My daughter has been possessed.

Chapter 38 The Stomach Abyss

Xu Wei's words stunned Li Jiuhe.

They stared at Xu Wei in surprise, then at Chen Zhenghai, and neither of them spoke; the scene was frozen.

A short while later, Li Jiuhe suddenly stood up and walked towards his daughter's bedroom.

Xu Wei and Chen Zhenghai exchanged a glance, both knowing what he wanted to do.

Xu Wei got up and followed Li Jiuhe to the door of his daughter's bedroom. There she saw Li Jiuhe standing blankly at the door, staring straight at the room.

However, the environment inside the room was completely different from what Li Jiuhe remembered. Although there was a bed in the room, it was piled with unused bedding, and there was no children's wardrobe or desk in the room.

Li Jiuhe walked into the bedroom in a daze, silently observing from under the bed and behind the door.

Then he went to the bathroom to check the toiletries inside.

After searching for a long time, he didn't see anything related to children.

Soon, Li Jiuhe began to breathe rapidly. Xu Wei saw that something was wrong with him, so she helped him up and led him back to the sofa in the living room.

During this process, she noticed that Li Jiuhe's gaze was still fixed on the secondary bedroom.

Xu Wei handed the hot water she had just poured to Li Jiuhe, who subconsciously took it and drank the whole glass of water in one gulp.

He then pointed to his head, and looked at what used to be his daughter's bedroom, wanting to say something, but not knowing how to begin.

Chen Zhenghai nodded: "I understand what you mean. You don't understand the abilities of many Sequencers. There is a type of Sequencer's ability... that can change a person's perception. So we believe that your perception has been changed by someone."

"But..." Li Jiuhe pointed to his head again, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

The disconnect between his vivid memories and the reality was something he couldn't accept for a while.

Even now, he can still remember the scene of waiting for his wife Lin Fengya to give birth to Li Yi in the hospital, remember Li Yi growing up slowly, and remember that after his wife passed away, Li Yi only knew how to cry loudly and call "Mom".

The memories were so vivid, every scene was clear in his mind, that even if the two people in front of him told him that the memories were fake, Li Jiuhe would find it hard to believe.

But the scene inside the house was completely different from what he had seen before. The second bedroom was no longer his daughter's bedroom, and there wasn't even a single child's personal item in the house!

Xu Wei poured him another cup of hot water, and this time she chose to sit down next to Li Jiuhe.

Then she said in a gentle voice, "You'll adapt slowly. Having your perceptions changed can be very difficult for a person. Even if you accept the current reality, you'll need a transition period."

Li Jiuhe was indeed very sad. He deeply missed his daughter and had been worried about the safety of the real Li Yi all this time. Suddenly, all of this turned into a bubble, and it turned out to be all fake!

The emptiness and helplessness he felt made him feel like his mind was about to collapse.

"But I... I just saw the person pretending to be Li Yi, and I almost caught her!"

As he spoke, Li Jiuhe picked up the pink cloth bag from the sofa.

Xu Wei took the cloth bag and examined it while saying, "We didn't say that person was fake. On the contrary, the person who implanted false beliefs in you is very likely this one. She first changed your perception, making you believe that you have a daughter, and then pretended that this daughter had entered your life."

"But why is she going to such lengths to get close to me? What does she want?" Li Jiuhe asked, puzzled.

Chen Zhenghai said, "You just said that she needs the Tongue of the Dead, the Morning Bell of the Second Seventeenth, and your wife's most cherished item. We just don't know what effect connecting these things will have."

Xu Wei took out a purple wristwatch from the cloth bag: "Isn't this one of the items that the person you just mentioned needed?"

Li Jiuhe nodded and took the watch: "I just ambushed that person and snatched this cloth bag, but she still managed to take the Tongue of the Dead."

Chen Zhenghai comforted her, "It's alright. She hasn't obtained either of the two items she needs: the purple watch and the 27 Morning Bell..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Wei took out a dark brown wooden carving from the cloth bag.

Upon seeing the wood carving, Chen Zhenghai's pupils contracted, his heart skipped a beat, and his expression instantly turned to shock. He blurted out, "Don't touch it, handle it gently..."

Xu Wei was taken aback by his reaction and was startled. She quickly grabbed the wooden carving that looked like a big fat man.

"Team Leader Chen, this thing..."

Chen Zhenghai hurriedly said, "Be gentle! Place it slowly on the coffee table, put it down first."

Xu Wei carefully placed the wood carving on the coffee table as instructed, and Chen Zhenghai across from her visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Li Jiuhe's expression was the same as hers, looking at the strange wooden carving with surprise and bewilderment.

"What is this thing? A Sequencer?" Xu Wei guessed.

Chen Zhenghai nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be... a Stomach Abyss user, level II, which is regional level, but at the peak of the regional level."

"A person with gastrointestinal issues?"

"He possesses a gaping maw, and his stomach connects to a strange space that can devour and digest almost any substance."

Upon hearing Chen Zhenghai's explanation, Li Jiuhe was taken aback and asked, "Any matter? Does that include intangible matter? Like memories?"

"Including," Chen Zhenghai replied affirmatively.

"It can even devour memories?!" Xu Wei exclaimed in surprise.

At this moment, Li Jiuhe finally understood why he hadn't retained any memories during his pursuit of Li Yi, and why his mission had been reset directly.

So this is what caused the trouble!

It seems that Li Yi released this thing during the chase, causing it to directly devour her memories of that period.

Perhaps in the end, even the person will be swallowed by this fat man, and only then will the mission be reset.

Fortunately, after the reset, the part where his memories were consumed during the mission was canceled, so that none of this had a more profound impact.

Chen Zhenghai continued, "I remember this Stomach Abyss Being was discovered in a large city. Several investigators were lost before they successfully contained it using the sculptor's wooden carving. However, an accident occurred during its transport to the capital, and the Stomach Abyss Being's wooden carving went missing. I never expected it to appear here!"

He then pointed to the wooden carving: "Once this thing is released, it will be very troublesome. Not only does it eat everything, but it also vomits up what it eats. These things will randomly combine into bizarre, vomiting deformed monsters. There are quite a few of them, and they will be very difficult to deal with."

Xu Wei looked at the cloth bag again and found that there was nothing inside except a roll of banknotes.

Chen Zhenghai said to Li Jiuhe, "Come with us to the Investigation Bureau now to complete the registration and filing and other work. Don't worry about the museum and the food apprehension incident; we'll handle it."