Chapter 394 Ordinary
Outside the town of Atlantis.
Fang Xian and Luo Fu drove a cart, disguised as merchants from other places who came to collect mushrooms, and entered the town.
"Don't be nervous, relax... We have a full set of identification documents and financial proof. We were sent by the Vicari Department Store to collect mushrooms..."
Luo Fu lit a cigarette and lowered his voice.
"I'm not nervous... I just feel... a little uncomfortable!"
Fang Xian pulled open his collar, feeling a little annoyed.
The town looked ordinary, but as horses pulled carts into the town, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
It seems that the residents of this small town are very sensitive about not seeing a strange face for a long time.
'Is this what's bothering me? Being watched?'
Fang Xian felt it was a pity.
If his Daluo Dongxuan Secret Temple was still there, perhaps he wouldn't have to be so vigilant and become overly nervous .
He followed Love to the only hotel in the town.
After showing their identification, they were able to check in smoothly and the innkeeper promised to spread the news for them.
"It's only businessmen like you who come to our town every year."
The enthusiastic shop owner was a middle-aged man who called himself Brock. He brought a bottle of wine to Fang Xian and Luo Fu's table and said, "Come and try our specialty mushroom wine and dried mushrooms!"
"Thanks."
Luo Fu laughed and poured himself a glass of mushroom wine and another .
On his hand, he wore a uniquely shaped ring inlaid with a white crystal.
This is a prop used by investigators to detect dark forces. Its function is very simple, that is, when it comes into contact with dark forces, its inside will become turbid.
At this point, it was natural to give Fang Xian a hint that the "test" had already been done.
Fang Xian curled his lips and did not comment.
Some mysterious influences do not necessarily require extraordinary powers to produce their effects, such as my own novels, or hallucinogenic toxins!
The adaptability of this kind of ring is still too narrow.
If he follows his idea, it would be best to wear a fully enclosed airtight protective suit when investigating the case.
It's just not likely.
Even so, he would not actually eat the local specialties and was prepared to eat some of the food he brought with him.
When you go out, it is better to be careful.
Love didn't take it seriously, or rather, he was the one who was "trying and failing". He immediately drank mushroom wine crazily, chewed dried mushrooms, praised them repeatedly, and soon became friends with Brock.
Fang Xian secretly poured out the wine and recalled what he saw when he arrived in the town. They were all very normal.
He himself no longer had the ability to sense the power of calamity, and was unable to detect any abnormalities hidden around him. For a moment, he was extremely confused.
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A week passed quickly.
The residents of the town also became familiar with the two mushroom merchants.
Fang Xian brought a bag full of dried mushrooms into the room and said to Luo Fu, "We have collected enough. If we hadn't used the excuse of collecting precious matsutake mushrooms, we should have left a few days ago. We still have no results from our investigation... There are no outsiders here. The last family that moved in was fifty years ago, and they are not from the Land of the Rising Sun..."
"I've also checked. There's nothing wrong with the town's police station. The sheriff there may be a little corrupt, but there's no supernatural power involved..." Love also frowned, "But... I just feel like something's not right here. A pure feeling."
This kind of intuitive thing is evidence for people like them who have higher inspiration!
"I have the same feeling. Perhaps... those pagans are hiding outside the town and forming a society in the dense forest?" Fang Xian made a guess: "I went to explore the jungle today and felt that the plants there were growing too densely?"
"Well, there is also the road leading to the town. Even though no one usually walks on it, the weeds are covering it too quickly... Are you trying to say... that this area is too full of life and vitality?"
Love began to think.
The more vigorous the vitality of a region, the more likely it is to be favored by pagans because the sacrificial rituals are more likely to succeed.
Fang Xian was also somewhat helpless.
Although his inspiration is high enough, it is only compared to that of ordinary investigators.
I've been wandering around the town these days, but found nothing. It's as if... ...this is just an ordinary town.
But beneath those ordinary people, simple buildings and ordinary things, there may be unfathomable undercurrents hiding the horrible truth.
'The investigation is coming to an end... there are no clues at all... this is the norm for investigators.'
"In fact, there are so many supernatural cases in this world that we can't always take care of them all... Even if there are some in this town, they are not the kind that break out suddenly. They are small in scope and low in harm. Even if we let them run wild, it doesn't seem to matter..."
After returning to his room, Fang Xian called up the attribute bar.
After studying the investigators, he also added new display information to the attribute column:
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[Name: Fang Xian (Luo Ka)]
[Profession: Alchemist (Level 6 - Nirvana)]
[Spirit: 156]
[Inspiration: 199]
[Sanity: 50 (0~100)]
[Spell: Immortal Psalm, Broken-Winged Bird, Worm Hymn]
[Magic: ??? Taoism: ???, Martial Arts: ???, Weird: ???]
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"Spiritual power, inspiration, and reason are the three attributes that investigators value most. The attribute column is based on my understanding, and the standard I understand is set by the keeper..."
"Spirit and inspiration, I hid my weakness when I tested them, but not sanity."
After all, if your sanity value is still low and you are tested to have lost your sanity, it is no joke.
"Sanity has a range, but spirit and inspiration have no upper limit...Love's data may not be as high as mine!"
"The higher the spiritual power, the better, but the same cannot be said for inspiration... The higher the inspiration, the easier it is to sense terror and evil... It is said that there are some special divisions. For example... above 100 is the deep water zone, and the possibility of 'communicating' with terrifying beings increases greatly... My data is already a bit scary, maybe I am almost at the abyss level? When you are in the abyss, everything you see is horror!"
Fang Xian sneered. He was suppressed by the sixth-level status, so he was not very afraid.
At this moment, I couldn't help but focus on the Worm Hymn.
"If the anomaly in this town and the Kaipro manuscript are really related to the Secret Gu Scripture... then the two are most likely from the same source. My Worm Hymn should be able to sense it..."
Thinking of this, Fang Xian no longer hesitated and chanted the spell softly:
"This is a hymn to the giant worm."
"The worms turned into hair and beard, merging with you in your dream, making you hear the sigh of the night..."
"The mad waves and the great gasps tore the worms' bodies apart, for when one worm died, a thousand more were reborn!"
He had tried this spell before, but it didn't have much effect.
Because there is still one element missing, a kind of 'vitality'!
