Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 293 Miss Ai's Three Locks (Vote for monthly tickets and win gold in the ongoing event)

"Pull out the bronze civilization of history?"

"Is this okay?"

Han Su wasn't initially very concerned about the group of copper civilization believers who had gathered in the Baila Mountain region; he had witnessed the true power of Qinggang.

Moreover, as an experimental field, the Abyss Studio is now watching Qinggang. Whether it's the Slaughtering Priest, the Pale Factory, or even the Traveling Knights, they could all be drawn to the same side. How could a mysterious organization possibly threaten them?

But things are different now.

In the narrative of the Emperor's Book, he saw what the true prosperity of the bronze civilization in history looked like.

They knew what level of power it was and what kind of threat it posed.

"Through a certain sacrificial ritual combined with the portal between reality and illusion, one can summon the lost civilization of history."

When asked by Han Su, Song Chushi calmly replied as if he were recounting a trivial matter: "Of course, this method has limitations. It requires a certain condition of material conservation, which means that they need a massive sacrifice."

"I think this might also be the reason why they chose the Baila Mountain area. After all, this place is already the largest population center outside of Qinggang itself."

"In addition, this method itself has great limitations; it can only be used once, not twice."

"The Bronze Church can indeed inflict a heavy blow on Qinggang, but it is destined not to conquer the world in this way."

"Time, sacrifices, and the backlash from reality all determine that the gate between illusion and reality cannot exist in reality for long."

"Even if we were to summon the bronze civilization from history and persuade them to take action, it would likely be only for a moment before they were forced to shut it down."

"Therefore, even if the Bronze Church really builds the Gate of Reality and Illusion, it can only be used as a deterrent trump card. This card can make many people feel fear, but it cannot be played."

"Once the attack is launched, it represents collective suicide!"

"So, I actually don't quite understand that crazy girl either, what exactly is her purpose in arranging all these things."

"..."

Han Su took a moment to process what Song Chushi meant.

Once this card is played, Qinggang will suffer a severe blow, and may even be wiped out entirely.

However, the Bronze Church would also become weakened as a result, and all that awaited them was the purge by the itinerant knights.

He sighed and said, "Looking at it this way, these ancient and mysterious organizations aren't so scary after all."

That's exactly how it is!

Song Chushi said calmly, "The start of the Reconstruction Era signifies the collective failure of these ancient and mysterious organizations. The Reconstruction Era has now been around for two thousand years, and it's unknown how many mysterious organizations it has been active in."

"The most troublesome and difficult to deal with are those emerging small organizations that you never know where they came from, because you can't figure out what they're thinking."

"And these ancient and mysterious organizations have always been suppressed by the World Council."

"At times, their existence is merely a means to vent the negative emotions that are ingrained in reality; they are a reserve force of the secret school."

"It must be admitted that many scholars of esoteric schools come from these ancient organizations. Sometimes it's like studying abroad; these scholars go in, absorb knowledge, and then swagger out, even publishing a paper..."

"..."

Han Su couldn't imagine such a scene for a moment; it was beyond his comprehension.

This is the madness of a scholar.

But then he realized the key point and looked at Song Chushi seriously: "You've traveled all over the world and seen the most, and you've witnessed conflicts at all levels and in all places around the world. So, have you ever heard of a war that transcends time?"

"This war may be related to a mysterious machine in Qinggang, and also to your sister..."

Previously in Qinggang, Miss Ai's words before she was sealed gave Han Su a sense of unease, and Song Yushi's state during this rescue made that sense of unease even stronger.

In particular, he actually sensed the extremely familiar aura of Miss Ai within the history of the Bronze Age.

"Beyond time?"

Song Chu suddenly turned to look at Han Su.

He stared intently at Han Su, then slowly spoke: "Why don't you just tell me, what exactly do you know?"

Han Su also confirmed it from his expression, and slowly said, "It seems that you do know some secret things."

"For example, Miss Ai from Qinggang?"

"..."

"Yes!"

Song Chushi nodded slowly, looking into Han Su's eyes, and said slowly, "I know she is a pitiful wretch locked up, but she is also a machine that is beyond the level of Qinggang and should not exist in a city."

"Her level is too high and too dangerous. So dangerous that, theoretically, she should be put in a lead box and permanently sunk to a depth of 30,000 meters."

Han Su's heart skipped a beat. He asked, "Do you know... about her background?"

Song Chushi slowly shook his head: "I don't know."

"I even doubt that anyone in this world can fully explain her origins!"

"The information I can find now only confirms that she belongs to some kind of highest-level historical relic. There are some people in this world who call themselves nobles, and these nobles have three scrolls in their possession."

"The first scroll records ten kinds of disasters, and she is the embodiment of one of them, similar to the Mother Divine Tree that appeared in Qinggang, only she is more specific and closer to reality."

"..."

Han Su's eyes flickered slightly as he listened: "You've said so much in one breath, and you still call yourself unaware?"

"Compared to her, I really don't know."

Song Chushi shook his head, looking somewhat regretful, and said, "I've been hunted down by her, and we've also cooperated occasionally."

"Although I've spent most of my time outside these past few years, I've actually done some investigations and probes into Qinggang, such as stealing some key information or installing a small backdoor in the mechanical parts of their reality."

"During this period, there was naturally a lot of wits and courage to fight with her. Most of the time I was at a disadvantage, but I also gained an advantage a few times."

"Of course, it wasn't until after the White Corpse incident that I realized she had actually been giving in to me all along."

"..."

"The White Corpse?"

Han Su felt a slight stirring in his heart, vaguely catching something that excited him.

"Correct."

Song Chu sighed, picked up his briefcase, patted it gently, and said, "There's another friend in this briefcase of mine."

While taking pictures, he said, "Hey, say hello."

But there was no movement from inside the box for a long time, so Song Chushi had no choice but to give up and said, "It crashed again."

Han Su looked at it strangely: "Completed a system crash?"

"He was once considered one of the most intelligent machines in the world."

When Song Chushi mentioned this, he gave a wry smile and said, "Later I learned that it was just a replica of that mysterious mechanical mother body made by the civilization of this era. They didn't dare to make it too similar, because it already exceeded the danger level."

"Even so, it is enough for him in many places, and he can access databases in many places as if they were his own."

"Except for Qinggang."

“Once he returns to Qinggang, he’s basically an idiot. Of course, to be honest, I am one too.”

“At times, we even thought we had infiltrated Miss Ai and stolen some very valuable information from her.”

"It wasn't until after the White Corpse incident that I learned the information she had us infiltrate and steal was deliberately given to us. She even possessed this guy and used his body to say something to me at the time..."

"..."

Han Su's palms were already sweating a little when he heard this: "What did you say?"

Song Chushi slowly raised his hand, pressed it against his brow, and said in a low voice, "She said that one day in the near future, a war will break out in Qinggang that will lure me in; it will be a trap set for me."

“But I can’t be afraid. I must go in. When that happens, Zhang Chiguo will become my ally. And in that war, I won’t have to say anything. I just need to help you with all my might.”

"Even death is not scary."

"Of course, besides that, there are some secrets of the Abyss Studio, such as that female doctor's weakness..."

“But if when that day comes, you send people to stop me and prevent me from entering Qinggang, then I will listen to you.”

"And, I'll try to send you a message..."

"..."

"what?"

At this moment, Han Su's body even began to tremble slightly. Was this what Miss Ai had told him?
Both of these things happened.

However, one was on the previous life timeline, while the other is on this newly restarted life timeline.

Miss Ai actually knew all these things, and even knew them better than I did.

When Han Su asked the question with a hint of nervousness, Song Chushi looked intently at Han Su and got the answer from his eyes. It turned out that, just as he had guessed, these two things did not happen one at a time, but both.

He sighed inwardly and said aloud, "The emperor really existed!"

"Did the emperor really exist?"

Han Su was stunned when he heard this.

He couldn't understand the sentence and couldn't imagine what Miss Ai's intention was in going to such lengths to convey it to him through Song Chushi.
He couldn't understand why Miss Ai didn't just tell him directly. Theoretically, if she could communicate with Song Chushi in this way, it meant she had bypassed Qinggang's surveillance of her. So why was she still being so cautious?

The message delivered in this way must be the most crucial and essential.

But such a nonsensical statement doesn't seem to have any real value, nor does it seem capable of solving the immediate problems, except...

...an ancient castle?
The plan for her advancement to the mysterious level and the castle is truly related to the emperor. Miss Ai wouldn't even know that, would she?
"That's exactly what I meant."

Song Chushi first fulfilled his promise to Miss Ai before slowly saying, "Now, may I ask you some questions?"

"I know what you want to ask."

Han Su remembered those words deeply, and then, looking up at Song Chu, he said frankly:
“I’m just as confused as you, but I can tell you that ten years ago, yes, it really was ten years ago, when I escaped from the castle, I tried to take your sister with me.”

"However, she refused my rescue, and I'm not sure whether she was affected by some mysterious potion or had some other experience..."

"She only said that she couldn't leave with me yet because she had other things to do."

"Because there is another battlefield that needs her..."

"..."

"Another battlefield..."

A hint of surprise flashed across Song Chushi's face. Han Su thought he would ask a lot of questions about the details, but unexpectedly, Song Chushi suddenly narrowed his eyes and stared straight at Han Su, saying, "Then why didn't you tell me these things before?"

"For example, when we first met at the small wonton shop in Qinggang?"

"..."

Han Su gave a wry smile and said, "Is it possible that I didn't know this had happened back then?"

What happened ten years ago that you didn't know about three months ago, but now you do?
This is a very convoluted and dizzying thing to talk about, but Song Chushi seemed to understand it somewhat.

He paused for a moment to process this before gently shaking his head and saying, "Now I understand why that machine said it couldn't tell me the whole truth when it was talking to me."

She even went out of her way to explain that it wasn't because I wasn't smart enough, but because I wasn't at the right level and my current reality couldn't comprehend these things.

"Now that I've seen what you've done and heard what you've said, I have a better understanding of you."

"..."

"Indeed, there are many things that can only be understood by finding her."

Han Su looked up at the deep night sky and at the eye that was half-open in the night sky, trying to lower its tentacles.

It was a strange feeling; his conversation with Song Chu had been going on for some time, but the drooping tendrils of that eye hadn't made any progress at all.

Everything around was frozen, except for the flow of time within oneself, which was strange enough in itself.

He cleared his throat and said, "I made a promise with her that when she unlocked the third lock, she would open her heart and have a conversation with me. I thought that would be the beginning, but I didn't expect that she would be sealed away so quickly."

"So, when she found you, spoke with you, and passed on her message to me, did she mention how to help her unlock more locks on her body?"

"A third lock?"

Song Chushi paused slightly, then his eyes flickered: "We haven't discussed this, but as far as I know, the authority over this machine originally belonged to the Qinggang Council and the Abyss Studio..."

"If we control Qinggang or Abyss Studio, it's equivalent to gaining access to this machine. What's so difficult about opening a few locks?"

"..."

Han Su looked up: "How many can be opened?"

Although he didn't know enough about it, he believed that those people would definitely not hand over all authority to Qinggang.

"There are at least three locks."

Song Chushi slowly said, "Because when she was first brought here, three locks were already open. The locks were added gradually afterward!"

Han Su held his breath slightly and nodded gently: "Understood."

A faint excitement was rising in his heart. Before, when Miss Ai was sealed, he only felt powerless, but now, both the Black Rose Alliance and the Castle Squad have begun to have the ability to turn their attention to the Qinggang Council.

The problem lies in how to skillfully control this force.

A relaxed expression also appeared on Song Chushi's face. He turned around slightly, and the sand around him bounced gently on his shoulders.

He could sense that the sand had some kind of mysterious connection with him, and that it had been existing through his own spiritual power. This conversation had put a lot of strain on him, but his expression seemed relaxed.

"It looks like we all have some important things to do."

Song Chushi sighed softly, "What you said reminded me of some details I had overlooked before."

"I plan to verify it."

"..."

Han Su looked curious, wanting to ask, but unsure whether this information could also be shared.

Song Chushi chuckled softly and said, "Actually, when I first left Qinggang, I was just an ordinary person, but many of the places I ventured into were very dangerous, especially some ancient ruins."

"But I made it out alive. I thought it was because I was lucky or because I was thoughtful, but now that I think about it, it seems that in some ways, it wasn't just my luck..."

Han Su understood something: "You mean..."

Song Chushi took a deep breath and said, "My sister may have appeared in history..."

"She protected me!"

"..."

Han Su's eyes widened in disbelief at the scene, but he and Song Chushi stopped talking about it at the same time, feeling that continuing would touch on things that neither of them could be sure of and would affect their train of thought.

Now, all they know is that they each have a battlefield to go to.

Song Chushi was already used to this, and simply looked up at the sky slightly, saying, "Do you need my help?"

"The Eye of Candlelight is not an easy ability to deal with."

"..."

"Need not."

Han Su shook his head and smiled, "But I do have a question I'd like to ask you."

“You taught me a method before: when you’re unsure if you’re being watched, pour a glass of water next to you and watch the ripples in the water.”

"So, if I'm about to come into contact with a mysterious power, but I'm worried that I might unknowingly be corrupted by it and completely changed... is there any way to prevent this?"

"Have!"

Song Chu smiled and said, "Look in the mirror!"

"If you look at yourself in the mirror for more than three minutes and you don't become impatient, it means you haven't been distorted by some mysterious force."

"..."

Han Su was surprised that he actually had it. After a moment of surprise, he smiled and wrote it down.

Song Chushi nodded slightly to him, picked up the old box, and turned to walk out of the forest.

As his figure gradually disappeared behind the dark trees, the sand in the air, grain by grain, wisp by wisp, followed him into the distance.

The feeling of the air being frozen around me gradually thinned out until it suddenly disappeared, and everything became completely relaxed.

Above his head, the eye suddenly opened to its maximum size, and countless tentacles instantly descended upon Han Su's head. Within them, one could even sense a kind of crazy and obsessive will, like a mad little girl.

This little girl named Anwei has attracted followers of the Bronze Script and possesses the power of the Candle Shadow; she's indeed a difficult opponent...

But it seems that if the Castle Squad wants to truly take control of the Qinggang Council, they need just this type of person.
Han Su became interested, looked up, and stared directly into that eye.

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