Siren Blade

Chapter 141 Approaching the Source
I went back to the first floor of the house, opened the iron door leading to the basement, and found five survivors captured by those demon warlocks inside.

The five people were three men and two women, just as the Siren judged, they were all ordinary people with no special power.Although no one was restrained, they could not escape because the iron gate had been locked from the outside.In addition, they all seemed to be safe and sound, although there were some wounds, but they were not so much torture wounds as they were left when they struggled to survive in the city that turned into a land of terror before they were captured hurt.

It's just that I know that none of them are as safe as they appear on the surface.

Through the videos I found before, I already knew that those demon warlocks felt that the number of survivors was getting smaller and smaller, so in order to prevent their own fun from getting less, they played cruel tricks on them that could be "reused".Specifically, whenever those demon warlocks tortured them to the point of death and mental breakdown, they would heal all their injuries, even delete the memory of the day, and then throw them back into the basement, and return them the next day. Repeat yesterday's behavior.

Demon Warlocks are very good at transforming flesh and manipulating minds, and even not so advanced Demon Warlocks can do things of this level.If this kind of power is used in the right way, it may make great contributions in the field of physical and psychological treatment, but it turns out that demon warlocks are the best at these.It is really ironic to say the least.

It's just that those demon warlocks are often unsure of their own strength, and will "play bad" people from time to time, and now there are only five people left.

And these five people seem to lack sufficient understanding of their real situation.It's just that they seem to have seen other powers and terrifying acts of demon warlocks. Seeing me walking in from the outside for no reason at this moment, although everyone looked at the exit, they seemed to be uncertain of my identity and doubted me. It is an accomplice of the demon warlock, no one dared to run away like a bird, but just looked at me with fear and trembling.

I told them that those demon warlocks had been defeated, and I took out a work certificate with suggestive effects to convince them of my identity.

"Are you from the national security department?" One of the survivors asked cautiously, "Has the country finally sent troops over? Is it safe outside?"

"Unfortunately, there is no army, just me and another colleague. The outside is still as you know it." I said.

"No troops? Then how were they defeated?" The survivors were disappointed and suspicious.

Some people even asked in despair: "Is there really a country? Are human beings about to perish? Otherwise, why has no one dealt with the situation outside?"

It is not incomprehensible to have such a view.Even if they move around in the city, they have to take great risks of death, let alone go to the outskirts of the city, and they have no way of knowing that the mirage is in a situation where the inside and outside are isolated.All they saw was the ruined city, no official rescue no matter how long they waited, and electronic devices that could not receive network signals.If I were them, I would probably also wonder if the end of the world has happened, and even the country can't take care of itself.

"There are only mirages in this situation. I will explain the details to you later. Anyway, let's get out of here first." I said.

They looked at each other, "Although we don't want to stay in such a ghostly place, there are monsters outside."

"I'll escort you. And, even if it's safe to stay here, you'll have to collect food and water sooner or later." I couldn't just ignore them.It's just that even though I said so, they are still undecided, and it is hard to believe that I have the ability to protect them.

Seeing this, I want to take out the "Quick Talk" amulet and order them to follow me.

But thinking of what those demon warlocks did to them, and thinking of Xiao Jing's attitude after I used the "Quick Talk" amulet, I temporarily suppressed my impulse and decided to change my method.

I took down the iron door behind me, and under their dumbfounded gazes, I tore the iron door into pieces like tearing paper.

"So you can trust me." I asked.

"I believe, I believe." They nodded hastily, and they didn't know whether it was because they believed or because they were afraid.

I took them out of the house, and found two people who were quietly hiding outside——Joe Licorice held the secret amulet given to her by Blue Bird in her left hand, and Xiaojing's hand in her right hand. The method extended the effect of the hidden talisman to Xiaojing's body.

"Sorry, I failed." I said to Joe Licorice, and explained the specific situation.

"Really, I failed to catch the demon warlock alive..." She sighed, looked at the tracking props whose durability had returned to zero, and said, "No way, it doesn't work so smoothly every time. Let's first Go back to the Security Bureau, it's more convenient to rest there."

"Okay." I also plan to find a place to house the five survivors first. Moreover, they have personally experienced the horror of the mirage and have had close contact with those demon warlocks. I also have some things I want to ask them.

After a while, we returned to the abandoned site of the Security Bureau.Although the gray mist covered the sky and the position of the sun was unclear, judging from the light, it should be afternoon.However, it stands to reason that it should be dark at this time, but the sky is still bright.Time seems to stand still in a mirage in a strange form.

On the road, many demons tried to attack us from all directions, sometimes they came out from the shops on the street, sometimes they jumped down from the rooftops, and sometimes they lay in ambush at the corners... But the team was under my escort. No danger was encountered.

The survivors watched the scene of me slaughtering demons, and while they were shocked, they seemed to suspect that they hadn't woken up yet.

I told them before that I defeated the demon warlock. After all, they didn't witness it with their own eyes. They only saw me "showing off my strength" with the iron gate, and they were mostly afraid of me.Now, they treat me with more respect.

It's impossible for me not to enjoy being looked at respectfully.In the past, I always said that I want to be a hero, I want to be a hero, save and protect others with great power, and be respected by them, isn't this what I yearn for?

However, while I was happy, I also thought of another thing, one that was enough to cool down the heat in my heart.

They will "forget" me after all.

People without advanced awareness are doomed to unconsciously discard information related to occult events in the corners of their minds.Even if they witnessed such a horrible disaster in the mirage and encountered such a terrifying monster, after they return to the normal world, they are still doomed to "forget" all these things that seemed to have happened in a different world. Mind to return to the normal life track.

I know full well that they haven't really forgotten either.If someone brings up those things to them afterwards, they will think of things that they don't think about at ordinary times, just like recalling their classmates in elementary school and junior high school.But in the normal world, who would tell them about those things?
In the future, they won't say they are grateful to me, and even my face will never come up in their minds again.

Do I really need to work so hard to care about these "ungrateful" people?

Even I occasionally have such inappropriate thoughts in my mind.Immediately afterwards, I pressed it hard.However, even a person like me who was born in an ordinary person and was destined to spend his life as an ordinary person thinks so, it is even more self-evident what other warlocks think, and the Tianhe City Security Bureau's attitude towards ordinary people is also easier It's empathetic.

Not to mention the Tianhe City Security Bureau, even the legal camp doesn't have much affection for ordinary people, and doesn't care much about ordinary people's lives.The fact that the legal camp attaches importance to the secular society is more because they realize that the secular society and the hidden world are inseparable, so in order to maintain the order of the hidden world, they will even defend the order of the secular society.Although Lie Que showed a mentality of caring about the lives of ordinary people in the Liucheng mass sleeping incident, from the perspective of the legal camp, Lie Que's mentality was undoubtedly "naive".

I hope that I can be like Lie Que, no matter how long it takes, I won't become a person who abandons sympathy in order to show off his maturity and intelligence to others.Even if it seems naive and stupid to others, the hero I yearn for has something more important than the so-called maturity and intelligence.

After resting in the ruins of the Security Bureau for a while, I explained to the survivors why the outside world did not rescue Mirage, and asked about the catastrophe of Mirage.What they said was the same as I imagined at the beginning: one afternoon, a strange fog suddenly appeared in the city, and countless monsters came with the fog, slaughtering the people who were still active outdoors.Even many people hiding indoors were caught and eaten by monsters. The streets and alleys were filled with an indelible smell of blood. The screams and cries spread throughout the city, and then gradually weakened until there was a dead silence.

"I remember that the fog spread from the east at a very fast speed. Could it be that there is some kind of experimental accident in some government private laboratory there?" Some people seem to have watched too many sci-fi horror movies, so guessed.

"We were all hiding well at home and in the company, but we didn't expect those strange people to appear suddenly. They have strange powers, and they can even deal with the attacks of those monsters, but they don't do anything good. And took us all away." Someone said to me, "Who are those people? They seem to take pleasure in torturing other people, sometimes they will take a few people away from us, and then you can hear screams from outside the door And the sound of begging for mercy. Some people were not able to come back, and some people couldn’t tell what they had experienced after they came back. I seem to have been dragged by them too, but I don’t have that impression at all.”

I didn't tell them the truth, but simply explained that those people are all Demon Warlocks and what a Demon Warlock is, and then asked, "Have you heard any conversations between them? Did they say anything strange?"

"Strange words..." Someone recalled, "By the way, they seem to have repeatedly mentioned a person, who seems to be called... a fanatic?"

"Yes, that's what it's called." Another person confirmed, "It seems that the person called the fanatic betrayed them."

betray?Fanatics should be the superiors of those demon warlocks, why would those demon warlocks regard fanatics as traitors?

I settled down to think.Speaking of which, it is also very strange that those demon warlocks did not leave the fog.If the fog was created by fanatics and those demon warlocks, then the latter should have a way to get out of here, unless there is something serious to do here.But judging from the video, those demon warlocks were only focused on torturing survivors to pass the time.In addition, judging from what the survivors said just now, "Even those monsters can handle the attack", the demons will also attack them.

Could it be that they didn't leave the mist because they couldn't?The fog created by the fanatics not only trapped other people, but also trapped all of them?
And, maybe it wasn't an accident, but intentional?
So what role does biting blood play in it?
I asked survivors about biting blood, but none of them said they had heard the name.

"It's a dead end again." Qiao Licao said distressedly, "I don't know which direction to investigate next, and the tracking props are no longer available, and I can no longer track other demon warlocks. And even if I can track them again, It is estimated that no one can be caught alive, and no information can be obtained from asking..."

I also felt helpless, and at the same time repeatedly recalled all the clues I got before.

Suddenly, I noticed a key point.

"By the way, you said earlier that the fog came from the east, didn't you?" I asked one of the survivors.

He nodded, "Yes."

"Is there any problem with this?" Qiao Licao was curious at first, and then suddenly realized, "Wait, when the members of the previous investigation team mentioned the huge spiritual fluctuations covering the city, they said that it came from the southwest! I At first I thought that the huge spiritual fluctuations represented the source of the fog, but are they two different things?"

"No, it should be the same thing. But the position of the observer is different, so the angle of observation is also different." I calmed down, feeling that I had caught a very crucial clue, "Can you give me the map?"

She handed me the map.I unfolded the map, and then asked the survivor where the fog had been observed, and then asked the remaining four people.However, when the fog occurred, not everyone had observed it. Among the remaining four people, three shook their heads and said they didn't know, and one person said it out.

I drew three extended fan shapes on the map based on the positions and observation directions of them and the members of the investigation team at that time, and used the method of cross positioning to finally get a small area on the map .

Looking at this area, I feel like I am approaching the source of everything in one breath.

"The source of the mist is here." I said.

(End of this chapter)