Professor Zhang Ji hesitated for a moment:
"I trust my students; they wouldn't do something so dangerous. I've taught them a lot about this. The students I've granted access to the academy's database are all excellent students, both in character and academics."
“I also want to believe your students, Professor Zhang, but the feathered serpent I just chased away over Qingzhou City was not an illusion.”
Qin Huanyu sighed, then thought for a moment and said:
"Or perhaps the problem isn't with your students themselves, but rather with someone stealing their database login credentials without their knowledge... Your college's database should only require a username and password to log in, right?"
"That's true..."
Professor Zhang also hesitated:
"After all, we are just the history department. There are no particularly important secrets in the department's database. The database is also connected to the outside world. As long as you have the correct account and password, you can log in... Since we often need to go out for archaeological excavations, a database that is directly connected to the internet is more convenient. Only the databases of the physics and biochemistry departments in our university are completely closed to the public."
"Then please think carefully about your top students!"
Qin Huanyu emphasized her tone slightly:
"Are any of them from the vicinity of Qingzhou City? Do they have younger brothers or sisters who are a few years younger than them?"
"This……"
Professor Zhang Ji's voice suddenly became much stiffer, and somewhat dejected:
“There really is one… It’s a student who came to Nanhu City with me this time. He has a younger sister who attends a full boarding high school in Qingzhou City. He’s been asking me about the situation in Qingzhou these past few days, and he’s very worried about his sister.”
"That's most likely that jerk who ruined his brother's career!"
Qin Huanyu snapped her fingers:
"Contact your college, Professor Zhang, and have them check the recent login records of that account to see if Qingzhou City is listed among them."
"……I see."
Professor Zhang responded with a heavy sigh and then hung up the phone.
Less than 20 minutes later, Professor Zhang Ji called again, sounding quite distressed:
"You guessed it all right, Xiao Qin... That's right, that account had multiple login records from Qingzhou City last month, and I also asked my student, and the person who logged in wasn't him... It must be his sister who stole his account. He spoils his sister and doesn't guard against anything."
"Quickly tell me about his sister's situation!"
Qin Huanyu immediately found out the identity and school of the troublemaker and prepared to arrest him.
"Wait a minute! Xiao Qin!"
Sensing that Qin Huanyu intended to hang up, Professor Zhang Ji quickly raised his voice and asked somewhat apologetically:
"My student asked me to inquire with you about what would happen to his sister if she really did it."
"..."
Qin Huanyu remained silent for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and saying:
"I'm willing to believe that his sister didn't mean it that way, and it's very likely that she was just being childish, but after all, such a big loss has already been caused... Regardless of her initial motives, as long as she did do it, she is already suspected of using supernatural powers to endanger the safety of others. People who commit this crime are not subject to secular laws, and are handled directly by our investigation bureau."
“If she was just deceived or it was an unintentional mistake, she won’t be executed, but she will at least be locked up and properly educated for a few years… For Professor Zhang’s sake, I can put in a word with my colleagues at the Investigation Bureau to make sure she doesn’t suffer too much while she’s being locked up and educated.”
"Is that so...then I'll leave it to you."
Professor Zhang understood that Qin Huanyu had already given him a lot of face, and he felt somewhat sad for his student, but he didn't say much.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Huanyu immediately contacted Yuan Baixue and, together with the armed police, went to the girls' dormitory of Ruiyang Private High School in Qingzhou City to arrest people.
During this time, a school leader from the private high school came out to obstruct the process. At first, his tone was quite firm, saying that their school had a legal team and that if anyone wanted to arrest their students, they would have to go through legal procedures first.
Yuan Baixue wanted to explain things to the school leader, but Qin Huanyu didn't have the patience. She fired two shots into the sky and said coldly in a murderous voice:
"The suspect we're trying to apprehend is charged with the most serious crimes against humanity. Anyone who attempts to protect her or obstruct our operation will be treated as an accomplice. If warnings are ineffective, we may shoot her on sight! Want to give it a try?"
The school leader turned deathly pale, his legs began to tremble, but he didn't back down. Instead, he asked, his lips trembling, "..."
"What exactly did my student do wrong? You should at least give me a brief explanation."
Seeing the school leaders' reaction, Qin Huanyu didn't continue to vent her anger and murderous intent. Instead, she suppressed her killing intent and a hint of approval appeared on her face.
"It seems you are someone who truly cares about students, and not just about the school's reputation... Your students are very likely related to the recent torrential rain disaster in Qingzhou City! If you don't understand, it means you don't have enough authority. You can go directly to your superior."
"……I see."
The school leader's expression changed several times, but he still made way for him.
The subsequent arrest operation went smoothly. After all, the floodwaters in Qingzhou City had not yet receded, and the students could only stay obediently in their dormitories. Arresting them was like catching turtles in a jar.
The high school girl, Zhang Xin, was personally caught by Qin Huanyu in her dormitory room. She was quite attractive and had a good figure, making her a potential contender for the title of class beauty.
Zhang Xin didn't seem surprised by her arrest; she remained calm and cooperative, and was even taken to the police station by Qin Huanyu... It's likely that her brother had informed her beforehand.
Faced with interrogation, Zhang Xin confessed without hesitation, admitting that she was the one who did it all. Out of curiosity, she used her brother's account to log into the database of the History Department of Shendu University, watched the archaeological videos her brother had filmed during this period, and then recreated the feathered serpent altar based on the content of the videos, thus summoning the feathered serpent to bring down this continuous rainstorm.
As for her motivation, Zhang Xin said she was just curious and wanted to test whether the feathered serpent altar in the ancient city ruins was really effective.
The interrogation went a little too smoothly, but Qin Huanyu didn't suspect anything at first, since Zhang Xin's account matched her speculation and seemed reasonable.
She left Zhang Xin in the police station, and after finding out the location of the Feathered Serpent Altar, she took Yuan Baixue to deal with it.
After finding the Feathered Serpent Altar, Qin Huanyu discovered many more suspicious points.
First, the location of the Feathered Serpent Altar is in a villa near Ruiyang Private High School. The villa is quite large, and considering the land prices in Qingzhou City, it would be no less than ten million. Even with Zhang Xin's economic level, she definitely couldn't afford to rent it.
Secondly, the altar was exquisitely crafted. The overall structure was likely printed using a large 3D printer based on a video recording, and it also used a lot of truly extraordinary materials that had a spiritual reaction. These are things that Zhang Xin could never have done.
Most importantly, Yuan Baixue's inspection of the Feathered Serpent altar revealed that Zhang Xin was not the one performing the ritual; the priest still maintained a connection with the Feathered Serpent. Destroying the altar alone wouldn't sever this connection; either the priest or the Feathered Serpent would have to be killed, or the Feathered Serpent would have to fulfill the priest's demands.
These findings made Qin Huanyu and Yuan Baixue's faces turn pale. They rushed back to the police station and interrogated Zhang Xin again.
Zhang Xin still insisted that she was the one who did everything. She was even willing to say that she had engaged in compensated dating to earn money to rent a villa and set up the Feathered Serpent Altar, rather than betray her accomplices... or rather, the mastermind would be more accurate.
Clearly, this is probably another young girl blinded by love, willing to give anything to protect the person she likes... However, she may have been deceived by a scumbag, and a real man would not let his girlfriend take the blame for him.
The situation was urgent. Qin Huanyu was worried that disaster would strike Qingzhou again, while Yuan Baixue was worried about Qingzhou as well as her Feathered Serpent. The two of them did not have the patience to comfort Zhang Xin and instead resorted to extreme measures.
Qin Huanyu injected Zhang Xin with 20 milliliters of a special medicine, while Yuan Baixue affixed a talisman to Zhang Xin's forehead.
With the combined use of medicine and magic, Zhang Xin instantly became obedient, answering all questions and telling the truth.
However, as expected, Zhang Xin had a group behind her, all of whom were students from Ruiyang Private High School, and most of them were rich kids.
These rich kids formed a supernatural phenomenon research club, the kind of high school club often seen in anime and manga, and many private schools in reality do have similar clubs.
In the beginning, this Extraordinary Phenomena Research Society was just a bunch of amateur enthusiasts messing around and not going to cause any big waves.
It wasn't until last year, when Zhang Xin became the girlfriend of Wang Le, the president of the Extraordinary Phenomena Research Association, and also became a member of the association, that they came into contact with the real extraordinary phenomena.
Zhang Xin had already obtained her brother's account password and often secretly watched the archaeological videos from the History Department of Shendu University, so she knew that supernatural powers really existed.
After joining the club, in order to show off in front of her boyfriend, Zhang Xin repeatedly showed Wang Le the videos she had secretly saved.
Wang Le is no ordinary person. He can become the leader of a group of rich second-generation heirs because he is the richest one... His family's business is considered the biggest local power in Qingzhou City, with family fixed assets of billions. He himself owns four villas.
Wang Le's family is so wealthy that they should know the truth about supernatural powers, but everything has its exceptions and the few.
Many wealthy merchants in the Holy Zhou Kingdom do know the truth about supernatural powers, but these merchants either have wealth that extends beyond the city limits and is much richer than Wang Le's family, or their ancestors have been wealthy for generations and have accumulated a lot of wealth over a long period of time.
Wang Lejia was in a rather awkward position. He was a local bigwig in Qingzhou City, but a local bigwig is just a local bigwig. Outside of Qingzhou, he was not so powerful. He had money, but not enough.
At the same time, Wang Lejia's family only started their business successfully in his father's generation, which is commonly known as nouveau riche. They have no inheritance or accumulation, but are simply lucky and have good vision. They are unaware of many secrets.
Wang Le had never truly come into contact with supernatural powers since he was a child, which is why he formed this club called the Supernatural Power Research Association... If he truly understood supernatural powers, he wouldn't have done something so reckless.
Money may not be everything, but it can certainly help you do many things.
After truly experiencing extraordinary power through Zhang Xin, Wang Le spent lavishly, and actually managed to buy some items containing spiritual elements from the black market.
Perhaps he inherited his father's good fortune in becoming a nouveau riche. Wang Le and his gang conducted several extraordinary studies based on the videos provided by Zhang Xin, which Qin Huanyu considered suicidal. Surprisingly, they didn't die and even gained some benefits.
Using those benefits, Wang Le successfully helped his father solve several business problems and also eliminated a competitor.
After experiencing the benefits of extraordinary power, Wang Le became increasingly obsessed. The video of the Feathered Serpent Altar that Zhang Xin showed him gave him a bold and crazy idea.
Wang Le wanted to create a disaster so that his family could make a fortune.
This is not difficult for a company with billions in assets. As long as they predict the downsides of certain projects that will be affected by natural disasters in advance and short sell them in the financial sector, they can make money much faster than selling drugs or robbing people.
This is the real reason why Wang Le used the Feathered Serpent Altar to summon the Feathered Serpent... He wanted to cause Qingzhou City to suffer from torrential rain disasters for half a month in order to make huge profits through financial operations.
Zhang Xin, as an accomplice, knew everything perfectly well, but she was just a hopeless romantic, completely in love with Wang Le, and willing to take all the blame to protect him.
However, when faced with a truly extraordinary organization, no matter how strong Zhang Xin's will was, her love could not create a miracle.
After learning the truth, both Qin Huanyu and Yuan Baixue looked grim, with Qin Huanyu's eyes revealing no trace of murderous intent.
For a scoundrel like Wang Le who brought disaster to the entire city for his own benefit, both accidental death and suicide out of guilt would be considered merciful. And now, Qin Huanyu, as a special inspector, truly has the power to deal with Wang Le directly.
Perfectly, to completely eliminate the influence of the sacrifice on the feathered serpent, one must kill either Wang Le, the sacrificer, or the feathered serpent, or force the feathered serpent to fulfill its agreement.
Qingzhou has already endured nine consecutive days of torrential rain, and it's impossible to allow the city to be ravaged by torrential rain for another six days, so this option is ruled out first.
If any other inspector were in charge of this case, they might have considered killing Feathered Serpent, but Qin Huanyu and Yuan Baixue are friends, Feathered Serpent has already been reserved by Yuan Baixue, and Wang Le is a scumbag who deserves to be sentenced to death several times over.
Clearly, there is only one solution to this problem.
Wang Le left the school before the rainstorm started and hid in a villa on the outskirts of Qingzhou City, accompanied by more than 10 bodyguards.
Wang Le received the news after Zhang Xin was arrested.
He clearly had little confidence in Zhang Xin and immediately prepared to escape. He was quite clever and did not take public transportation. Instead, he took a private car to the harbor, rented a boat, and smuggled himself out to sea.
But Wang Le wasn't that smart. He should have abandoned all electronic devices when he fled, but he didn't. He even used satellite navigation when he went out to sea by boat.
The satellite did provide navigation for Wang Le, but it also helped Qin Huanyu pinpoint his location.
After confirming that only Wang Le and his bodyguard were on board, and that there were no unrelated people, Qin Huanyu put on her armor and chased after him from the air to the sea, where she fired a small missile that blew up the fuel tank on Wang Le's ship.
After that, notify the relevant departments to handle Wang Le's death as a regular maritime accident, and the matter will be over.
After Wang Le's death, Yuan Baixue went to check the Feathered Serpent Altar again and found that the sacrificial effect on the Feathered Serpent had been lifted, and it no longer needed to continue to bring torrential rain to Qingzhou City.
To prevent the Feathered Serpent from causing another accident, Yuan Baixue completely destroyed the Feathered Serpent altar. Then, based on her half-completed contract, she took Qin Huanyu to chase after the Feathered Serpent.
The feathered serpent had fled eastward to the sea and was recuperating on a small island.
When Qin Huanyu and Yuan Baixue found the feathered serpent, it was in a terrible state, being chased and bullied by several wild aquatic demons, with several pieces of its flesh bitten off.
These aquatic demons are not very strong, and they only dare to attack the feathered serpent when it is seriously injured. Under normal circumstances, they cannot even withstand a single blow from the feathered serpent.
Qin Huanyu didn't even need to lift a finger; the shrine maiden in Sakura Prefecture had always been an expert in slaying demons, and Yuan Baixue easily wiped out those aquatic demons.
Chapter 190 is twice as difficult.
The feathered serpent behaved very well.
It was originally attracted to Yuan Baixue, and if it weren't for the effects of the altar, it would have already completed the contract with Yuan Baixue two days ago in the sky above Qingzhou City.
Now that the priest Wang Le is dead, the altar's effects have disappeared, and the Feathered Serpent is no longer forced to bring disaster to Qingzhou City. With no more conflict with Yuan Baixue, it will naturally no longer attack her.
Rather, after seeing Yuan Baixue and Qin Huanyu, Feathered Serpent went to rub against Yuan Baixue, while showing great fear of Qin Huanyu, constantly hiding behind Yuan Baixue.
However, the feathered serpent's length of over 30 meters was far greater than Yuan Baixue's, so no matter how she dodged, it was useless, and it only made the scene look ridiculous.
"Okay, don't be afraid. As long as you don't do anything bad again, I won't beat you up."
Qin Huanyu found it somewhat amusing and offered a few words of comfort to the Feathered Serpent.
"Squeak!"
The feathered serpent seemed aggrieved and let out two cries, as if in defense.
Yuan Baixue, who possessed the abilities of a priestess and could communicate with the feathered serpent, became its translator.
"The child said she didn't want to do anything bad... She just slept too long and got greedy. She didn't read the priest's request carefully before eating the offering, and it was too late to go back on her word. The rule that she had to accept the request after eating the offering was a contract between her and the ancient humans, and she couldn't break it."
"So that's it..."
Qin Huanyu nodded thoughtfully. She really wanted to ask about the feathered serpent worship culture in South Lake and the central part of White Eagle Island, but since the feathered serpent was badly injured, she changed her mind:
“I don’t blame her. Now that the main culprit has been brought to justice, it’s time to give her treatment.”
The aquatic demons that attacked the feathered serpent earlier were not very strong, and the feathered serpent also has a strong self-healing ability. As long as Yuan Baixue cleaned away the demonic energy on the wound, the feathered serpent could continue to heal itself by soaking in water.
What truly caused Feathered Serpent unbearable pain these past two days was the tube of jade acid injected by Qin Huanyu.
The jade acid is still wreaking havoc inside the feathered serpent, causing necrosis in many of its tissues and damage to multiple organs.
There was nothing Yuan Baixue could do; Qin Huanyu had to treat her herself.
Apart from the octopus archbishop's stomach and the jade alloy container, jade acid cannot be contained in any other container, so even if Yuan Baixue found the jade acid inside the feathered serpent, she wouldn't be able to extract it.
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