From the end of the world

Chapter 29 Extraordinary Communication 3
There are no assumptions in life, just as people cannot know how they will live in ten years. They also cannot know how they will live now if certain conditions in the past have changed.

Therefore, I can only remain silent on Zhu Shi's statement. However, she still misunderstood one thing. I have emphasized in the past that the object of my real obsession is not weird things, but unpredictable adventures beyond reality. It's just that the weird world is closest to this answer. Although they seem similar, this difference is actually very important to me.

"Since you mentioned my superpowers, I have a question I want to ask you." I said solemnly, "This question has troubled me for many years and is very important to me."

Seeing that I was serious, she also became serious: "Ask."

This is when I asked my own question.

"What the hell is going on with my super powers?"

"Hmm?" She was confused. "You ask me this question? Aren't you the one who knows it best?"

"Actually, it's like this..."

I told him the whole story of how I awakened my super powers.

"Ah, no wonder you always carried candles with you when you were in junior high school, and you would take them out and stare at them from time to time..." After hearing this, she suddenly realized something and said something unintentionally cruel, "I was wondering if you were really possessed by an evil spirit and that's why you behaved so abnormally. It turns out that it's your brain that's abnormal."

"Did you just say something?"

And why does she know what happened in junior high school?

"Ahem!" She finally reacted and coughed twice before finally becoming serious. "Well, I understand. In other words, what you want to know is the principle of your superpowers, right?"

"Yes. Even in a fictional story world, the source of superpowers will always be explained clearly. Is it caused by some special genes that scientists have not yet discovered, or the radiation from some special minerals, or maybe humans are originally able to awaken superpowers but the proportion is very small..." I gave a few examples.

"It's hard for me to give you an accurate answer to this question." She looked me up and down.

I don't know if she used some special power at this time, but I suddenly had a strange feeling as if all my clothes were stripped off and I was being stared at nakedly.

Soon, this feeling disappeared. She withdrew her observation and concluded, "There are many reasons for the emergence of people with super powers. The ones you mentioned before are real cases. Now I can only say that you are at least not mixed with the blood of demons and monsters. I can't draw a more specific conclusion. Perhaps only a detailed examination can tell."

Should I ask Luo Shan to conduct a detailed inspection? I kept weighing this approach in my mind.

"But, this is very strange..." Zhu Shi suddenly remembered something, "Strange things are supposed to attract each other. Since you are already a person with super powers, you are on our side. It is even more unreasonable that you have not encountered any strange events so far."

"Weird things attract each other? Why is that?" I was curious.

She gave an irresponsible explanation: "I don't know, but this is a recognized phenomenon."

“Isn’t this answer too crude?” I complained.

"And I've also investigated the places you investigated before." She then said something I couldn't understand at all, "Many of these places are truly bizarre, and it wouldn't be that difficult for you to find them. But you just can't find them..."

Her words stirred up a storm in my heart: "Wait, I don't understand, what you are saying is..."

"I can't figure it out either. It's as if the relationship between you and the strange events is not one of attraction but of repulsion." She said with some confusion.

Are there many true cases among the strange incidents I investigated before? Am I mutually exclusive with strange incidents?

This is the first time I’ve heard of such a thing!
But if what she said before was true, then I should be more likely to encounter strange events than normal people. It really doesn't make sense that I have found nothing after tracking for so many years.

I calmed down a bit, then asked tentatively: "...Then, according to this trend, suppose I join Luo Shan..."

"If you can't find out the reason, even if you become a member of Luoshan, you are probably destined not to encounter strange events." She first gave a conclusion, and then fell into thought, "Speaking of which, it stands to reason that this time you should have passed by the cave in the room on the fifteenth floor like before... Is there any special change that made you finally encounter a strange event this time?"

Hearing this, I could only think of one decisive change - that was my meeting Ma Zao.

Previously, I had thought that as long as I could establish a relationship with Luo Shan, I would no longer need Ma Zao's "jinx physique". Now it seems that it was just my wishful thinking.

It turns out that we can’t let go and leave early!

She is still indispensable, even more important than before.

I must hold her firmly in my hands and never let her leave me.

Luo Shan also seems to be looking for Ma Zao, but I don't know what Luo Shan's purpose is. Can I learn something from Zhu Shi? I carefully considered the questioning skills in my mind. If I am not careful, I might expose my flaws and cause the other party to find out that I know Ma Zao's whereabouts. "Is there anything else you want to know?" Zhu Shi seemed to notice the question in my mouth, "It doesn't matter, we are getting to know each other again today. I also learned a lot from you before, so feel free to ask me any questions you have, and I will try my best to answer you."

"It's just about the fallen demon hunter." I finally prepared a specific statement in my mind, "Didn't you say before that this fallen demon hunter was the murderer of the homicide eight months ago? And I met a policeman before, and he said that the murderer eight months ago was the serial killer who appeared recently."

She thought for a moment and said, "The policeman you are talking about is Agent Kong, right? I asked him to investigate the room on the 15th floor for me."

"Is that policeman also from your Luoshan?" I asked, pretending to be ignorant.

"Yes, but his real job is our Luoshan's frontline investigator. He pretended to be a police officer because of the mission requirements. He is not a real police officer."

"I see..." I continued, "Anyway, Agent Kong told me that the murderer and the serial killer are the same person, and she's a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old. Could it be that the fallen demon hunter was a girl before he transformed?"

"Ah, you mean that..." She showed an embarrassed expression, "No, it's not. Don't worry, you have never burned such a young girl."

"So, Agent Kong lied to me and deliberately accused someone who had never killed anyone as a murderer?" I asked, "Why? Who was the girl he was looking for?"

"This matter is related to the mission Agent Kong is currently carrying out. It is not convenient for me to disclose it..."

Judging from her expression, she seemed to think that Luo Shan's accusation of Ma Zao as a serial killer was unconscionable. But I was an outsider to Luo Shan after all, and in her eyes, I had nothing to do with this matter. If I pursued it too deeply, I was afraid it would arouse suspicion. I could only think of other ways to try.

Just then, Zhu Shi's cell phone rang.

She glanced down at the caller ID, her expression turned businesslike, and then she answered the call.

I silently turned my right hand behind my back, quietly lit up the "Firefly", and used my special perception to eavesdrop on the phone call. The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be the gray-uniformed personnel who had previously recovered the body of the fallen demon hunter. His tone was a little strange, saying that the body examination had preliminary results and hoped that Zhu Shi would also go over to take a look.

What on earth was the matter that required Zhu Shi, a frontline worker, to go back and check?

Zhu Shi agreed and hung up the phone, then gave me an apologetic look: "I'm sorry, I have to go back first, it's work."

"Is it related to the fallen demon hunter? Before he died, he said that he had seen me two years ago and that we had a grudge, but I don't remember him at all."

I had mentioned this earlier when I described the battle process to her.

"I'll investigate." She nodded, then said, "Actually, I think there's something very strange about the death of the fallen demon hunter."

"What is it?" I asked.

"He also has a skill, which is to use shadows as a channel to move between different spaces." She said, "However, according to your description, he did not use this skill that is very suitable for escape during his escape. Although it may be that I am just worrying too much... This incident may not be over yet."

I am not completely unimpressed by the skills she mentioned.

When the Fallen Demon Hunter first appeared in front of me, he came out of the shadows.

Since you can come out of the shadows, you can definitely go back into the shadows.

However, he fled in panic, and did not escape into the shadows until his death. Was it because of the flames burning on his body that the shadows were dispersed wherever he passed? But when he tried to control the shadows to extinguish his own flames, he was not affected by the flames. At that time, the shadows he controlled were only burned by the flames, not dispersed by the flames.

This incident may not be over yet - I couldn't help but have this thought.

After Zhu Shi said goodbye to me, he turned around in a hurry. I was also about to return home.

In fact, if conditions permit, I originally wanted to take out the black jade I got from the basement and ask Zhu Shi to help me identify it. But seeing her vigilance towards strange things and her sense of mission as a Luoshan demon hunter, I might not be able to get the black jade back after handing it over, so I had to give up this plan for the time being.

Suddenly, I noticed that after Zhu Shi took a few steps, he turned around and looked at me, his eyes seemed a little hesitant.

I didn't know what she wanted to say, so I stood there, waiting for her voice.

After a moment, she finally exhaled, and then her expression gradually softened, her voice returned to her daily tone, and she smiled at me.

"See you tomorrow, Brother Zhuang."

She spoke with a smile and waved goodbye.

(End of this chapter)