Today I Became an Investigator

Name: Phantom Object - Quis's Touch

Elements: [Spirit], [Communication], [Transmission], [Corruption], [Crystallization]

Description: It is said to be an extension of the spirit of a Great Existence named Ques. It looks like just an ordinary mineral crystal, but it can transmit the spirit of its holder to other mineral crystals and spread it out, and control the spiritually sensitive life in the surrounding area.

Note: Its owner is still alive, so use with caution.

Name: Phantom Object - Ruijin's Eye

Elements: [Gem], [Domination], [Desire], [Twisting], [Blending]

Synopsis: The crystallization of a power shared with Feathered Serpent God, possessing a wondrous ability to control serpents. However, it should be noted that it seems to stimulate distorted desires within the wielder's mind and possesses the power to break free from certain constraints.

Note: Take it with you and create endless new races!

Observing the effects of the two Phantom Object discreetly, Feng Xue restrained her facial muscles from twitching. Although she knew very well that these were just Phantom Object formed from the power of supernatural Weird Tale and cognition, she could tell from their descriptions that the content of these things had exceeded the standard!

"This Weird Tale might be more complicated than I imagined. The fact that they can mass-produce such an ominous-looking thing is enough to say a lot."

Feng Xue muttered to herself. The two who had been talking finally turned their attention to her. The woman with the Ruijin's Eye reached out and stroked the blue Poisonous Snake coiled around her wrist, narrowing her eyes as she said:

"An unfamiliar face?"

Feng Xue frowned slightly and released a hint of Killing intent. Although it wasn't directed at anyone, the woman clearly felt the stiffness and unease of the small snake on her wrist. She immediately realized something and didn't speak again. The man with the Quis's Touch originally wanted to say something, but noticing the woman's abnormality, he didn't waste any words and instead turned his gaze to the man who had brought Feng Xue.

"This matter is very troublesome. Every additional person adds to our strength. I have already tested him; he is not a corruptor."

Then, the man turned to Feng Xue and said:

"We are all resident Dream Guardian of this city. You can call me Qing Jin. I have the ability to distinguish the corrupted. Her codename is Snake Pupil. She knows how to raise Poisonous Snake and is skilled in using poison. And..."

"Just call me Detective. I'm good at searching for items." The man who called himself Detective interrupted Qing Jin's introduction, stating his expertise. Feng Xue nodded and said calmly:

You can call me doctor.

"..."

The three people in the room fell into a brief silence. Although having a medical professional with them was undoubtedly a good thing in this line of work, the fact that this person hadn't even brought a first-aid kit made them wonder how useful he could really be.

However, having more people would at least share some of the pressure, so everyone refrained from further discussion. Qing Jin even stood up and waved, saying:

Anyway, come with me first.

As he spoke, Qing Jin strode past the bar, which was empty of any bottles of liquor, and went to the restroom on the side. As the door opened, a human silhouette made of white tape came into view. However, what caught the eye even more than this thing that was often seen in police and gangster movies was the bloodstains that were sprayed everywhere.

"The crime scene was poorly preserved." Snake Pupil glanced at the scene, which, apart from bloodstains, had almost no clues left, and even had many footprints left around it. He had a helpless look on his face, and it seemed that this situation was not uncommon.

Qing Jin also said helplessly:

"After all, that's how it is in dreams. Anyway, the dead come back to life the next day. Apart from losing a day's memory, there won't be 'any' problems. If it weren't for some lingering common sense from the Real World, the scene wouldn't even be sealed off."

"Never mind, it was somewhat expected anyway. I Think around for anything..." Before the detective could finish speaking, Feng Xue suddenly said:

"Something crawled out of the corpse. It wasn't very big, but it moved very fast. Although it's certain that it crawled out before the heart stopped beating, the person should have already been lying down when the wound appeared, and it came out from the front, roughly at the chest..."

"How did you know?" Seeing Feng Xue's expression as if she had witnessed it firsthand, the detective frowned slightly. Although he felt he could probably find out as well, he knew it wouldn't be this fast.

Feng Xue simply pointed to the bloodstains on the ground and said calmly:

"The blood is radioactive and there are no obvious missing parts except for the human-shaped outline. This means that there was nothing around the body to block the blood when it was sprayed out, which means that the murderer was not nearby. Judging from the amount of bleeding, a large amount of blood must have been sprayed out instantly, otherwise there should have been a pool of blood flowing out afterward around the person."

"For this to happen, almost all the blood must have been gushed out in an instant. So the target must have been moving very fast, and the victim's blood pressure must have been extremely high. Also, there were some fragments of internal organs mixed in with the blood that hadn't been removed. I found the stomach and lungs, as well as some gastric juice..."

"So it must have been made by something like Heart Devourer. Honestly, why would something that only appears in big cities come to a small place like this!"

Qing Jin rubbed his forehead, groaning. Feng Xue pretended not to notice his gagging and spread her hands in a tone that suggested he knew absolutely nothing about the Heart Devourer:

"Who could have known this would happen? I was just on a business trip, who would have thought I'd run into something like this? Never mind, do you guys have any leads? I'm not very good at tracking."

"Let me try." Snake Pupil gently stroked the ring inlaid with the Phantom Object disguised as Cat's Eye. The Poisonous Snake on her wrist slid down her arm to the ground, followed by a soft rustling sound.

Seeing this, the detective also activated his Phantom Object ability, spreading his Divine Power through the surrounding crystalline minerals.

The two were very restrained in their use of the Phantom Object, which made Feng Xue realize that they must be very aware of the side effects of using these Phantom Object. This made him wonder whether this was some kind of identification ability or some special mechanism in the dream.

However, just as Feng Xue was pondering, a sense of crisis suddenly surged into his heart. Without any hesitation, he jumped to the side, and immediately afterward, a tile smashed down on the spot where he had just been standing.

Feng Xue immediately looked up and saw the ghostly hand that had been perched on her shoulder now floating dejectedly on the ceiling. Needless to say, this was yet another failed assassination attempt.

Only...

"Why does Ghost Hand think this will kill me? Isn't this Dream World? Qing Jin said before that people who die will come back to life the next day, but they will have amnesia..."

Although she thought this way, Feng Xue also understood that it was not such a simple matter; otherwise, these people's investigation would have been meaningless.

So, is there really some kind of pitfall associated with death?

For example, will dying too many times in dreams lead to real death in reality?