After asking around, only Sheng Feng could see this thing.

Many people present witnessed the explosion. They first heard crackling sounds, followed by a loud bang. The source of the two explosions was clearly the rooftop of the school building.

However, when people climbed up using ladders, they found an empty rooftop with no trace of an explosion.

Xie Bi’an frowned slightly. He glanced at Fan Wujiu behind him, then asked Sheng Feng, “Captain Sheng, can you describe what you saw?”

Sheng Feng stared at the large pattern, picked up a discarded steel rod from the rooftop, and began sketching on the ground. “It’s a very large pattern, stretching from where we’re standing to the edge of the rooftop. The lines forming the pattern are chaotic, as if scorched by fire.”

After speaking, he dropped the steel rod, revealing a scaled-down version of the same pattern to everyone.

Within the arc were some disordered lines, closely packed together without any apparent order.

Sheng Feng stepped back a few paces. The strange pattern seemed to change slightly, and what it resembled made Sheng Feng’s heart race.

It looked like a giant open eye.

Xie Bi’an stared at the pattern in silence for a long time. Fan Wujiu, expressionless, said, “It’s the Ten Directions Eye.”

Hearing this familiar term, Sheng Feng was slightly surprised.

He was very familiar with the Ten Directions Eye. The first case he officially participated in after passing the National Security test was related to the Ten Directions Eye. Although he was doing peripheral work at the time, the impression was deep enough.

The Ten Directions Eye was once a mysterious organization within the Three Evil Paths, existing for over a hundred years. They loved recruiting all kinds of evildoers, using ancient witchcraft, curses, and inhumane punishments to the extreme.

Later, the Underworld decided to eliminate the Ten Directions Eye, and National Security, as a partner, also participated in some of the branch clean-up operations.

Xie Bi’an sighed, “This is the Corpse-Wrapping Array of the Ten Directions Eye. The missing people were likely forced into the array. To save them, we must enter the array, but once inside, things will be beyond our control.”

Fan Wujiu said, “This matter involves the Ten Directions Eye. We should plan carefully.”

Sheng Feng turned to look at the school gate. The parents of the children were craning their necks, looking into the schoolyard. At this moment, no one cared about the dirt on the ground. They sat there, hoping for a glimmer of hope.

Sheng Feng said firmly, “Over two thousand people, the Corpse-Wrapping Array is filled with yin energy. Living people can’t stay inside for long. We can’t afford to plan slowly; we must enter the array tonight.”

Xie Bi’an nodded silently, “Entering the array is possible, but we need someone outside to respond in case of emergencies.”

Little Mayfly, with a petite figure, was not suitable to follow Sheng Feng. She volunteered to stay outside the array to provide support. Sheng Feng ordered Tian Nan Di Bei to also stay and wait. Then he picked a newly regularized fake Taoist from his main team.

Wu Wenyan, initially slick and unreliable, used to make a living by setting up fortune-telling stalls. After being caught several times by city management for affecting the city’s appearance and promoting superstitious ideas, he had no choice but to apply for National Security.

Wu Wenyan showed no fear, and when called to enter the array, he appeared confident. His array formation skills were much better than Sheng Feng’s, which was a reason for Sheng Feng to choose him.

Xie Bi’an took out a red thread from his pocket, which looked extremely ordinary. He skillfully split it into five strands.

Xie Bi’an said, “The Corpse-Wrapping Array isn’t large. To ensure we can exit safely, everyone must tie a red thread around their wrist. When leaving, follow the direction of the thread back. Remember, no matter what happens, don’t remove the red thread. Getting lost in the array’s fog will be very troublesome.”

As he spoke, he twisted the ends of the five strands into one and handed it to Tian Nan Di Bei, who was staying outside.

Xie Bi’an said, “Tie the red thread securely, and don’t let it come loose.”

Tian Nan Di Bei transformed into human form, with the thin red thread already tied tightly around his wrist.

Sheng Feng led Xie Bi’an to the pupil of the giant eye on the ground. Xie Bi’an reached out with one hand, and a mourning staff appeared in his hand. He muttered some incantation, tapped the ground three times with the staff, and a crack opened in the pupil.

Without hesitation, Xie Bi’an jumped down.

Fan Wujiu said, “The Corpse-Wrapping Array passage closes in one minute. Jump quickly!”

The four of them jumped into the crack almost simultaneously. After about half a minute of free fall, Sheng Feng landed hard on the ground.

Surrounded by thick fog, it was hard to see anything except the ground beneath their feet. Only the red thread on their wrists provided some sense of direction.

Sheng Feng groped around, his arm touching a cold iron railing. He followed the railing slowly forward. In the extreme silence, he could hear his own heartbeat clearly.

After taking two or three steps, he felt the railing was strangely familiar. He moved a few steps to the right, got closer to the railing, and brushed away the fog with his hand. An iron railing came into view.

Wasn’t this the same as the railing in the school?

Suddenly, a pair of cold hands rested on Sheng Feng’s shoulders. He reacted almost instantly, swinging a punch backward, but it was caught firmly.

It was Fan Wujiu, still wearing his usual ferryman attire, with a soul-reaping rope tied around his waist.

Sheng Feng breathed a sigh of relief, relaxing his stance. He thought to himself, “Brother, you really scared me.”

Fan Wujiu asked, “Captain Sheng, have you seen my brother?”

Sheng Feng rolled his eyes internally, thinking that sometimes the rumors from the Underworld weren’t entirely false. He replied, “No, I haven’t seen him. This Corpse-Wrapping Array seems to have separated us with fog.”

Fan Wujiu was silent for a moment, then said, “Follow me.”

Sheng Feng had no choice but to follow Fan Wujiu through the thick fog. He didn’t know how Fan Wujiu remembered the way, but when Fan Wujiu stopped, Sheng Feng vaguely saw a classroom.

Through the glass window of the classroom, he could see a few students huddled in the corner.

Sheng Feng quickly ran to open the door, but it was locked from the inside. He knocked on the window and shouted, “We’re from National Security, here to rescue you. Open the door!”

The students seemed to be in varying degrees of shock, their faces pale, still huddled in the corner, not daring to move. Only a female teacher with disheveled hair slowly stood up from the ground, trembling as she asked, “Are you really here to save us?”

Sheng Feng took out his credentials from his jacket pocket and showed them to the teacher through the glass window.

The teacher, clearly slow to react, finally went to unlock the door after seeing the credentials. Her hands were shaking so much that it took two minutes to open a simple lock.

There was little fog in the classroom. Fan Wujiu consciously covered the soul-reaping rope at his waist with his robe. After entering with Sheng Feng, he gently closed the door.

Sheng Feng noticed that the classroom was much larger than he had imagined. What they saw through the glass window was just the tip of the iceberg. There were about fifty students in the classroom, along with two teachers.

The female teacher said, “Save… save the students first. Many of them are unconscious and won’t wake up no matter what we do!”

Fan Wujiu silently checked the pulse of all the unconscious students and whispered to Sheng Feng, “The Corpse-Wrapping Array absorbs yang to replenish yin. Their pulses are faint. We must get them out of the array immediately.”

Sheng Feng nodded in agreement and said to the teacher, “Please help organize the students. Have their classmates carry the unconscious ones. We’ll take fifty people out in two trips.”

The first trip was led by Fan Wujiu, with Sheng Feng at the rear to prevent any students from falling behind. They slowly followed the direction of the red thread. The Corpse-Wrapping Array wasn’t large, so as long as they followed the right direction, exiting was easy.

When they reached the crack, they found that Xie Bi’an and Wu Wenyan had already sent two groups out. The paper bride was helping at the end of the line, carrying people. Hundreds of students had safely exited the array.

However, Xie Bi’an’s brow remained furrowed. Sheng Feng couldn’t help but ask, “Did you find anything?”

Xie Bi’an shook his head, “No, we’ve found many people scattered in various classrooms. Getting over two thousand people out is just a matter of time. But the more it goes like this, the more uneasy I feel.”

Sheng Feng also felt something was off. First, the Heavenly Pivot Ghost Scroll was stolen, then the Ten Directions Eye appeared, and now the Corpse-Wrapping Array trapped living people. They thought they would confront the mastermind behind this, but so far, they hadn’t found a single person.

It was all too smooth.

Although he thought this way, these mysteries had to be set aside for now. The most important thing was to rescue all the teachers and students.

Since Xie Bi’an’s last classroom was farther away, Fan Wujiu switched places with Wu Wenyan. Wu Wenyan eagerly followed Sheng Feng to the nearby classroom for the second transfer.

The students were obedient, quietly lining up. Sheng Feng remained at the rear.

Sheng Feng was still a bit uneasy about Wu Wenyan, fearing he might forget the way and lead the entire group astray. But fortunately, with Xie Bi’an’s red thread, the general direction couldn’t be wrong.

The female teacher also followed at the rear, “Thank you so much for coming to save us. There was so much fog outside the classroom, we didn’t dare go out. We thought we would be buried here with the children.”

Sheng Feng was about to reply with a smile when a sound came from the thick fog beneath their feet.

Sheng Feng shouted, “Wu Wenyan!”

The line wasn’t long, so Wu Wenyan stopped immediately, and the whole group halted. The students looked at Sheng Feng in confusion, not knowing why he suddenly called a stop—they could already vaguely see the crack.

Wu Wenyan instinctively fell silent, listening intently. It was deathly quiet.

Wu Wenyan sighed in relief, “Boss, you’re too sensitive.”

Sheng Feng had clearly felt something brush past his feet, but now it was gone. Was he really just too tense?

Wu Wenyan continued leading the group forward. The female teacher poked Sheng Feng’s shoulder, pointing to a shadow on the ground, “What’s that?”

Sheng Feng turned to look. At the junction of the ground and fog, a small shadow curled up, very close to where they had walked. The shadow didn’t move, like a stone standing on the ground.

Where did a stone come from in a school building?

Suddenly, Sheng Feng saw the shadow move visibly. He reacted instantly, pushing the female teacher forward, and fell to the ground himself. A venomous snake with bared fangs lunged at the spot where the teacher had been standing.

“Wu Wenyan! Run!”

With Sheng Feng’s shout, the previously silent fog suddenly seemed to have its silencer removed. The hissing of snakes was right in their ears.

Wu Wenyan stepped aside to let the students run forward, forming hand seals and chanting incantations. In an instant, his sleeves fluttered, and a golden array appeared on the ground, flinging the swarming snakes and rodents away.

Sheng Feng was separated from the group by a few meters of snake waves. He pulled out a yellow talisman, recited a spell, and the light kept the snakes at bay.

He moved forward slowly, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure standing in the fog behind him. He immediately turned around.

There was indeed a person standing there, their face unclear, waving at him with a mocking tone, speaking in a sharp voice.

“Captain Sheng Feng, I’ve heard so much about you.”