I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Chapter 127-126: Becoming a Beauty with a Perky Mouth, Seeking a Hero (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

The events that occurred in Saldo City of the Federation did not immediately reach the Xia Kingdom.

More than an hour later.

Xu Lindong and his team members have completed the treatment and examination by Dr. Lei in the medical room, following the established procedures.

After the mission was over, he instructed his liaison officer, Xiao Qing, to record and report on the details of the mission.

He then returned to his rest room and entered the Tower of Babel with the token.

The main hall on the first floor of the tower was as silent as an abyss, with only the ancient oval bronze mirror in the center shimmering with light.

Xu Lindong walked over and placed the dark token in front of the mirror.

Ripples spread across the mirror's surface, revealing clear characters: "The Netherworld Decree".

Origin: A secret, authentic artifact, originating from the depths of a certain underground sinkhole, sharing the same origin as the Road to the Underworld and the Gates of Hell.

Front: The character "鬼" (ghost) embodies pure Yin energy, which can suppress evil spirits and ward off evil ghosts. Ordinary wandering souls will see this as if they have seen a messenger from the underworld.

The back: The inscription is not ordinary script, but the "Netherworld Script" unique to the underworld, which is actually the method of "Yellow Springs Contemplation Record" and can assist in the practice of the earthly role-playing method.

efficacy:

Benefits: Visualizing the ghostly script and circulating extraordinary power can accelerate the condensation of the soul, stabilize the will, and resist the backlash of extraordinary substances. It is especially suitable for cultivation through earthly paths and provides significant benefits.

Amplification: Activating this command with extraordinary underground power can amplify one's own underground sequence abilities, even enabling the use of abilities beyond one's level.

The message in the mirror gradually faded, leaving only the token gleaming with a cold, eerie light under the mirror's glow.

"This thing is definitely something special. No wonder that wandering soul could already use the Soul-Hooking Rope and curses even before breaking through to the next level—"

Xu Lindong's gaze remained calm as he put away the token.

He then memorized the inscriptions on the token in detail.

With his current energy and memory, even if he can't decipher these scribbled characters for the time being, he can forcefully imprint the images into his mind and slowly figure them out later.

Moreover, this token was obtained by him through suppression.

Although it was classified as an evil object because it involved wandering spirits and had to be handed over according to safety procedures, it was still considered his spoils of war according to the rules.

After the documents are handed over to the department for safekeeping, he can apply to use them directly in the future if needed, without having to spend any merit points; he only needs to state the purpose.

"I never expected you could get your hands on something like the Ghostly Decree..."

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At this moment, the slightly languid voice of the Goddess Houtu drifted from the top of the tower.

Xu Lindong's heart stirred, and a smile appeared on his face.

Fishing success!

He brought this ghost token into the Tower of Babel, perhaps with the intention of fishing for Houtu Niangniang (the Earth Goddess).

If the lady were to observe his actions silently, she would surely notice the token in his hand.

Given his knowledge, unless he happens to have some memory gaps in this area, he would certainly have some understanding of it.

Based on his observations over this period, it seemed that the lady had been imprisoned in the tower for a long time.

Therefore, he talks quite a lot, although he seems to deliberately maintain a cool and aloof demeanor.

However, as long as it piques her interest, this empress will still offer her comments.

At this point, he had clearly succeeded in fishing.

"Does Your Highness also know about this token?" Xu Lindong asked, feigning ignorance as he followed up on the bait.

"The Netherworld Token was a treasure from some secret places before the upheaval of the world."

After the great change, the holder of the token can enter and exit the underworld through their consciousness and spirit, touching the Yellow Springs Road and the Gates of Hell, drawing upon the power of the underworld to glimpse its secrets, and even commanding lesser ghosts—it can be considered a token...

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Houtu Niangniang gave a brief introduction, then sighed, "Unfortunately, after the changes in heaven and earth, the underworld has also undergone great changes. If the ghost generals and Yama Kings there are still asleep, I'm afraid it has already become a hellish paradise, a reflection of evil gods in the sinkhole, infected by evil creatures..."

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"I see...

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Xu Lindong pondered for a moment, then asked, "Your Majesty, do you know why the legendary immortals and gods are always in a deep slumber? Why...why do they refuse to awaken for so long?"

"The timing..." Houtu Niangniang's voice was distant and melodious.

"Is the time not right yet?" Xu Lindong suddenly realized.

They are waiting for an opportunity, waiting for a change in circumstances...

Houtu sighed, "Perhaps I once sought this opportunity, but now I have forgotten—I don't even understand the meaning of my existence here."

Xu Lindong fell silent for a moment.

He sensed a deep sense of confusion in Houtu's accent.

Even this supreme being of Sequence One could be bewildered, like a pitiful soul sealed atop the tower, having lost their memories—

"What am I thinking?"

Xu Lindong suddenly woke up.

He was actually pitying her? Such a powerful being, why would she need his pity?

If it weren't for the Tower of Babel, the two would never have crossed paths.

Is this sympathy not influenced by her words?

"When are you going to the Ghost Market to help me find a tailor shop?" Houtu Niangniang suddenly changed the subject.

Xu Lindong put aside his wild thoughts and said, "Soon, after I finish dealing with the affairs of the department, I will have a few days off. I can go there then, and I also need to look up some detailed information about the Ghost Market first."

Xu Lindong waited for a while, and when he heard Houtu Niangniang give a faint "hmm", his heart finally settled down.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he suddenly remembered his plan to cultivate multiple sequence paths and contact the Extraordinary Research Institute. He then asked, "Your Majesty, I've heard you mention before that in your time, it wasn't uncommon to cultivate multiple sequence paths simultaneously."

How did those people resolve the conflicts between different supernatural substances?

Houtu Niangniang said with slight surprise: "Naturally, it's due to superior acting skills. The so-called backlash is mostly just due to insufficient cultivation."

However, there are two sides to every story. Trying to learn multiple things at once will eventually distract you, and without talent and perseverance, you won't go far.

It's not to say that having a broad range of skills is necessarily better than specializing in one.

"Superior acting method —"

Xu Lindong immediately understood, "It seems it's also related to personal aptitude. This path is indeed not one that everyone can take."

"With the Tower of Babel protecting you, even if you don't learn advanced acting techniques, you don't have to worry about backlash, which saves you a lot of trouble."

Houtu spoke calmly, but then added, "But if you learn the superior acting method, you will digest extraordinary substances faster, your strength will improve more solidly, and your control over sequence abilities will reach perfection."

"But now I have a problem," Xu Lindong said, expressing his concerns.

"In my time, perhaps the superior methods of performance have been lost or are scarce, or perhaps there are very few people with true talent and aptitude, which has led to fewer and fewer people practicing both paths."

"I want to cultivate multiple paths, but I'm also worried about attracting too much attention and being targeted. The zombie sequence abilities I currently possess are kept secret..."

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Before Xu Lindong could finish speaking, Houtu Niangniang chuckled and said calmly.

"You hold a great treasure in your hands but don't know how to use it."

The Tower of Babel can suppress all kinds of sequence powers, and naturally it can also seal the sequence energy within your body.

Once suppressed by Tali, outsiders won't even know you have other sequence abilities, so what's there to worry about?

"You can do that?"

Xu Lindong suddenly realized.

He never actually tried to use the Tower of Babel to seal his own sequence power.

Thinking about it that way, it is indeed feasible.

He immediately thanked them, his gaze sweeping over the increasingly clear patterns on the three gates representing heaven, earth, and humanity.

"Did those two 'fertilizers' we sent in yesterday work?"

With a thought, he withdrew his consciousness from the Tower of Babel, preparing to try to use the power of the tower to seal the power of the Corpse Heart, in order to better conceal the aura of the zombie sequence.

A dozen minutes later.

Xu Lindong stood in front of the full-length mirror in the room, slightly dazed.

As the power of the Corpse Heart was sealed, his skin seemed to regain a hint of color from its pale white, appearing somewhat rosy, and the faint chill emanating from him also subsided considerably.

"They actually managed to do it—"

He tried to lift the seal again, and that chilling aura immediately reappeared, and the color under his skin quietly faded away.

"Excellent. Except for the fact that the Tower Lord will take away 10 merit points every time the seal is used, it's perfect, flawless."

Xu Lindong gave a low evaluation, feeling quite satisfied.

These ten points of merit are well worth it!

As long as merit is given, Master Ta will really take it seriously!

He resealed the power of the zombie sequence, then picked up the Netherworld Token and left the lounge.

Soon, inside the supplies department.

Under Director Hu's careful handling, the Netherworld Ghost Token, engraved with the character "Ghost," was sealed inside a specially made sealing box.

Director Hu put the box away, made the notes, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to Xu Lindong, saying, "All done. This time you led the team to deal with a wandering soul that was about to break through, and you also personally sealed and brought back this rare ghost token. As approved by Director Huang of the reporting department, you get 1,000 merit points."

You currently have 10,300 merit points. What kind of supplies do you want to exchange for?

Xu Lindong glanced at the redemption list.

He doesn't lack equipment or secret techniques right now; he already has enough to use.

The door gods' abilities have not yet been fully developed, so there's no need to rush to change their secret techniques.

Moreover, powerful door god abilities like Qin Qiong's Breaking Army all come from different door god scrolls, and the secret techniques obtained through exchange are ultimately inferior.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the company didn't have anything particularly useful to him at the moment, nor could he exchange it for the extraordinary materials needed to advance to Sequence Eight.

According to Lu Qian, these kinds of resources are only available at headquarters.

"Looks like I'll be going to headquarters from now on."

Xu Lindong thought to himself.

He then took the three bottles of Level 3 Extraordinary Potions, which were the reward for ranking 488th on the last Divine Ranking, and prepared to throw them to Sister Xun later.

He then confirmed with Director Hu that he could apply to use the [Netherworld Ghost Order] for free in the future, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"You only need to state the purpose of the request in the registration section, and you can use this item for free after approval, without needing any merit points!"

Director Hu said, "In fact, if you are a sequence superhuman of the corresponding path and can control this item, you can keep it yourself."

"This isn't some evil or strange object, just a rather dangerous supernatural thing. But unfortunately, you're not a superhuman through any legitimate means. What do you want to do with this thing?"

"Looks like I can now directly apply to keep this damn order."

Xu Lindong chuckled, "I'm not a superhuman through the normal means right now, but who knows what will happen in the future? I've already asked Director Zheng to help me contact the Superhuman Research Institute."

"You...you don't actually intend to cultivate both paths, do you?"

Director Hu's eyes widened. "Kid, you can't be fooling around like this. It's very dangerous."

"I know what I'm doing! Don't worry."

Xu Lindong laughed, thought for a moment, then took off his backpack and took out some canned spinach and other offerings, saying...

"I have some offerings here, left over from reporting the blessings bestowed upon me. They are very effective; I should be able to exchange them for some merit points or supplies here, right?"

"You little rascal..."

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Director Hu looked at the large pile of glittering canned spinach that had been taken out, and swallowed back the words of refusal that were about to come out of his mouth.

These tributes are clearly of excellent quality, demonstrating Xu Lindong's exceptional ability to bring blessings through his reports.

In addition, since it is a canned food, which is easy to store and has a long shelf life, it meets the recycling standards of the materials department.

That kid is too clever.

A few minutes later, Xu Lindong left satisfied, with another two hundred points added to his merit account, putting him in a great mood.

Today's task of imprisoning the wandering spirits was completed cleanly and efficiently, so we can consider it an early finish.

He scrolled through the internal group chat, keeping an eye on the activities of the Cixin Welfare Society, and planned to find a suitable opportunity to donate the ill-gotten gains to the children of the welfare society in batches in a safe manner.

Afterwards, carrying a charcoal-fired revolver, he met up with his junior schoolmate Xiao Mufeng and they went into the training room to practice shooting for a whole morning.

With his quick reflexes and comprehension, his marksmanship improved rapidly.

After finishing his shooting practice, he left work as usual, picked up Sister Xun, and went home to take the extraordinary potion together for cultivation.

Over the next two days, Jiangcheng gradually calmed down.

Even if there are occasional supernatural events in the East District or other districts, they are quickly dealt with by other teams.

The wandering spirits that infiltrated the city have been mostly wiped out. If any escaped, they are probably no pushovers.

In the past two days, a message came from the federal government abroad.

A large city called Saldo was invaded by a massive sinkhole, resulting in heavy casualties and the entire city seemed to have fallen.

Similar sinkhole disasters have occurred frequently in recent years.

Therefore, although the news attracted a lot of attention, because the incident occurred in the federal government, the information was already incomplete when it reached the country, with only a few blurry images circulating, and the relevant information subsequently disappeared.

Conversely, the issues surrounding the Cixin Welfare Society, as well as similar hot topics in many other cities, were successively exposed by the media, quickly attracting the attention of many onlookers and officials.

Compared to disasters far away overseas.

These events that occur domestically are obviously more eye-catching.

In Jiangcheng, the mysterious underground superhuman who "eliminated the three evils" in the dead of night gradually spread in the superhuman circle of Jiangcheng, and more and more people discussed and speculated about his origins.

Some suspect that this is a newly emerged extraordinary individual from the Maoshan lineage.

However, the Maoshan lineage quickly denied this on the official website of Chaofan.

Just kidding, in this day and age, even if you want to do something chivalrous, you have to report it first.

After all, several Federation superhumans died; even scum like them had crossed the line.

You can't just admit to something like that.

"Dongzi, which side do you think this mysterious underground superhero is from? Sigh, our whole department has been investigating this person lately, I'm almost going crazy with work..."

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"But if we can find this hero, we can get a lot of merits. I'm very curious about what he looks like."

In the room on the second floor of a villa in the Eastern District's Mystic Division, Yi Qianxun straddled Xu Lindong's waist, taking advantage of him under the guise of a massage while complaining.

Her so-called "taking advantage" was actually using the "Containing Aura" ability of the Lizheng sequence.

This ability allows one to slowly absorb the extraordinary energy within their own body and integrate it into their cultivation.

Over time, this practice can gradually condense into a special phantom carrying a portion of the target's power, which will follow the user like a shadow and protect them.

If this ability is cultivated to a high level, it can even drain most of a superhuman's power in an instant.

However, when Yi Qianxun used it on Xu Lindong, it was naturally not for fighting enemies, and it would not harm him in the slightest.

Instead, it was a way of yin and yang complementing each other, first transferring its own yin-based extraordinary power into Xu Lindong's body as a supplement.

Then draw upon his extraordinary, yang-natured energy to nourish oneself.

This cycle of yin and yang benefits both sides.

The only thing to be aware of is that after cultivating for a long time, Xu Lindong might briefly feel a sense of exhaustion, similar to the time when a sage is in a state of mental exhaustion.

This kind of cultivation method is obviously only used when there is a very good relationship.

"Dongzi, did you hear what I said?"

Yi Qianxun activated his ability and saw that Xu Lindong was so comfortable that he seemed to be falling asleep without making a sound. He couldn't help but say, "When you're in the Department of Supernatural Beings, please keep an eye out for that mysterious underground superhuman for me. If you find him, my promotion is definitely in the bag."

"Okay, I understand."

Xu Lindong flipped through his phone and casually gave a perfunctory reply.

Why would someone go looking for themselves?

If governing is difficult, then let's not do it.

He had actually been searching for news about the fall of Saldo City in the Federation outside, wanting to see what was going on with that suddenly appearing giant sinkhole.

However, there is very little information available online.

Even more strangely, he couldn't find much relevant information on the internal network of the Department of Supernatural Affairs; it was mostly basic information that the general public already knew.

This made him feel somewhat uneasy.

However, he is not an extremely gossipy person.

Their attention was quickly drawn to the news from the Tzu Chi Welfare Society.

He had seen the latest news and found that many kind-hearted people in society had donated to the Tzu Chi Welfare Association, the reconstruction work had been started, and there were dedicated personnel to take over the organization and begin taking care of the children.

He felt the time was right and that he could take the opportunity to anonymously donate a sum of money.

Just as he was making plans, his extraordinary phone suddenly vibrated.

He took a closer look at the message, his eyes lit up, his spirits lifted instantly, and he sat up abruptly in bed.

"oops!"

Yi Qianxun was straddling his waist when she was suddenly thrown to the side, rolling over on the mattress. She immediately yelled angrily, "Dongzi, what's wrong with you?!"

"The director is looking for me; good news has arrived."

As Xu Lindong spoke, he got up and put on his clothes, his face beaming with pride. He grabbed his coat and headed for the door.

"It's already past get off work hours, why would I call you at this hour?"

Yi Qianxun pouted, jumped off the bed barefoot, and muttered under his breath, "What a load of crap!"

He strode out of the room without even taking his personal phone, which was charging.

"Go back soon!"

She shook her head and gave a word of advice, then lowered her head to smell the lingering scent on her hands. Her eyes darted around, and suddenly she focused her mind and gathered her strength, activating the extraordinary energy within her body.

In an instant, several pale blue veins appeared on her fair neck.

A visible energy fluctuation emanated from the palm of his hand.

"Summoning! Ah Dong!"

The extraordinary aura she had condensed from Xu Lindong over the past few days rapidly merged with her own power, solidifying into a figure that was both real and illusory behind her.

The silhouette of the phantom resembled Xu Lindong by seven or eight points, but its face was blurred, and its body was filled with surging blood and qi, protecting her as if it were a tangible entity.

"Not bad, not bad! Just as handsome as my Ah Dong."

Yi Qianxun reached out and pinched the illusory figure's cheek; the touch was as soft and supple as pressing a marshmallow.

But once this aura erupts, it can solidify instantly, becoming as hard as steel, yet as flexible as flowing water.

"Go, bring me a chair to sit on."

She raised her chin, waved her hand, and ordered, "Give me another shoulder massage. Now it's your turn to serve me."

The illusory image of popularity immediately did as instructed, instantly making Yi Qianxun smile broadly and feel incredibly comfortable.

Inside the Department of the Supernatural.

Xu Lindong walked quickly and arrived at the director's office.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door, then pushed it open and entered.

"Director!"

In the office, Zheng Feng had just finished making tea for the two people sitting on the sofa. He glanced up at him and casually gestured for them to sit down, saying, "You're here? Have a seat."

"Regarding the Extraordinary Research Institute you asked me to keep an eye on last time. Look, Mr. Qu Nan, a Level 2 Researcher at the institute, is already here. Come and get acquainted with him."

Xu Lindong was taken aback, and his gaze immediately turned to the other side of the desk.

Two people were sitting on the sofa: a rather young man and a man with thin-rimmed glasses who had a calm demeanor; this should be Qu Nan.

His heart skipped a beat.

Is the director really that efficient?

They actually invited people from the research institute all the way to Jiangcheng?

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