Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

But the aura emanating from her was far from that of an ordinary female office worker; rather, it belonged to a female warrior who had undergone long-term training. Her eyes were extremely sharp, and the agility of her legs was so great that even 60D stockings couldn't conceal it.

"Hello, Officer Qin."

Before Yi Youyou could introduce them, the strange woman stepped forward to greet Qin Huanyu, and coincidentally blocked Qin Huanyu's view, preventing Qin Huanyu from admiring Yi Youyou's figure.

"My name is Hattori Sayo. I am Ms. Yi Youyou's work assistant and personal secretary. I had to stay in the capital yesterday to handle some work left by Ms. Yi Youyou, so I did not come to Baiguang City with the archaeological team. I am very sorry for the trouble I have caused you."

"Oh, hello, Ms. Hattori."

Qin Huanyu first shook hands with Hattori Sayo quite frankly before asking curiously:

"The surname Hattori doesn't seem to be a native surname in the Eastern Continent... Are you from the Sakura Province? Judging from your appearance, you've obviously received intensive military training... Are you a ninja?"

"...I am indeed from Sakura Province, but Sakura Province is not only home to ninjas!"

Hattori Sayo seemed a little unhappy, and her answer was curt.

"alright."

Seeing this, Yi Youyou quickly smoothed things over, smiling as she pulled Hattori Sayo behind her to prevent Qin Huanyu from observing her closely with that sharp gaze:

"Xiaoye is not only my personal secretary and work assistant, but also responsible for protecting my safety. It's normal that she has received some military training, right? If I am attacked by a lecherous person with ill intentions, I will rely entirely on Xiaoye to protect me."

"Don't worry, you won't run into any lecherous men. I'm here to help!"

Qin Huanyu quickly patted the pistol at her waist and gave Hattori Sayo a provocative look:

"Besides, times have changed... Even if I encounter some lecherous fool who doesn't know his own limits, my bullets will definitely be faster than ninjutsu!"

Hattori Sayo's expression instantly showed obvious anger, and she wanted to retort, but Yi Youyou stopped her with an even faster look. In the end, she didn't say anything, but just rolled her eyes at Qin Huanyu.

With Hattori Sayo joining them, Qin Huanyu couldn't sit with Yi Youyou this time. She could only sit in the passenger seat, leaving Hattori Sayo and Yi Youyou to sit in the back.

On the way, Qin Huanyu took the opportunity to chat with Yi Youyou for a bit, while also observing and probing Hattori Sayo, and quickly got the answer she wanted.

The terms "work assistant" and "personal secretary" are clearly more modern. Hattori Sayo's true identity should be that of Yi Youyou, the young lady of a long-established noble family in the capital, who is both a maid and a bodyguard. However, her status and living conditions are obviously much higher than those of real maids and bodyguards in ancient times.

Hmph, feudal remnants... What era are we living in that they still use this kind of stuff!

However, upon closer reflection, Qin Huanyu realized that the status of the maids and pets kept by some wealthy capitalists was even lower than that of the maids and guards in feudal times, so she didn't say much.

Upon arriving in Hongmu Town, they discovered that the Baiguang Municipal Government's demolition office was more efficient than expected. The houses directly above the bronze Qilin had been almost completely cleared, and the drilling tools were ready, just waiting for Qin Huanyu and Professor Zhang Ji, the two responsible persons.

In dealing with the bronze unicorn, Qin Huanyu's opinion should definitely be the primary consideration, and the drilling tools started up quickly after receiving her order.

The depth of the Baiguang City subway is 22 meters, and the ancient tomb is basically parallel to the subway.

Professional drilling tools can reach drilling speeds of over 100 meters per hour, easily drilling a distance of 22 meters to connect the ground with the ancient tomb.

Through the wellhead, which is about 20 centimeters in diameter, it is easy to see the bronze unicorn guarding the ancient tomb from the ground.

Just like the fixed mechanism that Qin Huanyu had observed before, the bronze Qilin completely ignored people who were more than 10 meters away. Whether you spit on it or shoot it with an automatic rifle, it will not react in the slightest.

"OK."

Seeing this, Qin Huanyu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Her battle plan was now half successful. All she had to do next was find a way to kill the bronze Qilin that wouldn't fight back or move.

The bombs are still unusable, as they would damage the artifacts in the tomb.

Shooting slowly with a rifle is one method; bullets can still damage bronze, but the efficiency is very low, and the bullets that bounce off the bronze unicorn may still damage the artifact.

Therefore, the best way to eliminate the bronze Qilin is through some gentle yet swift method.

Qin Huanyu had already thought of this method. It was difficult to use this method when entering the ancient tomb passage from the subway station before, but now it was easy to attack from the ground.

The main components of ancient bronze are copper and tin, both of which are reducing agents and can be dissolved with concentrated nitric acid.

Qin Huanyu had already contacted a chemical plant in Baiguang City, prepared a large tank of concentrated nitric acid, and transported it to Hongmu Town using a large truck that specializes in transporting chemicals.

Chapter 79 You're jealous of me, aren't you?

First, a special plastic tube unaffected by oxidants is inserted into the drill hole, and then tons of concentrated nitric acid are poured directly into the ancient tomb through the plastic tube.

The bronze Qilin continued to follow its behavior pattern, completely ignoring attacks from more than 20 meters directly above, as if it had been doused with concentrated nitric acid like a big cat taking a shower.

Under the influence of spiritual essence, the bronze unicorn can fight like a living creature and can even shoot electric arcs from its eyes to attack intruders. However, its body is still made of bronze, a fact that cannot be changed no matter how much spiritual essence it contains.

Bronze is dissolved by concentrated nitric acid, and the bronze Qilin is no exception.

This tomb guardian beast, which had nearly made Qin Huanyu wet her pants, was ultimately destroyed by chemical forces, turning into a pile of blue solution.

Bang! x2.

However, the bronze Qilin was not completely dissolved. Its two eyes were intact, but after losing its body support, they fell to the ground and rolled to the side.

Clearly, the two eyes are made of a different material than the body, and are most likely the most valuable parts of this bronze qilin.

Qin Huanyu returned to the subway station from the ground above the ancient tomb, entered the tomb through the subway station's entrance, and first cautiously tested the bronze unicorn solution. After confirming that the pool of blue solution would not rise up to attack her again, she opened her phone to scan and examine the two beads.

As expected, the spiritual energy fluctuations of both beads were quite high, making them standard extraordinary items.

If you pick it up and examine it closely, you can feel a slight tingling sensation in your palm and see the silver-blue electric light inside the bead.

This appears to be some kind of extraordinary item that can store lightning?

Qin Huanyu immediately seemed to understand and had some ideas.

Professor Zhang Ji happened to arrive at the entrance of the ancient tomb at that moment, and Qin Huanyu discussed it with him:

"This bronze unicorn has two eyes. I plan to apply for one for research purposes under the name of the Ling Su Research Institute, and hand over the other intact. Is that alright?"

"……Row."

Professor Zhang Ji agreed readily after thinking for less than 5 seconds, but he made one condition:

"But you must leave both of the Qilin's eyes with me first. I need them to help break the seal on the stone door of the main tomb chamber."

"no problem."

After the bronze qilin was dealt with, the next step was to break the seal on the stone door of the main tomb chamber.

Qin Huanyu would have little help with this; she only knew how to use bombs to open doors, and Professor Zhang Ji would have to handle breaking the seal using normal procedures.

The seal on the stone door of the main burial chamber is also very dangerous, but it's fine as long as you don't stare at it.

After temporarily covering the stone gate with a black waterproof cloth, Professor Zhang Ji and his doctoral students began their archaeological work.

They will first carefully study the murals in the passageway of the ancient tomb and the burial objects in the side chambers to confirm the age of the tomb and the identity of the tomb owner, and then try to break the seal on the stone door of the main tomb chamber.

This kind of research cannot be completed in a short time, and Qin Huanyu cannot simply leave the archaeological team here and abandon them; she must stay and guard the ancient tomb.

Waiting is supposed to be a very boring job, but luckily I have a beautiful woman to keep me company.

While Professor Zhang Ji and his archaeological team were focused on their work in the ancient tomb, Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou were having tea, snacks, and chatting at a support point in the subway station.

They chatted about fashion sense, local cuisine and culture, funny stories online, and even occasionally touched on anime and manga.

In short, as long as they didn't talk about serious matters or test each other, the chat was quite enjoyable, and the superficial relationship between the two women was rapidly warming up. In just half a day, they went from addressing each other as "Miss Yi" and "Officer Qin" in a polite way to using nicknames like "Youyou" and "Ayu".

Hattori Sayo seems to be one of the feudal remnants of the new era, with a strong sense of hierarchy. When Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou were chatting, she refused to sit down and join them, instead standing behind Yi Youyou like a maid or servant, serving them tea and water from time to time.

Although Hattori Sayo's outward attitude was respectful, Qin Huanyu could still sense that Hattori Sayo harbored hostility towards her... not exactly hatred, but more like a deep sense of vigilance.

Qin Huanyu felt that Hattori Sayo was probably jealous, jealous of her beauty and jealous of the rapid warming of her relationship with Yi Youyou.

Qin Huanyu was not one to silently endure mistreatment; her pride would not allow a mere maid to show such wariness and hostility towards her.

Aren't you jealous of my good relationship with your young lady? Well then, I'll fawn over her right in front of you and make you jealous to death, you petty jerk!

It was Qin Huanyu who first suggested that they call each other by nicknames.

Not only that, Qin Huanyu also tried every means to have physical contact with Yi Youyou by using various topics.

For example, he might use the excuse of discussing the texture of stockings to touch Yi Youyou's legs, or he might stretch out his own legs for Yi Youyou to touch.

They would also use the excuse of discussing which shampoo was good to lift each other's long hair and smell it.

and many more.

Every time Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou were in such close contact, she would carefully observe Hattori Sayo's every move.

As expected, Hattori Sayo was furious at Qin Huanyu's behavior, but due to her status, she couldn't protest openly. Her gritted teeth and helpless expression made Qin Huanyu feel great.

Fortunately, Yi Youyou finally discovered this that afternoon and assigned Hattori Sayo some work to send her away.

Hattori Sayo was naturally very unwilling that her young lady had to be alone with Qin Huanyu, but not having to serve her personally meant that out of sight, out of mind.

The archaeological team was very dedicated. They rarely left the ancient tomb except for essential physiological needs, and they didn't even plan to go back to the hotel at night. Instead, they stayed in the subway station to work overtime all night.

Qin Huanyu tried to persuade him several times but to no avail, so she could only let it be.

Moreover, as the person in charge of the extraordinary aspects of this archaeological work, Qin Huanyu had no choice but to sleep in a tent in the subway station instead of going back to her apartment or research institute to sleep.

But a certain young lady from the capital city wasn't going to endure this hardship. Not long after dark, she had her secretary drive to pick her up and take her back to the hotel. The next morning, after a good night's sleep and a good meal, she returned to the ancient tomb to continue observing.

Several days passed like this. One afternoon, Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou were discussing an advertisement for a new lipstick when Professor Zhang Ji came out excitedly.

After several days of working overtime, the archaeological team has made some preliminary progress in their research on the ancient tomb's passageway and side chambers.

They confirmed that the tomb was built around 1900 years ago, making it a Han Dynasty tomb. The tomb's occupant was likely a well-known spiritual practitioner at the time, known as Master Lingxu.

The bronze unicorn was a tomb guardian beast modeled after the mount of the Celestial Master Lingxu, and the main tomb chamber likely contains the magical artifacts used by the Celestial Master Lingxu during his lifetime.

Chapter 80: The main tomb chamber is opened, and the burial goods are distributed!

It's impossible to find any descendants of Master Lingxu now. To break the seal on the main tomb's stone door, one can only pretend to be his disciple.

Professor Zhang Ji volunteered to stop the matter, and Qin Huanyu finally realized the extraordinary nature of this leading figure in the archaeological world.

Professor Zhang Ji does indeed possess certain extraordinary abilities, or rather, extraordinary talents. He has a special characteristic of ancient practitioners, but this characteristic is rather useless.

Among the extraordinary individuals of the ancient sects, there is a natural SSR-level trait called "Master of All Techniques." Those who possess this trait learn any spell extremely quickly and are geniuses sought after by all cultivation sects.

Professor Zhang Ji's special version, even the N-level ultra-low-end version that is universally applicable, doesn't even have a formal name. If you had to name it, you could call it 'Introduction to All Methods'.

As the name suggests, this special design allows Professor Zhang Ji to quickly get started with any method he practices, but it only allows him to get started; further progress is extremely difficult.

However, if it's just about pretending to be a disciple to deceive a seal, then a beginner-level cultivation level is actually enough. Professor Zhang Ji has used this method more than once when breaking seals in other ancient tombs.

The true lineage of Master Lingxu has likely been severed in history, as it has not been mentioned in any current records.

However, the murals on both sides of the ancient tomb passage record some of the most basic cultivation methods, as well as the bronze Qilin eyes, which should be a magic weapon personally crafted by Master Lingxu before his death, as a reference. In addition, with Professor Zhang Ji's innate special abilities, it is not difficult to forcefully enter the field.

After about a week of secluded cultivation in the artificial environment created by the Ling Su Research Institute, Professor Zhang Ji actually managed to condense the magical power of the Lingxu Celestial Master's sect. Although it was only a little bit, it was enough for the trial to open the stone gate seal.

With the help of his fellow disciples' magic, Professor Zhang Ji was no longer hypnotized and possessed when he looked at the paintings on the stone door of the main tomb chamber.

With his rich archaeological experience and ample historical and cultural knowledge, Professor Zhang Ji quickly figured out how to break the seal.

If we set aside the fancy riddles and look at the essence, the riddle is actually about selecting 6 of the 24 solar terms and writing them on the mural in ancient Han Dynasty characters.

Professor Zhang Ji and his doctoral students tried their best, but they only managed to determine the correct locations of four of the solar terms. The remaining two could only be determined by exhaustive search, but fortunately, there weren't many.

This matter can only be handled by Professor Zhang Ji himself. No one else has the magical power of Master Lingxu's fellow disciples; they would fall asleep within seconds of staring at the stone gate.

Even with the help of fellow disciples, repeatedly entering the wrong password will still result in punishment. While this punishment won't be as harsh as it is for outsiders, it can still temporarily induce Alzheimer's in Professor Zhang Ji.

To avoid this situation, Professor Zhang Ji had Qin Huanyu stand by with a police stun gun while he was cracking the code. If his condition became abnormal, Qin Huanyu would shock him, using the electromagnetic effect to dispel the spiritual energy and forcibly interrupt the trial.

Professor Zhang Ji's luck seemed to be running out this time. Qin Huanyu used an electric shocker on him until he was almost awakening his fighting spirit, before the password was finally cracked.

With the names of six solar terms written in ancient Han Dynasty script on the stone gate, the last seal that had hindered the archaeological work was finally broken. The mysterious painting lost its supernatural power, and the stone gate could be easily lifted by a jack.

When the stone door was opened, Qin Huanyu was still at the forefront, holding the Kanglong Mace, fully focused on guarding against any dangers that might appear behind the stone door.

When the stone gate was fully lifted, nothing unexpected happened. As usual, Qin Huanyu first let the robot dog enter the main tomb chamber to explore.

The main burial chamber is not very large, estimated to be around 20 square meters. In the center is a stone coffin carved with many ornate patterns and inscriptions, and the coffin is surrounded by burial objects.

The spirit element detection device carried by the robot dog went off again, indicating that more than 8% of the burial objects around the stone coffin were extraordinary items.

Qin Huanyu was not careless. She argued with Professor Zhang Ji for a few words, but in the end she insisted on using plasma bombs to shoot all the burial objects with high spiritual reactions.

Even though plasma bombs are not physical objects, some minor damage is still unavoidable, which is why Professor Zhang Ji had a dispute with Qin Huanyu before.

However, it turned out that Qin Huanyu was right this time. There were indeed no more traps or mechanisms in the main tomb chamber, but there were two very fierce-looking burial objects that would affect others with their malevolent aura.

If Qin Huanyu hadn't used plasma to weaken the power of the two shots beforehand, one of the doctoral students might have been controlled by a bronze sword and used it to kill his classmate.

The other burial items were quite safe. Although the concentration of spiritual energy in almost every burial item was not low, they had all lost their owners. No matter how strong the power was, it could not be exerted without a user.

The final and most important archaeological work on the ancient tomb has begun.

This time, Qin Huanyu couldn't have tea and chat with Yi Youyou outside the ancient tomb. She had to work with the archaeological team inside the main tomb, which was also one of her most important responsibilities as an investigator from the 404 Investigation Bureau in archaeological work.

The discovery of extraordinary items in ancient tombs was quite common in the Holy Zhou Kingdom.

These extraordinary artifacts require joint consultation and handling by archaeologists and investigators.