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Chapter 53 053. [Capturing demons and trapping ghosts]

[Old House Youxi Completion Degree: 39%]

The wood grain on the tabletop was twisted, forming the system's crazy and indifferent words, flowing in Qiao Mu's field of vision.

"The degree of completion has improved a lot. Is it because of the promotion of [the mob]?"

Qiao Mu turned his gaze from the system text on the desktop to the computer screen.

Three of the top ten hot searches in social news today are about the fire case in Jiangcheng City.

[Jiangcheng City Fire Case Announcement]

【Hengtai Real Estate Executive Missing】

[The truth revealed in a novel]

The first one was the police notice, which was the most popular. Among the many comments, Qiao Mu could see worms made of black mist climbing on it. Obviously, this was the influence of the "rabble".

All living beings have unknowingly become part of the "rabble" and are being silently manipulated.

However, Qiao Mu is very clear that anyone who uses public opinion to fuel the flames will definitely be backlashed by public opinion, so he must be cautious about using the "crowd".

The third article points to the novel "Scientific Exploration Bot". Thanks to this, the number of fans of Qiao Mu's Shudong.com account has exceeded [-], and it is still growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Without the help of MCN institutions, the rate of increase in fans is quite impressive.

Rounding things off, Qiao Mu is also a big V on Shudong.com.

And the second hot search.

Qiao Mu clicked in.

"Song Hengtai, the founder of Hengtai Real Estate, lost contact and the police are investigating his whereabouts"

"Hengtai Real Estate's Capital Chain Fractured History"

"Hengtai Real Estate is facing lawsuits due to arrears, and may apply for bankruptcy protection"

After some reading, Qiao Mu learned that Hengtai Real Estate was the owner of that building, and that the missing executive Song Hengtai was the father of the deceased whom Qiao Mu met in the mourning hall at that time.

"not simple."

Qiao Mu commented like this.

Judging from Liu Wan's notes, Song Zhongwei and Song Hengtai were both involved, and the two even ate rice offered to the ghost. Perhaps this was part of the ceremony.

That being the case, Song Hengtai must have been polluted to a certain extent. Under such circumstances, it was only a matter of time before something happened to him.

Speaking of the ceremony, Qiao Mu closed his eyes.

In his consciousness, layers upon layers of illusory ravings lingered, forming an incomplete text.

"The Book of Demons and Ghosts".

At the same time, words as red as blood appeared, surrounding the thread-bound book made of illusion.

[A wonderful text that records forbidden knowledge. Do you think you have earned it?You must know that in a foreign land, all gifts have already been doomed with a price, so there is no deception! 】

He ignored these prompts and looked into the book.

This is a word that does not belong to this world, but Qiao Mu can understand its meaning. It is roughly a special talisman and ritual that can imprison ghosts in specific items to control them for their own use and absorb luck. , manipulating fate and reversing the role of the future.

This ritual first requires obtaining the soul of a newborn or stillborn child, imprisoning it in his own ashes, and worshiping it with dripping wax and raw rice every day. It will take at least 49 to [-] days before the ghost can be considered successful.

Then, by eating the uncooked rice offered, the energy absorbed by the trapped ghost can be transferred to oneself.

According to common sense, Qiao Mu has mastered this knowledge, so he should be able to do the same to catch demons and ghosts.

But it was obvious that the backlash of this crooked way was very strong. As a weak man with no strength, how could Qiao Mu be able to withstand it?

Look at the fire in the distance, family.

"A talisman?"

After listening to Qiao Mu's simple description, Zhou Mingke tilted her head, played with her fingers at the end of the three-strand braid, thought for a while, and then spoke.

"It's a good thing you didn't tell me the specific name and content, otherwise the pollution would spread."

"So, I've been polluted?"

Qiao Mu looked around. He and Zhou Mingke were the only two people in the Scientific Exploration Editorial Department. What he just described should not have caused any splash damage.

"As long as you keep playing The Chosen game, you're going to keep being tainted."

Zhou Mingke replied naturally.

"Everything in the game of God's Chosen is contaminated. The more you advance in it, the closer you will be to alienation, losing the anchor point of humanity. In the end, you may even become an existence similar to the anomaly, and completely disappear from the perspective of ordinary people. disappear."

"Like the guy standing in the corner?"

Hearing this, Qiao Mu suddenly said.

"."

Zhou Mingke didn't look back, just looked at Qiao Mu silently.

"It's okay, boss, I'm just kidding, please continue."

Qiao Mu showed a sunny smile and moved his gaze back from the corner of the editorial office.

[It's very shy, please don't disturb it and the Qingming in the corner, otherwise you have to keep paying attention to whether your head is still on your neck! 】

It seems quite shy.

Zhou Mingke paused for a moment and then continued to speak.

"...Moreover, this talisman is not a product of this world, and the pollution contained in it must be more serious."

"Not this world?"

When Qiao Mu opened the God of Choice mall before, he had a vague feeling that many of the things in it didn't look like things that could be found in this world, and he hadn't seen similar things in any novels or animations.

"Exotic."

Zhou Mingke put down her three-strand braided hair, tapped the keyboard lightly, replied to a message from the person she was talking to, and then looked at Qiao Mu.

"You should have seen this word before. You can understand it as other worlds. The stage of God's Chosen game is not only our world. When you continue to enter the game, you will go to other worlds, and what you get This talisman should have come from another world."

"So, maybe Liu Wan's grandfather is also a God's Chosen One, or has been in contact with a God's Chosen One?"

Qiao Mu remembered that Liu Wan's diary mentioned that her grandfather got these things by chance, and then started to engage in those crooked things. Since this thing came from another world, the source must be the Chosen One.

"possible."

Zhou Mingke nodded and said.

"Most things in foreign lands contain knowledge that is completely different from this world. They are all seriously polluted. Sometimes when they come to us because of the chosen ones or other reasons, they will cause riots and troubles. Therefore, We also need to contain and control these sources of pollution that are wandering around.”

"By the way, Song Hengtai is missing, boss, do you have any pigs?"

Qiao Mu thought of the hot searches on Shudong.com again.

"Well, it should be related to the anomaly. Su Hong has been investigating it during this time, so you don't have to worry."

Zhou Mingke replied, ignoring the strange words Qiao Mu had just learned from surfing the Internet.

"Oh!"

Qiao Mu felt that he could stay in Su Hong's house for a few more nights, and he didn't have to go out to find a rented house, so he was very satisfied.

After get off work time, Qiao Mu packed up. He stood up and saw that the person in the corner had disappeared.

Maybe it changed to a corner squat?
"Are you going?"

Suddenly, from behind Qiao Mu, a voice came faintly.

He immediately turned around and found that it was Du Ruo.

I don't know when Du Ruo sat there.

Qiao Mu thought for a moment and quickly gave up the pursuit.

"have a meal together?"

In this world, food and company are very important, even more than girlfriends, so Qiao Mu readily invited her.

"it is good."

Du Ruo said quietly.

The two came to a small fast food restaurant in a nearby old and broken residential area.

Du Ruo ordered a 15-yuan green pepper and shredded pork rice bowl, while Qiao Mu ordered a bitter melon and fried pork rice bowl for the same price, and also got free seaweed and egg drop soup.

This meal is a treat for Du Ruo.

The two chatted without saying a word and finished eating, Du Ruo put down his chopsticks.

"Qiao Mu, I told you earlier, help me visit someone."

His voice was mixed in with the noise of customers in the fast food restaurant and the news on the TV, making it difficult to make a deep impression.

"Now is the time."

(End of this chapter)