"It feels very familiar to me," Starscream frowned, "but it also feels a little different..."
Looking at the woman lying on the ground in front of him, Bai Ling narrowed his eyes and said, "She is the 'woodcarver' Zou Ye."
Who is that? Although Starscream didn't say anything, her eyes revealed something similar.
Bai Ling also patiently explained: "He is an artist with a little problem in his brain. He is considered a monster of the older generation. Of course, his qualifications are much less than yours."
That's for sure.
Red Spider and the Witch are both old monsters that are at least hundreds of years old. In comparison, Zou Ye, who is only a few decades old, may not even be a fraction of them.
The invisible witch next to her rolled her eyes.
She didn't mind Bai Ling mentioning his age, but according to her idea, Bai Ling himself was probably not much younger than her.
This is not a vertical generation gap, but a horizontal one.
The witch thinks that for a person who has the ability to predict the future, the time he spends in the future should also be counted as his original body.
After all, these people have indeed experienced so much mentally that they are able to see the future rather than just watch some fragments.
By this calculation, the prophet's age and experience should be much older than his actual age.
Not to mention that God knows how long Bering has been looking into the future.
Red Spider shook his head: "I don't know. I'm not familiar with him. Can I kill him?"
As she spoke, she looked at Bai Ling eagerly.
Bai Ling shook his head, then nodded: "Don't worry."
"It seems we need to solve the trouble from the outside world first." As he said that, he turned his head and looked towards the entrance.
At this moment, the man in his shorts broke free from Luo Hongzhe and the detective, and rushed into the living room, "What do you want to do? Michiko!"
When he saw Red Spider squatting down and grabbing Zou Ye's chest tightly, with his palm even buried in Zou Ye's chest, the man's eyes bulged out instantly.
He ran over here desperately. If Luo Hongzhe and the others hadn't quickly subdued him again, he would have crawled in front of Bai Ling and grabbed Bai Ling's collar: "You...what are you doing?! Who are you?! Let her go quickly, I'm calling the police!"
Listening to the man's voice, Bai Ling couldn't help but smile: "It's been a long time since I heard this sentence."
Before Bai Ling became famous, almost everyone would ask him "Who are you?" From top bosses like Wang Weizheng and the Witch to scum like the Zombie Man and Howard, almost everyone asked Bai Ling after meeting him.
Soon, after Bering's military achievements became famous, basically no one asked who he was.
After all, his attire is quite distinctive, and his methods are also very personal. Basically, whenever you meet him, you will think of his identity to some extent.
So when he saw the man in front of him being subdued on the ground, still struggling and yelling at him, Bai Ling rarely felt nostalgic: "Time flies so fast, so much time has passed in the blink of an eye."
While thinking this, Bai Ling stood in front of the man and waved gently.
Luo Hongzhe was very smart. He quickly understood Bai Ling's meaning and released his hand that was pressing on the man.
The detective next to him was slightly startled.
But in the end he did the same thing, took two steps back and pretended not to see it.
The man who had struggled out of his struggle rubbed his wrist, staring blankly at Bai Ling for a moment, and then he seemed to realize something and rushed towards Starscream: "Michiko...!"
But before he could rush over.
The next second, thick gray fog spread from the floor, tightly wrapping around his body like a spider web.
"Be patient," Bai Ling said, "Before you and your 'beloved wife' snuggle up and talk to each other, I have a few questions to ask you, Mr. Yamada Kentaro."
The man called "Kentaro Yamada" stumbled and fell forward.
Then he stumbled into the soft sofa, sinking into it like a tourist waiting to be interviewed.
Was the sofa in my house here before? This thought flashed through Yamada Kentaro's mind.
Soon, the gray mist retreated like a tide right under his eyes and fell back into the feet of the young man who had spoken earlier, like a shadow merging into a shadow.
Looking at the mountain field in front of him, Bai Ling pondered for a moment before he began to speak: "First of all, let me explain why we are here - we are the specialists who specialize in handling abnormal matters. You probably know something about this, right?"
Yamada was slightly startled when he heard this: "I...I know. But you guys...!"
Before he could say anything excitedly, Bai Ling interrupted him: "I know what you want to say, but please listen to me first."
Pointing at Zou Ye on the ground, Bai Ling casually threw out a few photos: "This is what your wife looked like not long ago, and this is also her true appearance. Of course, now she herself probably can't remember what she looked like before."
The photos fell down like snowflakes spreading across the room, lightly landing in front of Yamada.
Yamada picked up the photo tremblingly, and then threw it away in disbelief: "No, it's impossible! This is fake! You are lying to me!"
He pointed at Zou Ye: "I remember very clearly that Michiko has always been like this. She has been like this since she married me. It has been almost three years!"
That's true.
Bai Ling sighed: "It seems that I need to expose some more real evidence to you before I can make you believe it."
"Go ahead," Bering said to Starscream, "Pick her face off."
Upon hearing this, Red Spider reached out his hand and easily tore off the mask covering Zou Ye's face. The action was much easier than simply tearing paper.
With a "rip" sound, in front of everyone, the innocent face on Zou Ye's face was scraped off by the Red Spider and stuck to her hand.
Soon, what was behind Zou Ye's face was exposed to everyone.
That's pure "wood".
Forget about the facial features. The thing only has three holes. One seems to be for the eyes and the other for the mouth. Other than that, the color of the wood is soft and bright.
Beneath that female face, there were only a few holes and large pieces of "wood".
This is Zou Ye's real situation.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Yamada pointed at Zou Ye blankly: "No, it's impossible... This is fake, it must be your illusion... That's right, don't you specialize in dealing with the supernatural? This must be your scam! I know, it's because I scolded you on the Internet before, so you came to our house, right?!"
As he spoke, Yamada seemed to believe his own words, and said with a red face and thick neck: "That's right, you did all this and then framed us!"
Seeing Yamada like this, Red Spider pulled Zou Ye and said with some disappointment: "Your taste in men doesn't seem to be that good either? I feel like you're a little hysterical and stupid."
Zou Ye's featureless face vividly expressed the meaning of "gritting teeth": "Get lost!"
With a sigh, Bai Ling could only say: "It's true. No matter how real the information provided to you by people living in their own world is, you may not choose to believe it."
"If that's the case, then let your 'wife' speak for herself," Bai Ling said, snapping his fingers, "Come on, our woodcarver."
With the flash of the white ring on his finger.
Soon, Zou Ye stood still, and his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "That's right... I'm not Yamada Michiko, I'm Zou Ye, the 'woodcarver' Zou Ye!"
"I've had enough," she said loudly, "Your meanness is far beyond my imagination, Prophet! You have made me forget myself as a man bit by bit, and gradually made me identify with women. Later, I often doubted my identity, and I even enjoyed it..."
She said angrily: "Is this a manifestation of your evil taste, prophet?! Turning men into women, turning the living into the dead!"
Hearing this, Red Spider subconsciously glanced at Bai Ling.
"This kid is really extravagant," this is probably what Starscream's eyes meant.
Bai Ling tapped the table lightly with his fingers.
After a long while, he slowly spoke: "You know, Zou Ye."
"Since the hospital was abandoned, I often use a certain lady's jade pendant and some souls for experiments," he said. "Of course, they are the souls that are already empty or monsters. I still have this basic morality, and it is meaningless even if you want to use this to criticize me."
"I threw them into my consciousness and wanted to see if they could dive into the ocean of consciousness like you did."
Bai Ling sighed: "But unfortunately, those souls quickly disappeared after entering my soul, without any fluctuations. They cannot penetrate into the consciousness. So far, I have only found three things that can enter the ocean safely. One of them is me, and the other is the artificial fog of non-living matter - such as the Philosopher's Stone."
"There is a third one, and that's you."
Bai Ling stood up and stood in front of Zou Ye: "I think you probably don't know what I'm talking about. After all, the soul that entered my consciousness has disappeared and can't bring its memories to you. But I can tell you the reason - it's probably because there is a compatibility between us."
He said gently, "Just like the witch's adaptation to that high school girl, Hermes' adaptation to someone in the past, Ding Yan's adaptation to Honglian, Qi Guang's adaptation to Balder, there is a similar adaptation relationship between you and me. This is very interesting - because in the past I usually used my own physical advantages to inject soul-burning potions, but I didn't expect that my body itself is also adapted to certain alien species."
"In other words, you can actually possess me," he looked at Zou Ye, "just like Hermes, looking for a host and hiding yourself in it."
"And you almost succeeded that time at the abandoned hospital."
As soon as these words were spoken.
Zou Ye's expression changed slightly.
She seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she said nothing and just stared at Bai Ling with her empty eyes.
Meeting her gaze, Bai Ling leaned against the wall and stretched out his hand.
Putting his hand on Zou Ye's wooden head, Bai Ling said in a friendly manner: "And you are wrong about one thing. Do you think I am removing your male memories? No, I am removing all your memories. It's just that because your consciousness is too strong, the process is relatively slow."
"In fact, when I gave you the hint, I wanted to wear down your personality and your memories bit by bit... and turn you into an empty and void soul."
"In this way, I will be able to obtain a mindless wreckage. Just like the red lotus parasitic in Ding Yan's body, it is inexhaustible. You will maintain the lowest level of activity and provide me with your spirit and hormones at all times..."
Spreading his hands, Bai Ling smiled and said, "So you are wrong. This is not a bad taste, but a real experiment. I really want to know, if the alien species can parasitize humans, then as a compatible species, can humans in turn use you alien species."
“And now is the time to accept the results.”
Grabbing Zou Ye's head heavily, Bai Ling took a look at the face in Red Spider's hand.
"You seem to really love Ji Zi," Bai Ling said with admiration, "even the figurine you used is her image. But I guess Ji Zi would vomit if she saw someone like this standing in front of her."
"She probably hates herself the most."
After saying this.
Bai Ling simply reached out and "pulled down" Zou Ye's head, revealing the heart inside which was tightly grasped by Red Spider.
Then use two fingers to "lift" the heart out.
By the way, he put this "heart" into the exquisite box he had given to Luo Hongzhe before, and locked it with the combination lock. Bai Ling patted the box with satisfaction.
It all happened so fast that Zou Ye didn't even have time to react before his head was twisted off.
By the time she realized something, there was dead nothingness and darkness in front of her.
Throwing the box to the invisible witch, Bai Ling said, "Add something inside to make it silent and shockproof. Our woodcarver friend is quite noisy, so it would be most convenient to let her slowly dissolve her consciousness."
The invisible witch had no choice but to reveal her body and borrow the box: "You want me to pledge my loyalty to you."
As she spoke, she glanced at Luo Hongzhe and the people next to him imperceptibly.
If you reveal it now, you might be branded as a “prophet” in the future.
After all, the regulations of the Countermeasures Bureau are that every time anything is issued, the records must be archived.
The witch knew without even having to think about it what Commissioner Luo Hongzhe would write.
But it doesn't matter.
Anyway, I should be a little timid right now. It will be more convenient if I hold on to someone's thigh.
Thinking of this, the witch shrugged her shoulders, picked up the box that was moving randomly, and began to "add ingredients" to it.
Bai Ling looked at Yamada behind him.
Even if Yamada wanted to say something now, he could only keep silent after seeing his "wife" having her head pulled off so easily.
However, he still looked at Bai Ling with hatred, and there seemed to be a flame in his soul.
Facing Yamada's gaze, Bai Ling just sighed imperceptibly.
He patted Luo Hongzhe on the shoulder and said, "Catch this guy."
"He is the murderer we are looking for this time."
Hearing this.
Luo Hongzhe was stunned: "What? It's him? Not the one whose head you twisted off before?!"
Bai Ling looked at Luo Hongzhe with a half-smile: "Who told you that there is only one Zou Ye?"
Pointing at the witch's box, Bering said, "This thing is just the biggest one. As a woodcarver, he can have as many woodcarvings as he wants. Therefore, he can have as many bodies as he wants."
"It seems that he disguised himself too well and deceived you." Bai Ling pulled back his hand and pulled off an ear from Yamada's head. "Just think about it, how could a guy like Zou Ye find an ordinary man as his 'husband'? And for three years... Zou Ye at that time was not in such a bad situation as he is now. He had a free and easy life and could do whatever he wanted. Even the 'Kaguya-hime' of the island country had to ask him for help."
"If that's the case, with his paranoid personality, it's impossible for him to let Ji Zi marry an ordinary person," Bai Ling said, "So, according to his idea, Ji Zi can only marry him."
"This was already a foregone conclusion when he molded Ji Zi's face. After all, if you like someone so much, how could you bear to let someone else be with her?"
After saying this, Bai Ling passed by Luo Hongzhe and said casually: "By the way, I'll trouble you to record the materials yourself when the time comes."
Hearing Bai Ling's voice, Luo Hongzhe suddenly realized something.
He turned around and said, "Didn't you say there was something else you wanted to ask this...woodcarver?"
As he spoke, Luo Hongzhe glanced at the Yamada in front of him.
At this moment, Yamada was in a daze, sitting on the sofa, seemingly not knowing what to do.
He was indeed "dispirited" in the most literal sense of the word.
Zou Ye, the brain behind the scene, has been put into the box. Although he still has some connection with the outside world, it is like a wireless signal that cannot be used after being separated by several meters. Now, no matter how much Zou Ye in the box gives orders, Yamada outside can only perform some simple actions mechanically.
After all, this thing was originally a puppet that Zou Ye created to clear himself of suspicion and that he could abandon when necessary. Naturally, it couldn't be as sophisticated as the puppet in Yanxia Mountain.
Therefore, in Luo Hongzhe's opinion, this Yamada really seems to have some flavor of a robot.
Bai Ling, who was asked the question, tilted his head and said with a smile, "No need."
"I've finished asking questions," Bai Ling pointed to his head, "Why do you think I dragged this guy to the sofa just now?"
"Everything is over now. I have the answer I want. What remains is what you have to do."
After saying this, Bai Ling turned his back and waved his hand: "By the way, I have something to go out for later. I will come back naturally after the matter is settled. Also, Blood Rose will be here soon. When the time comes, you can tell her that you solved the problem. Don't mention my name or tell her my location."
"It's more dangerous for them to know my whereabouts than for you," Bailing said. "You are not on the all-informed list, so you are safe. But you also need to be careful - there is no shortage of spies in this city right now."
After saying this.
Bering took Starscream and the Witch and left the apartment.
Luo Hongzhe was left standing there stupidly, not knowing what to say.
After a long time, Luo Hongzhe suddenly came to his senses: "My phone!"
Just now, his cell phone was taken away by the prophet and has not been returned to him yet!
The car keys were also taken away by the prophet!
This meant that if nothing unexpected happened, he would have to walk alone or take the train back home...
You know, his house is quite a distance from here!
Just when Luo Hongzhe was at the point of wanting to cry but had no tears left.
Probably several minutes passed.
Along with the sound of boots, the person that Bai Ling mentioned finally arrived.
Wearing a black windbreaker, "Blood Rose" Song Qingci walked on the floor and came to Luo Hongzhe in silence.
The black windbreaker was exactly the same as that of someone who had left not long ago. It was like a pitch-black crow feather, flying high when he came, covering the sky and the sun.
When she saw Luo Hongzhe, the first thing she did was to put her hands on her waist.
Luo Hongzhe knew that she was about to pull out the notorious blade! "Wait, wait!" Luo Hongzhe quickly raised his hand, "I'm not a monster! No!"
Hearing this, Song Qingci's hand paused slightly.
Then she looked at Luo Hongzhe in confusion: "You are not dead?"
Originally Song Qingci thought Luo Hongzhe was dead.
You have to know that if Lan Kong were to target him, based on Song Qingci's understanding of this guy Luo Hongzhe, he probably wouldn't be able to last more than seven minutes.
Luo Hongzhe just smiled bitterly.
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