The Final Story of Miss Weird

Elsa next to her looked back and forth, afraid of revealing something, so she had to lower her head.

Chapter 5 Aging (k)

It is precisely because the "Company" has conducted a thorough investigation in advance that the danger level of this series of incidents collectively known as the "White Witch" was lowered to the rookie level and handed over to the team from Jiangcheng County to handle.

On the one hand, the "company" does not have much spare energy to take care of these trivial matters. To put it bluntly, the people who died in these incidents were basically just ordinary people, and the number was not large, basically no more than a hundred people, so it is not a problem at all.

In addition, perhaps Luo Ling and others who have personally experienced the horror of Jiangcheng County may be able to discover something in these places where nothing can be investigated, which can be considered an unexpected surprise.

It fits Luo Ling's impression of the company: cold and indifferent, yet efficient in weighing the pros and cons.

Luo Ling has come into contact with many people from the "company". Li Shaoheng, Cen Xiangyun... and even Eve in front of him, are all senior employees of the company.

They all have different personalities and their own individual characteristics, but as long as they are in the huge running machine of the "company", their personal likes and dislikes will not affect the "company" that is rolling forward with everything wrapped up. Even Lu Fangling from P8 is just a part of this machine.

Compared to the large force that was being mobilized to hunt for the "White Witch's Agent", Luo Ling and others were not very noticeable.

Eve felt that there was no need to make any special preparations, so she pulled back Cen Xiangyun, who originally wanted to go to the conference room for a meeting, and then took Luo Ling and others directly to the hatchery where the recent incident occurred.

Seeing this scene, Luo Ling thought of something, patted Cen Xiangyun on the shoulder and asked,

"Ms. Cen, were you from the Hillman office before?"

"how do you know?"

Cen Xiangyun was surprised. With her strength, she definitely couldn't enter the company's real core headquarters, so even as a direct member, she had to intern in various offices first.

"...I heard that." Luo Ling thought of what Eve said when she and Eve first met, and couldn't help but twitched her lips, "The conference room here is used to discuss what to eat for dinner, and never for any pre-war preparations..."

"Ah?" Cen Xiangyun stared.

"Of course, only the cowards of Hillman like to hesitate in making preparations. We in Wellington will just go straight in!" Eve next to him poked her head out at the right time, glanced at Cen Xiangyun and said, "If you can beat them, go ahead. If you can't, run away. No matter how many plans you make, it all comes down to these two sentences.

"Also, I hate meetings. Every time the superiors come to hold a meeting, they either talk nonsense like 'the key issue is to find the key to the problem' or use completely incomprehensible words like 'ecological counter-attack' and 'marginal effect'."

"And more..."

As if she had been provoked, Eve continued to talk, but her facial expression management was top-notch and she remained as indifferent as ever.

Cen Xiangyun had some cold sweat on her forehead. She tugged at Luo Ling's clothes and asked,

"Does she always talk so much?"

"...Don't ask me."

Luo Ling turned her head slightly, automatically blocking out Eve's chattering, and moved a little further away while holding Elsa, leaving Cen Xiangyun alone as a qualified listener.

Lu Manqing was very interested in the surrounding scenery. From time to time, he would take out the small box in his arms, look left and right, and take a few photos from time to time.

This is a camera made entirely with current technology. It just has a peculiar appearance, but its functions are pretty much the same.

When she is not talking, Lu Manqing is indeed a great beauty, and she does have a quiet and gentle temperament, but it's a pity that she always makes some shocking remarks.

A group of people walked along the dirt road in the city towards the suburbs. From time to time, they could see some special figures hurriedly walking among the pedestrians. They were all employees of the "company".

"It seems that the agent is much more important than I thought..."

Luo Ling was a little surprised. This was completely different from the attitude towards the apostles.

However, if you think about it carefully, you will understand that the "grace" that the agent receives from the strange and spontaneous fall can usually be used to directly call upon power, which is quite powerful.

Compared to this, Luo Ling and his group investigating the apostle incident seemed a bit too shabby.

Of course, Eve was not completely unprepared for this mission, she just didn't want to stay in the office and procrastinate.

On the way, the newly formed team also got to know each other's abilities.

The captain is Eve, "Iron Fist", "Judgment" path, her ability has extremely strong positive destructive power.

Cen Xiangyun, "Ice", "Element" path, mainly controls the field and saves life, the lethality and offensiveness are relatively average.

Elsa, "Scarlet Witch", "Dream Wandering" (Nightmare) Path, special attacks against souls, and can even threaten higher-level awakened ones, but she is helpless against beings without souls.

The more unexpected one is Lu Manqing, she is from the "All Spirits" path, codenamed "Doctor". Needless to say, her main ability is to heal injuries.

When Lu Manqing revealed her path and abilities, she inexplicably felt that Eve's gaze towards her seemed a little sharper.

As for Luo Ling...

"Just think of me as a Judgment Path. I'm very strong. Anyway, for now... that's probably how I'm going to be used."

Luo Ling touched her nose. Even if she didn't use the evil ghost form, her strength was equivalent to that of an ordinary "Judgment" path awakener.

Of course, the evil ghost form...it's better not to use it if possible, although Luo Ling knows that the so-called seventh path that the "company" is interested in must be related to the evil ghost form.

But if this trump card only burned life, it would be fine. Even Luo Ling himself didn't know what was burning.

After each use, strange features would remain on Luo Ling's appearance for a period of time, and there would always be an inexplicable weird feeling in his mind.

Eve didn't care much about Luo Ling's concealment. She also concealed some things herself. As long as she didn't let down her team by deliberately hiding her strength during the commission and put her teammates in danger, everything would be fine.

"arrive."

Eve compared the file in her hand, looked at the surrounding scenery, and then stopped.

"here..."

Luo Ling raised her head slightly. They were now in the area closest to the outskirts of Wellington. If they went a little further ahead, they could see the edge of the "Realm of Nothingness".

The so-called hatchery ruins are located in this remote location and are composed of several old warehouses connected together.

"A 'factory', or a small workshop." Eve introduced, "This tragedy happened five nights ago, and it was the earliest 'White Witch' incident.

"The owner of this factory is called William. He is a small boss who runs several textile factories. Several of these factories are his. Because of the death of nearly 70 workers in this incident, all of them have stopped production.

"He originally wanted to conceal it, but the few people he found to collect the bodies were devoured by the remaining mycelium, so he went to the Paranormal Detective Agency, which is how the "company" noticed these things."

At this point, even though Eve was a reckless man, her expression became a little serious.

"This is the first time that the 'Company' failed to detect the strange apostle's crime. The strange 'White Witch's' ability is so secretive that we are still not sure how many traces of her are left in Victoria."

Luo Ling really wanted to cough a few times. She felt a little embarrassed to be called out in person like this all the time.

However, Luo Ling was indeed interested in this matter.

The main purpose is to see how the evil pioneer uses her power.

But now, there is still a little doubt.

"Ms. Eve, you seem to have said that these hatcheries...are all fake?" Luo Ling asked.

Eve nodded and replied,

“Well, after several investigations into these traces, we found that all the signs of the hatchery were fabricated, because even if we removed all the strange traces inside, the hatchery barrier did not dissipate.

"This is a common method used by the apostles. They use disguised barriers to confuse us and cover up their evil deeds."

The hatchery is actually a protective barrier released by the weirdness when it is accumulating strength.

If there were no weirdness, and the barrier was constructed in a similar way, it would be no different from a real hatchery barrier, except that there were no "eggs" and the power corresponding to the "eggs" inside.

But if that is the case, it cannot be called a "hatching ground"; it is simply a cover-up.

"No." Luo Ling shook his head and said, "The hatchery is real."

She had already sensed a familiar aura, and a hint of danger appeared in her intuition.

In addition, there is one extremely important thing.

Elsa...

At this time, Elsa leaned against Luo Ling, feeling a little drowsy.

She is not a true awakener, but a strange container.

Even after becoming Luo Ling's apostle, the essence of this point has not changed.

Therefore, Elsa will be more susceptible to weird influences to a certain extent.

At some point, Elsa fell into a semi-comatose state, which was very similar to the situation during the Baiyan Village incident.

When two similar things are put together, there is only one conclusion.

"How is that possible? Wait a minute, I'll take you in and you'll know."

Eve wanted to hold Luo Ling's hand, but she saw Luo Ling's extremely serious eyes and heard her slowly say,

"No, Miss Eve, we...were already inside the hatchery."

The cry of crows could be heard faintly from somewhere, and the pale sky seemed to be frozen in this moment forever. The silence around was quite abnormal.

Perhaps due to some cognitive influence, everyone ignored these details. Luo Ling was so focused on thinking and avoiding Eve's nagging that he didn't realize when he stepped into the hatchery.

but...

"That's right."

For some reason, Luo Ling felt inexplicably relieved in his heart.

I always feel that if there is no problem with her novice mission, then there will be a problem...

"what!"

Just then, a terrible scream came from the side.

A few people turned their heads and saw that it was sent by Lu Manqing.

She covered her mouth slightly, holding a few photos in her hands, unable to hide the horror on her face.

"what happened?"

Cen Xiangyun went over immediately, and when she saw the photo, she also screamed.

"what!"

"What happened?"

Eve immediately came over, took a look, and screamed.

"what!"

"..."

This made Luo Ling, who was concentrating on feeling the difference between the hatchery barrier and the Puppet Ballad, couldn't help but become curious.

She walked over and took a look, and then she knew why these people were screaming.

I saw that the photos taken by Lu Manqing were all taken by her from a sneaky angle to capture the images of several people in the team, either for commemoration or for some other reason. She probably didn't intend to sell them.

However, these photos are completely different.

“The pictures are all of old ladies.”

Luo Ling raised his head and looked at the appearance of everyone one by one.

Even though the photo shows her old age, she can still be matched one by one with everyone, even Elsa is no exception, she looks like a short old lady.

Only...

Luo Ling is missing.

In the corresponding photo of Luo Ling, there was only a gray shadow.

“My camera is broken...”

Lu Manqing had a sad face.

"This is obviously not the camera's fault!" Cen Xiangyun said through gritted teeth, "Besides, I can't be this ugly even when I'm old!"

The old ladies in the photos all have wrinkles on their faces, age spots all over their bodies, their teeth have almost fallen out, and their lips are all soft and droopy.

Even Elsa is no exception.

But it's still very inconsistent...

"I want to see what I look like when I'm old." Luo Ling touched his chin.

"Don't just say that because there's no photo of you in there!" Cen Xiangyun was furious.

"Ms. Lu, your photography technique is not right. Your sense of the lens is not very good... I will give you some guidance when I have time." Eve made special comments on Lu Manqing's photography skills.

"Shouldn't we be concerned about why this terrible thing happened?"

Cen Xiangyun just felt that these guys in the team were not very reliable, and the places they were focusing on at this time were quite strange.

"Calm down, Grandma Cen. Didn't I tell you that we have entered the hatchery? We are probably affected by some strange rules." Luo Ling spoke to comfort her, but the address seemed a little wrong.