Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

For several days in a row, there were riots in the city. Although the number was not as large as the first day, it was still not something that the patrol team could handle alone. This also caused Xiao to be caught by Ling Xiao and fly in the sky for three or four hours every day. Fortunately, there was the cooling talisman provided by President Qiao, otherwise he would have been burned by the hot sun.

Captain Gao has been following Xiao flying here and there these days, and he even dreamed of flying in the sky at night. Then Ling Xiao shook his claws, and he fell from a high altitude. The feeling of weightlessness woke him up from his dream all of a sudden.

"Good morning, Xiao." Captain Gao appeared in front of Xiao with dark circles under his eyes.

"How was your day?" Xiao glanced at him and continued eating breakfast.

"Not very good. We need to ask for help." Captain Gao sat down opposite Xiao and rubbed his sore temples.

"What did you do with those people later?" Xiao asked.

"They locked them up. There were too many people, so they had to be locked up in one cell. Fortunately, they didn't attack each other."

"Today's uniforms are also enough?"

"Yes, this is very strange, and the higher-ups want to find out the reason. A few days have passed, and I don't know how their investigation is going."

The prison in Licheng.

As soon as Qiao Huanxi entered here, he heard a large number of wild animal-like roars. On his way deeper into the prison, the prisoners in the cells on both sides stretched out their hands to him, trying desperately to squeeze out from the gap. They looked like hungry people who saw food, and he was the walking food.

On the first day when Xiao came back, he suddenly reminded him not to take it lightly. When asked why, Xiao just said it was his intuition. He didn't care at first, but last night he suddenly thought of the evil man he saw when he looked at Xiao, and then he realized that the reminder might have been said by that man. For someone like that to issue a warning, this matter should not be simple, so he came here this morning.

At the innermost part, he met the team sent by the city lord to investigate the cause.

"Mr. President." Meng Chixue was the leader of the investigation team. When she saw President Qiao, she immediately went up to him.

Qiao Huanxi nodded to the visitor and then asked, "How's the progress?"

Hearing this, Meng Chixue put on a worried expression: "There is no progress. They are not awake for a moment, and we can't find a way to make them awake. We can't get any useful information from them."

"We examined their bodies and found nothing wrong. But..." When she said this, she looked hesitant.

"If you find anything, just tell me."

"What I'm going to say next is based on my personal intuition." Meng Chixue looked up at Qiao Huanxi and saw that his expression didn't change at all before continuing, "I awakened the wood attribute bloodline. I'm good at soul defense and can sense the soul state of others. Some people's souls give me a strange feeling, somewhere between abnormal and normal. And some people..."

"...My years of experience tell me that they are already dead, but their spirits are mixed with many things I have never seen before, so their spirits have not dissipated. To outsiders, they are just pitiful people with crazy behaviors."

"These are just my intuitions. If you don't believe me, just think I'm talking nonsense. After all, I can't provide any evidence to convince you." Meng Chixue added.

"In other words, if we find someone who has done some research on the soul, we can advance the progress of the investigation?" Qiao Huanxi touched his chin.

"Maybe." Meng Chixue's voice became softer and sounded a little unconfident.

Qiao Huanxi nodded and took out the communication stone to contact the dean of Licheng College.

"it's me."

"It's Xiao Qiao. I remember you were assisting City Lord Kang in investigating the strange things in the city. Why did you come to me at this time? Have you run into any trouble?" A deep voice came from the communication stone.

"It is true that the investigation has hit a bottleneck. I wonder if you know anyone who has done extensive research on the soul."

"You kid, did you really forget or are you pretending to forget? Am I not the person you are looking for?"

Qiao Huanxi was stunned for a moment, and heard the other end continue to talk: "Tell me, where are you investigating? I'll go over there."

Qiao Huanxi chuckled: "Look at my memory. Then I will wait for you in the prison in the city."

A quarter of an hour later, an old man with an upright figure came to the prison gate. Looking at the people screaming desperately inside, the wrinkles on his forehead twisted into a ball.

"Are those the people outside the ones you arrested these days?" This was the first thing the old man said when he saw Qiao Huanxi deep inside the prison.

"Did you see anything?" Qiao Huanxi asked.

"They are all hopeless. Let them be freed as soon as possible." The dean replied.

"Do you see why?"

"The reason..." The dean stared at the imprisoned people and took out the communication stone: "I haven't studied this thing, but I know who has studied it."

This answer made Qiao Huanxi unable to react for a moment. I called you over, and you called someone else over. Where is this doll?

Facing Qiao Huanxi's puzzled look, the dean explained, "Do you remember the magic stone that caused your Adventure Association to make a fuss some time ago?"

The magic stone is black jade and black crystal, but they didn't know this name, so they gave it another one.

Qiao Huanxi nodded. Of course he remembered that Xiao had disappeared for a while during that operation, which almost made him anxious to death.

The dean continued, "Although the researchers are mainly from the Throne of God, they will also look for people with some strength to help them. I have been asked by them before. The behavior of these people outside is consistent with the description of those bewitched by the magic stone in the information."

"Are these people test subjects?" Qiao Huanxi raised his eyebrows and turned to look at the roaring crowd in the cell.

The dean shook his head: "Don't jump to conclusions yet, wait until they arrive. Although most of them have already left Licheng with the fragments of the magic stone and headed inland, there are still two people left behind."

After a while, a man and a woman appeared outside the prison. They looked relatively young. President Qiao and the dean were waiting for them at the prison gate.

"Old man, let me tell you, we didn't leave with the main group because we have other things to deal with. We are very busy. It would be better if you called us here because there is something really important." One of the men said in a vicious voice.

Facing the other party's aggressive momentum, Qiao Huanxi did not hesitate to be polite with them: "We also need some explanations from you. As for what the explanation is, you will know it when you come in."

It was only then that the two realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Under the gazes of the two Saint-level masters, the two bravely walked into the prison. The roar of the beasts in front of them startled them, and when they calmed down and saw the scene in the cell, they almost dropped their jaws in shock.

"How can there be so many?" the woman muttered in disbelief.

"Do you have anything to say?" Qiao Huanxi came behind the two of them.

"Do you think we are the ones who caused these people to be like this?" The two looked at Qiao Huanxi in astonishment.

Although they were a little afraid that Qiao Huanxi would attack them, their confidence that they had done nothing wrong still allowed them to show their momentum. Seeing that the other party did not hesitate because of her confidence, the woman stood up and pointed at the people in the prison: "If it was contaminated by the magic stone, you would not see this person."

"Keep talking until you are cleared of suspicion," Qiao Huanxi ordered.

"What do you want to know?" the man asked.

"The reason. Since you say it's not, then please tell me the difference between them and those who have been contaminated by the magic stone."

"I can only tell you that if it is contaminated by the magic stone, it will not be like this. As for the principle, that is our internal secret and I cannot tell you." The woman was not willing to be outdone, but her eyes looked elsewhere.

"The magic stone has not only been found near your Licheng. We have already done some research on it. There is no need to experiment on these fools." The man added.

"Then can they still be saved?" The dean, who had been watching from the side, suddenly spoke up.

"Yes, their original souls are still there. At most, part of their souls have been assimilated. As long as the source is resolved, they will be able to return to normal. Well... some people may become demented due to the loss of their souls."

"Then how do we find the source?" asked Qiao Huanxi.

Feeling that the atmosphere had eased a little, the woman said confidently: "How should we know this? We don't care about the situation in the city. You are the ones who know the situation in the city."

Qiao Huanxi frowned slightly and was about to say something when the people in the cell suddenly let out a shrill scream. They pulled hard on the bars, trying to make a gap big enough for themselves to get out. Some people even dislocated their arms.

The sudden noise frightened the two men so much that they fell to the ground, looking at the excited crowd with horror.

At the same time, Qiao Huanxi received reports from his subordinates one after another, saying that new riots had occurred in many places in the city, and the scale was suspected to be even larger, and the statistics had not yet been completed.

The man who was sitting on the ground trembled and said, "The source... It looks like the source must be calling them!"