Volume 1: The Beginning of the Flame Chapter 10: The Legendary Special Investigator
Baijiang City, Investigation Bureau.
Round table meeting room.
Except for the two teams that were out on missions, the remaining three level-two investigators, six level-three investigators, and the only level-one investigator all came here.
Among them were Wei Nian and Ke Yuan.
Wei Nian is a second-level investigator and Ke Yuan is a third-level investigator.
From level three to level one, this is the internal professional title evaluation for investigators, and the only evaluation criterion is the number of strange and evil incidents handled and the degree of harm.
There were ten investigators in total, and many of them had rushed back from outside.
"Director Zhou, what happened?"
an investigator asked.
The square-faced man sitting in the main seat looked to one side and said, "Now that everyone is here, Lao Wei, you can talk."
From discovery, to despair, to...
Wei Nian explained the whole process in great detail. When he mentioned that the Buddhist beads had been broken after twenty years, many investigators in the conference room could not hold back their anger.
"How is this possible?"
"Master Mingdeng has been chanting and blessing the Buddhist beads for twenty years, but not only is it ineffective, it was broken into pieces by the evil spirit?!"
"It's not completely ineffective." Wei Nian said, "The Buddhist beads must have injured the evil spirit, which is why it has revealed a faint shadow outline. It's just that it's still too far away to eliminate it."
However, for the investigators on the scene, whether or not anyone was injured was secondary. What they found hard to accept was that the Buddhist beads that had accumulated twenty years of power had been shattered.
This Buddhist rosary is not just equipment for a regular team, but one of the trump cards of the entire Baijiang Investigation Bureau.
Used for the bottom of the box.
It was only occasionally lent to a certain team just in case, and it had performed great services on several occasions.
This time, the target Guixie was indeed extraordinary, but not just a little bit stronger than expected, but...
A billion points stronger!
The recorder that Wei Nian carried with him also recorded the scene at that time.
The Buddhist beads that were emitting golden light broke apart, and something seemed to be screaming in the shaking picture. A faint shadow outline was also recorded.
The investigators were shocked.
"The consecrated talismans and blessed Buddhist beads are not omnipotent. When they exceed the limit, they will naturally be unable to bear it."
"We can only eliminate a small number of weak evil spirits."
A young man, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded, spoke softly.
He was wearing a black mask, a baseball cap pulled down low, and a black windbreaker, looking like Xiao Hei, a suspect at a crime scene.
But in fact, he is the only first-level investigator in the Baijiang Investigation Bureau.
Jiang Tingqiu!
At the age of only 26, he has dealt with many strange and evil incidents and escaped death many times. In terms of knowledge and the number of strange and evil things he has seen, he is definitely the best in Baijiang, even ten times that of other investigators.
His word is authority.
"I have encountered such a terrible evil before. Among the investigators, only two of us survived. The other one besides me went crazy not long after."
Even now, when Jiang Tingqiu thinks back to what happened back then, he still feels a lingering fear.
Thinking of this, he felt strange again.
How did these two people come back safely?
It’s not that he looks down on Wei Nian, but... a second-level investigator and a third-level investigator are really... not worth mentioning to him.
"Yes, Lao Wei, I remember you sent an emergency signal for help, but you said everything was fine not long after?"
"I was in a hurry to get a talisman."
An investigator said.
Wei Nian also felt that today's experience was very dreamy.
He described the figure.
That bloody knife.
"You killed Guixie with just one sword?"
"Wait, can evil be removed by a knife?"
"Some blessed knives may be able to cause damage to evil spirits, but they are still far from being able to eliminate them."
"No, the point is..."
An investigator was staring at the images on the recorder.
Some figures were captured in the shaking picture. The speed was extremely fast, and the falling knife light seemed to carry up some gray objects.
Is this a speed humans can achieve?
And that knife...it seemed to flash a red light?
Not an illusion!
The investigators swallowed their saliva. If the recorder had not been right there, they would not have believed Wei Nian's description alone.
Jiang Tingqiu, the only first-level investigator, also changed his expression. He quickly walked to the screen and stared at it with wide eyes, not daring to miss any details.
"His method of eliminating evil is different from ours."
"It is eliminated by its own strength."
Jiang Tingqiu said.
Wei Nian asked, "Is it really based on your own strength, and not because of something special about the knife?"
He saw it with his own eyes and knew very well that it was real, but he couldn't figure it out.
How is it possible to kill evil spirits with human power?
Their investigators can't do it.
They are all just mortals, the only difference between them and ordinary people is that they have undergone special training and know how to identify, investigate and search for evil.
What is more important is that when facing evil, you will not panic and will not be affected by it.
Use the most appropriate process to deal with evil.
but……
They are still just ordinary people, just ordinary people who have been trained.
Even the owner of the Buddhist beads for twenty years, "Master Mingdeng", is just an ordinary person. It's just that the master has profound Buddhist knowledge, and the blessing power brought by chanting scriptures can bring harm to the evil spirits.
But this kind of power also needs to be accumulated over years.
We need more monks who truly understand Buddhism.
If the Mage Mingdeng encountered the evil without any equipment, his fate would probably be to die with more dignity compared to an ordinary person.
Wei Nian looked at Director Zhou, then at Jiang Tingqiu.
The first-level investigator continued to play the recorded footage over and over again, staring intently with some excitement.
After a while, he spoke in a hoarse voice, "I heard that there is another level above the first-level investigator, called the special-level investigator."
"But the promotion of a special investigator is not based on the number of evil spirits eliminated, but requires some more special factors."
“I have been doubting and searching.”
He looked at Director Zhou.
It wasn't stated explicitly, but it was obvious that he was asking whether the person in the recorder was... the legendary special investigator!
This is a very good question.
Director Zhou also wants to know.
His authority is higher, but he knows very little about the elusive special investigators.
Director Zhou used the method of changing the subject.
"The damage to the Buddhist beads is just one of the issues in this meeting. Now I want to talk about something more important."
"This matter, to be exact, is somewhat related ."
Director Zhou paused and opened a statistical table.
Statistics of strange and evil events.
It's not just Baijiang, but the whole country.
"Since a few months ago , the frequency of evil spirits appearing has increased significantly, and the probability of difficult incidents has also increased."
"There are two speculations at the moment."
"One is that strange evil beings are constantly being born or emerging, and the other is that strange evil beings are constantly getting stronger."
"It is for this reason that a powerful evil spirit appeared in the city."
otherwise,
In urban areas and densely populated areas, evil things are relatively common.
What is truly terrifying are abandoned buildings, uninhabited villages, and cemeteries... These areas are more prone to the presence of evil spirits, and some powerful and terrifying ones are not uncommon. Many local investigation bureaus are unable to eliminate them and can only adopt methods such as blockades to minimize the harm.
And now, there are more and more dangerous areas.
Human beings have very limited means to deal with evil.
Where should we go in the future?
Director Zhou paused and said, "Anyway, let's deal with the cases with abnormal situations first. There are fifteen in total. You can divide them among yourselves."
"These are only low- to medium-level suspicions, but don't take it lightly."
Wei Nian's team had just escaped death, so he was the first to take charge.
He didn't choose deliberately, but picked up one of the intelligence reports and took a look.
"Last night, two loud bangs suddenly sounded in Taiping Community... Is this also called an abnormal event?"
"Forget it, just choose this one."
