Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

The transformed door to the secret vault looked completely made of water, and Qin Huanyu was mentally prepared that her clothes and stockings would get soaked as she passed through it.

In fact, Qin Huanyu's clothes and pantyhose were indeed soaked in an instant, but each water molecule seemed to have a life of its own, immediately leaving Qin Huanyu's clothing fibers on its own, and also taking away some of the fatigue and skin flakes that Qin Huanyu had accumulated from her journey, as if giving her a bath and massage through her clothes, so comfortable that she almost made a sound.

But Qin Huanyu knew in her heart that this was definitely not Shuimen giving her a bath and massage, but checking her to see if she was hiding any dangerous items.

Qin Huanyu was only there to receive a reward, so she naturally had no bad intentions. She passed the water gate test smoothly and entered the secret vault.

Big, big, very big.

Many, a lot, an abundance.

The interior of the secret vault was completely different from the lobby of the Divine Capital Airport that Qin Huanyu had passed by not long ago. It was filled with wooden or metal shelves of the same style, and on those shelves were stored all sorts of things, both common and strange. These were all secret treasures and rare objects collected by the royal family of the Holy Zhou Kingdom over the past thousand years.

Chapter 41 Uncommon Cold Weapons

In the magnificent royal vault, countless wooden and iron frames resemble a long river of history, winding and endless.

The shelves were filled with all sorts of secret treasures and strange objects.

Most of them are shaped like cold weapons, including ornate swords and imposing spears, and some are strangely shaped.

For example, one bone sword looked like a piece of vertebrae extracted from some kind of animal, with seven irregular forks. Another spear didn't even have a tip and was dark, resembling a fire poker.

But Qin Huanyu dared not judge a book by its cover. She had already taken out her phone and opened a special program to carefully observe the spiritual fluctuations of those treasures and strange objects.

Each of those cold weapons could be called a divine weapon, with an astonishing amount of spiritual energy, regardless of how strange their appearance was.

Besides a large number of cold weapons, there are also many treasures and strange objects that look like everyday items that can be found everywhere, such as a jade plate for eating, a mirror for makeup, a broken clock, a landscape painting with an ancient style, and even a mobile phone that can be used to crack walnuts.

These treasures and rare items also contain a large amount of spiritual energy, and many of them even have a higher spiritual energy content than those cold weapons, so there should be quite a few treasures among them.

Qin Huanyu was immediately overwhelmed by the choices and fell into a dilemma.

The items in this royal vault all look amazing, but they all require spirit energy to operate.

Qin Huanyu's abilities are mainly based on observation and calculation, and have little to do with spiritual elements. She also does not have the ability to use spiritual elements like the ancient sect's extraordinary individuals. Even if she strengthens herself in the future, she will most likely take the route of black technology equipment.

Qin Huanyu rarely used most of the treasures and rare items that required spiritual essence. In her hands, cold weapons were just sharp and sturdy ones, and she could only use the makeup mirror to admire her own beauty.

There must be secret treasures and rare items that can be used without the user having spiritual cultivation, but Qin Huanyu couldn't recognize them at all. Moreover, the upper limit of such secret treasures and rare items is generally not high. They are likely just a powerful plasma revolver.

The reward for a Class A case would be a waste if all you get is a piece of equipment of this caliber.

On those wooden and iron shelves, there were some slips of paper with a general introduction to the treasures and strange objects stored there, but the content was very short, and much of it was written in difficult-to-understand classical Chinese, so there was not much useful information to be found.

If a transcendent being like Zero from the ancient school were here, he could definitely offer some excellent advice. Unfortunately, Zero can't come in, so Qin Huanyu has to choose the reward herself.

Qin Huanyu couldn't think of a better solution in a short time, so she could only use her mobile phone to scan each of the treasures in the secret vault to test their spiritual essence content.

She had made up her mind that if she didn't encounter any of the more destined treasures in the end, she would take back the item with the highest spiritual energy content. It's like eating at a buffet; if you don't find anything you like, you can't go wrong with the most expensive item.

So Qin Huanyu quickly put aside her various thoughts, slowly activated her own abilities, and stopped paying attention to the shapes and light effects of those treasures, focusing only on their spiritual element data.

Once she was no longer overwhelmed by the sight, Qin Huanyu's efficiency increased dramatically. In no time, she had scanned nearly half of the treasures in the entire secret vault with her phone.

"Ok?"

Just as Qin Huanyu walked to a seemingly ordinary shelf of cold weapons in the middle of the secret vault, the detection data coming from her phone made her frown in surprise.

It wasn't that the spiritual element content of the cold weapon on the shelf was ridiculously high; on the contrary, there wasn't a single trace of spiritual element on it.

Did the person in charge of the secret vault make a mistake? Did they treat ordinary weapons as treasures?

Qin Huanyu's first reaction was this, but she immediately shook her head and denied it.

It's unlikely... Those ancient practitioners can also sense spiritual energy, and those in charge of the imperial palace's secret vault are even more skilled; it's unlikely they would misjudge someone.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Huanyu became curious about this cold weapon that had no spiritual essence but was still stored in the imperial palace's secret treasury.

She put down her phone and looked directly at the weapon with her eyes, no longer through the camera lens.

It was a relatively rare cold weapon, with a handle like a longsword, but it was not a sword. Instead, it was a metal rod with four edges, about 1.2 meters long.

This appears to be a mace, but it is quite different from an ordinary mace.

First, there's the material. After activating her ability, Qin Huanyu couldn't even recognize what material the mace was made of at a glance. The material properties of the mace were different from any known material on Earth.

Secondly, although the body of this mace appears to be a single piece, it is actually divided into many sections, each connected like an iron whip, and it seems to be able to rotate.

What the hell is this?

Qin Huanyu became even more curious and looked at the small note pasted on the weapon rack.

The note contained only a single sentence.

The Kanglong Mace, discovered in a meteorite, was once bestowed upon Di Renjie for his use, but was returned to the imperial family and stored in the imperial treasury when Di Renjie resigned from his official post and went into seclusion.

The Dragon-Slaying Mace? Good heavens~~ So that's what it is.

Qin Huanyu's eyes lit up, and she became even more excited.

This Dragon-Slaying Mace is quite famous; there are many legends about it in both this world and the world of that third-rate transmigrator.

Qin Huanyu's memory bank contains many Di Renjie series movies. In those movies, the Kanglong Mace is almost indestructible. No matter what strange weapon the villain uses, it will only be smashed into pieces after being hit by the Kanglong Mace twice.

She had always thought that if the Dragon-Slaying Mace had such power in real history, it should have been an extremely powerful extraordinary item. She never expected that it had no spiritual essence at all.

How could the Dragon-Slaying Mace, which contains absolutely no spiritual essence, have shattered so many weapons and been placed in the royal treasury? It couldn't have been just for symbolic significance, could it? But things with only symbolic significance should be kept in museums.

Qin Huanyu narrowed her eyes slightly, carefully recalling how the Di Renjies in the movies used the Kanglong Mace in battle.

While movie plots shouldn't be taken literally, they can still be used as a reference. After all, movie adaptations aren't just random fabrications; even hearsay should have some basis in fact.

The flashback ended quickly; the ways Di Renjie used the Kanglong Mace in the movie to fight were nothing more than two.

One method is to smash it directly. If smashing it once doesn't work, smash it again. Generally, the enemy's weapon will break in no more than two hits.

Another method involves Di Renjie first moving the mace to make it vibrate, then swinging it to smash people... This method often results in a more powerful mace that can withstand any attack, even shattering massive cliffs.

Chapter 42 Extraterrestrial Black Technology Products?

Could this real Kanglong Mace really vibrate with just a gentle tap?

Qin Huanyu hesitated for a long time in front of the Kanglong Mace before finally picking it up.

It felt cool to the touch, but wasn't as heavy as I'd imagined.

The material of this Dragon-Slaying Mace is truly remarkable. Its physical properties surpass even the best aerospace materials available today, and it is lighter than titanium alloy of the same volume. Even an ordinary young girl could easily wield it as a weapon without feeling tired at all.

Qin Huanyu flicked the mace with her finger again, and sure enough, the mace vibrated. A thousand years had not brought any wear or rust to this legendary weapon, and it felt brand new to use.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a product of extraterrestrial meteorite iron. I wonder... um?

Qin Huanyu sighed inwardly, then her eyes suddenly sharpened, clearly indicating a major discovery. She quickly looked again at the note describing the Kanglong Mace.

"Found in extraterrestrial meteorite..."

Qin Huanyu carefully pondered the sentence several times, her eyes shining even brighter.

The phrases "made from meteorite iron" and "found in meteorite iron" sound very similar, but their meanings are likely quite different.

The records in the imperial palace's secret treasury are unlikely to be lies. The note says that the Kanglong Mace was discovered in extraterrestrial meteorite iron, so it is highly probable that this is true.

But what kind of extraterrestrial meteorite could contain such a fully formed weapon?

Considering that this statement was recorded more than 1,300 years ago, and given the relatively backward astronomical knowledge of the ancients at that time, a rather bizarre yet very reasonable possibility was judged as the truth in Qin Huanyu's mind.

The so-called meteorite that brought the Dragon-Slaying Mace was probably not an ordinary meteorite, but a high-tech metal space capsule from an extraterrestrial civilization.

It is very likely that only the space capsule fell, or perhaps the aliens inside had already died, and the space capsule was discovered by ancient people after it crashed, and they simply regarded it as a rather strange meteorite.

The other items in the space capsule were either severely damaged or the ancients simply couldn't recognize the value of those technological devices. In the end, the only thing that was taken back as a treasure was this Kanglong Mace, which could be used as a weapon.

In other words, the essence of this Dragon-Slaying Mace is likely a product of advanced technology, which is why it was able to be stored in the royal family's secret vault without containing any spiritual essence.

So, is the Kanglong Mace really a high-tech close-combat weapon used by aliens?

Qin Huanyu became very interested and excited.

If that's really the case, then the Dragon-Slaying Mace is very likely one of the most compatible treasures in this royal secret vault for her.

With her abilities fully activated, Qin Huanyu stared intently at the Dragon-Slaying Mace, scrutinizing every corner while simultaneously calculating relevant data at high speed.

After observing and calculating the Kanglong Mace from a different perspective, as if it were a high-tech product, Qin Huanyu quickly made a discovery. Through calculation, she gradually improved the calculation and soon completely understood the truth.

One piece of good news and half a piece of bad news.

The good news is that the Kanglong Mace is indeed a high-tech product suspected to be from outer space, and it is very compatible with Qin Huanyu's abilities. One person and one mace can achieve a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts, making it equivalent to a dedicated weapon.

The bad news is that the original purpose of the Kanglong Mace was not as a weapon, but as a tool for mining and exploration.

The principle behind the Kanglong Mace is not complicated; it mainly relies on resonance to deal damage.

Everything in the world has its own vibration frequency. If you hit it with another object that has the exact same frequency, you can easily destroy its structural stability.

This is why, according to legend, the Kanglong Mace could shatter any weapon.

It can be turned by the user to generate vibrations, resonating with the enemy's weapons, and then shattering the enemy's weapons with a black technology alloy whose physical properties far exceed those of the opponent.

The two ways Di Renjie used the Kanglong Mace in the movie actually make some sense.

Ancient people did not have a means to quickly detect the vibration frequency of objects, but those with high martial arts skills generally had very sensitive hearing.

Qin Huanyu speculated that Di Renjie in real history was probably also a martial arts master. In battle, he would first use his Kanglong Mace to collide with the enemy's weapon, using the sound to roughly estimate the vibration frequency of the enemy's weapon, and then deflect the Kanglong Mace to deliver a resonant strike, shattering the enemy's weapon. This should be the truth behind the legendary Kanglong Mace's ability to shatter with a second strike.

However, the true purpose of the Dragon-Slaying Mace in the hands of aliens is most likely not for combat.

For a civilization capable of creating such a technological marvel, the Kanglong Mace's performance as a weapon is undoubtedly somewhat outdated.

Therefore, Qin Huanyu guessed that the original purpose of the Kanglong Mace was probably some kind of tool, similar to electric drills and chainsaws in modern industry.

Moreover, the Kanglong Mace was most likely only half of this tool; there should have been a matching piece of equipment used to observe the vibration frequency of objects, but it has certainly been lost or destroyed.

However, it doesn't matter. Qin Huanyu can easily observe the vibration frequency of an object after activating her ability, and it may even be faster than the original observation equipment.

This thing is truly destined for me; it's as if it was made just for me!

Thinking of this, Qin Huanyu no longer hesitated and immediately put away the Kanglong Mace. She then bowed slightly to the seemingly empty space in the secret vault, indicating that she wanted it.

Although Qin Huanyu's original plan was to find a weapon that could attack spirits to make up for her lack of attack power against pure spirits, it actually enhanced her strengths once again. Now Qin Huanyu can more easily cause damage to beings with physical bodies.

But Qin Huanyu didn't feel like she was at a disadvantage at all; on the contrary, she was very satisfied.

There are many ways to compensate for the lack of attack power against pure spirits; at worst, we can carry more plasma bombs or develop more powerful plasma weapons in the future.

Weapons that are so perfectly suited to one's abilities may be hard to find again.

. . . . .

"Oh? You've already chosen your rewards and come out so quickly?"

Seeing that Qin Huanyu had emerged from the water gate of the secret vault in less than two hours, Zero's expression was clearly one of surprise.

Upon seeing the new weapon in Qin Huanyu's hand, Zero raised an eyebrow:

"This is... the Dragon-Slaying Mace? Hmm, how did you choose this? I can't sense any spiritual power in it... Last time I came to the secret vault to choose a reward, I thought this was something that someone else had put in the wrong place."

"That's because you're not meant to have this, and you don't know what it's for."

Qin Huanyu happily played with the Kanglong Mace, occasionally turning it to make it vibrate with a buzzing sound.

"This is actually a high-tech product, and it has little to do with spiritual essence. It's normal that you ancient practitioners think it's useless."

"Moreover, this was the weapon of the legendary detective Di Renjie. Di Renjie was from the Dali Temple at the time, which was practically the same job as me as a police officer. It's quite normal for me to choose his weapon, right?"

Chapter 43 Inspectors and Investigators

"...Never mind, whatever makes you happy."

Seeing how much Qin Huanyu liked the new weapon, Zero didn't say anything more and just smiled:

"Judge Di was a renowned detective back then, and the Dragon-Slaying Mace was a famous and powerful weapon. I hope you can truly continue this legend and tale."

"Hmph, that's for sure."

Qin Huanyu was very confident and even struck a few cool poses, imitating the actions from the movie:

"In a few hundred years, people will only remember me as beautiful, smart, and handsome, and all sorts of legends and stories will feature me as the protagonist... Oh dear, what if we can't find an actress as beautiful as me when we actually make a movie?"

"...Wake up, it's not dark yet!"

Zero was utterly speechless. She had long known that someone immune to jealousy would be extremely narcissistic, but she never expected Qin Huanyu to be so shameless.

"Hehe~~"

Qin Huanyu stuck out her tongue and smiled. Actually, she was just pretending to let loose to relieve the pressure. The atmosphere in the Royal Vault was too stuffy, and being secretly watched by an unknown powerful being was even more unpleasant. Qin Huanyu had been a little nervous, and even felt that her police uniform was a bit too small.