My daughter has been possessed.

Chapter 37 Cognitive Disruption

Li Jiuhe glanced at the now quiet wooden sculpture of the fat man in the cloth bag.

He knew that this guy had been suppressed by the stone figure of the Morning Bell, but he didn't know what that thing was.

Reaching in and taking a look, I found that regardless of its weight or shape, it looked like an ordinary wood carving.

However, this thing is clearly not as simple as it seems.

The black motorcycle was no longer in sight. After all, this was a nearly straight road, and if the motorcycle were to go at full speed, even Li Jiuhe's current running speed would not be able to catch up.

Unexpectedly, Li Yi was actually cooperating with another Sequencer. After a moment's thought, Li Jiuhe returned to the rented room he had just left.

He quickly searched the place inside and out, but found no clues.

Li Yi and that guy named Wang Feng were only staying here temporarily; nothing else was left in this place.

During this process, Li Jiuhe also noticed the transparent Erqi Morning Bell that was always suspended not far above his head.

He couldn't help but ask, "What's your reason for following me?"

But no answer was received.

However, Li Jiuhe also knew from his connection with the morning bell that this thing had no ill intentions towards him and was just following him.

On the contrary, if the stone man hadn't shown his power just now, that strange fat wooden sculpture might have caused even more trouble.

He considered whether to continue resetting the mission until he captured Li Yi.

However, the situation they were encountering was quite strange. One was the eeriness of the morning bell at 27, and the other was the unusual nature of the wooden fat man.

The situation is unclear, and Li Jiuhe suspects that if the reset of the mission is not handled properly, the memory may be lost again.

I'm afraid I won't even be able to snag this pink cloth bag by then.

Most importantly, it's clear that Li Yi strongly resists being grabbed, to the point where she's ready to fight to the death at any moment.

Instead, Li Jiuhe only dared to deal with the man named Wang Feng, but dared not harm Li Yi's body.

Now that he has retrieved the purple watch, which is very important to Li Yi, she definitely won't go far. It's only a matter of time before he finds them.

After realizing this, Li Jiuhe gave up his plan to continue resetting the mission, quickly walked out of this urban-rural fringe area, and stood by the roadside to flag down a taxi.

This place is located on the outskirts of Wangchuan City, and it only takes 20 to 30 minutes to get back to the city.

The taxi quickly stopped at the entrance of the residential area. Li Jiuhe found that his phone was still working, and even the battery level was still the same as when he was sucked into the Morning Bell of the Second Seventh.

However, the phone was unusable in that alternate dimension; it couldn't even be turned on.

He also discovered that more than half a month had passed in the normal world since he was sucked into the Morning Bell.

The investigation into her daughter's whereabouts is still ongoing with no progress, and she hasn't been in contact with her company for a long time, nor has she requested leave. It seems she's likely to lose her job.

Besides, he had stolen the February 7th Morning Bell from the city museum, something that couldn't possibly go unnoticed by the investigation bureau.

Even if the investigation bureau isn't alerted, the police department will definitely take notice of me.

However, he could explain all of this to the Bureau of Investigation. First, he had to prove that he was different from what they thought and was not the kind of uncontrolled Sequence Person.

All of these things happened because he wanted to protect his daughter's safety.

After paying the fare and standing on the street, Li Jiuhe looked around and found nothing suspicious nearby.

He was puzzled, then picked up his pink cloth bag and walked into the residential area, heading towards his apartment building.

When I arrived on the third floor and was about to take out my key in front of the room, I heard footsteps behind me.

Turning his head, he saw that the stairwell door had been pushed open, and two strangers were blocking the way, looking at him warily.

At the same moment, the elevator that was just running was also suddenly powered off.

Li Jiuhe, unaware of the other party's identity, became wary.

Just then, the door to their house was suddenly opened, and investigator Xu Wei stood inside, a faint smile on her face: "You're finally back."

Li Jiuhe stared blankly at Xu Wei for a moment, then his expression became calm as he stepped into his home.

"You don't need to worry about how to get information out of me; I can tell you everything right now."

He knew that the theft of the February 7th Morning Bell at the museum must have alerted the Special Incident Investigation Bureau of Wangchuan City.

Xu Wei and her colleagues had been waiting at Li Jiuhe's house in shifts, and it was her turn to be on duty at this moment. Of course, there were other colleagues on duty in the community outside.

Xu Wei is the only one in the room now, but she has already notified her team leader, Chen Zhenghai.

"Thank you for your cooperation. We'll talk later. Our team leader is on his way." Xu Wei nodded and, taking the initiative, went to the water dispenser to pour Li Jiuhe a cup of hot water.

"How did you find out I was back?" Li Jiuhe asked, sitting on the sofa.

"From the moment you hailed the taxi," Xu Wei didn't hide anything, "the taxi's camera has a facial recognition system."

The living room door was open. After a while, a square-faced man in a trench coat strode into the house, his eyes immediately fixed on Li Jiuhe.

"Let me introduce you," Xu Wei said. "This is our team leader, Chen Zhenghai, and this is Li Jiuhe."

The two nodded, and Chen Zhenghai sat down opposite Li Jiuhe.

Li Jiuhe voiced his doubts: "I stole the 27th Morning Bell from the museum. That's a relic over a thousand years old. Aren't you going to arrest me?"

"If it were an ordinary person, they would have been arrested already," Xu Wei said. "But we guessed that you must have had a reason, and that the 27 Morning Bell was not an ordinary cultural relic. We only realized later that it was also a serial item."

Li Jiuhe nodded and began to recount his experiences over the past few days.

He didn't hide anything, and even told the two investigators that he suspected his daughter was a time traveler. All he did was to feign friendship with the time traveler pretending to be his daughter in order to find out where his real daughter was or even rescue her.

However, Li Jiuhe did not reveal that he possessed the powerful ability to reset tasks; he only said that he could define the things he was about to do as tasks.

During the mission, he possesses a powerful force similar to that of a game player facing an NPC.

Because his physical abilities have greatly improved in the space of the Morning Bell, this can be used to cover up the loopholes in his lie.

Neither of the investigators interrupted; they simply listened quietly as he finished recounting everything.

Xu Wei then asked, "So, you really killed our Investigation Bureau's fugitive, the one with a fear of food?"

Li Jiuhe nodded: "Yes, what I want to know is... will I be punished for this?"

Chen Zhenghai waved his hand: "You're overthinking it. The Terror Eater is extremely wicked; we'd be happy to imprison or kill him. It's just a pity that the Tongue of the Dead was taken by that person impersonating your daughter!"

He then stared at Li Jiuhe and said, word by word, "And I also want to know, how did you survive in the alternate dimension of the Morning Bell?"

"The specific process is very complicated. It involves deciphering the rules of the Morning Bell and then finding the key to open the passage." Li Jiuhe didn't go into details. "You just need to know that if I didn't have the ability to define missions, I would probably have died inside long ago."

"Then after you came out... what about the morning bell on the 27th?" Xu Wei asked, puzzled.

Li Jiuhe pointed to the top of their heads: "It's right there. It's invisible right now, and I think only I can see it. It's been like this ever since I came out, and I don't know why."

Chen Zhenghai and Xu Wei subconsciously looked up, but couldn't see anything.

"You mean it's invisible, and it's been hovering in the air the whole time?" Xu Wei asked in surprise.

Li Jiuhe nodded: "I don't know why either, but that's just how it is."

"It's been following you?" Chen Zhenghai realized the crux of the problem.

"Yes, no matter where I go, it's always at the same distance above my head," Li Jiuhe said.

Chen Zhenghai seemed to have thought of something, but he was clearly not sure yet, so he just lowered his head and didn't ask any more questions.

Xu Wei whispered to him, "Team Leader Chen, can I speak now?"

Chen Zhenghai nodded silently.

Xu Wei looked at Li Jiuhe with a serious expression and said, "What I'm about to say might be hard for you to accept right now, so please be prepared."

Li Jiuhe was taken aback, and a strange tension rose in his heart. He wondered what Xu Wei wanted to say, and then nodded.

Xu Wei cleared her throat: "It's like this, according to our investigation over this period of time, we found that you have been living alone since your wife died in a car accident, and you and your husband... do not have a daughter."