Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 383 Mother and Son Reunited

"you……"

Ms. Shen was stunned.

She knew why the wandering knight had captured her, so she kept thinking about what expression she should have when she saw him.

Should I show remorse, or put on a cold face? Should I beg for his forgiveness, or do everything in my power to find a way out for him?

And what about him?

I don't expect him to show any affection for me, but whether he hates me, loathes me, or even becomes extremely indifferent, these are probably all normal reactions for him, and I can understand and accept them.

But no, he didn't even show indifference towards me, only a slight impatience.

This left her speechless.

"You've come at just the right time."

Han Su looked at Ms. Shen and said, "I roughly know what you did and why you did it."

"However, I happen to have a few details that I need to confirm with you."

"..."

As he spoke, he approached Ms. Shen, reached out with his left hand, revealing a cross-shaped copper scar on the back of his hand, and crushed her handcuffs.

At the same time, he quickly asked, "Was the castle where we were kidnapped entirely by you, or was it already set up when it was handed over to you?"

……

……

At this time, Lin Yuan City was in complete chaos.

The invasion of the puppet dolls has alarmed the Disaster Management Bureau of Lin Yuan City, the descendants of the Golden Knight, and various masters from the secret schools living in the city.

The destructive power of the puppet dolls exceeded anyone's imagination. Although they had just rushed into the city because Han Su had summoned them but had not given them a corresponding reward, they wanted to punish this heartless foreman.

However, once they entered the city, things suddenly became chaotic.

The puppet doll likes candy, pretty clothes, and everything sparkly.

They like good-looking teenagers, young adults, middle-aged people, elderly people, and even babies. Of course, this also includes pretty young girls, women, aunties, and old ladies. They like beautiful cars and the latest electronic devices.

And all of these things are available in this city; they're everywhere.

So they suddenly lost control and scattered like robbers throughout the city's streets and alleys.

Some stole, some robbed, and some even grabbed the microphone to sing.

Some people took spatulas, stood in front of pretty young couples, and forced them to take off their clothes, shoes, and accessories. Then they hugged themselves to their arms, giggled, and ran away, leaving only naked young men and women huddled together, trembling.

This had a tremendous impact on the security and order of Lin Yuan City.

In particular, the sight of a group of ferocious puppet dolls running rampant throughout the city is like a wake-up call, making the people in this comfortable, real-life city realize another kind of truth about the world.

The solidity of the existing defenses is being weakened as a result, and the city's third line of defense is beginning to falter.

The alarm sounded, and investigators, enforcers, and even scholars from the secretive school who were doing volunteer work were all mobilized.

However, these puppet dolls are not so easy to deal with.

Individually, their power is naturally inferior to that of the living bronze golems in the bronze sequence.

However, they are numerous, and unlike the living bronze puppets which only know how to charge around, they can charge, play, cooperate with each other, and even hide in the claw machine next to the enemy to fill up with toys before quietly opening their eyes to launch a sneak attack.

As a result, the entire city of Lin Yuan was instantly turned into chaos by them, and was even briefly powerless to fight back.

……

……

"How dare you!"

The chaos in Lin Yuan City quickly reached the secret study in Jinshui Manor.

The old man, who had been trying to remain calm, talk to Xu Ji, and soothe his emotions, became enraged and violent when he received the report on the phone. He slammed his hand hard on the desk next to him, startling Xu Ji, who was making a scene with a wronged expression, into silence.

He straightened his back slightly and listened intently to what had happened.

"I don't know why the Pale Factory's secret weapon attacked Lin Yuan City. The Shen family needs to explain this to us!"

The old man roared into the phone: "But I'm pretty sure the Guardians have agreed to send three squads of patrolling knights to maintain order in Lin Yuan City. They even guaranteed that no flies will come in to cause trouble during our ceremony."

"Now all I want to ask is, with only two days until the ceremony, Lin Yuan City was attacked by strange things, and where are those itinerant knights?"

The person on the other end of the phone was also anxious: "We can't get in touch with the patrol knights, but we just received a call from their headquarters, 300th floor. He took some people to another place to make some preparations."

"They actually did us a huge favor by escorting the vampire artifact all the way here."

"He left people in Lin Yuan City, but perhaps something went wrong, so he can only apologize for the current impact on Lin Yuan City. However, he will hurry over and assures everyone that once he arrives, all problems will be resolved."

"I don't need his apology!"

The old man said sternly, "I only need the world to give us an explanation after this incident!"

"As for now, I can resolve the problem in Lin Yuan City with the power of my family, but I'm only giving them three hours. They must appear in Lin Yuan City with the item I need..."

"No need to make excuses. The Guardians of the World have an agreement with the Queen Organization. They can use the Queen Organization's teleportation array in critical situations. Three hours is more than enough!"

"..."

The person on the other end of the phone quickly agreed and hung up.

When the old gentleman turned his head, the anger on his face instantly melted away, replaced by a gentle smile. He smiled at Xu Ji, who was sitting upright beside him:

“Child, don’t be afraid. It’s just that my subordinates made a small mistake in handling the matter. Of course, I’m not angry at you, nor am I impatient with your complaints.”

"But I still want to emphasize one point: I really didn't lie to you."

“We are all of the same bloodline. Now that you have returned, you need to comply with the family law when looking for a partner.”

"The blind date your father mentioned doesn't actually exist. It's just that family law stipulates that when inheriting the title of marquis, one must also designate a marriage partner, so he used this excuse to coax you to come here."

"Of course, I am your elder and will be responsible for everything after you arrive in Lin Yuan City. I will also personally choose this marriage partner for you. How about this..."

He forced a kind smile: "During these three days, you must behave well and cooperate with the ceremony. After the ceremony, regardless of whether you are recognized by the sacred relic, I will help you choose a mature, intelligent, and successful wife from among the right people. How about that?"

"No!"

Listening to the old man's words of comfort, Xu Ji exclaimed, "I don't want someone mature and intellectual, I want someone beautiful!"

"you……"

The old man's expression immediately became tense, his fingers clenching and then loosening.

In the end, however, he managed to hide his frustration and forced a smile, saying, "You still don't quite understand..."

"Purebreds aren't very good-looking..."

"Of course, there are still some who are relatively pretty. I've always tried my best, okay?"

"But now, I need your help with something. I received a call from Secretary Number 5 of Lin Yuan City. The city is under attack, and these anomalies are beyond the capabilities of the city's investigators. We need to use the power of our nobles to solve the problem..."

"You could recite that spell before to prove your specialness, so now I'd like you to recite one too, how about that?"

"..."

Xu Ji instantly became alert: "What spell?"

The old man's expression remained unchanged, but there was a subtle sense of tension.

He disliked Xu Ji a thousand times over, but when he thought of Xu Ji's subtle peculiarities, he couldn't help but feel a faint fear of the child.

Even though they had already borrowed the sacred artifact from the vampires, they still felt extremely threatened when facing this special bloodline.

Because of this complex attitude, there was always a desire to test the waters. Therefore, when mentioning this incantation, although it was as heavy as Mount Tai, he only appeared calm and composed: "It is just a secret text that all members of the Golden Clan will be familiar with."

The inscription reads: "All things cease, but the king endures forever!"

"..."

Having said that, he didn't dare to breathe loudly, and the air seemed to become somewhat silent. He knew perfectly well that reciting the incantation would have no effect, but he still felt a sense of dread.

He was both afraid of causing a certain effect and worried that Xu Ji might overhear something.

But Xu Ji only pondered it carefully for a moment, then asked in surprise, "It's that simple?"

"Yes, it's that simple!"

The old man breathed a long sigh of relief and forced a smile: "As long as you write it down, I guarantee you will smoothly inherit the title of Marquis." "Even your father can return to the Holy City and no longer need to remain in the secondary city!"

"..."

"..."

"you……"

On the other side of Lin Yuan City, next to Han Su, Madam Shen was bombarded with a series of questions from Han Su. She did not answer, and even found it hard to believe. After a long while, she finally spoke: "After so long, we have finally met. Don't you have any questions for me?"

Han Su frowned: "Didn't I just ask that?"

"That's not what I meant..."

Ms. Shen shook her head vigorously: "What...what exactly did you go through? Why...is this happening..."

“Ms. Shen, you are not behaving rationally at all right now, and you don’t act like a qualified researcher at all.”

Han Su frowned and said, "I only have one question for you: are you willing to give me the answer to the question I just asked?"

Ms. Shen's eyes were stung by Han Su's indifference, and she instinctively lowered them.

She paused for a moment before suddenly saying, "I didn't receive any supplies related to the ancient nobles. All they gave me was the original blueprint for the Divine Descent Project, a modified Abyss Laboratory, certain specific equations, and..."

"The Void Palace has been prepared for you."

"In the entire mysterious plan, I was only responsible for arranging you... You entered the Void Palace, were responsible for building the twelve altars, and for modifying the successors born from the temple. As for the truly core part, I was never qualified to interfere..."

"This is also why the factors contributing to the failure of the Divine Descent Project could not be accurately investigated."

"However, the Guardians of the World organization has never been willing to accept the failure of this plan, which is why they have been making me..."

"..."

Han Su interrupted her, saying, "It's not detailed enough."

"you……"

Ms. Shen suddenly realized: "You want all my memories?"

Han Su knew, of course, that if he wanted all of a person's memories, their brain would need to be automatically hijacked, and even for superhumans, their brains would inevitably suffer damage. But he still nodded calmly and said, "That would be detailed enough."

"certainly……"

He said softly, as if to comfort you, "I can sense that you have very complicated emotions right now, and you have a strong urge to express yourself."

"But that's actually meaningless, and I'm not interested in it."

"I am only interested in the more rational and real part of your brain."

Would you give it to me?

"..."

I had a chance encounter with Ms. Shen once. On that occasion, Ms. Shen gave me a crystal skull. Later, I looked at it and found that the crystal skull contained all of Ms. Shen's feelings, as well as some advice she had given me.

I must admit that those things were useful, but I've already had them, so I don't need them in this reunion.

Of course, Han Su also saw that Ms. Shen's face suddenly changed after hearing these words, as if someone had ripped her heart out.

He can understand; it was intentional!

"You guys are really crazy..."

In this brief moment of oppressive silence, suddenly someone beside him roared at the top of their lungs—it was Shen Qinghui on the back of the Nightmare Horse.

Han Su had already planted a mental bullet in her brain, which could detonate her at any time. Theoretically, she should have known the risk and should have obediently become a wooden doll that neither listens nor speaks nor thinks.

But despite the danger, she managed to regain her ability to speak and cried out, "You...you will bring down the entire Shen family of Southeast Yecheng!"

"Then...you gave him the power over the Pale Factory, didn't you?"

"He's using the power of the Pale Factory to attack Lin Yuan City, which means the Shen family is attacking the Xu family..."

"This means that the descendants of the Giant Whale Knight have violated both the rules of the Golden Knight's descendants and the rules of the Guardians of the World, this..."

"..."

What shocked her the most was that Han Su actually had power over the Pale Factory.

When she saw Ms. Shen and Han Su's attitudes, she felt that she had guessed the truth: it was Ms. Shen who gave it to her.

Some details, however, were overlooked.

"What does this have to do with me?"

Han Su felt disdain for the question and was too lazy to even answer it.

Ms. Shen finally turned her attention away from Han Su and looked at Shen Qinghui. She sighed softly and said, "Qingqing, do you still remember me? When you were born, I was still studying for my doctorate at Giant Whale Academy. I often came home and brought you gifts."

"Of course I remember you..."

Shen Qinghui looked at her, his face filled with anger: "You are a traitor to the family..."

"So, you've always believed that I betrayed the Shen family?"

Ms. Shen turned around, looked directly at her, and said softly, "Then you have no misunderstanding. I did indeed betray the Shen family."

At this moment, it was unclear whether she was speaking to Shen Qinghui or Han Su. Her voice was calm, yet conveyed a sense of sorrow: "Because the Shen family has been carrying out a dirty plan."

"Like the Xu family in Lin Yuan City now, these old guys have been trying to use a dirty method to create offspring that are close to the bloodline of their ancestors."

"Theoretically, starting from our ancestors, the continuation of bloodlines is uncontrollable, similar to entropy increase. The bloodline will only become thinner and thinner, and further and further away from that ancestor."

"Can you imagine what methods they used to restore their bloodline to their ancestral lineage?"

"..."

Shen Qinghui's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had thought of something.

Even Han Su became interested in this topic.

“I am just the daughter of a minor count, and I shouldn’t have come into the sights of those who hold power in the family.”

Ms. Shen sighed softly and said, "But just because my family lives in a remote corner of the country, I don't know how, those old guys calculated my existence using a formula. So, they issued a handwritten order commanding me to marry a distant cousin..."

"That's a monster that has undergone countless bloodline fusions!"

“They think that’s the purest bloodline closest to our ancestors, but in my opinion, that’s just idiotic, so of course I refused. I have a lot of things I want to do.”

"certainly……"

She slowly shook her head: "You were born into the Shen family, so you should know the methods of those old guys. They are willing to use any trick to achieve their goals."

“I suffered a lot in the process, but I don’t need to tell you all of it. You just need to know that when no one was helping me, including my father and brother who were forcing me to marry that man, it was Dr. Han who appeared and saved me.”

"He was incredibly capable. He wasn't a nobleman, yet he shone brightly at the World Council. He even had the ability to persuade those old monsters in the family and ultimately give me a wedding that I still remember as perfect."

"..."

As she spoke, a sliver of color seemed to return to her pale face.

Before she knew it, her gaze had turned to Han Su, and she continued, "Of course, my life afterward was very bitter. My life was broken and I made many choices and suffered a lot. I lived in pain and regret every day, which goes without saying."

"But if there's only one thing in my life I don't regret..."

"...That is betraying that filthy family!"

"..."

Her words, though spoken without much force, left Shen Qinghui choked with emotion, unable to utter a word.

It was only at this moment that Ms. Shen calmly looked at Han Su and said, "I can see that you have been through a lot, so you will not acknowledge me, and of course, you will not acknowledge your father either."

"Everything you want to know, everything you want to understand, including my complete memories, I can give you, but I have only one condition..."

“Those people lured my son and me... to Lin Yuan City together, just to lure out your father. They want to use us to set a trap and take advantage of the situation to deal with him.”

"And I want you to join forces with me to break this trap."

"certainly……"

She paused, her expression turning grim: "If you want to seek revenge after breaking the trap, I won't stop you."

"I can even help you!"

"After all, whether you believe it or not, I actually... hate him too!"

(End of this chapter)