I am a Taoist priest in the extraordinary world

Chapter 7 Forbidden Objects and the Ether Realm

Under the dim streetlights, Dante walked out of the door of the apartment building, wrapping his black windbreaker tightly.

The heartbeat was beating fast the moment the door was just opened. This feeling of completely entering an unfamiliar environment and accepting that I was already Dante Ashburn was quite strange and uncomfortable.

Immediately, his eyes quickly looked around, and after confirming that there was no abnormality, he had time to take a closer look at this strange and mysterious world for the first time.

It was already late at night, and the street was empty. On the sidewalk beside the stone road, there were trees with vigorous and twisted branches. The walls of the houses on both sides were densely covered with metal pipes and thick black wires, like human bodies criss-crossing. the tendons.

There is a small square not far from the street. In the center of the square stands a statue of a goddess in armor. At the foot of the statue, there is a stone tablet, but it is not really visible due to the limited sight at night.

"This world of the steam industry mixed with the electrical revolution is so counterintuitive."

Thinking of certain concepts on Earth, Dante couldn't help but took a deep breath, but was almost choked by the burning smell in the air. He coughed for a long time before he stopped. So there is a touch of rosiness.

"You still have to get used to it slowly..."

He stood there without moving, because during the phone call just now, when he said the last words, he obviously felt that Lyon on the other side was silent for a long time.

The time was indeed a little late, and it seemed inappropriate for someone to pick me up. But compared to life safety, these are not important.

Who asked the other party to say that he was responsible for being lucky like himself?

After moving his body a little, Dante saw the same dim car lights from far to near from the direction of the square, pulling his shadow longer and longer.

"See you again so soon, Mr. Dante."

"For the official introduction, my name is Joseph Gu Li, and I belong to the Third Action Team of the Federal Bureau of Special Events Investigation."

With a straight face, Joseph glanced in the rearview mirror at the handsome young man sitting in the back seat who looked a little embarrassed.

Special Incident Investigation Bureau?Why have I never heard the name of this institution in my memory?

But if I can choose, I wish I could not see you, and this world in this life.

Dante slandered secretly, but his expression still looked terrified:
"Hello, Officer Joseph, I'm sorry to disturb you so late, but such a bizarre thing happened to me, I really dare not stay at home any longer."

Because he didn't know their specific establishment, Dante still chose to call him a police officer. After all, when they first met, the other party was wearing the clothes of a senior inspector of the police station.

"It's understandable, but it's not very gentlemanly to disturb someone's sleep."

Joseph took out a pack of cigarettes and handed them back. Seeing the young man behind him smiling apologetically and refusing, he lit up on his own.

"Our captain should have talked to you on the phone. If you have any questions, you can ask me first."

I have a lot of questions, I'm afraid you can't bear it.

Dante thought about it in his mind, and first asked the most critical question:
"Officer Lyon said that I have been in contact with taboo objects, so since I am still alive, will there be any hidden dangers, or will I be inexplicably in danger?"

The hexagram once showed that the result was a great ominous one, and it was necessary for him to figure out where the ominous one was.

"Good question." Joseph took a puff of cigarette, his expression still looked very serious: "Theoretically speaking, it exists."

"Theoretically?"

"Yes, the essence of taboo objects is actually contaminated with too much extraordinary power. For ordinary people, without any protection, as long as they touch even a little bit, it will cause death in an instant."

"Even if he survived by luck, there will inevitably be some sequelae."

"Like a poisonous gas?" Dante asked.

"Correct, but not accurate enough."

Joseph continued: "According to the experimental conclusions of the Federal Research Institute, the dangers brought by taboos are by no means limited to physical damage. On the contrary, there are a large part of taboos that will act on the spiritual level of creatures, such as unconscious madness. , chaos and even suicide.”

"In short, you just need to understand it as something that can exercise extraordinary power and is especially dangerous."

Dante was silent for a moment, silently raising the danger of this world by one level.

Immediately afterwards, he asked with a hint of luck: "Just now you mentioned that this is theoretically speaking, but what about in practice?"

"Actually, it's more dangerous."

Dante: "."

Joseph twitched the corner of his mouth, seeming to enjoy his bad taste, but he still explained seriously:

"You have to understand that dangerous things like taboos usually don't appear around ordinary people. When they do, there are only two possibilities."

"One is newly discovered and has not yet been processed and contained, while the other is used by humans."

"Unfortunately, you belong to the latter."

"Just imagine, if the user knows that someone is affected by the forbidden substance but has not died, what will he most likely do?"

Dante suddenly thought of the Owen mentioned by Leon before, and he must have something to do with his contamination with the forbidden substance. After all, the death of the Kyle family has confirmed this.

and many more!

Taboo. Exposure to Death
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

badge!

That silver mysterious badge!
Now in your own pocket!

Damn it, isn't that something taboo?
Dante felt a headache, and suddenly felt that his pocket seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

In order to confirm this, he hurriedly interrupted Joseph and asked, "What does the taboo you mentioned look like?"

"A silver box."

Sure enough?
Box?

Isn't it a badge?
Dante was confused, but said nothing, and asked, "Box? Officer, I don't remember what box I touched."

"It's normal not to remember. After all, amnesia is also a kind of sequelae. It's not surprising."

Joseph smiled suddenly, which surprised Dante, and he continued:
"The forbidden object stolen by Owen is indeed a box. This is very certain, but what exactly he wants to do is still under further investigation. Because of this, I say that you are not very safe now. .”

"Captain Leon must have told you that if you touch forbidden objects without dying, you will basically gain some special abilities. This is due to the activation of your own ether energy, and you can sense the ether world from now on."

Dante didn't continue to ask about the taboo, the sudden sixth sense told him that he should hide the badge at this time.

"Yes, this is exactly one of the questions I want to ask." He said.

Joseph was not driving fast, as if deliberately slowing down the time to answer Dante, the "little white", he said:
"Scholars and historians from various countries have conducted in-depth research on the world we live in, and finally discovered the existence of the ether world, and correspondingly, the world in which we thrive is called the material world, or the real world. "

"However, the physical world and the etheric world are not completely separated, but overlap each other, interdependent and independent."

dialectical materialism?

Dante couldn't help muttering, but found that Joseph looked over from the rearview mirror and pretended to listen carefully.

"For the vast majority of human beings, they will not feel the existence of the ether world throughout their lives, because it is like air and cannot be directly observed by the naked eye."

"But ether energy is real. All life in this world is essentially the gathering of ether energy. This is also the theory about soul and body mentioned by those religions."

"It's just that ordinary people can't use ether energy autonomously throughout their lives, and can only passively accept the inflow or loss of ether energy until they die."

After hearing this explanation, Dante probably understood that the so-called ether world can be understood as the spiritual world on earth, such as heaven, western bliss, and the 33 heavens of Taoism, or high-dimensional, low-dimensional and other world dimensions difference.

As for ether energy, it can be regarded as a kind of aura or life force, and the people who can use it are the sword immortals, ascetics, magicians, etc. mentioned in the earth monster novels.

"Theories related to ether are very complicated. The group of scholars in the research institute even set up a special subject. If you are interested, you can gradually learn about it in the database of the Special Investigation Bureau in the future."

While talking, Joseph finally drove the car to the destination.

This is a wealthy area in Nolan City. From No. 1 to No. 120, Youle Street, there are townhouses. Whether you buy or rent people here, there is a high probability that they are very wealthy families.

He took off the gear, turned off the engine and opened the car door. Before Dante could ask the meaning of the last sentence, he turned his head and showed a meaningful smile.

"Get out of the car, please do a small routine inspection first."

(End of this chapter)