Ye Qingxuan has always thought that the so-called top ten legends are just folk rumors. Although many people are sure about this, Ye Qingxuan always feels that these things are too mysterious and have little credibility.
But now an entire bookshelf of records was placed in front of him, and he began to feel that things were not that simple...
Shaman, the mysterious man who set the rules for the entire criminal world of Avalon, the dark king of Avalon, once ruled the entire lower city until his mysterious disappearance six years ago.
The White Chrysanthemum Hotel Massacre—Three years ago, the top hotel in Avalon was massacred with blood overnight. Everyone inside, regardless of gender, was smashed into a ball of flesh. Including Viscount Ferro, who was the target, his head and spine were abruptly ripped out of his body.
This is one of the murder records of the legendary Flesh Butcher.
The Soul-eating Shadow, one of the late-night weird stories in Avalon. Finally, after layers of investigations, the true identity was found: a musician who believed in the evil god and then transformed himself into a black snake demon.
Chased by several royal musicians, he was wounded and fled into the sewers.
According to the investigation of records, Soul Eater Shadow was on the run, went mad due to injuries, and attacked a school driven by hunger. Therefore, he violated the rules set by the shaman and was killed by his chief killer "Ghost Hand".
Ghost Hand, the legendary debt collector and the shaman's right-hand man. Anyone who violates the shaman's rules will be hunted by him until death.
Ghost carriage, a mysterious ghost that is said to fly in the sky at midnight. In the end, after an investigation by the Musicians Association, it was determined that this was an ancient alchemical equipment left over from the Dark Ages. It was extremely fast, and no one has been able to describe its clear appearance so far. Its user is unknown, its purpose is unknown...
There are even... people whom Ye Qingxuan has seen with his own eyes.
"Investigation and Analysis on the Cause of Death of the Ghost Mother"
Ye Qingxuan slowly opened the record in his hand.
For several years, the Ghost Mother has been existing as an invisible person in the lower city, and is on good terms with major organizations. It does not occupy territory, nor does it interfere with smuggling, trafficking in prohibited drugs, or arms manufacturing.
Instead, she is providing "goods" to major organizations, but the goods she provides are all alive... Her customers are all over Angru, and she provides a large number of needs all year round, including the prime-age labor force that is lacking in the manor, Black slaves in the mines, young and beautiful girls waiting for price, and more children...
When the shaman was there, there was no room for her here, but after the shaman disappeared, she didn't need to abide by the non-existent rules and resume her old business.
Then half a month ago, she died.
According to the investigation, the ghost mother accepted a commission before she died. The content of the commission was unknown, and she was suspected to have some relationship with Yunlou City's mission.
Then she died. He died in his lair, bleeding from all his orifices, with a despairing face. Other survivors also became lunatics after inhaling huge amounts of Datura and are now undergoing intensive treatment in Arkham Asylum, but there is no hope of recovery.
The chorale musician who conducted the autopsy stated in his report:
According to the autopsy, her body has undergone a certain degree of alienation, which is suspected of being a "siren transformation." It should be one of the experimental subjects that disappeared after the Royal Academy was attacked twelve years ago.
Note: For details about the attack on the Royal Academy, please refer to the BP198 file, which requires scepter-level authority and... (the writing here is blacked out).
According to the autopsy, the ghost mother not only inhaled a large amount of Datura before her death, but was also counterattacked by the invisible ghost and fell into a state of madness.
But the cause of her death was a sudden mental shock. That fatal impact destroyed her will in an instant, completely burning her brain into a ball of paste.
Crisp and neat.
Although many traces of the scene have been erased, according to the measurement of the ether sphere, a "scepter-level" or above performance took place here. It is suspected to be related to the "bright moon rising on the sea" phenomenon that occurred in Xiacheng District that night, and it is recommended that relevant departments follow up the investigation.
At the end, a summary statement has been completely blacked out, and the original appearance cannot be seen.
After reading it, Ye Qingxuan silently put the report back to its original place.
Originally, he just thought that the crazy woman was just an ordinary human trafficker, but now he began to feel that the water was getting deeper. Fortunately, there were no traces of himself and Bai Xi left in it, otherwise he wouldn't know whether they were in the academy or in prison.
But this only aroused Ye Qingxuan's curiosity about the top ten legends. Unfortunately, this curiosity was completely destroyed when reading the records of the naked man on the moonlit night...
In this record, the Avalon Police Department exhausted all methods to investigate and established the following hypothesis.
Espionage theory: This damn naked man is a Burgundian spy, intending to pass some information to his comrades through the act of streaking. According to expert inference, the place where he appeared and the street he ran on were a pre-agreed code. By deciphering the meanings of these codes, his associates will be able to grasp the secrets of the Avalon royal family.
Shit, the place where he appeared is only related to how much money he had in his pocket at the time, okay? The direction and street he runs depends on which way the debt collector chases him...
What’s even more ridiculous is the theory of phenomena and hallucination. Many experts have confirmed that the Naked Man on the Moonlit Night is a collective hallucination, which represents the increasing pressure of the residents of Avalon in their profession and their desire for release... Some people say that the Naked Man on the Moonlit Night is a collective hallucination. A mysterious natural phenomenon.
Some people even witnessed with their own eyes that before the naked man appeared on the moonlit night, a mysterious flying saucer-shaped object with an icy flash appeared in the sky...
"Brother, please take care of yourself."
Ye Qingxuan put the book back to its original place with regret.
Soon, he was attracted by the most terrifying legend among the ten legends, that is, "The Ripper of Whitechapel". It is said that this mysterious serial killer haunts the Whitechapel district, specializing in hunting prostitutes engaged in the flesh trade, as well as rapists, rumormongers, etc. in the dark.
The Avalon Police Department has been hotly pursuing him, but no trace of his existence has been found. In order to catch him, the police did not hesitate to send a young and beautiful policewoman, who disguised herself as a prostitute under the guidance of a prostitute in prison. She wandered around the Whitechapel district for six months in a row, receiving countless customers, but no disembowelment was found. Hand hook. On the contrary, many murder cases occurred in other places, making this bait plan a complete failure.
"That damn bastard is a complete lunatic, absolutely," the psychoanalyst said in the file. According to the analysis of criminal investigation experts, all murderers are more or less seeking profit, implementing their own ideas or killing people to silence them.
But the Ripper, this bastard, has no purpose at all. He keeps killing people just to vent his anger. He is still committing crimes continuously and has never been caught. Not even a clue could be found.
Ye Qingxuan was fascinated by the reading, and kept looking for relevant records of the case according to the appendices at the back of the file.
Unconsciously, he walked into the depths of the library.
Until finally, he realized that things were getting more and more wrong.
There seems to be something unknown behind the Ripper's serial killings.
Apparently, the police department had set up a dragnet several times, and they were only one step away from catching this guy. But at critical moments, it always comes up short.
The National Police Agency concluded that the Ripper was a musician of the apocalyptic school who could predict and detect the National Police Agency's plans and make contingency plans in advance. But even the scepter-level Apocalypse Musician couldn't trick the Police Department for more than five consecutive years... Moreover, Angelou was not without strong men who could block the prophecy.
All kinds of coincidences, upon closer inspection, turn out to be all kinds of weird. If once or twice is a coincidence, then so many times in a row... is too strange.
This guy looks like he can teleport!
According to records in the classics, in this world, except for the Pope who has inherited the will of God, no one else can step through a light door and reach thousands of miles away in an instant, as the novel says, even if It is impossible to move to another room.
One of the ultimate propositions of the School of Change is "human teleportation." So far, even saints who have obtained the holy name can only teleport some insignificant ordinary items over long distances through wind tunnels. If humans want to break through space, the only outcome will be to fall apart, or evaporate into a ball of tragic blood.
No one can disappear without a trace in an instant, unless there is no trace of themselves left. So how did the Ripper do it? Could it be that Pope Beethoven was so bored that he went to Anglia to kill people
"Do not make jokes."
Ye Qingxuan was amused by his own imagination. He finished flipping through the last record, and his eyes suddenly fell on a sentence mixed in the analysis sentence: After exploration and research, we have to suspect that the Ripper has some relationship with the "Shadow of Avalon".
Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, as if he suddenly remembered Bai Xi's deck of playing cards! One of the ghost cards is a dilapidated and abandoned royal city.
The Shadow of Avalon is one of the strange stories that is familiar in this city.
According to legend, that city sleeps in the shadow of Avalon. In the City of Shadows, the souls of the undead and demons inhabit, and the secrets inherited from the Dark Ages are buried.
Some people say that is the true form of Avalon, the real Avalon. But this is just a ridiculous story. Why does it appear in the police report
Unless, it has reality...
Ye Qingxuan pondered for a moment and suddenly closed the file. Recalling the other files mentioned above, he walked straight to the end of the bookshelf on this floor.
If his prediction was correct, there would be more clues hidden in the bookshelf on that floor.
At that moment, he seemed to have touched a taboo switch.
I suddenly felt a chill.
…
In the silence, the lights suddenly dimmed and flickered uneasily.
Suddenly, a wind blew through the closed library, and the faint sound was like a howl. Ye Qingxuan looked around blankly and felt something was wrong.
When he took steps, his hair stood on end.
Behind the apparently deserted place, there was the sound of subtle footsteps.
In the silence, the footsteps were so soft. It was like an invisible person was following behind him, following every step, but without any other traces.
Fifteen steps away from the bookshelf, his footsteps stopped abruptly, because the shadowy footsteps had already come behind him. He could even feel some kind of cold breath on the back of his neck.
That's it for now.
In this great library, some inexplicable existence issued a final warning: You are trying to access secrets that you cannot explore.
Ye Qingxuan stood there and raised his hands decisively:
"I'm sorry, I just want to find the college's personnel files..."
He took a step back, indicating that he had no intention of crossing the threshold.
After a long time, the eerie chill finally disappeared.
Ye Qingxuan turned around in a cold sweat and saw that under the dim light, there was still nothing behind him, but for the first time, he felt that this emptiness was reassuring.
Everything has returned to its original appearance.
Only a line of faint footprints remained on the floor, like a road sign, stopping in front of a certain bookshelf. On the bookshelf, the spines of a row of books were silently pulled out half an inch.
It was like telling him.
—What you are looking for is here.