Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 167 Anti-Tracking
The Meditation and Thought Conference Room of Oulu College was in full defense mode. The light curtains flowing on the walls could not only defend against external invasions, but also resist external spiritual infiltration. In the middle of the conference room was a circular conference table, where all the senior managers of Oulu College gathered to discuss countermeasures against the Abyss Temple's invasion again.
Dean Wilred's expression was extremely serious. After all, an excellent student had died.
Qingkong, who attended the meeting, recounted his encounter with Portlem: "…The deceased Houston Carey was still alive when I entered the library. Portlem must have discovered me, killed someone randomly, and then used secret techniques to transform him into a zombie puppet to demonstrate to me.
Portram must be lurking somewhere in the academy, and we should find him before he kills more people."
The Vice President of the Academy, Werner Elvis, asked, "Professor Qingkong, you didn't see the murderer, so how did you know for sure that he was the Apostle of the Abyss, Portlem? Although he admitted it, it could be someone else pretending to be Portlem to confuse our judgment."
Qingkong replied: "Deputy Dean Elvis, I know the Abyss Apostles very well, but please forgive me for not being able to tell you the specific reason. The Abyss Apostles are scattered all over the world, each with their own missions, and not many apostles can be dispatched here so quickly. Portlem is a guy with a personality very much like a rat. He likes to hide in the dark and kill people through secret techniques."
Who would have thought that Vice Dean Elvis would continue to ask: "Professor Qingkong, your background is very suspicious. Because of Dean Wilred, we can not investigate your identity. But at this time, please hand over the Book of Disaster, and Oulu College will keep it properly."
Although the City of Rage gave an explanation for Qingkong's theft of the Book of Disaster, most of the management of Oulu College did not completely believe it.
"Vice President Elvis, the Book of Disaster is absolutely safe with me. What you should worry about now is the safety of the faculty and students of the academy!"
When Vice Dean Elvis was about to ask about Qingkong's background, Dean Wilred said, "The Book of Disaster is safest with Professor Qingkong. After all, even I can't take it back from her, let alone Portlem."
"but……"
"Please trust me, Elvis."
"Okay." Vice Dean Elvis had no choice but to say, "We believe you, Willred, but how should we find Portlem? The battle mages are searching for the intruder, but there is no good news yet."
Wilred said: "As Professor Qingkong said, Portlem is like a mouse. Once he wants to hide, it is difficult to find him. Professor Qingkong, you know a lot about the Apostles of the Abyss. Do you have any ideas?"
Qingkong replied: "We have to wait for the autopsy results of Houston Carey. Portram must use a medium to control the zombie puppets with secret techniques. If I find the medium, I can determine the secret technique he used.
Perhaps we can use secret techniques to find Portlem's hiding place."
The first thing that Qingkong did was to use ice to seal Houston Carey's body to prevent the medium from being taken back by Portlem.
Wilred nodded and gave the order: "All Oulu battle mages continue to search for the invaders; each department organizes combatants to protect our students; activate all Abyss leopards...
Let the college infirmary find the secret medium in Houston Carey's body as soon as possible."
"Yes, Dean."
Some of the college administrators were sent out, and the rest were waiting for news in the ideological conference room.
About half an hour later, someone from the college infirmary brought a glass jar.
The mysterious medium controlling Houston Carey found a long and thin worm, about ten centimeters long, with a grayish-white body and twelve segments, each with a pair of horns and a pair of eyes.
Dean Wilred called out its name after just one look: "Holman's Wetland Spinal Cordworm. It can drill into the spines of dead people and animals and control them to move in search of food and water. Holman's Wetland Spinal Cordworm generally does not attack living things...
Professor Qingkong, please take a look."
Qingkong took the glass jar from Dean Wilred. The Holman wetland spinal cord worm inside was still alive. It crawled quickly along the inner edge of the jar, looking panicked.
"Yes, the Holman Wetland Spinal Cordworm generally does not attack living things, but apparently some secret techniques can control it. Then it killed Houston Carey by controlling it, and then controlled Houston Carey's body."
"Can you find Portlem through the secret technique in reverse?"
"I'll give it a try..." Qingkong stood up from his seat: "I'm going to organize my people to release the secret technique. Please allow me to take away this Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm."
Hearing that Qingkong was going to release the secret technique in the academy, Vice Dean Elvis said again: "The Oulu Academy does not allow the use of secret techniques, especially since you are holding the Book of Disaster! Willred, have you forgotten the disaster?
We cannot risk causing a new disaster just to find the Apostle of the Abyss."
Wilred said, "Elvis, Professor Qingkong has a method to safely use the Book of Disaster. And... we shouldn't continue to be immersed in the fear of the mystic arts. The causes of the disaster are multifaceted, and we can't put all the blame on the mystic arts ."
Clear Sky has a way to use the Book of Disaster safely!
Everyone in the conference room looked towards Qingkong, some of them couldn't believe that the Book of Disaster that had almost destroyed Oulu College had been tamed by such a young elf.
"Wilred, are you telling the truth?"
"It's true... Do you think Professor Qingkong has been affected by the Book of Disaster?"
Even if the magicians who could sit here had not experienced the disaster, they all knew what happened at that time. They also knew what a person's appearance would gradually change under the influence of the Book of Disaster.
The clear sky in front of him was like a blooming flower, with no signs of withering under the influence of the abyss energy.
"Okay, I choose to believe Willred. Professor Qingkong, please do what you think is right."
With Elvis' nod of agreement, other academy administrators also agreed to allow Qingkong to release the secret technique in the academy.
After a century of silence, the secret art came to the fore for the first time at the Oulu College.
Qingkong left the conference room with the Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm and came to the Department of Mystic Arts. At this time, the faculty and students of the Department of Mystic Arts had already arrived. Under the leadership of Bruce Ban, they arranged magic and mystic arts to prepare to resist the invaders.
Therefore, when the clear sky was teleported in, several beams of light immediately rose up in the surroundings, and all offensive magic and mystical arts were put into a state of readiness for activation.
"Stop! Stop!" When Bruce Ban saw that it was Qingkong who came in, he immediately stopped the attack, then came to Qingkong and saluted: "Professor Qingkong... the students are all safe. May I ask what happened in the academy? I heard that someone was killed by the invaders..."
"Houston Carey from the library was attacked and killed by Abyss Apostle Portlem. The college infirmary found this thing inside Carey's body. Do you recognize it?"
After Qingkong took out the glass jar, Bruce Ban also recognized the bug: "Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm, doesn't this thing attack people?"
"In the secret arts, everything impossible is possible." Qingkong placed the glass jar on the table in the middle of the classroom, and then said to everyone, "We are going to perform a secret art and use this Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm to find the location of the spell in reverse. Clear the middle of the classroom first. I need a place without clutter for the spell."
The faculty and students immediately took action and moved the tables and chairs in the classroom, leaving only the table in the middle that contained the Holman's wetland spinal cord worm.
At this time, Qingkong had already found the secret words he needed through his mobile phone.
"Haidisiko!"
Class monitor Heidisiko stepped forward and said, "Professor Qingkong, I'm here!"
"Take the students to the occult materials room to get the mysterious items I need... 120 grams of weasel bone powder, thirty-four Bafu whetstones, a ten-meter shroud, mourning music, and moon crystal..."
Qingkong mentioned a series of mysterious props and asked the students to prepare them. Then he said to Bruce Ban and the faculty, "Now I will tell you the secret technique that Portlem used to kill Kairi. Under the leadership of Professor Ban, you will design a set of reverse tracking techniques as quickly as possible, and then go to the library to set up the secret technique language.
Our two secret techniques of dual positioning can greatly narrow the scope."
Bruce Ban replied, "Yes, Professor Clear Sky."
Qingkong drew the words of the secret technique used by Portlem on the blackboard in the classroom, and then explained the subject, auxiliary words and details of the formation as quickly as possible.
The students were also very quick. They moved the mysterious props that Qingkong wanted to the classroom and waited for the next instructions.
Bruce Ben divided the faculty and staff into groups. One group designed a reverse tracking technique here, while the other group went to the library to find the exact location where Kaili was castrated.
Qingkong led the students into action.
She first called Lydia to her side: "Go find Red Falcon, and then ask her to take you to find sandpaper. Just tell her that I have something to ask her to help, and turn on the boiling water."
"Yes, Professor Clear Sky."
While Hong Jian was undergoing examination and treatment at the academy, Qing Kong entrusted Lydia, who was of similar age, to take care of him. The two girls had a very good relationship.
Lydia left the classroom, and Qingkong began to formally deploy the words of the secret technique.
Four students stood in four directions of the Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm, holding a Bafo whetstone with candles on it. Under the guidance of Qingkong, Hediciko and Xiaopang sprinkled mole bone powder evenly on the candles.
The originally orange-red flames turned pale after coming into contact with the bone powder. The flames separated from the candle core and rose up, floating like four will-o'-the-wisp above the heads of the four students holding up the Bafo Sharpening Stone.
At this moment, all the lights in the classroom suddenly went out, and the ghost fire made the place look bleak and miserable, and even a sad voice was heard.
"Stay calm and don't be misled by illusions." Qingkong reminded the somewhat frightened students and continued to guide them in setting up the secret technique.
Bruce Ban and his team worked as quickly as possible, relying on their knowledge of esoteric arts, to develop a esoteric language that could track the direction of the esoteric arts in reverse. After reading it, Qingkong felt that there was no problem, so he asked them to go to the library.
The reverse tracking in the library is actually just a backup of the secret technique here. Qingkong didn't know what effect the secret technique he used this time could achieve. If it could be supplemented in both directions, perhaps it could really achieve accurate positioning.
After Bruce Ban and his team went to the library, Qingkong led the students to burn the shroud into ashes and used the ashes to draw a formation diagram in the classroom. The mourning music was placed under the glass jar, and the crystals were placed at different nodes of the formation.
The other auxiliary words have been arranged one after another.
The classroom became even more eerie, and the cold energy manifested itself into many translucent floating ghosts. They moved around irregularly in the classroom, making miserable sounds.
The students all looked extremely frightened. They had never been exposed to this level of mysticism before, and it was as if they were in a ghostland ruled by the dead.
"Keep calm. What you see and hear are the effects of the energy in the mysterious props being stimulated. Stand still and they won't hurt you." Qingkong walked to the front of the glass jar and taught the students while observing the situation of the Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm inside: "You like the secret arts because of its mystery and changes. Therefore, before you come into contact with deeper secret arts, you must have a big heart willing to face any unpredictable phenomena.
The Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm is a creature that feeds mainly on soul energy. After it ingests an overload of soul energy, it can map out many scenes that its host has seen.
And bringing the Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm here requires constant feeding of soul energy to keep it alive. Look...it's starting to absorb soul energy..."
Qingkong's teaching made the students forget the strange vision around them and focus on the Holman wetland spinal cord worm in the glass jar.
At this time, the Holman's wetland spinal worm was clinging to the inner wall of the glass jar. The ghostly shadows formed by the surrounding soul energy gathered around it and then turned into wisps of white smoke and floated towards the open mouth of the Holman's wetland spinal worm.
As the amount of soul energy injected into it increased, the size of the Holman Wetland Spinal Cord Worm gradually expanded, changing from a nematode to a silkworm. At the same time, light shone from its more than ten pairs of eyes, and some shaking images appeared between the white smoke formed by the soul energy.
At this time, Qingkong recited the words of the secret technique: The Record of the Rebirth of the Spinal Cord Worm.
The light, which was originally shaking, suddenly became stable, and the image suddenly became clear.
"Professor Qingkong, is that you?" Hediciko shouted, pointing at the elf that appeared in the white smoke.
Qingkong also saw himself in the image.
This should be the perspective of librarian Carey. At that time, he had been parasitized by the spinal cord worm, so what he saw was naturally what the spinal cord worm saw, and of course what Portlem saw.
"It's me. The spinal cord worm is controlling the host to meet me. We need to wait for a while, and we should be able to see its previous host..." Qingkong looked at the four will-o'-the-wisp floating in the air and said to Hediciko, "Pay attention to the shape of those flames. If they start to shake, sprinkle some mole bone powder on the candle."
"Yes, Professor Clear Sky."
Hedisiko was a little excited to be able to assist Professor Qingkong in releasing such a powerful secret technique.
