Chapter 20 Time to Save the World
Special Investigator!
The faint hope of humanity!
Earlier, Director Zhou sought help immediately, but within Baiyun State Bureau, only one person who could be spared was actually in the vicinity of Baijiang City.
Special Investigator Bai Xue!
Bai Xue was naturally a code name. It is said that many special investigators pick their own code names instead of using their real names.
Director Zhou didn't know this investigator personally, having seen only a few special investigators himself.
However, upon entering the temporary tactical planning room, he recognized at a glance who the special investigator Bai Xue was.
Too conspicuous!
Her white hair was like snow, cascading down, and the black sunglasses on her face concealed her eyes.
Just standing there, tall and outstanding, she was a standout figure.
True to her name, she exuded an icy aura that seemed to warn others to stay away.
However, this did not diminish the ardor in the hearts of the investigators present.
This was a living Special Investigator, damn it, the first one they'd ever seen in person. They wanted to get close, perhaps even learn some unique Awakening secret recipe.
"Miss, miss, what skincare do you use? We can share tips."
"Miss, miss, your hair color is really pretty."
"Miss..."
Bang~!
A leg encased in tight-fitting pants kicked out, like a black phantom, and in the next moment, the buzzing Jiang Tingqiu was sent flying out.
He flew several meters away with a thud.
But he was tough and got up immediately as if nothing had happened, feeling no pain and still savoring the experience.
"Is this the power and speed of a Special Investigator? Hiss, indeed impressive."
Do you think he was asking for a beating? Wrong, he just wanted to test the capabilities of a Special Investigator... This, of course, had only a little... very little to do with his inherent masochism.
It was then that Director Zhou entered the room, and upon entering, he saw Jiang Tingqiu being hit.
Well, hopefully, he's fine.
"Investigator Bai Xue."
"Director Zhou."
Time was of the essence, and the mission was critical. Now that everyone was assembled, Director Zhou did not dawdle; the group immediately set out and arrived on the rooftop of a high-rise building on Barren Grass Road.
At the end of Barren Grass Road stood that abandoned building.
The Serpent Mother, having emerged from the abandoned building, had been slowly moving along this road, and had already traveled several hundred meters.
From the high-rise, the Serpent Mother was still far away, but standing there, one could still see a faint dark mist slowly shifting in the distance.
Within the mist, one could make out the ferocious heads of snakes tearing about.
Soft, low hissing could be faintly heard by the ear.
Special Investigator Bai Xue frowned, "This Mysterious Evil is indeed as terrible as I anticipated. To be honest, I am not very confident, but of course, I will fight if I have to."
"Really can't deal with it?"
Director Zhou felt bitter.
Bai Xue spoke up, "If I could fight it, I would have gone up there and taken down this Mysterious Evil already, instead of hesitating here. It's just that I can't beat it, right!"
"Special Investigators are not gods; they just have a bit more special Ability than ordinary people. They can eradicate some Common Mystic Evil, but dealing with such a big creature requires something else... unless there's a paranormal item."
A paranormal item!
All the investigators, except Director Zhou, looked clueless, but it was obvious that this was something extraordinary, something not even a Special Investigator had.
Director Zhou looked into the distance and shared his plan.
"The influence of this Mysterious Evil has been growing. Although we have sealed off the surroundings, some effects cannot be contained."
"Moreover..."
Despite being several hundred meters away, he could still faintly hear the low roars, and only because they were trained investigators could they withstand it.
Ordinary people couldn't cope.
Although this area had been sealed off, many people had heard the low growls and were showing various abnormal mental states.
The impact was increasing.
If this continued, it could even reveal the existence of Mysterious Evil, causing widespread panic.
"We can't drag this out."
"Our plan is to attempt to injure or kill this Mysterious Evil. If we can't succeed in that, we must lead this behemoth away, at least preventing it from moving towards the bustling urban area."
In the safe marked with the character 'special', a particular item was sealed.
It was not a paranormal item.
But it exerted a unique attraction to Mysterious Evil, and holding this item had a high chance of luring the behemoth away.
But it's also possible it's too delicious and gets eaten directly by this big guy.
There are also 25-year old Buddha beads and an oil lamp with several decades of history...
"We special investigators can't use this kind of stuff," said Bai Xue, waving her hand, "and your plan is too convoluted for me to understand. Just tell me straight, how are we going to fight?"
As she spoke, she took out the two parts of the long rifle she had been carrying on her back, snapping and locking them together with a clank.
The bandage tied around the muzzle fell away, revealing a chilling gleam.
She also removed the sunglasses from her face and tossed them away, revealing a pair of eerie eyes beneath her white hair.
...
Outside on the overgrown path, the police tape was stretched out long, and even though it was early, a crowd of onlookers had already gathered.
"There really are bandits hidden in there, huh."
"Isn't this a bit of an overreaction?"
"Let's move along, we shouldn't crowd around here and trouble the officers on duty."
"Hey wait, did anyone else hear that strange noise?"
"Are you talking about the sound of you farting just now?"
"Your family is the one farting, not me!"
"[Beep beep beep——]"
An Jianyou was also among the crowd.
What set her apart was that she knew the reason for the blockade, and she even heard the far-off roaring noise louder and clearer than anyone else.
'Can other people see that terrifying creature too?'
'But clearly, they can't see the other things.'
An Jianyou looked on.
One by one, figures like walking dead staggered down the street, moving straight through, passing through the crowd and the onlookers.
No one noticed, nor were they harmed by it, at least not in the short term.
Including herself.
Yes, An Jianyou had tried before, to just endure and not make any expression, to act as normal people do, and these terrifying things were just illusions.
But...
Once she actually saw them, really saw them, she would encounter great horror.
Something very, very, very scary would happen.
That was her intuition.
However, the big guy from yesterday felt somewhat different to her, it seemed like...
"It will be more dangerous!"
"I shouldn't go there!"
"It's different from the other big guys I've seen before!"
"But isn't there someone who can deal with these things?"
The terrifying monsters in the mirror.
The terrifying monsters you see when you lift the blankets.
The terrifying monsters you see every time you open or close your eyes.
And yet she still had to pretend as if nothing was happening.
An Jianyou pursed her lips, her eyes brimming with tears, if... if there really was a way to deal with these beings, she... she wanted to learn!
Even if there was a price to pay.
She tiptoed, looking toward the distance, toward a place where a thick black fog was gathering.
But she couldn't get there.
And she didn't dare to try.
The girl was caught in a dilemma.
Meanwhile,
In a sixth-floor bedroom of a building in Tai Ping Residential Complex,
Familiar places, familiar scenes.
'Ding!'
'Announcement: The opportunity to deploy Apostle of Fate, Black Blade, has been refreshed.'
"The time has come, it's time to save the world."
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PS: Um, let's adjust the update time, moving both chapters to the morning so they won't be too short... right?
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