Chapter 233 Lingling Arrives

Mu Ningxue looked at Qin Chen in surprise, her eyes clearly saying, how did you know?

"I have been in your body, how could I not know what you are thinking?" Qin Chen said with a smile.

In response, Mu Ningxue rolled her eyes at this shameless guy. It was already this late at night, and he was still telling such dirty jokes.

"I have found information about the Drowning Curse. My hunter partner will be here tomorrow, and we will solve this international bounty case together." Qin Chen said.

"Drowning curse?" Mu Ningxue asked curiously.

"That's right. This kind of weird drowning death incident has happened in many coastal cities. It's called the Drowning Curse. The Hunter Alliance even has a bounty pool for Drowning Curse cases. As long as we can solve the Drowning Curse incident, we can get 350 million in the Drowning Curse bounty pool. It's a big bounty."

Qin Chen said with excitement in his eyes that he would never feel that money was enough, and if he could solve the drowning curse, his hunter level could at least be raised to a five-star hunter master. If he needed something, he could just post a task in the Hunter Alliance and countless people would come to find it for him.

"I see!"

Mu Ningxue now understood why Qin Chen was so active. Based on her understanding of Qin Chen, if there were no certain benefits, Qin Chen would be indifferent. It turned out that it was for the bonus.

The next morning, the little loli Lingling came to the door.

"According to my investigation, the place in the world where the drowning curse occurs most frequently is in this city where we are."

Lingling said after listing all the cases of drowning curses in the world on an electronic map.

"No wonder. I heard before that eight people have died from the drowning curse in this city this year." Mu Ningxue said.

"Most of the people who died from the drowning curse lived near rivers and seas, so you guys should go and learn about the situation of the people living near the sea and rivers."

"It would be best to find the families of those who died from the drowning curse and ask them about their conditions before death to see if we can find some similarities."

Lingling kept staring at the computer while she quickly sorted out the information and analyzed the cause of the drowning curse.

Afterwards, Qin Chen and Mu Ningxue went to the coastal residents of the city to conduct a field investigation. Qin Chen knew what the drowning curse was like, and it would be best if they could find a body that had just been hit by a drowning curse.

Qin Chen used sound magic to constantly listen to the sounds around him, and was able to quickly discover whether there was a drastic drop in life fluctuations around him, while Mu Ningxue was responsible for asking the residents for information about the drowning curse.

Now, the range of Qin Chen's sound system detection has reached a radius of three thousand meters. Any movement within three thousand meters cannot be hidden from his ears. In order to quickly comprehend the field of sound system, Qin Chen has been training the power of sound system during this period of time.

The reason why he could comprehend the domain of space and chaos so quickly was because the ancient king's cultivation insights gave him a lot of inspiration. After all, the magic practiced by the ancient king included space and chaos, and it was easy for him to comprehend the domain by analogy.

The sound system is different. Nan Jue, who majored in the sound system in the team, has not yet comprehended the field of sound system, not to mention Qin Chen, whose sound system is not even a minor.

However, all things have something in common. He has already comprehended the fields of space and chaos, which also helps him comprehend the field of sound. He believes that with his understanding, he will be able to comprehend the field of sound.

"The life force is decreasing dramatically, and the heartbeat has almost stopped. We found it!"

At this moment, Qin Chen suddenly sensed that the heartbeat within the range of his sound exploration was getting slower and slower, and stopped beating in a very short time.

Qin Chen immediately went to the location of the person whose heart stopped beating. However, when he arrived, he saw a sloppy-looking man with a faint water element icy wave on his body. He was a water mage.

"Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

The water mage said vigilantly that Qin Chen was obviously a young man from a noble family, and coming to his poor home must have bad intentions.

"Is there anyone at home? He is dying, why don't you go and check on him?" Qin Chen said, pointing at the door of his house.

"What?" Upon hearing that, the water man immediately took out the key and opened the door.

"Norco!!!!!!"

However, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a man chained up. The man actually cut his wrist with a knife, put the blood in a basin, and then immersed his face in the blood basin and drowned! The water man looked at the dead man in dismay, his eyes were lifeless and out of focus. This was his only relative, and he didn't expect that he would die in front of him!

At this time, Mu Ningxue also came over and saw this horrifying scene, unable to bear to watch.

"Hey, Lingling, come over here. We found a person who just died from the drowning curse."

Qin Chen immediately called Lingling. This was a recent case of drowning curse and it was very important to solve the drowning curse.

"We are the Hunter Masters of the Hunter Union. We are investigating the Drowning Curse incident and want to completely solve this drowning curse that harms humanity. Can you tell us about your brother? We want to learn about the Drowning Curse, find out the cause, and completely solve it."

After the water man cried in pain for a long time, Qin Chen asked.

“My brother Norco loves surfing”

Bobby told the story about his brother Noko bit by bit. Naturally, Bobby hated the drowning curse that killed his brother, and he hoped that someone could completely destroy it. So in response to Qin Chen's questions, even though Bobby was immersed in sadness, he told Qin Chen all the stories one by one.

After finishing the story, Lingling happened to come here.

"Little sister, don't go in!"

When Bobby saw the cute little Loli Lingling coming in, he quickly stopped her to prevent her from seeing the bloody scene.

"I'm the Master Hunter, you rookie, get out of the way."

When Lingling saw this guy with the Advanced Hunter Badge blocking her way, she took out her Master Hunter License.

"Master Hunter? Senior?"

Bobby felt that his worldview was destroyed. Such a little girl was actually his senior? Lingling ignored Bobby's shock and went directly to Noko, examined Noko from head to toe, and then took away some samples for research.

"Find a skilled master to dissect him and conduct research, so as to further confirm the cause of the drowning curse." Lingling said experiencedly.

"What? Dissection? No, he's my brother!"

When Bobby heard Lingling's words, he immediately refused.

"If you think giving him a complete funeral is more important than finding out the cause of his death, then I have nothing to say." Lingling rolled her eyes at Bobby and said.

"Oh well."

Hearing this, Bobby's heart sank and he agreed with Lingling's opinion.

Later, after Lingling's experiments and the discovery of jellyfish maggots in Noko's blood, it was determined that the cause of the drowning curse was the jellyfish maggots.

"These transparent jellyfish maggots enter the human body through seawater, then absorb nutrients from the human body to reproduce and grow. They also have the power of mind control and can control the human mind."

"When the nutrients in the human body are absorbed by the jellyfish maggots, the maggots will control the human body to go to the seaside. As long as the human body comes into contact with sea water, the jellyfish maggots will drill out of the human body and dive into the sea."

"When the nutrients in the human body are completely absorbed by the jellyfish maggots, the person is dead, and the jellyfish maggots are the only ones left alive. When the jellyfish maggots leave the human body, the person will naturally appear to have drowned and died."

"This is the truth about the Drowning Curse."

Lingling sorted out her words and said seriously.

"Doesn't that mean that these jellyfish maggots can transform into any monster, even humans?" Mu Ningxue asked in disbelief.

"That's the theory." Lingling nodded seriously.

"How do we solve this now?"

Bobby seemed to have heard some shocking secret, but what he cared about most now was how to resolve the drowning curse incident and prevent more people from being harmed by the drowning curse.

"The person who tied the bell must untie it. The solution lies in these jellyfish maggots. Now the jellyfish maggots are still larvae. We need to release them back into the sea and wait for them to mature. Then we can find the pathogens in their bodies and make vaccines. In this way, people all over the world will no longer be cursed by drowning." Lingling said.

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"How long will it take for this little guy to grow and mature?"

Mu Ningxue frowned and asked, if it took too long, they would not have time to do this.

"The growth of jellyfish maggots is very strange. Once they enter the body of a demon, they will devour the demon completely and then quickly grow into the demon. That's when they mature," Lingling said.

"Then what are you waiting for? Mark this little guy and release him back into the sea. We will babysit him all the way until he grows up."

Qin Chen stood up and placed a Chaos Mark on the jellyfish maggot.

At this time, Mu Ningxue, who had not done many hunter missions, felt a little absurd. They were actually going to release this murderer back into the sea and protect it all the way until it grew up.

"I'm a water mage. I can sail with you. I'm very familiar with the waters around here." Bobby volunteered.

"Okay, let's get ready and set off together." Qin Chen nodded.

A lot of things needed to be prepared before going out to sea, because they didn't know how long it would take. At least a month's worth of food and fresh water would need to be prepared, as well as various overseas medicines, etc. At the same time, Qin Chen also asked Ai Jiangtu to ask for half a month's leave for him and Mu Ningxue.

"Bobby, this is a water spirit seed. I'm giving it to you as a reward for taking us out to sea."

Qin Chen went to the magic market and spent 20 million to buy a water spirit seed for Bobby. This was mainly to enhance Bobby's water power so that he could better lead them. After all, neither he nor Mu Ningxue had water power, which would be inconvenient in the sea.

Another thing is that the bounty was very high, and since Bobby helped them complete the bounty, this was considered a reward for him.

"I can't accept this, it's too expensive!"

Bobby was just an ordinary mid-level water wizard who didn't even have a spirit seed. It would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted to see such a water spirit seed before his eyes. But when he thought that he was going out to sea not for the money but to resolve the drowning curse, Bobby refused.

"Take it. If we can solve the drowning curse, we will get a large bonus. I give you this spirit seed because you have contributed to this matter." Qin Chen stuffed it directly into Bobby's hand and said.

Now, spirit seeds are nothing to him. Little Yan Ji’s daily snacks are soul seed fragments, and one soul seed fragment is almost equivalent to one spirit seed. So, to him, spirit seeds are just a snack for Little Yan Ji.

"Thanks."

Hearing this, Bobby stopped being shy and refined it on the spot.

Soon, Lingling also marked the jellyfish maggot, and after releasing the tree jellyfish maggot, she immediately drove the boat five hundred meters behind it to protect it.

Fortunately, the jellyfish maggots were weak at this time and could not dive too deep into the sea, otherwise they would have lost them.

"Qin Chen, hurry up, it has encountered an enemy, go down and help it deal with it."

Lingling shouted as she looked at her laptop.

"Here you come, what a naughty little kid, always trying to stir up trouble. I still prefer the three little guys I raised."

Qin Chen said helplessly, then jumped directly into the water. At the same time, he used the space system to add an air layer to himself to ensure that he could breathe underwater.

After entering the sea, he used spatial telekinesis as power, which was equivalent to installing a thruster under his feet, and shuttled through the sea at a high speed.

"In the sea, the fire element is suppressed by the sea, and its power is cut in half. The space element is more stable in the sea, so its power is reduced by two levels. The sound element is transmitted faster in the sea water, so its power is increased by two levels. The chaos element is not suppressed. Do I need to awaken the water element when I reach the super level? The future is the era of the sea. If I don't awaken the water element, it will be a big loss to fight in the sea."

As Qin Chen swam over, he compared his current situation in the sea with that on land.

"You dare to hunt down the maggot baby I'm protecting. You don't know whether you live or die."

Before Qin Chen could come up with an answer, he saw a mermaid covered with swordfish-like spines chasing the jellyfish maggots that he had planted with the Chaos Mark.

"Chaos-Vortex"

Without any hesitation, a chaotic vortex appeared in front of the sword-like mermaid. The strong devouring force swallowed up the surrounding sea water and the sword-like mermaid.

The Chaos Vortex can not only devour magic, but also devour demons. It has unparalleled crushing power within the Chaos Vortex. A warrior-level sword-wielding mermaid who enters it will be crushed to death by the Chaos Vortex.

However, Qin Chen did not reverse the chaotic vortex, because the Sword-Wise Sea Monster was very bloody after being crushed to death, and a large amount of blood would attract more Sword-Wise Sea Monsters.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!!!”

However, even though Qin Chen was so careful, he was still discovered by a large number of sword-wielding sirens. He saw black shadows rushing towards him from afar, and each one was a general-level sword-wielding siren.

Under the detection of Qin Chen's sound system, those sword-like sea monsters seemed endless and rushed over continuously, as if they had smelled some delicious food, driving them crazy.

"The sword-obsessed siren I just killed, could it be that he is the prince that this group of sword-obsessed sirens are specifically protecting?"

Seeing so many Sword-Wicked Sea Monsters rushing over, Qin Chen couldn't help but say that logically speaking, the killing he just did definitely not leak any blood, so there was only one explanation for attracting so many Sword-Wicked Sea Monsters.

(End of this chapter)