The Witch's Taste

So far, he still can't figure out how to solve this dilemma.

It is impossible for Chen Ziang to ignore Ling Nai's sincerity towards him; but Xia Zili's problem is of great importance, and he cannot let it go.

Don't think that if you have been a security officer and have seen all kinds of tragic things, you can easily do nothing.

For example, when old friend Lu Yunfeng was on duty before, because he failed to save a couple from the accident in time, their only daughter became an orphan... That guy went to the orphanage to see the little girl every month, and gave back welfare The dean of the hospital is stuffing money!

If something went wrong with Xia Zili because of her own negligence, Chen Ziang's guilt and self-blame would never be less than Lu Yunfeng's.

Maybe try to maintain the status quo first.Speaking of the two ancient cities of Enrank and Zubasa, that is, Nightmare and Ghouls, will there be a solution to the witch problem?

168. Chapter 167 Dilemma of choice

The dream world, the ancient city of Enrank.

"Mr. Asker." Nightmare Priest Nicole said in an ethereal voice, "I heard that you visited Zubasa recently?"

Chen Ziang fell silent, thinking that I haven't spoken yet, where did you hear about it?

"The ghouls have always been cunning, since they can't defeat the god-favored of the Lord of the Deep Sea, they must try to make friends with you." Nicole didn't seem to blame her, but said lightly, "I guess the person who received you It's Sarah Huck."

"Yes." Chen Ziang said helplessly.

"Ah, Sarah Hek." Nicole sighed, "Poor and ignorant traitor, if you see him next time in Zubasa, please tell him something for me."

"The old agreement still counts, but in the future, please ask him to do it for himself."

"Yes." Chen Ziang didn't know what it meant, so he agreed silently.

After Nicole finished speaking, he had a chance to ask his own question:

"Nicole, if there is a woman who is a witch... To be precise, she has already started to transform into a witch, then is there any way to stop her?"

"The transformation of a witch cannot be stopped." Nicole replied, "In fact, there is no such thing as transformation. She is either a witch or she is not. There is no middle state."

"But I guess what Mr. Asker means is to prevent this witch... from having the urge and desire to destroy?"

"That's right, that's what I meant." Chen Ziang said with a sigh.

"The reason why witches have extreme and distorted personalities is because they often suffer tremendous pain and are tied to the anchor to continue to suffer in this world." Nicole explained in detail, "Life is worse than death, and there is no way out of it." , of course the character will be distorted."

"If you want to control a witch, you must master the anchor that fixes her, that is, the obsession she relies on to live."

"Then." Chen Ziang pondered, "If a certain witch's obsession is that she deeply loves a certain man, how can she master this obsession?"

"It's very simple." Nicole said, "to control the man she loves so much."

"For example, if the witch's personality starts to become radicalized, then as long as the man she loves speaks, she will probably become docile again... You can even use this man to indirectly control the witch, turning her into any The way you wish."

"What if this man doesn't love her?" Chen Ziang continued to ask.

"It depends." Nicole replied indifferently, "If the witch loves this man deeply, but doesn't expect to be loved by him, then it should have no effect."

"Of course, this kind of thing is relatively rare. Because based on my understanding of human beings, almost everyone who loves each other deeply will desire the other's love at the same time."

"If this is the case, this witch will become extremely unstable and very dangerous."

"How to say specifically?" Chen Ziang asked nervously.

"If you can't love, isn't life the most painful?" Nicole replied, "And pain is the source of the witch's own strength."

"So once this kind of situation occurs, this witch will often become very powerful, and at the same time her own anchor will be crumbling... In other words, it is extremely dangerous and super unstable. I advise Mr. Asker to stay away from such a witch far, the farther the better."

Chen Ziang was silent for a long time, expressing that he was educated.

Looking at the list of altars again, other powers have not changed. [Profane Knowledge] and [Thousand-faced Incarnation] are not needed. [Fear Night Demon] is a double-edged sword that is difficult to control. The only thing worth paying attention to is [Capturing Malice].

This power can be understood literally, and it is the ability to perceive other people's malice towards oneself.

Chen Zi'ang originally thought it was useless, but after being ambushed by a team of mystic scholars from the Federation on the top floor of the embassy, ​​he realized that this power is still very important.

Even if weirdness won't ambush you, some people will!

Exchange requires 200 power points, small money, first exchange.

In addition, there is the continued upgrade of [Touch of the Abyss] (this time requires 2000 merit points), and the promotion of the rank of "Sacrifice Man" (1000 merit points), all of which can be discussed next time.

After the exchange was completed, Chen Ziang left the dream world, turned around and ran to the dying place to ask Sarah Hek for information.

After relaying Nicole's words, Sarah Heck just sneered and said:

"I received it. Mr. Asker, won't you come and see the altar? Maybe there are powers you need to exchange."

"I'll wait." Chen Ziang said with a sigh, "Sarahek, do you know witches?"

"If a witch loves a certain man deeply, but that man doesn't love her, how to prevent this witch from becoming extreme, or even having a tendency to self-destruct or destroy the world?"

"Well, your assumption is very clear, so the answer is very direct." Sarah Hek replied in a cold tone without thinking, "Try to control that man and force him to love that witch."

Chen Ziang: ……………

"Trust me." Sarah Heck sneered grimly. "Human beings will erupt powerful forces when they are in fear, including but not limited to deceiving themselves, paralyzing themselves, and even permanently changing their minds."

"Then if, I mean if..." Chen Ziang said awkwardly, "For example, I have a friend who is that man, so what should I do from his point of view?"

"Hmm." Sarah Hek pondered for about a second, "Trying to love that witch?"

"Then if this friend of mine..." Chen Ziang felt it was difficult to speak, he said bravely, "He may already have a crush...not a crush, but very close. If he has to date, he might be more willing to give priority to it. Considering her?"

"The crush you mentioned." Sarah Hek asked hoarsely, "Is it a witch?"

"No." Chen Ziang replied.

"Then abandon her." Sarah Hek said decisively, "Go and choose that witch."

"Mr. Asker, I can advise your friend: Although a human life is short enough, it is enough for him to empathize with others many times. But if he is killed by a witch whose obsession has collapsed because of ignorance, then Not a single chance."

"Such a choice, not to mention humans, dogs also know how to choose."

Chen Ziang: ……………

"Then what if his crush is also a witch?" He asked absently.

"Two witches fighting over a man, right?" Sarah Hek pondered. "For us ghouls, a corpse can be divided into two equal parts, but living humans shouldn't be able to."

"Maybe you can let the two witches fight each other, and let your friends choose the winning side forever, so that they won't be killed."

...Perhaps I should ask humans for this kind of question.

Chen Ziang sighed and nodded to show that he was educated.

I went to the black altar to check the altar, and found that the list was still being refreshed, so Chen Ziang left the dying state and returned to reality.

Xiao Zhu was still sitting on the sofa, quietly looking ahead, without saying a word.

Sitting beside her, Chen Ziang couldn't help but said:

"Sister."

"If you had to choose, would you prefer your Miss Suzuna, or the recent Xia Zili?"

He said to himself:

"If you want to talk about feelings, Suzuna came first after all, and I know her intentions, there is no reason not to choose her."

"But I definitely can't let Xia Zili become a witch. She is also a good girl and shouldn't be reduced to that end."

Thinking of Mie Nishikawa, Seiko Takano, and other victims, Chen Ziang sighed again, and said:

"In fact, many people should not be reduced to that end."

"But after all, I don't have the ability to save everyone."

"Xiao Zhu, sometimes I really hate myself for being weak..."

Gradually he couldn't continue, he just stared at the floor in a daze, thinking what was the use of telling his sister these things?

But soon there was a soft touch around him.

Chen Xiaozhu clumsily hugged him.

169. Chapter 168 Eight-Headed Snake

The death of Takano Seiko did not bring much disturbance to the society.

The Department of Public Security did not even announce to the outside world that the guerrilla murderer who had committed the serial murders in Extreme North City had been arrested by us... There may be other considerations.

For example, if there are other things, let the guerrillas take the blame.

As for the attack on the embassy, ​​no one pays attention to it now.These things are too far away from the lives of ordinary people.

The only thing worth mentioning is that after the divine kingdom of Takano Seiko unfolded, some mystic scholars from the Federation were involved in the ocean of the drowned man's nest.

After one of them was killed by the living dead, Xia Qingyu fished out the body and threw it to Hoikaze Lixu for autopsy.

Everyone didn't pay much attention to this matter at first, but Rio Hokaze's research results were thrown out one after another, so that everyone's attention was quickly attracted, even the headquarters of the Intelligence Bureau was alarmed, Director Qin came to the meeting in person , listened to the report of Rio Hokaze.

The reason is simple: the individual equipment on this elf's corpse is too amazing, it can be said to be ahead of Gao Tianyuan's military by an unknown number of years.

"To put it simply." Rio Hokaze reported, "The equipment on the target can be divided into two categories: wearable equipment and implanted equipment."

"Wearable equipment, the first is polymer material tights. We are still studying its material structure, and it has been determined that it can achieve optical stealth, constant temperature, puncture resistance, bullet resistance, etc., and the details are summarized in the data."

"Then there's the full-face mask inside the body suit, which allows the gas to circulate inside, allowing the wearer to survive in extreme conditions."

Director Qin listened intently to the summary, and occasionally discussed a few words with Xia Qingyu next to him.Just looking at his cautious and respectful demeanor, it seems that "asking for advice" is more appropriate.

Chen Ziang looked at the material in his hand, on which Hokaze Rio had compared the target's equipment with the level of equipment in Gao Tianyuan's military.

As far as gas circulation is concerned, in today's era of cosmic colonization, it is actually not a sophisticated technology.Converting the carbon dioxide exhaled by the human body into oxygen can be done by any oxygen generating module on a starship.

The problem is that the Federal Elf can make this oxygen-generating module the size of a pinky fingernail, which is quite awesome.

Judging from Xia Qingyu's expression, it seems that he is not interested in this material, so it is estimated that the empire should be able to do it.It's just that the high level of science and technology in the Gaotianyuan star area is so poor that there is a desire for this level of technology, and even the director of the intelligence bureau was alarmed.

"In addition, a headband was found inside the tights." Rio Hokaze displayed a picture on the projector. "The center of the headband is a special metal connected to electrical components. I don't know what it is for at present."

"That's telepathic alloy." Xia Qingyu said suddenly, "It's used to prevent the brain from being interfered with by the outside world."

Looking at the face of the director next to him, he seemed a little embarrassed.

Thinking about it, you are right. The Gaotianyuan star region does not even have military technology that "interferes with brain thinking". The Federation and the Empire have already developed to the level of "how to deal with this kind of military technology". It can only be said that the technological level gap between the two sides is too great. .

After talking about the wearable equipment, Hokaze Rio started to introduce the implant equipment.

This time everyone is more like listening to the scriptures, because Gao Tianyuan doesn't have any prosthetic technology, not even robots.

What kind of prosthetic eye, what kind of mechanical brain stem... Anyway, I can probably know what it is for, but when it comes to how to achieve it, the eyes are smeared. Hokaze Rio can only say "analyze according to the structural layout" Do it that way."

After the meeting, Director Qin hurried away with the materials.

Everyone packed up their things and prepared to leave. Chen Ziang was about to leave when Xia Qingyu stopped him.

"Come with me."

Chen Ziang ignored the ambiguous looks from his colleagues around him, and followed Xia Qingyu silently.

In fact, after working in the Intelligence Bureau for so long, everyone could vaguely see that there was something wrong with Xia Qingyu's attitude towards Chen Ziang.

If I have to generalize, I just like to find reasons to reprimand him.

But if you thought it was the leader wearing small shoes for him, then you must have made a mistake.

Because for leaders who really do this, it is basically just an excuse to make things difficult for others. The key is to take back your power by making troubles, encourage your subordinates to surpass you, and then take you out of the way, so that you can leave on your own.

Xia Qingyu didn't have any intention of doing this, even Chen Ziang himself was used to it, and every time he interrupted her reprimand and gagged her with "Ah yes yes yes".

Xia Qingyu was angry, but she didn't punish or teach him a lesson, which made it even more bizarre in the eyes of her colleagues in the department.

Everyone also guessed that it might be some taste of the beautiful leader and the young subordinates... She just likes this one!Can we manage it?

Chen Ziang didn't care about the gossip in the department - because he and Xia Qingyu were indeed innocent.

There was no relationship in the past, there is no ambiguity now, and there will be no possibility in the future.

If this beautiful leader is willing to get rid of the habit of liking other people's bad mouth, it's not impossible to introduce some suitable friends to her, now?forget it.

When I came to the meeting room next door, I saw Xia Qingyu leaning on the meeting table, and asked lightly:

"Looking back at the previous battles, what do you think of the strength of these mystic scholars from the Federation?"