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Chapter 172 Long Zheng's Speculation

What's under a tree?
Normally, there will be dirt, stones, rotting leaves or dead branches, or the silently dead insects, or even the carcasses of small decaying animals.

If one day, someone said that besides these things under a certain tree, there was creepy black smoke, and the things behind the black smoke would subvert the whole world, Yang Ye would definitely scoff at it.

Isn't it just a tree? Even if that thing is a "prop" painstakingly planted by an old sect, as long as there are "pillars" such as Long Zheng, then everything will be safe. Talking about subverting the world is simply ridiculous .

But now, in the hole left by the dead wood in front of him, not only does there really exist unknown black smoke, but even Long Zheng is very cautious about this thing, Yang Ye immediately put his heart in his throat.

"Long Ju, what on earth is this thing?"

Yang Ye swallowed heavily, hesitated for a moment, walked to the original position, stretched his neck to look into the hole, and asked.

Long Zheng frowned slightly, without explaining, but turned his head and looked at Shen Xiu thoughtfully.

He really didn't expect Shen Xiu to know this kind of black smoke.

You know, even he was seeing this thing with his own eyes for the first time. All his previous knowledge of this thing came from the ancient manuscripts left by the seniors of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.

Long Zheng was silent for a moment, and said to Shen Xiu:

"You know what this is?"

Yang Ye was taken aback, and immediately remembered what Shen Xiu said just now, and couldn't help but look over.

That's right, from what he said just now, Shen Xiu seems to know the origin of the black smoke.

Shen Xiu nodded without changing her face, but she was secretly annoyed at how she had exposed herself so carelessly.

Just like what Long Zheng said, he did know this kind of black smoke, not only did he know it, but once upon a time he went deep into it and wandered wantonly.

Because this thing is something that can be seen everywhere in the night, and only in the world that belongs to the night, will this kind of black smoke appear.

However, compared to the large clouds of black smoke he saw before, the black smoke in front of him can only be regarded as a little "leftover".

"This should be just a kind of black smoke, not much different from the fog we usually see." Shen Xiuru said.

This explanation obviously did not satisfy Long Zheng.

Long Zheng frowned, and was about to speak when he heard Shen Xiu add:
"Although this is just a kind of black smoke, it is not harmful, but this thing only exists in the night."

As soon as these words came out, Long Zheng nodded slightly, but Yang Ye was dumbfounded.

He almost wondered if he heard it wrong!
This black smoke only exists in the dark?

Could this thing in front of me be an illusion?And is everyone hallucinating at the same time?
If there were only them, Yang Ye felt that this might be the case.

After all, Tong Duo said before he died that he had other trump cards, so it was hard to guarantee that he would not have such powerful means.

But now Long Zheng, the "pillar", is also here. If even he has been tricked and has hallucinations, then the people behind the scenes don't have to spend so much trouble and make so many detours. It's not impossible for the Bureau of Foreign Affairs to handle it all in one go.

So, hallucinations should be impossible.

After excluding this option, Yang Ye only thought of another possibility.

Gudong!

Yang Ye swallowed heavily again, and tentatively asked:

"Don't you mean that the 'wall' between night and day has collapsed?"

In this world, everyone from the 80-year-old old man to the children who have just entered elementary school knows that day and night are two different worlds.

There is an invisible "wall" between the two.

It is because of the protection of this "wall" that the evil monsters in the night cannot come to the world of day.

But right now, the black smoke that only exists in the night actually appears in the daytime. Doesn't this mean that the two worlds have begun to be connected.

If it's just black smoke, it's fine.

But the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest. Since black smoke can appear in the daytime world through the "wall", it is hard to guarantee that it will be in the near future, maybe next year, maybe half a year later, maybe next month, maybe even tomorrow, yes In the next second, the "wall" collapsed.

That would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for humans living in the daytime world.

Shen Xiu didn't say anything, but her deeply frowned eyebrows seemed to have answered Yang Ye's question.

If Yang Ye was struck by lightning, he was stunned on the spot, and it took a while to recover slowly.

He stared lazily at the black smoke that kept rising and quickly dissipated three meters above the hole, and said awkwardly:

"Long Bureau, is there any way to remedy it?"

The matter has come to this point, and there is no longer any delay. The top priority must be "remedy" immediately, and the hole in the "wall" must be glued immediately, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

At this moment, Yang Ye suddenly felt a little remorse in his heart.

If he had known that such a day would come, he might not have killed that girl named Lan Xinyue two years ago.

However, there is no medicine for regret in the world. Even the old gods who are high above and overlooking the world cannot change what has been done.

Yang Ye, who was exhausted, rubbed his forehead heavily, and looked eagerly at Long Zheng, who had been placed in hope.

However, Long Zheng shook his head without hesitation.

"No."

Long Zheng walked slowly towards the cave, and said while walking:
"Remember the 'ceremonial array' I mentioned earlier. That thing is like a car that is out of control. Once it starts to run, it will either hit the steel plate or completely lose energy before it will stop."

Speaking of which, Long Zheng had already come to the edge of the cave, and stretched out his hand to catch a wisp of black smoke rising slowly, but he found nothing like fishing for a moon in water.

Long Zheng didn't care, he withdrew his hand and continued:
"There are only two roads in front of us now, either, find a way to arrange the 'ceremonial array' in a short period of time, and create a steel plate for this out-of-control car that is enough to stop it, or, only hope Before that 'wall' completely collapses, the energy of this car can be exhausted as soon as possible."

"But aren't you a 'pillar'? Even you can't help it?"

Yang Ye said unwillingly.

"'Pillars'? What about 'pillars'? Let alone 'pillars' in this situation, even the arrival of 'immortal' or 'angels' is useless. Don't forget, the 'ritual array' is nothing like those old Like the authority of the sun, it symbolizes a certain rule in the world."

Long Zheng laughed at himself, and when he said that, Yang Ye lost his soul and his face was full of despondency.

Once upon a time, when he was an ordinary investigator and learned about Long Zheng's deeds, he regarded him as an idol that he would pursue and look up to all his life.

In his mind, there was nothing this legendary figure could not do.

I never thought that just today, this illusion was completely shattered. It turned out that even if Long Zheng possessed the combat power of the "pillar" and could defeat the two "acting angels" with one enemy and two, he was still a mortal after all.

Compared to Yang Ye's despair, Long Zheng, who knew that there was nothing he could do, felt a headache about this "ceremonial array", but he could only accept it helplessly and take one step at a time.

Long Zheng stopped observing the holes and black smoke, turned around, and looked at Shen Xiu thoughtfully:

"May I ask, where did you know about this?"

The records about black smoke have always been only recorded in the ancient books of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. Even those old sects cannot have information about this kind of thing.

Therefore, Long Zheng dared to conclude that Shen Xiu's ability to recognize the origin of the black smoke was definitely not from books, but from seeing it with his own eyes.

Thinking of this, a strange color appeared in Long Zheng's eyes.

According to his nephew Han Mingsheng, when he was in Tiandu, there was an "angel" beside Shen Xiu, whose name coincidentally was exactly the same as that of "Scarlet Moon".

Could it be that Shen Xiu entered the world of the night under the leadership of that person?

If this is the case, is it possible to get from Shen Xiu's mouth how to return to the real world from that world?

Even if Shen Xiu didn't know how to do it, that "angel" should know.

Long Zheng thought about it.

Regarding the world of the night, it has always been a big mountain that the Bureau of Strange Affairs is unwilling to mention, but it cannot be avoided.

The action policy proposed at the beginning of the Bureau of Strange Affairs was not aimed at the old sects, but the evil monsters in the world of the night.

However, after nearly half of the investigators disappeared one after another, the then head of the Bureau of Strange Affairs decisively terminated the mission of exploring the world of the night, and began to target the old sects that were gradually rampant in the real world.

Today, most investigators may have forgotten the original intention of the word "investigation", but the "pillars" in the Bureau of Foreign Affairs still remember it firmly.

Bureau of Unusual Affairs, full name Abnormality Investigation Bureau, initially wanted to investigate the anomalies in the night.

In fact, after so many years of research, some "old antiques" in the Bureau of Strange Affairs who are unwilling to give up their original intentions have discussed a conclusion that sounds impossible but is reasonable - those who exist in the world of the night The evil monster is actually not as scary as imagined, the only thing that is scary is the night world itself.

If we can find a way to travel between night and day at will, then the mysterious cloak of the night world will become like a banana peel and can be pulled off without much effort.

How could Shen Xiu know what Deputy Director Long was thinking? When he asked him like this, she felt flustered when she thought that she had been caught for showing off her feet.

Seeing that Shen Xiu's eyes were erratic, and she kept refusing to answer, Long Zheng smiled and said:

"Ming Cheng has already told me the whereabouts of that 'angel'. What I want to know now is whether she...he has the ability to travel freely between night and day."

Shen Xiu was stunned.

Lilith?
How did this have anything to do with Lilith again?

Wait, didn't Long Zheng think that he could recognize the black smoke because he had been to the world of the night, and he was able to return safely from the world of the night because of Lilith's help?
After going through all the information in her mind, Shen Xiu's heart skipped a beat, and she nodded with a dry smile:
"It was discovered by you, yes, Lilith does have the ability to enter and leave the world of the night."

When he heard that it was indeed the case, Long Zheng's smile became even wider.

"you know"

"I do not know."

Before Long Zheng could finish his question, Shen Xiu snatched it away and shook her head again and again.

"I don't know any information about Lilith. Since you know where she is, you should ask her yourself."

Long Zheng nodded silently.

Shen Xiu didn't want to say it, but he could understand.

After all, that "angel" is at the same level as the old gods, and he is still an "angel" living in the real world.

Once anything is related to the "old days" and "angels", it will become mysterious and unpredictable.

This point has become a "pillar", and Long Zheng, who is only one step away from being promoted to "Immortal", knows it best.

Because even he, at times, could feel called upon and revered by an investigator.

It is reasonable for Shen Xiu not to want to offend Lilith.

What should be dealt with in the rose garden has been dealt with, and what is left cannot be dealt with. At this point, the matter has come to an end.

In addition to those guards who stayed on guard, Long Zheng also transferred a number of investigators not less than the guards to serve as the second line of defense stationed here.

As for whether the defense is against the evil monsters who do not know when to break through the "wall", or the old believers who may be waiting for an opportunity to make trouble, it only depends on who comes to the door first.

When parting, Yang Ye finally remembered something and asked Long Zheng:
"Long Bureau, it seems that there is still a heart demon in the garden that has not been found."

Long Zheng looked at Shen Xiu and Aaliya who were gradually receding at the end of the street, and murmured:

"Where is the other one?"

Night is coming.

Shen Xiu and Alia, who had already returned to the hotel, sat by the window in a daze, while the other watched TV with great interest.

The only sounds in the room were the TV and Alicia's laughter.

Suddenly, Shen Xiu turned her head and said:

"By the way, did we forget one thing, that heart demon hasn't been found yet."

Aliya tried her best to turn her face to Shen Xiu, but her gaze remained on the TV screen, and said perfunctorily:

"Yes."

Shen Xiu smiled and shook her head.

Forget it, if you didn't find it, you didn't find it. Anyway, I'm no longer an investigator, and this is Jingdu, where the General Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Bureau is located. How much trouble can a little demon create.

Shen Xiu stood up, stretched herself, looked at the sun that was about to disappear in the sky, and murmured:

"Looks like I need to take some time to see how the 'wall' has broken down."

Just then, the phone on the bed rang.

After regaining her senses, Shen Xiu walked over, picked up her mobile phone and connected.

"Hello, is this Xiao Shen? I'm Yang Ye. I want to ask you about the situation of the level 8 restricted area in Lausanne."

Shen Xiu raised her eyebrows in surprise.

in such a hurry?
He only found out that Lilith could travel between day and night during the day, so now he started to look for her?
Shen Xiu had no intention of "selling out" Lilith at all, and without the slightest hesitation, she told Yang Ye about the situation in Centralia Town.

By the time the matter was finished, the night had completely fallen.

Shen Xiu yawned, urged Aaliya, who was still watching TV, to go to sleep, and then she lay on the bed first.

However, no matter whether he was "counting sheep" or "holding his breath and taking a deep breath" on the bed, he couldn't fall asleep smoothly, and his mind was full of images of Tong Duo committing suicide during the day.

He has insomnia!
Shen Xiu knew that this must be the lingering spirit of the former owner of this body again.

After tossing and turning for about half an hour, knowing that she would not be able to sleep well tonight, Shen Xiu simply got up, took out the laptop, and found a horror movie to watch.

Anyway, I have to go to the world of the night again. Without the "anchor" from the day, I will be lost in the dark world that never sees the sun.

As for this "anchor", besides the scenes of horror movies manifested in the real world, Shen Xiu really can't think of any other better substitutes.

I don't know if she was woken up by the sound of the movie, or if she still hasn't fallen asleep, Aliya suddenly knocked on the door, stuck out her small head and smiled at Shen Xiu.

Seeing Shen Xiu nodding helplessly, she walked in with a lot of smiles, jumped onto Shen Xiu's bed, and watched along with her.

(End of this chapter)