Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

"The artifacts in this ancient tomb cannot withstand the power of an explosion. If we end up breaking the seal but only get a bunch of artifact fragments, it would be a huge loss."

"...Professor, do you have any other ideas?"

Qin Huanyu paused for a moment and then asked a question.

"I can give it a try... no, I'm still quite confident, after all, archaeological techniques are constantly advancing with the times!"

Professor Zhang Ji appeared very confident:

"Isn't there two side chambers in this ancient tomb? We can investigate there first. As long as we can confirm the identity of the tomb's owner, I will have a way to deceive the stone door seal and make it recognize me as the tomb owner's descendant or successor, and show me how to break the seal, instead of hypnotizing me like before."

Chapter 74 He got electrocuted

Professor Zhang Ji can be considered the pinnacle of archaeology in the Zhou Dynasty, and Qin Huanyu took his words very seriously.

After mentally simulating and deducing the plan, Qin Huanyu approved of Professor Zhang Ji's proposal. In any case, it was fine to let him try it first, and if it didn't work, they could add a bomb.

First, blindly operate the robot dog by feeling to make the camera no longer point at the painting on the stone door, then turn the monitor back on and continue to use the robot dog to explore the ancient tomb.

But there's really nothing left to explore. The main burial chamber is behind the stone door seal, and apart from the bronze kylin, there's nothing suspicious in the passageway and side chambers.

Professor Zhang Ji suggested that people could enter the ancient tomb, as long as they were extra careful.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Huanyu still did not agree to enter the ancient tomb immediately, but instead took the remote control of the robot dog back from Professor Zhang Ji.

She controlled the robot dog to walk back and forth in the tomb passage twice more, marking some places with higher concentrations of spiritual energy, memorizing them, and quickly devising a set of actions to attack those nodes as soon as she entered the tomb.

After completing these steps, Qin Huanyu signaled to everyone that they could prepare to enter the ancient tomb.

According to data transmitted by the detectors on the robot dog, the air inside the tomb is breathable, and there are no harmful substances on the stone surfaces of the passageways and walls, so there is no need to wear protective clothing or gas masks when entering the tomb.

In addition, given that the bronze unicorn might launch an attack, Qin Huanyu, the archaeological team, and several armed police officers chose to travel light for easier escape.

Qin Huanyu was at the front, while each member of the archaeological team was accompanied by an armed police officer.

If danger is encountered inside the ancient tomb, the armed police will carry their assigned archaeological team members to the outside of the tomb, while Qin Huanyu will be responsible for providing cover and covering the rear.

After the group entered the crater created by the derailed subway, Qin Huanyu gestured for everyone to stop for a moment, while she herself drew her plasma revolver from her waist.

Then take a deep breath, and suddenly jump out, like a top agent in an action movie, rolling on the ground while firing a gun.

Bang bang bang bang!

Relying on prior intelligence and numerous mental simulations, Qin Huanyu emptied the plasma revolver's magazine in one go, accurately hitting six points in the corridor with high concentrations of spiritual energy—places she suspected might contain traps or mechanisms.

Snap, snap, snap!

Some of these points showed no reaction at all, while others reacted strongly.

It seems that the plasma clusters created by the plasma bomb reacted with the spirit nodes, causing two mechanisms in the tomb passage to malfunction and be prematurely triggered.

Dozens of ice needles were generated by the power of the spirit essence and shot fiercely into the wall at the other end of the corridor. If someone happened to be passing by at that moment, the corridor would probably be riddled with holes.

Two other spirit nodes worked together to create a laser-like ray of evil magic, like a laser beam from a famous movie, which cut back and forth several times within a range of about 5 meters before disappearing.

All the members of the archaeological team who witnessed this scene later, except for Professor Zhang Ji, were speechless.

With Qin Huanyu's skills, she could easily avoid these traps even if she forced her way through; it wouldn't be a big problem.

Well-trained elite armed police, if they react quickly, can at least save their lives.

Professor Zhang Ji has traversed ancient tombs for so many years, he is definitely not as simple as he appears. Qin Huanyu estimates that he probably also has some extraordinary powers, at least the amount of food he showed at the Jin Kaili Hotel restaurant at noon was not like that of an ordinary person.

But those doctoral students are really just fragile graduate students. Even with the protection of the armed police, they would most likely die if they encountered such a trap.

At this point, they became a little scared and hesitated in front of the entrance to the ancient tomb. One of the girls even felt her legs go weak.

Professor Zhang Ji glanced at them, offering no words of comfort, but instead letting out a cold snort of disappointment:

"What, you're scared already? If you can't even face death, what are you doing studying archaeology? If you're scared, then go back to school. I definitely won't stop you, but don't call yourself my student anymore!"

The doctoral students were all a little envious of the scolding. A few of the boys, in a moment of impulsiveness, actually entered the ancient tomb before Professor Zhang Ji. The girl with weak legs hesitated for a while, but in the end, she didn't leave and followed them in.

However, everyone was just standing at the entrance to the ancient tomb. They watched as Qin Huanyu continuously loaded plasma bullets into her revolver and fired them, thus breaking through four traps ahead of time.

After being fired, the plasma bomb is just a pure plasma cluster without a physical warhead, so the damage to the ancient tomb is not serious, and the danger can be eliminated in advance. Professor Zhang Ji did not say much.

Soon, Qin Huanyu had cleared away all the traps and mechanisms along the passageway. When she scanned the passageway again with her phone, there were no longer any nodes with high concentrations of spiritual energy on either side.

The only obstacles preventing the archaeological team from fully deciphering the secrets of the ancient tomb are the seal on the stone door of the main burial chamber and the bronze qilin in front of the door.

Qin Huanyu reloaded six plasma bombs and fired them all at the bronze Qilin.

However, the plasma bombs that worked well before failed this time; the six plasma clusters had no effect on the bronze Qilin.

The concentration of spiritual energy on the bronze unicorn did not decrease at all; in fact, it increased slightly. The already lifelike unicorn's eyes became even more vivid, staring intently at Qin Huanyu, giving Qin Huanyu the illusion of dancing a striptease among a pack of wild beasts.

Qin Huanyu bit her tongue again to concentrate, while gesturing for the others to be careful. She gripped the Kanglong Mace and kept a close eye on the bronze Qilin's every move as she slowly approached.

Regardless of what this bronze Qilin is, it's just made of bronze. The resonant strike of the Kanglong Mace can even crack open a tank's armor like cracking a walnut. Why would it be afraid of the crude ancient smelting techniques used to cast bronze? Once it crushes you, you're safe.

That's what Qin Huanyu thought, and that's what she planned to do.

Of course, Qin Huanyu remained highly vigilant as she approached the bronze Qilin. No matter when or how the bronze Qilin attacked her, she was able to parry and dodge in the best way while launching a fatal counterattack.

Qin Huanyu, who possesses the Mathematical Eye, is extremely confident in this.

sizzle.

However, when Qin Huanyu was about 10 meters away from the bronze Qilin, she suddenly heard a faint electric shock, and the bronze Qilin's eyes suddenly lit up, with electric arcs appearing.

Her early training and exceptional reaction speed came into play. Qin Huanyu instinctively judged that at this distance, no matter what she did, she would absolutely not be able to dodge the electric arc's attack. So she quickly raised her left arm and used her wrist guard to block in front of her.

Crack!

The next second, an arc of electricity, like lightning in a thunderstorm, shot out from the eyes of the bronze Qilin, striking Qin Huanyu's left wrist guard and causing her to cry out and fall backward.

Chapter 75 Ayu's Method

Normally, using metal wrist guards to block an electric arc attack is definitely suicidal.

In ancient warfare, lightning mages loved to slaughter heavily armored soldiers. A single chain of lightning could take down more than ten people, and these were people with high merit points.

However, ancient electric arc attacks could only come from magic, and this bronze unicorn guarding the ancient tomb was no exception; the electric arcs shooting from its eyes were definitely spiritual electric arcs.

It just so happens that Qin Huanyu's wristbands were recently coated with a layer of Absolute Spirit Iron, which greatly increases her resistance to various spiritual element attacks. It's impossible to grant magic immunity like pure Absolute Spirit Iron equipment, but it's still possible to reduce most of the damage by blocking like this.

Even with the protective shield of the spirit-plated iron wrist guards, Qin Huanyu was still severely shocked. Every part of her body was numb, and even her sphincter muscles were affected. She almost wet her pants from the shock.

Fortunately, Qin Huanyu was numb but not brain-numbed; even as she was falling backward, she loudly alerted the archaeological team behind her:

"Run! Run! Run!"

The well-trained elite armed police reacted quickly upon receiving the order, carrying the few weak-willed doctoral students and running outside.

Professor Zhang Ji did not hide his extraordinary abilities. His 65-year-old body had more explosive power than a 20-something-year-old. He started running the moment Qin Huanyu was electrocuted, and he had already run outside the ancient tomb by the time the doctoral student was carried on the shoulders of the armed police.

...No wonder he became a leading figure in the field of archaeology. In a world with supernatural powers, you really can't do archaeology without some survival skills, or you'll probably be gone in just a few years.

While inwardly complaining, Qin Huanyu's situation was not easy either.

The Iron-plated bracers reduced most of the damage, preventing her from being electrocuted, but they also left her paralyzed and unable to stand up, let alone move or counterattack.

The bronze unicorn had already left its original spot and, like a lion hunting a sheep, pounced on Qin Huanyu with its mouth wide open.

At the critical moment, the steel cable wristbands proved their worth once again. Qin Huanyu barely managed to raise her left hand and shoot the steel cable toward the entrance of the ancient tomb behind her. Then, she activated the wristband's steel cable retrieval function, allowing the steel cable to pull her backward along the ground, thus avoiding the pursuit of the bronze unicorn. However, her black stockings were torn, and abrasions appeared on her fair legs.

It hurts so much!

The injury on her leg made Qin Huanyu wince, but the pain was offset by the numbness, so she wasn't completely unable to move.

Qin Huanyu immediately stood up, leaning against the wall, and faced the bronze unicorn, slowly retreating with the Kanglong Mace in her hand.

However, the bronze Qilin did not pursue Qin Huanyu relentlessly. When Qin Huanyu retreated from the ancient tomb passage and entered the hole created by the derailed subway, the bronze Qilin stopped, shook its head, and walked back to the main tomb chamber door like a big cat that had just taken a bath, and lay down again.

After confirming that this bronze Qilin could indeed move and attack people, the next step was naturally to find a way to deal with it.

Qin Huanyu returned to the subway station to rest for a while, disinfected and bandaged the wound on her leg, and then led several armed police officers back into the ancient tomb, intending to kill the bronze unicorn.

However, every time Qin Huanyu led people into the ancient tomb, they would soon escape in a disheveled state along with the armed police.

That bronze Qilin was extremely difficult to deal with. Ordinary bullets were useless against it, and plasma bullets had no effect whatsoever, as it was inherently lightning-attributed.

The only weapon capable of damaging the bronze Qilin and decisively defeating it in one strike is the Kanglong Mace.

However, the Kanglong Mace is a melee weapon, while the electric arc in the bronze Qilin's eye has an attack range of 10 meters.

The ancient tomb passage was only 2 meters wide, and there was nowhere to hide or sneak around. Qin Huanyu couldn't get close to the bronze Qilin at all, even with the armed police drawing fire for her.

The bronze unicorn seemed to have some kind of danger level assessment mechanism. Its electric arc attack, which required about 20 seconds to charge up, was reserved only for Qin Huanyu. No matter how much the other armed police provoked it, it would not use that move.

Qin Huanyu also tried to lure the bronze Qilin out of the ancient tomb and then launch a sneak attack, but it was no use. No matter how she provoked the bronze Qilin, its pursuit would never leave the area of ​​the ancient tomb.

Several attempts failed, and Qin Huanyu was shocked twice more, leaving her teetering on the brink of wet herself and dying.

Qin Huanyu was furious and, gritting her teeth, gave the order to the armed police:

"Go get two man-portable rocket launchers that can fire tungsten steel armor-piercing rounds. I'm going to blow that stinky cat to smithereens!"

"We can't blow it up! We can't blow it up!"

Professor Zhang Ji quickly tried to dissuade him:

"The tomb chamber next to that bronze unicorn is full of treasures. It would be such a pity if it were blown up by an armor-piercing rocket!"

Qin Huanyu certainly understood this principle; otherwise, she would have already exploded and wouldn't have given the bronze Qilin so many opportunities to shock her.

Her words were mostly just venting her anger.

Now, persuaded personally by Professor Zhang Ji, Qin Huanyu naturally accepted the offer, though her originally fair and beautiful face appeared noticeably darker.

"If we can't blow it up, how are we supposed to fight this damn cat? We can't get close, we can't damage it, and we can't lure it out!"

"This……"

Professor Zhang Ji didn't know what to do either. All he knew was how to analyze artifacts and escape to save his life. In the past, when archaeologists encountered similar problems, it was always the people from the investigation bureau who found a way to solve them.

He's still just a young man who's just joined the Bureau of Investigation.

Professor Zhang Ji sighed inwardly, but smiled on the surface, reassuring Qin Huanyu in a tone that was almost like coaxing a child:

"Actually, there's no need to rush. After all, the ancient tomb is right here and won't grow legs and run away... How about we stop here for today? Officer Qin, you should go back and get some rest, and we can think of something tomorrow?"

"No! I'm going to kill that damn bronze cat today!"

However, with Qin Huanyu's pride, how could she tolerate such an insult?

She declined Professor Zhang Ji's suggestion, rested for a few minutes, and then repeatedly entered the ancient tomb to try to challenge the bronze Qilin.

After failing many times, like a novice in an action game challenging a final boss, Qin Huanyu finally identified two key fixed action mechanics of the Bronze Qilin.

First, as soon as the battle ends, the bronze Qilin will return to the main tomb chamber and lie down in front of it. That position is absolutely fixed, with no error of even 1 millimeter.

Secondly, the bronze Qilin will only attack when someone gets within 10 meters. Even if several armed police officers shoot at it with automatic rifles from 10 meters away, it will not react.

After considering the combination of these two fixed mechanisms, Qin Huanyu looked at the subway station, which was at least 20 meters deep, and her eyes finally lit up.

If you calculate the exact location of the bronze Qilin and drill a hole in the ground directly above it, and then launch an attack from above through the hole, wouldn't that make the bronze Qilin only take hits without fighting back?

Chapter 76 I'll leave work first today

Qin Huanyu did some mental calculations and simulations and felt that the success rate was very high.

Let's get started.

Precisely calculating the ground position directly above the bronze Qilin would typically take a long time for a surveying team to accomplish, but Qin Huanyu's Mathematical Magic Eye made it very simple.

Using one of the subway station entrances as a reference point, she walked into the ancient tomb and carefully looked at the location of the bronze unicorn. The answer came to her.

Once back on the ground and at that spot, you'll find it's a residential building. To dig a hole here, you'll have to demolish the building first.

I have no choice but to leave work early today.

Demolishing a house is not difficult; the authorities can simply issue a demolition agreement for the homeowner to sign. However, even the fastest official process is unlikely to be completed on the same day. At least, demolition work and drilling can only begin tomorrow.

So Qin Huanyu simply persuaded Professor Zhang Ji and his group to return to the hotel to rest, and she herself returned to the apartment arranged by the police station, leaving only the armed police to take turns guarding the subway station outside the ancient tomb.

The demolition work went smoothly. After receiving the news, the staff of the relevant office of Baiguang Municipal Government immediately contacted the homeowner and offered very good demolition compensation terms. The only requirement was that the homeowner sign the agreement and start construction as soon as possible.

The homeowner was already tempted by the demolition compensation, which was higher than the market price. When he heard that there was an ancient tomb directly below his old house, he was worried about the bad feng shui and wanted to move as soon as possible. Without much hesitation, he signed the demolition agreement and packed his things to move overnight.

On the other side, Qin Huanyu took a shower after returning to her apartment, wanting to get some rest. She was quite exhausted from fighting the Bronze Qilin multiple times today.

Unexpectedly, her roommate Duanmu Ling came over and sat on the edge of the bed, taking off her shoes and using her two small feet, encased in white stockings, to hold her hand and act coquettishly:

"Mommy Yu~~ Don't forget you still owe me a big meal, I want to go out for dinner tonight~~"

"I told you not to call me Mom!"