The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 364: Killer in the Mist

After Julie finished speaking, everyone at the scene fell silent.

Many times, the solution to a problem has nothing to do with whether the problem itself is right or wrong.

They exchanged the blood and flesh of hundreds of living people for money, and in order to cover up the facts, they did not hesitate to deliberately cause a mine explosion, killing hundreds of miners.

According to normal procedures, if a crime of this magnitude is committed, all the persons in charge of the mine will be sent to the gallows, and the shareholders of the mine will have to pay a huge amount of compensation and may even be ruined as a result.

But not now.

The entire Grimland, or the entire Stellar Empire, is in a delicate balance.

As industry gradually became the core pillar of Stellan, the new nobles and the Liberal Party apparently had the upper hand, but the rise of industry lasted only five years, and the old nobles, relying on their deep foundation, had not fallen too far behind for the time being.

In addition, Prime Minister Lorne is the leader of the Conservative Party. In the early days, he led some of the old aristocrats' industries to transform into industry. The Conservative Party is not without the ability to fight.

If such a scandal were to break out in the Liberal Party at this time, the political balance would inevitably be broken.

The problem is particularly serious at the Pine Coal Mine, one of the symbols of Stirling's industry.

The old nobles will never miss this opportunity and will definitely take the opportunity to demonize industry. Then both the future of Stian and the upcoming International Industrial Exposition will probably be affected.

Whether Wu Chang is standing from the perspective of the queen or the player, he must suppress this matter temporarily.

The best solution, naturally, is to wait until the World Industrial Exposition is over and the prime ministerial election is officially over, and then use this incident as a bargaining chip to force the Liberal Party to compromise and hand over some people to be responsible for this matter.

The actual operation was too troublesome, and Wu Chang did not want to get involved. He said:

"I mean a mystical knight. This is an imperial matter, so it's up to you and Her Majesty Olivia to make the decision."

"I can help you cover up the truth temporarily, but there are two conditions."

Julie gave a forced smile and said, "You say."

Wu Chang said expressionlessly:
"First, the owner of the Songshu Coal Mine must be handed over to our Mystic Knights for handling. The mystic arrangements in the Songshu Coal Mine are very sophisticated. Behind him, there must be a powerful extraordinary person supporting his actions."

"The Queen and you have the final say on matters concerning the nobility, but the realm of the extraordinary has always been handled by the Mystic Knights."

If you can’t touch the noble lords with strong backgrounds, how can you touch a few extraordinary people who are hiding their true selves?
First solve the assassination of the Prime Minister, and use the investigation of the case to cleanse Grimland.

Then we will support Randy to take the throne, focusing on both politics and the supernatural. If he recognizes her, Olivia will be the queen. If he doesn't recognize her, she will just be a mascot.

Julie did not hesitate and said immediately:
"Yes, as long as you don't make too much noise. In Grimland, no one can disobey the Knights of the Mystic Order."

Wu Chang was very satisfied with Julie's attitude and continued:
"As for the second thing, remember you said before that as long as I can catch the mastermind behind a Grimland vision, the Queen will officially announce the news of my reconstruction with the Mystic Knights."

"Now, are the conditions sufficient?"

The Extraordinary Gathering is about to be held, and he needs an identity that can be made public so that he can recruit thugs and make a name for himself.

Hundreds of years ago, the Arcane Knights were at the pinnacle of the supernatural world. They couldn't go to the slums to rescue a few people and be surrounded and monitored by a group of secret police.

Julie hesitated for a moment and said:
"I need to confirm this with Her Majesty the Queen first, but I think the bargaining chips you found are enough to make the Liberal Party acknowledge your existence."

It is not the Queen who is hindering the reconstruction of the Knights of Arcane, but other forces in Grimland.

The cake is so small, and if a group of arcane knights suddenly appear on the table and want to take away a piece of it out of thin air, someone is bound to eat less.

At the same time, the Mystic Knights is an organization that is only loyal to the Queen and does not obey the Prime Minister or Parliament.

Letting such an organization be in Olivia's hands, they were also afraid that Olivia would make a comeback and return from being a mascot to being the real queen.

But if we use the truth about Songshu Coal Mine to negotiate at this time, the resistance to Wu Chang sitting at the table and getting a piece of the cake will be reduced.

Julie's answer was enough for Wu Chang. He didn't think that these matters could be decided by Julie.

"In that case, I'll leave this place to you. I need to get back to the city as soon as possible. If it's any later, I'm afraid I'll have to go back to collect the bodies."

He pointed to Thomas who was standing next to Irene in the distance and said, "Send someone to take him home."

Seeing Wu Chang was in a hurry, Julie asked, "Do you need me to help you find some fast horses?"

Grimland had invented the steam car by this time, but it had just become popular for a short time and was still a tool for the upper class to show off their status. Its speed was far less than that of a fast horse.

Especially from Songshu Coal Mine to the city, most of the roads are unpaved, so if you want to travel quickly, you still need the help of horses.

Wu Chang shook his head and said, "No need, I have a faster way."

He called Thomas and told him that Julie would take him home and that he should stay at home for the time being and they would come to see him in two days.

Then he gave Ravington a look and took him to the mine owner's office.

Ravington followed Wu Chang and Irene and whispered, "What quick method are you going to use to get back to Grimland?"

Wu Chang opened the door of the mine owner's office, stood at the door, turned around and asked:

"This is your first time, so you might feel a little dizzy for a while, but you'll get used to it."

After saying that, he took Irene's hand and walked into the mine owner's office.

Raventon followed with a puzzled look on his face, "Why am I dizzy... ah..."

The moment he stepped into the office, he saw light bursting out beneath his feet, followed by a dizzying sensation.

Everything around him, including himself, seemed to be twisted, broken, and then reassembled.

Although he had never seen how the extraordinary purification machine absorbed flesh and blood, judging from the mechanical structure, his feelings at the moment should be similar to those of the coal miner who was stuffed into the machine.

He didn't know how long it took before the rapidly changing scenery around him stabilized. His feet went weak, he staggered, held onto the wall, and began to vomit.

After vomiting violently, Ravington took out a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth and looked around.

Looking at the iconic clock tower not far away, he was surprised to find that they had returned to the city of Grimland.

He opened his pocket watch and saw that less than a minute had passed since he entered the mine owner's office. Excluding the time he spent vomiting, he returned to the city of Grimland from the Pine Coal Mine in almost an instant.

"What kind of power is this?" He raised his pocket watch and checked the time with the clock tower in the distance to make sure there was nothing wrong with his watch.

As an extraordinary detective, he has many friends in the extraordinary circle, and they have different abilities.

But he had never heard of such an exaggerated ability in the world.

Wu Chang shrugged and said, "It's just a basic application of space magic. There's nothing to be surprised about."

Raventon raised his hand and made a pause gesture. "You mean, you can control space by that method?"

Wu Chang pointed to a road sign in the distance and said, "Do you see that red road sign?"

Raventon nodded dumbly.

Wu Chang snapped his fingers and used his space folding ability. The next moment, Raventon was hugging the road sign and starting to vomit.

While vomiting, Raventon looked at his pocket watch and the time was exactly right.

Half a minute later, Reventon, who looked much more haggard, returned to Wu Chang and said:
"How did you acquire this ability?"

Wu Chang said: "Of course it depends on sweat and hard work."

Raventon wanted to say that this was not what he meant, but when he said it, it became "I want to go to the New World if I have the chance."

Wu Chang asked: "From what you said, this ability is not common?"

Ravington smiled bitterly and said, "This is the only thing I can be thankful for. The ability to manipulate time and space is simply the natural enemy of detectives."

"Luckily you're not a criminal, otherwise no one would be able to pierce your alibi."

Wu Chang said indifferently: "Compared to the detective, the ones who should be more worried are the police."

"If you come back from your rest, take me to find the owner of the Songshu Coal Mine."

In the detective business, intelligence is crucial. Before Wu Chang entered the Steam Phantom copy, he had already investigated the background of Songshu Coal Mine.

"The owner of the Pine Tree Mine is Baron Philip, a native of Grimland. His father made his first fortune by opening a factory. After joining the Liberal Party, he multiplied his assets many times in a short period of time through sailing and free trade."

"After that, the Philip family invested in the Pine Tree Coal Mine and obtained the title of baron by virtue of their status as a Liberal Party member."

"If I remember correctly, he lives not far away."

Ravington had extensive connections in Grimland. After a round of wandering around, he borrowed a carriage and took Wu Chang and Irene to Baron Philip's villa.

It took less than half an hour from leaving Pine Tree Coal Mine to approaching Philip's Villa. When the carriage stopped at the door of the villa, Wu Chang and Ravington's faces turned ugly.

In front of them, the entire villa belonging to the Philip family was engulfed in fire, and a large number of firefighters were busy putting out the fire.

However, judging from the intensity of the fire, even if the fire could be extinguished, the people inside could not be saved.

Ravington went around and asked around, and learned that the villa had been burning for more than two hours.

Judging from the time estimation, the fire started around the time when they removed the camouflage leading to the deep mining area.

As the actual owner of the Pine Tree Coal Mine, Baron Philip did not have a very high position in the Liberal Party, but he was at least a member of the House of Commons.

If a chess piece of this level is likely to be exposed, he will be silenced without any hesitation.

Such quick movements and such a cruel heart. No wonder they could find hundreds of victims with huge spans just to test what kind of flesh and blood is more suitable for the extraordinary purification machine.

Ravington looked at the sea of ​​fire in front of him and said:

"I'm afraid this fire will burn all night. I hope there will be some evidence left after the fire."

Wu Chang was not optimistic about this. The group of men in black robes chose to silence the witnesses so simply the moment their secret was exposed. They must have been well prepared.

Rather than hoping that group of people would leave behind any clues, it would be better to hope that Philip would leave behind some resentment.

He worked hard as a dog for the Black Robe Organization, but he didn't expect that he would be ruthlessly abandoned when something happened, and even his entire family was burned to death.

Baron Philip should be very unwilling. If he wants to drag the other party down with him and leave a resentment, he will help Philip realize it.

The fire at Philip's villa sent thick smoke billowing.

Ravington looked up at the sky and said:

"Is it my illusion? Why do I feel that the fog in the sky is thicker?"

Wu Chang looked up at the sky and found that in the thick fog covering the sky of Grimland, there was a faint flickering light of the power of origin.

He exhaled a breath, exhaled a puff of white mist, and said:

"It's not your illusion. Things are going to change."

Outskirts of Grimland, factory area.

Two police officers wearing heavy woolen coats, iron helmets and carrying bull's-eye lights were moving through the foggy alleys.

"Brian, go patrol the east side and send a signal immediately if there is any situation."

"In the past two days, that group of foreign supernatural beings seem to have gone crazy. Don't show mercy when you see them."

"understand!"

The two police officers separated, and one of them, named Brian, wrapped his woolen coat tightly around him and shivered.

He looked up at the sky; the moonlight was completely obscured by the fog. Standing on the ground, he couldn't even see the outline of the moon.

He hated this kind of weather. Without moonlight, his endurance attribute would decrease.

In the Steam Phantom plane, his identity is Brian. Besides that, he has another identity, which is the alien supernatural being in the eyes of his colleagues.

He comes from the Western Union, one of the four major organizations. The fact that he can be ranked in the S-level copy is enough to prove his strength. In the Wilderness Player Combat Power Ranking, he has always been ranked among the top 50 goalkeepers.

Judging from the combat power ranking, he is not among the top ones, but he is definitely among the most difficult ones.

The reason is simple. In addition to the hidden job transfer that comes standard with ranked players, he also possesses a bloodline that is extremely rare in the Wilderness.

Moreover, his hidden job transfer to Blood Manipulator can form a linkage with his vampire bloodline, allowing him to possess vitality beyond that of ordinary players.

When in danger, he can split his body into countless pieces of blood and escape in all directions.

As long as there is a safe group, he can use blood to invade the body of the native inhabitant of the plane and resurrect by taking over the other's body.

In the Abyss game, life-saving skills are always the most popular abilities. Only by surviving can you have a future.

Moreover, the combination of the two abilities means that although his lethality is not as good as that of players of the same level, it is not inferior to players ranked fifty or more away.

His excellent attacking ability, coupled with his strong survival ability, earned him an S-level potential rating in the Western Union, and he was highly expected to perform well in this world dungeon.

But he didn't expect that before entering the world copy, he would have to go through an S-level copy.

Brian's legendary physique of endurance makes him always extremely aggressive when clearing dungeons. If you act with him, you may be implicated by him and die in the trouble he causes.

This made Western Union players avoid him, and he was happy to be idle and used to being alone.

But this time it was different. Even with his arrogance, he didn't dare to act alone in an S-level copy.

Therefore, Brian, who is alone at the moment, urgently needs to find other players from the Western Union and join forces with them to conquer the dungeon.

Now is the second day of entering the copy. Although he has not found his companions yet, he has successfully entered the copy dimension.

Relying on the racial talents of the vampires, he possesses an aristocratic temperament. Combined with his passive ability as a blood manipulator, it is easy for him to gain the favor of the natives of the plane.

It happened that the public security in Grimland was bad recently and the police station needed to expand its recruitment. He applied successfully and not only became a police officer, but also a secret policeman specializing in targeting extraordinary people.

Based on his experience, his starting point at this moment has already surpassed 80% of the players in the same dungeon.

While other players are still working hard to make money, struggling for shelter, and wandering around dirty bottom-level taverns to inquire about information.

He has moved into the welfare dormitory of the secret police and openly reads all kinds of secret information.

With his identity as a secret policeman, as long as he makes some achievements, joining other forces will be a natural thing.

This is the difference between people. Some people are still working as cattle and horses, while others have already arrived in Rome.

He was on the right track, and the next step was to find companions.

Now he is preparing to go to the slums.
Today he heard from his colleagues in the bureau that a strange supernatural person had appeared in the slums and was offering to treat the residents on a voluntary basis.

This information immediately caught his attention.

This weird guy is either a player, or is related to entering a certain force, or may even be related to a hidden mission.

In either case, he needed to go over and take a look.

The fog was getting thicker and thicker. The damp and cold fog covered him, making him feel very uncomfortable. Even the blood flow slowed down.

Click.

Click.

Click, click.

In the fog, there was originally only the sound of his footsteps, but as he walked, the sound of his footsteps became two.

The footsteps became clearer and clearer, as if something was approaching him.

Which blind native is he, or a player of the Abyss Game?

He raised his pistol and shouted, "Stop, who is it?"

The pistol in his hand was just a disguise. As he shouted, his blood flowed from the tips of his ten fingers, turning into thin and sharp blood lines in the air.

He is not a native of the plane, and cannot use special bullets to injure extraordinary people like other secret police, but he does not need that method.

The footsteps did not stop because of his scolding, but kept getting closer to him.

Ten seconds later, a big man covered in a black robe appeared in front of him.

This weird outfit makes him look like a player.

He asked aloud, "Who are you?"

The big man seemed not to understand what he was saying. A large serrated knife hung from the sleeve of his wide robe.

The big man raised his serrated sword and ran towards him.

Brian frowned, feeling something was wrong, and waved the blood line in his hand, trying to stop the opponent's actions.

Unexpectedly, the big guy raised his knife and slashed it without using any skills, directly breaking Brian's blood line.

"Innocent."

Brian wanted to control the broken blood and attack the big man from all directions, but he found that after the blood came into contact with the mist, it no longer obeyed his ability, as if his ability had failed.

He had never encountered such a situation before. In the moment he hesitated, the big man had already come in front of him and slashed with the knife.

The rough, serrated blade split his police coat and his chest.

According to his previous combat experience, he can use the ability of a blood manipulator to stop the bleeding from the wound, use the blood as sutures to sew up the wound, and then use the vampire's super strong recovery ability to heal the wound instantly.

But this time, the wound that was cut by the serrated sword was completely out of his control. Not only did it not heal, but the blood that flowed out of his body was just like the blood line that was cut before, completely out of his control.

When the legendary King of Endurance lost the vitality he was so proud of, he began to panic.

Brian didn't want to fight with the opponent anymore, so he gathered the blood in his legs, jumped back with both feet, and prepared to use his speed to get rid of the big guy.

But just when he got five meters into the air, he saw the big man's robe open, with a thick gun barrel sticking out of it.

boom!
With a loud roar, the artillery fire broke Brian's left leg, causing him to fall to the ground crookedly.

Before he could stand up, he saw a big man holding two serrated knives flying towards him.

"what!"

Brian was enveloped in a wide robe, from under which could be heard the sound of a blade cutting flesh, chewing, and the crisp sound of metal colliding like gears.

A minute later, when the big man stood up and left, all that was left was the remains of a secret policeman with his internal organs and eyes removed and his chest wide open.

(End of this chapter)