Myth News Forecast

On the way to complete the formalities, Du Wang learned that his future teammate's name was Cheng Huo.

"Hey, Captain Chen had me follow you yesterday to protect you."

"Some criminals have been very active lately."

He didn't specify what the criminals did, but Du Wang secretly noted this information down.

Cheng Huo: "But I heard you're the national martial arts champion, so I bet even a dozen big men couldn't get close to you!"

Du Wang said seriously, "Fighting more than ten is an exaggeration. Fighting seven or eight without getting injured is about right."

Cheng Huo paused for a moment, then asked, "What if they had weapons? How many could you take on?"

"We won't fight those with weapons." Du Wang shook his head: "People are likely to die."

"Indeed, there's no need for a head-on confrontation if they have weapons," Cheng Huo agreed.

"No, it's because I'm prone to killing people."

Du Wang said in a serious tone, "If someone is holding a sharp weapon, I would definitely snatch it in self-defense. But once a martial artist has a weapon, it's like a tiger with wings; a slight mistake could result in several lives."

"So when faced with this situation, I always run away first, because in modern society, murder is a crime."

Cheng Huo was momentarily speechless, so he could only scratch his head and give a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

As they were talking, his ears suddenly twitched, and then he led Du Wang to turn in another direction.

As he walked, he explained, "Sister Liu went to make coffee, so we'll have to wait 5 minutes if we go now. Let's go to Brother Wang's place to get our documents first."

Du Wang followed him to another office and received the relevant documents.

The two then went back to find Sister Liu. When they entered the office, they could still see steaming hot coffee.

"See, I told you so."

Cheng Huo proudly showed it to Du Wang.

Du Wang gave a thumbs up, realizing that this must be one of the abilities of the other party's innate spirit.

With Cheng Huo's constant prompting, the onboarding process, which should have taken an hour, was completed in just 35 minutes.

"Alright, the formalities are complete. Now let me see what we need to do?"

Cheng Huo picked up his phone and glanced at it, then suddenly realized, "Oh, you should go to class."

"Attend class?"

"Yes, every new member has to attend three days of classes with Professor Zhuang to learn about the attributes of their natal spirit."

Du Wang asked, "Who is Professor Zhuang?"

"He's a big shot in the research on the Advent event, and he's a very kind guy. Look, he's in the research lab on the 4th floor, you can just go there."

Du Wang looked at the doorplate at the end of the corridor and asked, "What happens after I finish my studies?"

"I'll leave work after I finish my studies."

Cheng Huo looked at him strangely: "You don't still have the bad habit of working overtime, do you?"

"Well."

"What I mean is, shouldn't we be on standby at all times?"

"There's no need." Cheng Huo shook his head: "We rotate shifts every two days. Once you've finished your training, it'll be our turn to work the night shift. You can be on standby then."

"All right."

To do a good job, one must first have the right tools. Currently, Du Wang only has a superficial understanding of the entire mythological news forecast network and the demonic descent incident, so there's no need to rush into work.

Soon, he arrived at the door of the research room and knocked.

"Knock knock knock".

"Come in."

Du Wang pushed open the door and saw a middle-aged man wearing a striped shirt and square-framed glasses, who looked very refined, leaning against the windowsill reading a book.

Seeing someone enter, the man put down his book.

He was taken aback at first, then, as if recalling something, he said, "You're a new team member, right?"

"Yes, Professor Zhuang."

"sit."

Professor Zhuang asked Du Wang to sit down, then poured two glasses of water and sat down opposite him.

How much do you know about the myth of the coming of the gods?

Du Wang took the water glass and raised his eyebrows.

He noticed that everyone else was talking about the arrival of evil spirits, but only Professor Zhuang used the phrase "the arrival of mythology."

"I've heard Captain Chen mention some basics, such as the demons and monsters that appear are all recorded in ancient books, and the divination levels on the website..."

After listening to Du Wang's words, Professor Zhuang shook his head: "Not entirely correct."

"Team Leader Chen's statement was rather general."

"In fact, only 95 percent of the demons and monsters that have appeared so far have been recorded in ancient books."

"We have not found a corresponding source for the remaining five percent."

"There are two possibilities: either a part of our ancient texts has been lost, and it just so happens to contain these evil spirits."

"Either some of the evil spirits have mutated over the course of history and have become completely different from what is recorded in ancient books."

Professor Zhuang frowned slightly as he said this: "Actually, I support the first view, after all, there are indeed quite a few ancient books in history that were destroyed for political reasons."

"However, other cities have successively discovered mutated and unknown innate spirits, so the second possibility cannot be ruled out."

"Unfortunately, no mutants have been discovered in the South City yet, so we have no way to begin our research..."

He seemed to regret that there were no relevant cases in his city, after all, a completely new topic is a great temptation for researchers.

However, the next moment, he suddenly heard the young man opposite him ask in a hesitant tone:

"Um, Professor Zhuang, what's the difference between a mutated innate spirit and a normal one?"

"Yes, according to current data, mutated innate spirits generally have more abilities than normal innate spirits."

"Oh……"

Du Wang drew out his words and said, "Professor, actually, my natal spirit is a mutation."

"Um?"

Professor Zhuang looked up abruptly: "Really?"

"real."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Professor Zhuang stood up excitedly, scanning him up and down several times as if he had seen some newly unearthed cultural relic.

"Very good!"

"Now the research in Nancheng has a solution!"

Professor Zhuang was overjoyed and asked, "What's the name of your natal spirit?"

"Eye bag".

Upon hearing the name, Professor Zhuang subconsciously recited: "Suddenly, a child, fourteen or fifteen years old, with shaved hair reaching his eyebrows, appeared, carrying a cloth bag..."

"Yes, that's the eye bag."

Du Wang was surprised that the other party was so familiar with the demons and monsters in the ancient books, and even knew the original text by heart.

Professor Zhuang didn't seem to care about that. He muttered to himself, "So even natal spirits with ancient texts can mutate."

"That proves that 'mutation' is not the key factor that makes it difficult for a few evil spirits to find their origin."

After thinking for a while, he came to his senses.

"Excuse me."

Professor Zhuang gave an awkward laugh: "Could I see your natal spirit?"

With a thought, Du Wang's eyeballs, burning with blue flames, appeared in front of the two.

"Such unique double pupils..."

Professor Zhuang stared intently at the Eyebag Demon, his eyes filled with a desire to investigate.

However, after a brief inquiry, he managed to restrain his urge to conduct research.

"Let's put the research on mutated innate spirits aside for now. Today, I'll teach you the basics first."

Professor Zhuang took a few sips of water and said, "However, I might need your help with some experiments later."

Du Wang looked troubled: "What about Captain Chen..."

"Each experiment comes with a subsidy, ranging from five thousand to twenty thousand," Professor Zhuang specifically mentioned the subsidy.

"no problem!"

Professor, you have a keen eye for people.

Then.

Professor Zhuang placed the tablet in front of Du Wang.

The screen displays the interface of the Myth News Forecast website.

"This is a one-to-one replica of the website interface created by our technicians, specifically for demonstration and documentation."

"The reason for doing this is related to the characteristics of mythology prediction websites."

Du Wang sat upright and solemnly.

Professor Zhuang said, "Based on our research on the website, we found that it has three characteristics."

"First, exceptional early warning capabilities."

"Some people who are about to be involved in the Mythical Descent event will see this website in advance."

"This means they have the talent to control their innate spirits, but whether they can survive an attack by evil spirits depends on luck and ability."

"Secondly, the characteristic of densely populated areas."

"All myths occur in densely populated cities, and the higher the population density, the higher the incidence."

"The third characteristic is that it is invisible to non-extraordinary beings."

"Only those with superhuman abilities and those who have been warned can see the specific content of the website. If others look at it, they will only see a bunch of incomprehensible text."

"That's why we replicated the website; after all, many researchers aren't superhumans."

"However, this characteristic does not apply to natal spirits and mythical creatures. If you are willing, even ordinary people can see them."

"Yeah?"

Du Wang echoed, glancing at the three-legged corpse crow drinking water nearby.

Professor Zhuang seemed completely unaware of it.