Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

But more than 40 soldiers were left here forever; they almost all died in the demons' self-destructive counterattack before they died.

Fortunately, the operation yielded great results. The large number of demon prisoners who could be used as test subjects were only one aspect; the most important thing was the ghostly realm itself.

In the past, when the Holy Zhou Kingdom encountered various ghost realms, it either killed the lord of the ghost realm to destroy it, or completely severed the connection between the ghost realm and the mortal world to prevent the ghost realm from causing harm to the mortal world.

Such a situation—capturing the Lord of the Ghost Realm alive and having the army completely occupy the Ghost Realm—is extremely rare in the entire history of the Holy Zhou Kingdom. Especially considering that the Ghost Realm is so vast, large enough to accommodate several cities the size of White Light City.

If we can completely control this space, its strategic and scientific research value will be extremely high.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu must find a way to completely subdue An Lushan as soon as possible. The current level of training is far from enough. It would be best to turn her into a completely unconscious puppet, or to separate the core of the Ghost Realm from her and put it in his own hands.

However, before that, it is necessary to interrogate An Lushan first, as she has too many sins that need to be explained, such as the massacre of Miss Zheyuan's family when she was a child.

The interrogation was personally conducted by Qin Huanyu, with Bai Ling taking notes. Miss Zhe Yuan, one of the victims, also participated.

When she saw that the people interrogating her were three women, all of whom were very beautiful, An Lushan's last hope was shattered... She had originally planned to use her beauty to seduce the guards and find a chance to escape.

Having already figured out what tricks Qin Huanyu was up to, An Lushan didn't dare to play any tricks during her interrogation. Although she was suspected of deliberately playing the victim, she didn't lie.

Objectively speaking, An Lushan is actually quite unlucky. Her weak willpower shows that she is not suitable to become the second-generation Demon King.

Before An Lushan became the ruler of the Ghost Realm, that Ghost Realm was unstable. From time to time, cracks would appear connecting it to the mortal world, allowing the demons within the Ghost Realm to enter the mortal world—which is why there was a cannibal tribe deep in the Green Claw Mountain.

The An Lushan family was rather unlucky. When they were traveling in their private plane, they happened to encounter a rift in the Ghost Realm. After the plane entered the Ghost Realm, it completely lost internet access and navigation. It was unable to fly back to the real world until it ran out of fuel and eventually crashed in the mountains and forests of the Ghost Realm.

An Lushan's entire family died at that time, and she was the only one who survived. She was even merged with the Ghost Realm and became the Lord of the Ghost Realm.

She had this opportunity not because she had any great talent, but because her name happened to be An Lushan, which sounds the same as the historical villain An Lushan.

Because this ghostly realm was originally formed from fragments of the Netherworld after the heroine shattered its core, it was able to accommodate a portion of the remnants of the Demon King's army from that time, allowing them to live and multiply here. Although it lacks true subjective consciousness, it still possesses a portion of the instinct for development and revenge, constantly yearning to merge with another Demon King.

True names are very important in the supernatural world. Although the difference between An Lushan and An Lushan is as big as the difference between a calculator and a computer, they are ultimately related in some way. An Lushan does indeed have a trace of the Demon King's destiny.

This ghost realm, which had been waiting for thousands of years without finding a suitable fusion partner, stopped being picky and, upon discovering An Lushan, couldn't wait to fuse with her, wanting to turn her into a second demon king.

Most supernatural powers come at a price, unless the power comes from your mother.

Anlushan has obtained the power of the Lord of the Ghost Realm, and she must also fulfill the Ghost Realm's obsession, which is to develop the demon tribes within the Ghost Realm and take revenge on the humans of the present world.

An Lushan's attack on Miss Zheyuan's village was a kind of pledge of allegiance; she had to do this to gain the demons' initial approval and subsequent support.

However, after truly experiencing the benefits of extraordinary power, Anlushan was no longer controlled by the obsession of the Ghost Realm itself, but rather truly fell into depravity.

Her power grows in a way similar to that of faith-based beings; the more the demons living in the ghost realm obey her, the stronger her power becomes.

However, gaining the genuine obedience of the demons was not easy for An Lushan at the beginning. She did not gain her current power immediately after merging with the Ghost Realm. Initially, she could not even defeat those ancient demons who knew magic.

Therefore, instead of forcibly conquering the demons with force, An Lushan, like many entrepreneurs in modern society, promised the demons a fortune and tricked them into working with her.

Of course, most demons are not interested in human wealth, and Anlushan's promise to the demons is that they can eat human flesh.

After all, almost all the demons in the Ghost Realm are cannibals, and as the name suggests, humans are their ultimate food. However, in order to escape the pursuit of humans in the real world, they have been farming in the Ghost Realm for hundreds of years, and many cannibals have never tasted human flesh before they die.

Human flesh was quite attractive to cannibals. After Anlushan kept bringing back human flesh to share with the demons without attracting any human pursuit, the demons gradually accepted her as the second-generation Demon King.

As more and more demons came to recognize her power, An Lushan's strength grew stronger and stronger. Eventually, she was able to subdue all demons with pure force, just like a true demon king, and completely gain supreme dominance over the entire ghost realm.

The way An Lushan obtained human flesh for the cannibals in the Ghost Realm made Qin Huanyu and the others frown.

The specific methods of committing the crimes vary, but there is only one core idea. An Lushan can be said to have successfully grasped a loophole in the thinking of human law enforcement officers—that in cases where the evidence is conclusive and the case is closed, most people will not continue to investigate.

Anlushan took advantage of this. Before committing any crime in human society, she would use evil magic to create another source of extraordinary disaster as a scapegoat. After successfully committing the crime, she would push the scapegoat out for humans to investigate and punish, while she herself would escape unscathed.

The case of the female college student who turned into a vengeful ghost and sought revenge on a man, which Bai Ling was always concerned about, is one of An Lushan's usual tricks.

The reason why the female college student who jumped into the lake and committed suicide became a vengeful ghost is because An Lushan secretly used evil magic. Even the female college student's suicide itself was lured by evil magic, otherwise the female college student would most likely not have taken her own life.

The female college student, after becoming a vengeful ghost, killed more than 10 people in the case records. They were all fishermen from villages near Nanhu Lake, and all of them were strong men.

In reality, only two victims actually died at the hands of the vengeful female college student; the other victims were all killed by An Lushan.

An Lushan used evil magic to extract large amounts of flesh and blood from the victims to feed the demons, and disguised the corpses as if they had been attacked by vengeful ghosts... Her methods were quite ingenious, and even Bai Ling, who personally examined the corpses, did not find anything unusual.

However, a woman's intuition is sometimes unreasonable. At the time, there was no evidence, and even Qin Huanyu didn't think too much about the case, assuming that the female college student turned into a vengeful ghost because she was provoked by the scumbag. Only Bai Ling firmly believed that there was a mastermind behind the case, and she relentlessly pursued the case for the past two years, finally managing to catch An Lushan.

It's not just the case of the female college student's ghost; in recent years, many supernatural cases throughout Yizhou County have been orchestrated by An Lushan. In particular, over 80% of the cases involving attacks on remote villages and towns by ghosts were secretly planned and carried out by An Lushan.

Qin Huanyu had encountered these cases several times during her time as an investigator, but she hadn't really investigated them in depth. She would just kill the ghosts and write a report to close the case... Many times, she didn't even go to the scene in person; she would just remotely direct the local police over the phone and that was it.

The victims in these cases ranged from two or three to more than ten each time. The mutilated corpses they were found with were often not the work of ghosts or monsters, but were taken away by An Lushan and fed to the demons in the ghost realm.

Even the case of Jealousy Incarnate is somewhat related to An Lushan.

An Lushan didn't recognize the Incarnation of Jealousy, but she could tell that the evil god statue that the Incarnation of Jealousy had initially possessed had very evil power. So she placed that statue in an old neighborhood in the west of White Light City where few people lived, and secretly led a recently released criminal to discover the statue, wanting to take the opportunity to cause trouble... Fortunately, Qin Huanyu discovered and stopped her in time.

At the time, Qin Huanyu also wondered why the evil god statue that was the embodiment of jealousy would appear there, and later she even asked Zero about this question.

After learning that the rebirth of the original sin incarnation after being killed was completely random, Qin Huanyu had always thought that Baiguang City was just unlucky, but she never expected that there was a dark hand behind it all.

Even the reason why extraordinary cases have occurred frequently in Yizhou County in recent years is not because anyone has a death-bringing physique that causes trouble wherever they go, but because An Lushan has been secretly causing trouble.

Undoubtedly, Anne Lushan's initial experiences may have been pitiful, but her subsequent actions were heinous, and no amount of cruelty inflicted upon her was excessive.

In fact, if Qin Huanyu hadn't stopped her, Miss Zheyuan would have almost drawn her sword and attacked people several times during the interrogation.

"Don't worry, I guarantee that her treatment as a test subject will be a hundred times more miserable than the suffering of the victims."

This is how Qin Huanyu calmed Miss Zheyuan down.

Although An Lushan is now almost completely powerless and has a weak will, seemingly posing no threat, even Qin Huanyu had to admit that her previous methods were extremely ingenious.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu did not let her guard down at all and personally watched over An Lushan, not giving An Lushan any chance to escape.

It wasn't until the entire combined arms brigade's forces arrived at Qingzhao Mountain, sealing off the surrounding area and completely occupying the Ghost Realm, that Qin Huanyu dragged An Lushan back to the Lingsu Research Institute.

She couldn't wait to uncover the secrets of the Ghost Realm.

Qin Huanyu was confident in her abilities, but when it came to scientific research on extraordinary creatures, Qin Hai was the most professional in the entire Holy Zhou Kingdom. Even though Qin Huanyu's brain was many times more powerful than Qin Hai's in every aspect, she was often amazed by Qin Hai's flashes of inspiration.

In many science fiction works, no matter how powerful the super AI is, what truly enables a leap forward in civilization's technology is often a flash of inspiration from a human scientist.

There's a certain feeling between Qin Huanyu and Qin Hai right now. In conventional research, Qin Huanyu, relying on her talent, has long surpassed her teacher. However, at certain crucial junctures in their planning, Qin Hai's momentary flash of inspiration might be more useful than Qin Huanyu's hundreds of thousands of calculations and deductions, as if it were destiny.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu did not rush to take action against An Lushan. Instead, she contacted Wu Xiqun and asked Wu Xiqun, in her capacity as the director of the 404 Investigation Bureau, to give Qin Hai a formal order to immediately return from Shendu to Baiguang City to study An Lushan with her.

Qin Hai, who was being persuaded to stay by various top research institutions in the capital with various excuses, and was also entangled by a group of older noblewomen and widowed noblewomen, finally had a reason that no one could refuse. He immediately bought a plane ticket and fled from the capital back to Baiguang City.

It can indeed be considered an escape, because those older noblewomen and widowed ladies went too far. Not only did they spray themselves with aphrodisiac perfume and then actively throw themselves into his arms, but they even tried to raid Qin Hai at night and drug him.

If this were done by a man to a woman, the man would have been arrested and imprisoned long ago. But it's a different story when a woman does it to a man, especially since those women are either rich or noble and have no fear of Qin Hai suing them.

In fact, Qin Hai did seek help from two old friends in the Department of Law in the capital. However, not only did those two friends not help him, they also thought that Qin Hai was going to them to show off his charm and luck with women. They criticized Qin Hai and offered him various strategies for counterattacking.

For Qin Hai, women only hindered his research speed... He may have been moved by love when he was young, but that feeling was frozen long ago when his senior's experiment failed and turned into pus. From then on, his world consisted only of scientific research.

Even Qin Huanyu, Qin Hai didn't adopt her because he liked her at first... Of course, the father-daughter relationship that they later developed was absolutely genuine.

So during this time, everyone envied Qin Hai's romantic luck, but he himself was actually very troubled. Now he is finally free and has returned to the Ling Su Research Institute in high spirits.

When An Lushan first met Qin Hai, she still had a glimmer of hope, because Qin Hai was a man, and most men are fond of sex, so An Lushan felt that she might still have a chance.

However, Qin Hai's first decision after meeting An Lushan completely chilled her heart.

Qin Hai saw no lust whatsoever in the eyes of the stunningly beautiful woman lying on the experimental table.

He observed An Lushan for a moment, then calmly said to Qin Huanyu:

"First, cut off her head and put it in a life support device to keep her alive. Then, slice up the rest of her body as samples and have each group analyze them simultaneously. What do you think, Ayu?"

Chapter 200: Is the world actually 3.5-dimensional?

"No, no! You can't do this!"

Before Qin Huanyu could answer, An Lushan had already shouted excitedly, her alluring face completely distorted with fear:

"You promised me! You represent the government! You can't go back on your word!"

"But I didn't break the agreement."

Qin Huanyu remained unmoved:

"I promised you back then that as long as you obeyed and cooperated, I wouldn't kill you. Aren't you still alive now?"

"But you're going to cut off my head and then slice my body into pieces!"

An Lushan became emotional:

"Does this mean I can still live?"

"Why not? I think you've been hanging out with demons and monsters in the ghost realm for too long and have completely lost touch with modern scientific advancements, haven't you?"

Qin Huanyu scoffed disdainfully:

"Don't even mention that your head will be well preserved. Even if you lose your head, I still have a way to keep you alive—living in a virtual world! So stop yelling. If you annoy my dad, he might actually start studying your corpse."

Upon hearing this, An Lushan secretly glanced at Qin Hai again, and twisted her body a couple of times to make herself as charming as possible, trying to see the changes that most men should have in Qin Hai's eyes.

However, it was completely useless—Qin Hai did keep staring at An Lushan, but the look in his eyes was no different from looking at a dead frog about to be dissected.

"...Who is the real Demon King after all...?"

An Lushan was utterly desperate.

"The title 'Demon King' is so lame; it sounds like someone who'd get killed. I much prefer the title 'Witch'~"

Qin Huanyu smiled, then transformed the power of the Holy Maiden into a blade of light in her hand, and mercilessly slashed down at An Lushan...

The process went smoothly. An Lushan's head was preserved by Qin Huanyu in a state-of-the-art life support device to maintain her life, while her body was personally cut into several pieces by Qin Hai and handed over to various groups at the Ling Su Research Institute for simultaneous research.

This was not done to deliberately torture An Lushan, but rather because the vast majority of beings who were sent to the Spirit Element Research Institute as research material after causing extraordinary disasters would receive this treatment.

It's more accurate to say that An Lushan was treated better, because most of the other materials were already dead when they were sent to the Ling Su Research Institute, so the institute could directly decompose and study them. However, An Lushan had to be kept alive using the latest technology.

For extraordinary individuals like An Lushan, who were originally human but became suspected non-human beings for various reasons, it is crucial to first determine whether they are still human or not, both from a scientific and mystical perspective.

This is also quite amazing, very anti-scientific and very idealistic, as no two different criteria can be applied to two different individuals.

Sometimes, those beings who have transcended the human form still appear human, but in reality, they have lost all human characteristics. Other times, it's the complete opposite; beings that have completely transformed into monsters can still be considered human, immune to most skills and items that target non-human beings.

Because the focus of this judgment is not on material data, but on self-perception, it is very idealistic. The Ling Su Research Institute has not found a good way to make judgments over the years, and each time they have to make judgments by studying small pieces of material.

Although supernatural abilities or tools specifically designed to suppress humans or non-human beings can be used for quick determination, this method is more difficult to explain scientifically. The Lingsu Research Institute has not given up on finding an effective and universal method of determination from a scientific perspective.

For Qin Huanyu, it was also very important to first make a rigorous scientific judgment as to whether An Lushan was still human.

Compared to An Lushan, Qin Huanyu was actually more interested in the Ghost Realm. She wanted to use An Lushan, the Lord of the Ghost Realm, to fully unravel its secrets—she had a vague feeling that she herself seemed to possess the ability to construct the Ghost Realm, but she didn't know how to do it yet.

For Qin Huanyu, the simplest way to unravel the secrets of the Ghost Realm through An Lushan is to forcibly link with her.

Currently, there are two methods for Qin Huanyu to forcibly link with the power of arrogance. One is through infiltration by the power of arrogance. This method is completely harmless to Qin Huanyu, and any risks are borne by Sherry and the other cultists of arrogance. Qin Huanyu does not need to hesitate at all when using it.

However, the power of arrogance cannot corrupt just anyone it wants. Otherwise, Sherry could have controlled everyone in the world and become invincible during her more than 10 years of activity. But she couldn't do that. The power of arrogance can only corrupt those who have an arrogant heart.

Anlushan's self-proclaimed title of the second-generation Demon King sounds rather childish, but in reality, she lacks the arrogance and strong will of a Demon King; the power of arrogance has no effect on her.

Therefore, if Qin Huanyu wanted to forcibly link with An Lushan, she could only use the second method—to merge An Lushan into the Jade Network.

Although Qin Huanyu is the core of the Jade Network, the Jade Network no longer belongs to her alone. She also needs to be responsible for the nearly one million Jade Network members who already exist. Therefore, she must confirm that An Lushan is harmless to the Jade Network before forcibly linking with them.

Qin Huanyu herself is certainly not afraid of the Anlushan virus, but other Yuwang linkers do not have her abilities, and this risk must be controlled.

Two weeks later, as the various research groups at the Lingsu Research Institute submitted their reports in turn, the preliminary research results on An Lushan came out.

Unfortunately, although An Lushan now looks like a very alluring human beauty, she is no longer human.

However, there is good news: An Lushan's pollution ability is very low. Even if it causes some impact after being incorporated into the jade net, it can be eliminated immediately with Qin Huanyu's help.

Qin Huanyu then had no more reservations. She first used the technology she had borrowed from the mechanical spiders of the White Eagle Federation to physically connect directly to An Lushan's brain and forcibly digitize An Lushan's soul. Then she forcibly incorporated the digitized An Lushan's soul into the Jade Net. Finally, she used overwhelming computing power to violently break through An Lushan's self-awareness defenses and read the secrets in An Lushan's soul.

Qin Huanyu first quickly browsed through An Lushan's memories.

Well, it's alright. What An Lushan said during her interrogation was basically the truth. She just concealed some more cruel details of her crime, but the rest matched up—which shows that she really doesn't have a strong will and can be tamed through training.

After that, Qin Huanyu devoted herself to trying to uncover the secrets of the Ghost Realm through An Lushan, the lord of the Ghost Realm.

She originally thought that just as she had taken over the entire Church of Arrogance through Sherry, she could also use Anlushan to control that ghost realm and become its true master.

Unexpectedly, it didn't work.

The Lord of the Ghost Realm exists in a strange form; it is the core of the Ghost Realm, and its independent consciousness is the only password to control it. Therefore, An Lushan's Ghost Realm can only be controlled by An Lushan. When Qin Huanyu broke through An Lushan's consciousness defenses, An Lushan's consciousness was no longer her independent consciousness, and her commands to control the Ghost Realm could not be authenticated.

Qin Huanyu was somewhat surprised by this, but she was not too disappointed or worried.

If we couldn't gain direct control of that ghostly realm, then so be it. Anyway, An Lushan's personal will is so fragile, so it's the same if we discipline her properly.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu stopped trying to directly control the Ghost Realm. Instead, she used An Lushan, the Lord of the Ghost Realm, to directly observe the essence of the Ghost Realm from a completely new perspective and with analytical abilities that human researchers had never had before.

This amount of information is enormous. For a few moments, Qin Huanyu even had the illusion that her vision had transcended the limitations of the world... She felt that if she tried a little harder, she might be able to figure out the ultimate mystery of the formation of the universe, but she would also be forever lost in those mysteries, and at least a hundred years would have passed before she woke up again.