The Witch's Taste

Chapter 2 If You Can Go Back in Time

If the "human world" is compared to the floating ice on the sea, then the "abyss" is the unfathomable ocean below the floating ice.

For the intelligent race on the ice floes, threats from the depths of the ocean are everywhere.

First of all, there are predators that live in shallow seas. They are collectively called "weirds", and they may jump out of the sea at any time, invade the "floe ice world", and attack humans.

Secondly, there are the behemoths that swim in the deep sea, they are called "gods".Although its destructive power is far greater than that of the weird, but after all, it is far enough away from the sea ice floes, the frequency of attacks is very low, and the threat is not as great as the weird.

The last, and most serious source of fear, is the sea itself—the abyss.

The first characteristic of the abyss: the more you understand the abyss, the closer you are to the abyss.This phenomenon is called "mental pollution," and it's far more dangerous than weirdness itself.

The severity of spiritual pollution, that is, the "depth" of sinking into the abyss, is officially called "spiritual vision value".

Most human beings who know nothing about the mysterious world accept the mainstream idea that "ghosts do not exist in the world", so their spiritual vision values ​​are all safely 0.

But even the simplest "witnessing a strange existence" causes this belief to start to shake, and it will increase the value of spiritual vision to 1-2, making it easier to encounter various low-level weird attacks in the future.

Therefore, the mission of the six countermeasures of the Public Security Department where Chen Ziang is located is to "serve as a firewall between civilized society and the mysterious world", "to ensure that the masses are ignorant of weirdness", and "to avoid large-scale spiritual pollution".

When the shop window was smashed from the inside and the ghoul raised its head on all fours, Chen Ziang has already shouted quickly:
"Moon Palace!"

Tsukimiya Suzuna made a decisive decision, quickly raised her pistol, and fired three consecutive bursts at the monster.

The violent gunshots echoed in the room, and the customers who hadn't had time to evacuate around were suddenly frightened and scrambled to find a cover, and rushed downstairs as if fleeing for their lives.

Shooting at this time has two purposes: one is to intimidate the customers who are stranded on the scene as soon as possible, and tell them to hide quickly, so as not to look directly at the weird body, causing mental pollution and spiritual vision to rise.

The second is to use the "exorcism seal" on the bullet to try to banish the ghouls back into the abyss.

Can pass the entry test of countermeasures class [-], Tsukimiya Suzuna's marksmanship is also extremely accurate, all three bullets hit the ghoul's head, the huge thrust made its body back uncontrollably, and issued a sharp sound like piercing gold and cracking stones. scream.

The howling of the ghoul is also lethal, so the nearby customers who have not had time to leave basically lose consciousness in an instant and fall into an uncontrollable coma.

Because Chen Ziang and Yue Gong Ling Nai were wearing earphones, they didn't receive any serious sound wave attack, they just endured the dizziness.

Tsukimiya Suzuna continued to shoot, and the bullets with the seal of exorcism kept shooting into her body.Chen Ziang approached from another direction, pulling out a long sword from the windbreaker.

The long sword is not a common katana sword of the island tribe, but is closer in style to the ancient Bafang Han sword of the Lu tribe. Its body is engraved with intricate and exquisite patterns, like mandala flowers in full bloom.

That is... the Mandala Sword!
The moment she witnessed this scene, Suzuna Yuegong felt as if she had been struck by lightning. This is impossible!
At this point in time, how could senior possess the Mandala magic sword? !

Chen Ziang didn't know how terrified and terrified she was, but while the ghoul was still resisting the magic seal, he stabbed the long sword into its chest precisely and neatly.

The surface skin of the ghoul is extremely tough, and it is difficult for ordinary sharp weapons to pierce it, but the Datura sword has its own special features. The moment it breaks into the chest of the ghoul, it dries up like a leaking balloon .

At the same time, in the field of vision that only the sword-bearer could see, several black spots of light floated around the magic sword like fireflies from the corpse of the ghoul, and finally poured into the back of Chen Ziang's sword-holding hand.

tinder.

A long time ago, Chen Zi'ang discovered that this beautifully patterned long sword is very powerful against the monsters of the abyss.

And after killing the monsters, the so-called "fire" will be looted from their corpses.

Chen Ziang is still researching the specific function of fire seeds in private, but what he has discovered so far is that these fire seeds can be used to "make wishes".

As long as you think about "want to become stronger", "want to increase reaction speed", "want to have an intuition for danger", etc., the fire seeds obtained will be consumed, and at the same time, the ability to respond to wishes will be enhanced—— Although each spark can only be exchanged for a negligible enhancement, the long-term accumulated effect is quite considerable.

Although part of his current strength comes from the internal training of Countermeasures Lesson [-] and the accumulation of experience in actual combat, most of it comes from consuming fire and making a wish.

After removing the ghoul cleanly, Chen Ziang turned his head back and saw Yuegong Suzuna was in a daze again, so he quickly reminded her:
"follow me."

"Ah, oh." Yue Gong Suzuna came back to her senses and quickly followed.

Whether the dead ghoul was the target Jixiong Kawai can only be left to the forensics personnel of the intelligence department.The immediate priority is to interrupt the séance ceremony inside it as soon as possible!

The two rushed into the store quickly, and saw many gold and jade ornaments scattered all over the place. Obviously, the store here should be a jewelry store.

Chen Ziang rushed into the inner room where the jewels were appraised, and saw a circle of pearls of all sizes on the table in the center.

Surrounding the outer ring of the pearl ring, various filthy and ominous characters were smeared with blood, and many strokes had traces of dragging and skewing, as if the writer was enduring great pain.

Three candles stood evenly on the ring, two short and one long, and the candle flames flickered ominously.

Placed in the center of the ring is a palm-sized shell.

Inside the shell was an ivory-colored sculpture, which seemed to be in the shape of a human being, but the moment Chen Ziang and Tsukimiya Suzuna saw it, they looked away as if they were electrocuted.

"The address of the ceremony was discovered." Chen Ziang quickly reported to the command center, and at the same time took off the law enforcement recorder on his chest, and pointed the camera lens at the table, "It seems that there are relics of gods."

There was a moment of silence at the command center, and suddenly an indifferent female voice sounded:

"Chen Ziang, it's me."

This voice...is the Secret Keeper of Countermeasure Section [-]'s intelligence team, Rio Hokaze.

"Listen well, I don't have time to repeat it a second time." Rio Hokaze's voice was clear and deep, "During the whole process, you must not look directly at the statue inside the shell, nor destroy the spell near the pearl ring .”

"First, blow out the lower left candle."

Chen Ziang did as he was told.The moment the candle was extinguished, he felt as if he was being stared at by something, and a huge intuition of danger hit his heart.

"Next, blow out the lower right candle."

The lower right candle has also been extinguished, leaving only the longest candle burning today.

"Then, follow me to recite." Suifeng Lixu paused for a moment, and recited, "The dreamland is like a tide, and I beg you to return to the dreamland, Lord of the Great Deep Sea."

"The dreamland ebbs and flows like a tide, and I beg you to return to the dreamland, Lord of the Deep Sea." Chen Ziang followed in a low voice.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but a soft, old low laugh suddenly sounded in his ear, which made Chen Ziang terrified.

He could only force himself to be calm, as if he hadn't heard anything, and continued to listen to the instructions in the headset:

"Well, judging by your situation, it should be all right." After a short pause, Honokaze Rio said, "Close the shell, lock the statue inside, and then leave the room quickly, remember to close the door."

Chen Zi'ang reached out his hand like lightning, snapped the shell containing the god statue shut, and then pulled Yuegong Lingna away.

After closing the door of the room, he breathed a long sigh of relief, only to hear Suzuna Tsukimiya suddenly ask:

"Then if something goes wrong after the recitation, what will happen?"

"Yue Gong, don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" Chen Zi'ang sternly stopped her.

"It's okay." Rio Hokaze said in the headset, "This is low-risk information that can be disclosed."

"The Lord of the Great Deep Sea is a relatively kind god, and can usually be sent away smoothly. There are only a few cases where He invites the summoner to visit His God Domain. Not sure... In short, you are guarding outside, and it will be fine when our intelligence team comes over to deal with the scene."

The headset fell silent, while Chen Ziang and Yuegong Suzuna stood guard at the door of the shop, not letting anyone approach them.

It's just that thanks to the ghoul's previous roar, most of the customers stranded on this floor passed out, so it didn't cause much trouble.

"Senior." Suzuna Yuegong suddenly asked.

"what happened?"

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Ask." Chen Ziang replied casually.

"If you... traveled back to the past, what would you do?"

(End of this chapter)