Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 381 The Pale Factory's Second Armory

"Is that all there is to it?"

Amidst the bloody battlefield, Shen Qinghui frowned slightly.

The surging abyssal creatures around her had been completely swept away by the bizarre flesh and blood falling from the sky. All around were severed limbs and chaotic streams of spirit, and the shattered air intertwined into patches of nets. Yet, not even the surface of her shoes was dirty.

Those abyssal creatures that seemed capable of flattening a city were nothing more than a flock of panicked birds to her.

She was even a little surprised, as the attack seemed to be much simpler than she had expected.

Logically speaking, if the Church of Eternal Night had intervened, it shouldn't have been resolved so easily.

Leaving aside the Church of Eternal Night's signature divine descent—the Eternal Night of Mind—how come we haven't even seen their usual nightmare invasion?

The opponent actually summoned such a magnificent abyssal creature to launch an attack on Lin Yuan City?
No, this is at most a test!

Judging from the number of abyssal creatures this person summoned, it's clear that he must actually be at an extremely high level of existence.

Shen Qinghui even doubted whether the other party had reached the captain level.

But the more puzzling it is that such an opponent would launch such a low-quality attack.

This put Shen Qinghui in a bit of a dilemma.

Logically, she should stay here to investigate the truth behind the attack and find out where the Eternal Night cultists are. But looking at the time, the appointed moment is getting closer and closer, and Voodoo must have already made his move on the intern in the city.

Although in common sense, voodoo should be able to solve the problem, if that cousin is too stubborn, then force will still have to be used. In that case, it would be better to take action myself.

So, her mind raced, and after giving a cold glance into the depths of the night, she turned slightly and decided to return to Lin Yuan City first.

After all, the intern is the key. Whether or not the team can successfully recruit him will determine whether the plan of the 300th floor captain can be successfully completed. And whether or not the plan is completed will also determine whether the vice captain can be promoted to another level.

Countless thoughts flashed through her mind, and she had already turned around lightly, but at that moment, a voice suddenly sounded behind her:
"You're leaving already?"

"..."

"Shh!"

At that moment, Shen Qinghui felt a chill run down his spine.

The voice was extremely clear; it wasn't transmitted through mental vibrations, it was genuine speech.

The voice was so clear that it meant the speaker was right behind him, no more than three meters away.

But at such close range, I didn't even notice him until he spoke.
Suddenly turning around, Shen Qinghui's gaze swept across the area as he raised his right hand and gently pressed it down into the air.

Her gaze locked onto the figure who had spoken. He seemed to have appeared out of thin air behind her, his figure floating in the darkness of the night.

He wore a huge black cloak that blended into the night, but his face was covered by a strange, pale white mask with no facial features, only two eye holes.

Beneath the mask, the gaze is like a black lake, capable of drowning a person.

"Hey!"

The moment his gaze locked onto this person, ripples of spiritual energy emanated from between the five fingers of his right hand.

There are seven layers of ripples in total, and each ripple can be transformed into a sharp blade under her powerful mental activity.

As the vice-captain of the patrolling knights, she has already materialized her spiritual power to the point of cutting through steel bars. With a flick of her finger, she can create seven ripples, which is equivalent to seven sharp cuts slicing through the area where the opponent is located. Even an iron man would be cut through.

It's not fair to blame her for being ruthless; on the battlefield, whether friend or foe, approaching so silently is tantamount to courting death.

Unexpectedly, the moment he released the seven ripples, his opponent suddenly closed in, his figure flashed slightly, and he leaped into the air. His huge black cloak unfurled, as if it was about to engulf him.

With this leap, he not only dodged the seven ripples, but also landed directly in front of himself. A hand suddenly emerged from under his cloak and slammed down hard on his face.

"Such a powerful level of mental energy..."

Shen Qinghui was terrified and instantly judged that this person's mental strength probably exceeded that of the captain.

She thinks and acts very quickly; the seven ripples she unleashed were meant to force her opponent to retreat.

Her left hand had already slipped into the shadows behind her, and then she gripped the handle of a gun with one hand, pulling it outwards. It was none other than the Black Gold Flintlock Pistol, the exclusive weapon of the Traveling Knights that she had kept in the Abyss Dimensional Space for many years.

With a fluid and graceful twist of his body, he drew the gun and raised it towards the dark figure in the air.

His hand was already on the trigger.

"Such a quick reaction?"

Han Su appeared to be in a grand and imposing posture in the air, but in reality, alarm bells were ringing in his mind.

His movements were wide and sweeping because he hadn't gotten used to carrying such a huge amount of mental energy with him yet, just like how a big thing in his crotch makes him have to walk with his legs spread apart. But he really didn't underestimate this vice-captain at all.

Knowing that the training a patrol knight receives must be rigorous and demanding, he was sure to see that even when she was ambushed by him, her reaction was still quick enough.

Fortunately, he had prepared in advance. The moment he slid down, he grabbed the flintlock pistol in the woman's hand, and then his palm instantly turned bronze as he pulled her fiercely into his arms.

"Buzz!"

Even Shen Qinghui didn't expect that after finally managing to take out the flintlock pistol, he wouldn't even have a chance to fire it. After struggling for a while, he felt that the gun was firmly held in his opponent's hand and he couldn't pull it back.

In a fit of shock and anger, she flashed behind her, and a strangely shaped nightmare horse charged out fiercely, its head ramming into Han Su's face.

As a wandering knight, she had long since developed a deep understanding of her nightmare horse and could control it with perfect skill.

For her, the Nightmare Horse was both a mount and a weapon.

At this moment, the Nightmare Horse had been summoned, and the initiative was about to be returned to his hands. However, unexpectedly, the Nightmare Horse seemed to have caused trouble once it came out.

The night seemed to be swept forward by a strong wind from the direction where the masked person had just appeared. A loud thud of hooves sounded in the darkness, and then a monster suddenly rushed in front of them.

Using the momentum of his charge, he turned his body, his rear end facing backward, and kicked Shen Qinghui's Nightmare Horse away.

"What kind of monster is that?"

Shen Qinghui had not expected this turn of events at all. In fact, every step he took after this strange man appeared was completely unexpected.

What kind of monster is his mount? It can even kick over a nightmare horse?
wrong!

She immediately realized that it was also a nightmare horse, only with longer legs and a more distorted appearance than her own.

Like a defective product?

But how could a defective product simply kick over one's own mount?

The impact was too great. Shen Qinghui had no time to think carefully. Instead, he acted on instinct, suddenly letting go and allowing the flintlock pistol to be taken away by the other party. He then used the momentum of the two Nightmare Horses colliding to suddenly turn around and create a distance of seven or eight meters.

The next moment, his eyes turned white, and then he raised his hand and slammed it heavily onto the ground.

Pale Factory!

This is my most powerful technique.

When the company commander summons the Pale Factory to deploy biological weapons, he also needs to temporarily avoid the enemy's advance.

She didn't know who this strange person who suddenly appeared was, but she could only fight back with all her might.

The methods employed at this moment were even more ferocious than when dealing with those abyssal creatures.

……

……

"Sure enough, every single one of her reactions was exactly as Miss Ai had calculated..."

At this moment, Han Su remained calm. Before Miss Ai retreated to Lin Yuan City, she used the redundant computing power to remind herself, so she was not flustered at all.

As a huge, pale, mysterious sequence pattern appeared beneath Shen Qinghui's feet, he immediately closed one eye and pressed his hand down onto the ground.

The next moment, a sinister and eerie white light also emanated from his right eye, instantly piercing through the surrounding darkness.

Pale Factory - Second Weapon Depot!

【…】

It's the same approach of utilizing the Pale Factory, and it involves directly summoning the Pale Factory to deploy special weapons onto the battlefield.

However, what Shen Qinghui summoned was only the most basic weapon of the Pale Factory, namely, the consciousness-controlled proliferation of flesh and blood. She could summon large areas of active tissue to descend upon a designated area, sealing and destroying all active organisms and moving targets except for the summoner.

Han Su, on the other hand, summoned Miss Ai, or rather, the weapons that Li Manman was most familiar with.

In this life, the Pale Factory is still in the hands of the Abyss Studio, with Southeast City holding only partial control. However, in the previous life, thanks to the liberation of the Mother of Machines, the entire Pale Factory was reclaimed early on and completely handed over to Li Manman.
Those dolls were also among the weapons Li Manman was most skilled at controlling. "Whoosh..."

As the two attacked simultaneously, a dense cacophony of heavy objects whistling through the air filled the air.

All around Shen Qinghui were pieces of pale, fleshy flesh falling to the ground with thuds, some even heading straight for Han Su.

Above Han Su's head, there was a creaking sound, and then one after another, wooden dolls fell down with a whoosh.

After the chunks of meat fell to the ground, they immediately began to wriggle and intertwine.

After the puppet fell to the ground, it immediately sprang up and charged forward, brandishing knives, stones, bricks, and spatulas. It even coordinated with others and locked onto its target, Shen Qinghui, in an instant.

"This……"

Amidst the chaos of the battlefield, Shen Qinghui let out a shout and froze on the spot.

She even forgot to dodge or resist.

This scene had a huge impact on her.

Why does this opponent also possess the power of the Pale Sequence? And why can he summon the Pale Factory to fight?

Moreover, the weapon sequence he summoned was more than one level higher than his own.
These wooden dolls were left behind by the previous generation's pale heir. With the start of the secret plan in Qinggang, that heir had already broken free from the Shen family's control.

In other words, this batch of puppet dolls became the most precious limited editions, and there were only so many of them, so they were sealed away and turned into a second arsenal.

It's called the second arsenal, but it's actually more valuable than the first.

Nowadays, only a very small number circulate on the black market, and each one is extremely expensive.

But this person in front of me just... opened the entire armory?
Who exactly are you?

She was completely disoriented by the huge shock, her worldview collapsed, and she lost all will to fight.

As they retreated rapidly, they were filled with immense terror: "How could this be? The code to the Pale Factory couldn't possibly have been leaked..."

"Ha ha……"

Han Su didn't waste any words with her. Taking advantage of her shocked expression, he suddenly stepped forward and grabbed her head.

The next moment, mental power brutally and swiftly seeped into her mind, immediately interrupting the incantation she was chanting, preventing the new proliferating flesh from falling off, and then attempting to destroy her will and search her memories.

Although they had guessed that this person might be a relative, there was no need to hold back at all.

The best approach is to deal with these experienced itinerant knights directly.

All things respond to my will!

His mental strength was already strong enough and highly active, but in order to succeed, he even recited the zero-sequence incantation, which almost completely destroyed her will.

"Shoot..."

But in that very microsecond, Han Su sensed complex electronic signals, and a buzzing sound arose: "Vice Captain..."

Something's not right!

"I've arrived, but I haven't found the intern..."

"I can clearly see him on the surveillance footage, but no matter where I go, I can't find him..."

"This guy is playing hide-and-seek with me..."

"How's the problem outside the city going? Should I open this big gift I sent him right away, or wait for you to come?"

"..."

"Ok?"

Han Su, who was thinking of destroying the woman's consciousness, was slightly taken aback. He quickly realized that he had already hijacked her brain and had inadvertently captured the encrypted information sent by her companion.

These itinerant knights possess their own communication spells, allowing them to establish radio-like communication channels directly between their brains, with an extremely high level of encryption.

Even Miss Ai couldn't eavesdrop on their conversation.

But even the most secret things have a limit. After her brain was hijacked, she could see everything she knew, thought, and felt.

The message from that team member, Wudu, surprised Han Su slightly. He looked down at Shen Qinghui and asked, "You guys have prepared a big gift for me?"

"What is it?"

"..."

"..."

"you you……"

At this moment, Shen Qinghui was completely in Han Su's hands. His face was pale, and he looked up in disbelief.

She had a thousand disbeliefs in her eyes, but she had no choice but to look at the person in front of her.

When Han Su hijacked her brain, she had no secrets from him anymore.

Similarly, Han Su's mental characteristics were also fully revealed, and she also knew who the masked person in front of her was.

“You’ve tested me all the way here, so I’ll test you in return.”

Han Su glanced at her coldly and said, "It just seems you guys can't withstand much of a strain..."

Shen Qinghui tried to open her mouth to speak, but the mental power in Han Su's palm gave her brain a slight shock, instantly depriving her of the ability to speak.

At this moment, her mental power still resided in her brain, so one could sense her emotions, which were nothing more than anger, disbelief, and a sense of absurdity and incomprehension due to her opponent's actions.

If you were to make her speak now, all she would say would be things like, "How dare you? Do you know the consequences?"

There's no need to listen to any of it.

Moreover, this person is indeed shrewd; if she has even the slightest chance to speak, she could easily pass on a message.

Given his current mental state, it would indeed be difficult to fully analyze what was in her brain. So, with a slight thought, Han Su picked her up, leaped up, and mounted his Nightmare Horse, galloping towards Lin Yuan City.

Behind him, the group of puppets he had summoned chattered and jumped around excitedly.

These proliferating flesh and blood summoned by Shen Qinghui were merely defective products to them, and were very easy to deal with.

But after realizing what was happening, his head suddenly started spinning rapidly around his neck.

After circling around three times, it became clear: the BOSS was missing!
He hired us to do the work, and now that the work is done, the boss has run away?
Let's get him!

A group of wooden puppets cursed angrily, quickly reached a consensus, and brandishing spatulas and bricks, charged towards Lin Yuan City in droves.

“Miss Ai needs someone to distract the city so that the reality scan can proceed, so…”

As Han Su rushed into Lin Yuan City, he was also thinking about important matters.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he simply used the Circulating Knights' Code in his possession to leave a gap in the real defense line.

Thus, this group of angry puppet dolls stormed into Lin Yuan City without any hindrance, disturbing the sweet dreams of those in their warm beds.

……

……

"Vice Captain, did you hear that?"

"Is the enemy outside really that formidable?"

"Then I won't wait any longer, let's get that intern on first!"

Shen Qinghui was captured by Han Su and mounted on horseback. He continued to use his mental power to hijack her brain and also intercepted signals from their secret communications as traveling knights.

He didn't yet have the ability to reply to the other party directly using Shen Qinghui's brain, but he knew from a few words what had happened. The Nightmare Horse galloped through the shadows, its hooves flying, and quickly headed towards his area.

At that moment, in the northwest corner of the street, the wandering knight Voodoo breathed a sigh of relief, silently chanted a spell, and then opened the glass door of a roadside shop.

Before the door opened, the shop appeared to be closed and completely dark, but after it opened, a milky white light shone from behind the door, and a woman with her hands in shackles and a silent expression slowly walked out.

"Ms. Shen, the time for mother and child to be reunited has come..."

Voodoo looked at her and sneered, "The Guardians have given you this chance to redeem yourself, but whether you can seize it depends on whether you can persuade your son to cooperate with our operation..."

(End of this chapter)