I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

"That's what Drizzt replied."

"What on earth is going on? I've never heard of anything that can affect people like this. Is it radioactive or chemically polluted?"

He asked again.

Trist knew that some heavy metals were harmful to people, and that long-term exposure could lead to mania and depression.

Radiation sources can also cause physical damage and confusion.

Furthermore, Lu Ban's suggestion to wrap the jade pendant in an iron box to isolate it from the radiation source makes it hard not to associate it with a radioactive source.

"It is knowledge."

Lu Ban replied.

"In foreign lands, knowledge is pollution, and pollution is knowledge. The jade pendant is carved with the image of an indescribable great being from a foreign land. When you know what it looks like, pollution will follow."

Hongye was stunned by Lu Ban's words.

What she found strange was that when Lu Ban said these things, everyone looked at him as if he were crazy.

But for now, putting Amber aside, the policeman was listening very attentively.

Could it be that it wasn't Lu Ban who went mad, but himself?

"This is outrageous. If knowledge is pollution, then aren't we constantly being polluted while we're in school?"

Drizzt found it unbelievable.

"Hasn't the process of learning knowledge influenced your cognition?"

Lu Ban simply replied.

"The knowledge we usually learn is only a very superficial one, which does not involve the underlying workings of the world. This kind of knowledge pollution is not fatal to humans who have been subtly influenced for millions of years."

"So that explains why I always feel dizzy when I study math; it turns out I've been corrupted."

Hongye couldn't help but chime in.

"No, it's just that you can't learn it."

Lu Ban answered immediately.

"..."

Hongye was speechless for a moment.

"Years ago, the businessman somehow obtained this jade pendant. Two thieves entered his villa and were affected when they stole the pendant. Their children at home were killed. Afterward, the two thieves were corrupted by the jade pendant for a long time. One of them couldn't bear it and committed suicide, while the other became a serial killer until he was caught."

Lu Ban briefly summarized the information they had gathered.

"Indeed, that's the current situation."

Trist nodded.

"But the trail goes cold here, or rather, this case should end here."

His initial investigation was into the serial murder case, and the jade pendant was outside the scope of that case. He couldn't possibly tell the judges that the person committed the crime because of the contamination.

"not yet."

Lu Ban felt that his mind had become much clearer and more active after being impacted by the jade pendant, and he looked at Trist.

"If the thief's jade pendant was contaminated when he stole it from the merchant's house, why wasn't the merchant, who possessed the jade pendant, affected?"

Chapter 910 The Second Law of Another World

From a distance, Lu Ban glanced at the box placed in the warehouse.

In this world that is infinitely close to reality, such a pollutant possesses extremely strong destructive power.

Lu Ban had previously seen some imaginary monsters created spontaneously by netizens on the internet. Some of these monsters possessed the power of meme propagation. Simply put, they could spread through sight, hearing, and even names, in addition to direct contact.

It seems mysterious, but according to scientific theory, the spread of these monsters and anomalies actually relies on knowledge. Whether it's seeing with the eyes, hearing with the ears, or simply knowing a name, one obtains the corresponding information, and the corresponding pollution will naturally follow.

Therefore, at least here, Lu Ban has verified the second law of the alien realm.

"So what is the first law?"

Xia asked curiously.

"Pollution cannot be eliminated; only stronger pollution can cover weaker pollution."

Lu Ban answered, looking at Xi Ya with some surprise.

What are you doing here?

"It's summer vacation, so I came to help out since I had nothing to do."

Inside the police station, Xia was sitting in front of the air conditioner unit, casually pulling down her collar to let the cold air rush into her clothes and cool her down quickly.

"help?"

Hongye, standing to the side, didn't quite understand.

After Lu Ban was discharged from the hospital, they took Trist's car to the police station, where they saw Sia, who had just arrived.

"She studied psychology in college and sometimes she would come to help analyze some cases. Uh, don't go around saying things like the police leaked case information to female college students."

Tristana gave him a word of advice.

"It's okay, they're both still high school students."

Lu Ban pointed to the red leaves and amber.

To be honest, he didn't want these two to get involved in these dangerous events. Unlike in the real world, Amber and Red Leaf here didn't have the power to control pure fire, nor were they able to resist pollution; they were just two ordinary girls.

"You two go to the reception room and wait, or you can go home. I need to discuss some things with Officer Cui, uh, Officer Cui."

So Lu Ban said.

Hongye glanced at Lu Ban, then looked at Amber.

I'll do whatever Amber tells me to do.

Amber looked at Lu Ban, hesitant to speak.

She tugged at Lu Ban's sleeve, gesturing for him to move aside.

Lu Ban followed her to a corner of the office and heard Amber's soft murmur.

Will you encounter any more danger?

Clearly, she was very worried that Lu Ban would faint again like before. When she saw Lu Ban being carried into the ambulance, Amber almost had a heart attack.

Now, Lu Ban still wants to investigate this matter, which will obviously lead to danger.

"meeting."

Lu Ban spoke the truth, and he knew very well that lying was pointless at this time, and neither he nor Amber needed to deceive each other.

“…Then I want to go with you too.”

Amber paused for a moment before speaking.

She didn't stop Lu Ban, because Amber knew very well that Lu Ban would never choose to give up in the face of something like this.

He has his own convictions.

Therefore, she could only stay with Lu Ban, even if there was an endless abyss ahead.

That was the only thing she could do.

"..."

Lu Ban wanted to persuade him, but he also understood that whether this was an illusion woven from his memories or some other realm, as long as Amber was still the Amber he knew, Lu Ban would not be able to persuade her.

"You and Hongye, don't wander off."

That was all Lu Ban could say.

"Ah."

Amber nodded obediently.

Lu Ban asked Hongye to accompany Amber to wait in the reception room, and then looked at Trist.

"Uh, if I participate like this, am I breaking the rules?"

He gestured to Sia, who had finished resting and was fully recovered.

"It's alright, we can issue you a certificate to assist in the investigation, so you can serve as our witness."

"Trist said."

"So convenient."

Lu Ban sighed.

"That's how she did it too, and this kind of assistance in the investigation can be done anonymously by protecting witnesses, so no one will bother you."

Trist pointed to Sia beside him, then pulled out a file folder and took out some old documents from it.

"Some of the previous case files have been entered into the computer. Let's take a look at these paper files first."

Although paperless processes are now widely advocated, ten years ago, many documents were still kept in paper form, and some transcripts and testimonies could be viewed at any time.

Lu Ban flipped through the documents.

The businessman couple who lost their child were clearly somewhat irrational; their testimonies were incoherent and required repeated confirmation and guidance to form a logical coherent statement.

That makes perfect sense.

To lose a child so young, especially one so brutally dismembered, would break any parent's spirit.

These testimonies do not reveal any influence the jade pendant had on the two individuals.

However, Lu Ban couldn't find any description of this jade pendant when he went through these testimonies and records.

Although the merchants mentioned in the records that they had lost several pieces of jewelry, there was no keyword for jade pendant, as if it had never existed.

"Did they conceal the existence of the jade pendant, or did they perceive it as something else entirely?"

Lu Ban pondered.

The contamination on this jade pendant is clearly beyond what a normal human being can withstand. If this merchant couple had actually handled the jade pendant, their mental state would have been even more devastated than if their child had died.