Yu Feng and Ren Tianqing also left.
Although what Yu Feng said to me before leaving was a bit inexplicable, I didn't think too deeply about it. Similar words were said by Li Binning.
The strategy of the Detective Hand towards us is probably like this: not to confront us head-on, but to embarrass us at every turn; not to touch the official bottom line, but to make us unable to do anything.
Chen Wen merged the action team and the research institute into the Mythology Research Institute. We are still a special operations team, but we are just affiliated with the research institute. Mother Fox is the team leader and I am the deputy. I don't really feel anything about this. I have no idea how to deal with the major and minor affairs of the action team, so I might as well concentrate on exploring the restricted area of mythology.
To my surprise, Suixin also joined the institute and trained with us for half a year.
After half a year of leisure, Ye Xun and I couldn't sit still anymore, thinking about what tasks to do every day.
Before the two of us had chosen the task, Mother Fox called us into the conference room: "There's something going on over there with the Detective Hand."
"What do you mean?" I was confused by Mother Fox. What does it have to do with us whether the God-Detecting Hand moves or not
Mother Fox took out a gold-plated invitation and slapped it on the table: "The Detective Hand actually sent out an invitation to invite the institute to participate in their heaven-level mission. Moreover, they sent out five invitations in a row within half a year. They are provoking! "
Mother Fox said: "Chen Wen has already said that it is not our style to give in blindly. If the detective hand dares to stumble us, we have to slap them hard. This time your task is to slap them hard. Face."
Ye Xun and I looked at each other before saying, "What is the Detective Hand going to do this time?"
Mother Fox said: "The Detective felt that he had lost face during his trip to Miao territory. He wanted to save face, but did not want to release the real mythical restricted area, so he came up with a nondescript mission to challenge us. This mission is called 'Eternal Beauty' '."
Mother Fox explained: "The task of Eternal Beauty is difficult to say, easy to say. To put it simply, it is to explore the last whereabouts of many peerless beauties in history."
"Let's use an analogy! Let's take the four beauties Chen Yu Luoyan and Guanyue Xianghua. Except for Luoyan Wang Zhaojun, there are different opinions on the final whereabouts of the other three beauties."
"According to official history, Concubine Yang was given the gift of death at Maweipo; and according to legend, Concubine Yang accompanied the Tang envoy to East Asia."
"After the fall of the Wu Kingdom, it is unclear whether Xi Shi followed Fan Li on a boat in Taihu Lake and disappeared, or whether he was sunk to the bottom of the river by the King of Yue and died."
"There are also different opinions on whether Diao Chan died in the hands of Guan Yu, or was taken in by Cao Cao at the Tongque Tower, or whether there was no such person as Diao Chan in the world."
Mother Fox paused slightly and said: "These are just a few representatives of the beauties of the ages. There are many beauties who have also disappeared in history. Finding them can be said to be like finding a needle in a haystack."
I couldn't help but say after hearing this: "The Detective is so full, right? Why do you have to find those beauties?"
"No!" Mother Fox shook her head. "Once something that seems accidental happens repeatedly over thousands of years, it is no longer just a coincidence. There may be things behind the legend that you can't imagine."
"As far as I know, at first, the task of releasing the eternal beauty was done with some enthusiasm. However, four consecutive batches of detectives mysteriously disappeared during the mission, which aroused the concern of the top management of the Detective. Notice."
"In other words, Eternal Beauty is a mission that is accumulated by the lives of the Detective Hand. Do you still think that the Detective Hand is unnecessary?"
"Hiss—" I couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, "What level of characters are the people whose detective hands were broken?"
Mother Fox said sternly: "None of the top twenty figures on the list of gods of the previous generation survived."
Ye Xun and I looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes - among the top twenty people on the list of gods, there are many masters at the master level, and even none of them survived. This shows that this "eternal beauty" is not as simple as we imagined. .
The fox mother said: "This is the reason why I never wanted to take the move. But the detective hand is pressing harder and harder, and I don't want to take the move anymore."
Mother Fox's words were an understatement, but I'm sure there must have been a game between Mother Fox and the Detective. She had no choice but to accept the other party's challenge.
In this mission, we can only win but not lose.
I was silent for a while and then said: "Mother Fox, do you have any clues about this mission?"
Mother Fox shook her head and said: "The difficulty of the task of Eternal Beauty lies in the clues. This task seems to have countless clues, but every clue is specious. It means that someone deliberately used legends to erase the traces of the stunning beauty. The clues are up to you. Find it yourself.”
Douduo interjected: "What about the detective hand? Can't you find any clues?"
Douduo's meaning is very simple - someone as smart as Mother Fox will definitely put an insider in Tanshen's hands.
Mother Fox shook her head and said: "The information about Qiangu Beauty has been sealed by the Detective Hand for many years. Now I have rashly activated the insider. Not only will I not be able to get the information, but the identity of the insider may also be exposed. The gain outweighs the loss."
I said solemnly: "Then don't touch the inside line."
Doudu slapped his thigh and said: "We can't find the information, we can find someone! We can just follow the Detective Hand. How can the movements of the Detective Hand escape Mi Mu's fox eyes?"
Mother Fox rolled her eyes at Doudu: "What's going on in your head? If we follow the Detective, it means we are one step behind them in everything. Even if you eat shit, you won't be able to grab the hot one. Besides, the Detective is not a fool. How many men will we lose if they set a trap for you?"
Douduzui said sternly: "This won't work, that won't work either, what do you think we should do? We can't just shout in the streets, right?"
"Shut your mouth first!" Mother Fox was furious, and Doudou suddenly became weak.
Ye Xun opened his mouth and said, "What level of person is the detective sent out this time?"
Mother Fox said in a deep voice: "Among the younger generation, the only ones who can compete with you are Tanshen Sixiu and Yu Feng."
"Except for Liehuo, all the four shows of Detective God fell into your hands. Yu Feng will not take action this time. I estimate that Detective God Hand will lower some people down in rank and bring them out to compete with you."
Mother Fox sneered and said: "With the face of Detective God's hand, he might turn the top twenty or even top ten people on the list of detectives into juniors of the sect. You should be careful."
Doudu directly caught the flaw in Mother Fox's words: "Why doesn't Yu Feng participate?"
"Women are not allowed to participate in the mission of the eternal beauty." Fox Mother said, "This is the rule left by the Detective Hand. As for why, I don't know very well."
I knocked on the table and said, "Will the Demon Sect and Wugui Sect intervene?"
Mother Fox shook her head and said: "Currently, neither the Demon Sect nor the Wugui Sect are interested in the matter of Qiangu Beauty. Those two sects are both profitless and can't afford to be early. They won't do anything casually before they determine the value of the restricted area. Invest manpower and material resources.”
I rubbed my brows and said, "So, we have no clues at all? Wait until I go back to check the information."
"Actually..." Mother Fox said tentatively, "There is a person who should be able to hold clues to the eternal beauty. However, it is very dangerous to cooperate with him."
"Who?" My eyes suddenly lit up.
"Lan Moying." Mother Fox said solemnly after saying three words, "Lan Moying has specialized in studying the mission of Eternal Beauty, and even came into contact with the top ten detectives who died during the mission. If you can find him, say Maybe we can get clues.”
Doudu couldn't help but said: "That old white-faced guy Lan Moying is so good at this. He is thinking about an old lady who is more than a thousand years older than him? Is this really a big deal?"
"Go away!" Mother Fox scolded Doudu before saying to me, "I have already obtained Lan Moying's contact information from Bao'er, but you have to make this call. Lan Moying owes you a favor."
In fact, I also know that Lan Moying deliberately kept Lan Baoer. One reason was to repay the favor he owed me last time, and the other reason was to protect Lan Baoer's safety.
From the bottom of my heart, I don’t want to have anything to do with Lan Moying. This guy always gives people a feeling that it is difficult to distinguish between reality and reality, and he has a very high IQ. If you are involved with him too much, it is easy to suffer losses unknowingly.
However, things have reached this stage, and I can't help but not contact Lan Moying.
I took the phone and called Lan Moying. The other party picked up the phone quickly. After the two of us exchanged greetings, I explained the matter again.
Lan Moying was silent on the other end of the phone for a while, and then said in a very serious tone: "To be honest, I have indeed collected information on Qiangu Beauty, but I suggest you not to read it. All the information in my hand is all kinds of information. Fragments cannot form a chain of clues. If you read too much, it will affect your thinking. Therefore, I suggest you find the information yourself."
"Sorry to trouble you." I said and wanted to hang up the phone - Lan Moying didn't want to help, and I wasn't in the mood to argue with him.
Before I could hang up, Lan Moying said: "What I can tell you are only a few things that all the beauties of the ages have in common."
"First, each of the Qiangu Beauty is involved in dynastic disputes, and is closely related to the emperors and overlords. In a sense, they are even involved in dynastic changes. If you want to find clues, start from this aspect."
"Second, don't just focus on the four beauties. They are just a few representative figures of beauty through the ages. There are many people in very similar situations to them, such as the four beauties."
"Third, every legend of a stunning beauty has been tampered with countless times. If you want to find a beauty, you have to decipher the legend. And..."
Lan Moying hesitated and said, "I suggest you bring a woman into this mission."
"Huh?" I couldn't help being stunned when I heard this, "As far as I know, the Detective Hand prohibits women from participating in the Beauty of the Ages. Are you asking me to do the opposite?"
Lan Moying said: "I came into contact with the Ten Masters of the Detective. The record of the Detective is that they all fell into the mission of Eternal Beauty and do not know whether they live or die. But..."