Chapter 31
The black stone was twisted into the shape of a well in front of the five psychics in a way that science cannot describe.
"This is——"
Ayi blurted out.
“The ancient well that was carefully sealed by the CPA.”
To everyone's surprise, the person who answered her was not anyone else, but a strange, inhuman, lifeless female voice.
A translucent shadow floated quietly in the air at some point. She was also wearing a thick black robe and a hood, but one could still notice her smooth straight brown-red hair from under the hood.
The shadow, which was obviously a spirit rather than a physical entity, raised its eyes slightly, revealing a pair of dull blood-red eyes.
In an instant, the five CPA superpowers all thought of a certain existence that Koizumi had deliberately described.
This was the puppet that the girl made for the first time and then refined many times later, pouring countless efforts into it.
"Finally... do you dare to face me?"
The spirit didn't pay any attention to the five young psychics below. She stretched out her hand with an indifferent expression, and her translucent fingers almost completely melted into the night.
"Cowardly Habaek."
She lightly hooked her fingertips and threw a heavy punch at Gu Qingming. The black-robed puppet, which was blocked by the latter's bronze spear, quickly retreated. The next second, the spirit leaned forward and completely merged with the black-robed puppet.
Gu Qingming clearly noticed that the originally clear wood grain under the black robe of the black-robed puppet turned into a strangely pale skin color after being possessed by the spirit.
They all seemed to be wrong at first. There was no puppeteer hidden behind everything. Instead, the puppet became a new puppeteer. The first puppet carefully made by the girl using the mysterious puppetry technique seemed to have intelligence for some reason and inherited the girl's ability to make puppets as a puppet.
By means of incarnation.
Incarnation is a form of possession, which refers to a method by which powerful spirits, ghosts, goblins and other mysterious beings without physical bodies in the other world obtain physical bodies by attaching themselves to physical or non-physical bodies. After obtaining physical bodies, they can go to many more places and do many more things.
To achieve incarnation, various schools, various spirits, and even people with special powers all have their own methods. Because the cost is too low, it is also one of the common ways for mysterious people to cause trouble.
Zheng Qiuji and Ayi, although just ordinary CPA specialists, and even minors, have also dealt with mysterious incidents caused by spirits incarnating into human bodies. You can imagine how common this is.
The puppet's original body had not been specially treated, nor was it made of any precious materials. After decades of wind and rain, it had already decayed. She could only choose to take on the form of a spirit and be incarnated on a new puppet.
However, taking on a body will also increase the strength of the spirit. Since the spirit in front of her has chosen to resume her body at this moment, it means that she needs to take everything that happens next more seriously.
Without any time to react, Gu Qingming and the others soon knew what would happen next.
The ancient well formed by the twisted stone suddenly expanded several times in a way that did not conform to any logic. It was obviously achieved by some special ability from the other world. The surrounding quadrupeds instantly dispersed a certain distance away, as if they were very afraid of it.
The brick and stone well looked plain, just like the wells built in ordinary farmhouses, except that the moss on it was slightly more due to moisture, making the entire wellhead appear a somewhat dirty green.
But the diameter of the well was growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it enveloped them and the man in black.
“Crack.”
There was a sound of something breaking, and the feeling of time and space standing still was instantly stripped away. The next second, everyone fell freely into the deep and bottomless well without control.
“Ahhhhhhhh!!!”
In the long and narrow shaft, only the wails of Zheng Qiuji, who was afraid of heights, could be heard softly and sadly.
Gu Qingming had no time to be afraid. At the critical moment, he only had time to use the green wind to slightly lift his companions before they hit the ground. Fortunately, the place where they fell was not too high. With the wind as a buffer, although several teenagers fell to the ground like piles of boxes, fortunately they were not seriously injured. They all grimaced and struggled to get up without any care.
"Is there anyone who needs treatment?"
Luo Dong's voice was first heard at the bottom of the dark well. It was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for all five people to hear clearly.
The voices of the other four people responded one after another. It sounded like none of them had suffered any serious injuries and did not require emergency treatment.
Gu Qingming turned on the hotel flashlight that he had put in his backpack together with his homework, adjusted it to the lowest light level, and began to observe the surrounding environment.
The black-robed woman who was suspected to be the first puppet made by Koizumi had long disappeared. The surroundings were gloomy. A thin layer of water remained at the bottom of the brick-paved well. It was clear and clean, and under the light of a flashlight, the overall shape of the green moss on the bottom of the water could be seen.
The bottom of the well was not big, and it was even crowded for five people. A few rays of fluorescent light were flickering not far away. Gu Qingming turned the camera and looked over, and found that they were actually a few graceful fireflies.
Fireflies like to live in warm and humid places with lush vegetation. They are divided into two types: terrestrial and aquatic. In many karst caves, cave explorers have also found many traces of fireflies. It is not impossible to see a few scattered fireflies at the bottom of a damp and dark well.
But... none of them could tell whether these fireflies were mysterious creatures or normal creatures.
The place where the fireflies were flickering was not at the bottom of the well. When the dim light of the flashlight shone there, everyone could see clearly what was happening on the other side of the well.
The bottom of the well was not a neat and completely confined circle. On one side of the well, a tattered wooden door was still standing there, but it had been opened, revealing a dark corridor behind it.
The corridor was still paved with bluestone bricks, which exuded a biting chill, making the few fireflies flying at the entrance of the corridor seem a bit eerie and scary.
But at this moment, Chu Zhongyuan remembered something in Koizumi's diary.
"Koizumi said at the time that she found the owner of the secret realm by following the sparkling things. Could it be these fireflies?"
Hearing this, the fireflies flew up and down, as if agreeing with Chu Zhongyuan's words, which made the others marvel.
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on them, the fireflies hurriedly flew forward for a while, then came back, and danced quietly in the same place, as if they were leading the way for them.
The five of them looked at each other and followed without hesitation.
Perhaps because the bluestone bricks absorbed water and there was moisture in the well, the corridor was extremely cold. Several people in thin pajamas were shivering. Fortunately, the bodies of people with special abilities were completely different from those of ordinary people. Although they were very cold, no one showed any symptoms of a cold.
While walking in the corridor, Zheng Qiuji and Ayi also saw many rune formations left by the CPA. The scenery in the secret realm was mostly a one-to-one replica of reality, except that the psychological reflection of the owner of the secret realm was added. It seems that CPA had indeed carried out large-scale containment missions here.
They moved tremblingly in the corridor following the guidance of the fireflies. After twists and turns, they didn't know how far they had walked. Finally, the scene in front of them changed from a narrow corridor to a wide one.
At the end of the corridor is an open space that looks like a forest. Compared with the narrow bottom of the well and the corridor, the area is very large, which is enough for dozens or even hundreds of people to stand.
Broken and old runes hung down from an unclear height, shining in the darkness and illuminating the area.
Not far away, a young man wearing the school uniform of Lantai No. 1 Middle School was confronting the black-robed woman in front of him with a stern expression.
"Qin, Qin Zhen?!"
Zheng Qiuji's eyes almost popped out of his sockets.
Gu Qingming and Chu Zhongyuan were stunned to recognize that it was "Qin Zhen" who had encountered the cheongsam girl with them before.
He is indeed the master of the secret realm.
"Your secret realm has been completely puppeted by me, what on earth are you still holding on to?"
The puppeteer's hoarse voice sounded, so hoarse that it could only be barely heard. It was a female voice.
"Could it be... that you are not even willing to make any contribution to the master?"
Although the puppet had been given a corporeal body, it still retained its inhuman features, as she tilted her head slightly, resembling some puzzled animal.
"No, I just don't want to pay attention to you."
"Qin Zhen" rolled his eyes at the other person without showing any mercy.
The mysterious figure of the young man pointed to the mark on the woman's shoulder that was initially covered by black feathers but is now completely exposed, and said coldly: "You don't even realize that your consciousness has been completely mixed with the deepest malice."
Gu Qingming looked over with the help of Bai Kelan with his good eyesight, and was surprised to find that the symbol on the puppet woman's shoulder was the three-headed dog that they were very familiar with.
The black three-headed dog mark on the white background looks like a ferocious beast that is ready to bite everything in the world at any time.
"Ceoberus..."
Ayi obviously also recognized the meaning of the symbol.
It is the hell's gatekeeper in the mythology of West G District. It is a terrifying evil dog with three heads. Its name means "devil in the dark" in the language of West G District. It is the "one-way door" of hell that swallows the living and does not allow the dead to leave.
It is also the epitome of absolute greed, only swallowing and not spitting out.
In CPA's intelligence, Ceoberos usually refers to a more threatening existence than the now missing three-headed dog of hell in ancient mythology - an illegal and wandering organization of psychics with an unknown headquarters.
The existence of wandering psychics is itself an act that violates the Psychic Guidelines, not to mention that this organization does not just exist, they are capable of all kinds of evil.
This organization was just established in recent years, but has already committed many major crimes related to the mystery, including but not limited to illegal smuggling of mysterious creatures, inducing catastrophic mysterious accidents in many human gathering places in the Human Federation, buying and selling supernatural powers... It was assigned to CPA by the San Shou Headquarters for containment. According to the evidence obtained by CPA colleagues in Lantai City, the transfer ceremony incident at Lantai No. 1 Middle School was also the work of this organization.
This organization is sinister and terrifying, omnipresent, and its members take advantage of all conditions to achieve their illegal goals. Recently, it has almost become a dark cloud hanging over the hearts of all CPA specialists.
"But I just came to Heshu Town to relax..."
Zheng Qiuji felt like crying but had no tears.
"I am just here to participate in the school's study tour..."
Ayi also looked a little unbearable.
They didn't expect that they would encounter such a cross-cultural organization of wandering superpowers wanted by the Human Federation in Heshu Town.
The probability is no less than going to a convenience store to buy some soy sauce and ending up being robbed by a famous wanted criminal.
No, what is more dramatic is that their identities are equivalent to police officers in a sense.
Several people were thinking: What a lightning-speed dispatch.
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