Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 255 God's Hand

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When Song Chushi saw the person who suddenly appeared and the crystal skull in his hand that was so brightly colored it was almost dazzling, he was a little stunned for a moment.

Who is that guy?
Why is that crucial crystal skull in his hands?
But his mind raced, countless thoughts flashing through his mind, and he had no time to think about them carefully. He immediately shouted, "Give it to him quickly!"

The next moment, he turned around and shouted at Han Su, "Don't be soft-hearted, this is your only chance to deal with her..."

"That is……"

Lu Neng's appearance, and Song Chushi's anxious reminder, immediately made Han Su's heart skip a beat:
'Is this a special weapon designed specifically for this woman?'

He hadn't expected Lu Neng to suddenly appear here, and even bring a crystal skull that Song Chu had been so concerned about, since they hadn't been able to find this guy when they first mobilized their friends.

However, my feelings for Lu Neng have always been special, ever since we were in the castle. This guy has always given me a feeling that he is unreliable but I can trust him.

The reason he's unreliable is that he doesn't always listen to orders.

To say someone is trustworthy means they act in an uncanny way, often doing amazing things with remarkable results.

This is what makes him special; he has never been like this before.

"Ugh!"

Hearing Song Chu's shout and sensing the anxiety in his words, Lu Neng sighed heavily.

Is it easy for you?
Having sneaked over early, and seeing how eerie and mysterious the Abyss Studio was, I didn't hold back and slipped inside when they weren't looking. After looking around, it seemed that only the crystal skull that the woman who looked like the leader valued most was the most valuable.
After all, she lingered at the entrance of the Abyss Laboratory, reluctant to let go of the thing, and he saw her from afar.

He could have taken the item quietly and left just as quietly, but he never expected that the seemingly arrogant guy and the buddy he met in the castle would be beaten so badly.

A sharp pain shot through his heart, but prioritizing the greater good, he stamped his foot and threw the crystal skull over.

"you……"

The tall, thin woman, who was already in a state of great confusion and shock, changed her expression drastically the moment she saw the crystal skull.

He instinctively stepped back and simultaneously raised his hand to strike.

The endless stream of humanoid flesh and blood, immediately driven by her, rushed madly toward the crystal skull.

But unexpectedly, the guy's desperate attempt to throw the crystal skull upwards was actually a feint.

The crystal skull, which had been just centimeters from his hand, suddenly returned to him. The humanoid flesh and blood jumped up, and he feinted, then flipped over the abandoned vehicle and leaped straight past the feet of these sluggish humanoid flesh and blood.

Countless humanoid flesh and blood stretched out their arms to grab him, but he was too agile.

With a sudden dart to the left and a leap to the right, these humanoid fleshy figures squeezed themselves together in a chaotic mess, which only made him get closer.

"catch him."

The tall, thin woman seemed somewhat afraid of the approaching crystal skull, and spoke urgently, her voice unusually hoarse.

The moment it opened its mouth, countless humanoid flesh and blood instantly lost their human shape, their flesh and blood merging and piling up in one place.

While they retained their human form, they could press against and obstruct each other, but when they merged into one, they became like a high wall of flesh and blood.

Even more bizarrely, when the massive wave of flesh and blood swept over, that guy suddenly disappeared from sight.

"Where is he?"

At that moment, everyone in the audience held their breath, desperately searching for his whereabouts.

The scalpel team members beside the tall, thin woman even had their eyes sparkling with crystal light as they scanned their surroundings, thinking that the guy had taken advantage of the chaos to use some kind of mysterious power to become invisible or disappear.

Only Han Su felt a sudden jolt in his heart, remembering the elusive nature of this thieving monkey, and instinctively looked behind him.

There was a "clang" sound.

Just as Han Su glanced behind him, a manhole cover not far away was suddenly lifted.

Lu Neng stuck his head out, holding the crystal skull in his hand, and threw it forward with force.

"coming……"

Han Su rushed toward him, or rather, toward the rapidly approaching crystal skull, without regard for anything else.

This is probably the only chance.

Han Su held nothing back, activating his spiritual activity and divine matter without reservation. His figure left a trail of afterimages in the air, experiencing a tension and danger unlike anything he had ever felt before.

All attention was focused on the crystal skull, leaving no room for error. Previously, the only time they'd felt such tension was when fighting for keys in a castle.

As she ran, the bronze-colored blood seeped out of the box, ready to fight her to the death if the other party came to take it.

But that didn't work out. He flashed and finally snatched the crystal skull into his hand.

But the tall, thin woman was slow to act at this crucial moment.

A flicker of terror crossed her eyes, a crystalline glint that vanished in an instant.

"Shh!"

Han Su grabbed the crystal skull, turned around immediately, and aimed it at the tall, thin woman.

hum!
He clearly sensed that a mysterious power was automatically activated from the crystal skull, faintly resonating with the tall, slender woman.

Han Su was overjoyed. This crystal skull was indeed useful to her, and it had some kind of mysterious effect.

But just as they were anxious to determine what this effect was so they could come up with a targeted strategy, they saw that the tall, thin woman was facing the crystal skull, yet she did not show any unusual behavior.

She hurried to the front of the crystal skull, and facing the eerie light emanating from it, she reached out and grabbed her own clothes. Then, she flashed and rushed towards the Abyss Studio.

His actions, emotions, and reason showed no abnormality whatsoever.

Even the efficiency and powerful pressure she exerted when she made her move were not diminished in the slightest.

"How is this going?"

"..."

Outside the Abyss Studio, Song Chushi and Lu Neng exchanged a glance, unsure of what expression to make.

Seeing Han Su and the tall, thin woman enter the Abyss Studio, he was momentarily at a loss for words.

The plan took an unexpected turn, and Song Chu could only think to himself, 'I hope he can be ruthless enough to do it…'

……

……

Han Su was grabbed by this tall, thin woman, and all his mental activity was suppressed, making him like an ordinary person.

He let her lead him into the Abyss Studio. Everywhere they went, there were tangled wires and raging sparks. This mysterious laboratory had been nearly half destroyed by Song Chushi's restraints, and many of its functional areas were completely inoperable.

But she didn't know the purpose, and only led herself deeper and deeper.

After passing through several heavy iron doors, it felt as if we had arrived at the deepest part of a laboratory.

Once she got here, she finally let go of herself.

They stood still a meter away, staring at themselves, their faces illuminated by the warning lights beside them, making them look like blood.

"you……"

Han Su held the crystal skull in his right hand and the briefcase in his left, but suddenly felt a little lost.

He secretly touched the woman with the crystal skull, but there was no reaction at all. Why is Song Chu so nervous about this thing?
Even if this thing can control tall and thin women, it's useless if you don't know how to use it!
Just as he was feeling uneasy, tears suddenly welled up in the eyes of the tall, thin woman in front of him.

The next moment, she suddenly stepped forward and gently embraced him.

Han Su's body suddenly stiffened, and he froze on the spot.

Feeling the trembling of that thin body, I wondered if he was trying to use his bronze blood to take this opportunity to snap her neck.

"child……"

The tall, thin woman's voice was filled with intense, regretful sorrow: "You...you've worked too hard..."

There was only one indescribable feeling, like being electrocuted, that suddenly surged into my mind.

is her!

It's the woman from my memory who cried while holding me; she's back.

In my memories before I was ten years old, this tall, thin woman always looked like two different people.

One is someone who likes to hit themselves, torture themselves, and hate themselves.

The other one is that after beating himself up and leaving him covered in bruises, he hugs himself and cries bitterly.

Now, ten years later, when they met face to face for the first time, she still showed that same resentful and twisted expression.

But unexpectedly, after playing the game of "you kill me, I kill you" all night, she suddenly showed a completely different side of herself.

"So, what are you doing?"

There was also an instinctive feeling that made Han Su want to raise his hand and gently wrap his arms around her slender body as she embraced him, to feel the embrace he hadn't felt in ten years.

But Han Su couldn't do it. He just froze there, using all his strength, and spoke with absurdity and coldness: "You've been thinking about killing me all night, locking me in a cage, and sending me to the altar. What are you trying to do by acting like this now?"

"I'm very busy..."

Do you think I have time to play some kind of mother-son harmony game with you?

His voice was filled with resentment and genuine hatred and disgust. He suddenly pushed her away forcefully, his gaze chilling: "I still prefer the way you were just now."

"Either kill me, or I'll kill you!"

"..."

"I just want to kill myself!"

The tall, thin woman suddenly burst into tears. Just moments ago, she had been arrogant, indifferent, and haughty.

She easily destroyed the entire Qinggang. Whether it was the Four Heavenly Kings of Qinggang or Song Chushi, they were all like trash in her eyes.

But now, she was actually pushed to the ground by Han Su.

Her body trembled, her face was covered in tears, and endless remorse, pain, regret, and fear were etched on her face.

Even the way she cried out was filled with an unbearable, real pain: "I know what it feels like to be torn apart. I'm not unaware of the pain of motherhood. I miss you every day and night. I can't control myself, so..."

"So I put all my feelings for you into this crystal skull."

"I'd rather be a heartless tool in my daily life, at least then I could escape this kind of torment..."

"So they think this crystal skull is my biggest weakness, but actually, you are my biggest weakness."

“I’ve been waiting for you to get this crystal skull.”

"..."

Han Su was stunned for a moment, unsure how to respond.

He looked at the crystal skull and could indeed feel the strange fluctuations emanating from it.

The crystal skull was automatically activated after she obtained it, or rather, after entering a certain range around her.

The tall, thin woman was now engaged in some kind of spiritual material sharing, so her will and actions remained unchanged from before, but her emotions suddenly became unusually weak, making her a completely different person from before.

Suddenly it dawned on her: no wonder she didn't stop her when she tried to snatch the crystal skull.

Because by then, the crystal skull had already served its purpose.

She poured all her emotions, pain, longing, pity, and regret as a mother into the crystal skull.

Therefore, when she is away from the crystal skull, she is just an empty shell without emotions, merely a tool.

Upon approaching the crystal skull, she regained her emotions and became human again? No wonder Song Chu said that this was her last chance and she had to be ruthless.

It was precisely because he knew this secret that he was certain that he only had a chance to kill this woman when she was in her current state.

The only time he could kill this opponent was when she turned back into his mother.
And she...

Han Su suddenly realized that although she had indeed acted strangely that night, appearing cold and ruthless, judging from the strength she displayed at the end, perhaps she didn't actually need to say so much to him.

She actually had the opportunity to resolve things quickly, but when she did, she was filled with a kind of entanglement and confusion that was hard for outsiders to understand, which is why she endured it for so long.

So, she said she had been waiting to get the crystal skull because she was also looking forward to this final moment?
……

……

"I know you have no reason not to blame me, but this is our fate!"

The tall, thin woman's voice was filled with sorrow. She seemed to have been waiting to say these things for a long time, but when she was far away from the crystal skull, she could not find a reason or identity to say them. But when she was close to the crystal skull, she felt an urgency to tell them all.

"Neither you nor I have a choice!"

She strained to look up at Han Su, seemingly selfishly hoping that Han Su could understand everything she had done:
"I'm just an executor of the divine descent plan!"

"Back then, after witnessing the truth of the world, I left my family with lofty ideals and got to know them. I joined the Divine Descent Project with the idea of ​​saving the world from the threat of the tides, but I... I didn't know that this would require sacrificing you!"

“When they pointed to my stomach and said I would join the program, I had actually tried my best…”

She looked at him pleadingly, as if afraid he wouldn't believe her: "You still remember some things, don't you?"

"I dodged, I tried to protect you..."

“I took you to hide in Qinggang, a small city where we hid for ten years, but they still found us in the end…”

"You remember how we used to depend on each other for survival, right?"

"I only found out ten years ago when they found us. They had been watching us all along and trying to protect us, but in the end they couldn't."

"For him, and to make this all less hopeless, I had no choice but to listen to them, to take charge of the Abyss Studio for him, to complete their Seven-Day Divine Descent plan, and even think, what if you weren't chosen..."

"..."

"them?"

A tremor and a sense of oppression rose within Han Su, and he suddenly interrupted her, speaking slowly and deliberately:
"Who are they? And who is he?"

"he……"

The tall, thin woman's expression suddenly collapsed. She tried to smile, but the smile was more tragic than crying: "They are the Guardians of the World, the direct bloodline that inherited the will of the Twelve Knights."

“From the reconstruction era to the present day, they have always been the nobles who are high above others and the true masters of this world.”

"They exercise the emperor's will and monitor the arrival of the tides..."

"They have no mercy for the world; everything they do is to ensure that the reconstruction era does not collapse."

"Because for them, the Reconstruction Era is their foundation, their dynasty passed down through generations."

"And he..."

Speaking of "them," her voice was filled with fear, while when she spoke of "him," it was filled with pain and reluctance: "His name is Han Changming, he's your father. He's risking his life to protect you. I'm from the Shen family of Southeast Yecheng, my name is Shen Yunyi, our family..."

"Stop..."

Han Su used all his strength to stop her, gritted his teeth, and said, "Do you think I'm looking for you to recognize a relative?"

"Do you think that after all these years and so much suffering, I would still..."

"..."

Words failed him; he could not vent his anger with words.

It's not that I haven't longed for a normal family, but that longing has been gone for far too long, and I no longer crave it.

He felt only bewilderment.

I've been tormented for ten years, with countless flashes of light and escapes, suffering immensely.

Aside from being the sole survivor of the castle kidnapping case, he didn't even have a normal identity. He was an orphan, and even the past ten years were a blur. He was like a ghost living in the cracks of various spaces, without a definite anchor point.

Now, she says she loves herself and wants to say that she also has the identity of a normal person.
"I just want to tell you everything I know."

In response to Han Su's words, the tall, thin woman, or rather Shen Yunyi, spoke with a deep despair in her voice: "I don't ask you to forgive anything. You have the right not to forgive anyone, but... but I must tell you quickly, we don't have time..."

She leaned forward, as if trying to get closer to Han Su: "I don't know why, but the work I was in charge of has completely failed."

"It wasn't just a failure; I exposed the Seven-Day Divine Descent Plan, as well as the list of successors and the coordinates of the altar."

"The Seven-Day Divine Descent is the most ambitious plan of the Guardians, but this plan must be carried out in secret. Too many people knowing about it will only cause uncontrollable chaotic variables and lead to the failure of the plan."

"Therefore, Qinggang must be destroyed the moment the kidnapping case is classified. And this time, too many people and secret entities around the world already know the specifics of the Seven-Day Divine Descent..."

"This signifies the complete failure of the Divine Descent Plan ten years ago..."

“I know them. At this point, Abyss Studios has no reason to exist.”

At this point, her voice was filled with utter despair: "They won't hesitate at all; they'll just tear everything down and start all over again!"

"Child, the end of the world is coming..."

"..."

"what?"

Han Su's heart sank, and he reached out and pressed his hand into the shadows beneath his feet.

The shadows began to stir, spreading rapidly in all directions and bringing with them an endless stream of information.

Han Su saw that a dense, mysterious force had begun to intertwine above Qinggang, as if Qinggang were locked in a huge cage. He also saw that the four city-slaughtering priests, with endless mysterious believers, had arrived in front of the Abyss Studio.

I saw that the streets and buildings of Qinggang were filled with mindless zombies rushing towards the panicked crowds.

They saw a monster covered in stiff hair climb onto the building and howl at the night sky.

I saw investigators lying dead in an alley, their internal organs being devoured by something bizarre.

I witnessed the deaths of Zhang Chiguo, Black Tiger, Red Trench Coat, Green Hat, and the elegant Queen, one after another.

He had been suppressed the whole time, and only at this moment did he see the scenes of their deaths and the collapse of Qinggang. Countless images flashed into his mind, causing him to lose the ability to think for a moment.

I've never really liked Qinggang, I don't like the Disaster Management Bureau, or rather, I don't like anything about it.

But it was only on this night in Qinggang, when the group stood up against the Abyss Studio, that he finally felt a sense of liking for them; it was an ideal state.

And all of this has begun to collapse.

The city of Qinggang was ruined at its most perfect moment.

"Snap..."

He suddenly raised his gun, chambered a bullet, and pointed it fiercely at Shen Yunyi's forehead, even hooking his finger on the trigger.

His eyes were filled with a raging fire of anger.

"Do not kill me!"

Shen Yunyi spoke in a low voice, begging for mercy at a time like this was simply a joke.

Han Su remained unmoved, but to his surprise, she said in a low voice, "I will die here, but I don't need you to do anything."

"You don't have to bear the stigma of killing me."

She spoke these words sincerely, looking deeply at Han Su. Her tears had stopped, but her eyes showed more pain than ever before: "This may be the only thing I can consider for you."

"And now, I'm just sorry, killing me can't undo all of this."

"Just like I can never change the compromise I made ten years ago."

"..."

Han Su could no longer describe the feeling in his heart. The urgency in his mind grew stronger and stronger. In this layered abyss workshop, he could also feel the immense pressure and killing intent surging in as the four city-slaughtering priests outside approached.

Abyss Studio, ironically, became the entity protecting itself, or rather, protecting this dialogue.

However, it couldn't last long.

Han Su also had a thousand reasons to choose to break down emotionally at this moment, or to vent his pain in front of this "mother".

But he didn't want to waste his energy on such trivial matters.

I am not a smart person, nor do I feel that I have any outstanding performance in terms of willpower.

But his repeated experiences in the castle, playing hide-and-seek with monsters, fighting for keys, and living in the cracks of time, made him subconsciously want to take another look, even in the most desperate situations, to see if there was still a chance to survive.

Even so, he always felt that there was still something he could do.

Previously, Song Chushi had revealed his final backup plan: even if Qinggang was destroyed and everyone died, he would find a way to obtain the information and leave alive. However, Song Chushi was unaware of the castle's situation, so the plan was not perfect.

I can indeed leave, but not in terms of space, but in terms of time.

I have accumulated enough time, and now I have the opportunity to summon Blink and return to the castle.

Originally, this was his greatest asset. When he came out of the abandoned D7 laboratory where Li Moses had imprisoned him, there was enough time, and he had the opportunity to return to the past by blinking.

But even if he had returned to the past, he would not have been able to change everything that had already happened on this life's timeline. However, when he saw the children on the eleven altars and the tailcoat that had been manipulated, an idea came to him.

Perhaps, can everything in this reality be "rebooted"?
Perhaps, flickering shouldn't just be flickering anymore...

However, before undertaking this unprecedented endeavor, I must seize this opportunity to obtain sufficient information…

……

……

He looked up and saw a calm and intense will to die in Shen Yunyi's eyes. He felt no empathy, but only whispered, "You know what I want."

"They're all in here..."

Shen Yunyi looked at the crystal skull in Han Su's hand, her smile filled with despair, and whispered, "Everything I know, including your memories from ten years ago, is in here."

"But child, do you really want to fight against them?"

"The power of the guardians is even greater than all mysteries!"

"The gap between me and them is even greater than the gap between Qinggang and me, you..."

"..."

"You also said that time is of the essence."

Han Su made no attempt to hide his impatience. He could vaguely hear the sounds of the Abyss Studio's exterior being demolished and torn apart—the sounds of the City-Slaughtering Priests slowly making their way in. Knowing it was time for him to make a decision, he simply remained calm.

"So there's no point in wasting your time on this pointless concern and fear."

"..."

"I……"

Looking into Han Su's eyes, Shen Yunyi instinctively looked away.

In terms of strength, she was far superior to her son, but during this reunion after ten years, she was torn, in pain, despair, and fear, while he was decisive and ruthless, shooting when necessary and asking questions without the slightest hesitation.

She suddenly realized her own weakness.

This feeling of weakness actually gave rise to a subtle sense of pride in her.

For the first time, she felt an unprecedented surge of courage and slowly looked up at Han Su: "I have a gift for you!"

(End of this chapter)