Gargoyle!

Two days later.

In a farm in Europe.

After arriving, Geng Jin and his team did not call the local government; they simply communicated verbally with the local police station before commencing their operation.

The reason why is that? It's all because of computers.

Because of the computer as a Containment Object, various countries were forced to adopt information abolition laws and issue verbal notifications.

Otherwise, the moment they discover a Containment Object and begin to act, the computer will know, and chaos will follow closely behind.

Therefore, there are only two most difficult aspects to eliminating chaos.

The spiritual symbol 009 must be removed first, followed by 020, the computer, the absolute ruler of the information age.

If either of these two cannot be eliminated, chaos cannot be completely eradicated.

Upon arriving at the farm, the three first went to the scene of the incident.

The scene was not cleared, and the bodies were preserved. Because of the onset of winter and the cold climate in Europe, the bodies did not decompose even after a week.

Yi Wood had forensic knowledge, came first to examine the body. "The body was cleanly severed, the cause of death was decapitation, and there were almost no signs of resistance. It was all a single fatal blow."

"The deceased did not show any signs of pain or fear before his death, as if he was unaware of his own demise."

"There are two possibilities: the other party has the ability to hypnotize or paralyze, so that the deceased is unaware of their own death."

"Or it could be some kind of rule-based ability that allows for forced decapitation within certain rules."

Geng Jin went to communicate with the local farmers, but his foreign language skills were not very good, and he could only communicate with difficulty.

However, with Truth Stone around, he didn't need to communicate with him in any special way; the other party only needed to shake his head or nod.

After some questioning, none of these people knew when the people in the farm died; they only knew that they all died at daybreak.

There are no surveillance cameras here, so there are no direct clues.

Next, the Nine-Tailed Fox investigators began to examine the local environment and the site.

"We found several sets of footprints of different sizes."

"Compared with the footprints of the deceased, all of the human footprints could be matched, but one larger footprint could not be matched with anyone."

"The soil here is quite hard, and the obvious footprints were all made in the snow, not in the soil."

"But this footprint went into the soil, which means that the owner of the footprint must have weighed in the ton."

"And the shape of this foot, to be honest, doesn't seem like something any animal or human could have stepped on."

"This is a creature that walks on its forefeet and lifts its hind feet, and it should have three relatively sharp toes."

"Judging from the size of the foot, it is clear that the other party is not a large creature, but some kind of small creature similar to a human."

"Can you trace the footprints?"

"These footprints are intermittent and sometimes appear in very far places. You can follow the footprints to find them, but it will definitely take time."

"Okay, then let's split up to save time."

Geng Jin suggested splitting up, but Yi Wood immediately said, "No, we don't know what the other side's abilities are yet, splitting up is too dangerous."

"If we had searched together, the other party would have disappeared long ago."

As he spoke, Geng Jin turned around and ran towards a footprint.

Ren Shui did not reply, but followed the direction of a footprint.

Yi Wood was immediately stumped. "Sigh... I knew it would be like this."

Night falls.

Following the footprints, Geng Jin arrived at a detached farm, which was surrounded by many cowsheds.

But strangely, the cowshed was filled with dismembered cattle.

The bits of meat were scattered irregularly on the ground. Geng Jin entered the farm owner's house, where the room was dark and without lights.

The house was a mess, as if bandits had invaded the village.

Several sections of the room's floor had collapsed, and the shape of these collapses matched the shape of the footprints he was tracking.

"Looks like we've found the right place."

Geng Jin went up to the second floor and saw two headless corpses lying there.

The two corpses, one male and one female, were likely over sixty years old.

After that, there was nothing else on the second floor.

However, the window on the second floor was broken. Geng Jin went to the window and looked down, and saw familiar footprints that stretched all the way to the warehouse in the distance.

Upon seeing this, Geng Jin sent a notification to Yi Wood and others.

"To conceal the wind and gather energy."

Yi Wood, who was leading the pursuit of Geng Metal, was taken aback upon receiving the message. "The C Cipher. It seems we've found our target."

Although there is a risk that sending messages may be intercepted by computers, some risks are unavoidable.

Just like in the age of information warfare, all countries have the means to intercept information. Does that mean you won't send any information?

Of course not, because the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Therefore, people in the information warfare era began to use cryptography and encrypted communication.

The Nine-Tailed Fox, on the other hand, devised a secret code for computers.

In other words, the code can be anything, but it must be in Chinese.

For example, the key to success lies in gathering and storing energy, eating and drinking well, and whether one succeeds or fails. This is the C Cipher.

It means to find the target.

Taking things one step at a time, acting on rumors, and refraining from taking action are the B Cipher.

It means to begin taking action.

There's also a general amnesty, which is D Cipher.

It means that containment was successful.

This is a very simple code. If the computer detects it, we will change the order and take the last digit and then the middle digit.

Or simply change the order of the ABC D Cipher.

After a short while, Yi Wood and the others arrived at Geng Jin's position.

They gathered in front of the warehouse door, where the footprints ended, and there were no signs of damage around the warehouse.

The warehouse doors were tightly shut, and blood was flowing out of the warehouse.

The group exchanged glances, put on night vision goggles, gas masks, and other equipment, simultaneously released the safety catches on their guns, and then kicked open the warehouse door!

Bump!

The gate was kicked open, and the warehouse was filled with countless mangled cattle and sheep carcasses.

Apart from that, there were no signs of life.

"No target found."

Geng Jin walked ahead, and a golden phantom appeared behind him. There was nothing unusual inside the warehouse, except for a statue.

"Statue?"

Deep inside the warehouse, there is a gargoyle statue.

The statue was entirely black, with a pair of black bat wings and claws covering its hands and feet.

Geng Jin came to the statue, which was covered in bloodstains, as if some kind of ritual had taken place.

"Does the local area have a custom of performing rituals like this?"

"No."

"Furthermore, I have never heard of anyone worshipping gargoyles. Gargoyles are a sculpting technique from ancient Greece and Rome."

"Its original meaning is similar to that of a door god or guardian deity, who can protect the people in the house from being attacked by demons."

"Gargoyles are usually standing on roof beams or carved on pillars, and are rarely seen as separate figures."

"Is it possible that this thing isn't a gargoyle, but a demon?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out. Gargoyles come in many forms, and the earliest ones resembled demons."

"Anyway, something's definitely not right about this thing being here. Maybe it's what we're looking for. Let's see if we can bring it back."