Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 269 The Best Person

"What's the trouble?"

Just as Han Su paused slightly, carefully staring at the huge syringes on the children's backs and the contents of the syringes, a surprised voice suddenly rang out.

A tall, plump woman burst out, wearing a white coat and white stockings. Her two fleshy legs trembled as she stepped on the floor. She immediately spotted the little lamb girl surrounded by children.

His expression froze for a moment: "Why are you back?"

"Didn't Skinning Manor buy you out?"

"..."

Upon seeing her, all the children's faces immediately showed fear, and they all backed away. The little lamb girl's face flashed with fear, but she suddenly stepped forward, stretching out her two little hands to block her, desperately raising her two tender little horns, and cried out:
"What!!"

"..."

This time, Han Su understood.

This is anger and hatred, and a deep fear!
Even those dark eyes subtly transformed into horizontal pupils at this moment.

"Stand still..."

The fat woman suddenly realized what was happening, and a look of anxiety flashed across her plump face. She didn't take the little lamb girl's anger seriously and hurriedly reached out and took an electric baton from the wall, which was out of the children's reach.

The light shone brightly, and all the children who were staring at her in terror were immediately blinded by the intense light. They covered their eyes and squatted down on the ground.

Even the little lamb girl closed her eyes immediately, and her eyes, which had just turned into horizontal pupils, returned to normal.

But she stubbornly stretched out her arms, blocking the children's way, even though she could no longer see the enemy.

"Things that don't know whether to live or die!"

The fat woman did all this with remarkable skill. After blinding them, she turned off the bright light and then used the flashlight as a stick, waving it as she charged forward.

She exerted all her strength, raising the stun gun high into the air.

But before the stun gun in her hand could touch the little lamb girl, Han Su suddenly raised his gun and pointed it at her forehead.

He had been hiding until he raised his gun, at which point his figure suddenly appeared before everyone.

It looked as if the fat woman suddenly rushed up, put her head right under the muzzle of his gun, and then his figure was revealed.

Whether it was the fat woman or the children around her who were desperately trying to open their eyes, they all saw him immediately.

The fat woman was clearly taken aback: "You..."

"Bah!"

Han Su pulled the trigger, the bullet left the barrel, and instantly pierced through her head, bringing with it a stench of brain matter.

The obese body suddenly lost all strength and collapsed limply to the ground.

But before her body could actually fall to the ground, Han Su had already holstered his gun. Then, he extended his five fingers, aimed them at her face, which was already pierced by bullets, and spoke in a low, eerie voice that echoed in the dark space:
"The dead shall return!"

"..."

Zero-sequence ciphertext spell number 04!

The fat woman's body trembled violently, and with a subtle fluctuation of mental energy, a phantom and blurry shadow was pulled out. As the body fell to the ground, the two separated, and with a terrifying and blank expression, it silently floated above the corpse.

Han Su said in a low voice, "Speak!"

He was already very impatient, so he took the most efficient approach.

Living people can have deceitful thoughts, want to resist, struggle, and try to argue, but dead people cannot.

So just kill him directly, then summon his spirit to ask questions.

The fat woman's illusory face twisted in a strange way. Having been killed and then recalled by Han Su, she was unable to resist Han Su's will.

She opened her mouth with difficulty, uttering a series of eerie sounds:

"Research on successors, containers..."

"..."

Her voice was strange, so fast it sounded like dozens of words were compressed into a single syllable.

At first glance, it sounds like a cold, damp wind.

The words spoken by the dead are a combination of language and spiritual power, which is why ordinary people go mad when they hear the voices of the dead.

However, for those at an extraordinary level, they can glean more information from this language. Therefore, Han Su quickly understood the secret prison, or rather, the dark secret of the city of Giant Horn City.

"Traditional inherited craftsmanship?"

The more he listened to these things, the harder it was for him to suppress his disgust.

His gaze returned to the two sides of the wall, where the portraits hung, and a strange sense of unease welled up inside him.

He had already learned of the succession plan from the crystal skull that Ms. Shen had given him.

Before their Seven-Day Divine Descent Plan begins, the Successor Plan is the primary means of maintaining stability in this world.

Therefore, the Great Horned City has been semi-publicly researching how to create a better vessel for successors.
Or rather, similar research has been conducted in various parts of the world.

Because those twelve abnormal powers have been influencing this world, it is necessary to choose a suitable successor to these powers in order to achieve a temporary seal. During the seal, various researches can be conducted, or the control of the mysterious believers can be exercised...

While described as an heir, it is actually a multi-functional container.

However, these containers need to be replaced every twenty or thirty years.

As a container, it has extremely high requirements. In addition, there are twelve forces that need to be sealed and replaced regularly. Therefore, many cities are working hard to develop a more perfect container that is more compatible with the twelve anomalies and has a longer service life.

Giant Horn City is one of the cities that has passed down this ancient craft from generation to generation.

Giant Horn City rose to prominence by crafting containers of abundance, and for seven consecutive generations, the honor of inheriting the power of abundance was bestowed upon containers created by Giant Horn City.

The reason why those seven heirs were chosen is because of the huge portraits hanging in the corridor.

The last portrait is of Song Yushi because even the Abyss Project uses techniques provided by Giant Horn City and employs craftsmen from Giant Horn City.

But a contradictory mindset also began from this.

The initiation of the Seven-Day Divine Descent Plan forced the Heir Project to be suspended. Giant Horn City handed over its best researchers and the core technology for creating heirs to cooperate with the execution of the Seven-Day Divine Descent Plan, and, on the orders of the council, shut down the laboratory.

But Giant Horn City was not content with this and secretly continued its research on the successor.

It seems that the higher-ups in Giant Horn City firmly believe that the Abyss Project will not succeed.

Those in power will still need an heir.

This world will eventually need these ancient skills to sustain itself, so they need to create better successors.

The old Earl of Skinning Manor was originally attracted by the technology of Giant Horn City in this field. Under the guise of researching grains, he even bought some semi-finished products from Giant Horn City.

However, what he wanted to study was the Black Goat's superior power. His ultimate goal was actually to use the Black Goat to summon abundance into reality.

For generations, the Great Horned City has been researching how to seal the power of abundance, but it does not covet abundance itself, nor does it allow it to enter reality.

It was precisely this disagreement that caused the two sides to turn against each other.

This fat woman only knew that the little lamb girl was a half-finished product that the old count had bought from Giant Horn City, and didn't know why she had returned. However, Han Su, confirming what he had seen before, already understood:

After the old count bought the lamb girl, he put her into the Black Valley Village, using her to corrupt the villagers. This is actually the same purpose of the secret prison, which provides abnormal individuals with a false environment of freedom to induce the release of their true nature.

This is a way to break the technological blockade imposed by Giant Horn City.

He was trying to activate the true will of the black goat by using the villagers' worship, thereby opening the path to abundance.

In fact, he did make some progress; the little lamb girl mutated again in Black Valley Village.

She has begun to approach perfection and can even directly influence the plants, which means that she has become a mature individual.

It was this very special quality that made Giant Horn City want to take her back, because some people in Giant Horn City had already noticed that the black goat that had been left out was acting strangely.

They even realized that she might be the perfect vessel that the Giant Horn City had been researching for so many years.

After that, it became a struggle between the two sides.

After the little lamb girl summoned the Abundant Forest in front of everyone, Giant Horn City suddenly realized that the count had broken the principles that Giant Horn City had adhered to for so many years. If the patrolling knights were alerted, Giant Horn City might face annihilation.

Their clandestine research into the successor is very likely to be forgiven by the council.

But touching upon the power of abundance crosses the line. That is an unforgivable crime!
"Di-"

Just as Han Su was quickly learning all this from the dead, a strange police siren suddenly sounded.

An eerie and dangerous aura began to gather from all directions, and the interwoven lights were thrown at this place like sharp swords.

Han Su slowly released the fat woman's soul, letting her struggle and dissipate in the prison.

He glanced at the lamb girl, his expression somewhat complicated.

From the moment I saw her in Kurotani Village, I never really treated her as a child, but rather as a corrupted monster. In Qinggang, I had already dealt with far too many things that appeared harmless on the surface but were extremely dangerous.

So he wouldn't mind killing her, using her as a bargaining chip to achieve his goals, or even just sending her away.

That's why, when I discovered that she really was just a child, I had a very complicated feeling.

The little lamb girl stared blankly at Han Su's actions until he released the fat woman's soul. Only then did she dare to come closer, nudged Han Su with her small hands, and point to the window at the end of the corridor.

Looking into her empty eyes, Han Su understood. She was actually trying to escape as quickly as possible, but strangely, she didn't seem to be following him.

The children around them had all opened their eyes, their faces filled with fear, and huddled together in the corner.

Outside, the chaotic lights and whistles were rapidly approaching.

Whether it's the sound of footsteps or the approach of some eerie aura, it all creates a terrifying sense of pressure.

The children grew increasingly frightened, yet they didn't utter a single sound.

They just hugged him tighter and tighter, showing no intention of asking for help, and none of them even looked at him.

Looking at the little lamb girl trying to push him away, and these children refusing to ask for help, Han Su suddenly understood.

They don't believe in themselves.

These children were all brought from various places and have lived here since they were old enough to understand things. They undergo all sorts of experiments and stick together, but they never believe that adults can take care of them.

Therefore, they have lost the instinct to ask adults for help.

Feeling these thoughts, Han Su sighed softly, pushed the little lamb girl away, and turned to look outside the building.

Countless bright flashlight beams pointed towards them, and even Han Su could feel his gaze being burned.

Swish swish.

He could hear the flashlight beam followed by a series of gunshots being cocked, and the low chanting of incantations echoed incessantly. The intense and oppressive sense of crisis made his hair stand on end, but when he slowly looked up, all he saw was intense oppression.

Han Su slowly raised his head, looking directly at the bright light, his expression contorted, and he spoke in a low voice:
“I’m no longer a good person, but you…”

"...She's really bad!"

"..."

As he spoke, he gently released his hand, and the suitcase fell to the ground and opened automatically.

Then, the Emperor's Book jumped into his palm, as if blown by an invisible wind, and unfolded in his hand with a whooshing sound.

"I do not care who you are……"

“…Fire!”

At the same moment, the people who had gathered outside shouted and yelled, and countless bullets were unleashed.

"What you think is the boundary!"

Facing the barrage of bullets, Han Su gently raised his hand and recited the zero-sequence cipher spell number 03.
In an instant, an invisible barrier unfolded horizontally to both sides of his body, blocking countless bullets with a crackling sound. But at the same moment that a barrage of bullets came, dark figures rushed out from among the people who had rushed over, intertwining and attacking him.

At this moment, everything seemed to slow down in Han Su's eyes, and he could clearly see the dark figure rushing towards him.

I could also notice the numb eyes of the children behind me.

He sighed softly to himself, raised his hand once more, and recited the second esoteric incantation: "I command you to manifest the light!"

This spell ensures that all pollution and mysterious attacks are focused on oneself, but it does more than that.

The moment the incantation was recited, it affected the bewildered and ignorant children behind him.

"Snap", "Snap", "Snap", "Snap"

The giant needle behind them suddenly shattered, and the black substance, activated by a spell, scattered in all directions.

They broke through the needle and then quickly gathered towards Han Su.

At this moment, Han Su, who was holding the Emperor's Book, seemed to have become the center of countless contaminations, surrounded by strange black substances.

While it was frantically corrupting him, it was also beginning to be consumed by the Book of the Emperor, using him as a medium.

The Emperor's Book also influenced his divine essence at this moment.

At this moment, he faced too many invasions and too much pressure.

The pollution from the outside world alone was rapidly pushing him to his limit.

But ironically, the black substance on the children around me created another subtle reinforcement.

Han Su wanted to improve, which required him to find more mysterious sources to offer to the Emperor's Book. However, these mysterious sources were accompanied by powerful wills. When Han Su accepted their corruption, he would also be impacted by their wills, and would inevitably be distorted.

Until this moment, an unexpected bug appeared.

These black substances all possess an aura of abundance, and are even a kind of extremely pure mysterious power, making them excellent sacrificial materials for the Book of the Emperor.

However, these black substances were originally intended for use by these children and did not possess a strong aggressive will. Thus, these black substances became the most ideal sacrificial materials.

Meanwhile, Han Su's divine substance was also growing stronger and more resilient, and was even rapidly reaching its limit.

Just like a cell that, after receiving enough nutrients, gradually reaches a ripe state and begins to function—

--Split?
If Han Su had realized this problem, he might have been pleasantly surprised under normal circumstances.

Now, however, he couldn't care less. Holding the Emperor's Book in his hands, he slowly walked out. His spiritual power was fully activated, and the air around him distorted, making him appear somewhat blurry and giving him a vague sense of holiness.

He walked straight up the steps, and his mental power suddenly surged, with huge ripples spreading out from him.

"Clap clap clap..."

In front of the building, the beams of direct flashlights became chaotic and disordered, and countless screams and howls of pain echoed in the darkness.

Many people in the secret prisons were unaware of what was happening when they were confronted by such a terrifying enemy. He held mysterious books and ignored the horrific contamination from the materials used to make the containers, giving him an air of unfathomable depth.

"This is just the beginning..."

Han Su slowly raised his head, scanning the fearful and angry faces, a cold smile appearing on his face.

He raised his hand again and chanted softly: "I offer my body as a sacrifice, my life is for the gods to use!"

The function of this cryptic incantation is simple: by offering one's own spiritual power, one can summon mystical forces for one's own use.

In the wilderness, no one knows what might be summoned, but this is a secret prison...

In that instant, the entire dark secret prison seemed to come alive, sensing Han Su's will. Lights suddenly began to illuminate the dark city model.

Among the rows of streetlights along the roadside, strange, tall, and thin figures would occasionally straighten up and slowly turn their heads.

This prison is in turmoil.

……

……

Amidst the uproar, Han Su turned his head slightly, glancing at the little lamb girl out of the corner of his eye.

She was clenching her little fists tightly, looking at herself with worry.

Her expression was strange; it was the first time Han Su had ever seen such an emotion on her face—worry, or perhaps a touch of gratitude.

You've never seen anything like this before...

I'm not a good person. Even after I captured her, all I thought about was using her, or even eliminating her at any time.

But he was already the best person she had ever met.

(End of this chapter)