Lin Shu leaned on her chin and looked out the window. For some reason, she remembered the figure on Huangyang Mountain, the person who seemed to have walked out of an ancient painting, and the eyes that seemed to reflect the whole world. She might be the only one who saw the appearance of a fairy so closely! Because of this, everyone in their entire criminal investigation detachment wrote several reports and submitted them to the higher-ups. Among them, the information and appearance of the fairy were mentioned many times, which made Lin Shu recall them again and again. "What kind of person is he? A fairy? Does he live in the fairyland?" "What is the place where the fairy lives like?" Lin Shu straightened up all of a sudden. She suddenly realized that she and her sister were saying the same thing. At this time, Captain Zhou Yang, who looked a little tired, walked in, looked at Lin Shu, walked over directly, and put a document on her desk. "What is this? Captain Zhou?" Lin Shu was confused. Captain Zhou said, "It's a document for changing positions! Lin Shu, you are no longer a member of the Criminal Investigation Detachment!" Lin Shu's face turned pale and he stood up immediately: "What's the matter, Captain Zhou? Did I do something wrong?" Captain Zhou shook his head: "No, I'm no longer a member of the Criminal Investigation Detachment! Some of the previous members of the Criminal Investigation Detachment and those sent down from above will set up a new special task force!" Lin Shu roughly understood the reason and breathed a sigh of relief: "Is it responsible for the Huangyang Mountain incident? Did the higher-ups send people down?" When Lin Shu said this, he suddenly thought of something: "No? It's not from a special department, is it?" Captain Zhou laughed: "No! There is no department like you imagined. This is the newest one we established. If it weren't for the series of events that happened recently, we wouldn't have set up such a department. There are some other people, mainly those sent from the Religious Association, who are responsible for organizing some archives and Taoist scriptures in the Sanyang Temple." "We are just a temporary team investigating this series of events. We are not a special agency as you imagined, and we don't have any privileges. Because it's a temporary team, we may be disbanded at any time." Lin Shu nodded and immediately asked, "What is the name of our group?" "Abnormal Affairs Investigation Team!" —————————————————— "Chen Jin! Go upstairs with your radio! I have something to put here! Don't come down unless I tell you to!" Fang Xiu was holding a large package and walked down the stairs slowly, looking extremely cautious. The little ghost girl was still holding the broken radio in the basement, sitting motionless on the sofa with the radio in her arms. If you didn't know, you would think it was a set of dolls, although even if someone broke in here, they couldn't see her. After she heard Fang Xiu's voice, she didn't reply, just stood up and walked upstairs. "By the way! Write down anything about alchemy or supernatural knowledge!" Fang Xiu suddenly remembered something and said to the little ghost girl Chen Jin. He didn't have time to listen to the radio next to the radio in the other world all the time, and in addition to the alchemy introductory column of the Voice of the Fishman at 8 o'clock in the morning, there were often many broadcasts involving supernatural knowledge, which Fang Xiu needed. "You'll get a reward if you do a good job!" Although Chen Jin didn't reply and ignored Fang Xiu as he walked out of the underground secret room, Fang Xiu looked up and could only see a pair of small leather shoes and half of his calf on the steps, but Fang Xiu knew that she had heard it. Fang Xiu held the large plastic package and slowly opened it, revealing the contents. It was a tree as black as ink, with branches like ghost claws. It was the dead tree that Fang Xiu had obtained. Fang Xiu wanted to plant it in the basement and placed it in a large potted plant pot, but Fang Xiu punched through the bottom so that its roots could penetrate into the earth. However, because the soul consciousness of the dead tree dissipated, the huge divine power it brought with it also scattered, and it was unlikely to grow as fast and have as strong power as before. What Fang Xiu wanted to use was its ability to contact Gaia's consciousness and steal Gaia's consciousness energy. Fang Xiu had thought about contacting Gaia's consciousness many times, but the river of light that was like a vast ocean would be assimilated by Fang Xiu's soul if he looked at it for a long time, let alone contacting it. Gaia's consciousness is the consciousness aggregate of all life on Earth and the destination of all souls. Its consciousness itself does not have will and only has slight instincts. This can be deduced from the fact that the Dead Spirit Tree was able to extract its power without suffering a strong counterattack. Now, Fang Xiu also wants to steal Gaia's power in the same way. "Without the magic network, my spiritual value will always remain at the first level, and will always be only seven points. With the Dead Spirit Tree, I can extract the power of Gaia's consciousness and gradually strengthen my soul." The moment Fang Xiu got the Dead Spirit Tree, he finally found a way forward for his soul power that had been stuck. Fang Xiu erased its soul and separated one of his three souls and seven spirits according to the way alchemists create companion alchemical golems, and merged it into the Dead Spirit Tree to reactivate it. In the soul structure designed by Fang Xiu, the three souls are like organs, responsible for wisdom, memory, and perception respectively, and the one separated by Fang Xiu is perception. For Fang Xiu, it is like digging out his own eyes and integrating them into the dead tree. From this aspect, we can know how much determination and price Fang Xiu has made. The dead tree, which has integrated Fang Xiu's main soul, bloomed with strong spiritual light again. Fang Xiu carefully stuffed it into the bottomless pot. Immediately, it was seen that its roots were violently wriggling and quickly penetrated into the earth and grew towards the ground. Fang Xiu closed his eyes. At this moment, the dead tree became his eyes, his touch, and his nose. He could feel that under the earth, there was a sea of light. It was a vast and endless sea of souls, the destination of all life and souls. And Fang Xiu continued to grow his roots, and finally, he penetrated into the ground and touched it. "Boom!" It was like a galaxy exploded in Fang Xiu's soul, rotating and moving, and the light was overflowing, illuminating his world into a blazing white. Fang Xiu opened his eyes, and at this moment, he found that he was not in the basement, but in a sea of light. Endless soul light enveloped him, allowing him to travel in this sea. Inexplicable calls and beautiful music came to his ears, as if he was back in his mother's arms. The next morning, Fang Xiu woke up, and at this time he immediately found that his soul had become a little stronger. If the original spiritual value was 7 points, it can now be said to be 7.2. "I succeeded? I really stole power from Gaia's consciousness!" Fang Xiu fell into ecstasy. Fang Xiu looked under the earth. This was just the beginning. Being able to steal the power of Gaia's consciousness meant that his plan was feasible. Although he had only stolen 0.2 points of spiritual value at present, he would definitely get more and more in the future. "If one day, I become strong enough, can I directly replace Gaia's consciousness and become the master of the earth?" At this moment, a crazy idea suddenly emerged in Fang Xiu's mind.