Chapter 132: Chapter 132
Chapter 132 - No Need, This One Will Go Meet Them!
In the underground parking garage, cars were parked in neat rows on both sides. A flickering incandescent light blinked on and off. The ground was covered with the residual marks of tires, and patches of peeling paint on the walls spoke of the passage of time.
Zhou Yan parked his car, locked the doors with his key, and then stylishly turned to leave.
But before he had taken more than a few steps, a black shadow flashed past behind him.
He sharply sensed something, quickly stopped, and looked around warily.
“Who's there? Is someone there?”
His voice fell, but the entire garage was dead silent, with no sound in response.
Zhou Yan's heart grew even more uneasy.
He was absolutely certain that something had just run past behind him!
If it were a cat or a dog, it wouldn't have stayed so quiet, especially after he had just shouted.
Just then, the flickering lights in the distance began to go out one by one, from far to near, until the light directly above his head also began to flicker. The air itself seemed to grow tense.
He had parked in this complex so many times, but this was the first time he had ever encountered a situation that seemed like it could only happen in a horror movie.
At this moment, he desperately wished someone else would come into the garage…
After flickering for a moment, the light above his head suddenly shattered with a pop, and the entire underground parking garage was plunged into darkness!
Zhou Yan could no longer suppress the fear in his heart. Without looking back, he took off running.
And the moment he started running, the sound of rapid footsteps came from behind him!
Someone was chasing him!
Zhou Yan ran for his life, shouting:
“I, Zhou Yan, have done good deeds and accumulated merit my whole life! Besides being a bit timid and lecherous, I've never done anything wicked! If you're here to claim a life, don't come for me!”
The moment he spoke, a black shadow appeared at his side in an instant!
Before he could react, a hand reached out from the darkness and struck him on the chest.
Zhou Yan was sent flying backwards and slammed heavily onto the ground.
His head hit the ground, and for a moment he felt dazed and couldn't get up. He could only vaguely see the figure of a woman in an ancient-style immortal dress walking slowly toward him out of the darkness.
Before he could get a clear look at the woman's face, he collapsed and passed out completely.
When he next woke up, clutching his head, everything but the clothes on his back—his wallet, phone, and everything else—had vanished.
If I'm not mistaken, I think I've just been robbed…?
Zhou Yan thought helplessly, rubbing his still-aching head.
When he got up and walked back to his car, preparing to drive to the police station, he felt his pocket and realized that his car keys had also been taken.
But the strange thing is, that person took his car keys but didn't take the car. Why...?
“What? You were robbed?”
“And it was in the underground garage here?”
At Lin Fan's apartment, Lin Fan and the others were shocked after hearing Zhou Yan recount his ordeal.
These days, it was rare to see someone so brazenly commit a robbery in an underground parking garage.
“I've already reported it to the police. The police said I'm not the first person to be robbed.”
“They said that recently, people have been reporting robberies all over the city. Some were only robbed of the food in their hands, while others, like me, had everything on them taken.”
“They told us it's best not to go out alone at night recently, to avoid being targeted by criminals.”
Zhou Yan said helplessly.
Never mind the country's population of over a billion; just in the Magic Capital, with its tens of millions of people, for him to be the one who got robbed was quite a rare occurrence.
He had always been very low-key. He usually spent his money on food, drinks, and entertainment, and he didn't wear gold or silver. Even his car was just a regular high-end model worth five or six hundred thousand, not some luxury sports car. How could he have been targeted!
He couldn't figure it out.
But robberies are inherently random. Maybe he was just unlucky today…
“So it's not the first incident…”
Lin Fan became pensive, keenly sensing that something was off.
Taking the car keys but not the car... if they were worried that driving the car would be too conspicuous and easy to spot, then why take the keys at all?
Also, taking a phone and wallet is probably for the money, but why rob someone of their food?
A normal person probably wouldn't risk committing a robbery just for a bite to eat, right?
If they were, just how hungry would they have to be...
I have a feeling there's something strange about all this!
“I'm heading back first. Lin Fan, you and sister-in-law should be extra careful when you go out recently.”
Zhou Yan added an extra reminder, then prepared to get up and leave.
Originally, he had just come over to Lin Fan's place to hang out since he had nothing to do. But in the end, he was first robbed, then went to the hospital, then to the police station to file a report. After that whole ordeal, the day was gone just like that.
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Lin Fan turned his head and instructed Longye at his side.
Without a word, Longye walked forward and picked Zhou Yan up with one hand as if he were a baby chick.
Zhou Yan didn't dare to move a muscle, silently allowing himself to be carried out of the residential complex.
Although this method of escorting someone is a bit unique, I have to admit, it really makes you feel safe…
“Longye, did you notice any suspicious people at the complex gate today?”
After Longye returned, Lin Fan looked up and asked.
Zhou Yan was robbed in their complex's underground garage. As the security guard, Longye was the most likely person to have seen anyone suspicious entering.
Longye thought back carefully for a moment, then slowly shook his head.
“Lord Demon Sovereign, during my shift, I did not see any suspicious individuals.”
“This person might have snuck into the complex after my shift ended.”
Did they deliberately avoid Longye's shift, or was it a coincidence…?
Lin Fan became pensive, and asked Meizhi and the others with a hint of doubt:
“Meizhi, besides the four of you, did anyone else follow you here?”
According to Zhou Yan, the robber was very fast; he was knocked out before he could even get a clear look.
Even the police haven't been able to track down who the suspect is.
He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he had a feeling the other party wasn't from this world...
The four of them looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
“Lord Demon Sovereign, besides the four of us, no one else followed.”
“Is that so? Then perhaps it was just an ordinary robbery after all.”
Hearing this, Lin Fan didn't think about it anymore, concluding it must have been his imagination.
The void tunnels weren't something just anyone could cross easily. With slightly weaker cultivation, one could be annihilated in an instant by the chaotic void.
In the Demon Realm, the cultivation and strength of the four of them were second only to him and the Two Guardians; they were considered among the top experts of the Immortal-Demon Continent. But even so, they had still consumed a massive amount of spiritual energy to cross the void tunnels, let alone anyone else.
“Lord Demon Sovereign, should I have this subordinate go and drag that person out?”
Longye's eyes hardened as he asked in a cold voice.
For someone to dare cause trouble on his turf while he was the security guard!
And they robbed Lord Demon Sovereign's friend, no less! This was a direct provocation against him!
“No need. This One will go meet them!”
Lin Fan raised a hand to stop the eager Longye and slowly stood up himself, his sharp gaze directed toward the balcony outside.
He usually didn't like to get involved in such matters, but since it happened in his own residential complex and it was his friend who was robbed, he had to take care of it!
If something happens again, it could affect the property values!