Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 369 Xu Ji's Curse

"How could this be?"

Xu Ji trembled in the high column and pressed his face against the window, straining to see.

He actually decided to ignore those strange things after he first became aware of their existence.

The principle is simple: since I didn't know these things existed before and still lived to be twenty, who says I can't live to be eighty by completely ignoring them?

Furthermore, even his own father didn't say anything to him. What does that mean?

This proves that even his own father can stop him!

So during this time, he has been trying hard to forget that those things exist.

Even when Han Su said he was going out to kill someone, he pretended not to hear, but unexpectedly, he couldn't escape it...

Once he realized he couldn't avoid it, his curiosity became uncontrollable. He pressed his face against the car window and looked out, only to see an endless, dark night with layers of howling wind sweeping through.

Dark clouds seemed to be hanging down from the sky, occasionally flashing with sparks of electricity. From within those endless dark clouds, tentacles could be seen swirling down, like a nightmare.

He strained his eyes to see, but could only catch glimpses of the truth.

He could sense a fierce battle raging outside and knew that Han Su was certainly in grave danger, which made him feel rather guilty.

Even though he knew he was just an ordinary person and couldn't participate in the battles outside, he still felt uneasy and couldn't help himself, so he took out his phone, and then...

...I took a few pictures of the outside world and wondered whether I should post them on WeChat Moments.

...Going out to help is definitely out of the question. Xu Ji understands all too well that doing things beyond one's capabilities is not helping, it's causing trouble!
But Xu Ji didn't realize that as the mysterious confrontation outside intensified, the entire train became quiet.

Dazed and silent.

Although the other carriages of the high-speed train were full of people except for the two of them in the business class, it seemed that no one in the train noticed anything unusual outside.

The train attendant, who was guarding the connection between the carriages, suddenly raised his head slowly, and a faint red light flashed in his eyes.

As if some deep consciousness had been activated, she slowly stood up, went into the restroom, opened a cardboard box, took out a pistol, loaded the bullets one by one, and then slowly walked towards the business class cabin.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The instant she passed through the automatic door, she immediately raised her gun with both hands and pulled the trigger repeatedly at Xu Ji.

Even as he faced those three deadly bullets, Xu Ji didn't even have time to react.

"Buzz!"

But just as the bullet left the chamber and Xu Ji's life was in danger, a spring-like sound suddenly rang out from the suitcase above his head.

The next moment, the box suddenly opened a crack, and a wooden doll suddenly shot out. It was about fifty centimeters tall and looked strange, but its speed was as fast as lightning.

Holding a soup spoon in her tiny hand, she swiftly slapped it, instantly sending three bullets flying.

Immediately afterwards, another dark shadow darted out of the suitcase. Upon closer inspection, it was a dog that looked like it had been mechanically assembled, and it pounced on the female flight attendant who hadn't even had time to react.

The body automatically disintegrated, releasing strange parts that clashed with the female flight attendant's joints.

The puppet then snapped its head off, its body scattering to the ground. Strange black lines spread rapidly across its body, wrapping around the female flight attendant.

The doll's head was separated from its body and pulled in front of Sister Cheng, where it was repeatedly struck against her face like a wooden fish being struck.

"Oh my god, what is that...?"

Xu Ji didn't realize what was happening until the female flight attendant had been subdued. He screamed in fright and fell backward.

But before he could react, the flight attendant's eyes turned blood red, as if a deeper power had been activated, and she struggled desperately, her strength growing stronger and stronger.

But the strange snake and the mechanical dog's methods of subduing her were meticulously planned, tightly locking her joints and the muscles she used to exert force.

Although Mr. Xu entrusted Xu Ji's safety to Han Su and followed his advice not to provide Xu Ji with a full security team, he was still worried. Therefore, he spent a lot of money to buy several life-saving items, which came in handy at this time.

"Crackling..."

But no one expected that the flight attendant's eyes would become increasingly red, and after struggling several times without success, she suddenly let out a strange whimpering sound from her throat.

The two legs, which were already long and straight, suddenly grew upwards, exceeding the limits of human beings. They also quickly branched out several joints that were completely unlike those of a human being, supporting the ground and providing a point of leverage.

Other parts of the body also underwent deformities; the hair grew longer, and the body swelled up, making it look like a demon.

Her arms also transformed into bizarre segmented shapes, and even the deformed mechanical dog and the doll that had separated from itself could not control her body. Her sharp hands viciously grabbed at Xu Ji, who was shouting beside her.

"Shoot..."

At that very moment, a sparking wire suddenly detached from its original position on the high ceiling, falling down like a serpent and strangely wrapping around her outstretched hand, once again giving her the strength to regain control of her body.

"Ah ah ah..."

Xu Ji just crawled around on the ground, yelling desperately, "What the hell is that? What the hell is that?!"

"She's an assassin sent by the Church of Hellish Monks!"

Inside the carriage, as the power line was pulled out, the lights flickered, illuminating the eerie creature's face and making it appear even more tragic and terrifying.

In this atmosphere, a gentle electronic voice spoke up: "My calculations have failed."

"I thought the highest bounty I would receive from the Black Table would be from the Southern Red Palm Knights, who are ranked third on the mercenary list. But I didn't expect that even the Church of Hell Monks, ranked second, would send assassins."

"Moreover, it can be concluded that the Church of Hell Monks was commissioned under special circumstances, and they most likely sent out the corresponding assassins before you decided to go to Lin Yuan City."

"Only in this way can we lie in wait on the high ground and assassinate you at any time!"

"..."

"Ahhh..." Xu Ji received no comfort whatsoever; instead, the sudden electronic voice startled him again, causing him to scream:

"And who are you?"

"..."

“I am a friend of Mr. Han Su. You can call me Miss Ai.”

A gentle electronic voice spoke softly: "Before this journey began, we had already agreed that while he was responsible for dealing with those mercenary groups that were openly attacking outside, I would stay on the high ground to protect your safety and prevent anyone from sneaking in."

"I……"

Xu Ji was slightly relieved when he heard Han Su's name, but when he looked up, he saw the strange-looking Sister Cheng, whose figure had become increasingly thin and grotesque, her body stretched into various unreasonable shapes.

Her eyes grew increasingly red, and her strength increased dramatically. Her hand was almost reaching the ground to pick up the pistol that had just been knocked to the floor.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The puppet went even crazier, frantically pecking at her face like a woodpecker, but it still couldn't stop her.

Forgetting all else, he yelled, "Then hurry up and protect her..."

"I'm sorry, I'm just a machine. You can think of me as an intelligent program with its own thoughts."

Miss Ai replied in a light voice: "That's why I'm good at calculations but not good at interfering with reality. Moreover, the followers of the Hell Monk Order also possess all sorts of extraordinary vitality and can draw spiritual power from the abyss."

"Therefore, even with all my strength, I can only hold her for thirty-one seconds. She will be free in twenty-one seconds. Please choose a self-rescue plan as soon as possible..."

"Countdown..."

"..."

"You knew time was of the essence, yet you still introduced yourself?"

Xu Ji felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but scream. He turned around and tried to run away.

However, the rear of the car is right behind the business class cabin, leaving no space. If they try to escape forward, they would have to pass by that hellish monk, making escape even more impossible.

Xu Ji immediately realized that the only way to save himself was to rush to the car window and shout for help.

But then, the gentle electronic voice sounded again: "Mr. Han Su is dealing with a powerful enemy. He hasn't had much chance to recover his mental strength along the way, and he's now close to his limit. If he gets distracted because of you, he might lose his life."

"..."

Xu Ji opened his mouth wide, but he swallowed the sound that was about to come out of his throat.

He simply raised his head with a desperate and pitiful expression, his mouth opening and closing silently, "Then what should I do..."

"I'll try to teach you a spell; perhaps you can give it a try?"

Miss Ai's voice was extremely gentle, seemingly containing a hint of laughter, while the body residing on this high train had already begun to operate at high speed.

The lights on the entire train began to flicker. The next moment, a mysterious, obscure, and strange incantation rang in Xu Ji's ears. The incantation was not long, and each word sounded distinct, but it had an unusually mysterious feel to it.

"What?"

Xu Ji was trying his best to listen, but he still looked completely confused and couldn't understand anything.

He tried to open his mouth and pronounce it, but his tongue got tied, and he couldn't even pronounce a few of the same syllables.

"Don't rush."

A gentle electronic voice spoke: "This is a special spell. If you were to learn it normally, it would take a long time to master its pronunciation. Even if you master the pronunciation, whether you can activate its related power still depends on your own talent and mental activity."

"It is possible to learn it directly when a person's life is hanging by a thread and under extreme tension."

"I believe that Mr. Xu Ji, as a friend of Qinggang Star Investigator, must be quite talented. So, the reason you can't learn it now must be because the situation is tense and your life is not threatened enough."

"Therefore, I will release the restraints on this hellish cultivator in three seconds. I hope Mr. Xu Ji can demonstrate enough talent to successfully save himself..."

"..."

"you……"

At that moment, Xu Ji was almost in despair, only managing to shout out his last words: "Stop using interjections at a time like this, okay?"

Even though he was unwilling, as the gentle electronic voice faded, the cable wrapped around the eerie hellish cultivator suddenly broke off.

Compared to the hardworking puppet dolls and mechanical dogs, this cable was utterly unremarkable. Yet, as soon as it came off, the Hell Cultivator was suddenly freed from his restraints, his body instantly elongating before he viciously pounced on Xu Ji.

At this moment, time almost stood still.

Xu Ji had never been so terrified in his life. He could even hear his heartbeat quicken to a certain point and then suddenly slow down.

Countless streams of blood surged into his mind simultaneously, as if some subtle and mysterious substance was impacting his brain. Then, in an indescribable state, he suddenly uttered a sentence:

"All are thrones!"

"..."

It was completely different from the spell Miss Ai had taught him.

His pronunciation was clear and resonant, his voice fearful, yet it also subtly conveyed a sense of superiority.

The moment the sound was uttered, the air froze.

An invisible ripple enveloped the entire train carriage, enveloping the twisted and grotesque hellish cultivator in front of him, and in the next moment, it spread out of the carriage, rushing straight into the boundless night.

(End of this chapter)