Chang'an, Battle Preparations

The area Macau is not large, and this incident has once again highlighted its convenience.

The local garrison quickly dispatched a portion of its troops to the scene, brought the situation under control, and then transported more than 500 people in batches to the military base for resettlement.

After all that work was done, it was only a little past three in the afternoon.

Fang Jun stood in the corridor outside the military base morgue, looking at the small window at the end of the corridor, where the bright afternoon sunlight shone through.

"Living openly under the sun, without thinking about anything, is already a kind of enjoyment. Why bother with so much scheming in secret?"

Fang Jun poured out a few pieces of chewing gum, threw them into his mouth, and chewed silently.

Doctor Jiang walked over from around the corner, her gaze falling on the chewing gum in his hand. "This doesn't seem to be the brand I recommended to you last time?"

Fang Jun laughed and said, "Your taste is too sweet."

Doctor Jiang reached out her hand, and Fang Jun poured a few pills for her as well.

"What flavor of chewing gum is this?"

Doctor Jiang chewed twice, then pursed his lips. "Why does it taste so much like... beer?"

Fang Jun said, "Yes, I rarely see beer-flavored gum, so I bought it specifically."

"If you're feeling down, just drink alcohol. Don't buy these weird-tasting, mixed-flavor stuff that will torture your mouth."

Doctor Jiang pulled out a tissue, spat out the chewing gum in his mouth, and his gaze swept over Fang Jun's face.

"Come over for a drink at my place in a few days, but unfortunately, I'm definitely busy today and tomorrow."

"You can go find your partner for a drinking contest first. I've heard about that Mr. Chu; with such amazing martial arts skills, his alcohol tolerance must be terrifying."

Fang Jun laughed, "From what I've observed, although he has some knowledge of medicinal wine, he doesn't actually enjoy drinking it; he only drinks a little."

"If you were to compete with him in drinking, he would probably prioritize various carbonated beverages."

A large group of people approached from around the corner, dressed similarly to Doctor Jiang, Shangdu carrying a suitcase.

"Oh, no wonder you ran over here first, team leader. So A Jun was over here."

A tall, burly male colleague made a joke, and then his burning gaze fell on the morgue.

"Those corpses tainted with the strong aura of the Spirit Realm must be in here."

They put on gloves and masks, opened the morgue door, and went inside.

The morgue was quite spacious, and inside were not only the corpses of Nie Longding, Xiahou Wei, and Mai Danhong, but also nearly twenty puppets with green wrists.

The purpose of Doctor Jiang and his team's trip was to find these people who had unfortunately been turned into combat puppets by the Spirit Realm impurities.

The group put down the boxes, clasped their hands together, and whispered a phrase in unison.

"I'm sorry."

They opened the box and took out a small, sophisticated instrument that resembled a compass but was entirely silver-white, with numerous symbols outlined in azure light.

Inside each box, there are numerous components, from which a pipe extends and connects to the center of the compass.

Doctor Jiang lifted the white sheet and saw the Scarface's corpse, then pressed the compass against the Scarface's forehead.

The assistant next to him tore open the vacuum packaging, took out a well-preserved green paper talisman with gold seal script, pasted it on the box, and chanted a spell in a deep voice.

A large amount of green, luminescent dust was drawn into a transparent pipe and flowed into a storage device inside the box.

The scene was like countless tiny fireflies dancing in the pipes.

The speed at which these Spirit Realm impurities are extracted also depends on the individual's abilities.

When Doctor Jiang had extracted samples from three corpses, the fastest member of the team hadn't even finished extracting the second corpse.

She was sweating and went out of the morgue to rest for a while.

Fang Jun had left sometime earlier and returned with a whole case of bottled water. He opened one bottle and handed it to her.

"Those five hundred-plus victims still harbor a great deal of resentment within them, and it's necessary to guide it out as soon as possible and store it elsewhere."

Fang Jun asked, "You're the team leader, why aren't you busy over there, but instead you're busy with these things?"

Doctor Jiang tilted his head back to drink water, then squeezed the bottle flat before letting out a sigh of relief. He said, "We barely have enough manpower over there, and only our group is currently proficient in operating these instruments, so we were naturally assigned here."

"Don't underestimate this matter. Our work this time is not the usual kind, just harmlessly disposing of corpses from ordinary Evil Spirit incidents."

Doctor Jiang turned his head to look at the morgue.

"After we conduct some preliminary research and report on the samples we just extracted, we'll send them by special plane to the mainland, directly to the headquarters in Chang'an Science and Technology Park."

Although the headquarters of the Special Investigation Bureau Special Investigation Bureau is in the capital, its most advanced scientific research capabilities are in Chang'an.

Of the eight judges with the highest internal authority, one was stationed in Chang'an year-round.

Fang Jun asked, "Is it going to be used to make some kind of magical artifact?"

"It's not a magical artifact, but it's definitely related to weapon crafting."

Doctor Jiang snapped his fingers. "As you know, electronic devices, and even the vast majority of firearms, cannot function effectively in the Overflow Zone."

"But this isn't because some Ghost God is deliberately suppressing human weapons; rather, it's due to environmental differences that modern weapons are ill-suited to their environment and prone to frequent malfunctions."

Malfunctions are not the worst thing; some early firearms became unusable after being soaked in water.

Identify the problem and improve it.

However, too many experiments are needed in the process of improving this problem.

The outbreak of the Overflow Zone is random, and people have no opportunity to conduct experiments, which is the biggest challenge.

"The emergence of Overflow Zone will be a global trend. Even if the Overflow Zone are broken, as more and more are broken, the overall environment will inevitably be affected sooner or later."

"If we wait until then, we'll naturally have a better environment to conduct the experiments, but if we really wait until then, it might be too late."

"Therefore, in Chang'an, they are attempting to artificially simulate the environment of the Overflow Zone and even the Spirit Realm, conducting experiments in an indoor simulated environment, striving to prepare a batch of weapons that can replace the old ones as soon as possible."

Fang Jun understood. "The materials you extracted are for simulating special environments?"

He sighed.

"Chang'an truly lives up to its reputation as a technological headquarters; their vision is far-sighted, they're already making preparations to this extent."

Doctor Jiang smiled, leaned closer to Fang Jun, and whispered, "Let me tell you, the hype surrounding this Spirit Realm weapon development project is currently only second in Chang'an."

Fang Jun didn't ask any further questions, but seemed lost in thought.

"Judging from these responses, it seems there's an element of going with the flow and making certain things public. Will this incident...?"

Doctor Jiang shook his head. "Things always progress through twists and turns."

"I think the higher-ups would rather go through roundabout ways, adding more work for their own people, and achieving some of their goals in an orderly manner, than drop a bombshell announcement at this juncture, providing concrete evidence of anything."

Sanatorium at the base.

Chu Tianshu sat on the tiled flowerbed in the yard, scrolling through his phone.

Wow!

He uttered an unintelligible exclamation.

The official spokesperson present at the time told the media that a criminal gang was conducting illegal chemical experiments and had also defrauded and abducted a large number of elderly people, which was somewhat plausible.

But why did the official account later release an article that solemnly stated it was due to weather conditions?

Chu Tianshu swiped twice more.

Okay, okay, these experts in the video must be working 24/7 to get to the live stream so quickly.

Weather conditions caused unusual fog, creating a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the building, which led to a collective bout of suffocation and illness among the elderly residents...

One explanation is the influence of warm, humid air currents over the sea, while another is the blame for the recent sharp drop in temperature.

Isn't this deliberately leading everyone to dig for the truth?

Chu Tianshu discovered that there were already many videos online, some taken by residents of nearby buildings at the time, and others filmed with cameras.

Someone even filmed the scene of two cars crashing through the gatekeeper's fence and entering the strange fog.

The fog was so dense, like a white curtain lifted from the ground; both its density and the speed at which it rose were supernatural.

Some of the people who left comments were genuinely analyzing the unusual aspects of the video.

Chu Tianshu also saw that some users who used the classic lotus flower as their profile picture directly used the term "Overflow Zone" and followed it with a long explanation.

You can find these kinds of customers by scrolling through different videos; their nicknames all seem quite quirky.

"My boss is an amazing singer." "That bald old man made me work overtime again..."

"Coach, I want to learn fortune telling." "Those secretly passionate, cold-faced, battle-crazed colleagues." "Serious people!!!"...

Chu Tianshu figured out a bit of the meaning.

"Could these people all be insiders?"

Chu Tianshu scrolled down the top comments, somewhat puzzled.

Below those comments, a ton of replies followed the same pattern, making it impossible to tell whether it was netizens spontaneously creating funny posts or something else entirely.

Most people were still joking about the inconsistent statements and performance of this makeshift team.

"Sigh, the reward money I gave for bringing Zhu Heng and the others to justice still hasn't gone through the proper procedures."

"I heard that with this Overflow Zone incident, a joint settlement will be required. I wonder if this will cause another delay of many days."

Chu Tianshu turned off his phone and rested his chin on his hand in thought.

From this perspective, at least the group in charge of bonuses is indeed quite a makeshift team.

Fortunately, the token indicated that he wouldn't need to travel within three days this time.

This time, after the Fortune " column is full, you will be forced to travel through time if you do not choose to do so after ten days.

I wonder if the buffer period after the Fortune column is full is different each time.

Or is it that ten days is in the home world, but only three days in another world?

"Speaking of which, although Nie Longding is quite strong, in terms of influence and such, he is far inferior to Brother Shanjun."

"The fact that we gained so much Fortune in this event shouldn't be because of him, right? Then could it be because of... the Longhua God?"

Chu Tianshu pondered, "To transform believers into jade-bodied Evil Spirit, immortal for hundreds of years, and even actively seek to maintain the ritual."

"In every respect, this God of Longhua is indeed far superior to the Five Rampancies worshipped by the old eunuch."

Although this thing isn't happening now, who knows what the future holds?

That's quite challenging.

Chu Tianshu summoned the token screen.

[Evil Spirit Material: Longhua Kidney Jade... Willow Spirit's Former Body...]

Jade-Bodied Infant): A highly accomplished cultivator of the Dragon Flower Dharma Lineage, whose soul was transformed into Evil Spirit, and whose body was turned into jade.

They do not need to breathe after birth; they survive solely on a sliver of spiritual light, remaining immortal for hundreds of years.

Its characteristics include a body like Ruyu, neither drinking nor eating, being Evil Spirit that requires incense offerings, and the ability to project its Mind Power outwards, interfering with the Mind Power Field.

Heroic Sword Soul: In life, he had many distracting thoughts; in death, he possessed only one sword. His worries transformed into heroic spirit, and his swordsmanship became serene and pure.

Its special ability is to possess a living person, causing them to become abnormally excited and possess advanced swordsmanship skills, which can only be obtained through physical or Mind Power exchange.

The Vicious Butcher: Gifted with extraordinary abilities, a descendant of the Yeti, addicted to killing, his weapons heal themselves, he becomes even more ferocious after death, and his savagery only intensifies.

Characteristics: Possesses the power of a living person, has the strength of a lion, greatly reduces pain sensation, and accelerates healing; requires the exchange of Mind Power or physical energy.

[Technique materials]

"The Record of Breaking into Shaolin": Pulling nine oxen backwards, supporting beams and replacing pillars, with courage like iron and bones like refined steel.

Within two hundred paces, he could defeat Shaolin with his bare hands.

"The previous Kidney Jade and Willow Spirit were already quite good, but these three Evil Spirit spirits seem to be even better!"

Chu Tianshu recalled that when he first performed the deduction, he felt that none of the Evil Spirit had much use.

That's completely different from now.

Let's flip a coin.

Choose the Heroic Sword Soul for the front, and the Vicious Butcher for the back.

If the coin lands upright, choose the Jade-Bodied Infant.

Chu Tianshu took out a coin and flicked it upwards with his thumb.

Bite!!

(End of this chapter)