Chapter 115: The Unspeakable Invader
Intruder.
To be honest, before hearing these three words, Yu Sheng's heart was already in turmoil - when he learned that dark angels could appear in the real world, and when he heard the word "another planet" from Song Cheng, he had already realized that those twisted beings named "angels" might be far more bizarre and powerful than he had imagined, but he did not expect that those things might actually be invaders from... outside the world.
He had always thought that the thing was the same as the entity in the alien world, and was also some kind of strange phenomenon in this world, at most a more dangerous "super entity".
"…No wonder Little Red Riding Hood advised me to try not to get involved with the Dark Angel."
Yu Sheng muttered subconsciously.
Song Cheng heard Yu Sheng's whisper, but he said nothing. He just continued to put more information on the coffee table in front of him: "I also brought a few other files of Dark Angels, but not all of them - some Dark Angels have the characteristic of being 'leaked' once their names are known, and can only be mentioned and studied in the Secret Service's 'safe house'. Some Dark Angels are listed as taboos for other reasons, and even I don't have access to them. But you can take a look at these. There is no harm in taking a look."
Yu Sheng did not touch the information on the coffee table as he did just now. Instead, he asked a question out of curiosity: "Why are you so concerned about me? I guess you would not directly take out files of this level when facing other spirit world detectives - even if the other party has already come into contact with the Dark Angel."
Song Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Because we suspect that you have the power to expel the 'angel'."
Yu Sheng instinctively realized that this might be a reason, but not the only reason.
However, he did not delve into it, but simply refuted it seriously: "The big eye in the night valley was not driven away by me - it left on its own."
"But it left after seeing you. Although you were not the only one present at the time, you were the most special one among them," Song Cheng said, with some helplessness in his tone. "I know this statement is not very convincing, but the fact is - we just can't do anything about the Dark Angel.
"No one can summarize their weaknesses or patterns of action, and no one can communicate with them. So far, looking at the entire world, whether inside or outside the border, there are very few cases of successfully expelling the descending 'angels', and there is no reference between them. Every time an 'angel' leaves, it seems to be just 'I've stayed enough, I'm leaving on my own', so we can only take our chances like this. Maybe the departure of the 'eye' really has nothing to do with you, but... what if?"
At this point, Song Cheng paused and added, "This is also Director Baili Qing's judgment. Without her consent, I can't bring this information to you."
"Baili Qing?" Yu Sheng raised his eyebrows, and then his eyes finally fell on the new information.
But he didn't read it carefully, he just picked it up and scanned it quickly.
"It's really... all kinds of weird." Looking at the bizarre, even abstract and chaotic pictures in the information, as well as the notes under the pictures, Yu Sheng couldn't help but sigh, "A shadow, a ball of fire, a huge cube flying across the night sky in silence... Why is there a ball here?"
"Its diameter is about four thousand kilometers."
Yu Sheng's expression was a little dull: "...What?"
"You heard it right. 'Heka's Star' is named after its original discoverer and victim. It has a diameter of about 4,000 kilometers and is the largest 'Dark Angel' confirmed so far. Its surface is neatly covered with countless hexagonal honeycomb structures like lattices. There are strong life reactions inside. It will suddenly break into galaxies with life and continuously 'broadcast' strange radio signals at a safe distance. Although there is no clear evidence, we believe that the broadcasts of 'Heka's Star' will cause intelligent creatures to gradually fall into frenzy. Many notorious wars and terrorist coups may be related to the approach of Heka's Star."
Yu Sheng put down the information and looked at Song Cheng in disbelief: "I'm typing this? Is it true?"
"No, no, of course not," Song Cheng waved his hand quickly, "Things of this scale can't be 'taken down'. We just hope... that you can learn more about the Dark Angels, just in case it comes in handy in the future, right?"
Yu Sheng curled his lips and changed the subject directly: "Let's talk about something else. Do you know anything else about these 'angels'?"
"Regarding their influence," Song Cheng said seriously, "although the dark angels are varied and have different characteristics, almost all of them have one thing in common, that is, their connection with the 'foreign land' and their influence on the foreign land.
"Like I said just now, although dark angels can appear in the real world, they tend to 'descend' into alien worlds more often. Under their influence, alien worlds 'parasitized' by angels will be activated, and the entities will become more dangerous and violent. Even the operating rules of the entire alien world will change, and even the depth will change. You should still remember the situation in Night Valley, right?"
"I remember it very clearly," Yu Sheng spread his hands. "Theoretically, only one hungry entity was generated at a time, but it suddenly spread all over the mountains. Later, even the entire valley became a huge 'entity' - fortunately, we were lucky."
"In most cases, people trapped in alien realms don't have this 'good luck', so those who encounter dark angels rarely survive. Even if the 'angels' themselves don't attack them, the victims will die at the hands of entities or alien rules due to the catastrophic environmental changes caused by the angels' arrival," Song Cheng said seriously. "We have been studying the behavior patterns of dark angels. Regarding the phenomenon that their appearance frequency in alien realms is significantly higher than that in the real world, some scholars speculate that this is because there is something in the alien realm that 'attracts' them, or..."
"or?"
"Or maybe it's because the 'foreign realm' itself belongs to some kind of 'weak space-time structure' of our world. In the foreign realm, the power of order is weak, which gives these 'angels' the opportunity to get in. I just said that the dark angels are 'invaders' from outside the world. They will drill holes in our world, and the 'foreign realm' may be some kind of... 'natural hole' for these invaders."
Yu Sheng seemed to be thinking about something, and at this time, Irene, who had been listening quietly for a long time, suddenly spoke up: "Then let's talk about those 'Angel Cultists'? Why would a group of crazy people willingly follow these evil 'Angels'? These 'Angels' cannot communicate, and they probably won't respond to the so-called believers' prayers, right?"
"We have captured many angel believers. You may not believe it, but these 'lunatics' are distributed much more widely than you think, not only in the border areas - basically wherever the Dark Angels have descended, there will be these frenzied elements affected by them," Song Cheng's expression became obviously gloomy when he talked about this. "Some of them gradually degenerate due to their obsession with power and mysterious knowledge, but the most core and fanatical ones insist that they are 'guided'."
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"Guidance? Whose guidance? These..." Yu Sheng said, raising his hand and pointing at the information on the coffee table, "These are from abstract angels? Aren't they unable to communicate?"
"It's impossible to communicate, but the cultists insist that they can really hear the voice of the 'Dark Angel', and it's not the kind of frantic and meaningless noise, but real 'guidance' and 'teachings'. I have interrogated some stubborn people, and most of them described the 'guidance voice' they heard like this -
"Gentle, tolerant, full of love and compassion, those voices showed them the end of the universe, but they also firmly encouraged them, telling them how they should find a way out and how they should work together with the 'angels' to seek salvation."
Song Cheng said this, organized his words, and continued: "By analyzing the mental state of those cultists and inducing hypnosis on them, we can roughly restore the process of the dark angel's influence on them. This "guidance" process should be extremely immersive. The huge and continuous illusion will completely drag the human mind into an inhuman "perspective" and spend a long time in this perspective. The minds of ordinary people cannot withstand this influence. After the guidance is over, they are completely transformed - they still look human, but their minds have long become inhuman.
"This is also the most confusing point for scholars. The Dark Angels are so diverse, from their abilities to their appearances, they don't look like the same group. However, no matter which Dark Angel the angels follow, the 'guidance' they hear when they are influenced by the angels seems to be similar. They all include a 'dark doomsday' and 'seeking a way to salvation'. Moreover, many details in these two elements are highly consistent. This forces us to re-examine the two questions of 'Do the Dark Angels have reason?' and 'Are the Dark Angels a unified group?'"
"It sounds like research in this area is quite dangerous." Yu Sheng couldn't help but sigh as he listened to Song Cheng's story.
"Yes, it is very dangerous. The biggest difficulty is that you cannot study the Dark Angels too deeply. If you only know them superficially, you will not be able to solve their secrets. But if you know too much, you will be influenced by them unconsciously. You may even accidentally 'see' the 'guidance' in their minds when you are in contact with those cultists. Many scholars who originally opposed the angels were subtly transformed into new angel cultists in this way."
(End of this chapter)
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