In the army, Song Guangxi was jealous of Fu Wenguang.
At school, Tian Tian was jealous of Qian Mengyao.
In the workplace, Shui Haohua is jealous of Wei Bin.
Besides these three people they were most jealous of, there were actually dozens of other victims who had been harmed by the three of them using their supernatural powers.
However, when the three men attacked other victims, it wasn't out of revenge, but to make money.
In their dreams, they controlled the victims without doing anything outrageous. They simply made the victims withdraw large amounts of cash from the bank and then place the cash in a place without surveillance cameras, where one of the three would collect it.
Because the victims were completely unaware of what happened during the period of manipulation, even if they discovered the loss of their property, they couldn't remember when it was stolen. Even if they reported it to the police, the branch police would only treat it as a theft case, so Qin Huanyu has not received any relevant information to this day.
Based on the confessions of Tian Tian and Shui Haohua, and the police search of their hideout, it was finally confirmed that they had obtained at least 600 million yuan in stolen money, involving 92 victims.
The three of them didn't intend to spend all that money on themselves, but rather planned to establish a cult that followed the instructions of the sheep-headed kangaroo.
The three haven't decided on the name of the cult yet, but their positions have already been determined... Song Guangxi and Tian Tian are the cult leader and the cult leader's wife, respectively, while Shui Haohua is the vice cult leader in charge of finances.
Of course, the evil entity that the three of them believed in has now been destroyed by Qin Huanyu, and the cult leader is also dead. What awaits the cult leader's wife and the vice cult leader is a lifetime of imprisonment.
With the involvement of supernatural powers, cult-like activities, and a total amount of over 600 million yuan, Tian Tian and Shui Haohua have no chance of regaining their freedom in this lifetime.
After Xiao Liu and the others finished their interrogation, Qin Huanyu, out of curiosity, went to talk to Tian Tian briefly and asked her why she thought of going to the hospital to mock and provoke Qian Mengyao.
If Tian Tian hadn't revealed a weakness on Qian Mengyao's side, allowing Qin Huanyu to seize the opportunity, this small gang of three might not have been wiped out so quickly.
Tian Tian's answer left Qin Huanyu speechless.
Simply put, Tian Tian's feelings for Qian Mengyao are quite complicated; besides jealousy, there seems to be a little bit of affection as well.
After Qian Mengyao's incident, seeing her reputation ruined and her family kicked out, Tian Tian felt a sense of satisfaction, but also a little bit of heartache and anger.
So when Tian Tian went to the hospital to mock and provoke Qian Mengyao, she didn't really want to drive her to her death or scare her, but rather to make her more desperate, completely broken, and ultimately degenerate.
Tian Tian wanted to pull Qian Mengyao into the cult as well, and was even willing to let her serve as a saintess.
Unfortunately, Tian Tian miscalculated. Her unnecessary step forced Qian Mengyao to change her mind and cooperate with the police, providing Qin Huanyu with very important clues.
In response, Qin Huanyu could only sigh that today's female high school students are not to be underestimated.
. . . . .
Two days later, Qin Huanyu, already stunningly beautiful, dressed up even more meticulously. As a representative of the Baiguang City Police Department, she accepted an interview with reporters from official media and formally announced the final investigation results of the series of cases to the public.
Wei Bin's attempted robbery didn't cause much of a stir, but the matter between Fu Wenguang and Qian Mengyao is still being discussed by many people, so a reason that most people can accept must be given.
The existence of supernatural powers must never be known to the public, but cults have always been a key target of the Holy Zhou Kingdom's crackdown, with a level of intensity almost comparable to that of addictive hallucinogens, so there's nothing that can't be said.
Qin Huanyu then shifted the blame to an unknown cult.
She first gave a brief explanation of Song Guangxi and Tian Tian's identities, as well as their jealousy towards Wen Guang and Qian Mengyao, before saying that they had both joined a dangerous cult whose doctrine was to take ruthless revenge on the targets of their jealousy.
Fu Wenguang and Qian Mengyao were both framed.
Fu Wenguang and the female victim followed a fixed route for their daily morning runs. Song Guangxi then sprayed a powder in advance at a certain spot in the park where they ran. This powder could significantly increase libido and even cause people to lose their minds when inhaled by those doing aerobic exercise.
Fu Wenguang accidentally inhaled too much of this drug powder while running, which led him to commit the crime against the young woman who was jogging in the morning... But this is not Fu Wenguang's fault; Song Guangxi is the real culprit.
As for Qian Mengyao, it's even easier to explain. Tian Tian and Qian Mengyao were deskmates for a whole year in their first year of high school.
It's not surprising that a privileged young lady who grew up in a greenhouse and has never experienced hardship could be misled by a hot girl classmate who is deeply involved in a cult and go astray for a time, right?
Anyway, most people on the internet can accept it and love watching it, and that's fine.
Since Qian Mengyao and Tian Tian are both considered pretty young women, people quickly started shipping them online, drawing doujinshi about them and writing fanfiction about them, completely diverting people's attention from their original focus.
Chapter 34 404 Investigation Bureau
"You did a great job this time."
In a private room of a high-end coffee shop, Qin Huanyu sat upright with her legs together, her smooth black stockings clung to her body, and a sweet smile on her face as she listened to the person opposite her.
Opposite her was a stunning blonde woman with blue eyes, who likely had the blood of the Rakshasa tribe from the northern border of the Holy Zhou Kingdom.
A nun's outfit with a pure and seductive style tightly hugged the beautiful woman's hot figure, and the high slit that went up to above the waist also showed off her long and beautiful legs wrapped in black stockings.
The black stockings looked so smooth that I wanted to touch them, and the glimpse of snow-white skin above the stockings, taut by the suspenders, made my mouth water.
The beauty's looks were also top-notch, the most beautiful woman Qin Huanyu had ever seen in real life, apart from looking in the mirror.
If we set the attractiveness that can disregard XP and gender to charm all humanoid beings as 100, Qin Huanyu feels that she should score 97. As a looks-obsessed person, her standard for choosing a partner is to find someone who scores 95 or higher to spend her life with.
The beautiful nun sitting opposite Qin Huanyu now has a beauty score of about 92 or 93. Although she is not quite at the level that would make Qin Huanyu want to spend her life with her, she has already ignited a flame in Qin Huanyu's heart, making her want to have a wonderful night with her.
Of course, Qin Huanyu could only dream about this for now, because the beautiful nun sitting opposite her was her future superior.
The beautiful nun appeared before Qin Huanyu two days after the official conclusion of the Sheep-Headed Kangaroo case, introducing herself as Zero.
Zero came from the 404 Investigation Bureau of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, which specializes in handling cases involving extraordinary powers. He came to inform Qin Huanyu of the results of this assessment and to formally invite Qin Huanyu to join the 404 Investigation Bureau.
Of course, since Qin Huanyu had already been formally invited to join the 404 Investigation Bureau, the higher-ups were naturally quite satisfied with the results of her investigation, and Zero was full of praise for her:
"You did an outstanding job, and you were very lucky... You may not know this, but you may have saved hundreds of thousands of lives this time."
"?"
Qin Huanyu was slightly puzzled.
She admitted that the kangaroo's abilities were both bizarre and dangerous, and that the battle might have resulted in heavy casualties if it hadn't happened to encounter someone as narcissistic and arrogant as herself.
But the so-called heavy casualties should only be around a hundred people, at most a thousand, how could it involve hundreds of thousands of people?
"Give."
Ignoring the confusion in Qin Huanyu's eyes, Ling took out an ID card, placed it on the table, and then gently pushed it in front of Qin Huanyu.
"Here are your credentials. They're all ready. Welcome to the 404 Investigation Bureau, excellent new investigator."
"Oh... so this is it!"
Qin Huanyu was immediately drawn to the document, picked it up, opened it, and examined it carefully with great delight.
The document itself is unremarkable; it's just a black leather booklet that looks like a driver's license, with only two pages.
On the left-hand page is Qin Huanyu's basic personal information, including her name and photo.
Even in a passport photo, I look really beautiful!
After admiring her own photo for a moment, Qin Huanyu shifted her gaze to the right, looking at the page on the right side of the document.
There were no other words on that page, only a strange gold emblem, which was said to be the symbol of the Bureau of Investigation.
But as a girl who grew up in the Lingsu Research Institute, Qin Huanyu knew some of the inside information.
This golden emblem is actually an extraordinary pattern with a certain suggestive power. It can influence people's thinking and make them perceive the person holding the badge as their leader.
Its main purpose is to prevent investigators from being refused cooperation by some ignorant and uncooperative local officials when they are investigating cases.
Of course, it is almost impossible for the investigators to use their positions for personal gain. The pattern on the badge is just a terminal; the real array that can provide psychological suggestion is located at the headquarters of the 404 Investigation Bureau in the capital. Every time an investigator uses their suggestion ability, it will be recorded.
"Very good. It seems you recognize that thing and know how to use it. As expected of someone from the Ling Su Research Institute, guiding you is much easier than guiding other novice investigators."
Zero quickly deduced this from Qin Huanyu's expression and movements, nodded with a satisfied smile, and then took out another small portable hard drive, placing it on the table. With a flick of his finger, he sent it flying to Qin Huanyu's chest.
“I know you have other questions, such as why the evil creature you encountered at the end of the case could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people? And what reward you will receive this time… Don’t worry, I will tell you all about these later, but you must first read the contents of the hard drive.”
"That contains the true history of our Holy Zhou Kingdom and the origins of the 404 Investigation Bureau. Once you understand all of this, answering your questions will be much easier for me."
"So let's call it a day. We'll meet at the official teahouse at the airport tomorrow. I'll patiently answer your questions and then take you to the capital to collect your mission reward."
Without waiting for Qin Huanyu's reply, Ling got up and left gracefully, even settling the bill for the two of them at the coffee shop.
'Is this the real...history?'
Qin Huanyu didn't rush to leave. Instead, she kept fiddling with the portable hard drive in her hand, her beautiful eyes, like the night sky, filled with thought.
On a night when she was four years old and had a high fever, Qin Huanyu killed a transmigrator who wanted to possess her body and absorbed the transmigrator's memories.
The time traveler's memories were indeed mostly yellowed, useless information, but he still possessed some basic historical knowledge.
Based on her common-sense historical knowledge, Qin Huanyu could deduce that the time traveler must have come from a parallel world. The geographical environment and time points of the two worlds were similar, but the differences in historical development were significant, resulting in many different place names and political systems today.
The origin of this historical divergence lies in the ancient Zhou Dynasty, which existed more than 1300 years ago.
Before the point of divergence, the histories of the two worlds were almost identical; at the very least, the meager historical knowledge in the transmigrator's mind was nearly identical to the historical records Qin Huanyu had learned on her own.
Both had Yu the Great controlling the floods, both had the rise of the Zhou dynasty and the fall of the Shang dynasty, both had the Qin emperor unifying the country, and both had the division of the world into three kingdoms.
The subsequent periods of the Three Kingdoms period, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the transition from the Sui to the Tang Dynasty were not significantly different, until the only female emperor changed the Tang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, which marked the biggest point of divergence.
The historical trajectory of the world the time traveler lived in was that the Empress encountered the Shenlong Coup in her later years, and Crown Prince Li Xian succeeded to the throne and restored the Tang Dynasty.
In Qin Huanyu's world, Princess Taiping had long since seized the crown prince position from her brother, and then became the stepmother, thus continuing the reign of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, which had been ruled by empresses for generations.
Chapter 35 The History of Disagreements
Throughout its more than 1300-year history, the Holy Zhou Kingdom has also suffered many calamities.
There were rebellions by local warlords, the southward invasion of nomadic tribes led by their chieftains, and powerful enemies from the sea.
But the Holy Zhou Kingdom withstood it all, and every catastrophe that failed to destroy it only made it stronger.
At its peak approximately 150 years ago, the Holy Zhou Kingdom had a territory of over 7000 million square kilometers, with enclaves in almost every corner of the world. The entire Eastern Continent was almost entirely incorporated into the Holy Zhou Kingdom and transformed into its core territory.
Even though the Holy Zhou Kingdom has declined somewhat, it still has a territory of over 3000 million square kilometers, making it the world's undisputed largest country.
In contrast, the history experienced by the time traveler made Qin Huanyu feel extremely ashamed.
Back in the day, during the reign of the first female emperor, the capital was the first megacity in the world with a population of over 200 million, and the Holy Zhou Empire was undoubtedly the core of the world, with all nations paying tribute.
Unfortunately, each generation was worse than the last. Internally, they were brutally defeated by the cavalry of nomadic tribes, and externally, they were beaten by giant ships and cannons, forcing them to cede territory and pay reparations. It was a truly tragic situation.
By the time of the time travelers, things were a bit better. Apart from the fact that the country was too small, there was already a sense that it was about to become great again.
However, the time traveler who died in front of a paper doll in his own home will not be able to see that.
The two parallel worlds have vastly different histories, but in some crucial places, there is a clear sense that the world lines are converging.
For example, the Industrial Revolution, which accelerated the advancement of human civilization, was something that even the powerful Zhou Dynasty at its peak could not suppress, and it even became the root cause of the conflict in that super world war.
That world war broke out almost 90 years ago, and the two sides were the Holy Zhou Kingdom and everyone else on this planet except for the Hot Sands.
Because at that time, the Holy Zhou Kingdom was still a feudal empire, and it had irreconcilable contradictions with those countries that were already controlled by the bourgeoisie.
In the Holy Zhou Kingdom, that war was called the War of National Defense, while in other countries, it was known as the War for Freedom.
The war lasted for more than 20 years, resulting in the deaths of more than 10 billion people, and ultimately there were no victors.
The Holy Zhou Kingdom lost almost all of its exclaves, leaving only its core territory, mainly the Eastern Continent. It can be said that it paid a heavy price, but the kingdom and its people were still preserved.
However, the royal family at the time was also aware of the drawbacks of the feudal system, and began large-scale reforms in the middle of the war.
Simply put, the royal family relinquished most of their power, abolished the hierarchical system, and entrusted the country to truly capable ministers to govern.
The Three Departments and Six Ministries system, which had been in use for over a thousand years, retained its basic framework. The three departments were merged into the Phoenix Pavilion, similar to a parliament, serving as the highest governing body of the country. Members of the Phoenix Pavilion were called Grand Secretaries, and the head of the Grand Secretaries, equivalent to a speaker, was called the Grand Grand Secretary.
During the Great Patriotic War, the entire royal family joined the army to fight against the enemy. When advancing, members of the royal family would always lead the charge, and when retreating, they would always stay behind to cover the rear.
It was only through the sacrifice of almost two entire generations during the war that the royal family managed to preserve its thousand-year-old glory and prestige.
After the war, the royal family no longer participated in ruling the country, retaining only family wealth and a few privileges.
In Qin Huanyu's memory, the princess who is only two years younger than her is almost a super popular national idol, with a beautiful singing voice and a beautiful dancing voice.
Of course, the fact that the royal family no longer participates in the rule of the country does not mean that the royal family is easy to bully.
Over the past 70 years, there have been instances of radical politicians who have sought to completely eradicate the feudal elements of the Holy Zhou Kingdom and sweep the royal family into the dustbin of history.
Among them were many who reached the position of Grand Secretary, but all of them failed, either dying by suicide after being shot in the back of the head or passing away from a sudden cold.
Having witnessed the fate of these headstrong individuals, politicians today have become much more obedient, focusing solely on their own duties and no longer harboring any other intentions towards the royal family.
In fact, the royal family does have a considerable amount of hidden power.
For example, the 404 Investigation Bureau, which Qin Huanyu just joined, does not belong to the Ministry of Justice or the military, but is directly responsible to the royal family.
That princess, who in the eyes of most ordinary people is only good at singing and dancing, is actually Qin Huanyu's future boss, and it shouldn't be for more than a few years.
After all, the current queen is not only old, but also has hidden injuries from the war of national defense, and is nearing the end of her life.
'Well……'
With a gentle shake of her head, Qin Huanyu ended her recollection of history.
These are all histories recorded in the official history books of the Holy Zhou Kingdom, but what secrets might the true history told by Ling hold? Qin Huanyu was quite curious.
So Qin Huanyu quickly left the coffee shop and returned to the apartment the police station had given her.
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