American Celestial Master

Chapter 9, The End

Already back in the real world, so naturally the chapel is gone.Lin Qiusheng stood on the open land and looked in the direction of the small forest.

There has also been a huge change there. Originally, the trees in the grove were only as thick as the mouth of a bowl, but now, these trees have grown up and are all as thick as a hug. This is what the three policemen went to investigate yesterday afternoon. the woods.

It was not yet full light, Lin Qiusheng estimated that the policemen had noticed this change in the woods, and Zhang Feng would definitely tell them that they had left the ghost domain.But most of these people's mental state is still in a state of high tension.Up close to a group of high-strung US police officers in poor visibility?

"I won't go in unless I'm in an armored vehicle." Lin Qiusheng has been in the United States for many years, and he is still very clear about the characteristics of American police.

So he didn't go into the woods, but shouted directly outside the woods: "Are you all right? You can come out, the ghost domain has been lifted!"

Soon there was a voice from inside: "Is it Mr. Lin? Is it safe outside?"

"It's me, it's safe outside. You can leave the phantom array and come out." Lin Qiusheng replied.

There was a sound in the woods, and then Lin Qiusheng saw Sheriff Anderson and several policemen coming out of the woods. Sheriff Anderson's hat was gone, half of the sleeve of his right hand was missing, and a bandage was wrapped around it.It was only when he got closer that Lin Qiusheng noticed that the bandage was still stained with blood.

"Sheriff, are you injured? Are there anyone else?" Lin Qiusheng went up to him and asked.

"We were attacked by a ghost. It was a wendigo. That thing was terrible. We almost died in its hands." It was still dark, so Lin Qiusheng couldn't see Sheriff Anderson's expression clearly.

"It sees through the phantom array? What's your loss?" Lin Qiusheng was taken aback and asked quickly.

"Three of our brothers died. In addition, Mr. Li was also injured." Sergeant Anderson said, "The phantom array is fine, it's just..."

At this time, other people also walked out of the woods one after another, and Li Weimin was carried out by the employees of several farms.It seemed that his leg was probably broken, but other problems were not serious, because he moaned loudly as soon as he was sure that there would be no more ghosts around.

But no one cared about him at this time, even Lin Qiusheng, after noticing that although Li Weimin was seriously injured, he was still full of breath when he groaned, and his life should not be in danger, so that he would not have nowhere to collect money, he also went to bed. Turn your attention back to the question of why the phantom array didn't work.

According to what Sergeant Anderson and others have added, there is really nothing wrong with the phantom array.

"Shortly after you left, fog began to form in the woods. The fog was not very thick, but it still blocked a lot of sight. Various sounds could be heard in the fog, like the howling of some wild beast. Everyone was very nervous—although We're the police, but we've never seen anything like this before, and we're naturally nervous... Then we saw a Wendigo coming towards us. It was at least eight feet tall (2.43 meters) , Now that I think about it, it might not have seen us at that time, because its direction of advancement was not completely facing us. Of course, that guy's stride is very large, even if it is not rushing, the speed is still very fast .You know this thing puts a lot of pressure on us, and then..."

"Then your people ignored Mr. Lin's warning and shot at that Wendigo, and then the phantom array failed. I will tell the media about this." A child interjected angrily.

"They won't believe it, they'll think it's because you overdosed. And I'm sure, Sheriff Anderson's brothers didn't mean to, they just had a little misjudgment, and they're not like you, with your own eyes Having seen the phantom formation, it is normal to lack confidence in the phantom formation.

And that wendigo is much bigger than what we met before, it is a mature wendigo, and my phantom formation is not [-]% able to fool it.And in the face of such a monster, the police officers still protected you. In this regard, they are all great heroes. "

Lin Qiusheng said this on his lips, but he thought in his heart: "Just like the kind of training that American police usually receive, they don't care about 21 [-] to empty a magazine immediately. My reminder? But no matter what time it is, it will never hurt to have a good relationship with the police department."

Hearing what Lin Qiusheng said, Sergeant Anderson nodded and said, "That wendigo rushed over. We shot at it, and Mr. Zhang told the children to disperse and hide. Just like you told us, Bullets don't do anything to it, neither 9mm pistols nor SKS .30 or HK416 small caliber rifle rounds. But we keep shooting to get his attention , so that the children have time to run farther..."

In fact, the policemen were mainly frightened at that time, and instinctively felt that continuous shooting would give themselves more sense of security.As for whether they can hit it, and whether it will have any effect, they have no time to think about it.This is like the musketeers in Wo Dameng's later period. When facing the Eight Banners soldiers, they would often shoot indiscriminately because of fear, regardless of whether the enemy had entered the range or not. The medicine was shot, and then the Eight Banners soldiers rushed up and chopped it down.

"The speed of that thing was so fast, it was like lightning. In the blink of an eye, it rushed up with the firepower. With a wave of its claws, Bob died-the body armor couldn't stop its claws at all, just In the blink of an eye, we killed three brothers, and then the monster came towards me, and I shot at the monster while hiding. The monster grabbed my left arm with a claw, and I felt myself It's dead—it just grabbed Iger's arm with one claw and tore half of his body apart—but at this moment, the monster suddenly disappeared, as if Thanos had hit him. It's like snapping your fingers. Mr. Lin, this is it?"

"It should be that Pindao just happened to destroy the core of the ghost domain. Once this core is destroyed, the ghosts that rely on the ghost domain will not be able to maintain in reality. Sheriff, is it true that as soon as the ghost disappears, you will find the tree next to it Are they all getting bigger?" Lin Qiusheng said.

Sergeant Anderson thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right. Speaking of which, Mr. Li was injured because the trees suddenly grew up. Mr. Li climbed to the tree to hide, and then the tree grew up suddenly. But the branch that Mr. Li was holding was gone, and then Mr. Li fell from it..."

After saying this, Sergeant Anderson took another look at Li Weimin, who was crying out for pain, then turned to Silva and said, "Silva, check to see if there is any morphine in our first aid kit."

"No, no, no, I can hold it back, it doesn't hurt that much! No need for morphine injections." Li Weimin immediately stopped moaning.

"Lin Daochang, the ghost domain is broken this time, so it won't be haunted anymore?" Li Weimin, who was lying on the ground, asked again.

"It should not happen now." Lin Qiusheng said, "But in the future, um, Mr. Li, let me remind you that there is no such thing as good or bad, only people call on themselves, and good and evil are rewarded like a shadow. Mr. Li, your ancestors accumulated With profound yin virtues and the protection of such yin virtues, according to normal, you should be successful and successful in this life. The first half of your life is indeed like this. It’s just that no matter how much yin virtue you have, you can’t afford to squander it. At that time, what did you do, the Huaxia government wanted you, did you really wrong you, you know for yourself. You can’t stay in Huaxia anymore, it’s because the yin virtue of your ancestors has been exhausted, and you can’t support your position at that time In other words, at that time, you were already unworthy of virtue. That's why someone implicated you.

When you arrived in the United States, you were targeted by fox hunters again. You found Pindao, who made a transshipment for you and escaped the disaster.But at that time, Pindao told you that this is just art, not Tao, and what is consumed is the evil virtue left over from your ancestors.At that time, Pindao also advised you that from now on, you must change your mind and do good deeds, otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen.As a result...you did the trick again.This has been consumed step by step, Mr. Li, your luck has been exhausted in a mess. In terms of luck, everyone around here is now higher than you.

Mr. Li, I don't know if there is such a saying in your hometown, saying that it is a ghost or something, and those who are easy to entangle are people with low luck.So you ask me if there will be no more hauntings.I can only say that yesterday's incident is over, but as I said yesterday, the whole world is changing now, and haunted things will become more and more common. Who knows what will happen in the future, but Mr. Li With your current luck, your chances of encountering such things in the future must be higher than others..."

Seeing that Li Weimin seemed about to speak again, Lin Qiusheng said: "Mr. Li, don't rush to defend yourself, or don't ask Poor Dao what you should do in the future. It's still the same sentence. The retribution of good and evil is like a shadow. If you do your duty and live a down-to-earth life, life in the United States is still easy. With sincerity, 'Don't do evil because it is small, don't do good because it is small', you can do good It is not impossible to accumulate virtue, slowly make up for the lost luck, and live this life in peace."

Li Weimin's face was gray and dark, his lips trembled for a long time, but he didn't say anything.

"Mr. Lin, I was really grateful to you last night. The money I owe you will be transferred to you in a while." Sergeant Anderson said, "It's just that so many things have happened, we still have to complete the necessary procedures .Although we all fully believe that something supernatural happened here, you and others are not responsible for this matter, but the necessary procedures are still required. So we still need you to go to the police station and make a good record."

"This is what it should be. As law-abiding citizens, we have an obligation to cooperate." Lin Qiusheng said, "I guess these cars should be normal by now. Let's leave quickly."

Sergeant Anderson looked up at the sky, the sun was just above the horizon at this time, and it was still a long time, but he still said: "Yes, although the problem has been solved, staying here still makes me feel uncomfortable. let's go."

Everyone got into the police car, and the police car started smoothly—there was nothing wrong with it.Sergeant Anderson immediately contacted the police station through Starlink and reported that they were attacked by "unknown animals" last night. Three police officers were killed, one police officer was missing, and many others were injured.They are now bringing back those involved.

After the report, Sergeant Anderson turned his head and said to Lin Qiusheng, who was sitting next to him in the second row, "I guess when we finish this report, all of us will be dragged to do mental health work." checked."

After hearing this, Lin Qiusheng just shook his head with a wry smile, but didn't answer.

It was already afternoon when we arrived at the police station. Sergeant Anderson went to treat the wound first, but his injury was not serious.The doctor in the police station helped him complete the debridement and bandaging with two clicks, and then prescribed a lot of painkillers for her.After Sergeant Anderson came out, he ordered another fried chicken for Lin Qiusheng, and then took his own share, ate while filling out the report, and asked Lin Qiusheng a few questions from time to time, and Lin Qiusheng also followed the instructions yesterday morning Time to answer and answer again.

Sergeant Anderson stretched his neck, swallowed a large piece of chicken, and asked, "Lin, I saw information about you. You graduated from Berkeley? How did you become an exorcist?"

"Is this something that must be discussed in this case?" Lin Qiusheng asked as he put down the chicken leg he was eating.

"Ah, no, it's just of personal interest. If it's not convenient for you to answer, you don't have to answer." Sergeant Anderson closed the file, put down the pen in his hand and said.

"Ah, it's nothing. You can even find it in news reports." Lin Qiusheng said, "My teacher was accused of selling technical secrets to foreign companies, and I was implicated. Later we reached an agreement with the prosecution, and they Drop the criminal charges against us, we admit that there were flaws in our technical processing. I think you must know the real situation of this kind of transaction. But the impact of it is that I lost my original job, and I can't even find a similar work. Then, I encountered some things, and later, I became a Taoist priest, that is, a Taoist religious personnel.”

Sergeant Anderson smiled. He knew that this kind of transaction was usually caused by the fact that the prosecution had no evidence, or even simply arrested the wrong person, but he was unwilling to bear the corresponding responsibility, so he would use various methods to force the accused to Fang compromised with him, and exchanged no longer prosecuting him in exchange for his admission of some extremely minor "mistakes" that did not constitute a crime at all, so that the prosecution could get rid of relevant responsibilities.

And the accused, even if wronged, often has no choice but to compromise when confronted with national power because they cannot afford it and cannot sustain it financially.Not to mention the guys from the FBI, even he himself has played such tricks more than once.

"Sheriff, there is a proverb in our religious texts called: 'When good fortune comes, misfortune rests on it, and misfortune brings good fortune.' It means that some things that seem to be good things may not necessarily bring you Good results; and some things that seem to be bad things may not have bad results in the end. At least, after I become a Taoist priest, my income is much higher than before." Lin Qiusheng laughed again, "I guess , you will have more similar things here in the future, after all, as I told you in Ghost Realm, the world has changed. If there are similar things and need help, I hope you can remember me, Give me a call."

"Then can I ask your rate?" Officer Anderson asked.

"It depends on the specific circumstances of the incident. For general hallucinations, such as visual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, and invisible things touching you, the cost is about two thousand dollars under the premise of reimbursement of various travel expenses. Generally speaking, I can solve this kind of thing in two hours, but if the journey is far away, I also need to count the time spent on the road, which is [-] US dollars a day. If it is less than a day, it will be counted as a day.

If it is more serious, such as being attacked by ghosts and causing organic damage, it means that the danger has further increased. To solve the problem, you will pay [-] US dollars for travel expenses, and [-] US dollars a day for the time on the road. , less than one day is also counted as one day.

If there are casualties, it's too dangerous, and I don't want to do it without $[-].The other conditions are still the same. "

"That is to say, if something like yesterday happened, we would have to spend fifty thousand dollars to hire you?" Officer Anderson asked.

"No, Sheriff, yesterday's situation was not at this level. Yesterday's situation was at another level. There was a space anomaly. If I had known it would be this level, I wouldn't have He will accept Li Weimin's employment, and he will only advise him to leave everything before any major incidents happen and run away!
It was very lucky that we survived yesterday. If you hadn't provided the key information and we followed the usual practice, none of us would have survived.If this happens again, I suggest you go to Catholic exorcists. Compared with Protestant ones, they have more heritage and stronger abilities. " Lin Qiusheng shook his head again and again.

"Are they stronger than you?" Sergeant Anderson asked.

"Not necessarily, some aspects are stronger. But I also have my advantages." Lin Qiusheng laughed, "Also, the Ghost Realm is extremely dangerous, but if they die because of this, they will be martyred and can go to heaven, so it is not good for them Not a bad thing..."

Sergeant Anderson knew what Lin Qiusheng didn't say. It was nothing more than that his colleagues were enemies. Seeing his competitors go to heaven would be better than making money himself, so he also laughed together, and said: "Lin Qiusheng , your asking price is a bit high, it is difficult for us to pay such a high employment fee."

Lin Qiusheng shook his head, bit the last bit of chicken into his mouth, swallowed it, and then said unhurriedly: "Believe me, it won't take long, soon all the police departments in the United States will get a sum of money for 'special Cases' funding. The world is already changing, and there will be more and more of these things. You can actually see the signs right away, for example, under normal circumstances, your report on yesterday's events will be overwhelmed by the above People laughed at you, and you will all be taken out for psychiatry. But I think this time, your superiors will not do this, they will simply accept your report as if they did not see the problem above. Or we Make a bet?"

"I wouldn't bet against someone with supernatural power." Anderson shook his head.

The reason why Lin Qiusheng dared to make this bet was naturally because, in some places in New York, such things were already happening.

"Ah, by the way, this is my business card with my phone number on it. If there is really something to do, and you have such a fund, you can contact me." Lin Qiusheng wiped his hands with a napkin, and took the money from his pocket. Li fished out a business card and handed it to him.

"Ah," Officer Anderson took the business card, looked at it, and put it in his pocket, "I pray to God, I hope I won't use it again."

(End of this chapter)