On November 22, at 5:32 in the morning, Tianhe Road, Lianjiang City.
Because winter is approaching, the days are short and the nights are long, the sky is still pitch black, clouded by light pollution. Naturally, even the stars in the night sky are stingy to show the creatures on the ground, but today is sixteen, and the moon is still bright.
The ten lanes of Tianqing Road have now been cut off by huge cracks, and even the fully enclosed brt bus platform has been smashed in half. The traffic police team has been dispatched urgently, and has completed pre-deviation arrangements on nearby roads to prepare for morning peak vehicles.
Tianhe Road is undoubtedly an important traffic artery. Tianhe District is the commercial district of Lianjiang. I don’t know how many people flocked to work in Tianhe District from various districts in Lianjiang. Now Tianhe Road has collapsed, and the subway line 3 below has collapsed If there is an emergency shutdown, the traffic will be greatly affected.
But these things are not the turn of the Deputy Director of the Countermeasures Bureau to worry about. Yu Kuangtu glanced at the monk construction team working overtime under the spotlight to repair the cracks in the ground, and turned his head to look at the huge footprints on the asphalt road in front of him.
The huge footprints are very close to the crack in the ground, only about ten meters away. The footprints are very large, enough for two or three adults to lie down in, about the depth of a palm. According to rough estimates, the weight of a creature that can make footprints of this depth on the asphalt road should be calculated in tons...
Li Dan was stroking the dirt in the footprints for almost two hours. He let out a breath slowly, stood up and said to Yu Kuangtu, "This is the footsteps stepped on by the source of the chaos."
Yu Kuangtu: "...you can only come up with this nonsense in two hours?"
Li Dan: "The source of this disaster is caused by the existence of the crack in the earth."
Yu Kuangtu: "Who doesn't know? The speeding surveillance cameras have already captured the whole process of the birth of the source of chaos."
Li Dan glanced at him, with no emotion in his decadent black eyes, and said lightly: "I am good at tracking, not reasoning... Three days ago, this job should have been handed over to another deputy director. .”
Yu Kuangtu was at a loss for words. In fact, Qiao Muyi was able to be promoted to deputy director not only because of her strength, but also because her work efficiency was far better than that of other teams during her tenure as captain. The rate is the lowest in the world, but the money and holidays are the most.
Qiao Muyi choked her subordinates to death with poisoned chicken soup every day, and she could still live such a happy life, making the team members enjoy her leadership happily and happily, which naturally had very real benefits.
Yu Kuangtu sighed: "Can you confirm who made the move?"
"It's an aspirant from the Immortal Palace." Li Dan said: "Although the surveillance camera only captured her startled side, and she changed clothes, her specific appearance and walking style did not change. It is true that she spent 7 minutes and 32 In a matter of seconds, the huge source of chaos that appears here will be completely killed."
A shadow cast over Yu Kuangtu's face. The power of the aspirant in Asgard Palace had already been known in "Fate Live". She was able to hang from a height of 10,000 meters to beat the lazy source of disaster, and her strength was far beyond that of an ordinary fourth-rank monk, but it took more than 7 minutes to come here and fight such a source of chaos
If there were no aspirants from Asgard Palace, but waiting for the Countermeasures Bureau, the Yangtze River Troops and the army to come and suppress them, how much time would it take and how much damage would it cause
Yu Kuangtu glanced at the high-rise buildings next to the structures on both sides of Tianhe Road, and the source of the disaster was a full 178 meters high, and the tonnage was hard to estimate. When they come to kill the source of the disaster, the source of the disaster may have completely flattened the surrounding area, and the bustling area on Tianhe Road will also be turned into history, and there may be tens of thousands of casualties...
It wasn't until this time that Yu Kuangtu felt a bit of fear: They actually missed the worst disaster in the history of Lianjiang City!
Generally speaking, most of the areas with a high concentration of population are extremely safe and disaster-free places. The site selection of important core cities in major countries will refer to the disaster records over the years, such as areas where earthquakes, floods, and tsunamis are theoretically possible. Basically, there is no chance of tilting national resources unless there is no choice like Fanying.
Therefore, major cities in the world rarely suffer from large-scale disasters. Even if the population density is as high as canned sardines, they will only suffer from man-made disasters, and rarely cause major casualties due to natural disasters.
But the existence of the source of disaster makes all cities with unique geographical location dangerous.
"I found it! In the subway lane, the road towards the center of Tianhe! It's in the right direction!"
A voice of surprise came from the walkie-talkie, and Yu Kuangtu and others immediately jumped from the crack when they heard the news. The head of the monk construction team spat: "Hurry up, everyone, seal the hole!"
The inside of the subway was a long way from the ground, and the monks used the stratum rocks to slow down and landed in the subway smoothly. They walked down the subway platform and saw that the glass doors of the platform and the lanes on both sides had been opened. They identified the direction, walked into the lane where the next stop was 'Tianhe Center', and sprinted forward along the train tracks.
Two minutes later, they saw the elliptical circle of light illuminated by the flashlight in the distance, surrounded by several countermeasure monks in black vests. As Yu Kuangtu approached, he heard a magnetic bass voice speaking: "...there is no obvious trauma on the body, the appearance is haggard, but the teeth are very neat and beautiful, the hair is only pale at the bottom, and the tip is still very young and black, He should be casting spells by burning life energy..."
A dead body of an old man in his 70s or 80s was sitting on the driveway. His hair was gray at the bottom. He was wearing a red and white plaid long-sleeved shirt and jeans. The shoes were Adidas' ultraboost series. There was also a full-screen mobile phone on the ground.
Yu Kuangtu's first feeling when he saw this corpse was that it was awkward: the clothing and shoes indicated that this person should be a young man who likes to run, but his appearance is that of an old man who is very old and can be regarded as happy and mourning...
If he didn't know that he must have been made into this appearance by extraordinary power, maybe Yu Kuangtu would have thought he was a programmer in his thirties with a hot liver.
At this time, he found that the person squatting in front of the corpse was not a monk from the Countermeasures Bureau at all, but a blond man in a white windbreaker!
Yu Kuangtu's face darkened, and he came over and shouted loudly: "Why do you let foreign friends come to such a dangerous place!?"
The blond man turned his head and saw him, immediately stood up and wiped his palms, curled his blond hair around his ears with his fingers in embarrassment, and said to Yu Kuangtu in correct Mandarin, "Sorry, I asked for it." , has nothing to do with anyone else."
"Deputy Director, I brought him down." A female countermeasure cultivator summoned up her courage and saluted, "I think Mr. Leopold was helpful in the investigation! Moreover, Mr. Leopold was the first to take the lead. Notice the dead body sitting in the shaded corner of the driveway!"
Yu Kuangtu gave her a hard look, then took a deep breath, and said, "I remember that the watchmen should stay on the ground and wait for news, instead of coming down to investigate... This is a matter of our Xuanguo Countermeasures Bureau!"
"Of course it's your business. I don't intend to compete with you." The blond man said: "I'm just investigating... Hearing the source of the disaster here, I knew that the demon king's followers must not have gone far, so I couldn't wait to come down."
"If my recklessness displeases you, I hope to get your forgiveness." The blond man said earnestly: "But our goal is to catch the devil together. If you don't trust me, you can send other people to supervise Me, but my investigation ability is also one of the best among the watchmen, please let me join the investigation."
"Deputy Director, Mr. Leopold's ability is really strong."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Leopold is a good man. He also acted with us just now, and there is no violation of any rules."
"Deputy Director… "
"Okay!" Yu Kuangtu waved his hand, took a deep look at the blond man, and sighed secretly.
This man who is respected and supported by the monks of the Countermeasures Bureau is the person in charge sent by the Federation Watcher to investigate the Devil King incident. He is known as the second strongest Watcher, Brett Leopold, who is called the "Prince" by the world. .
When he came to Lianjiang, Qiao Muyi had disappeared without a trace, but he didn't blame or vent his anger. Instead, he lowered his posture and actively joined the investigation team to contribute. In just two days, he had a good relationship with everyone in the Countermeasure Bureau. All the countermeasure monks he had contact with spoke highly of him, calling him a modern knight.
In the entire strategy game, there were only two people who were not interested in him: Yu Kuangtu, and Li Dan next to Yu Kuangtu.
Whenever Yu Kuangtu communicated with Bright, Yu Kuangtu would feel a tremor in his heart, and a cold breath poured into his mind, which kept him rational throughout the process, and subconsciously resisted communicating with Bright.
But it's useless if he doesn't like it. In terms of combat power, Brett belongs to the rank four transcendent. If he dares to lose his temper, he will just bring shame on himself.
And the countermeasure system also ordered that the Lianjiang Countermeasure Bureau and investigators from the five extraordinary organizations should investigate the Demon King incident only for the Demon King incident.
Compared with the investigators of the other four extraordinary organizations, Brett was the easiest one to get along with, so Yu Kuangtu could only helplessly accept his existence and examine the withered corpse on the ground together.
"The deceased Zhao Yao, twenty-five years old, male." Li Dan quickly found the deceased's wallet and found many documents, and said: "There is an access card, the address is Gaode Building, it should be the workplace. He is not Lianjiang Registered monk."
Yu Kuangtu checked the dead man's hands and found that there were characters tattooed on the palms of both hands: 'devil' and 'king'. And I guess it was tattooed by myself, both characters are crooked.
Yu Kuangtu knows that the palm is the most important contact terminal of the human body, the nerve sensitivity is far higher than that of other skin, and the pain sensitivity is naturally far from that of the arms and buttocks. What a terrible will to tattoo yourself on your own palm, to complete this useless but self-satisfying ritual
But such details just prove that he is a fanatical follower of the Demon King... However, he is dead.
Bright said: "He is so young in the photo, but now he is so old. He must have cast a terrifying spell at the cost of his life, right?"
Yu Kuangtu nodded: "Yes."
"The crack that goes deep underground across the highway, he made it?" asked a countermeasure female monk.
Yu Kuangtu said lightly, "It should be."
"Sure enough, the demon king's believers have a very close relationship with the source of the chaos. He created a crack, and then the source of the chaos came out. It is definitely not a coincidence," Bright said in a deep voice: "He wants to set off a storm in the center of Lianjiang. A catastrophe for the world to see.”
Yu Kuangtu turned his head to look at Bright, faintly aware that Bright had diverted the topic in a direction he didn't want to see: "The devil's followers do this all over the world, but this time it's Lianjiang's turn..."
"It's different," Brett shook his head slowly, his handsome face was full of worry: "The demon king disciples in the past did not create the source of disaster at the cost of their lives. Only this time is different, he would rather sacrifice his life , but also to create a powerful source of disaster...
Perhaps, because the investigators of our six extraordinary organizations are all in Lianjiang, someone wants to hold us back in this way... "
"Vice Qiao... Did Qiao Muyi do it!?"
"She is so ruthless. This is the city she has lived in for many years. As soon as she escapes, she wants to destroy it!?"
"Is the Demon King really emotionless?"
The countermeasure monks who knew the inside story let out exclamations of astonishment, anger, and disbelief. Yu Kuangtu glared at them, making them stand upright in silence.
At this time, Bright explained: "I'm not referring to the suspect who is at large, but if the real devil knows that our investigators are in Lianjiang, he may indeed do such a thing to draw our attention."
"Fortunately, the aspirants from Asgard came to help, otherwise countless lives would have been lost tonight. Asgard is worthy of being a partner of justice." Brett sighed with a smile. He raised his head to look at the ceiling, closed his eyes and clasped his hands together. As if thanking the fairy palace: "If there is no fairy palace, I really don't know what will happen..."
When the countermeasure cultivator carried the corpse to the forensic doctor, Brett suddenly said to Kuangtu, "Next, I will trouble you again."
"No trouble, the trouble is the construction team." Yu Kuangtu said lightly.
"No, I made a suggestion to all countries in the world at the meeting last night..." Bright said: "Although it is still uncertain whether Qiao Muyi is the devil king at large, as long as we find her and confirm whether she is the devil king, we can make a big difference." Advance the progress of 'Finding the Demon King'. Therefore, finding Qiao Muyi is still our first task."
"You will soon receive an order to patrol all the places where disasters occurred and where the devil's believers died."
Yu Kuangtu was slightly taken aback: "Why?"
"By establishing the mental model of the devil, we believe that he is a pleasure criminal who is meticulous in thinking, good at crime, and pursues a sense of accomplishment." Brett leaned against the wall, put his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, and said seriously: "The devil People are likely to go to the scene of the disaster they set off, appreciate their masterpieces, and even investigate the traces of the scene to understand the scene of the disaster and death... "
Li Dan suddenly said coldly: "Or will you join the investigation?"
Brett was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing until tears came out. He scratched his head and curled his blond hair around his ears with his fingers: "You people from Xuan Kingdom are really humorous."
After a while, he stopped laughing and said: "So I suggest that all countries send extraordinary people to monitor all disaster locations and the places where the demon king's believers died. Maybe they can find some clues. Well, Xuanguo called this plan' Sitting on the sidelines'.
And because the first suspect is still at large, based on the suspect's skin color and appearance, we think she should still be in East Asia. After all, it is too conspicuous for the strange Xuanguo to appear in other places.
Therefore, Xuan Kingdom, Fanying and other countries need to fully implement the plan of "waiting for rabbits", and you may be busy with scheduling in the next few days. "
Brett shrugged, patted their shoulders, and said with a look of embarrassment: "I'm sorry, brother, it made your workload increase."
"There is no need to apologize for the responsibility." Yu Kuangtu didn't smile, and said lightly: "As the deputy director of the Countermeasures Bureau, I should work hard."
"Yes, after all, you are the protagonist of this investigation, so everything depends on you." Bright laughed.
"The protagonist? No, I'm not." Yu Kuangtu shook his head slowly.
At this time, the female countermeasure monk next to him also smiled and said: "Mr. Leopold, if anyone is the protagonist, then you are the well-deserved protagonist of this investigation. It is you who advised the investigation team to serve the six extraordinary organizations to join forces to arrest the devil... You are now the protagonist of the whole world!"
"It's all thanks to everyone, how can it be attributed to me?" Brett smiled embarrassedly: "I've said it all, just call me Brett."
"Then... I'll call you Brett. Brett, where do you think Joe... the devil might appear?"
Leaving a countermeasure monk to accompany Bright, Yu Kuangtu took Li Dan to the platform and left.
Brett, who was chatting with the female countermeasure monk, turned his head and glanced at the backs of the two of them. The smile on his face was slightly restrained. He stretched out his fingers and rubbed his temples, and curled his bright blond hair again and again.
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"That's it."
In the early morning in Tokyo, after Ayane went to work, Ren Suo opened a YouTube video for Qiao Muyi to watch.
"Um."
Qiao Muyi, whose back was turned to him, responded dully, Ren Suo clicked his tongue, tapped the coffee table with his index finger, and asked, "So do you know what happened?"
"In the early hours of last night, there was a source of disaster in Lianjiang, and he was beaten to death by the seeker." Qiao Muyi said softly.
Ren Suo said, "Then do you know what this means?"
"I know," Qiao Muyi said in a low voice: "If there is no seeker, the source of the disaster will cause great casualties. Everyone will blame me for this crime, and the colleagues in the countermeasure bureau will completely believe that I am the devil...
Now, although the seekers killed the source of the chaos, they will definitely think that I created the source of the chaos, and they will take revenge on the countermeasures that arrested me...
If this kind of incident happens again in the future, the six extraordinary organizations will definitely think that I did it.
The longer I escape, the more sins I will bear... "
Ren Suo patted the coffee table hard, and said, "Hey, why are you pointing your ass at me while you're watching me talk? I know your peach-shaped butt looks good!"
Last night Ren Suo was sitting in front of Qiao Muyi's room, and when she heard her call 'Ren Suo', Ren Suo immediately responded.
Then this morning, after Qiao Muyi left the room, she had been deliberately avoiding Ren Suo, as if he was a ten-year-old cockroach, and didn't want to look at him or touch him.
Ren Suo thought to himself, would sitting in front of a girl's room late at night cause such a big drop in favorability? But when he thought about it seriously, if there was a man sitting in front of his room late at night, he would definitely be trembling with fear.
Therefore, Ren Suo deliberately provoked Qiao Muyi, thinking that she should be able to clear up after being beaten up by her. Unexpectedly, Qiao Muyi did not get angry at all after hearing his speech, but turned slightly sideways so that he could only see Half ass.
Ren Suo sighed secretly, walked over and turned Qiao Muyi's body towards him, looked at her and said, "I mean, the Immortal Palace is on our side now! Even if there is a disaster that wants to frame you, they will I will definitely help and prevent disasters from happening!"
Qiao Muyi turned his head to avoid his gaze, and hummed lightly: "You can say whatever you want. Then where shall we go to investigate today?"
Ren Suo felt a stomachache when he heard it, and shook his head and said, "We can't go to the investigation point. I received information that there will always be Wuhundian warriors stationed at the investigation point. We never had the opportunity to investigate in the past."
Qiao Muyi blinked and asked in confusion, "Then... what should we do?"
"Go to other places!" Ren Suo said: "Let's treat ourselves as ordinary tourists, go to various attractions to try our luck, maybe we can meet passers-by with clues!"
"Luck...luck?" Qiao Muyi suddenly smiled, broke away from Ren Suo's hand, embraced his legs, buried his head in his chest, and said with a wry smile: "I was so downcast that I could only rely on luck. I should have Find out... I'm at the end of my rope."
When the routine comfort time came, Ren Suo took a sip of tea to rehydrate.
Just as he was about to speak, Qiao Muyi said suddenly, "Go back."
"Huh?" Ren Suo was stunned.
"I've already lost, you go back, with Bai Ji, Yu Kuangtu... and Cheng Ling here, as long as you say you don't know me, nothing will happen."
Qiao Muyi stepped his head into the darkness he had created, and said softly, "Don't follow me, I'm just a doomed villain, a witch who will be sent to the stake, a fugitive surrounded by a cliff... I can't continue Dragging you down so selfishly."
However, I also want to be selfish once in a while.
"Of course, I won't give up. The goals of the two are too big. I will continue to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes. What happens... depends on my luck. My luck is still very good occasionally."
So, I don't want this occasional luck to be buried with me.
"Go back and practice hard. If I can't clear up my grievances, I will keep running away. Maybe there is still a chance to meet you. You can look forward to the day when we meet again."
Yes, reunion is my biggest luxury. The boring and vulgar thing of staying together for a long time is really not suitable for me.
"So, you go, I don't need you to accompany me."
After that, Qiao Muyi didn't speak any more. Ten seconds later, she felt a wave of aura.
Indescribable relaxation and heart-piercing regret occupied her thoughts at the same time, her body couldn't help shaking, she gritted her teeth, to prevent herself from crying shamelessly
Why is there a smell
"Fried chicken seems to be good for breakfast. If there are children next door, they will definitely cry."
She raised her head and saw Ren Suo eating fried chicken wings with gusto, when a bucket of fried chicken suddenly appeared on the coffee table.
Regardless of where Ren Suo took out the fried chicken, she opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't say what she just said.
Qiao Muyi had already regretted it just now, so when she saw that Ren Suo was still there, her regret instantly turned into endless joy, which blocked her rationality, affected her tear ducts, and paralyzed her tongue.
If Qiao Muyi hadn't possessed strong self-control, she might have pounced on Ren Suo and trampled Ren Suo a hundred times a hundred times...
Seeing Qiao Muyi wanting to cry but holding back, like a child who has found a lost toy, Ren Suo scratched his head and said, "Well... son, you believe in me, as long as I'm by your side, all your difficulties will be solved I already put my life on the line yesterday."
Qiao Muyi took a deep breath and asked in a trembling voice, "Why are you so sure?"
After Ren Suo gnawed the fried chicken wings in his hand, his mouth was full of oil, he thought for a while and said: "Because you are the protagonist of the legendary story, you will definitely become the hero of this era and the great figure of the extraordinary era. Admired by all... ”
Ren Suo blinked, and he found that Qiao Muyi, for some reason, had tears streaming down his face, crying until his nose blew bubbles.
She wiped the snot bubbles with her sleeve, took a deep breath, and her voice was crying: "You, do you know that I take Line 3 to work every day, and I always pass the Tianqing Road subway station."
"I sometimes go skating on the fifth floor of the square over there. The ice surface is very smooth after the ice has just been shaved, and it is very comfortable to slide on, without any effort at all."
"There's a Korean barbecue restaurant there that's not bad. I just discovered it. I think next time you and Cheng Ling come to the city, I'll definitely take you to try it."
"There's also a game center with lots of arcade games, and I love going there to play taiko...I think you'll love that place."
"If, if the seeker hadn't appeared, and the source of chaos had destroyed the place, not only the people in Lianjiang would hate me, but I would hate myself too! Why can't I do anything, why can I just watch this happen …”
"Where is such a helpless protagonist..." Qiao Muyi bit her lower lip, and couldn't help wiping her tears with the back of her hand: "The whole world thinks I am a devil, and I know that I am a devil... why do you still have so much confidence in me? ? Why can't you give up on me?" Her voice broke in the next few words.
Looking at the weeping Qiao Muyi, Ren Suo realized that he had overlooked one point.
Unlike an outsider like him who already knew the ending, Qiao Muyi was truly enduring the pain of confusion and injustice.
Ren Suo used to be a little upset about being a warm baby and comforting maid, but now he is relieved and knows the future. He encourages the current people not to give up and to go on unswervingly. This is an obligation and a responsibility.
"Eat a piece**."
Qiao Muyi raised her head in astonishment, and saw Ren Suo handing a rattan pepper chicken chop in front of her.
Noticing that Qiao Muyi was staring at him, Ren Suo raised his chin and said seriously:
"If you insist on getting an answer from me... then I will answer you, because I am not the whole world, I am the unique Ren Suo."
I am a player with a small world game console, and I am also a mortal who can predict the future.
"Even if the whole world regards you as the devil king, in my eyes, you are my protagonist."
Qiao Muyi took the chicken chop in a daze, and asked softly, "The protagonist of one person?"
Ren Suo nodded affirmatively: "One person's protagonist."
Qiao Muyi held the chicken chop with both hands, put the chicken chop into his mouth, and took a light bite, letting the chicken that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside burst with salty tears on his taste buds.
I am the Demon Lord who bears the hatred of the whole world, and I am also his exclusive protagonist.