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Chapter 491 Killing Ghost Gate (asking for monthly ticket)

"Flower of Evil..."

Xu Shu turned his hand over and understood everything.

The reason why the strange evil fetus just now made him feel hungry was that it triggered the effect of the "Flower of Evil".

"Flower of Evil" is one of the three talents that come with the "Dragon Elephant·Taotie" entry of his third-level curse.

Xu Shu has already mastered the other two talents, namely "Dragon Essence" and "Elephant Spine", and used them in actual combat, such as the Holy Grail War, focusing on endurance.

Only this "Flower of Evil" is really confusing.

The effect of this was briefly explained in the Taichu Volume. When releasing the Flower of Evil, one can devour the extra magical power of the enemy, eat it directly as food, and it will bloom and bear fruit, replenishing one's own physical strength. (Note: 3-32)

However, having said that, he has never had the chance to use this move even after realizing it.

It was not until the evil fetus emerged that he felt a strong desire to devour it in his body.

After using it obediently once, I was able to kill the strange thing instantly. Not only did it kill the enemy, but it also satisfied myself. I felt so comfortable all over.

This kind of physical replenishment directly swept away the slight fatigue Xu Shu felt from swallowing half a crystal. His condition was instantly restored and he felt extremely energetic - of course, he was actually not tired at all.

But no matter what, this is a good sign, indicating that this ability is really as imagined at the beginning. If used well, combined with the "Dragon Elephant"'s already exaggerated endurance, it can really form a perpetual motion machine in the human body!

At this time, Xiaoya, who had been staring at Xu Shu, couldn't help but ask, "Brother Xu Shu, how did you do that..."

Before she could finish her words, Xu Shu changed the subject and said expressionlessly, "I just heard them say that this woman was brought here from the family compound, right? It seems that the family compound is not as safe as you said."

"How could that be..." Xiaoya's expression fell, and she hurriedly swore: "If I say this is a complete accident, would you believe it? Our family compound is still very safe. Really, even if you don't believe me, you have to believe the Judgment Department! Don't be shaken by this little flaw, come and join us and enjoy the best family protection service!"

"..."

How can you have the nerve to say such things in this situation?

The corner of Xu Shu's mouth twitched slightly as he looked at the woman who had been to the gates of hell.

Although he helped to eliminate the hidden danger of a bad fetus, the girl looked like she was dying. Even if she could be saved, she would be seriously injured.

Safety? Safety is bullshit!
However, if this happened in other residential areas in the lower city or even in the towns in the wasteland, a large number of people would have died. But here, only one person was seriously injured. If we have to compare, Xiaoya seems to be right. This is called "not as good as the best, but better than the worst..."

Xu Shu complained silently, thought for a while and said, "Don't worry about joining for now. I have something to ask. They mentioned the evil fetus just now..."

Xiaoya was a little suspicious when she heard this and said, "Have you not studied hard recently? This is the ability of the Evil Apostle to make people pregnant."

"No, I know this, but an ordinary evil fetus doesn't seem to look like this, right?" Xu Shu asked with a little surprise.

The "Evil Apostle" is nicknamed the midwife. She can force people to become pregnant and can command them to give birth to demon-shaped fetuses to fight for her. Xu Shu certainly knows about this.

Moreover, going back further, Xu Shu had seen the ability of the "midwife" before. It was when he first encountered the Cao Gang, an outer member of the Heroes Association, and was trading with the Human Snake Team. At that time, the "Sister Peony" gave birth to six demon monsters at once, and their appearance seemed to be somewhat similar to the one in front of him.

To talk about the recent past, just yesterday, in the duel secret realm of the Death Ridge, when fighting against Qilixiang, teammate 'Aili' made the opponent pregnant during the battle. Even the little bride had just popularized science for herself once.

But the strange thing about this matter is that although Xu Shu did feel a little touched at that time and hesitated for a moment - now it seems that he should have triggered the passive effect of "Flower of Evil" - but at that time, he did not have any urge of hunger, so he simply ignored it.

Why does this "bad pregnancy" make me so sensitive?

Is it because the fetus this time is closer to maturity and is about to be born?
Impossible. The freaks created by the "Evil Apostle" are almost "instant birth". They are born immediately after being infected and burst out of the belly directly. Logically, there is no difference between maturity and immaturity...

The problem must be the special nature of this "evil fetus" in front of us!

Several thoughts flashed through Xu Shu's mind.

Xiaoya next to him pondered for a few seconds and whispered, "I'll tell you in secret, most midwives are not very good at doing this kind of 'evil fetus', but Penglai had an anti-living cultivator organization called the Killing Ghost Gate a few years ago, and they were particularly good at torturing captured living cultivators in this way."

Xu Shu tilted his head in surprise: "Kill the Ghost Gate? Target the living cultivators? It sounds very similar to the Deactivation Society..."

Xiaoya nodded her head like a quail: "Yes! In fact, they are similar organizations."

"You mean, it was the members of the Killing Ghost Gate who took action to retaliate against the resurrected cultivators?" Xu Shu asked.

Xiaoya shook her head: "The Ghost Killing Sect was wiped out many years ago."

Xu Shu: "So this isn't the evil fetus you mentioned... Then what the hell are you talking about?"

Xiaoya sneered, "Idiot, it's the people from Sha Gui Men who are good at using this method, not just Sha Gui Men! I just happened to mention it when I remembered it. You can't figure this out, what kind of idiot are you!"

"Oh, I got it wrong." Xu Shu was willing to admit his mistake.

Xiaoya stroked her chin and muttered to herself, "But speaking of this, it's a bit strange. The time when they were exterminated was a bit close to the tragedy at Prince Jing's Mansion..."

Xu Shu's mind moved: "Do you suspect that the Ghost Killing Sect is related to the tragedy at the Jingwang Mansion?"

He is very familiar with Prince Jing's Mansion, the one full of minions. He needs to silently recite "Learning without thinking is useless". According to Xiaoya, this situation was caused by her typo in the past.

Xiaoya shook her head: "I don't know. You know, I was still a child at that time. Anyway, someone will take care of this matter. He must be very brave to commit a crime in the family compound. But Brother Xu Shu, are you interested in going with me to investigate who did it?"

Haha, you say you don’t care, but your body honestly wants to know more about your mother’s past, even if it’s just a little bit of possibility?
Xu Shu smiled: "Oh, I can investigate, but didn't you just brag about the safety and health of the family compound... Uh."

The two of them walked out together, and the people present didn't seem to recognize Xiaoya, but they didn't stop them either.

After leaving the Judgment Bureau, they turned around. Xiaoya led the way, skipping in front, and Xu Shu followed leisurely behind. At first glance, they looked like a pair of siblings who were out shopping.

It has to be said that in the entire safe zone city, this small area around the Star Tower is definitely the best location in terms of feng shui on the ground.

Because this is the only place in the entire safe zone where you can see the sun all day long without having to go up to a height of a thousand meters.

Another place that offers the same treatment is called Upper Town, a paradise on earth where you have to pay even to lie there in the sun.

If you look down, it looks like a gap has been dug out in the dense steel forest full of towering trees.

"Even in such a weird Penglai area, the Astronomical Society still has a certain say. Of course, it seems that it is far inferior to other safe areas."

Xu Shu walked with a smile on his face.

Soon the smile froze.

He discovered that Xiaoya's destination was the building he had been to before.

"Wait, let me understand. The family compound you mentioned could be my parents..."

Before Xu Shu could finish his words, Xiaoya nodded and said, "Yes, the buildings where your family is temporarily housed are the family quarters."

"……Depend on!"

Now Xu Shu could no longer sit still, and hurriedly quickened his pace and ran into the building.

Unfortunately, he discovered that the place where the accident happened was indeed the building where his parents lived.

But fortunately for him, it was not the same unit.

And when Xu Shu found them, the two middle-aged and elderly people were standing in the aisle, talking and watching the fun with others.

After all, many prosecutors from the Judgment Department suddenly came in and out of the building, making them nervous and curious.

Xu Shu was extremely speechless. After reminding them not to chat up strangers, he reunited with Xiaoya and they went to the scene of the accident together.

That's the eighteenth floor, which actually has a pretty good meaning, but unfortunately it doesn't look like the feng shui is very good.

During this time, Xiaoya stared at Xu Shu with great curiosity: "You seem to be very worried about your parents... They are just ordinary people, why are you so nervous? And I checked, they are just your adoptive parents, not your biological children."

"What the hell are you talking about? My parents are ordinary people, not extraordinary people, so I don't care?" Xu Shu was almost beaten to death by her. At the end, he added, "Also, don't open my box casually."

"Sorry, I didn't mean it." Xiaoya stuck out her tongue.

"Why are you saying such nonsense?" Xu Shu glanced at the 1.2-meter-tall girl in surprise.

Xiaoya said with some emotion: "I just said it out of inspiration. You know, in my position, I have seen too many people. For extraordinary people, strength and mentality go hand in hand. The stronger they are, the less they will take ordinary people seriously, even their family members.

"Of course there are many guys like you who value feelings and family. After all, they are family. For example, the little guy just now and his mortal wife are very loving, so we set up a family compound. But... I can only say that I have hardly ever seen a third-level master who is so nervous and concerned about the life and death of mortals." "Why?" Xu Shu said.

Xiaoya moved her extremely realistic eyebrows: "Why? The lives of ordinary people are too fragile. Often when we upgrade, we look back one day and find ourselves old. We may even die in a gust of wind. Compared to us, the lives of ordinary people are not much different from those of a cat or a dog. They are not worth caring about at all."

"Do you think so too? Do you also think that your family members are bugs?" Xu Shu frowned.

"I don't have any. None of my family members are not extraordinary. It's just that the people I have seen, as their strength grows, will gradually cut off ties with their original families." Xiaoya said, blinking at Xu Shu, "By the way, when I checked your background before, I was shocked, because the last third-level master I knew who had a similar situation to you was called Ning Baishou."

"You are such an impudent fellow." Xu Shu rolled his eyes.

Xiaoya smiled sinisterly, "Hehe, it's because you were promoted too quickly and haven't been away from mortals for too long. After a while, you will be the same. Hey, maybe this process will not take more than a year."

Xu Shu paused in the corridor and said, "I don't think I can do this. This shouldn't be the case."

"Why are you so confident?" Xiaoya tilted her neck, her small eyes filled with a sense of vicissitudes of life.

Xu Shu was silent for a while: "Because we are human beings first, and extraordinary people are just people with stronger powers."

After saying this, they had already reached the 18th floor. Xu Shu walked towards a group of police officers from the Adjudication Division who were collecting evidence and performing their duties in the corridor not far away.

He did not continue to discuss with Xiaoya the topic of "Should the extraordinary treat ordinary people as human beings?", because it was meaningless to force the other party to remove this colored filter.
Everyone's life is different, with different experiences and naturally different outlooks. Seeking common ground while reserving differences is the best way to deal with things.

Seeing this, Xiaoya said no more.

"Alas, caring too much about your family will only hurt yourself in the end." She sighed silently and continued to follow Xu Shu with brisk steps, but her eyes seemed a little sad.

The two soon arrived at the door of the room where the accident happened.

The house number here is 1804. The surrounding area and two neighboring households are surrounded by yellow cordon, and the residents have been taken to the Adjudication Bureau for investigation.

Seeing the two people walking over so rashly, someone immediately came to stop them, but after Xiaoya showed her ID, the group of prosecutors nodded and let them in.

However, although he was released, Xu Shu was somewhat surprised.

"Why don't they seem very afraid of you?" he asked in a low voice.

Logically speaking, Xiaoya is a senior prosecutor and someone who obviously holds a high position in the Judgment Department. When these guys see her reveal her identity, they should at least be humble, right, even if they don't kneel down in fear?

Judging from their attire and police badges, the person in charge on the scene was only a second-level officer at most.

Shouldn't we be trembling on the ground and shouting "Welcome to our inspection, Sir"?

I, a high prosecutor from another place, was treated like this... Xu Shu was puzzled.

In response, Xiaoya smiled mysteriously: "Of course I have a way. Don't worry about this, let's see the situation first."

She refused to say anything, so Xu Shu naturally gave up.

On-site protection is good because there is actually nothing to protect.

There were almost no signs of damage in the room, only some broken cups, tea sets, etc.

This should be the mark left by the victim due to the pain after being implanted with the "evil fetus".

This included the homes of the neighbors next door, where no signs of fighting were found.

The only thing worth noting was the scratches on the inside of the door.

The number "1804" is written on the 1 side, while the room on the left is "2" and the room on the right is "3".

"What is this? A countdown? This family is number 1, so we chose them as the final target?" The battle-hardened Xu Shu made a guess.

Xiaoya smacked her lips and said, "Oh my god, it's actually the people from the Ghost Killing Sect who did it! I've read the files, and this is their arrogant attitude after killing someone. These three are not just numbers, they also have a secret hidden within them."

"Didn't you just say that they wiped out the entire family?" Xu Shu said.

"It's common that any organization that is wiped out always has a few members that escape the net! Wait, did I just hear you say this?" Xiaoya asked suspiciously.

Xu Shu shook his head: "Forget it, tell me what the secret is. It looks quite mysterious and cultured. It feels like an alliance of elegant people. It is much better than the Deactivation Association."

He was really quite curious. After all, the "Animation Society", which also claimed to be the nemesis of living cultivators, used a very bloody and terrifying method at the crime scene, prying the victims apart and arranging them into poses with implicit meanings, which was really disgusting.

On the contrary, this "Killing Ghost Gate" seems to be somewhat metaphysical. The three numbers are written straight and neatly, and they look very elegant at first glance.

"Forehead……"

However, after listening to Xu Shu's speech, Xiaoya looked at him with a strange look, thought for a moment and said, "The meaning of this number is actually not important, otherwise you'd better not listen to it."

"Why? What's the meaning? Please explain it." Xu Shu asked curiously.

"Do you really want to listen?"

"Don't be pretentious."

"Ok."

Xiaoya was helpless and pointed to the 'three' on the right and said, "This three represents the number of people in this operation, which is three people."

Xu Shu suddenly realized: "I see, what does the second one refer to?"

"Two turns." Xiaoya said.

Xu Shu was stunned: "What?"

"Are you so pure? I'm going to force the mistress of this house to believe in religion. Two rounds. '1' means the final result is a living corpse." Xiaoya paused and added, "The largest number I've seen in the file is '50', '6', '4'."

"..."Xu Shu was held in check for several seconds.

After a while, he spat in the corner: "I take back what I said just now, you damn, disgusting beasts."

"Yeah." Seeing Xu Shu's angry look, a special bright color flashed in Xiaoya's eyes.

But she didn't express any opinion, just nodded.

Xu Shu cursed a few times, then asked, "What are living corpses?"

"This is the special feature of the evil fetus. Generally, the evil fetus used by the 'Evil Apostle' will breed one or more monsters under its control in the human body, but the damage to the enemy itself is not particularly great. It is equivalent to being chopped a few times. With a little treatment, the injury can be recovered.

"But the evil fetus that the guys who kill the ghost gate like to use is a little different. This evil fetus will gradually merge with the victim and eventually occupy the victim's body, forming a 'living skeleton', which is the host of the evil fetus.

"It is worth mentioning that in this state, although the host has lost her body, her brain will continue to survive. She will feel the pain and watch herself kill her friends and relatives until the evil fetus is killed. It is difficult for her to die early."

After Xiaoya finished speaking, Xu Shu's face twitched.

He discovered that he was terribly wrong.

Compared to the Extermination Society, the Ghost Killing Sect are the real bastards, the beast among beasts!

Compared to others, even the methods he used to torture ghosts and extract information were as pure as a newborn baby.

"I'm sorry. I admit that I was too extreme just now. I shouldn't judge people by their appearance." Xu Shu said sincerely.

"It's okay, it's human nature, I've seen it a lot." Xiaoya was a little smart, she patted Xu Shu's shoulder like an old lady to comfort him.

Xu Shu cheered up and asked, "So have you found any clues?"

Xiaoya nodded, holding a dice-like thing in her hand and shaking it left and right. After a while, her eyes lit up and she said, "Yes! Not only that, but I discovered something very important!"

"what?"

"I found traces of voodoo!"

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(End of this chapter)