Early the next morning, a phone call came to Bailing.

"Hello?" Bai Ling said.

Soon, the voice on the other end of the phone said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "How dare you say 'hello'?"

"Do you know what you did yesterday?"

On the other end of the phone, Qi Guang sighed while watching the surveillance video: "I can understand your intention to get rid of the witch, but even so, you should have been a little quieter."

"Do you know how painful it was that I was woken up by a phone call from another department early this morning, and then I had to send people to sort out the traffic, appease the person involved, and then clean up the mess? No, you don't know. You only know that you are happy."

Listening to Qi Guang's complaining voice, Bai Ling couldn't help but laugh: "It's not very fun, actually."

"Hehe." Qi Guang rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone.

After a brief grumble, his tone turned serious: "And then?"

At this moment, Qi Guang was in the cubicle of the office. When he said this, he glanced at the tightly closed door, pressed the microphone with his hand, and whispered: "Witch, what happened? Is she dead?"

Faced with this question, Bai Ling shook his head.

He said frankly: "I don't know."

you do not know?

Qi Guang was amused by this answer: "Are you kidding? Not to mention that you call yourself a 'prophet', you were the one who fired the gun, and now you tell me you don't know?"

As he spoke, he turned his attention back to the surveillance camera.

The surveillance footage was a little blurry due to the brightness of the fire, but it was still clearly visible that Bering raised his pistol and fired three times at the other party.

The witch seemed to realize something and tried to escape quickly.

But this is meaningless - because the witch's "escape" itself was also within Bering's prediction.

Three bullets, all of them hit the target, and she was easily "killed" here.

Then the witch seemed to say something cruel at the end, but Bering quickly fired a few more shots and killed the other party directly.

This is what Qi Guang saw on the surveillance camera.

Because the content was too important, when reviewing the video, Qi Guang simply dismissed his attendants, sat alone in the office with a frown, and fast-forwarded and rewound bit by bit.

On the one hand, he was observing the witch's strength. On the other hand, he was also thinking about how he could deal with Bai Ling if he were put in the witch's situation.

Although the "prophet" is currently in the same camp as them, no one knows if there will be any unexpected events in the future.

This is not to say that the prophet himself is not trustworthy. In fact, if he is not trustworthy, Wang Weizheng would not have negotiated the terms with the prophet in the first place. In terms of judging people, Qi Guang still trusts Wang Weizheng very much.

He was worried about how he would respond if there was some ability like "hypnosis" or "reversal" that could move the prophet to the opposing camp.

This is not a joke.

Based on Qi Guang's own experience and information, he could think of many aliens who had the ability to manipulate hypnosis and control minds.

Because it is unclear what Bai Ling's resistance threshold is to this ability, Qi Guang has been trying his best to collect Bai Ling's combat data so far - using video equipment to observe while trying not to annoy the opponent.

After observation and comparison, Qi Guang came to a conclusion.

He could do better than the witch, but only "better".

Unless he was willing to risk his life, Qi Guang felt that it would be difficult for him to deal with Bai Ling.

This is not because Bai Ling is so strong. In Qi Guang's opinion, the "prophet"'s methods are actually relatively simple.

However, as a "prophet", no matter how simple the means are, it will make the enemy feel very difficult when it is really used.

Therefore, Qi Guang thought that he could probably force Bai Ling to use more of his trump cards. But if he wanted to subdue or kill him, it would be very difficult.

Unless Wang Weizheng, the director of the Countermeasures Bureau and the current ceiling of human combat effectiveness, comes in person, they really have no way to deal with this loach-like soft and slippery guy.

Qi Guang opened a bottle of Coke, took a sip and said, "Hasn't the witch's body been shot several times by you? Even if that guy is immortal, only the body should be left."

"What's not clear about this?"

Recalling last night's experience, Bai Ling sighed: "No, it's not that simple."

"In the surveillance footage, besides the witch, did you see anything else?" he whispered, "For example... the bone door wrapped in chains?"

After hearing Bai Ling's words, Qi Guang was slightly stunned.

He subconsciously straightened up, replayed the video, and watched it frame by frame again: "Gate of Bones?"

After watching for a while, Qi Guang shook his head: "No, I didn't notice. In the video, you and the witch just stood there and talked."

Rubbing his hair, Bai Ling said helplessly, "That's the problem."

"Last night, the witch summoned the entrance to the 'Abyss'. The entrance is made of piles of white bones, and it is ten meters in front of me."

"I thought she was dead, but an invisible force dragged her body underground..."

"So, she should not be completely dead yet. But she must be seriously injured."

Hearing this, Qi Guang frowned.

He watched the image again and again, but still found nothing.

Not to mention the Gate of Bones, there was not even a mouse between Bering and the Witch.

Could it be that the gate to the "abyss" cannot be observed?

Such a thought flashed through Qi Guang’s mind.

This is not uncommon.

In the cases handled by the Countermeasures Bureau in the past, there were indeed some things that could not be recorded by imaging equipment but were real.

Perhaps these things, because of their origin, are clearly recorded in the sense that they cannot be captured by electronic devices such as cameras and mobile phones, and can only be seen by human eyes.

Is the gate of the "abyss" also in the same state? It seems that he guessed Qi Guang's thoughts.

Bering's voice was somewhat serious: "No, it's not just that it can't be photographed."

He hesitated for a moment and was about to say that Tartarus seemed to be slightly beyond his prediction.

But soon, Bai Ling thought of something and his eyes flickered again.

He swallowed the words and changed his words: "It seems that only a few people can observe the abyss."

This statement is speculation.

Most of the people who got off the No. 13 bus yesterday seemed not to notice the existence of the abyss.

Only the high school girl seemed to have seen something vaguely, and her face was full of fear when she passed by that place.

Bai Ling didn't talk to her in detail at the time, mainly because the high school student seemed to have a slightly... complicated impression of her. So after Bai Ling gave her some instructions, she just picked up her bag and ran away.

The same is probably true for other students.

Bus No. 13 obeyed Bai Ling's instructions last night and returned the food they had eaten.

What it mainly devours are the hopes and striving emotions of these people. Once these are devoured, those people will completely become puppets without self-awareness.

When the food is vomited out, those who have been eaten will also be drowsy for a long time.

The "ending" that Qi Guang mentioned also includes this aspect - at least let these people know their current situation.

In the past, it might have been just fiddling with memory, but now it has become popular science and basic warnings, such as not going to special places on weekdays, or trying to avoid traveling to remote places.

Including the high school girl, she was also reminded.

It’s just a pity that Bai Ling didn’t record the abyss yesterday.

I don’t know whether this special feature can be reflected in the video equipment.

Thinking of this, Bai Ling couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

The main reason was that he spent too much time fighting the witch yesterday, and the atmosphere at that time didn't seem to allow him to take pictures with his mobile phone.

Think about it, when the two sides were scheming and pretending to be friendly for the sake of interests, Bai Ling suddenly took out a mobile phone with a "snap" sound, and pressed the shutter at a certain place...

He felt that if something like this really happened, the witch's face would be the same as the flash light in front of his phone.

On the other end of the phone, Qi Guang seemed to want to ask something: "Only special people can see it? Are you sure?"

"That's right," Bering replied, "and you are probably familiar with the name of the Abyss."

After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke into the microphone: "The hell in mythology, Tartarus."

"That is the gate to the abyss summoned by the witch!"

After receiving this answer, Qi Guang did not respond immediately.

He looked like he had thought of something, and he stood there in a daze.

Bai Ling also waited patiently for Qi Guang's follow-up.

In fact, he already knew what Qi Guang was going to say in advance.

However, out of personal etiquette and upbringing, he decided to let Qi Guang say it himself.

I am really a polite man.

Bai Ling thought so in his heart.

Sure enough, after a few seconds, Qi Guang spoke up: "Speaking of the abyss..."

"Do you know the situation on the peninsula?"

When saying this, Qi Guang didn't actually want the other party to answer, but used a rhetorical question as an introduction.

This will allow the other person to focus on what you are going to say next.

After all, what he was going to say was something very confidential to the Countermeasures Bureau, and most people outside the Countermeasures Bureau were not very clear about it. Every time he mentioned "Peninsula", the other party could only say that they had some understanding, and the details were completely unclear.

But he missed one thing.

Bai Ling: “I know.”

This sentence choked everything Qi Guang wanted to say afterwards.

Oh shit.

Only then did he remember that the person in front of him was not an ordinary person to whom he usually only told half and left out the other half.

He is a "prophet".

Maybe the other party already knew it, or maybe the other party had foreseen what he was going to say next. In short, what he was going to say next was probably known to this guy in advance.

Thinking of this, Qi Guang said unhappily: "Even if you know it, listen to me!"

There's not so much to do!

After taking another sip of Coke, Qi Guang continued, "The 'Peninsula' is located to the lower right of our country. It is close to the ocean and has a relatively humid climate. In addition, the transportation conditions are good, so there were some developed countries there during the old calendar."

"However, ever since the 'Peninsula Incident' occurred in a certain year, that place has completely become a 'forbidden land of death' with no human habitation within a thousand miles."

"Among the participants in the Peninsula Incident, there was the witch. Of course, she is not the most important one. The most important thing is that there used to be a 'jailer' like me there."

"The one who caused the Peninsula Incident was the 'jailer' who imprisoned the alien in his own body but released him!"

Bering was not very clear about this.

In fact, Bering didn't know much about the "Peninsula Incident".

After the emergence of the new calendar and a more solid alliance, many things about the old calendar had already rotted in the stomachs of the older generation.

As time goes by, those who experienced the past grow old or die, and there are fewer and fewer people who can clearly know everything that happened in the past.

So after getting the news from Qi Guang, Bai Ling was still a little surprised.

Of course, that was the first time.

After listening to it for the second time, I didn't feel anything. I just wondered if I could press the ctrl or esc key frantically to skip the NPC dialogue and fast forward directly.

Over there, Qi Guang's face was solemn: "That day, the day when the peninsula was completely reduced to a forbidden zone for humans, a nightmare-like monster broke out of the bodies of humans. It greedily devoured everything around it, turning all the living beings it saw into its food. During that time, the entire peninsula became a purgatory on earth."

"No one can guarantee that they can survive until the next day. They can be eaten by monsters at any time. The power of the country is nothing in front of monsters, and ordinary thermal weapons can't even break his defense. Even a nuclear bomb, after calculation, can't cause fatal damage to him..."

At this point, Qi Guang couldn't help but sigh: "Although I haven't experienced it myself, but looking at the records in the materials, I can still imagine what a terrifying hell that meat grinder-like slaughterhouse is."

Listening to Qi Guang's words, Bai Ling remained silent.

Like Qi Guang, he could probably imagine how horrific the tragedy on the peninsula was.

In some of the files that will be released in the future, the total number of deaths on the peninsula will be clearly mentioned.

That's an eight-digit number.

During the days when monsters were rampant, the peninsula was like a huge wave that could engulf several cities. Just by being there, one could smell the blood in the soil. Walking on that land, every step could be the remains of other people.

That is the real "purgatory".

At this point, Qi Guang's mood was a little depressed: "Later, as you know, the authorities of various countries at that time invested a lot of manpower to suppress the disaster on the peninsula. Crusade, cleanup, and finalization, countless manpower was invested in that slaughterhouse at that time."

"After this battle, the strength of the human side was greatly reduced, and the decline of the Countermeasures Bureau also began from then on."

"Many years later, humans began to form alliances. Soon after the alliance was established, the old calendar was about to end and the new calendar was about to begin. Although the alliance was loose, it stipulated that troops must be sent to provide support in similar situations. Joint military exercises also became mainstream for similar purposes. Otherwise, there would not have been such large-scale joint exercises involving real weapons and weapons in the past."

“It can be said that the Peninsula is the beginning of the new calendar and the fuse for many subsequent events.”

At the end, Qi Guang finally made the final decision: "It is said that the monster that once wreaked havoc on the peninsula was related to the 'Abyss'..."

Qi Guang's voice was solemn and dark: "Even after His death, a bottomless abyss was formed at His body!"

The words fell.

About three seconds passed.

Bai Ling nodded: "Oh."

"Can I hang up now?"

Qi Guang felt a little awkward after hearing this.

"Give me some reaction," he said bitterly, "This is a secret, a poem from the past, a starting point for a turbulent future, and the beginning of a revolution from the old to the new!"

You just give me an "oh"?!

Bai Ling was also somewhat helpless: "I was indeed a little surprised at first."

"But this isn't the first time I've heard it."

You know, in order to figure out Qi Guang's words, Bai Ling listened to his words several times in the sea of ​​consciousness...

After watching the game CG several times, no one really wants to listen to it to the end and just wants to skip it.

Hearing this, Qi Guang felt a little annoyed: "That's why I hate explaining the situation to you!"

"That's what happened! No matter what the witch is like, she has appeared in the Peninsula in the past, and the Peninsula incident is also related to her. According to what you said, she has the ability to activate the abyss. In short, there must be a lot of clues in the Peninsula!"

"If you want to die, you can go over now with your handbag!"

Listening to Qi Guang's words, Bai Ling chuckled.

"I do want to go to the Peninsula," he said matter-of-factly, "but not right now."

"Right now, there are higher priorities."

"Have you delivered the tranquilizer?"

On the other end of the phone, Qi Guang nodded slightly: "It's delivered."

"It will probably arrive at your delivery address soon. Please sign for it then."

After hearing this, Bai Ling smiled.

"Thank you, Director Qi."

He smiled and said, "It's a great help."

Hearing this, Qi Guang said unhappily, "It's good that you know how to help."

"Anyway, if you don't have anything else to do, just prepare for the drill in a month," Qi Guang said, "I told you before that this year is special. I originally thought it was just the method, but now it seems that the whole thing is special..."

"Anyway, you can probably predict it, so I won't say much. Anyway, I will go to Yanxia Mountain with you when the time comes."

Qi Guang was probably also a teacher accompanying the team during the exercise.

As for Wang Weizheng? Director Wang needs to stay in China to prevent other incidents.

Anyway, Qi Guang’s strength is enough to deal with ordinary "disasters", and he is like a time bomb, so no one dares to do anything to him in this kind of activity.

Being with him is like buying an insurance policy, a huge insurance policy that could trigger a nuclear war if you move it.

"Okay, I understand," Bai Ling said, "We'll contact each other then."

On the other end of the phone, Qi Guang also nodded.

"Then we'll contact each other then."