Chapter 182: Chapter 182: A Baby Girl Beneath the Property

[If a property is too cheap, don’t buy it. There’s probably something fishy going on.]

[Fa Cai is pretty loaded, buying a whole building! If my name was also Fa Cai, would I get rich too?]

[Streamer, you can’t forget about Xiao Xiao! Xiao Xiao is timid, you have to save her!]

[Let’s not talk about Meng Xiaoxiao for now. Just watch the stream. We’ll find out what happened to her tomorrow.]

The viewers in the livestream chat would occasionally mention Meng Xiaoxiao, but most of their attention followed Fa Cai down to the first basement level of the office building.

Chen Yan, Zhou Ye, the director, and Zhao Jing, who were all present, gathered around curiously to watch Shen Zhiyao’s stream.

When Fa Cai reached the first basement level, Shen Zhiyao instructed, “Turn left. Stop at the third corner ahead.”

Fa Cai stopped there. In front of him was a small basement room, grim, cold, and damp.

The room was so small that Fa Cai had never really noticed it before.

Shen Zhiyao: “Use your pen to make a mark here.”

Fa Cai did as he was told, then asked, “Are there any other places that need to be marked?”

“Walk forward fifty meters, turn left, and leave another mark.”

“Keep going forward, and make another mark.”

…

Following Shen Zhiyao’s instructions, Fa Cai left marks in five different spots around the underground garage.

Just to make those five marks, he had to pant and puff his way around the entire garage, breaking into a sweat.

“Streamer, is that it? Am I drawing some kind of formation? After this is done, will the problem be solved?” Fa Cai had seen a lot in his life, but after doing all this, he was still a bit lost, with no idea what these marks were for.

Shen Zhiyao said, “Of course not. There’s one last step. Call the police.”

“Huh?”

“Just call the police.”

“Huh? Call the police?” Fa Cai was baffled. “Why call the police? Will they even come this late at night?”

Shen Zhiyao said, “Just tell the police there are dead infants in the basement and have them come dig.”

Fa Cai jumped in fright. “Huh? Wh-what? Where?”

Fa Cai had run a large lap around the basement and was so tired he sat down by the stairwell entrance.

Shen Zhiyao explained, “This property was originally a hospital where many people died violent deaths, causing ghosts to roam about. After the hospital moved, someone bought this land. It was only after they bought it that they discovered the place was haunted. So, they erected five Rebirth Pillars in the foundation and buried a dead infant inside each. The idea comes from the belief that human nature is inherently evil at birth. By burying the dead infants, they could use one evil to combat another, suppressing the malevolent spirits.”

“What?!” Fa Cai was so scared he shot up and stumbled back several steps.

’He had just touched and leaned against those pillars. And now I find out there are dead infants inside? Doesn’t that… doesn’t that mean I basically held a dead baby?’

Instantly, Fa Cai felt his skin crawl.

Fa Cai hastily called the police and stammered his way through an explanation of the situation.

Back in the livestream, he asked, somewhat confused, “Streamer, I get that it used to be a hospital… but what’s the big deal? Why did they have to resort to such sinister methods?”

Shen Zhiyao said, “It’s precisely *because* it was a hospital that there was a problem. When they first started construction, everything seemed fine. But as soon as they built up the floors, they would collapse, forcing them to scrap the entire building. There were also accidents involving the workers. Eventually, they hired a fortune teller, who erected the five Rebirth Pillars here. The pillars were meant to trap the infants’ bodies and souls, using the infants’ inherent evil to fight against the evil spirits. This was their method for stabilizing the foundation and the building.”

After hearing this, Fa Cai was furious. “Waaah… If you can’t have it, then don’t sell it! Those unscrupulous developers sold this building to me… Waaaaah…”

The police arrived quickly and used detectors to confirm there were bodies inside.

However, since these were load-bearing pillars, any misstep could cause the entire building to collapse. Extracting the infants would require a multi-departmental effort.

Although the process would be complicated, it was manageable.

Fa Cai sat at the top of the stairs, sobbing his heart out. “Waaaaah… If I’d known, I never would have bought this building! It cost me eight hundred million! Now it’s a total loss on my hands, waaaah…”

Shen Zhiyao said, “If you hadn’t taken over this building, these bodies wouldn’t have been discovered so quickly. You’ve essentially rescued tormented souls and accumulated good karma. As for your company’s problems… just stay put at your current company for now. When I get back, I’ll perform a ritual to deliver their souls. It’s not a big issue.”

“Okay, okay, thank you, Streamer!” Overcome with gratitude, Fa Cai sent Shen Zhiyao a ton of Douyin Number Ones.

The connection was cut, and Fa Cai left the livestream.

On the public screen, many viewers were asking curiously:

[What’s a Rebirth Pillar?]

[I really want to know, where did all those dead infants come from? Their children went missing, and the parents didn’t look into it?]

[I want to know, will the people who did this face karmic retribution?]

Shen Zhiyao explained, “The Rebirth Pillar is a type of East Asian Evil Technique. It involves dismembering a dead person into eight pieces and then using an evil spirit to ’ferry’ them, damning them to never be reborn, life after life, and forcing them to become the guardians of this place.”

At this point, Shen Zhiyao paused. “Actually, they could have just focused on good construction quality. There was no need for all these crooked methods. To put it bluntly, this building is a product of shoddy construction. If an earthquake hits, the whole place will crumble.”

“As for the dead… a Daoist bought them. They were all female infants. Some families favor sons over daughters and didn’t want the baby girls, so they sold them to the Daoist.”

Hearing the source of the infants, the viewers on the other side of the screen erupted in fury. “Damn it, what kind of family just sells their own child? That’s utterly despicable! A family like that deserves to be poor for the rest of their lives!”

Shen Zhiyao turned her head for a look. The Children Palace on Sun Yingbin’s forehead was growing darker and darker.

’If nothing changes… his son is about to have an accident.’

Sun Yingbin noticed Shen Zhiyao staring at him and touched his own cheek. “What is it?”

Shen Zhiyao had already warned him that his son was facing a bloody disaster, but Sun Yingbin hadn’t followed her advice.

’Then it has nothing to do with me anymore. Warning him was my part; whether he acts on it is his own business.’

“It’s nothing.” Shen Zhiyao knew it was pointless to say more, so she dropped the subject.

Just then, the police approached with dogs and a large group of officers, looking determined not to leave until they had made an arrest.

The director’s face went pale. “The police are here! They’re treating us like fugitives! Let’s go, quick!”

“Don’t move. Stay right here. The police won’t find us.”

The director was so anxious he was practically jumping up and down. “Are you crazy? A dog’s sense of smell is incredible! They’ll know we’re here in an instant. They’re getting closer! If we don’t run now, it’ll be too late!”

Chen Yan pushed the director down. “We only have two legs. Do you think we can outrun something with four? Besides, Zhao Jing is severely injured.”

At that moment, the police and their dogs were less than ten meters away. It was truly too late to run.

The director and the other guests’ hearts pounded with anxiety.

But strangely, the dog didn’t head in their direction. It just sniffed around the area for a moment before heading off in a different direction.

Once the dog left, the police followed.

The director heaved a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness the police dogs in this Island Country have a bad sense of smell. If they were any good, we would’ve been done for!”

The problem wasn’t with the dog, but with Shen Zhiyao.

She had already set up a barrier here long ago, making them invisible and undetectable to anyone outside it.

She hadn’t set up a barrier at the villa because she was afraid the guests would become suspicious. A villa is a huge, conspicuous place; how could the police possibly not see them staying there?

This place was different. There were plenty of bushes to provide cover, so the guests wouldn’t find it strange.

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