Transcendent Ember

Chapter 420 The Disappearing Corpse

During the second half of the winter vacation, Zhang Jichuan didn't go anywhere, and stayed at home every day, except for eating and sleeping and meditating.

During this period, the Lingdu earthquake has always been the headlines of the major news networks. This sudden earthquake almost collapsed the Lingdu everywhere. Although the extraordinary creatures were not damaged, a large number of ordinary people died.

Many extraordinary creatures even caused an increase in the number of casualties.When the supernatural beings who were crushed under the ruins forced their way through the ruins, the ruins collapsed again, and many ordinary people below were directly crushed to death.
There are also many extraordinary creatures taking advantage of the chaos to do evil
According to preliminary statistics, the earthquake caused no less than 50 deaths.

A strange thing was widely spread: the bodies of many dead people disappeared.

Emperor Yondu dispatched many extraordinary creatures from all over the country to form a powerful rescue team, but when these rescue teams dug up the ruins, they found that most of the corpses had already disappeared except for bloodstains and a few stumps left under the ruins.

Moreover, the corpses that were transported to the funeral parlors also disappeared strangely.
If it weren't for the perfect household registration system of the Caesar Dynasty, it would be impossible to count the number of casualties.

"The corpse disappeared." In Gu Yueguo, Xishan Province under reconstruction, Yuan Xiao sat in an office made up of temporary prefabricated houses, watching the news and fell into deep thought.

He frowned, and tapped his knuckles on the table unconsciously: "During the reconstruction of Xishan, Zhengkang, and Wubang provinces, corpses were rarely dug up. When the army of alien beasts crossed the border and caused so many casualties, where did those corpses go? "

In the process of rebuilding Xishan Province, corpses were rarely dug up. Yuan Xiao was keenly aware of the abnormality of this matter with his years of experience as a picket.He inquired and found that Zhengkang and Wubang provinces were no exception.

At that time, Yuan Xiao realized that this matter was not simple, and he reported this discovery, but the officials above did not care, saying that the corpses were eaten by the army of alien beasts, and burned to ashes by the flames of the Fire Demon King up
Yuan Xiao recalled bit by bit, he realized that when the army of alien beasts crossed the border, they did not actually devour and destroy a large number of corpses, as if they kept the corpses on purpose.
Although the Fire Demon King burned a lot of corpses, the Fire Demon King has been restrained near the Xishan Provincial City, and if he wanted to burn it, he would only burn the corpses of the Xishan Provincial City.Later, they flew all the way to Yujing, without stopping at all along the way.
The reasons for the disappearance of the corpses in Zhengkang and Wubang provinces are worthy of deliberation.

But Yuan Xiao's discovery still didn't attract attention, and Li Luo even called him personally to ask him to spend his mind on the reconstruction work, even implying that he should take this opportunity to win people's hearts and not to care about those unremarkable things.
Yuan Xiao had no choice but to let this matter go because of the fact that a senior official crushed someone to death.

The news of the disappearance of corpses in the Lingdu earthquake reminded him of this matter again, and a clear and logical thought emerged in his mind: "Someone used these two things to collect corpses, and one possibility is not ruled out, that is Behind these two things, the same person is deliberately promoting them!

"hiss!--"

This guess made Yuan Xiao's heart skip a beat, and he even missed a heartbeat.

If this guess comes true, it must be a shocking event that will shock the whole world.

Yuan Xiao's heart was shaken, but he didn't flinch because of it. He was appreciated by Rhodes Bar and even Li Luo at a young age. The reason to a large extent was that he never stuck to the rules and did not restrict his imagination. Can guess the intention of the criminal.

He deduced in his heart: "Let's assume that there is a certain person or organization collecting corpses, regardless of his (their) purpose, if you want to collect a large number of corpses, you must cause a large number of deaths.

"In recent years, apart from the Fire Demon King's attack on the Ancient Moon Kingdom and the Lingdu Earthquake, what major events have caused a large number of deaths?

"Yes!
"Yinhai province epidemic disease!"

Yuan Xiaoteng stood up from his seat with a bang, his expression changing.

In the early stage of the epidemic in Yinhai Province, the nobles and officials were afraid of taking responsibility and chose to conceal the report, resulting in the death of a large number of patients.
"I remember Teacher Zhang Jichuan and Director Darcy said that behind the epidemic in Yinhai Province, there is indeed a mastermind behind the scenes, and it is still an unresolved case by the Yinhai Provincial Picket Bureau. At that time, I was still wondering if someone was giving a An evil extraordinary item upgrade, but now it seems"

Yuan Xiao was once again shocked by his own speculation. If his deduction is correct, it means that there is an existence hidden in the dark, with deep malice towards this world, and has been doing things silently.
After thinking about it, Yuan Xiao called a confidant and sent him to Yinhai Province to investigate secretly.
Ancestor Peak.

Xu Lingshan, the spokesperson of the Association of Archaeologists, pushed away the people in the White Tower with the wind and snow, and entered a study room independent of time and space.

Under the dim oil lamp, an old man approached the pages of the book and read the contents word by word.

Sensing Xu Lingshan's arrival, the old man showed a smile, squinted his eyes and said, "Huh? Girl, have you brought me a New Year's gift for the old man?"

Xu Lingshan walked towards the old man, and a cold voice sounded: "Do you still care about New Year's gifts? Do you remember how many years you have lived?"

"Although I forgot, if there is a New Year's gift, the old man will be happier." The old man said with a smile.

Xu Lingshan found a place to sit down, and said calmly: "I have some news, I don't know if it's a gift for you, it's nothing."

The old man quickly waved his hand: "Stop, stop, stop talking, you girl is talking about things, it is definitely not a good thing, I don't want to hear it"

But Xu Lingshan acted as if she hadn't heard it, and said to herself: "There was a major earthquake in Lingdu, the casualties were more than 50, and a large number of corpses disappeared."

"Hey" the old man suddenly looked helpless, "I told you not to say it. It really is not a good thing."

Xu Lingshan looked at him and said, "Those people have acted again."

"Girl, let me correct you on two points." The old man shook his head, stretched out a finger and said, "First, it is not them who are acting, but their agents, and they cannot return to a civilized country; Our agents have been on the move and never stopped."

The agent didn't stop these two keywords, which made Xu Lingshan thoughtful. After a pause, she continued: "Won't you intervene?"

The old man shook his head again: "Their will cannot be disobeyed."

Xu Lingshan frowned, and looked at the old man with dissatisfied and puzzled eyes, which made the old man's heart tremble, and he repeatedly admitted defeat: "Okay, okay, let me explain to you.
"Girl, do you remember the ancestor of the Ulanti family in the Caesar Dynasty? It is Miguel Ulanti, whose famous sayings are still included in the textbook compiled by Ancestor Feng."

Xu Lingshan nodded: "This world has no origin, only a return journey."

"That's it." The old man smiled slightly, and continued, "Girl, this world is not as peaceful as you thought, and it will soon come home.

"But where is the way home? They failed to reach an agreement on this point, so there is a choice of the final path
"Their will is the so-called path.

"Which path is the most suitable for this world? No one knows, including them. Therefore, this needs to be verified.
"When the Fire Demon King attacked the Ancient Moon Kingdom, it was the result of their advancement of their own path. The Pharaoh would want to collect enough corpses, so they used the promotion to the third rank to lure the Fire Demon King and let him attack the civilized country.

"The Fire Demon King collects souls to advance to the third rank. This is an ancient promise, and they on other paths will not stop him;
"But they on the other paths will not allow this world to turn into dead silence, so the Fire Demon King must stop after he has collected enough souls. This is something that both he and the Pharaoh Council agree on.

"Girl, don't think that the only ones who fought against the Fire Demon King that day were Luo Huan and the others. In the dark, in a dimension that you can't see, there is a more intense confrontation. The fake death of the Fire Demon King is also a results that they can all accept.

"Now do you understand? When they verify the path on one path, as long as they do not threaten other paths, the rest of them will not stop, or even acquiesce. When all of them acquiesce in one thing, then It cannot be violated.

"The matter of Lingdu should be another verification of the Pharaoh Council.

"Of course, it must be mixed with the ambitions of their agents themselves"

Xu Lingshan's face was serious. After listening to what the old man said, she was silent for a long time, and then she slowly opened her mouth: "So, they verify their own path, and hundreds of thousands or millions of mortals in civilized countries will die?"

"Hey"

The old man sighed, and a trace of compassion flashed in his eyes: "This is the tragedy of intelligent life. When we need to stick together to survive in this cruel world, it is doomed that a few people are qualified to decide the fate of a group.

"When they choose a path for you, they don't need your consent!"

Xu Lingshan: "."

After another long silence, she suddenly asked, "Where is the Association of Archaeologists? Which path does it belong to?"

"Us?" The old man smiled and said, "We don't belong to any path. The forerunner Li Qingcang once set a rule that forbids anyone to kidnap the Archaeologists Association on his chariot, even if Li Qingcang has disappeared It has been thousands of years, but no one dares to violate this rule!
"When the final return journey comes, the final winner of each path is the path that our Association of Archaeologists will take.

"That's why Lear is going to create the Gods' Association, because even he can't violate Li Qingcang's rules.

"Similarly, this is why you are not allowed to manage the Spiritual Society. As long as they do not go too far, let them go."

There was a flash of surprise in Xu Lingshan's eyes, but it was still difficult to accept.

The old man looked at her, and suddenly smiled and said, "Well, I'm the master, and I'll give you a privilege. You can choose an agent and let him do what you want according to your will."

Xu Lingshan's eyes brightened.

(End of this chapter)