My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 29 History before the Game

The office building of the Public Opinion Survey Bureau.

basement one.

Anatomy room.

Led by Lin Tianshou, Jiang Xinghuo came to the dissection room in the basement.

"What is your legacy?"

The two chatted as they walked towards the morgue.

"No one, nothing special."

Jiang Xinghuo responded casually, and then asked, "What is the relic that Team Leader Lin inherited?"

"The Five Escapes of Qimen."

Lin Tianshou did not hide it and said, "My innate ability can manipulate the flow of the five elements and control the generation and restraint of gold, wood, water, fire and earth."

"That sounds a lot better than me."

Jiang Xinghuo flattered him subtly.

As they were talking, the two had already arrived at the morgue. Three bodies were lying on the cold dissection tables, covered with white cloths.

"These are the three victims."

Lin Tianshou went over and uncovered a piece of white cloth, saying:

"This man's name is Zhang Che. He is the first victim. His inheritance relic is the Taoist withered wood."

"The innate ability is 'Rotten Wood Turns Into Body'. It can transform one's own flesh and blood body into rotten wood that is invulnerable to swords and knives. Even if one receives fatal damage, the damage can be greatly reduced."

Looking at the hideous wounds on the surface of the corpse.

Jiang Xinghuo took out the Yellow Spring Lamp, and the morgue was suddenly filled with fog, and countless ghost shadows appeared. Then he put the Yellow Spring Lamp on the ground and pulled Lin Tianshou back.

Not long after, the deceased's past began to reappear, and the scene of Chang Cheh's last fight with others was played out in front of the two like a movie.

The location in the picture seems to be a church. A group of ferocious priests and nuns are roaring and breaking through the ground, as if they have returned to the world from hell.

They held Persian scimitars in their hands, with terrifying heat waves coming out of their bodies, and rushed towards Zhang Che.

However, Zhang Che did not retreat at all. He transformed himself into a body of rotten wood, not afraid of the burning of the scorched earth and flames. Holding a peach wood chain blade, he easily eliminated those dead souls.

But at this moment, thick fog filled the church, and a huge black ship appeared behind the fog. The ropes on the sails were dancing like tentacles, and the chain blades could not cause any damage to it.

Then, an anchor flew out from the deck and killed Chang Cheh directly. His body was nailed to the cross in the church, just like Jesus back then.

"Is this the church in Wanghai Tower?"

Jiang Xinghuo frowned and looked at Lin Tianshou beside him.

Wanghailou Church, also known as the Church of Our Lady of Victory, was the site of a major case that shocked the whole country during the late Qing Dynasty, the Wanghailou Incident.

At that time, Emperor Tongzhi was in office. The country was in turmoil and the family affairs were unsettled. Empress Dowager Cixi was meddling in government affairs and the foreign powers were eyeing the country covetously. The court was corrupt, the local areas were in chaos, and the provincial and prefectural officials condoned outsiders to oppress the people.

As a result, the people were outraged, and eventually a conflict broke out because they suspected that the church priest was abducting babies, digging out their eyes and cutting open their hearts to make evil medicine.

The people set fire to the Church of Our Lady of Victory and killed all the priests and nuns.

Later, the foreigners launched an attack to demand punishment. The imperial court was frightened and sent an imperial envoy to Tianjin to investigate. After repeated negotiations and consultation with the foreigners, it was agreed that the 16 prisoners must be executed.

But the assailant was nowhere to be found, so the imperial envoy conspired with the Jinmen governor to bribe someone willing to take the blame with 400 taels of silver.

All in all, in the end, the ones who deserved to die did not die, but instead, the believers who ate vegetarian food and chanted sutras and a group of righteous and passionate men died.

Those charred corpses that were summoned might be the resentful spirits of those who were burned to death that year.

As for the dead man who was burned to charcoal, he also died in this scorched earth. His strength was obviously not as good as Zhang Che's. Not long after the fight, he was burned to death by those resentful spirits.

The last one is the young woman whose body was twisted into a knot.

Jiang Xinghuo and Lin Tianshou only saw two huge blue hands grabbing the woman's body, and then twisting her into a twist like twisting a rag.

The scene ended, and Jiang Xinghuo went over to collect the Yellow Spring Lantern: "Any clues about the murderer?"

Lin Tianshou took a deep breath and nodded, "I already know who the murderer is."

"Who?"

Jiang Xinghuo asked. The reason why he went to so much trouble was to find out who was hunting these game players so that he could be prepared.

"Let's talk about it outside. It's very cold here."

The two left the morgue and returned to the office upstairs. Lin Tianshou came over with two cups of hot tea: "When did you come into contact with that world?"

Jiang Xinghuo took the teacup, thanked him, and said, "It won't be long, only about half a month."

Lin Tianshou nodded and said, "Your strength is improving very fast. By the way, you just said that your relic is 'Anonymous'. Would you mind telling me what its ability is? Of course, you don't have to tell me if it's inconvenient."

"It's not inconvenient. My ability is not as strong as yours. I can just block all deduction methods. No magic or props can see through my identity. To put it bluntly, I am an 'illegal' without an ID card."

Lin Tianshou glanced at him and said, "Then do you know how long I have been exposed to that world?"

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head, and Lin Tianshou stretched out his right hand and gestured to him.

"Five months?"

Jiang Xinghuo raised his eyebrows.

"No, five years."

"Five years?" Jiang Xinghuo was a little surprised: "You mean this game existed five years ago?"

"No, the game only came out two months ago, but that world has been in contact with us for a long time."

Lin Tianshou put down the teacup in his hand and started talking about his past.

Five years ago, when he was the deputy captain of the criminal police team, he returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors during the Ghost Festival. He found a wooden box in the cellar and a wooden pendant inside.

Later, he was accidentally injured while chasing a criminal, and his blood flowed on the pendant. The wooden pendant was actually directly absorbed by him, awakening the inheritance of the Five Escapes of Qimen.

Only then did Lin Tianshou know the true identity of the pendant, and he was seconded to work in the Ethnic Affairs Commission. After the game came out, the Ethnic Affairs Commission was reorganized into the Public Opinion Survey Bureau.

He also became the leader of Group 2. After telling his past, Lin Tianshou sighed and said with a complicated expression:
"In fact, that world has been resisting our exploration."

"After all, we are exiles carrying a curse. That place doesn't want us to go back, and it's doing everything it can to prevent us from returning home."

"Although we have been exiled, there are many strong people who remain in that world, waiting for the opportunity for us to return from exile."

It turns out that today is May Day, I forgot about it, I wish you all a happy May Day! Eat well, drink well and have fun! !

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