The moonlight and the endless night dissipated, Si Qingxuan opened his eyes, and found that he was back in the suite of the health care club.

The music stopped at some point.Brilliant lights illuminated the rich furnishings and plunged the room into a deep silence.

"...system?" Si Qingxuan called subconsciously, and found that his voice was a little hoarse.

After a while, he heard a noise similar to space distortion, and the system's voice sounded again: [I am here, High Priest. 】

Si Qingxuan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

But the system sounds inexplicably sluggish.

"Are you okay?" Si Qingxuan asked with some concern. He remembered that the system had consumed a lot of energy to help him get rid of the shackles of the underwater city.

[I'm fine... just a little sleepy. ] The system said softly, 【I need to replenish my spiritual energy, High Priest. 】

Si Qingxuan: "Lack of aura? Why don't I have any obvious feeling?"

[The aura I usually store mainly comes from the 'root' of the Ghost Crying Thrush collected earlier. 】The system said aggrievedly,【However, after the trouble just now, the spiritual energy has been consumed almost... Don't worry, the Illusion Library can still operate normally, and it will obey all your instructions.but I……】

[In the next period of time, unless it is a critical moment of life and death, you may not hear my voice for a while...]

The sound of the system gradually weakened.

【The God of Tides...has conveyed his dissatisfaction to his followers.They will no longer attempt to summon the god. 】The system seems to be extremely sleepy, and the end of the speech trembled a little, 【The god rejected the sacrifice of the sea charm, then——your friend is also saved.As long as the apical scales of her heart are pulled out, she can slowly return to her normal appearance. 】

"Hold on a little longer." Si Qingxuan clenched his fists, "Isn't it the 'root'? I'll hunt down the group of Dalagon remnants right away. Even if their aura is no better than the ghost crying thrush, at least it can make you Hold on for a while—”

[Don't be impulsive, High Priest. 】

【There are so many Awakened by Changming Lake...you will be discovered. 】

Si Qingxuan didn't speak.He turned off the light, opened the window, stepped on the dusty windowsill, and jumped from the third floor into the dark alley between the clubhouse and another store.

"Don't sleep." Si Qingxuan's voice was as gentle as the evening breeze, "We'll be there soon."

【It may be too late...】

Obviously, when the system does not open its mouth, it is something more void than air.It is not like a human, it will gradually pale due to blood loss after injury, and it will not gradually lose heartbeat and breathing - but Si Qingxuan just has a strange feeling, as if he can feel that the system is gradually moving away from him.

Si Qingxuan hated the feeling of being left behind.It was the same when he lost his grandfather, and it was also the same when he lost contact with Zhao Lin.

His footsteps became faster and faster, and the soles of his shoes stepped on the ground more and more frequently—he rushed out of the dark alleyway, leaving the dark narrow passage full of dust behind him.The street lights were shining brightly, and people came and went around Si Qingxuan with vague silhouettes.

"...system?" Si Qingxuan pursed his chapped lips and asked in a daze.

In the tumult of the world, his call was unanswered.

……

Next to Changming Lake.

This protracted hunting and killing of humans and sea charms finally came to an end three hours after the war started.

The dark, burnt-smelling grass and trees around the lake, the dead sea charms piled up in the lake, and the corpses of sea charms lined up on the shore that died from the "hell fire" all testify to how cruel this was. battle.

The Dalagon family suffered heavy casualties.Compared to them, the Prevention and Control Bureau only lost two executors—in terms of results, it can be described as a complete victory.

The executors will always remember this night, the night when the sea charms gathered in Changming Lake, rolling and jumping in all directions like boiling water.The blood-stained fangs and black claws of the sea charms, including the wet and pale skin at the junction of the two caudal fins, all left a nightmare impression on them.

There were too many Sea Enchantments--in fact, it wasn't the Executors who defeated the Dracons, nor did the Flame of Light kill them all.At that time, just when their protective net was about to fail, the sea monsters in the lake suddenly raised their heads as if they had been inspired by something, and their silver pupils narrowed into a needle's eye were staring at someone in the sky. - Then, they showed panicked and painful expressions.

The sea charms hit each other like crazy.They began to sing, but not so softly and melodiously, but as a pure, high-decibel scream.They use this as a weapon to attack their own compatriots.

"...What the hell." He Qiaosheng spat, "What's going on?"

But no matter what the reasons for the sea charms fell into civil strife, this is the best time for the executives to catch them all.

As a result, there are always so many sea charms jumping into the fishing nets they set up as if they lost their minds, and then they are directly roasted by the shining flames.

Zhaolin: "..."

Compared to this effortless victory, they were more concerned about the passage to the bottom of the lake.However, after they cleaned up the dead bodies on the lake, they sent people to dive carefully into the bottom of the water-but saw nothing.

There seems to be no "space channel" at the bottom of the lake.

No more sea charms swimming out of the lake.The so-called "God of the Tides" showed no signs of showing up until the end.

Bai Yi and Zhang Tianyue stood in the distance, watching the logistics personnel of the Prevention and Control Bureau drive back and forth several times, transporting all the dead sea charms out.

"It's really strange." Bai Yi said rather speechlessly, "Professor Li said something so serious before - the god of tides is coming, but we didn't even see a hair of the god of tides." root."

Zhang Tianyue, who was wearing a peaked cap, did not echo his words.

Bai Yi didn't seem to notice at all, but Zhang Tianyue once saw a huge shadow in midair before Hai Mei suddenly fell into a frenzy.

There was obviously nothing above their heads, but there was once a huge shadow that looked like a dragon or a snake shrouded their heads.It stayed for about three seconds, and then disappeared for no reason.

It seems that a cruising deep-sea giant passed by by chance, casting a dark shadow.

When shrouded by that shadow, Zhang Tianyue almost froze over.He didn't dare to breathe, didn't dare to make any movements, his arms and legs behind him curled up quietly - at that moment, he felt as if he had really become a weak sea creature, hiding in the gravel or caves Himself, avoiding a certain behemoth.

But the behemoth was not coming for him.That's just its occasional patrol.

But he couldn't break free from the instinctive fear and awe.

Those three seconds were simply the longest three seconds in his life—after the giant shadow left, Zhang Tian Yue took a deep breath, and his back was a little wet.

But Bai Yi, who had been standing by his side all the time, was completely unaware of this.

Therefore, Zhang Tianyue guessed that not everyone could see that huge shadow.This may have something to do with their talent.

At that time, Zhang Tianyue did not immediately report the matter.But now that the dust has settled, it's a good time to report.

"Stay here and don't move." Zhang Tianyue said to Bai Yi, "I have to go to the command room."

After Zhang Tianyue walked into the tent in the command room, he found that it was very lively inside. Captain He Qiaosheng, Zhao Lin, and Li Zhiming were all there.He Qiaosheng was accompanied by a young executive, who was stunned and looked a bit simple and honest.

"...Sea Charm's summoning ceremony will never stop automatically." Li Zhiming seemed to be arguing about something, his cheeks flushed, "We can't let it go! This is very important for us to accumulate experience-we should all learn how to deal with it Those ancient gods that only exist in legends!"

"I admit, this is also a direction of investigation." He Qiaosheng also participated in the battle just now, his body was soaked, his clothes were not dry, he took out the cigarette case from his pocket, only to find that the cigarette case was soaked in water Half of them can’t pick out even a dry cigarette, “but the most urgent task right now is to quickly control the situation and make amends. According to our calculations from the registration information of that health club, there may be nearly a hundred people who have experienced Reiki in that club. Pollution. Now they don’t know where they are scattered in the city. We must count the list and track them down one by one—what we need most now is to identify which sea charms were transformed from humans from these corpses, This is the direction you should work towards, Professor Li."

Li Zhiming rolled his eyes fiercely, as if he didn't want to say anything anymore, he turned his head away: "Look at the scales on their hearts. If there is a main scale on the heart with a completely different color and texture, it is transformed by humans."

"Thank you for your cooperation." He Qiaosheng said.

One minute later, the extremely simple-looking young executive next to Captain He borrowed cigarettes from other places.He Qiaosheng took a sip.

Li Zhiming already hated the smell of cigarettes, but now he hated Captain He even more.

Actually, He Qiaosheng didn't mean to ask Zhaolin and the others to clean up the mess together.After receiving Li Zhiming's reply, he arranged some finishing work, and then led the people out of the command room.

"It's like playing the piano to a cow." Li Zhiming said softly.

Afterwards, the young executive who followed He Qiaosheng out ran back to the tent in the command room again.He looked at Li Zhiming, and asked cautiously, "Are you the expert who studies weird creatures?"

His tone was so respectful that Li Zhiming couldn't find a reason to get angry.

"It's like this..." The young executive briefly described what he saw the shadow of the giant beast. After hearing this, Li Zhiming's expression was quite awe-inspiring.

"The god of the tide has indeed come." Li Zhiming said in a trembling voice, "He was about to break through that barrier—but why didn't he do that?"

"That's right, I'm also an awakened person, but the direction of alienation is the dolphin family, and I don't have much fighting power on the shore." The executive touched his head, "I asked many colleagues, but none of them had similar experiences. I I thought I was too nervous and fell into hallucinations..."

Later, Zhang Tianyue's arrival made them sure that this was indeed not an illusion.

After listening to the whole process, Song Zan turned his head to look at Zhao Lin, and said in a heavy tone, "It's kind of evil, Captain."

"What's wrong?" Li Zhiming's anger has not completely subsided, "We all know the result of the matter, but we should further explore the reasons. If we stop because of fear, then we will always be trapped in the world due to ignorance. A corner of the world - people struggle, people explore, people struggle! That's how you survive!"

"..." Song Zan swallowed, and silently averted his eyes, not daring to speak again.He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, Li Zhiming would spray him.

"Professor Li, what you said is not without reason." Zhao Lin said, "But you have also seen that the Prevention and Control Bureau is severely understaffed, and it is not easy to barely control the scene. Not everyone has seen the shadow of the giant beast. Even if we have the heart to investigate things related to the God of Tides, we need more tangible clues."

"Have you forgotten? There is still a hybrid of Dalagon and human beings imprisoned in the Prevention and Control Bureau. Although this bloodline is left over from his ancestors, it is very thin...but his vision must be wider than ours." Li Zhiming Said, "We can look it up from him!"

Song Zan looked at Li Zhiming's appearance and sighed quietly.He could see that Li Zhiming still did not give up his plan of "fighting poison with poison", trying to contact a more powerful ancient god, and eliminate the traces of the curse on him.

He was also thinking about his own life, and what he did was serious, so Song Zan endured it and did not come forward to accuse Li Zhiming.

But if you want him to continue to follow Li Zhiming and help him investigate the god of tides... then he will not do it.

He turned his helpless eyes to Zhao Lin.

Zhaolin did not disappoint him.

"I would also like to provide you with some help." Zhaolin glanced at the information on the phone, raised his head, and there was a faint sharpness in his eyes, "But we don't have any more time—the superior has given us an urgent task , let's go back to Lingyang. Professor Li, if you need anything later, you can contact us at any time. But now we have to discuss some details related to the mission, please go out and relax first, and come back in half an hour."

Li Zhiming took a deep look at Zhaolin, snorted softly, picked up his notebook and documents and left the command room.Probably don't plan to come back.

Zhao Lin didn't stop the other party, but took a serious look at Zhang Tianyue and asked him to call Bai Yi over.

Zhang Tianyue suddenly had an ominous premonition: "Did something happen?"

"...Your Team Chen, not long ago took the main force of your Fifth Formation to Chongning City for field work." Zhaolin explained, "A large-scale hallucination with unknown reasons appeared in Chongning. They and another group of awakened Together, enter the illusion to investigate, and have lost contact for four hours."

Zhang Tianyue: "..."

"I'll call Bai Yi right away." He nodded, his tone far less calm than his appearance.Then, he quickly ran out of the command room.

Song Zan looked at his back and didn't say a word—after getting along these few days, he still had a good impression of Zhang Tianyue, a young man who was quiet and down-to-earth.

When Zhang Tianyue's back was completely out of sight, he moved closer to Zhao Lin and asked seriously, "Boss, is the Fifth Formation in trouble again this time?"

Zhaolin frowned, and finally said frankly: "Almost. The initial scale of that illusion is huge, and there is even a tendency to expand outward. Although the specific situation is not clear, it can be seen from the tone above that the illusion The danger level is increasing sharply. Even, they are skeptical about whether the members of the fifth formation survived..."

Song Zan was speechless.

"The fifth formation is too unlucky, isn't it?"

"It's the two of us who will be unlucky next." Zhao Lin glanced at him, "Our Executive Minister has named us—to both of us to support Chongning."

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