Chapter 485
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Chapter 485: Spirit Communication Field
Long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the ghostly girl floating on the ground opened her eyes silently.
Her gaze was momentarily dazed, and as she caught sight of several figures around her, she suddenly stood up, her cold expression filled with anger and vigilance.
“Don’t be nervous, Jiang Er,” Lin Qiye said gently upon seeing the frightened girl. “We are not from the [Believers]; we are all Night Watchmen.”
He took his emblem out of his pocket and gently placed it on the ground.
He knew that Jiang Er had no physical form and couldn’t grasp the emblem, so he simply left it on the ground for her to observe closely.
Jiang Er furrowed her brows, hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked forward and squatted down to examine the emblem on the ground.
“You really don’t need to be so tense,” Lin Qiye spoke again. “If we were [Believers], you wouldn’t have had the chance to open your eyes. Even if you are just a magnetic field, we would find a way to erase you.”
Jiang Er was slightly taken aback when she saw the name engraved beneath the emblem.
She looked up and met Lin Qiye’s gaze, her lips parted slightly as she silently mouthed something.
Shasha shasha shasha…
In the corner of the room, the old television that had been disconnected flickered back to life, the sound of static echoing in the air.
“Shasha shasha shasha… You are Lin Qiye?”
The dense static gradually faded, and the girl’s voice came through the television’s speakers.
Her voice sounded somewhat distorted due to the wear of the old hardware, but her tone still conveyed a sense of surprise.
Lin Qiye then realized that Jiang Er was currently just a magnetic field, lacking vocal cords and unable to communicate with them through speech; she could only rely on nearby electronic devices to simulate her voice.
“You know me?” Lin Qiye asked in return.
“I heard your name during training camp. Three years ago, in that batch of new recruits, you were first, breaking multiple records. It is said you are a top genius surpassing the captain of the [Mask] team, Wang Mian,” Jiang Er said earnestly.
Lin Qiye, Bai Li Pangpang, and Cao Yuan exchanged surprised glances.
“What batch are you from?” Bai Li Pangpang asked curiously.
“Last year’s batch,” Jiang Er paused, “I was also the first among the new recruits when we graduated.”
“You only joined the Night Watchmen last year?” Cao Yuan asked in astonishment. “So… you are our junior?”
“There’s no such thing as juniors among the Night Watchmen; we can only say you are a younger generation,” Bai Li Pangpang sighed. “I didn’t expect that, in the blink of an eye, we have all graduated for three years and have become seniors in the eyes of the younger generation… Tsk, that feels pretty good.
By the way, Jiang Er, when you were in training camp, did you hear about a senior named Bai Li Pang… uh, Bai Li Tuming, who was close to Lin Qiye?”
Jiang Er pondered for a moment. “It is said that beside the dual gods’ agent Lin Qiye, there are two brothers who are very close: one is the foolish son of a landlord, and the other is the scoundrel who likes married women… which one are you?”
Bai Li Pangpang: …
Cao Yuan: …
“Let’s get back to the main topic,” Lin Qiye coughed lightly to ease the awkwardness. “Jiang Er, what exactly happened here?”
Jiang Er turned her head to look at the messy room, her eyes gradually dimming.
“More than ten days ago, on that day when there was no ‘mysterious’ case, we were playing deduction games in the office as usual…
Then, a man walked in with a dog.”
She extended her hand, pointing to the frosted glass door.
“After he entered, he seemed very troubled and started talking to us.
According to him, he was a worker at a construction site, and he had a very good brother who worked with him. However, due to the foreman cutting costs and using extremely poor scaffolding, his brother fell from a high place and died.
He wanted to commission us to search for relevant evidence to seek justice for his brother.”
“Sounds like nothing’s wrong,” Cao Yuan said, puzzled.
“At first, we thought it was just an ordinary commission, but soon we realized something was off,” Jiang Er continued. “Although he was wearing tattered work clothes and his shoes were muddy, his hands were too clean, showing no signs of calluses, and his skin was very fair, unlike someone who would regularly endure sun and wind.
Moreover, when he walked into the room, the mud on the soles of his shoes still left prints on the floor; the mud was fresh, as if he had just run over from the construction site. However, the construction team he mentioned was working in the west of the city, which is over an hour away by subway. With such a long time, the mud should have dried long ago, and it was impossible to leave footprints.
This means he specifically went to a nearby muddy area to stomp around before coming here…”
“No wonder you are a group of detectives,” Bai Li Pangpang marveled. “And then? Was he one of the [Believers]?”
Jiang Er shook her head. “The dog he was walking was the one.”
“…”
“We were all deduction enthusiasts, and almost everyone noticed something was wrong, but we didn’t think in the direction of the [Believers].
After we exposed his lies, he sighed and then let go of the dog’s leash…
Later, that dog grew in size, transforming into a huge, terrifying monster that resembled a giant earthworm. Its aura was strong, definitely a being of the ‘Klein’ level.
When it opened its mouth to roar, our mental strength felt like it was being pulled out of our bodies by some force, and the operation of the forbidden ruins came to a halt. Then it charged madly towards us, and then…”
Jiang Er closed her mouth, not continuing. The sound of static from the television once again drowned out the conversation.
Everyone could guess what happened next.
The air fell into a dead silence.
Lin Qiye remained silent for a long time before slowly asking, “So, how did you know that dog was a [Believer]?”
“After my body was torn apart by that dog, I thought I was doomed… Later, my consciousness, which had sunk into darkness, awakened again, and it was then that I realized the true ability of my forbidden ruins…”
Jiang Er extended her hand, gently brushing over the floor. Her fingers seemed to pass through the floor as if they were insubstantial, then perfectly withdrew from it.
“[Spiritual Field] is not only the ability to manipulate magnetic fields but also the ability to transform one’s consciousness and spirit into a magnetic field. Even if the physical body dies, as long as the area of the brain controlling mental strength has not completely decayed, my consciousness and spirit can still exist in the form of a magnetic field.
After I awakened from death, I heard the conversation between that man and the dog.
That man referred to the dog as… the First Seat.”
