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Chapter 285 Xu Shu's Nine Questions (6K words, please give me a monthly ticket)

Is torture important?
Generally not important.

For example, this time, Xu Shu just came to hunt down the direct murderer who killed his "subordinates" and leave after killing them.

But who would have thought that this seemed to have uncovered some incredible conspiracy.

They conspired loudly, and what they said really scared Xu Shu.

What divine blood? What parasitic species? What post-natal plan?
What a headache!

Xu Shu was not good at interrogation, but he had to do it now.

"Do you want to live?" Xu Shu asked.

"Think about it!" The White Emperor's soldiers disguised as the Black Emperor's soldiers nodded vigorously and looked at their leader who was lying upside down for help. They were really scared.

"If you want to live, answer my questions honestly, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" The Baidi soldiers nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

Cai Qijun stood upside down on the ground, rolled his eyes at his subordinates, and snorted coldly: "Are you stupid? If we tell him, will he let us go? Won't we still be silenced by him?"

"This……"

Everyone hesitated for a moment. After thinking about it, it was indeed true. If they wanted to survive, they should hold on and not give in. They deliberately kept him hanging. If they told him everything, wouldn’t they be worthless?

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. In fact, there is no irreconcilable conflict between us. As long as you tell me what I want to know, you help me and I help you, why would I have to kill you?"

"Uh." Cai Qijun was stunned. He felt that the words had clear logic and sounded familiar. They seemed to be words that only a very rare wise man could say.

Xu Shu continued, "Think about it. I'm just a small investigator who only makes tens of thousands of yuan a month. Why would I take such a big risk and offend you, the Salvation Army? Don't you agree? As long as you tell the truth, I swear to Lie Zhenzi that today I will pretend that you have never appeared!"

"This..." Cai Qijun fell silent.

In fact, he was somewhat persuaded and felt that this was indeed the truth, but he always felt that something was not right.

Deacon Yu of the Quincy nearby interrupted and said, "Brother Cai, fellow Savior Army members, don't be fooled by him. We are being controlled by others now, so we must unite. If he dares to use force, we will die in front of him and let him get nothing! Brothers, let me talk to him!"

Cai Qijun and the Baidi Army looked at him, thinking that there was really no other way to go at this time, so they nodded at the same time, indicating that they were willing to see if this colleague had any good ideas to reverse the desperate situation.

Deacon Yu looked at Xu Shu with a look of deep pain on his face, and sighed, "My friend, you have entered the wrong door, do you know that? The path of the travelers on the Xilu Road is all imaginary, they are crazy, and they are all on the wrong path!"

"..."Xu Shu felt puzzled.

Is this guy sick?

Telling me this at this time?

He dares to ruin my good deeds, I might as well kill him.

But this guy is a Quincy member, so he should know a lot of information. Killing him directly might lead to missing out on the information. It would be better to ask him and see how much information he can provide...

Xu Shu rolled his eyes and followed his lead, "Okay, then I took the wrong path. Don't worry about it for now. Just tell me what you want to do."

Deacon Yu shook his head and said, "Don't worry about what we want to do. Listen to me first. Talented people like you should become part of our Quincy! It's not too late for you to turn back now. When the Lord comes in the future, you can still be saved. If you continue to be stubborn and unrepentant, I'm afraid you will not be able to enter the Kingdom of the Lord."

Deacon Yu tried to persuade him earnestly, but Xu Shu frowned.

This "impermanence" really means moodiness.

He was obviously seriously injured and looked afraid of death just now, but why did he suddenly become stubborn and neurotic at this moment?

Does being a Pathfinder or a Quincy matter to him?

Xu Shu thought for a moment and said, "From now on, I am no longer a traveler of the Extinguished Road. I believe in the Quincy. Can you tell me what exactly you want to do?"

Deacon Yu shook his head and said, "You are talking nonsense. You have entered the path of extinction, so how can you quit it just like that? Come with me to the headquarters of the church, and I will take you back to the path of the stars, and you can choose the right path again."

"You're looking for trouble. Do you want to die?" Xu Shu stiffened his fist.

Deacon Yu looked at the bodies of his companions on the ground, then looked at the White Emperor soldiers who were looking at him with hope, and said passionately:

"You can choose to kill us, but if you do that, you won't be able to ask anything! People with different beliefs cannot work together. You must first join our path and become a fellow believer, and then..."

"Okay! I'll join your comrades now!"

Before he could finish, Xu Shu grabbed a White Emperor soldier on the ground and stuffed his head into Deacon Yu's ass.

Now, Deacon Yu was in trouble. Although he was a second-level master and his butt was very hard and strong, it was not big enough to accommodate an entire human head. If he forced it in, he would die.

The Savior who was arrested was a first-stage "criminal" with a normal-sized head, so it was impossible for him to become a fellow criminal, unless his head grew larger.

In the end, in the competition of whether to explode his butt or his head, this White Emperor was inferior in military skills and lost the upper hand. He had his head crushed and died.

"You, you shameless man, why are you doing this? Do you think we will submit to you like this?" Deacon Yu asked with a heavy breath and a red neck.

Xu Shu threw the corpse covered with shit-yellow apricots aside, picked up another person, and sneered, "You still dare to resist? I think you don't have enough like-minded people!"

"You!" Deacon Yu clamped his legs together, his face turning green.

This time, Xu Shu picked a fat and big-eared guy, whose head was a circle bigger than the previous one. If this guy came in, he would definitely not be able to bear it.

The Baidi Army member in his hand screamed wildly and struggled: "Boss, save me! Boss, save me, I don't want to die! "

However, the arms cannot bend the thighs, so with his strength, how could he compare with Xu Shu?
Xu Shu pushed the guy's head towards Deacon Yu with his hand, wanting to make him the new ghost under Deacon Yu's crotch.

"Wait a minute, I'll tell you everything!" Deacon Yu said.

"That's better." Xu Shu left the terrified Baidi army behind.

He took out a pen and paper and wrote down the following:
"Today, Xu Shu, the ghostwriter of the Astronomical Society and the investigator of the Judgment Department, swears an oath here! In this interrogation, as long as I get information, I will never take the initiative to kill anyone! If I break my promise, I will be doomed! If I don't tell the truth, I will also be struck by lightning! Line up above and be a witness!"

After writing, he pressed a bloody handprint on the white paper, picked it up and said to everyone:

"Don't accuse me of bullying you. Next, I will ask you questions and you will answer them. Tell me the truth about the questions I want to know, and I will let you all leave here as agreed! A real man always keeps his word. He means what he says. What he says counts!"

"But! I will only ask once, and you can only answer once! If anyone dares to deliberately conceal the truth or maliciously lie, hey, my sword will not be a vegetarian either."

After saying that, Xu Shu smashed a load-bearing column with a snap, demonstrating enough force.

Cai Qijun, Deacon Yu and others stared at Xu Shu blankly, not understanding for a moment what his purpose was.

This guy's methods are so strange and sinister that they are enough to be used for interrogation. Why does he need to swear an oath to restrain himself?
Besides, a piece of white paper like this won't have much effect...

But no matter what, Xu Shu's behavior still gave these people peace of mind.

Even those guys who were associated with the evil cult didn't dare to be disrespectful when talking about the formation, let alone the written contract with bloody handprints. They said that it was no big deal, but they really didn't dare to violate it.

It seems that if we answer the questions honestly, this guy will really let us go...

Everyone looked at each other and pressed their bloody fingerprints on the contract.

After finishing the preliminary work, Xu Shu drew a spider web one by one and asked them to stand one by one, with their backs to each other, forming a big circle.

He sorted out his thoughts, took out a piece of paper, and wrote down the questions he wanted the answers to, to avoid forgetting them later. He then asked them one by one and compared them with each other.

The first question is, "Who sent you here?"

The answer to this question will give different results.

Cai Qijun was just following the orders of his superiors, but he didn't know who they were. The superiors in the Salvation Army only used the military order "tiger talisman" to communicate with their subordinates. The subordinates didn't know the identities of their superiors and only recognized the tiger talisman, not the person.

Deacon Yu said that he received an order from an elder in his own organization, who had a name called "Silver Fire Dragon".

Xu Shu opened the upgrade driver and found several posts on the Internet that counted the "strongest on the list" and learned more about it.

Silver Fire Dragon, whose real name is unknown, is ranked 105th on the Earth Ranking. He is a new demigod who just made the list a year ago and is nicknamed “Swallowing Gold and Spitting Out Silver”.

It seems that this "Silver Rath Dragon" is actually a Quincy of the Star Society.

Xu Shu nodded and wrote down the news. A powerful person on the Earth List was involved.
The difference between the Star Club and the Salvation Army is that the Salvation Army has always been a very positive character, so they are secretive about what they do and dare not show their true colors to others;

The Stars Society has always been hated by everyone. Most of the things they do are crazy and insane, confusing right and wrong and causing harm to the world. They are a cult-style organization, but they are quite open and wish the whole world knew who they are.

Xu Shu's second question was: "What are your plans for the day after tomorrow?"

This question has not been given a very accurate answer.

Because they all said: They only knew that it was a very important plan, very confidential, but they didn't know what the plan was specifically about. They only vaguely guessed that it might be an attack somewhere, which would certainly cause strong suppression from the Astronomical Society.

Therefore, all of them will evacuate the safe zone by tomorrow morning at the latest to avoid being affected.

As for more, they don’t know. They are just following orders from their superiors and coming here for the benefits promised by the other party.

Xu Shu thought that they should not have hidden anything. These guys were not very strong and might not be able to access deep enough secrets.

He immediately raised the third question: "Who will carry out this plan?"

This question has two answers.

The people of the Baidi Army said that the person who promised to give benefits was called "Alinada".

Deacon Yu said that the person who promised him benefits was called "Rashiam".

Afraid that Xu Shu would not believe them, they tried their best to express that they were not lying.

Xu Shu pondered for a moment and asked the fourth question: "Are they the chosen ones of God?"

The two were shocked: "Could it be that you are also..."

Xu Shu chuckled: "I have killed a few, their names are very similar, it is not difficult to identify them."

Cai Qijun and Deacon Yu lowered their heads. They didn't expect that the man in front of them was such a powerful man who could even kill the Chosen Ones of God. It was not unfair for them to fall.

Xu Shu looked calm on the surface, but he was actually a little nervous. There were two chosen ones here. The one in the Hero Meeting mentioned a chosen one named "Selkis". After the Archbishop recovered, he was already hunting the other one down in the whole city.

Here come three chosen ones from God.

Obviously, there must be more.

The safe zone has been invaded by God's Chosen!

How many are there? Where are they hiding? What did God choose them to do? Do they eat people?
Xu Shu was cautious and asked the fifth question: "Do you know the identities or locations of these chosen ones? How many of them are there?"

The result was as expected. The God's Chosen Ones contacted them unilaterally. They could not take the initiative to contact the God's Chosen Ones, nor did they know who the other party was, let alone how many of them there were.

When asked how they contacted each other, both of them said that their contact person was from the "Heroes Association" and that they came here today to wait for the contact person from the Heroes Association. The location was set yesterday, but they did not expect that the contact person did not come, but only a team leader of a mopping-up team came. Not only did he not kill them, but he also wanted to cooperate with them.

"It turns out that these people are also peripheral members of the Heroes Association. It seems that the people involved in the Heroes Association are far from being completely eliminated!"

After asking this, Xu Shu also understood Song Nanshou's original plan. He was planning to kill Tang Ying and Song Yuchun, and then frame Cai Qijun and others.

All the members of Group 10 were turned into "zombies". This was irrefutable evidence, enough to prove that this incident had nothing to do with "Demon-Slaying General" Song Nanshou. It was Song Yuchun and others who were killed after being ambushed, while the other party all "escaped".

He had planned very carefully, the only thing he hadn't expected was that the third level wouldn't be able to defeat the second level.

Xu Shu wrote down the information and asked the sixth question: "When did you join this project, and what are your responsibilities?"

When asked this question, both parties were silent at first and were reluctant to answer.

You clearly included two questions in this answer, but we agreed to ask one question each time. Isn't this bullying?

But Xu Shu directly put Cai Qijun's head close to Deacon Yu's butt, asking him to be a fellow traveler, and the two of them immediately surrendered.

"About two months ago, we received a transfer order and came to this poor place, D8B3 District. At the beginning, our task was to find suitable places outside, some hidden shelters, so that their people could perform sacrifices. This is the only way to summon the Chosen Ones of God to descend! As for the ceremony itself, we do not participate, nor do we dare to participate. We are only responsible for finding a good place and people who are willing to believe in the esoteric religion, and then wait for them to come!" - Cai Qijun and other Baidi Army replied.

Two months ago, mid-October?
Xu Shu was slightly shocked. This matter had been going on for such a long time, and even started before he was "born". This was obviously not good news, and it meant that the other party had obviously achieved huge strategic results.

"What about you?" Xu Shu looked at Deacon Yu calmly.

Deacon Yu said: "We are different from them. Our elders took the initiative to join halfway through more than half a month ago, so we do everything. Sometimes we help to recruit new believers and hold ceremonies, sometimes we help to send people off, and we also help to clear out those who are disobedient."

About half a month ago, around November 20th?

Xu Shu understood what he meant. It meant that this matter might not be the involvement of all the Quincy, but was simply the behavior of Silver Rathalos alone.

Of course, this is not important, Xu Shu is only responsible for recording.

His seventh question was: "Why come to the safe zone to perform sacrifices to summon the Chosen? Won't they be killed by the Star Tower when they come out?"

According to the answers of the two, in fact only a part of the Chosen Gods were summoned by the White Emperor Army with the help of people to sacrifice, but before that, the Chosen Gods already existed in the safe zone.

As for why the God's Chosen could not be discovered by the Star Tower, their answer was to ask in confusion: "Why were they struck by the Star Tower? Aren't the God's Chosen the humans favored by the evil god?"

Obviously, what they know is limited, and this involves their blind spots in knowledge.

Xu Shu did not tell them that the chosen ones of God were actually monsters that looked like humans but were not.

He turned to the eighth question: "What are parasitic species and divine blood?"

The two groups did not dare to hide anything and answered honestly about the information they knew.

The parasitic species is a rare creature of the Tzeentch sect. It is neither alive nor dead. Using one can help a perfect second-level transcendent to safely break through to the third level. The consequences of a failed breakthrough will be borne entirely by the parasitic species, and the parasitic species will die after the breakthrough.

As for the divine blood, it is very simple. As the name suggests, it is the blood of a creature that contains "divinity". This thing can help certain extraordinary people to break through the barrier between the third and fourth levels. It is said that it may even involve higher-level secrets. However, this is not something they can get involved in, and they don't know much about it.

Xu Shu found it very strange.

In this case, the "Silver Rathalos" of the Quincy might have come for profit and participated in this matter.

But the people from the Salvation Army don’t look like that!

There were too many people coming, not just the White Emperor Army. Xu Shu had also met people from the Black Emperor Army in the wasteland.

Such a huge expenditure of energy just to seek a few third-level positions, but a portion of the "divine blood" that may help to reach the fourth level?
These are obviously not equivalent.

The Savior Army clearly has a bigger plan, but these little Karamis are just unaware of it.

However, there is no point in continuing to ask, as this is all these people know.

The last question is: "What is the code for the connection?"

Cai Qijun said that if the other party asks a question, "The day of the Lord is near," he would answer, "Today!"

'It was that song.'

Xu Shu understood. He had heard the old pastor (Yu Mingluan) lead the believers in singing this verse in the underground ruins.

As soon as he fell silent, everyone became nervous.

Cai Qijun said, "Brother, we have told you everything we know, what we can say, and what we cannot say! Line up as witnesses, and you must abide by the rules."

"Don't worry, I'm a very disciplined person." Without even raising his head, Xu Shu picked up the arm of the man whose head was crushed and began to write and draw on the ground.

Everyone was confused, but since Xu Shu said so, they could only reluctantly believe it. After all, they couldn't resist now.

Xu Shu painted faster and faster, occasionally stopping to think, and then continuing to paint.

Very quickly, he drew a huge magic circle and trapped everyone inside.

Everyone gradually realized that something was wrong.

This is clearly a sacrificial formation!
"Wait, what do you want to do?"

"You promised to let us live! You, you don't keep your promise!"

"Don't worry, I'm setting it up now." Xu Shu said as he walked outside the blood formation and took out a golden altar. This time he took out the "Martial Artist" and carefully placed it on the altar formation.

What's being played? What did he play?
The people of the Baidi Army and Deacon Yu were all stunned for a moment.

They couldn't see the "Martial Artist" altar that Xu Shu took out, but they could see that it was a sacrificial formation.

What kind of evil god's magic circle is this? I have never seen it before.

Is this guy scribbling?

What they didn't know was that Xu Shu didn't just draw it randomly, it's just that they didn't recognize this magic circle.

Setting up a magic array is a job that tests one's basic skills. Without three to five years of hard training, it is easy to make mistakes.

Xu Shu obviously did not have such hard training. Whether it was the magic array for sacrificing to the Four Gods of the Abyss or the magic array for sacrificing to the array master, he had only seen them but had never learned them, and did not dare to set them up at will.

The magic circle on the ground is the only sacrificial magic circle that Xu Shu has mastered and can completely arrange, and there will be no mistakes, because he has arranged it hundreds and thousands of times by himself - in the journey [Return of the Dead].

This altar is used to summon the evil god: Arthas.

But Arthas is no longer with us, so the current direction must be changed.

"Most High, Eternal Lord, I beg you to hear my call!"

"You are the supreme being who holds the authority over space..."

"It is the great and infinite Ouroboros..."

"He is the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with two innate aspects..."

Xu Shu had a serious expression and a serious attitude. He muttered to himself and began to summon a higher being: Ksitigarbha!

As he continued to chant, the blood and corpses on the ground evaporated quickly, a humming sound was heard in the air, and an illusory crack appeared above his head. A pair of eyes seemed to light up inside and cast their gaze towards Xu Shu who was setting up the altar!
For some reason, Xu Shu vaguely felt that this sight seemed to pause slightly, and then disappeared, and the strange and powerful aura was gradually fading away.

Uh, it seems like Dizang doesn’t want to respond to me?
Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, as if thinking about something.

But that didn't matter, he hadn't intended to offer a sacrifice to that guy.

He controlled the "Martial Artist" altar, slowly rising up, occupying the original crack space and completely filling the small gap that was quietly opened by the tail kendo.

He summoned the evil god himself, and then intercepted him with the altar. The process was very smooth and there was no resistance at all. This is called being awesome.

Kudos!

In an instant, a powerful aura descended, and a wall of golden light was erected on the ground.

Golden tentacles like flower stamens stretched down from the sky and began to penetrate into the bodies of the sacrifices one by one, wantonly extracting their life and flesh.

"Stop it now, didn't you agree to let us go?"

"You are not keeping your word? You have sworn an oath to Liezhenzi, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

"Brother, don't be like this! What else do you want to know? I'll tell you everything~"

"Help me, Mom!"

“No, you can’t do this. You can’t f*cking do this~”

Inside the sacrificial formation, the Baidi soldiers could no longer bear their fear and began to wail.

Suffering?

Xu Shudi threw the "contract" onto the light wall, and the light wall shattered it.

Seeing this, he smiled, took off his hat, bowed like a gentleman, and said:

"Great Lord, please accept the gift I offer you! Please take them all away!"

(End of this chapter)