Under the guidance of Kafi Colon, Felin and Lindy walked in the dense forest and rushed to the earthquake center.
About half an hour later, they arrived at an area where fallen trees were everywhere and the ground was full of hideous cracks.
Some of these ferocious cracks not only spread extremely far, but are also extremely huge. The widest part is even enough to swallow a house.
Without Kafi Colon's reminder, Felin and Lindy realized that this should be the center of the earthquake.
The center of the earthquake is the most severely damaged place. Based on the degree of damage to the terrain here, it is extremely likely that it is the center of the earthquake.
"Great Elder Sokes."
"Great Elder Harlowen."
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Other mystics who participated in the search had already arrived here. When they saw Felin and Lindy arriving, they all greeted them respectfully.
"Have you found any unnatural traces, such as buildings?"
Felin asked the mystic who arrived first.
"No, no traces of buildings or anything like that were found."
Essie shook her head and said.
"Have you ever explored the ground?"
Lindy thought for a moment and asked.
"No."
Essie shook her head.
"Let me investigate, Dark Night."
Lindy used her extraordinary power of night, and darkness shrouded the surrounding area, leaving the surrounding area in the realm of night.
Then with the help of the perception ability in the night field, the perception is towards the underground.
For a moment, she canceled the night realm and ended her perception.
"How about it?"
Felin asked quickly.
"I didn't find it. Maybe my previous judgment was wrong, or maybe the depth of my dark night realm is too shallow."
Lindy said thoughtfully.
"Let me give it a try."
Felin summoned the mysterious gun, changed it into the form of a sniper rifle, and then looked into the ground through the perspective of the scope.
As Felin looked into the scope, the situation underground appeared in front of him.
He slowly moved the scope of his sniper rifle, searching the ground area after area, looking for abnormal places.
After reaching the extraordinary level, today's sniper rifle scopes can see dozens of kilometers away even without the help of other aids.
When looking through the ground, the deepest depth can reach hundreds of meters.
If there are ruins underground, they should not exceed this depth.
If nothing abnormal is still found through this method, either the previous speculation was wrong, or this is probably not the center of the earthquake.
"Um……"
Feilin, who was searching the ground, suddenly changed his expression slightly and looked at the ground through the scope with more concentration.
"What did you find?"
Seeing the change in Felin's expression, Lindy asked quickly.
"A collapsed building was found."
Felin said while looking down through the scope.
Through the perspective of the scope, he saw an underground building.
This building may have collapsed due to the earthquake.
Many places were buried by collapsed soil, and only some places still had hollow areas, and vague human traces could be seen.
This proves that this place was not formed naturally, but was excavated artificially.
"Is it a ruin?"
Lindy asked.
"It's not a ruin."
Felin shook his head and said.
"Judging from the construction traces, this underground building was not built for a long time, no more than ten years at most."
As a "jewellery antique appraiser", Felin is extremely sensitive to age and workmanship, and can keenly judge the age and workmanship style of an object.
According to his judgment, this underground building is not a ruin, but was excavated and built by some force in recent years.
"It's not a relic. It took no more than ten years to build..."
There was a faint glimmer of danger in Lindy's eyes.
From this information, it is almost certain that this earthquake was not natural, but was artificially caused by a certain force.
In other words, this was a man-made disaster that caused the deaths of millions of people.
In the past few days, the Kingdom of Heidelberg has calculated the approximate casualties. In more than a dozen cities and surrounding villages and towns, the total number of deaths is over one million.
"Look for any clues left and see if you can figure out what force did it."
"OK."
Felin responded and carefully examined the collapsed buildings underground, trying to find any clues that pointed the way.
After a long time, Felin stopped searching and said.
"No clues were found. The clues may have been erased by the relevant forces."
"It should be that the affiliated forces were worried about being discovered by the security bureau, so they erased relevant traces."
Lindy said with a slight frown.
At night, in a hotel in Waddell City, Felin, Lindy, Ivy, and Essie were discussing.
"Although it is not determined what force was responsible, it is certain that this earthquake was man-made. Do you have any opinions?"
Lindy asked.
"Judging from the clues we have so far, this earthquake must have been man-made, but I still can't figure out how this force caused an earthquake of this magnitude."
"After all, an earthquake of this magnitude is simply beyond the reach of the extraordinary."
Felin held his chin slightly with his hand and said.
"I haven't figured this out yet, but I don't think this force exists far beyond the ordinary."
"If there were existences far beyond the ordinary, there would be no need to secretly create earthquakes."
Ivy said with a slightly cold voice.
"Ivy is right. I also think that this force should not have any transcendent existence. As for how it could trigger an earthquake of this magnitude, it is indeed very puzzling."
Essie said.
"As long as we find this force, we will naturally know how this force caused such large-scale destruction. The most important thing now is to find this force."
Lindy said.
"There are no traces of the underground building, so we definitely can't start with the building. We can only start with other aspects."
Felin put down the hand holding his chin and said.
"We can investigate what forces are most active in the nearby area in the past few months or even the last year."
"Although it may not be the force that caused the earthquake, it is very likely."
Ivy said.
"This is indeed a direction."
Lindy nodded and then said.
"Also, surveys can be conducted from the beneficiaries."
"Beneficiaries? You mean the beneficiaries from this earthquake?"
Feline asked.
"Yes, since this force created this earthquake, it must want to benefit from this earthquake."
"And the force that gained the most from this earthquake must be the force that caused the earthquake."
Lindy said with a sharp light in her eyes.
Some forces may benefit from the earthquake, but the one who will benefit the most must be the force that caused the earthquake, because this force knew that the earthquake was going to happen and must have made adequate preparations for it.
"I agree with Miss Lindy's point of view. By investigating which force has benefited the most, we should be able to uncover the force that caused the earthquake."
Essie said.
"Investigating the forces that benefit the most? This is indeed a good way to find out the forces that create earthquakes."
Felin and Ivy also nodded in agreement.
"Okay, then we will investigate the profit-making forces and find out the ones that have gained the most."
Lindy made a decision.
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Two days later, Lindy looked at the information she had obtained. After reading the entire information, she said to Felin.
"According to the investigation, there are six forces that have benefited, and one of them is the Violet Eye."
"This is an occult organization that accepts employment. The earthquake caused public security to deteriorate. Many wealthy people and nobles chose to hire occultists with violet eyes to protect their safety. This organization is one of the beneficiaries of the earthquake."
"The other five forces are all cult organizations, namely Eye of Death, Ghost Face of Hell, Scarlet Blood, Dragon's Evil and Natural Disaster."
"These five cult organizations promoted the earthquake as a punishment from evil gods and bewitched the survivors in the disaster-stricken areas. Many survivors were bewitched."
"Among these six forces, which one benefits the most?"
Feline asked.
"The force that benefits the most is the natural disaster."
Lindy said.
"It's actually a natural disaster?!"
Felin was a little surprised.
Among the six forces, the most powerful ones are naturally the three large forces: Eye of Death, Ghostface of Hell, and Scarlet Blood.
Of the remaining three forces, the occult organization Violet Eyes is just a small force.
Dragon's Evil once became a large force, but because the last Dragon's Evil Pope died at the hands of the Security Bureau, it was downgraded to a medium-sized force again.
Natural Disaster is also only a medium-sized force, even worse than Dragon's Evil, ranking second to last among the six forces.
After all, Dragon's Evil once gave birth to extraordinary beings and became a large-scale force, but natural disasters never gave birth to extraordinary beings and became a large-scale force.
Considering that in order to cause an earthquake of this magnitude, his own strength must be strong. He suspected that he would attack the three large forces, but he did not expect that the one who would benefit the most would be the natural disaster, which ranked second to last among these forces.
"It's true that there were some surprises, but judging from the intelligence, the one who benefited the most was indeed the natural disaster."
"Almost immediately after the earthquake, natural disaster cultists appeared in various disaster-stricken cities, secretly conducting missionary work to attract believers."
Lindy put down the information and said.
"Shortly after the earthquake, they appeared in various disaster-stricken cities. The response to natural disasters was actually faster than that of the three major cult organizations..."
Felin frowned slightly.
Natural Disaster is just a medium-sized force. Logically speaking, its intelligence capabilities are inferior to those of the three major cult organizations. How could the response be faster than those of the three major cult organizations?
After thinking for a moment, he said.
"It seems that the most problematic thing is indeed natural disaster."
"Next, we will focus on investigating the natural disaster, arresting and interrogating the cultists of the natural disaster. Whether there is any relationship between the earthquake and the natural disaster will be known soon."
Lindy said with a cold light in her eyes.
Soon after, the order to search and arrest the natural disaster cultists was conveyed.
Not only the mystics recruited by Felin and Lindy participated in the operation, but also the mystics from the Waddell City Security Bureau and the security bureaus of surrounding cities also participated in the operation.