Chapter 137
The number of evil creatures in the void has greatly decreased because of Song Yue's existence.
On the other hand, the Investigation Bureau discovered that they had received almost no missions related to evil spirits in the past six months.
All mission ratings are three stars or below, which is definitely a happy event for the entire bureau.
As for the five-star mission that Shen Xin and Yuan Ling participated in, the director of the evaluation department has already received corresponding punishment for dereliction of duty. At the same time, training has been increased for new employees to prevent star evaluation errors from happening again.
The polar mission became a thing of the past in a flash.
Yuan Ling sat in a wheelchair, looking at the photo frame hanging at the end of the corridor on the first floor of the office building.
In the photo, Yan Zhuo's smile seemed a little naive, coupled with his messy hair, Yuan Ling couldn't help laughing out loud.
"The branch chief is too much. He actually chose this one."
This was a photo taken when they were just promoted to senior investigators. Yan Zhuo had just returned from a mission that day and had no time to take care of himself. He just wet his hair with the faucet, pulled it a little, and then stood on the stage.
Thinking of the past, Ran Yan felt a mixture of helplessness and emotion. Finally, he controlled the wheelchair and slowly left.
Halfway through the journey, she suddenly remembered something, so she changed direction and went to the small supermarket inside the Investigation Bureau first.
"Sister Yuan, do you like drinking American coffee recently? I'll buy you more next time." The supermarket cashier girl asked with a smile when she saw the two large cans of coffee powder in her arms.
Yuan Ling smiled faintly: "I don't like drinking it, I bought it as a gift for a friend."
After leaving the small supermarket, we turned and headed towards our destination.
The Investigation Bureau is very large. In addition to office buildings, medical centers, and supermarkets, it also has its own colleges, dormitories, etc.
Having lost his eyesight, Chen Xin is no longer suitable for missions, so his superior Gao Qiyi arranges him to work in the academy as a theoretical teacher.
This is actually a good thing. Many investigators cannot get such a stable job after retirement.
But Shen Xin was not happy.
Although on the surface, he was very satisfied with the arrangements made by the bureau and Gao Qiyi, only Yuan Ling knew privately that Shen Xinzhi was not interested.
Boom boom boom~
Since she couldn't reach the doorbell in her wheelchair, Yuan Ling knocked on the door directly.
The door opened, and she curled her lips and handed over two cans of coffee powder: "Is this enough?"
Wearing the transparent eye mask tailored for him by the bureau, Shen Xin curved his beautiful eyebrows and said: "Enough~"
"Come in."
He moved aside to make way for Yuan Ling, then closed the door.
Yuan Ling smelled the coffee that filled the room and couldn't help but frown: "You should drink less. Drinking coffee like water all day long, can your body bear it?"
Ana Shen smiled and slowly collected the books on the table: “It’s okay, I like bitter taste.”
Yuan Ling sighed: "You're asking for trouble~"
Her eyes turned to the book he had put away on his desk, and when she saw the title on it, her brows furrowed even more.
"Are you really going?" she asked seriously, looking up.
At that time, Chen Xin was standing by the window, with the sunlight shining on half of his body, as if it was the faint light emitted by him.
Yuan Ling's heart skipped a beat.
Half a year has passed, and Chen Xin is still the same Chen Xin. No matter how badly he has been injured, he is always so determined, just like light, not afraid of darkness, and strives to illuminate the surroundings.
In the quiet office, only Ana Shen’s faint “hmm” was heard.
Yuan Ling could feel her breathing pause for a moment, but she quickly adjusted her mind and smiled: "Okay, if you need me to do anything, I'll help you."
No one can change his decision.
Yuan Ling knew very well that she couldn't do it.
As long as he doesn't go to that place, Chen Xin will never stop pursuing it.
Never mind, she sighed inwardly. After all, he was the person she admired the most. As long as it could help him realize his wish, she was willing to lend a hand.
The portal to the void is not easy to open.
There are very strict controls inside and outside the Bureau. Once there are signs of opening, the alarm will be triggered and the person will be arrested quickly.
Three months ago, Shen Xin failed once.
Considering his contribution to the Investigation Bureau, the director only detained him for a month, then released him back to the academy and warned everyone that without his order, Shen Xin would never be allowed to step out of the bureau.
So this time, Yuan Ling used the excuse of going on a mission to secretly take Shen Xin out of the surveillance range of the Investigation Bureau and came to an uninhabited wilderness 30 kilometers away.
"You know, if you don't come back, I'll be in trouble." Yuan Ling deliberately emphasized her tone, "So please, once you find someone, find a way to come back as soon as possible, OK?"
Shen Xin naturally knew her unforgiving nature, so she smiled faintly: “Okay, I’ll try my best.”
After saying that, he began to draw symbols in the air.
It takes a huge amount of energy to travel from their world to the void, which is why Chen Xin remained inactive for another three months.
However, the first attempt to draw the talisman ended in failure.
Ana Shen covered his chest and gasped slightly.
Yuan Ling looked at him with concern, wanting to say something, but seeing his determined expression, she finally swallowed her words silently.
The second time, Shen Xin used all his strength and finally stabilized the symbol.
Just one last stroke and we'll be done.
Shen Xin turned his head and looked at Yuan Ling with non-existent eyes: “No matter what the future outcome is, you and Ran Yan must live well.”
As the words were spoken, the pen and ink were added, and the teleportation circle opened.
He stepped in, and a gentle breeze blew up.
By the time Yuan Ling reacted, Shen Xin was gone, and the halo disappeared.
Yuan Ling touched his chest and felt an emptiness and an indescribable bitterness inside.
She looked at the deserted wilderness and thought quietly for a long time.
It wasn't until she was interrupted by a sudden alarm that she curled her lips.
What is meant to come will eventually come.
“Chen Xin, you must come back alive with Song Yue.”
A tall figure suddenly appeared in the yellow desert.
Shen Xin sniffed the tip of his nose and smelled a scent of blood.
Now he has lost his eyes, but his other senses are still there, including smell, taste, hearing, touch and intuition, which allow him to quickly adapt to various environments.
In addition, the bureau has specially made a transparent eye mask for him, which has the light capturing function, allowing him to form a special light map in his brain, thus replacing his original vision.
This function is a bit similar to infrared. Although it is impossible to restore normal vision, it is good to have a blurry picture.
Relying on the light map in his brain and the smell he smelled at the tip of his nose, Shen Xin took cautious steps and walked towards the source of the smell.
He thought he had stumbled upon a fight between evil creatures and was prepared for it.
However, when the scene before his eyes became clear, he stood there in shock.
The torn evil creature was lying on the ground, and its original shape could no longer be seen. The one who was eating the evil creature was none other than Song Yue, whom he had been thinking about for half a year!
His breathing suddenly stopped and his eyes followed Song Yue's back down.
Her upper body was intact, just like a normal person's, but her lower body was not a human leg.
It's a bunch of wriggling, tangled tentacles!!!
The investigator's greatest fear is the loss of sanity!
And judging by the way she ate greedily, her decline had basically reached the late stage.
In other words, Song Yue is probably no longer human now.
Shen Xin stared at Song Yue's back in a daze, refusing to accept this result.
He was still fighting with himself, how could she fall first!
His body swayed because of his uneasy mood.
The gravel under my feet made a crunching sound.
whoosh!
The half-human, half-monster Song Yue suddenly turned around, his whole body was like a standing hair, staring at Chen Xin vigilantly and full of malice.
Shen Xin looked at her current appearance, her mouth full of blood, her hands covered in flesh and blood, how could she look like a human being?
I feel so heartbroken that I can't breathe.
He didn't dare to act rashly, and Song Yue didn't step forward either. The two of them just stared at each other, as if testing each other.
The next second, the person in front of me suddenly turned around, mobilized the tentacles under his body, and left quickly like a nimble reptile!
"etc!"
Ana Shen chased after her, trying to call her.
But her speed was ridiculously fast. When she was in the polar region before, she had already demonstrated extraordinary reaction ability. Now she had fallen into a half-human, half-monster, and the tentacles under her body were so fast that they left afterimages.
Even though Chen Xin had a level 10 foundation, he was unable to catch up.
With a few whooshes, Song Yue in front disappeared.
Shen Xin suddenly stopped and began to look for it anxiously.
"Song Yue! I'm Shen Xin!"
"I'm here to take you home!"
The voice spread, but received no response.
Shen Xin felt distraught and his heart seemed to be hollowed out.
He had brought Song Yue to the polar region with his own hands, and it was his duty to protect her.
But in the end he was protected by her!
His pride as a senior investigator would not allow him to accept this favor. She was still so young, so full of potential, and had a bright future. He would not allow her to become like this!
Suppressing the pain in his heart, Shen Xin walked and shouted all the way.
Suddenly there was a rustling sound behind me, something was following me!
Turn around and look closely.
5 evil creatures!
One of them is...!
Chen Xin suddenly opened his eyes wide, and the blood in his body seemed to freeze! His heartbeat also stopped for a moment, and then began to beat violently!
That's it!
The evil creature that killed his parents!
——Human-faced fox!
He won't admit his mistake!
It has a human-like face, a fox-like body, and a long, thick tail.
Most importantly, there is a long scar under its left eye, which was the mark left by its parents with a weapon before they died.
I didn't expect to meet the enemy who killed my father here.
Shen Xin sneered.
I greeted it with the single-target skill Fentian.
Dragon-shaped flames roared out, and everything touched by the flames was reduced to ashes.
Two of the evil creatures were unable to dodge and were pierced through by the fire dragon, dying on the spot.
However, the human-faced fox jumped away with a cunning look on its face, and its narrowed black eyes were full of pride.
"Are you the child of that human couple fifty years ago?"
"Hehe, it smells so good."
"I just don't know whether your parents' meat is more delicious or yours is more delicious?"
He can actually speak!
This was Shen Xin’s first reaction.
Damn, if the evil creature could talk, it would mean it had evolved to the highest level.
He alone was no match for it.
But, so what?
A cold look appeared in his eyes.
Ever since he made up his mind to step into the void, he has long disregarded life and death.
He was born to avenge his parents, and his existence is a strangler of evil!
With his feet like a whirlwind, Chen Xin quickly killed the other two and started fighting with the human-faced fox.
After more than ten minutes, he began to lose the upper hand.
The lack of eyes definitely affected his reaction speed.
The human-faced fox also took advantage of his weaknesses and kept changing its position to confuse Shen Xin.
In the end, I don’t know if he was tired of playing, but Shen Xin suddenly sensed a strong killing intent.
The next second, the fox's head suddenly popped out from behind his shoulder with a smile.
With a click!
The fox cackled and bit half of his throat.
Then tear it to the side.
Blood spurted out like a fountain.
Shen Xin endured the pain and wanted to fight back.
A shadow so fast that it was impossible to see clearly flashed past in front of me and went around behind me.
Swish, swish, swish!
A flash of knife appeared behind his head.
The human-faced fox was divided into several pieces.
Turning around, the half-human, half-monster figure of Song Yue was reflected in his pupils. Different from what he had seen before, there was a bit more human consciousness in her eyes this time.
"I want to eat it. Are you sure you want to look at me like that?"
He heard her cold tone.
His throat choked slightly, he touched his bleeding neck, and turned around silently.
I heard the sound of bones being chewed behind me. Hmm, if I don’t think about that scene, it seems that the food tastes quite delicious?
Suddenly, I felt a soft and wet touch on my neck.
Shen Xin wanted to turn back, but was stopped by the person behind him: "Don't turn around."
Chen Xin: ...
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What touched him was a soft tentacle, which gently wrapped around his wound.
A magical and strange scene happened.
The tentacles wrapped around the neck broke off on their own and lay on the wound, gradually merging with it.
Not long after, the bitten part of his body was restored to its original state. Apart from the slightly uneven surface, there was no trace of injury at all.
Shen Xin was shocked.
I didn't expect tentacles could be used like this?
"Does it hurt?" he couldn't help but ask.
A murmur came from behind: "No feeling."
Ana Shen: ...Well, that’s good.
The chewing sounds behind him gradually stopped, and Ana Shen was finally allowed to turn around.
Looking at the remaining fox tail on the ground, Shen Xin's eyes were complicated, and he was hesitant to speak.
He wants to ask if you are okay...
But then he thought, what kind of a stupid question is this? Even a blind man can see that the other person is not doing well. Isn't asking this question just picking on someone's sore spot?
So I wanted to change the topic and ask her what she had experienced in the past six months.
The words were on the tip of my tongue, but before I could even finish my words, I was interrupted by the other party.
"Why did you come in?" Song Yue stared at him, unable to tell what his mood was.
Shen Xin said truthfully: “Save you.”
Puff——
Song Yue laughed out loud.
As if no longer shying away from her strange body, she used her tentacles to prop up her upper body, swaying it in front of him, and then said, "Do you think I need your help now?"
Shen Xin choked.
Then he lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I'm late."
If Song Yue had not been caught by the police last time, maybe she could still be saved.
I don't know what Song Yue was thinking. The air was silent for two seconds, and then I heard her say, "No need to apologize. I chose this path. It has nothing to do with you."
At first she thought she would die when she came in, so maybe this would give her a chance to go home. Unexpectedly, she survived and stayed for half a year.
She never regretted her decision.
Even if not for going home, she was willing to step in for Chen Xin.
"How could it be nothing to do with me!" Shen Xin's words interrupted her thoughts. The former raised his head and stared at her, "It was me who failed to protect you and let you go on this road of no return! I have a great responsibility."
"Oh? In that case, how do you plan to atone for your sins?"
Song Yue had no thoughts about going home, so he stopped thinking about it.
She half-closed her eyes and looked at Chen Xin with interest, while extending a tentacle and gently stroking his fair face.
This face once had very beautiful eyes.
But now, it's gone.
She spoke in a deliberately frivolous tone, but her eyes could not deceive anyone.
Shen Xin could clearly feel that when her gaze fell on his empty eye sockets, it was filled with heartache and pity.
Ignoring the tentacles touching his face, Ana Shen took a deep breath: “I will do everything I can to get you out of here.”
Even if it costs his life.
Shen Xin didn't say the last half of the sentence, but Song Yue could guess it.
"Don't be so serious," Song Yue smiled, retracted her tentacles, and slowly crawled forward. "Wait another half a year, and we'll be able to go back."
Following Song Yue to her lair, Shen Xin was immediately shocked by the densely packed remains in the cave.
"Did you kill all of these by yourself?"
It's hard to imagine how she, who is only level 3, can survive in this cannibalistic void until now? Shen Xin felt the pain in his chest begin to spread again.
Song Yue was very calm, and used her tentacles to move the stump aside to make room for Shen Xin: “Well, it’s used for timing.”
Then she roughly explained to him the law of time changes in the void. On average, an evil creature breaks out of the ground every 12 hours, and she calculates time for herself by killing these evil creatures.
Chen Xin: "No wonder the Investigation Bureau hasn't received any missions related to evil creatures in the past six months."
It turns out it was all thanks to Song Yue!
It seems that Song Yue should have a place after returning to the Investigation Bureau.
This couldn't be better. Shen Xin secretly rejoiced and asked Gao Qiyi to arrange a teaching position for her so that she wouldn't have to risk her life on missions in the future.
At this time, even Chen Xin himself did not realize that when facing Song Yue, he had already developed the idea of protecting his child, which was inappropriate.
Investigators are most afraid of acting on emotion, and he had violated this taboo since the day Song Yue disappeared.
The air became silent.
Feeling that she was looking at him, Ana Shen raised his head again: "What? Why are you looking at me?"
Song Yue didn't know what was wrong with her. After staying in the void for half a year, she hadn't had human emotions and thoughts for a long time.
But today, when she was eating, she suddenly noticed a pair of gazes behind her that she had been waiting for for a long time, and her whole brain seemed to come alive.
She remembered what humans should look like, and that people shouldn't feed on evil things.
At that moment her heart was in great panic.
It's like a child who steals an apple and is caught by his parents.
She ran away in a panic, hoping that he wouldn't see her ugly side.
She hid in the nest for a long time, and didn't want to go out even if she heard the other person calling her.
There was a small pool deep in the cave. She crawled over to it and looked at herself in the water.
So ugly!
How could she dare to meet him again in this state?
Later, she heard the sound of fighting outside and realized that an evil creature was targeting Shen Xin.
Throwing away her previous messy thoughts, she rushed forward quickly and cut the human-faced fox that almost bit off Shen Xin's neck into pieces on the spot.
She likes to vent her hatred for the evil things she hates by eating them.
So she ate the human-faced fox. Of course, for the sake of face, she couldn't let Shen Xin see it.
Seeing that she was distracted, Ana Shen waved her hand in front of her.
Song Yue came back to her senses, remembered the question he asked, and blurted out: "Look at you!"
puff--
Now it was Ana Shen’s turn to burst into laughter: “Hahaha, I’m good-looking? I don’t have any eyes now, what’s the point of talking about being good-looking.”
Song Yue immediately denied it: "No! You look good no matter what you look like!"
What’s important is not the eyes, but the temperament, temperament!
Song Yue was beating drums and gongs in his heart, making loud noises.
Shen Xin stopped smiling and stared at her seriously: “You too, no matter what you are like, you are always that crying little cat in my heart.”
Song Yue, who is now half human, half monster: ...
Could you please not mention the crying habit? She really didn’t know why she was so tearful at that time!
The human part of her gradually awakened, and Song Yue could clearly feel that the bloodthirsty impulse in her body was suppressed a lot.
But she is not a normal person after all, so for the sake of caution, she still reminded Shen Xin.
"Sometimes I can't control myself. If you find me getting agitated, remember to call me more often."
As soon as she heard him calling her in his pleasant voice, Song Yue found that her rationality returned a little.
Ana Shen touched her head and said "OK" gently.
After chatting casually for a while, Song Yue told Shen Xin the information she had figured out.
When talking about the space-time rift that would appear in the void in half a year, and that they would be able to leave here then, Shen Xin asked her why she knew this.
Song Yue touched his nose uncomfortably and said, "I heard it from a certain evil creature."
Chen Xin: “Ask?” How could he not know that this man-eating thing would actively share information?
Song Yue suddenly felt guilty, and even her voice became a few degrees lower: "...It only said that because I threatened it."
Chen Xin: ...
"How?"
Song Yue: "...Just, while peeling its meat, I repeated the questions, and then it spoke."
Ana Shen was silent for a while, then asked, “I guess you ate it in the end?”
Song Yue: "Of course! If you haven't replied to my question for such a long time, it would be unjust if I don't eat it!"
Shen Xin: Well, it’s true that he was worrying too much.
Completely unaware of Ana Shen’s hesitant expression, Song Yue blurted out all the words she hadn’t said in the past six months.
When he heard the sound of bamboo shoots hatching outside, Song Yue stood up and crawled out of the cave: "You rest here first, I'll go out and count the time."
Shen Xin didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Okay.”
The evil creature that once frightened the investigators was reduced to a timekeeping tool in front of Song Yue.
The author has something to say:
The reason why 099 doesn't like American coffee is explained in this chapter. In order to prevent himself from relaxing, Chen Xin forces himself to drink black coffee every day, which has even left a shadow on his child.
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