Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 340 Qinggang Explosion

Half an hour later, Han Su emerged from the building with a black briefcase, leaving behind a large area of ​​collapsed buildings and towering explosions. This secret experimental base, heavily guarded by Zero City, was destroyed by him alone.

After exchanging information with Rong Qiyue, he felt much more at ease.

First, I checked the black briefcase.

Just like the previous times, the black briefcase always returned to me for various reasons, and this time was no exception.

According to Rong Qiyue, he also woke up suddenly about twenty minutes earlier, heard the sound of mechanical fragments running, and then a large amount of memories flooded in.

This feeling is strange, and it's hard to say whether it's because my consciousness has come to this life line and the memories of this life have entered my consciousness, or whether it's because I suddenly remembered experiences from other life lines.

In short, it takes a lot of time to digest and process these memories.

Comparatively, he processed these memories more slowly than Han Su. By the time Han Su had finished digesting the memories, slaughtered the Leaning Squad, and stormed into the secret laboratory to find him, Rong Qiyue had only just learned about his current environment and experiences.

On this timeline of his life, he was sent to the Northern Continent around the age of ten, after the Qinggang Explosion.

After several trips, he eventually became a secret experimental personnel in Zero City.

Overall, he had a relatively smooth life, making significant contributions to the development of Zero City and the war against the Church of Rest. At a young age, he was appointed as the head of this secret laboratory.

Just a day earlier, a batch of newly unearthed artifacts had been sent to various laboratories by Zero City, with the request to investigate the nature and origin of these mysterious objects.

What he received was this mysterious black briefcase, which is said to be related to the Qinggang bombing incident.

What happened next was simple. Just as he was about to use some high-tech means to forcibly open the black briefcase to investigate, suddenly, he was in a daze, and a large number of memories flooded in. Han Su and his friends had completed a collective time travel.

This seemingly unbelievable coincidence determined that Han Su not only encountered him, but also obtained the black briefcase.

"The Qinggang Explosion?"

Recalling his conversation with Rong Qiyue, Han Su grasped the key point.

This is a major event that has never occurred in any of my previous life paths.

Could it be that the collapse of the castle during the night of revelry led to this massive explosion?
Unfortunately, due to the current global chaos, with wars and bizarre events everywhere, information has become chaotic and rapidly evolving. The Qinggang bombing, which once shocked an entire region, is now rarely mentioned.

Including Rong Qiyue, because he was too young at the time of the explosion, he only knew about the explosion itself and did not know the details.

However, it is certain that Qinggang disappeared from the map after the explosion.

This means that the life trajectories of those who originally lived in Qinggang have undergone dramatic changes.

Wei Lan, Guogaitou, Lu Neng, Lü Xiaoba, An Wei, Xue Zhi, and others who were once awakened by him will, like Rong Qiyue, regain their memories after appearing in a daze, and will quickly understand the current situation and try to find themselves.

If everyone pieces it together, we might be able to quickly learn the details of the Qinggang explosion.

The focus now needs to be on those who have lost their memories.

Where are Chao Xiaobei in the tuxedo, Li Manman the little princess, and Song Yushi with the ponytail?

Based on experience, aside from waiting for fate to bring them to them, only Wei Lan and Lu Neng might have the ability to find them.

Furthermore, why is the world in this state today?
Each life path may present vastly different circumstances and identities, but there are reasons for each. Only changes at "key points" can lead to changes in one's life circumstances and the global situation.

The most crucial change in this life trajectory is the recent news of the Qinggang explosion.

So, is it this explosion that has caused the chaos in the world today?
"Let's go!"

As he walked out carrying his suitcase, he saw a group of dark-skinned men waiting for him at the edge of the town ruins; they were all team members he had brought from the Church of Rest.

They realized something was wrong, but instead of fleeing immediately, they waited anxiously. When they saw Han Su emerge unharmed from the exploded buildings, they were all speechless with shock.

It was only at this moment that Han Su had time to examine the group of team members and compare them with the information in his memory.

Each of them had charred black skin and looked deathly. Some had squinty eyes, some had crooked legs, some were paralyzed on one side, and some had their arms twisted behind their backs in a strange shape. They also looked mentally unstable. The one who looked the most energetic was drooling from time to time.

This is what makes their special operations team unique.

They worship a god called the Lord of Rest, and believers are often born from among people who are seriously ill or have tragic fates.

The initial emergence of the Church of the Dead was due to a seriously ill person who heard the lament of the Lord of Rest, thus gaining mystical power, growing and influencing more believers.

This, in turn, leads to a characteristic:
Parthian believers often like to collect all sorts of diseases or viruses and frantically inoculate themselves with them. It is said that the more diseases they accumulate on their bodies, the more likely they are to receive the favor of the Lord of Rest, hear his voice, and possess his power.

As for the source of their worship, it was a corpse placed in a coffin.

The followers of the Church of the Dead believe that their God resides in this corpse and possesses supreme power.

“I know you’re wondering why I was able to do those things just now.”

Meeting their gazes, Han Su spoke without any hesitation: "I don't know the specifics either."

"It's as if I suddenly received the favor of the Lord of Rest, who personally appeared and bestowed great power upon me!"

"..."

Having participated in the grand plan of a high-level mysterious organization in Baila Mountain, Han Su naturally knew how to communicate with these cult members. Comparing the information in his memory, Han Su could vaguely guess that these people worshipped a kind of shadow creature.

Is their level of existence roughly at the level of faith?

The ability to parasitize corpses and roam the spiritual world of the living indicates that it is a standard abyssal creature.

In terms of level, I am inferior to it, but I have little fear in my heart.

Only when a mutated organism reaches its complete form can it enter the abyss. However, different pathways and species require different levels of golden cell division to complete the transformation of life form.

In some ways, gold cells only need to divide twice to reach their complete form and become completely non-human, but in others, it takes three, four, or even five divisions.

My own unique characteristics have also emerged.

This time in the castle, through a mysterious ritual, he stepped into the level of the fourth division of golden cells. By taking a different approach, his body should now have undergone some kind of irreversible mutation.

It takes a lot of effort to maintain one's human form.

But strangely enough, the golden cell itself, which divided four times, did not undergo any abnormalities.

"I am now on the standard Emperor pathway. My golden cells have divided four times without any mutations. Does this mean that the end of this pathway for me is 'human,' or a type that is completely indistinguishable from 'human' in appearance?"

"The Emperor is the thirteenth anomaly!"

"If this anomaly, inside and out, still resembles a human, then can it be considered a human?"

"..."

Thinking about it this way, I feel like my brainpower isn't quite up to par.

I have no regrets about this experiment at the castle. If I hadn't replaced the main body of the ceremony, I can imagine what would have happened.

Inside the castle, a main switch will appear, controlling 70% of the permissions. This switch will undoubtedly be in the hands of the eccentric doctor on the other end of the phone. He will remain in the same state, being schemed against step by step and pushed to the end.

The more this world changes, the better. The greater the change, the better one can glimpse its thoughts and find one's own opportunities.

“Let’s go, let’s go…”

"My God, the Lord of Rest has personally bestowed divine favor upon us! Our captain is so blessed!"

"..."

The team members looked at Han Su with eyes full of admiration, and they didn't doubt his explanation in the slightest. However, some of them had doubts, not about the truth of what Han Su said, but about his appearance:

"But why would the Lord of Rest bestow divine favor upon the captain? He's neither lame nor blind, and there's not even a pimple on his face..."

"That's why we're ostracized in the church..."

"Could it be that the captain's problem lies in places we can't see, such as, he has already..."

"..."

Some people suddenly realized what was happening and started glancing at Han Su's crotch.

"What kind of weird and crazy people are these?"

Han Su didn't bother with these cheap team members at all, and patiently waited for them to collect all the team members' corpses and carry them on their shoulders.

This wasn't because of brotherly affection, but because the corpses of these own people were good things to the Church of the Dead.

After taking them back, they would eat and sleep with these corpses, cultivating a spiritual resonance with the Lord of Rest by being close to the dead.

Two hours later, they traversed through layers of ruins and returned to the headquarters of the Church of the Repose.

This was a dilapidated city with a makeshift church in the center, surrounded by armed guards. The moment they saw Han Su and his team, the guards tensed up, pointing their guns at Han Su's face.

"get off!"

"Put the gun down!"

"The High Priestess asked us to ask you whether you have completed your mission!"

"..."

The atmosphere instantly turned grim. If they failed to complete the task, all of them would be immediately disarmed and taken away for trial.

Han Su jumped out of the car with his suitcase, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings before settling on people's faces. He nodded.

"finished!"

"..." The team members jumped out of the car behind them and nodded repeatedly: "Done!"

A blind man, whose eyes were rolled back and who couldn't see anything, groped around and exclaimed, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes!"

"impossible!"

This answer silenced the gunmen for a moment before they roared, "How could a bunch of scrawny bastards possibly break through the blockade of the lean and tall troops and a hundred elite soldiers?"

"Did you really think that a task personally ordered by the High Priest was so easy to get away with?"

Han Su turned to look at him, a half-smile on his face: "You know it's impossible too?"

Although I arrived at this point in time immediately after leaving the castle, and didn't feel a deep connection to the experiences along this life path, I still found it somewhat absurd after processing the relevant information and details.

The special operations team he was in wasn't entirely useless; at least they were all elite members of the Church of the Repose, and each of them possessed a deadly ability.

However, a squad of this caliber would indeed face certain death if it went up against Zero City's slender forces.

Did that powerful acolyte become so vicious simply because he disagreed with his deceased mentor's beliefs?
In my previous life storyline, I had contact with the Bronze Church, and it was clearly not like this.

Although there is competition, neither side will go all out.

But upon further reflection, I understood. In my previous life story, the world wasn't in great chaos, and the mysterious organizations were mostly at a disadvantage. Their members banded together for mutual support, so there was less infighting.

In today's world, with less suppression, mysterious organizations have all risen up very powerfully, conquering cities and seizing territory. With increased strength and confidence, they have inevitably become tainted by similar sordid practices.

This is human nature, and it is unavoidable.

"Every country has its laws, and every family has its rules. Why waste words with them? Let's take them down!"

Han Su's question startled the guard leader, who looked slightly embarrassed. But on the second floor of the church, behind the black curtains, a pair of eyes coldly watched downstairs. Suddenly, the curtains were pulled down heavily, and a sentence was uttered in a low voice.

He used his ability to create mental shockwaves, and his words suddenly reached the ears of the guards below.

Upon hearing this, everyone jerked their guns up and were about to step forward to forcibly pin him down when Han Su suddenly looked up at them.

With just a glance, all the health workers felt a jolt of energy and suddenly froze on the spot.

"They're being unreasonable; they want to take us down by force!"

But in that instant, one of the team members, who was deaf, suddenly looked up. He had heard the whispered message from the person on the second floor and knew that these people were going to take them down without asking any questions. He immediately shouted to his teammates, "Move it!"

"what?"

The special operations team members were taken aback by what they heard, and then became furious.

If they failed to complete the mission and simply fled back, they would be in no position to be apprehended, and that would be acceptable. However, if their own captain had already completed the mission but was still apprehended, they would immediately become furious.

The vice-captain, Black Coal Head, was the first to jump up. With a shout, he punched the guard captain, who was pointing a gun at him, so hard that his eye was bruised and swollen.

Immediately afterward, the other team members also took action. One team member, who was always wrapped in a white cloth, quickly tore off the cloth, revealing that his skin was covered with red, swollen pimples.

The guards around them had just recovered from the oppressive look in Han Su's eyes when they all cried out at the same time, as intense itching appeared and large red rashes broke out on their bodies.

Another team member behind him revealed his deformed right hand, while his left hand produced a brick from somewhere.

He slammed his right hand down hard.

With a loud bang, all the men who were holding guns in their right hands lost their grip and let go.

But two men who were left-handed were about to pull the trigger in fear, and people further away noticed something was wrong and rushed up with their guns.

But the team members had anticipated this. Two of them suddenly pulled a chubby team member in front of them and slapped him on the back of the head. The chubby team member looked up blankly and chuckled.

At this moment, all the guards, including those who had just rushed over, were stunned.

They were stunned by the mentally challenged teammate's actions, and their minds became temporarily clouded.

"These people's abilities..."

Even Han Su was taken aback by this change, and his eyes looked extremely strange.

None of these team members helped when the mission was underway, but they returned to display their prowess.

Moreover, their abilities, which injure themselves first and then others, have a surprisingly magical effect.

Just like that fool, his way of dealing with enemies was simply incomprehensible, but Han Su was able to sense the flow of spiritual energy around him and see through it.

The idiot's mental power was in a chaotic state. Once awakened, this chaotic state would spread to the surroundings, impacting the mental model of normal people, causing them to become confused and lose their ability to think.

In short, he's like a walking, talking idiot.

In addition, there are several unusual abilities possessed by these oddball team members.

Just like that blind man, who could deprive three to five opponents of their sight, the paralyzed man carried on a steel stretcher could make all the opponents within his field of vision lose control of their bodies, allowing the other team members to slaughter them.

Of course, the only problem is that these team members are all too low-level and have limited offensive capabilities.

"How brave!"

On the second floor, the curtains were once again drawn back.

Those inside, seeing the chaos below and how their guards had been subdued by such a marginal special operations team, were enraged and uttered a low incantation.

The incantation traveled from inside the church to the outside, triggering an inexplicable power. The surroundings instantly became cold and eerie, with a sticky and icy sensation reminiscent of contact with a corpse that captivated everyone.

Everyone's thoughts began to freeze, as if their mental activity was being forcibly shut down.

"Ok?"

Only Han Su remained unaffected. He glanced up at the second floor and then walked into the church.

Before even pushing open the door, his spiritual power had already swept over the church, taking in all the furnishings inside.

The most important of these were the young acolytes on the second floor, the three priests sitting in the inner room drinking tea, and the rotting corpse with various colors tattooed on its body, which was placed in the very center of the first floor of the church and surrounded by six maids in long robes.

He could sense the abnormality of the corpse and suddenly gained some understanding of the mysterious power within himself.

So he slowed his pace slightly.

How could you be unaffected by my spell?

As Han Su slowly entered the door, the young assistant priest on the second floor suddenly changed his expression and even began to doubt his own incantation.

He suddenly gripped the railing, staring intently at Han Su's figure. He instinctively wanted to draw his gun, but feared that the sound of a gunshot would desecrate the sanctity of the church.

"Ok?"

Inside the inner hall, the three chief priests, who were sitting and drinking tea, also became slightly curious and turned to look down. Han Su's figure moved slowly, as if shrouded in a mysterious veil, making it difficult to see clearly.

But it is very clear that his divinity is exhausted, and he seems to be struggling to move forward.

It looks like someone who has been wronged, unwilling to be taken down like this, clinging to their last bit of conviction, determined to go to their faith and speak out against injustice.

This also aroused the pity of the three high-ranking priests. They were naturally aware of these disputes within the church, but as high-ranking figures, they had to consider the overall situation and inevitably had to sacrifice some people.

Then, someone gently held a teacup in their hand, narrowed their eyes slightly, and whispered, "Kneel down, kowtow, and then accept your fate!"

He spoke calmly, without activating any mysterious power, but simply by opening his mouth, an invisible will naturally arose, adding to the original incantation, like a vast sea of ​​water surging and crashing over Han Su.

The other two also turned their heads away; there was no need to look anymore.

However, no one expected that when Han Su first entered the church, he moved very slowly, as if under great pressure. Even after the high priest spoke, he continued to move slowly, but he did not stop.

He simply walked slowly to the coffin and looked at the colorful corpse inside.

"Is that so?"

He could clearly see that the incantations these people were chanting all came from this corpse, meaning that their mysterious power was not their own, but rather borrowed from this corpse.

As for myself...

He slowly raised his hand, feeling the mysterious power surging within his body.

This power comes from the emperor, possessing an extremely high status, and elevates one's life level to the fourth division of the Golden Quadruplets.

But it seems to lack its own unique characteristics.

"you……"

Seeing Han Su walk up to the corpse they admired most, the four people upstairs all changed their expressions drastically, and an indescribable sense of hesitation emerged. Things seemed to be different from what they had imagined.
Before they could react, Han Su shifted his gaze from his palm to the corpse in the coffin, and suddenly began to chant an incantation in a low voice:

"The dead shall return!"

"..."

In an instant, a cold wind howled, the candlelight flickered wildly, and the surroundings were filled with a dense cacophony of sounds that did not belong to the living.

The corpse inside the coffin suddenly opened its eyes.

Han Su met the eyes of the dead man, his face showing a hint of astonishment, followed by a powerful joy, a sense of clarity as if a certain question had suddenly been answered.

So that's how it is. The mysterious power from the emperor doesn't cause any distortions or inhuman characteristics.

But he possesses the most unique ability: authority.

The half-finished ceremony in the castle brought him immense benefits, and now, facing this unusual corpse, those benefits were already evident. Authority was an attribute unique to the emperor!
(End of this chapter)