Jiang Cheng nodded and looked away. This is a house with two bedrooms and one living room. In addition to the living room for three people, there is also a bedroom and kitchen. Just when Jiang Cheng looked towards the kitchen, he saw Xu Dingjia running out of the kitchen as if he was running away, complaining: "Is this still a kitchen? There are all kinds of strange smells, disgusting colors everywhere, it makes my stomach hurt."
With Xu Dingjia's warning, Jiang Cheng gave up the idea of going to the kitchen and walked into the bedroom.
What was also strange to Jiang Cheng was that there was no bed in the bedroom, but dark and broken wooden shelves. Jiang Cheng distinguished them carefully and murmured: "Are these bookshelves?"
Li Feng nodded and said: "It is indeed a bookshelf. The materials placed here are probably all materials compiled by Liang Fan."
"It's just a case, why are so many materials used?" Jiang Cheng estimated that there are about three bookshelves 1.5 meters wide and 2 meters high placed against the wall, two on the east wall and one on the north wall. There are so many bookshelves, enough to hold hundreds of books. If it were replaced with corresponding information, what a huge workload it would be!
Jiang Cheng saw a few books on the corner of the bookshelf that were barely complete, so he picked them up and took a look. One of the books still retains most of its cover, with words such as "Ancient Mystery Religion..." written on it. Looking at another book without a cover, it is full of weird and terrifying monster graphics. The black and white picture and poor layout make people feel very uncomfortable.
"These books..." Jiang Cheng said hesitantly, "It doesn't seem like they are about cases."
Xu Dingjia came over to take a look and said: "This is... "Secrets of the Ancients"? Liang Fan actually has this book! No... it just quoted part of the content of "Secrets of the Ancients", not the original work. But this is already amazing. .”
""Secrets of the Ancients"? What kind of book is that?" Jiang Cheng asked.
Xu Dingjia was stunned for a moment and then said: "That is a book about ancient legends, which involves the experiences of mysterious outsiders that humans have encountered."
"Mysterious outsiders?" Jiang Cheng didn't know what he was referring to, so he asked tentatively: "Is it some weird myths and legends?"
"It's not just as simple as myths and legends." Xu Dingjia said with a rare serious look on his face: "Although some of them are stories that have been twisted into myths, some of them are things that really happened. That part of the content has nothing to do with our cultivation family. The secret books can corroborate each other, which shows that mankind has encountered a group of terrifying and cruel outsiders and had wars with them."
Jiang Cheng's first reaction was to laugh, but the other person's expression made him unable to laugh, so he had to ask: "Is it an alien?"
Xu Dingjia said in a deep voice: "That... existence is far more terrifying and powerful than aliens. If there are aliens, at least it means that they are still humans, but they are a different species from humans, and may have higher abilities." Technology level, but they are still humans! That existence is on another level entirely!"
Jiang Cheng felt curious and asked, "It's not aliens? What could it be?"
Xu Dingjia gritted his teeth and said: "If we use our current vocabulary, I can only call it a god! But it is a cruel and evil god!"
"God?" Jiang Cheng finally laughed out loud and said, "There should be a limit to your joking. We are currently investigating a case. Who has time to tell you fairy tales?"
Li Feng had a completely different reaction. He thought of something and asked quickly: "Do you mean that the legendary gods are real? Does that mean that Lu Fuyuan's resurrection from the dead is true?"
Xu Dingjia replied: "If it is that 'god', it is indeed possible... But this is impossible to happen!"
"Why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen!" Jiang Cheng was very dissatisfied with this answer and said, "What does it mean to be possible but impossible? Don't you think what you said is contradictory?"
"You don't understand what I mean." Xu Dingjia thought hard about the words and said slowly: "If the 'god' in ancient legends comes to the world, then mankind will have ushered in the end. By then, the so-called resurrection will have no meaning. "
"That's wrong!" Jiang Cheng still found the contradiction in the other party's words and questioned: "Didn't you say before that those 'gods' or 'outsiders' have appeared before? Human beings are still doing well now."
Xu Dingjia smiled bitterly and said: "You can't imagine the power of the ancient gods, or in other words, their power is far beyond the reach of human imagination, and their real bodies cannot appear in this dimension of the universe. What appeared at that time, It’s just a remnant of the ancient god’s consciousness. If the real person hadn’t led mankind to successfully resist the ancient god and destroyed the ceremony to welcome the ancient god, then this world would have ceased to exist!”
"Ritual?" Jiang Cheng finally discovered the connection between the so-called "ancient god" and the current case. He still didn't want to believe it at this time, so he turned to Li Feng to confirm: "You said before that the scene of the suicide case ten years ago, It seems like a cult ritual is being performed?”
Li Feng couldn't help but tremble when he heard this. He obviously understood, but asked Xu Dingjia: "Could it be that that ceremony was to welcome the ancient gods?"
"Do you believe what I said?" Xu Dingjia's tone was filled with joy, as he finally found someone who could understand him. Maybe now is the right time...
Li Feng continued: "To kill so many people for a mythical legend is really heartbreaking!"
Xu Dingjia was silent. He knew that the things about the ancient gods were too unbelievable. For ordinary people like Li Feng and Jiang Cheng, it is just an illusory fairy tale that can never appear in reality. Like ordinary people, they would rather believe in the existence of ghosts and supernatural events than believe that the end of the world is imminent.
Jiang Cheng said from the side: "Let's see if there are any other clues here. Regarding the mythical story, let's wait until we have time to chat."
Xu Dingjia shrugged, indeed thinking that now is not the time to talk about this. While he was immersed in investigating the scene, Jiang Cheng sneaked over and asked in a low voice: "You have been hesitant to speak since morning. Is this what you want to say?"
Xu Dingjia said calmly: "Whether you believe this or not, it doesn't matter if you listen to it as a story."
Jiang Cheng said in a deep voice: "To be honest, I don't know how to face what you just said."
Xu Dingjia also understood Jiang Cheng's psychology at this time. Indeed, although everything he had seen before was bizarre, he could barely explain it. But, the Ancient God? If a real-life case is suddenly connected to ancient legends, if anyone else says with certainty that those legends really existed, you will know who will be regarded as a madman. It is ironic to say that when human beings are faced with things that are beyond comprehension, it is called rationality to refuse to believe.
On the bright side, if they accept his words easily, then there will be a problem. Xu Dingjia could only comfort himself in this way. And Jiang Cheng came back to ask, which showed that his original world view had begun to waver.
"It's just that if that ceremony is really... then the situation is really much worse than imagined!" Xu Dingjia whispered to himself in a low voice, and subconsciously exerted force on the bookshelf, which was already crumbling. He collapsed. Xu Dingjia didn't pay attention and was thrown to the ground along with the bookshelf by his own leader.
In an instant, dust and sawdust were flying, mixed with Xu Dingjia's screams.