Back to the end of the world: Metaphysics bosses hoard supplies for infrastructure construction

Chapter 87 Puppet Technique

Zhou Zhi focused his attention.

He has a habit that may not be clear to others. He separates communication devices for work and life.

In terms of work communications, they will be deleted immediately after completion. Only Ruan Qingqing has a backup in the cloud built by the villa.

Only Ruan Qingqing and his team of five knew about the existence of the cloud.

Zhou Zhi took a simple photo of the person who turned into a piece of paper and sent it to Ruan Qingqing.

Ruan Qingqing had already arrived at the place where the formation was missing. She was not in a hurry to repair it, but instead used the remaining formations to reveal the past scenes.

Kyle's panicked and startled actions here clearly showed that, as well as the fox demon trapped by the Four Symbol Formation.

After the explosion, she turned into a piece of paper and fell to the ground.

Ruan Qingqing followed the direction in which she disappeared and quickly found the place where she last appeared - a small mound on the city wall that was incompatible with the side.

Ruan Qingqing peeled off the moist soil, and there was indeed a small paper figure with a harp on it.

It has been in the soil for some days and has not been damaged in any way.

Since she had been forced to learn the Taoism of the Xuanyuan Pai Sect before, she quickly recognized that it was a puppet technique extended from the Taoism of the Xuanyuan Sect.

Rumor has it that the practice was passed down by a fox fairy to a Xuanyuan sect disciple who lived in Gushan.

Ruan Qingqing looked at the piece thoughtfully. Could it be that Hao Yue's people have penetrated into their base.

If that were the case, they would be in danger.

Moreover, he has brought all the people from the division to the base. Once he gives them an opportunity, they will most likely be taken advantage of.

To find the undercover agent, she needs the help of her colleagues.

"Ding dong."

At this time, another message came on her mobile phone, and it was from Zhou Zhi: "Do you recognize this paper figure as belonging to your Xuanmen?"

"Well, this is one of Xuanyuan Sect's forbidden puppet techniques. I'll go back and ask Master to confirm."

Ruan Qingqing said: "Kyle reports any other abnormalities to me."

"His whereabouts in the past few days have been mysterious, and he seems to have deliberately avoided the monitoring equipment. In addition to recording that he wiped the formation, there were too many abnormalities recorded in the monitoring system, but his destination in the past few days was not seen. "Zhou Zhi replied.

"I'll go to the archives monitoring room and see if there has been any surveillance in the archives room recently." Ruan Qingqing said.

Zhou Zhi complied, but found that there were no recorded images in the archives. He secretly thought something was wrong and asked several colleagues to inquire.

"Sister Qing, after we went on a business trip not long ago, the detection system in the monitoring room broke down and the images were not recorded."

The message from Zhou Zhi made Ruan Qingqing frown, and replied with a heavy heart: "I understand."

What she feared most was that the current situation would be exactly what she had guessed.

Thinking about it, Ruan Qingqing put away the piece of paper in his hand, cleared the chat history with his backhand, and went to Xuan Xuzi's residence.

The unit room was filled with smoke. After Xuan Xuzi finished reciting the sutra, he flipped through ancient Taoist books at the table.

The bed beside him was tidied by him. There was a sacred monument in the southeast corner of the house. There was a chair, a chair and a book, and there was no other unnecessary furniture.

At this time, the fragrance is floating in front of the sacred monument, making people fall asleep.

The quiet environment was broken by a crisp knock on the door.

"Come in." Xuan Xuzi put down the ancient book in his hand and saw Ruan Qingqing walking in.

"Master and disciple, I have something to ask you." Ruan Qingqing said, and then took out a piece of white paper.

The fingerprints cut out on it were obviously incantations carved with a knife.

"You shouldn't be asking for advice on formations, right?" Xuan Xuzi's eyes suddenly became reserved.Ruan Qingqing nodded: "Of course not. Master has learned a lot of Taoism and came here specifically to ask this puppet master to explain it."

Xuan Xuzi looked at the paper man again, stroked his beard and said: "The reason why puppetry is classified as a forbidden art is that it controls people's minds by deceiving them. Even if it is removed later, life will be worse than death for the person being manipulated. the death penalty."

"Master, what you mean is that this piece of paper was once a living person?" Ruan Qingqing thought carefully and was very scared.

Xuan Xuzi nodded: "You should also be aware of the smell of blood on this piece of paper. The puppet made from living people has individual consciousness and is absolutely obedient to the controller. As long as the paper is not destroyed, the puppet can be reused in the future. .”

reuse?This means that even if it is scattered inside the base, it will not be easily detected, and then it can be transformed into a human form and used by the controller at a critical moment.

By then, it would probably be too late for them to deal with it.

"Master, do you know how to crack them, or how to find traces of other puppets?" Ruan Qingqing asked.

"After all, they are made by people. If you want to find other identical puppets or controllers, you may be able to find some clues by looking at the causal lines behind them. But if you want to find the mastermind behind the scenes, you probably have to be someone who has practiced this art like him. Only people can crack it." Xuan Xuzi said seriously.

Learning these heresies would corrupt the mind of the ascetic, and he did not recommend trying them.

Ruan Qingqing tried to pry into the cause and effect behind the paper puppet, but it was obvious that someone had deliberately covered it up.

Thinking of it, her strength must be above her own, otherwise how could she not see through it.

Ruan Qingqing took the paper man and finally returned without success.

"came back?"

When she returned to the villa, Ruan Qingqing was a little surprised when she looked at the lamp in the living room. Later, she realized that Yun Fangchang had moved back after returning from his apprenticeship.

There were freshly cooked meals on the table, and the fragrant steamed seabass made her salivate.

After steaming for seven or eight minutes, add spicy millet, chopped green onion, and hot oil fried with garlic and pour it on top. The pungent aroma is so appetizing that Ruan Qingqing immediately puts her worries behind her.

There are also hand-made mushroom meatballs, the thick juice explodes in the space, and the taste is simply delicious.

There was only food for two people, although it was not much. Ruan Qingqing was half full after finishing a bowl of rice.

At this time, Yun Fangchang handed him another bottle of freshly squeezed sweet coconut, and he sat down and slowly started to eat his meal.

Ruan Qingqing held the cup: "I didn't give you any supplies, so you used your own salary card to get these?"

It must have been a large amount.

If she had known this, she would have proposed having a dinner together so that the dishes would be richer and the quota on their meal cards would not have to be spent.

Yun Fangchang nodded, not thinking it was anything.

He stopped the chopsticks in his hand and said, "I finished my work today and came back a little early. I also made your share of the meal."

"By the way, what happened to you today?" Yun Fangchang asked. He saw Ruan Qingqing's frown when he came back.

"Did Zhou Zhi tell you?" Ruan Qingqing asked tentatively.

"I heard a little bit," Yun Fang said, but he couldn't get the general idea of ​​the matter clearly from Zhou Zhi.

After Ruan Qingqing heard this, she did not intend to hide it. She placed a paper figure on the table: "Unidentified people used the Xuanmen forbidden technique to sneak into the base. This is the paper puppet they dropped."

Yun Fangchang narrowed his eyes when he saw the paper man on the table.

From his perspective, there happened to be a red line on the paper figure extending into the kitchen.

He rubbed his eyes to make sure he saw it correctly. After listening to Ruan Qingqing's concerns, he suddenly stood up and went to the kitchen.

Ruan Qingqing thought he was still cooking something and didn't pay much attention.

Until Yun Fangchang suddenly shouted to her from inside: "Come here, is this paper exactly the same as the paper man in your hand?"

(End of this chapter)