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Chapter 430 Asking the Underworld to Take Action

Chicken Bro, Nether Fox, and Sorrow Staff have all been tried, but none of them have caused any real damage to the river.

Chen Xin even believes that the ghosts in the river are likely not something the river itself cares about.

Just like the river only reacts after the Nether Fox steals too much, the river doesn't care about dozens of fierce ghosts!
This feeling is like the "Night Walk" of the mourning staff.

As long as the Staff of Mourning remains, the number of ghosts that follow it and die will have no effect on the Staff of Mourning.

Therefore, the key to solving this problem is not the evil spirits in the river.

Seeing that the river had returned to normal after swallowing the Netherworld Fox, Chen Xin left the Netherworld and returned to the cave.

The calamus sword appeared in his hand.

Seven sword-like leaves separated from the calamus sword and hovered in front of Chen Xin.

Forty-nine sword lights formed behind the sword leaf.

With a wave of his hand, seven sword leaves shot out, trailing forty-nine streaks of sword light.

As they approached the river, the first seven sword leaves did not fall, but the forty-nine sword lights shot towards a certain section at the end of the river.

Chen Xin wanted to see if he could cut off the river, divide it, and gradually erase it.

The idea was good, but in reality, after the forty-nine sword lights were concentrated on that section of the river, they did not achieve the effect that Chen Xin wanted.

Or rather, it didn't make much of a splash at all.

Forty-nine sword lights fell into the river, only causing ripples on the surface before being completely dissolved by the river.

Chen Xin tried dozens of times, with nearly a thousand sword lights falling one after another, but the river still behaved the same way.

This made Chen Xin realize that this river couldn't be solved by sheer numbers; as long as the attack power wasn't strong enough to break through it, it would be useless.

While the sword light of the Calamus Sword may not be the most powerful among all the talismans, it is certainly among the top five.

Is that all? Are we supposed to let Chicken Bro self-destruct once to see the effect?
Or perhaps we could move the door knocker over and let the thunder elephant come out and strike some lightning for a while?
Just as Chen Xin was pondering whether or not to do this, another message came from the illusionary body.

The Bureau of Polls sent another request for a meeting.

After glancing at the receding river, he had the Raven Prophet throw him a raven feather, and then left the cave.

The raven that had been transformed from the raven feather caught up with the river and flew along it toward its destination.

……

The Bureau of Polls.

Feng Jin, Chu Xiu, Fan Yaohui, and others had been waiting in the office for nearly half an hour.

But the raven feather did not respond.

"Director, did my attitude last time displease the Underworld?"

Chu Xiu said with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

Upon hearing this, Fan Yaohui glanced at Chu Xiu, his eyes showing surprise.

"Director Chu, you're mistaken. The Underworld doesn't care about our attitude at all. To them, we're just a business partner. As long as we don't do anything that harms the interests of both parties, they don't really care what we do."

"The reason why the other party is slow to respond to our requests is simply because we are no longer very attractive to the underworld."

"After receiving the information from us, apart from the peach wood struck by lightning, have you ever seen the underworld contact us again?"

"We are the ones who need your help. Even if the underworld ignores us, it's not their fault."

Fan Yaohui's words made Chu Xiu's face even more unpleasant.

When has the Bureau of Polling ever felt so frustrated?
The reason they felt aggrieved was because what Fan Yaohui said was true.

Feng Jin listened to their conversation but didn't say anything more.

Akiha City has already reported back the information about the 'Dead River'.

The 'Warm Sun' has been tested, and even the largest 'Warm Sun' with a diameter of one meter stored in the Akihachi City Survey Bureau has not caused any damage to those dead rivers.

Whether you expose it to the warm sun or throw it directly into the dead river and detonate it, it will be to no avail.

The warm sunlight shining on the Dead River only dissipated the yin energy emanating from it, but it could not effectively damage the Dead River.

As for throwing Nuanyang into the Dead River?
Haha, that's like throwing good money after bad!

The warm sun can dispel yin energy when it's outside, and if you throw it into a dead river, you won't see a ripple!
As for those cultivators from the Qiuye City Investigation Bureau, as long as they dare to use their qi and blood power within ten meters of the Dead River, they will be attacked by the water of the Dead River!

Various attacks from ten meters away landed in the Dead River, which did create some ripples, but that was all; there was no further reaction.

On the contrary, the Yin cultivators can use their abilities at close range around the Dead River without being targeted by it.

Some practitioners of Yin-Yang theory speculate that perhaps ghosts and spirits won't be attacked by this river.
To test it, the top-tier Yin cultivator leader tried to touch the River of Death with the ghostly energy within his body, and to his surprise, he wasn't attacked!
Once the ghost entered the River of Death, it moved freely!

This discovery initially boosted the Bureau of Investigation's morale, but unexpectedly, when the top Yin Cultivation team leader finished the test and tried to pull out the ghost, he encountered resistance.

No matter how hard he tried to urge the demons within him to pull the part that had been probing into the River of Death out, he was unsuccessful.

As he resisted, the River of Death even began to pull the evil spirits within him toward the river.

If it weren't for the timely reaction of the middle-aged man from the Seeking Immortality Temple, who shot a pure yang sword aura from afar and severed the ghostly figure of the Yin Cultivation Group Leader, the Yin Cultivation Group Leader would probably have been dragged into the river!
In this way, neither Yang cultivation nor Yin cultivation can cause any damage to the Dead River!

Even though the General Administration had sent a more powerful Yang Xiu and a larger Nuan Yang, Feng Jin still felt uneasy.

That dead river doesn't seem to be such a simple thing.

Therefore, he wanted to contact the underworld, whether to ask them for help or to obtain information about those dead rivers from them!

But now, all of this is stuck on meeting the underworld.

The half-hour wait made even Feng Jin, who had always been in a good mood, a little irritable.

"Director, should we go to Yun Longtian and ask him to act as a go-between?"

Fan Yaohui suddenly said.

Feng Jin thought for a moment and nodded.

"Let's get in touch!"

"Alright! I'll have the other chosen ones look for Yun Longtian."

Fan Yaohui walked out.

Just five minutes later, the office door was suddenly pushed open with a bang!
"Chief, we've made a discovery!"

Feng Jin looked at Fan Yaohui as he entered, puzzled.

"what's the situation?"

"I just contacted the person in charge at the bureau and explained the situation. I was going to ask him to pass on a message to Yun Longtian, but he gave me some unexpected news!"

Fan Yaohui said with a look of astonishment, "That chosen one said that in the mission log in the Underworld's territory, there is information about the Dead River that I described!"

As he spoke, Fan Yaohui recounted the information given by the chosen one.

Upon hearing that someone was manipulating the River of Death to attack, Chu Xiu immediately stood up!

"This must be the person behind it all! What are we waiting for? Let him get this information out of him!"

A light also shone in Feng Jin's eyes.

"Director Chu, don't worry, I've already sent him to do it. He has enough merit to exchange for that information, and he's already done it!"

Just as he finished speaking, Fan Yaohui's phone rang.

Upon picking up his phone, Fan Yaohui immediately read out an address displayed on the screen!
Upon investigation, it was discovered to be located in the mountains near Akiha City!

Immediately, Chu Xiu looked at Feng Jin.

"Director?"

Feng Jin nodded and said, "Let's contact the Qiuye City Investigation Bureau to investigate first, and then take action after the headquarters personnel arrive!"

"Yes!"

Chu Xiu went out to make the contact directly, while Fan Yaohui looked at Feng Jin and asked, "Director, do we still need to communicate with the Underworld?"

Feng Jin was silent for a moment, then nodded: "We still need to communicate with the underworld. Maybe we can find the people who caused these things, but those six dead rivers are still too strange."

Fan Yaohui thought about it and agreed. Finding the source might not necessarily solve the problem.

If this was orchestrated by organizations like the Divine Messenger and Ghost Slaves, given their nature, there's a high probability they can't handle what they've created!

Therefore, we still need to contact the underworld.

With a sigh, Fan Yaohui pulled out a chair and was about to sit down when the crow feather, which had been motionless until now, suddenly moved.

"Huh! You guys are looking for me?"

The Raven Prophet stretched its body and poked its beak into its feathers.

“Crow Walker, the Bureau of Investigation has encountered some problems and would like to ask the Underworld for help.”

Feng Jin spoke directly, without beating around the bush.

"Tell me about it!"

The Crow Prophet looked at Feng Jin and said.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Jin explained the situation that had occurred in Qiuye City.

Chen Xin was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

So, the outlets of those six rivers are in Akiha City?

So, those people from the Divine Messenger organization really haven't done anything good.

"Does the underworld know what this is?"

After Feng Jin finished speaking, she stared at the Crow Prophet and said.

The silence of the Raven Prophet made Feng Jin's heart sink. Could it be that this thing is troublesome?

"The origins of this thing are unknown even in the underworld, but it is certainly not a simple thing!"

"What makes it not simple?"

Fan Yaohui asked.

The Raven Prophet looked over and said, "There are many evil spirits inside that river. Anything that falls into the river will be attacked by those evil spirits! At the same time, the river itself also has a corrosive effect!"

"I don't know where its limit is, but at least once I'm inside, I can't get out!"

The Raven Prophet's words startled the two of them.

Even crows cannot escape it.

Does that mean that most of the investigators at the Bureau of Polling might not be a match for that river?
Feng Jin's expression was serious.

"Prophet Raven, do you know how to resolve that river? If the underworld can help us resolve this matter, we will do our best to fulfill any requests the underworld may have."

The Raven Prophet looked at Feng Jin and then said, "I don't know how to destroy that river, but I do know how that river came to be!"

How did it come about?

"Divine messenger!"

Those two words made Feng Jin's face darken.

"The messengers of the gods used some kind of method, hmm... it should be the same method they used to create the Netherworld Rift in other cities last time. They seem to have used this method to connect to a certain Netherworld region, and in that Netherworld region, there exists this kind of river."

"Somewhere they opened a crack in that dark region and released that water."

Upon hearing this, Fan Yaohui suddenly said, "So, to solve the problem of that river, we need to open another Netherworld Rift and channel all of them into it?"

The raven prophet tilted his head.

"In principle, what you said is indeed a method: go back to where you came from."

Fan Yaohui's face lit up with joy, but then he remembered something.

"But we don't have the means to open the Netherworld Rift..."

At this point, he looked at the Raven Prophet, his eyes filled with anticipation.

"With crows roaming freely, does the underworld have any recourse?"

The Raven Prophet shook his head.

"The underworld can mend the cracks, but there is no one in the world who can open them yet, so it can't do what you want."

The light in Fan Yaohui's eyes faded, and he slumped into a chair.

"So, the only one who can resolve this crisis is... the Divine Envoy Organization, which caused it?"

Feng Jin said expressionlessly.

The Raven Prophet nodded: "At least that's how it is for now, but even if you can get the divine messenger to resolve this matter for you, is it too late?"

Silence fell over the meeting room.

Looking at the silent Feng Jin and Fan Yaohui, the Crow Prophet began pacing on the table.

The sound of claws landing on the table reached the ears of the three, making them increasingly irritable.

Looking at the leisurely crow, Fan Yaohui cursed inwardly, "If it can't solve the problem, why keep it around? Why isn't it leaving? Are they waiting for their meal?"

But after he finished cursing, Fan Yaohui was stunned.

Yes, if the underworld can't solve this problem, why hasn't the Raven Prophet left yet?
In the past, after a communication ended, the Raven Prophet was never one to drag things out.

Suddenly, Fan Yaohui recalled his conversation with the Crow Prophet.

The underworld doesn't know the origin of that river...

The underworld doesn't know how to deal with that river...

The underworld lacks the ability to open the rift...

However, the Raven Prophet did not say that the Underworld could not resolve the Divine Messenger Organization, nor could it open the cracks in the Divine Messenger Organization!
Crunch!

Fan Yaohui stood up.

"Prophet Raven, can the Underworld intervene to deal with the Divine Envoy Organization and allow them to open a rift above Autumn Leaf City, where the six rivers converge!"

As soon as the words were spoken, both Feng Jin and Chu Xiu were taken aback.

Then, a glint appeared in their eyes as they stared intently at the crow that had stopped.

The Raven Prophet turned to look at the two and asked, "So, what will the Bureau of Investigation offer in exchange for this from the Underworld?"

Fan Yaohui smiled.

He sat down in the chair with a thud.

Sure enough!

It works!
What does the underworld want?

Feng Jin asked.

The crow prophet tilted his head.

What can the Bureau of Polling provide?

This question directly posed the issue to the polling bureau.

Feng Jin reviewed all the secrets within the Bureau of Investigation. Apart from Nuan Yang, there wasn't much of the other research that could be made public.

And these are all the Bureau of Polling's trump cards.

If they take out one card, the Bureau of Investigation will have one less card to play against the Underworld.

After much deliberation, Feng Jin made a decision.

"Didn't the Underworld say before that they wanted to know the whole story of the Warm Sun Project?"

"After the Underworld takes action this time, we will show the Underworld the entire Warm Sun Project!"

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(End of this chapter)