Chapter 280 Origin
Yu Sheng always has many, many unique ideas, many of which are brilliant.
And Hu Li would always carry out every one of his outrageous ideas without any doubt.
Therefore, the fox demon did not think there was anything wrong with her benefactor breaking off the nails of a killing machine to make a knife to stab her, and upon hearing Yu Sheng's order, she immediately and happily hugged the arm that still looked scary, then pulled out a big tail from behind, rubbed the tip of the tail, and released a cluster of dazzling fox fire with blue light, which began to cut on the palm of the iron puppet.
She planned to cut off all five "nails" first, and then further divide them according to Yu Sheng's requirements. As for disassembling the entire arm... there was no need to rush.
Fire suddenly burst out in the living room.
The bright light shone on Irene's face and almost blinded the little doll's eyes.
"Stupid fox, can you find another place to cut this thing?" Irene complained loudly, "There are sofas and electrical appliances around here, you'll set the house on fire!"
Upon hearing this, Hu Li immediately stopped what she was doing. After thinking about it, she felt that what the other party said made sense, so she ran to the basement holding the arm - she planned to take this thing to the valley to cut it.
Irene watched Hu Li run down the stairs, then turned back to look at Yu Sheng: "Are you really going to use the 'nail' of that thing to make a knife? It looks weird."
"What else?" Yu Sheng said as he took out his phone and edited a message without looking up. "After defeating monsters, it should be normal to use the dropped materials to make equipment."
Irene, who had been addicted to games recently, immediately dispelled her doubts when she heard this and agreed with it.
Then she noticed the movement of Yu Sheng's hands and leaned over curiously: "What are you doing?"
"Send a message to Baili Qing," Yu Sheng had already sent the photo of the arm he had taken earlier, and edited a message briefly explaining how he went into the thick fog to investigate and was attacked. "She should be asleep by now, but I'll leave a message first, in case she happens to know the origin of the guy we fought today - but whether she knows or not, I have to go to the Secret Service tomorrow."
Irene said "oh" and then ran to the sofa, picked up a black veil and studied it.
That was exactly the scarf that Yu Sheng had pulled off the iron doll's head earlier - its overall appearance was similar to the "nun's hat" worn by some female clergymen, and the fabric looked quite high-end. In the thicker part of the front of the scarf, you could see a strange golden symbol. The symbol consisted of two circles, one large and one small, which were nested together. The two circles intersected at the bottom, and there was a golden crack that ran through the entire emblem from top to bottom.
There was no chance to observe carefully because the battle was fierce before. It was only at this time that Yu Sheng noticed the strange mark on the veil and immediately stepped forward to take a picture of it with his mobile phone.
Irene held up the veil and studied its structure curiously.
For her who is only 66.6cm tall, this thing can be used as a cloak. Yu Sheng watched from the side and almost couldn't help wanting to poke the little doll to see how she would react when her hands were completely wrapped in the scarf. But after thinking about it, he decided not to do it...
"Do you think that thing is an 'entity'?" Yu Sheng said casually, "It's not a puppet from Alice's House, and it has such an obvious evil temperament. The style of the painting looks like something generated in the thick fog."
As soon as he finished speaking, Irene's voice came from under the scarf: "Ah - no matter where that C-shaped buckle came from, I am now sure that she is definitely not a physical body."
Yu Sheng was startled: "How can you be sure?"
Irene turned the veil over with great effort and pointed to a corner of the lining: "Because there is a trademark here, and there is a sign next to it saying it is recommended to hand wash."
Yu Sheng almost jumped up from the sofa on the spot: "What the hell?!"
He leaned over to take a look, and found that the little doll was not lying to him - the scarf pulled off the head of the "iron doll" really had a trademark and a cleaning label inside.
Yu Sheng immediately took out his mobile phone and searched for the brand name, which resulted in a large number of links.
It's not even a mysterious brand or a rare haute couture item; it can be bought anywhere.
Of course, there are differences between what he found online and the object in front of him - there are slight changes in shape, and the pictures he found do not have the golden double-ring emblem.
"It looks like someone bought it online and altered it themselves. They cut the sides short and sewed a symbol on the forehead," Irene leaned on Yu Sheng's arm and looked at the search results on her phone, analyzing them seriously. "Hey, it's quite expensive."
Yu Sheng said nothing, as if he was lost in thought.
Irene looked up at him and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Yu Sheng said seriously: "I'm wondering what this information means."
"That means the C-shaped buckle is definitely not a physical entity, and physical entities don't buy things..."
"No, it's more than that," Yu Sheng shook his head slowly, "It also means that the creature is not alone - there is a human behind her, who could be her companion or her master."
Irene didn't understand for a moment: "Why?"
"Because her claws can't do needlework," Yu Sheng glanced at the doll whose mind was stuck at the critical moment, "not to mention there is such a symbol. This symbol obviously has some special meaning..."
He had just said half of his words when the cell phone in his hand started ringing.
The caller was Baili Qing, who was still awake at 11:30 at night.
Yu Sheng was surprised, but he reacted immediately. He picked up the phone and put it to his ear. Before he could speak, he heard a cold and slightly hurried voice from the other side: "You were attacked by an enemy that looked like a black metal doll? She looks like a tall and thin woman?"
"Ah, yes." Yu Sheng knew that Baili Qing must know something. He did not bother to ask why she was still awake, and quickly responded, "She looks about the same height as Xu Jiali, with a body of iron and a pale face. She fights like she's dancing, so fast that I can't catch up. Her weapons are her nails - each nail is a blade. Oh, and she's wearing a veil, a bit like..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard Baili Qing speak: "Nun?"
"...Yes, a nun, and the style of the painting must be an evil cultivator," Yu Sheng said, and sent the photo he had just taken. "I pulled off her veil, and there was this mark on it... From what I heard, you know where she came from?"
Baili Qing was silent for a few seconds, probably checking the pictures, and then Yu Sheng heard a slight inhalation.
"You have encountered the 'artificial saint' of the Holy Hermitage."
Yu Sheng was stunned for several seconds before he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard of the name "Chongsheng Hermitage". It seemed to be a kind of vibrant civil society that went against the rule of law, but he didn't know the specific details.
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"It sounds like... it's a powerful thing?" He asked tentatively, "Is it something that shouldn't be encountered under normal circumstances?"
"It's a very powerful killing machine, responsible for protecting the important assets or key personnel of the monastery," Baili Qing's voice sounded particularly serious. "Usually it takes a team of fully armed deep divers to deal with it. The survival rate of conventional combatants alone or even a team encountering the artificial saint is zero - you mean, that thing appeared in the 'fog' and suddenly launched a sneak attack on you?"
"Yes," Yu Sheng's expression quickly became serious after listening to Baili Qing's words. Although he still didn't know what the "Saint Worship Hermitage" did, he could tell from the few words on the other end of the phone that it was not an organization of the same level as those sneaky Angel believers before. The appearance of the "Iron Doll" probably meant that this matter was quite serious. "We walked to an area with very thick fog. At that time, the surrounding environment had already shown abnormalities that were visible to the naked eye - and then that guy suddenly came out of the fog."
"Did you turn on the environmental recording function of the border communication at that time?" Baili Qing suddenly asked, "The mobile phone specially made by the Secret Service has a variety of special sensors that can record many environmental parameters."
"Oh, it's open. It opens as soon as you go out."
"Okay, I'll have someone retrieve the environmental data from the backend later," Baili Qing said quickly, and then asked, "Where exactly were you attacked?"
"It was roughly the area adjacent to the commercial street in the north of the old city," Yu Sheng recalled, uncertainly, "but the streets in the fog gave people a very strange feeling, especially after entering the thick fog area. The location, size and even orientation of many buildings seemed to have changed. Where we fought, the ground in the distance was even 'rolled up'. My memory can only serve as a reference."
He paused for a moment and added, "Also, I've confirmed that the fog in the old city is connected to the fog in Wanxiangji. Although we didn't go there directly, I can... uh, 'feel' it. The scope of this 'foreign land' is probably quite large, maybe even as large as Jiecheng."
"Yeah." Baili Qing responded simply, but she didn't sound too surprised, as if she had already thought of this possibility.
She was silent for less than two seconds, and then said in a deep voice: "Can you come to the Secret Service now? Bring the 'sample' you seized from the artificial saint."
Yu Sheng subconsciously looked up at the clock on the wall.
It's almost twelve o'clock at night.
"At this time?"
"Sorry, it's urgent."
"Ah, it's okay," Yu Sheng quickly replied when he heard the other party's sincere attitude, "Then I'll go over right away - are you still in the bureau now?"
"right."
"Um, hard work..."
Baili Qing's voice was the same as always: "It's okay, I'm used to it."
Yu Sheng: “…”
(End of this chapter)
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