear in the room. If she waited until he was completely still, she might just walk backward to face him, and then, once he opened his eyes, it would be GAME OVER!

By the time he reached the back street, there wasn't a soul in sight.

Moreover, a section of the back street was awaiting demolition. Although he didn't know why it hadn't been demolished, this stretch of road was deserted.

The Lin Family's yard was right in that section.

He quickly arrived at the courtyard's enclosing wall, which, though intact, had some bricks jutting out, making it easy to climb.

The moonlight tonight was just as abundant, and even without turning on his flashlight, Yan Junze could clearly see at least twenty meters ahead.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

After looking around, Yan Junze found an easy place to climb and swiftly scaled the wall using both hands and feet.

Sitting on the wall, he looked inside. The yard was about four hundred square meters, with about five connected living quarters on one side, while a large courtyard was situated along the wall.

The trees and plants in the yard had all withered. Stone benches and tables that were originally there had toppled over, and nearly every one showed signs of breakage.

The ground was littered with dead leaves and weeds; it looked like it had indeed been abandoned for a long time.

After making sure there were no hard objects where he would land below the wall, Yan Junze turned off his flashlight and jumped down.

According to the mission instructions, originally seven children played a game here, but it seemed one had run off, leaving six behind.

The mission's goal was to resolve the six children's confusion about whether the other child had run off or something else had happened. Yan Junze needed to solve their doubts.

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The way to complete the mission was most likely to play the "Drop the Handkerchief" game with them, a game Yan Junze had played in his previous life as a child.

Drop the Handkerchief could be said to be everlastingly popular.

However, he also remembered from the task hint that there was a "treasure" to be discovered within the Lin Family's yard.

As for what type of treasure it was, that remained unknown, and he would need to find time to explore it later on.

Walking into the yard, he looked around, and it was silent, with no sensation of the wind moving through the grass.

The souls of those six children had not appeared.

If they still didn't show up, Yan Junze was prepared to go inside to look for the "treasure."

With this in mind, he immediately walked towards the row of rooms. All rooms had been hit by a fire, two of them almost reduced to their frames, and the other three slightly better off, but still pitch-black and crumbling in places.

Yan Junze chose the first room that seemed relatively intact. As he approached the door, he switched his flashlight on in advance.

He tried the door. It made a grating noise as it opened, and he had to exert some effort to push it open.

First, he shone his flashlight inside. The room bore the scorched traces of a large fire.

He walked in a few steps and looked around. Other than the burned furniture, nothing out of the ordinary was found.

He moved into two further back rooms, also filled with charred furniture. But he opened every piece of furniture that could still be opened and searched carefully, yet he did not find the so-called "treasure."

"Hehe..."

Suddenly, a child's laughter rang out.

It wasn't coming from any of these three rooms, nor was it from the courtyard outside, but from the room next door.