Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

In fact, the government of Shengzhou is already making emergency plans. If Qin Huanyu cannot quickly resolve the source of the abnormal climate here, the government will evacuate the residents out of the city as much as possible and temporarily abandon Qingzhou City.

To prevent this from actually happening, Qin Huanyu wanted to go and check on the storm cloud cluster that was the source of the anomaly immediately.

But she still needed to see Yuan Baixue first. She was at least 7% sure that Yuan Baixue was hiding something.

as predicted.

"Please, Ayu."

The moment Yuan Baixue saw Qin Huanyu, she immediately adopted the standard posture of a priestess dismounting. Her shrine maiden robes were neatly folded beside her, and she was only wearing white stockings and tabi socks.

"Do me a favor, I'll do anything."

!

Qin Huanyu's forehead was covered in a grid of marks and black lines, her heart filled with two conflicting emotions. In the end, she only slapped Yuan Baixue once:

"You idiot... Get dressed and get up before you speak! If you really want to thank me, wait until the weather in Qingzhou City recovers, then I'll show you what's what!"

"Hehe, Ayu, you really are a good person~~"

Yuan Baixue didn't waste any time and immediately gave the important information while getting dressed:

"I sense something within that storm cloud. Although I still don't know exactly what it is, it represents a great opportunity for me! I want to obtain it!"

"...Is that why you didn't request support from the Bureau of Investigation headquarters immediately?"

Qin Huanyu's voice suddenly turned cold:

"Just for this so-called opportunity, you caused the sacrifice of two excellent pilots and made the entire city of Qingzhou suffer from floods?"

"That's not how it is, Ayu, let me explain!"

Yuan Baixue's eyes immediately reddened, and her voice trembled with sobs:

“I did this not out of greed for opportunities… In fact, I made this judgment precisely to minimize losses, you have to believe me.”

“I want to believe you too, but you…”

Qin Huanyu glared at Yuan Baixue angrily, wanting to lecture her a bit more, but seeing tears streaming down Yuan Baixue's face, she could only sigh.

"Alright, tell me what happened first."

"Ah."

Yuan Baixue took a deep breath:

"I know you all always think I'm stupid, just like my rascal sister, and you've secretly laughed at me a lot behind my back... Actually, I know I'm a bit clumsy and always make mistakes. But my outstanding talent as a shrine maiden is not to be underestimated, you admit that, right, Ayu?"

"...That's true."

Qin Huanyu nodded gently.

Yuan Baixue's abilities as a priestess are outstanding; among priestesses of the same age, there are definitely no more than three people who can compare with her in terms of magical abilities.

"You should know about Ayu, right? Many shrine maidens in Sakura Prefecture worship multiple gods at the same time and can draw on the power of multiple gods simultaneously."

Yuan Baixue continued to explain:

"Of course, the term 'gods' is just a term used in the traditional culture of Sakura Prefecture. According to our culture, those things can't be considered gods at all; they can only be considered mountain spirits with certain principles. They have a mutual aid contract with the shrine of the goddess, in exchange for providing power and protection, and receiving faith and offerings."

"Although each priestess can worship multiple gods at the same time, there is only one main god, which is equivalent to the path of the ancient sect practitioners in the Eastern Divine Continent... Practitioners who establish a path will greatly increase their strength, and the same is true for priestesses who worship a main god."

At this point, Yuan Baixue puffed out her chest with considerable pride:

“Ayu, don’t be fooled by the fact that I’m almost the number one young priestess now. This is far from my limit because I haven’t yet made an offering to the main god… This is also why I can do all kinds of magic but I’m not proficient in any of them. I haven’t chosen my specialty yet.”

"Once I have my own main deity to worship, my strength will definitely increase greatly, and I won't be inferior to my bastard sister... After all, we are sisters, and there's no reason why my strength should be much worse than hers."

“However, the choice between each shrine maiden and the main god she worships is a two-way selection process. I never encountered a suitable choice when I was in Sakura Province... But this time I won’t be wrong. My premonition is very clear. There is a great opportunity for me in that storm cloud, which is my main god as a shrine maiden!”

"...Yes, I understand the situation."

Qin Huanyu nodded, but her brows still didn't completely relax:

"But in that case, didn't you still delay the opportunity for your own benefit, causing Qingzhou City to suffer unnecessary losses and sacrifices?"

"not like this!"

Yuan Baixue waved her hand excitedly again:

"Our relationship between priestesses and deities is a two-way selection process, and the relationship between priestesses and deities is not always like the master-servant relationship in Christianity. In many cases, the relationship between humans and gods is an equal cooperative one, and there are even cases where the priestess is the master."

"And just as I have a certain feeling for the existence within the storm clouds, it will inevitably have an innate affinity for me... If I can find a way to get in touch with it, I am very confident that I can appease or even subdue it and avoid a battle."

"Of course, I know our Bureau of Investigation is not afraid of fighting. No matter what is inside the storm cloud, we have a way to kill it."

"But since it can continuously bring rain and flood Qingzhou, it is very likely that it has even stronger power. If a fierce battle were to break out with it in the skies above Qingzhou, not only would it likely affect more people and cause greater personal safety and financial losses, but it would also be very difficult to control intelligence about the supernatural being afterward. Qingzhou is not like the capital city with a great array that can erase the memories of the entire city."

"Let me make contact with the beings within the storm cloud and resolve this extraordinary disaster in a non-combat manner; that would be the least harmful approach."

“But I’m just a nobody in the investigation bureau, unlike you, Ayu, who has made great contributions. Even if I made such an application, the higher-ups would most likely not approve it—they don’t trust my abilities.”

"I had no other choice but to try to solve this disaster on my own, but it still didn't work... I couldn't even get close to the target, and I even caused the deaths of two pilots... Waaah!"

Yuan Baixue cried out sadly again as she spoke, then wiped her eyes and said:

"Fortunately, Ayu, you are now a special inspector... You should have enough wisdom to make the right judgment on whether to launch a strong attack or to appease and subdue the beings within the Storm Cloud Group."

Is Chapter 188 really a coincidence?

"What's there to choose? Only idiots make choices; smart people want them all!"

Qin Huanyu pouted and pinched Yuan Baixue in an annoyed manner:

"I'll give you a chance to try and get inside the storm cloud. If you can successfully calm it down and make it obey, great. If not, I can take advantage of the time while you're calming it down and give it a good beating, and try to take it down in one go."

"Uh...okay, I guess."

Yuan Baixue muttered, looking rather dissatisfied.

But there was nothing she could do. Qin Huanyu was already the person in the Investigation Bureau most likely to understand her. If it were any other inspector, they would definitely try to get rid of what was in the storm cloud without saying a word, and would most likely give her a severe scolding.

"Shall I go with you now, Ayu?"

"Not urgent."

Qin Huanyu waved her hand:

"You should prepare yourself first. I don't know the specific way your Sakura Prefecture shrine maidens appease the gods, but it seems that they need to take a bath or something? Anyway, you should do these preparations first. I need to go to the storm cloud to see what exactly is causing trouble."

"Well, I see."

Yuan Baixue nodded obediently:

"The people of Qingzhou City have suffered a lot. No matter what, I will do my best to cooperate with you, Ayu, to resolve this matter as soon as possible."

Qin Huanyu didn't say anything more. She asked for a high-quality and high-performance camera to record the investigation results and then set off.

The city of Qingzhou was still shrouded in torrential rain, and people were all sheltering indoors to avoid the disaster. Few people had the time to look up at the sky. Qin Huanyu, however, did not try to sneak around. She put on her armor outdoors and flew towards the storm cloud.

Before we even got within 1000 meters of the storm cloud, the wind was already raging—the kind of wind that could overturn dump trucks and snap trees as thick as a bowl in half.

Qin Huanyu almost lost her balance in the air and was blown away, but fortunately she realized in time that the storm here was no longer a natural storm, but a wind with a very high concentration of spiritual energy.

In the instant she lost her balance, Qin Huanyu unsealed the alloy tentacles and transformed them into a chain alloy blade made of pure spirit iron, cleaving the strong wind with a flick of its tail.

The chain alloy blade, forged from pure spirit iron, was much lighter than Qin Huanyu, who was wearing battle armor, yet it was unaffected by the spiritual wind.

Just like the archaeological team excavating underground tunnels before, Qin Huanyu continuously wielded her chain alloy blade to carve a path through the storm, slowly approaching the storm cloud.

When Qin Huanyu was about 300 meters away from the storm cloud, the wind finally subsided considerably and no longer disrupted her flight. However, at the same time, lightning flashed, silver-blue arcs of electricity crisscrossed, and ball lightning could be seen from time to time.

Previously, the two most advanced fighter jets of the Qingzhou Air Force successfully crossed the gale zone, but perished in this lightning net.

However, Qin Huanyu was not afraid of the lightning net. She had even withstood Yuan Tingxue's Divine Thunder Pool before, so she could also pass through this lightning net. On the contrary, the raging wind zone just now took her quite a bit of time to pass through.

Spiritual lightning is not quite the same as natural lightning, but it also has similarities. The lightning generated by spiritual energy also has the concept of voltage. Voltage is necessary to form current and electric arc. When the voltage is fixed, the direction of the current is also fixed. Furthermore, it takes a certain amount of time for the voltage to break down the air.

Qin Huanyu can use the Mathematical Magic Eye to observe the nodes in the lightning network area that are rich in spiritual elements. These nodes are often where voltage is generated out of thin air. Whether it is electric arc or ball lightning, it all comes out from these nodes and weaves into a lightning network that protects the storm cloud.

After observing these nodes, Qin Huanyu can quickly deduce the time and direction of the electric arc based on various voltage data, and thus design a route that can avoid lightning strikes as much as possible and get closer to the storm cloud.

After observing from outside the lightning net area for more than 10 seconds, all the nozzles of Qin Huanyu's battle armor once again sprayed high-pressure steam at full power, allowing her to charge towards the storm cloud at the fastest speed along the designed route.

No matter how the route was designed, it was impossible to avoid all lightning strikes. Therefore, Qin Huanyu used the power of the Holy Maiden to construct an eggshell-shaped shield while flying, and used the golden light shield to withstand all the lightning strikes that could not be avoided.

The Saint Maiden's power, as one of the trump card supernatural powers of the Freedom Treaty member states, is of quite good quality. Although the Saint Maiden was slaughtered like chickens by Lei Mingming during the Great Patriotic War, how many Lei Mingmings are there in this world?

The golden shield couldn't withstand the continuous lightning strikes for long, but it was enough to hold out until Qin Huanyu rushed into the storm cloud.

This storm cloud is quite peculiar; the outside is filled with strong winds and thunder, while the inside is relatively calm, much like the weather conditions of a typical thunderstorm.

At the heart of the storm cloud, Qin Huanyu finally met the culprit behind the disaster.

It was a white creature over 30 meters long, which looked like a large loach, but it also had a pair of wings, and it was quite beautiful.

"This is... a feathered serpent?"

Qin Huanyu was very surprised.

She had recently seen an ancient civilization altar that worshipped feathered serpents in the ancient city ruins beneath Nanhu Lake, and now a feathered serpent has actually appeared in Qingzhou, causing continuous torrential rain disasters... Is there any connection between the two?

While pondering her doubts, Qin Huanyu didn't stop moving.

While secretly filming and recording the feathered serpent with a video camera, she carefully examined its entire body with her Mathematical Eye, searching for any flaws.

Although she had agreed to let Yuan Baixue try to appease and subdue the Feathered Serpent, Qin Huanyu would not miss any opportunity to kill it in one blow if she could find a good chance.

Perhaps sensing the killing intent in Qin Huanyu's eyes, the feathered serpent reacted quickly, immediately looking towards Qin Huanyu and opening its mouth to unleash a beam of white light.

It is not natural lightning, nor is it one of the Five Elements Divine Lightning. It is a new type of spiritual lightning, which may be more appropriately called light lightning, because the form of this lightning is the same as that of a laser, but in essence it is still lightning.

Qin Huanyu immediately transformed the power of the Holy Maiden into a shield to block the attack, while simultaneously preparing to cleave the lightning with a chain alloy blade made of pure spirit iron.

The shield of the Holy Maiden's power couldn't even withstand half a second before being shattered by the lightning.

The chain alloy blade's slashing of the lightning was somewhat effective, but this lightning was not a pure spiritual attack; it also had a certain kinetic impact effect, directly sending Qin Huanyu flying dozens of meters away.

Qin Huanyu didn't linger in the fight and took the opportunity to run away after being knocked away.

She came here to scout ahead; it would be best if she could launch a surprise attack, but it wouldn't matter if she couldn't.

As expected of a supernatural being worshipped and venerated as a god by ancient civilizations, the feathered serpent's strength is at least equivalent to that of a Domain Lord, and may even be stronger than that of a typical Domain Lord.

Although Qin Huanyu has become much stronger, fighting the Feathered Serpent one-on-one is still very troublesome. Even if she wins, it will be a tough battle. So why not try Yuan Baixue's method first? Perhaps the witch's methods can really appease the Feathered Serpent, or even subdue it.

After all, the fact that the feathered serpent was worshipped as a god by humans in ancient times and protected human tribes indicates that it must have had considerable intelligence and its temperament should have been relatively gentle under normal circumstances.

This situation could be due to the feathered serpent being grumpy after waking up, or it could be that it has been startled and is currently experiencing a stress response.

In any case, it's not a bad thing to let Yuan Baixue give it a try first. What if she actually succeeds?

After defeating Qin Huanyu, Feathered Serpent did not pursue her. Qin Huanyu successfully retreated and returned the way she came.

"Here you go, this is your chance. Watch its video first and see if you get a feel for it."

After showing Yuan Baixue the video of the feathered serpent, Qin Huanyu did two more things. One was to search for more information about the feathered serpent in the Investigation Bureau's database, and the other was to contact Professor Zhang Ji's archaeological team in Nanhu City to inquire about any unusual occurrences at the archaeological site in the past few days. She felt that the feathered serpent in Qingzhou was related to the archaeological work in Nanhu.

"Yes, that's it! Such powerful strength!"

After watching the video of Feathered Serpent, Yuan Baixue's eyes almost sparkled with pink hearts:

"If I can appease it and make it my main god, I can use almost all of its power... Hehe, then I might be able to beat that bad woman, and she won't be able to bully me like she did when we were kids!"

Afterwards, Yuan Baixue took several deep breaths to calm herself down and compose herself.

"I'm all ready, Ayu. I can go with you anytime."

"Well, I see."

Qin Huanyu replied to Yuan Baixue, but her eyes remained fixed on her phone, her expression serious.

Neither the Bureau of Investigation's database nor the archaeological team in Nanhu City yielded any results.

The feathered serpent is a genuine ancient mythical creature. Before Qin Huanyu saw it with her own eyes today, the Investigation Bureau couldn't even be sure if the feathered serpent had ever really existed... After all, the myths and legends about the feathered serpent all came from White Eagle Continent, where the Holy Zhou Kingdom was very weak.

Therefore, the information about the feathered serpent in the Investigation Bureau's database is not much more than what is found in those mythological storybooks, and it is even less than what Qin Huanyu, who personally observed the feathered serpent with her Mathematical Eye, possesses. The database administrator even sent Qin Huanyu a message, asking her to write a detailed introduction about the feathered serpent to fill the database after resolving the incident.

Everything is normal at the archaeological team in Nanhu City. The excavation of the ancient city ruins is going smoothly, and there is no indication that the disaster in Qingzhou is related to the archaeological work in Nanhu.

However, Professor Zhang Ji himself gave Qin Huanyu a fairly useful reminder.

He said that since ancient civilizations worshipped the feathered serpent as a god, their extraordinary beings might also have ways to influence or even control it. He couldn't rule out the possibility that a sorcerer was behind the recent natural disaster in Qingzhou City.

Qin Huanyu took Professor Zhang Ji's advice to heart and then went with Yuan Baixue to run the Storm Cloud Cluster dungeon in the sky again.

Since Yuan Baixue herself was unable to fly, Qin Huanyu flew horizontally, allowing Yuan Baixue to ride on her waist, temporarily transforming her into a witch knight.