Black Silk Female Police Detective Exorcist

The most top-tier treasures or rare items, needless to say, are unconditionally added to the Royal Treasury. Anyone who wants them later can exchange them for merit or apply by making a detailed research plan.

As for the more ordinary extraordinary items, we need to discuss them carefully, mainly considering whether the item's combat performance or research value is higher.

Those with higher combat performance are usually taken by the 404 Investigation Bureau and kept at headquarters as shared equipment or as extra rewards for outstanding investigators and patrol officers. The bronze Qilin eye that Qin Huanyu had reserved before belonged to this level. If she wanted to keep it for herself, she only needed to submit a report, which was not a difficult thing.

Extraordinary items with higher research value are collected by some universities or museums and left for archaeologists like Professor Zhang Ji to study history and culture.

Qin Huanyu and Professor Zhang Ji had always had a good impression of each other and had cooperated well before, but when it came to their own responsibilities, they were still unwilling to give an inch.

The two engaged in heated debates multiple times in the main burial chamber of the ancient tomb.

Qin Huanyu said that this extraordinary item was more suitable to be sent to the Investigation Bureau as a weapon, but Professor Zhang Ji tried to refute it by saying that the extraordinary item had higher research value.

Qin Huanyu said that much of the history has already been thoroughly investigated, so there's no need to be too serious about it. Professor Zhang Ji added that the Investigation Bureau now relies more on missiles and artillery to eliminate the supernatural, and that magical artifacts are outdated.

Chapter 81 Plum Witch

Qin Huanyu was ultimately too young and not very good at verbal sparring. Her beauty, which used to be very useful in arguments, was of little use to a 65-year-old man... In Professor Zhang Ji's eyes, she might not even be as attractive as a corpse in an ancient tomb.

In short, Qin Huanyu did not gain any advantage in the argument.

There are a total of 11 burial objects with extraordinary powers in the main tomb chamber. After research and debate between Qin Huanyu and Professor Zhang Ji, one of them will be sent to the royal secret treasury, six will be sent to the Shen Du Museum, and only four will be assigned to the 404 Investigation Bureau.

After the decision was made, the 11 extraordinary items were quickly transported out of the ancient tomb and temporarily placed in a warehouse in Redwood Town, where they were guarded in shifts by armed police.

Qin Huanyu and Professor Zhang Ji then reported to the institutions behind them, waiting for people from the capital to come and take away the 11 extraordinary items.

Professor Zhang Ji himself will return to the capital with these extraordinary items, while his doctoral students will remain in the ancient tomb in Redwood Town for a period of time to carry out follow-up archaeological work that is no longer related to extraordinary powers.

At this point, Qin Huanyu's work should have been completed, and the Investigation Bureau had settled her task account.

The Bureau of Investigation also classified the archaeological work as a Class C case. Combined with the previous zombie disaster case, the Bureau of Investigation settled the rewards for the two cases together and approved Qin Huanyu to keep one eye of the bronze unicorn for her own research.

The Baiguang municipal government breathed a sigh of relief after learning about these events.

Redwood Town had previously lost more than 300 people in the zombie outbreak. Such a major incident should have required several municipal officials to take responsibility, and the mayor would most likely have been dismissed.

However, supernatural disasters are an exception. As long as local officials cooperate with the Bureau of Investigation as much as possible during a supernatural disaster, they are generally not held accountable afterward, regardless of the outcome.

Conversely, if local officials are uncooperative or even obstruct the Bureau of Investigation's work, investigators can file a complaint in their report even if the extraordinary disaster ultimately does not cause any major damage... If the complaint is verified afterward, all those involved will be unconditionally dismissed.

Previously, the Baiguang Municipal Government had been extremely cooperative with Qin Huanyu's work, providing her with whatever she asked for, only worried that the zombie and ancient tomb issues would implicate them. Now that things have come to an end, they have breathed a sigh of relief and are even planning to hold a high-society ball to celebrate.

The ball was scheduled for three days later, and many celebrities in White Light City were invited, as were everyone involved in the archaeological work.

However, Professor Zhang Ji clearly had no interest in this kind of socializing and declined directly. Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou said they would seriously consider it, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Only a few doctoral students readily agreed. Some wanted to expand their network at the dance to advance their careers, while others simply wanted to meet more handsome men and beautiful women.

After working overtime in a tent at the ancient tomb for several days, Qin Huanyu was finally able to go home to sleep. However, she did not go directly back to the research institute, but instead went back to the apartment arranged by the police station.

She planned to return to the research institute to continue researching her new equipment after the people from Shendu came and took away all the extraordinary items unearthed from the ancient tomb... With the eyes of the bronze unicorn, her arc rifle should be able to be successfully developed soon.

I haven't been able to build the Arc Rifle yet; I'm still stuck on the capacitor part.

The capacitors that can be manufactured with current technology not only have small capacitance but also poor stability.

Qin Huanyu has developed a method for fast charging via AC power, but no capacitor can withstand her ideal charging speed, making it very easy for the barrel to explode.

So after obtaining the bronze Qilin's eye, Qin Huanyu had the idea of ​​using it to replace the capacitor in the arc rifle, and now all that was left was to conduct practical research.

When Qin Huanyu returned to the apartment, Duanmu Ling was also there. And unusually, Duanmu Ling wasn't running her hacking program; instead, she was engrossed in watching videos.

Qin Huanyu curiously leaned over for a look, and her eyes widened. Wasn't that the beautiful woman in the video, wearing a casual dress, eating preserved plums and thinking, herself?

"Is this... an advertisement for the [Three Girls] buffet?"

Qin Huanyu quickly remembered what had happened a few days ago and asked curiously.

"Yes."

Duanmu Ling nodded, leaning back in her chair and gently dangling her feet on either side of the keyboard on the computer desk.

"Besides you, Yu Mama, that store has also hired several beautiful women to do advertising. Right now, all the advertisements are being voted on in the restaurant's live stream. The three most popular ones will be selected, corresponding to the three ladies in the store's name, and they will become the store's mascots in the future."

"Oh? Then I must have gotten the most votes, right? After all, I'm the prettiest!"

Qin Huanyu immediately became interested upon hearing this. She quickly took off her police uniform, changed into a casual dress, and then moved a chair to sit next to Duanmu Ling to watch together.

"It's a pity, Mama Yu, you lost this time~~"

Duanmu Ling suddenly laughed out loud with a hint of schadenfreude:

"Although most people say that you are indeed the most beautiful, you are only ranked third in terms of popularity... and it is hard to say whether you can maintain third place. The top two positions should be unshakable."

"Huh? A beauty like me is only ranked third? Then what kind of monsters are the top two?"

Qin Huanyu immediately became indignant, pushed Duanmu Ling's small feet away from the keyboard and mouse, and personally operated the machine to check the detailed information in the live broadcast room.

The voting in the live stream hasn't ended yet, and Qin Huanyu is indeed leading fourth place by a very narrow margin, ranking third. The video of her eating is also being played on a loop in a prominent third position.

The restaurant complied with the agreement signed at the time and did not use Qin Huanyu's real name directly, but instead gave her a stage name or nickname.

Because Qin Huanyu ate all kinds of plums at the time, and she herself was extremely beautiful and had a hot figure, like a witch who had walked out of a fantasy world, she got the title of "Plum Witch".

"Plum Witch... Hmph, that's a nice name, isn't it? I'll forgive the restaurant for not listing my crime as number one."

Qin Huanyu herself seemed quite satisfied with the title, and with a slightly arrogant hum, she continued to look at the top two candidates who had more votes than her.

Qin Huanyu wasn't too surprised after seeing the identities of the top two.

These two were originally top-tier female food vloggers. Although their looks and figures were slightly inferior to Qin Huanyu's, they already had millions of fans. It was normal for them to receive more votes in their professional fields than Qin Huanyu, who only relied on her looks.

Chapter 82 Something is lost

Qin Huanyu played around in Duanmu Ling's room for over an hour before the live stream of the voting for the "Three Little Sisters" buffet restaurant's mascot finally ended.

Although Qin Huanyu had never filmed an advertisement before, she still managed to secure third place thanks to her stunning looks and figure, surpassing many full-time so-called "beautiful girl" mukbang streamers.

The battle between first and second place has finally come to a conclusion.

The second place went to a woman with golden princess curls. She portrayed herself as a rich young lady from an anime, often making "oh ho ho ho" laughs. Even the clothes she wore were the kind of Victorian-style dresses that required a corset and petticoat to hold their shape.

Her stage name as a livestreamer is the same as the code name given to her by the restaurant, both being "Donut Queen". She seems to really know and love donuts, as she ate all 16 kinds of donuts in the restaurant's dessert section in one sitting in an advertisement video that may or may not have been a candid shot.

The Donut Queen was already very popular, and seemed to have quite a few DouEm fans. During the live stream, she kept spamming crazy comments like "Queen stepped on me," "Queen scolded me," and "I want to be the Queen's donut." She even held the number one spot for quite a while, but unexpectedly, she was overtaken in the end.

The winner was a very cute little girl streamer, whose stage name was "Tiger Girl".

Tiger Girl is definitely no more than 1.5 meters tall, but she has a big chest, a soft face, and looks like she hasn't woken up yet. She looks both innocent and adorably silly.

She wore a tiger-patterned dress, had two tiger ears on her head, and a tiger tail under the dress that would playfully swing back and forth, just like a real tiger girl.

The movement of her tiger tail, in particular, looked so realistic that everyone who saw her video for the first time wondered if she was really a little tiger. Fortunately, the pinned link on her personal homepage is a purchase link for the same little tiger outfit, which is also a product she has been endorsing for a long time, and it's said to be doing very well.

But Tiger Girl won first place not because of her silly and cute appearance, but because she can really eat a lot, especially meat.

Qin Huanyu observed carefully and found that in the two-hour video, Hu Niu ate more than 6 kilograms of various beef, chicken, goose, and mutton!

After all, it was a contest for the mascot of a buffet restaurant. Beauty and showmanship ultimately lost out to pure foodies who didn't bother with anything fancy.

"She can eat way too much!"

Duanmu Ling didn't pay much attention at first, only finding Hu Niu very cute when she ate. However, she was stunned after hearing the statistics from Qin Huanyu:

"She eats 6 kilograms of meat in one meal? Is she really a tiger cub? Even a real tiger eats about that much in a day!"

"Hmm...it's really hard to say."

Considering that Bai Ling is a snake demon and also a popular online streamer, Qin Huanyu is very suspicious of Hu Niu's true identity and plans to ask her next time she chats with Bai Ling.

If Tiger Girl really isn't a normal human, then Bai Ling, being a fellow monster and internet celebrity, might get to know her.

"Never mind, whether she's a little tiger or something else is none of my business. But that buffet was pretty fun. When can you take me there again, Aunt Yu?"

Duanmu Ling leaned back in her chair, tapped the keyboard twice with her toes to turn off the live stream, then turned to Qin Huanyu and said with a grin:

"Anyway, you've become the store's mascot, and you have a membership card that lets you bring people there for free every week."

"Hmph, it's nothing but a trick by a cunning merchant."

Qin Huanyu curled her lip in disdain:

"I could have let it go before, but now that I've become their mascot, there will definitely be a lot of people who will go to that restaurant just to see my beauty in person... If I really go to that restaurant every week, I'll definitely bring them a lot of customers! You don't really think those unscrupulous merchants will let you take advantage of them, do you? Free buffets are nice, but they'll probably drive you crazy! Besides, I don't need the money for that meal, so I'd rather make sure I eat comfortably."

"Oh, that's a real shame. I really enjoyed some of the snacks at that shop."

Duanmu Ling slumped against the back of the chair and sighed.

"Why don't you just go by yourself? There's no need to drag me along, is there?"

Qin Huanyu gave Duanmu Ling a disapproving look, then stood up and walked towards the door.

"I've never shortchanged you on pocket money, and you even have so many sycophants... So you just want to see me get harassed and then gloat over it, right? Do you think I don't know what you're up to... Yawn, never mind, I'm going to sleep now. I've been working overtime and sleeping in a tent these past few days and it's really exhausted me."

"Hehehe, you stingy little thing!"

Duanmu Ling made a face at Qin Huanyu's back, then took off her socks and opened a new page on the computer to start her hacking work.

Qin Huanyu took a shower in the bathroom, then lay on the bed and watched a rather boring TV series. She fell asleep very soundly after watching it for a short while.

. . . . .

In the middle of the night, amidst a series of loud phone rings, Qin Huanyu reluctantly and angrily kicked her pillow and blanket off the bed, but still woke up.

I picked up my phone and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

However, Qin Huanyu's phone is dual-SIM and dual-standby, and the caller is currently on a work number. The person calling at this time is most likely in a hurry.

Could it be that another case of supernatural powers has occurred in White Light City? There are just too many disasters happening to us! How long has it been since the zombie outbreak?

Muttering to herself, Qin Huanyu patted her cheeks to clear her head before pressing the answer button on her phone and asking in a calm voice:

"Who is it? What is it?"

"Sir! Something terrible has happened!"

The voice on the other end of the phone was that of a young man, who sounded quite nervous; his rapid breathing sounded like he was running with weights on.

"The artifacts unearthed from the ancient tomb... just now, two of them were stolen!"

"What?"

Qin Huanyu was now fully awake, her brows furrowed.

Most of the items in the ancient tomb are still inside. The only artifacts that can be called excavated are the burial objects with extraordinary powers in the main burial chamber!

"You mean those we just pulled out of the tomb during the day?"

Qin Huanyu's voice suddenly rose considerably, becoming somewhat shrill:

"How could it be stolen? Didn't I tell both teams to take turns keeping a close watch 24 hours a day, and to shoot any suspicious individuals on sight? How could you still lose something like that?"

"I...we don't know what's going on either, sir."

The young man on the other end of the phone was so nervous and aggrieved that he was on the verge of tears.

“We have been strictly following your orders, but the items are still lost.”

Chapter 83 Is there a mole?

It's very unpleasant to be woken up in the middle of the night when you just want to get a good night's sleep, just like being interrupted when you're about to finish generating electricity.

But no matter how uncomfortable she was, Qin Huanyu had no choice but to get up because of her duty.

After putting on her police uniform and pantyhose, tucking her feet and calves into her boots, tying the laces at the top of the boots, and finally taking her own set of equipment, Qin Huanyu set off.

Riding her top-of-the-line green Kawasaki H2R motorcycle at breakneck speed through the night, stunning many night shift workers and taxi drivers, Qin Huanyu rushed to Redwood Town and found the armed police officers responsible for guarding the burial goods.

"Come on, tell me properly, what exactly happened? How did the things get stolen?"

It's not unreasonable for Qin Huanyu to feel puzzled and somewhat angry.

She knew, of course, that burial goods with extraordinary powers were extremely valuable, so she carefully calculated and selected when choosing a warehouse during the day.

The warehouse is located on the edge of Redwood Town, in a relatively open area with no other buildings available for hiding or infiltration.

The warehouse was a 32-square-meter room with only one front door and no windows.

Two teams of armed police, totaling more than 50 people, were stationed here in two separate groups, one visible and one concealed. All of them were fully armed and equipped with night vision goggles, leaving no blind spots.

More importantly, those burial objects were only unearthed from the ancient tomb today. Even if some skilled thieves are highly capable, where did they get the information from? How could it be so fast?

"We really haven't found anything, sir!"

The armed police officers who were being reprimanded and questioned by Qin Huanyu felt wronged:

"Everything was normal throughout the night, except that around 4 a.m. when it was time for the shift to change, the team leader took us into the warehouse to check, and we found that two items were missing."