178: Chapter 178 Getting the Feelings

Looking at the expectant expression on Bai Yunfei's face, Chu Xuan smiled slightly: "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. When the time comes, you will naturally know."

"I understand, I understand." Bai Yunfei let out a long "Oh," his smile full of hidden meaning, looking as if he completely understood.

Chu Xuan maintained his smile.

What do you understand? I don't even understand it myself.

Chuckling inwardly, Chu Xuan, Bai Yunfei, along with two official members and three trainee members, checked their respective equipment.

Chu Xuan's equipment was simple: he wore a trench coat over a black training uniform, with a long sword hanging at his waist. He was equipped with a special pistol, two spare magazines, and four thermobaric grenades.

Inside his tactical waist pack was the black-glowing demon-subduing pestle. This Curio was his most important item, and since he could not store it in his Exclusive Space for now, he had to carry it with him.

In a critical moment, if his long sword broke, he could use this Curio, named [indestructible flowing shadow], as a backup weapon to continue fighting.

This combat attire was very convenient, and Chu Xuan felt his combat effectiveness should increase by about twenty percent.

As for the ghost-forbidden lamp, after a moment of thought, Chu Xuan decided to spend 9 points of spirituality value for System authentication to store it in his Exclusive Space.

This saved him the trouble of carrying a backpack around. If a sudden situation arose, he only needed to focus his mind, and the ghost-forbidden lamp would be in his hand, ready for use.

As for the 48 spirit money and 11 dirt pills, Chu Xuan placed them into two small bags hanging from his tactical belt.

The equipment of Bai Yunfei and the two official members was also relatively light, while the three trainee members were more heavily equipped; in addition to various protective gear, they also carried two extra shotguns.

Vroom!! A military assault vehicle slowly drove up in front of the group. The doors opened, and 10 soldiers stepped out in formation.

"Reporting, Chief..." The squad leader saluted Bai Yunfei and reported in a loud voice.

This was the composite infantry squad assigned to each team, on call 24 hours a day. Their equipment was quite standard, one could say they were armed to the teeth.

The vehicle was a 10-seater Mengshi assault vehicle, equipped with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun and a 35mm automatic grenade launcher on the roof.

The infantry squad consisted of 10 people, fully equipped with riflemen, machine gunners, gunners, and snipers.

Among them, two riflemen were also equipped with 35mm under-barrel grenade launchers, the gunner was equipped with anti-tank missiles, and the whole squad was additionally equipped with 8 individual rocket launchers.

"Mm, very good. Let's move out!" Bai Yunfei nodded with satisfaction. The group, consisting of two off-road vehicles and one assault vehicle, drove away from the Research Base, heading toward the northern city area assigned to Bai Yunfei.

In addition, a cleanup team consisting of 12 non-combat personnel followed behind, specializing in coordinating with various parties and handling the aftermath.

Of course, these so-called "non-combat personnel" were only such in a relative sense. They were equally well-trained, dressed in uniforms familiar to the public, with red and blue police lights flashing on top of their vehicles.

"Although our standards weren't low before, how could they compare to this professional configuration? We used to carry our own guns and cannons, and there were many restrictions when using firearms for fear of causing serious negative impacts on society. Now we can finally let loose."

Bai Yunfei sighed with emotion, "We might not need these heavy weapons, but we must have them. Only then can we have a sense of security."

More than half an hour later, the group arrived at Jiabao District in the north of the city, immediately attracting the attention of people from all sides, who speculated about what had happened.

Bai Yunfei sat in the back seat of the moving off-road vehicle, holding the ghost-hunting compass in his hands, its indicator light emitting a faint white glow.

According to the clearing plan, the first day's operation included three joint measures: patrolling along the streets, re-examining locations where unconventional events had previously been handled, and reviewing reports submitted by local security officers.

"There are no unconventional events reported by security officers for the time being, so let's patrol around first... It's just a pity that this compass is extremely difficult to manufacture and cannot be mass-produced, otherwise these Specters would definitely have nowhere to hide."

Bai Yunfei shook his head and sighed, "Now we can only hope that a Specter happens to reveal its eerie form within five hundred meters, so we can detect it. It's just that most of these guys only act at night, so the chance of encountering them during the day is not high..."

Before Bai Yunfei finished speaking, Chu Xuan's expression suddenly shifted, and then he smiled, "I have already sensed the guidance of the Heavenly secrets."

"So fast!" Bai Yunfei's eyes lit up immediately, "Where?"

"Turn left up ahead..." Following the vague guidance given by the Phantom Demon, Chu Xuan directed the vehicle forward. Five minutes later, they arrived at a farmers' market.

"Have the infantry squad stand by, and the cleanup team can just come in with us." Chu Xuan said, "According to the guidance of the Heavenly secrets, the Specter here has very average strength, only about D-rank."

Bai Yunfei's eyes widened, "You can even sense the strength of a Specter? How do you do that?"

"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed." Chu Xuan's expression was indifferent.

In reality, the Phantom Demon could only sense the lowest-level Specters within a certain range. However, the advantage was that this sensing range was much larger than the ghost-hunting compass, and even if the target had not revealed its eerie form, it could still be vaguely sensed.

Bai Yunfei pondered for a moment, then instructed, "Although you said it's just a D-rank Specter, you should still stand in the back in a safe spot later. I will take it down personally, and I'll let you do the killing for this first one."

Chu Xuan made no comment.

The group got out of the car and headed into the farmers' market. With regular troops involved, there was no need for any hesitation; they went straight to a pork stall and apprehended the butcher.

"What are you doing?" The butcher looked terrified. He glanced at Bai Yunfei, then looked at the uniformed cleanup personnel who had followed them, and pleaded tearfully:

"I'm just selling some water-injected meat, surely that doesn't warrant such a big commotion to arrest me? Please, let me go. I know I was wrong. My mother is lying in the hospital with a serious illness waiting for money for surgery, my wife ran off with someone else, and my daughter is waiting for her milk money..."

Bai Yunfei frowned slightly and was about to take out the ghost-hunting compass to test him, when suddenly a flash of cold light swept by, and the butcher's head fell to the ground.

Amidst the spurting blood, the head rolling on the ground became fat and big-eared, and the corpse under Bai Yunfei's feet transformed at this moment into a massive monster body.

Clang~~ A line of blood splattered on the ground. Chu Xuan sheathed his sword, "Don't waste time. Hurry up to the next one; I've got that feeling again."