There are only two current tasks left.
One is to return these rescued children to the hands of their adults.
The other one is to investigate this assassination phenomenon and find more evidence and documents and how they did it..
The task of returning these children was given to Number Fourteen, and the task of investigation was assigned to No. 5 and No. 8.
No. 3, who is in charge, puts his hands in his pockets and stands nearby pretending to be cool.
My sister and Little Nineteen are responsible for playing.
Lu Xin was actually very curious about Number Fourteen's ability, because he asked No. 3 how they had always understood their situation and came to rescue him at the most critical moment. No. 3, who knew that talking less is cool, just nodded to Number Fourteen.
It means, Number Fourteen brought them here.
How to bring different people, who are not even in the same High Wall City, to oneself in deep danger in an instant?
With this expectation, Lu Xin looked at Number Fourteen, and then he saw him moving his fat body and walking to the group of confused and frightened children with a smile. Then, he suddenly made a face at them, which made a bunch of children cry. Only one child with half an apple in his hand looked at Number Fourteen blankly. Not only did he not cry, but he looked very happy.
So Number Fourteen snatched his apple, threw it into his mouth, and ate it all in two bites.
Then the child cried too.
Number Fourteen happily touched the heads of the crying children, walked to the side, searched on the ground for a long time, and picked up a slightly long stone slab with satisfaction. He found a gentle slope and sat down, with the stone slab lying across his knees.
Then, his fat fingers began to tap on it.
"What is he doing?"
Lu Xin, who had been observing carefully next to him, was slightly sluggish.
Number 3 on the side responded concisely, "He is sending emails to the relatives of these children."
"?"
Lu Xin looked at Number Fourteen's movements and posture and found that this seemed to be the case.
But the key is...
"What exactly is his ability?"
"..."
"Connect."
No. 3 glanced at Lu Xin and replied calmly, "This damn fat man can move between different mental powers, perceive their differences, and use his own abilities to bind different mental powers together to allow dialogue and perception between each other. For example, just now, he made these children cry just to make their mental powers fluctuate violently."
"We collect samples of their spiritual power when they are emotionally intense, and use this as the center to find those who are worried about them, and then let them realize spiritual connections. In this way, those adults will look for them all the way."
"..."
"It's so awesome..."
Listening to No. 3's explanation, Lu Xin sighed in admiration.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly looked at No. 3 and said, "What about you?"
Now he is indeed a little curious. What are the abilities of No. 3 and No. 5, as well as Number Twelve, which has not been found yet?
In his own memory, the children in the orphanage each have their own characteristics, but their abilities are not clear.
Just like No. 3 draping a dead pig on his body, making himself as handsome as if he were wearing a piece of clothing, or No. 5 binding himself to the body of an incredibly powerful man to gain powerful strength. These naturally seem unbelievable, but this is the ability they obtained from the power of "life", not their own ability.
Just like myself, my abilities come from the pollution of the Beginning.
But he himself is just an ordinary person.
"Heh..."
But after hearing Lu Xin's inquiry, No. 3 just laughed coldly and said, "There is nothing incompetent."
"It's just different curses..."
"..."
"No. 3 is really looking like a human being now, and he's getting excited..."
Lu Xin cursed No. 3 in his heart, thinking that they are all old classmates, why are they still putting up the air...
Suddenly he thought of something and hurriedly said to No. 3: "So, are you planning to return to Qinggang with me?"
No. 3 said calmly, "Of course, I said I would help you..."
As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Xin's watch.
Lu Xin hurriedly reminded, "Then you and Administrative Hall have asked for leave?"
"?"
No. 3 was stunned for a moment, with a dull expression on his cool face. "It's broken..."
"I only took leave from my wife..."
"..."
As he spoke, he hurriedly ran to the side, took out the latest satellite phone, and started dialing.
"Hey..."
Lu Xin wanted to remind him, but stopped.
It's the middle of the night now. If you wake up your boss from bed and ask for leave, how can you still get better?
But...
Forget it, don't remind him. A person as big as No. 3 wouldn't understand this, right?
Ha...
While Lu Xin was talking to No. 3, No. 5 and No. 8 were already inspecting and observing the area where Lu Xin was assassinated and the surrounding area of the forbidden area. Soon, No. 5 seemed to have discovered something and waved to Lu Xin from a distance.
"Hey, they found the secret they used against you."
Number 5 was controlling the strong man to cross his arms at this time, with a arrogant look on his face. "I told you, you Fifth Sister are now a professional. Now except for the top few in the world, almost no one can hide from me. Similarly, the new drug I want to develop must be the best. Number 9, you really don't consider investing billions in me?"
"Think again, think again..."
Lu Xin responded in a panic while squatting down to look at the fragments collected by No. 5.
At the same time, he asked casually, "No. 5, have you got your college diploma now?"
"..."
No. 5 was obviously stunned for a moment. "What the hell is that?"
Lu Xin felt relieved and began to study the pile of burnt things carefully.
What No. 5 found out from the ruins were some broken and twisted parts and fragments. They had been burned to change color and were even slightly distorted, but you could still see the fine lines and patterns of unknown purpose on them, like pieces of circuit boards.
"Let's put it together."
No. 5 stepped forward and leaned down. The strong man's fingers were thick but very dexterous.
The pieces were quickly swept together and then formed a circle.
Lu Xin looked at it again and was slightly startled. It can be seen that although all the fragments of parts cannot be completely spliced together, it can still be seen that the prototype should be a circle of metal rings with precision gears interlaced between them. Many complex circuits and chips are distributed in different positions, forming a complex structure nested in each other.
"This is..."
"Mysterious Power Composite Exchange Device..."
No. 5 looked deeply at these fragments, and there seemed to be a bit more mystery in his voice. "You can also understand it as..."
"A technological, high-precision altar to the gods."
As she said that, she raised her head and glanced at Lu Xin, and said, "Those who want your life used this exchange device to sacrifice the spiritual power of the creatures in the restricted area to the Beginning, and then exchanged the power of the Beginning, which affected you..."
"Altar?"
Lu Xin was startled by this word, and his expression was slightly surprised.
"Yes, it's the altar."
Number 5 looked like he had some knowledge of this type of thing, and whispered, "Long before Crimson Moon incident appeared, when the Beginning's eyes had just begun to be cast into reality, there were already many mysterious organizations that found and restored these different sacrificial methods from ancient documents to please the gods and exchange for the gods' power to realize their own goals and wishes..."
"Oh, there were even some mysterious organizations at that time. Because of the revival of the functions of these altars, they had ambitions to rule the world."
"But they also underestimated the strength of the researchers at the time."
"Their use of altars is undoubtedly crude and inefficient. At first, they were able to monopolize these mysterious powers because mainstream researchers dismissed their rituals. However, as more and more researchers turned their attention to these ancient altars and rituals, many of the principles inside began to be analyzed by them and new-style altars were created."
"Since then, more efficient and accurate rituals for the exchange of divine power have been studied and even reported."
"This report is the research and use report of God's power in the pre-civilization era."
"That is, the predecessor of 'Black Box Codex' which was popular in Land of Chaos."
"..."
Lu Xin listened carefully to No. 5's story, and immediately remembered his previous experience at Kindling City.
Kindling City, was making hell.
A considerable part of the power to create hell was taken from No. 2.
The principle is also exchange?
"The power of the Beginning is not so easy to exchange."
At this time, No. 5 sighed quietly and continued:
"All the top researchers and mysterious organizations understand this very well."
"The Beginning is sleeping in the abyss, but it is always active."
"No one can control the Beginning, except for the most arrogant people who mistakenly think they can. However, the power of the Beginning is not unusable. For example, part of its power can be fairly exchanged for one's own use through sacrifice."
"But this kind of thing is dangerous and can easily get out of control. Many people have died inexplicably."
"So, there have never been many people studying this kind of power."
"Those who are involved may even die faster."
"Especially Spades Office. As far as I know, they used to be extremely opposed to this kind of sacrifice."
"They will set up such an ambush for you this time, which shows that they are really anxious."
"..."
After listening to No. 5 talking about this, Lu Xin has already solved many doubts.
But at the same time, he suddenly became a little curious, and couldn't help but ask No. 5: "Why... do you know so much?"
"Because..."
A mysterious smile suddenly appeared on No. 5's face. "I have been studying these things."
"?"
Lu Xin couldn't help being surprised and looked at No. 5 with strange eyes.
Didn't she just say that she was mainly researching some kind of drug that has great significance and influence on this society?
"Besides, who do you think I learned these things from?"
When No. 5 said this, his tone suddenly became a little mysterious. He raised his head and glanced around, then glanced in the direction of Number Fourteen, and then suddenly lowered his voice and said to Lu Xin, "In order to kill you, Spades Office has blocked the possibility of outside eyes looking here. Now that this shielding is still there, I can tell you something about Old Director with confidence..."
As she spoke, her voice was slightly heavy and she said, "You asked me before about Old Director's crazy plan."
"I can only tell you some of the things I discovered..."
"Altar!"
"Old Director has been secretly building some kind of unprecedented huge altar for so many years..."
"Whether it's this one built by Spades Office, or the ones I researched."
"Compared with Old Director, they pale into insignificance."
"Spades Office sacrificed nothing but a small forbidden creature."
"Even if I research it, the upper limit is only theoretically enough to sacrifice a High Wall City..."
"..."
"Just... can you sacrifice a High Wall City or is it just 'just'?"
Lu Xin felt something in his heart. Looking at No. 5's depressed face, he felt slightly worried.
"And Old Director..."
"If I had to describe it, I would say that he created a..."
No. 5 looked at Lu Xin with faint eyes, and continued, "... something enough to sacrifice half the world."
"..."
"Uh-huh!"
Lu Xin's face couldn't help but change drastically.
He thought hard, but he couldn't imagine what it would be like to sacrifice half the world.
However, the unconcealed fear in No. 5 has also deeply affected him.
After a while, he managed to keep calm and said nervously, "So, what exactly does he want to do?"
The sacrifice is in exchange for the power of the Beginning.
In exchange for the power of the Beginning, it is also to achieve his own goal.
Then, Lu Xin couldn't help but wonder about this. Old Director spent a lifetime building such a thing.
To achieve what purpose?
"I don't know. Old Director is especially careful about this matter and doesn't want anyone to see it."
No. 5 shook his head and whispered, "During the time I followed him, I knew that besides building such an altar, he only cared about two things most. One was about you, and the other was very strange..."
After thinking about it carefully, she whispered, "It is an ultimate logical chain code-named 'Mobius'."
"An altar of life capable of sacrificing half the world..."
"The ultimate logic chain code-named 'Mobius'..."
"And my seven trials..."
Lu Xin couldn't help but become slightly excited.
It feels like I know a lot more about Old Director all of a sudden.
However, the fragments of information currently available to our eyes still don't seem to be enough for anyone to guess the purpose of Old Director.
What exactly does he want to do...
Thinking about this problem, Lu Xin's head couldn't help but feel a little swollen.
"That's Old Director after all. Who knows what's going on in his head?"
Having said this, No. 5 also sighed deeply, "If I have to say it, maybe only No. 7, who has been following Old Director, might know some secrets in this regard. I was too smart in front of Old Director, so he let me go very early. Although he didn't say anything threatening to me when we parted, I could feel the danger in his eyes."
But before he could say anything worried, No. 5 had already exhaled softly, his face slightly unnatural.
Beneath the calm surface that he tried to maintain, there was an unconcealable fear.
"Our Old Director is a kind of person who you can't describe to others..."
"I was following him, and I could feel that he seemed to have a kind of paranoia in his heart..."
She paused for a moment, as if thinking about what to say. After a while, she continued:
"Love it!"
"..."
"Yes, it's love."
Number 5 repeated it again, as if to make sure that what he described was correct.
"No. 9, I don't know what Old Director's final plan is, but I'm really scared..."
No one else saw them at this time, and the proud and indifferent expression on No. 5's face was gone. The skinny and delicate face that grew on the back of the rickety giant man had a trembling, slightly out-of-control expression of fear.
"Because he has a paranoid love for certain things, he is destined to be indifferent to other things and people."
"For example, we..."
"It's like being slaughtered, washed, and placed on the altar to be exchanged or something..."
"... Lamb!"
No. 5's sincere words suddenly gave Lu Xin a deep sense of horror.
He wanted to comfort No. 5, but when he opened his mouth, he found that his throat was dry and he couldn't speak.
The two people looked at each other and fell into a long silence.
It was okay not to talk about this topic, but now that they have talked about the purpose of Old Director, they all feel heavy in their hearts.
That's a very complicated feeling.
He clearly felt that there was some heavy danger approaching, right next to him.
But I couldn't see clearly what it was.
"I discovered something serious."
Just when the pressure reached its peak, No. 8 suddenly walked over with a serious look on his face.
Lu Xin and No. 5 were both slightly startled and quickly turned to look at him.
Just now, No. 5 was just checking the area where Lu Xin was affected, but No. 8 had taken the opportunity to check the entire restricted area. No. 5 had discovered such an important clue and analyzed the logic of Spades Office's assassination. So at this time, No. 8...
"Many protective measures around this restricted area are not in place."
No. 8 took out his notebook, which was full of dense things. He said with a serious expression, "I can confirm that there are at least several places where construction corners were cut, and the alarm facilities in several places are unreasonable..."
"The attitude is too careless. With such an attitude, how can we ensure that nothing happens in the restricted area?"
"..."
Lu Xin and No. 5 were stunned.
After a long time, Lu Xin murmured, "Then what are you going to do?"
"Of course I found the email addresses of Soda City Administrative Hall senior executives and reported them with their real names."
No. 8 said with a serious face, "How can you just sit idly by and ignore such a thing?"
Lu Xin and No. 5 suddenly felt helpless.
Number eight or number eight...
The role played by such a big person is not even as big as that of my sister and Little Nineteen.
At least they both managed not to cause any trouble...
Gududu...
Also at this time, the sound of anxious propeller rotation suddenly sounded in the distant sky.
Everyone was slightly nervous. They squinted their eyes and saw two helicopters coming quickly. When they got close, they started to descend and then stopped fifty meters away. Someone in the cabin rushed over quickly. They acted well and looked like they should be professional soldiers. Lu Xin saw their epaulettes and felt slightly relieved that they were all arranged by Qinggang.
"Mr. Single Soldier..."
The visitor was also a little anxious and called out his identity early, "I am the captain of the Qinggang secret security team, Zhou Quan."
"Excuse me... nothing happened to you?"
"..."
Lu Xin saw the anxious expressions on their faces and frowned slightly.
It can be seen that they are also nervous, and there are even traces of fighting on their bodies. They have been bandaged hastily, and you can smell the residual smell of gunpowder on their bodies. Although they don't know what happened, they vaguely understand the reason why they came.
"Nothing."
Lu Xin smiled, "I was almost killed."
"But fortunately, my classmates saved me."
"..."
These words made the security team leader so scared that he broke into cold sweat and his hands and feet became a little cramped.
"Mr. Single Soldier, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."
"We received false news. A major mistake was made in a link where there was no possibility of a problem. As a result, we were directed to other places. After a fierce battle, we escaped. The four team members have... Alas, no matter what, it is our work error. Mr. Shanshang, I dare not expect your understanding. This matter is really our problem."
In the process of saying this, his attitude gradually changed from anxious to helpless.
As a professional security guard, he naturally understands.
Even if people like myself were deliberately led to other places, major mistakes at work have already been made.
But when Lu Xin saw that he was so nervous, he was slightly startled and said with a smile, "It's okay, I don't blame you."
"Actually, I have some awareness myself..."
After a slight pause, he turned to No. 5, concentrating slightly, and his face had turned slightly gloomy.
It seemed like he was talking to the security team, but also like he was telling No. 5 and others:
"Although there is no evidence, the group of killers just seemed to know me a little too well."
"Moreover, there is really no limit to what they can do in this process."
"We have just made the biggest decision, so before doing these things, we must first make ourselves at ease."
"So, I think it's time to go back to Qinggang and investigate what's going on."
"..."
After a moment of silence, he whispered, "I need to understand what is going on."
"Fortunately, I was more rigorous in my work before and placed spies on the killer's side in advance to help me collect evidence."
"So..."
"..."
Speaking of this, Lu Xin's eyes showed a rare hint of determination and coldness:
"If someone really did this, he can definitely be found..."
The event ends today and I will fly back to Qingdao in the afternoon.
It's a pity that the eagle didn't come...