Xitong just said that something was targeting her. If this was not her illusion, then this "thing" was very likely in the War God Castle.
Something that could scare Xitong would definitely not be an ordinary thing. It could be someone who hunts down evil spirits, or someone who is extremely obsessed with them like Moonlight.
Those people study the gods and evil spirits because of their persistence, and they may have mastered the skills or means to discover them.
It is very likely that they regarded Xitong as a divine evil. If this is the case, things will become quite troublesome.
But no matter how troublesome it was, Tianyang had no intention of avoiding it. From the moment he picked up the little guy, he was already prepared.
Be prepared to make enemies with certain people.
He established power in the Western Continent and strengthened himself so that he could protect the people around him.
Otherwise, he might have taken a different path.
... ...
After hearing Tianyang's words, everyone in the hall fell into deep thought, and then responded one by one.
Xun shook his head and said, "I've been staying in the laboratory or in the manor. I haven't heard of anything special happening in the fortress recently."
The little bird raised his hand and said, "I heard that some time ago, the evil spirits gathered in the evil spirits' lair and attacked the defense line of the forward base."
Divine evil
Tianyang looked at her: "When did it happen?"
Xiaoniao bit her thumb lightly, showing a thoughtful expression: "I just heard about it these few days, but the evil incident happened more than half a month ago. Oh, right. I remember it, it seems to be the night you came back last time."
"The night I came back?" Tianyang frowned, but had no clue except for some coincidences in time.
He asked again: "What happened next?"
"Of course it was stopped by the base. I heard that similar things happen occasionally. It shouldn't be considered a special incident." Xiaoniao responded.
"Okay, I understand." Tianyang remembered this matter and planned to visit his secretary Lu An later to ask him for the details.
Even though it was not a special incident, Tianyang did not dare to take it lightly because Xitong also had the blood of the evil spirit. He was worried that Xitong's blood of the evil spirit would attract the attention of some beings, and a riot of the evil spirit would occur.
At this time, the housekeeper Huaying raised her hand: "Um, Mr. Tianyang..."
This action of hers not only attracted Tianyang's attention, but also attracted the attention of others. Being stared at by so many people, Huaying took a step back in fear.
Tianyang smiled and said, "What's the matter?"
The girl holding an electronic board whispered: "There was a serial murder case in the fortress recently..."
As she was talking, the girl felt that it was not credible. Which city does not have one or two similar incidents? Take the Scrap City for example, people are murdered there almost every day.
She felt foolish for taking such an incident seriously.
"Anyway, it's not a big deal. I was just talking too much." Huaying said in a low voice.
Unexpectedly, Tian Yang asked: "Serial killings? What exactly is it?"
Huaying was startled. Unexpectedly, Tianyang seemed quite interested, so she whispered, "Someone has been killed in the fortress almost every day recently. The murderer has not been caught yet, and the identities of the deceased are varied."
"There were homeless people, bartenders, ordinary residents, and soldiers on leave."
“The deaths of the deceased were not
The fortress did not disclose the details of the incident, but only asked residents to avoid going out alone at night.
Tian Yang narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "When did the first murder happen?"
Huaying was stunned for a moment, then turned on the electronic board in her hand: "Let me check it out."
She logged onto the public network of the Ares Castle, found the fortress broadcast section, searched for "serial murders", and immediately obtained a lot of information.
The girl swiped her fingers and said after a moment, "I found out. The first murder happened 15 days ago, the night after you left Ares Castle."
Tian Yang stood up suddenly: "I'm going out for a while, you don't have to wait for me to come back for lunch."
He looked at Wang Lingjun and said, "I may not be back until the evening. Mr. Wang, please keep an eye on the manor for me while I'm away."
Wang Lingjun said solemnly: "Wang will definitely fulfill your mission!"
Tianyang rubbed Xitong's little head again before leaving.
Sitting on the magnetic energy car, Tianyang recalled the information he had just obtained and sorted it out.
The night he returned from the East Continent, a riot broke out; and the night after he returned to the Wasteland City, a serial murder case occurred in the War God Castle.
Both of these things happened recently, and now, Xitong felt scared and sensed that something was targeting her.
With the time being so close, it was hard for Tianyang not to connect them together.
He took out the communicator and sent a communication request. After a moment, the communication was established. Tianyang took the communicator and said, "Secretary Lu An, this is Tianyang..."
noon.
Homeless camping area.
There was a corner that was blocked off, a cordon was put up, and the fortress's defense team blocked off the area.
At this time, a magnetic energy vehicle arrived and stopped outside the blockade area. The door opened and Tianyang and Lu An got out of the car.
"This is the location of the latest serial murder. The city defense team just received a report. The deceased is a homeless man named Napas, 54 years old..."
Lu An briefly explained the situation, then took out his ID and allowed Tianyang and himself to pass.
When they entered the tent, a strong smell of blood rushed in front of them. Tianyang was fine, but Lu An's face suddenly became ugly. Seeing the half-coagulated blood plasma in the tent, the secretary of the security minister could not help it anymore, and hurriedly turned around and left the tent and vomited outside.
Tianyang covered his nose with his sleeve and observed the tent, feeling that there was an unusual residual energy here.
He immediately used the word "Full", and the star essence spread out layer by layer, covering the entire tent, leaving no space at all.
In this state, Tianyang's perception became sharp and he immediately realized where the abnormal energy came from.
He found a few shallow scratches on the ground in the corner of the tent, as if they were lightly scratched by fingers, and a thin layer of ice remained on the surface of those scratches.
"Is this... elemental energy?" Tianyang frowned, his worries deepening.
The 'Heart of Elements' can transform star essence into elemental energies of different properties, but in addition to the Heart of Elements, Tianyang knows that there is another kind of life that can manipulate elemental energy.
"Evil God..." Tianyang retracted his star energy and walked out of the tent.
Lu An, wiping his mouth with a handkerchief, came over and handed him an electronic board: "This is the scene of the incident. You take a look. I won't look at it anymore. I have nothing to spit out.
..”
Tianyang looked at him sympathetically, took the electronic board and looked at it. On the screen was a bloody picture. Thighs, calves, bones, arms, eyeballs, intestines were scattered on the floor of the tent...
According to Tianyang's experience, if these things were pieced together, they would still not be able to piece together a complete corpse.
"A large part of the body is missing." Lu An took a deep breath and said, "I just checked with the city defense forces in charge of this case. In the previous incidents, the bodies of the deceased were all in a mutilated state. Part of their bodies disappeared and could not be found again. I don't know where they went..."
Probably in the belly of some evil creature.
Tianyang returned the electronic board to Lu An and asked, "Can you tell me the location information of the previous incidents?"
Lu An nodded: "Wait a moment."
He walked away for a while, and when he came back, he had another electronic board in his hand.
The secretary of the Minister of Security handed the electronic board to Tianyang: "I have asked them to mark the location on the map. This bastard commits crimes everywhere without any pattern..."
Tianyang took the electronic board. On the screen was a floor plan of the War God's Castle with seven or eight red dots on it.
These red dots represent the scene of each murder. From the map, the red dots cover almost the entire War God Castle.
Now, only the area where Jinxi Manor is located is still blank.
"It's not completely without pattern..." Tianyang said in a voice that only he could hear. Judging from the red dots on the map, that thing seemed to be committing crimes everywhere, but it was also possible that it was looking for Xitong!
"Thank you very much, Secretary Lu An. I have no other questions." Tian Yang handed the electronic board to Lu An.
Lu An took it and asked doubtfully: "Mr. Tianyang is interested in this incident?"
"There is one thing. I'm just worried that it may threaten the manor, so I want to find out a little bit." Tianyang was not ready to reveal his guess to Lu An, for fear of revealing the relationship between Xitong and Shennie.
Lu An did not doubt it and said with a smile: "Although the murderer is very evil, you don't have to worry about the safety of the manor. During this period of time, I will let the city defense army strengthen patrols in the area near the manor."
"Thank you for your help."
In the blink of an eye, it was night.
Because of the recent serial murders, there are noticeably fewer pedestrians on the streets of the fortress at night.
Despite many calls from the government to avoid going out alone, some people are still unable to go out with others for one reason or another.
Tang Nisa is one of them.
She works in a bar and uses her salary to support herself and her daughter. Every night, she waits until her daughter goes to bed before leaving home and going to the bar where she works alone.
Today is no exception.
But tonight, Tang Nisha carried a pistol in her handbag, which she got after asking her friends for help.
Holding her handbag, Tang Nisha kissed her sleeping daughter on the face and walked out of the house.
At night, the temperature outside was cold, and Tang Nisha couldn't help but tighten her coat, trying to wrap herself tightly to avoid catching a cold and getting sick.
She walked through the streets and saw the bar in sight, but as she passed an alley, a hand stretched out from the alley, accurately pinched Tang Nisha's neck, squeezed the air out of her lungs, made her unable to speak, and pulled her into the alley!
PS: Thanks to ssssdragon, Gray Prayer and other classmates for their support~