Not long after, the brakes squeaked and the destination was reached. The steam car stopped on the roadside covered with gravel.
Compared with the prosperity of Downing Street, neighborhoods such as Tailor Street where ordinary people live can better show the true appearance of the living standards of the residents of Innocence City.
The streets are very narrow, sewage flows across the stone pavement, piles of garbage can be seen everywhere in the alleys, and the air is often filled with the smell of feces and urine.
This is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Innocence City, and also the poorest.
Ji Xun and his party of five walked through a small alley carrying the suitcase, and then found the inconspicuous "No. 17 Tailor Street".
When they arrived, there were already two men with serious eyes waiting at the door to deal with the scene.
High-end suits, shiny leather shoes, and high-end-looking equipment... These are field agents from the Golden Oak Security Company. They are responsible for extraordinary incidents, disaster containment, and other emergencies in the city.
The body collectors are just temporary workers for the company.
There is no security department in Innocence City. Maintenance of law and order basically relies on the violent methods of a few major gangs, and the rest is outsourced to the Golden Oak Security Company.
Ji Xun has only been employed for three days and has not yet understood the intricate power relationships in the city.
But it is said that the boss of the Golden Oak Security Company is very powerful and is very popular in the Innocence City. Not only are several major gangsters giving him face, various chambers of commerce will also pay asylum money, and he even has certain connections with the Governor's Palace.
Dong Jiu and the two men in suits seemed to know each other. As soon as they came over, the bearded man in suits pointed at the door and said: "Dong Jiu, I will leave the bodies inside to you for disposal. There is no need to keep them. There are two bodies above, in the cellar."
There are sixteen bodies inside, so pack them carefully."
Dongjiu smiled and said, "Okay."
Without further ado, he directly called to the four people behind him: "Let's get to work."
Ji Xun and the other four also put on gas masks and gloves and rushed into the room.
.......
What Ji Xun and the others didn't know was that after they entered the house, field agents from the two companies started chatting at the door.
The bearded man said: "Look at those evil symbols... there should be a secret altar of the Silver Moon Sect in the cellar. Only those shady remnants of the past would create such disgusting things."
"yes."
Another white-faced man also looked disgusted: "Those corpses are really disgusting and seriously polluted. Let the company's corpse collector handle them. Just erase the memory as usual after they are done."
The bearded man said nothing, and added: "The dark power of the corpse spread quickly, and there were obvious signs of eating. The person who killed him might be the "lone wolf" Baron. Unexpectedly, he lost control and rebelled. It turned out that he was still
Colleagues from Group 8... But having said that, the cataclysmic object he brought back from Devil's Crossing was also very tricky. It was also fused with that evil career card. Several of the field colleagues he captured died.
, I’m afraid the company’s upper management is having a headache right now.”
The white-faced man shrugged: "Whatever, it's not us who are responsible for the arrest, just write the report."
The bearded man raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes."
...
As soon as Ji Xun and others entered the house, they smelled a faint smell of blood through their gas masks.
There were two corpses in the room. One had a wound that looked like it had been torn off by a wild animal, and the entire left shoulder had been torn off. The other had a big hole in the chest.
This is a pretty tragic murder scene.
But when Ji Xun looked at the corpse, he felt a little familiar for some reason.
The corpses that have recovered normally these days are nothing more than gunshot wounds, sword wounds, spell wounds, and very few were killed by fists.
Not to mention smashing his chest with a punch like this.
Normal people can guess that the perpetrator was a very strong guy.
Coincidentally, Ji Xun actually saw one.
On the train back to Innocence City, there was the wanted criminal who lost control of his spell.
Without waiting for more thought, captain Dongjiu commanded: "You... and you. You two go deal with the bodies in the cellar."
Naturally, the two newcomers named Ji Xun and Little Fatty Jibu were named.
Hearing this, the other two veteran team members also sneered as they watched.
Who knew that there was a risk of contamination when handling corpses? With the same salary, if you can avoid touching corpses, you should touch them less.
The three people from Dongjiu have formed a small group.
Squeezing newcomers seems to be part of the corporate culture of corpse collectors.
It's been like this for the past few days, so Ji Xun doesn't care.
More contact with corpses was exactly what he wanted.
If he had a choice, he would prefer that the client in the cellar was an extraordinary person during his lifetime. It would be better if he was a formal spell card master, and the more extraordinary characteristics he had left, the better.
Now when I look at the thick, out-of-control magic power leaking from this corpse, it's really true.
Although the little fat guy Gibb on the side was reluctant, he dared not speak out in anger.
The two of them carried the toolbox and silently climbed down the stairs to the cellar.
However, as soon as he opened the cellar, a disgusting smell of warm blood hit his face.
Even looking at Ji Xun's state of mind, he frowned.
He felt something was wrong when he looked at the two corpses before. Now looking at the posture in the cellar, he didn't know that something was not wrong, but that there was a big problem!
In the dark cellar, some bodies were vaguely visible hanging in the air.
Just looking at those shadows gives people a weird and disgusting psychological impact.
Just two steps down the stairs, the enlightenment prompt was also displayed: "You are immune to the attack of unknown mental pollution."
Ordinary corpses will not be mentally contaminated.
Ji Xun was exempted, and the face of the little fat man beside him turned the color of bitter melon.
This level of contamination is much stronger than the corpses before.
Ji Xun couldn't help but feel suspicious: What is going on?
This mission seemed to have brought him into contact with some of the secrets of Innocence City.
.......
But that's the job of a body collector.
The two of them could only continue walking with the lamp in hand.
Ji Xun's night vision is very strong. Even without lights, he could clearly see that the cellar seemed to be an evil altar.
One, two, three... there are a total of sixteen black shadows hanging.
That's sixteen corpses.
The corpses were distributed around the cellar in a special layout, suspended in mid-air with iron hooks.
The skin of the corpse has been peeled off, and the scarlet muscle fibers, yellow fat layer, and blood vessels are clearly visible... Judging from the details, the skills of the skinner are very high, as if they are extremely proficient in human anatomy.
Ji Xun doesn't think this is some kind of perverted murderer.
Take another look.
There are also some special spell symbols drawn with blood on the wall, one of which is very conspicuous, it looks like this:?.
moon?
This symbol usually points to some being in the occult.
Ji Xun observed it and found that the body was very fresh and the time of death was no more than an hour.
In other words, these people were still alive shortly before they arrived.
It's like being temporarily silenced.
"what's the situation..."
The more carefully he looked, the more Ji Xun's brows furrowed: mysterious symbols, rituals, sacrifices...
It happened to be in an inconspicuous civilian neighborhood like Tailor Street.
He immediately realized that this mission was not easy.
These are some high-end events that ordinary people cannot have access to.
These corpses are not only bloody, but more importantly, they are filled with rich curse pollution like black flames.
But then I thought that this kind of case was not something that a low-level body collector like him could consider solving, so he didn't think about it deeply.
.......
While Ji Xun was observing, Jibu had already opened the tool box, revealing various bottles and jars of reagents. He sighed: "Let's start doing it. Hey, with so many customers, I don't know how long it will take."
..."
It was disgusting, and the two of them had to deal with it.
The blue particles are [Rock Salt Crystals], the green potion is [Corruption Aqua Regia], the brown ones are [Isosauric Acid], and the red powder is [Blood Bone Powder]...
These are all alchemical potions, and each different potion is specialized in treating different corpses.
The efficacy of these agents is introduced in Golden Oak Security Company's "Corpse Collector Training Manual", and the learning threshold is not high.
On his first day of employment, Ji Xun flipped through the manual and mastered the professional skills of a corpse collector.
Gibb had already opened the box and took out a suspension reagent.
He first used tweezers to take some tissue from the corpse on the ground and put it into a test tube.
As soon as the flesh and blood came into contact with the reagent, a string of small bubbles appeared, and then immediately turned dark red.
Looking at the color of the reagent, Ji Buzhong already made a judgment and muttered: "The remains of the corpse are the fire attribute magic power."
Seeing this, he took out another jar of water-based [rock salt crystals] and sprinkled it on the body.
The sea salt made a slight sizzling sound when it came into contact with the corpse.
This is the necessary procedure before collecting the body.
After the death of an extraordinary person, the energy in the body loses conscious control, and alchemical potions need to be used to neutralize and guide the remaining curse power in the corpse to dissipate. Otherwise, the out-of-control curse power is the most important cause of distortion.
If it is burned directly without treatment, it is like burning crows. Those distorted substances will permeate the air and endanger everyone in the city.
This is also the significance of the existence of the post of corpse collector in Innocence City.
...
Ji Xun looked at the little fat man who was working hard and said, "You deal with the two at the door first, and I'll deal with the ones over there."
"Um."
Gibb immersed himself in the process. He was so dizzy after entering the cellar and being mentally contaminated that he couldn't say anything else.
Ji Xun didn't say much and walked in. The pollution deep in the cellar was indeed more serious.
He began to take down the hanging bodies and put them in shrouds.
The body bag is also made of a special material that can isolate contamination to a certain extent, and ultimately has to be placed in a lead iron box in the morgue.
However, he didn't handle it too carefully. This kind of out-of-control corpse with strong supernatural characteristics was a rare customer for Ji Xun.
After you go back, clean the alchemy potion off the corpse and it can still be used.
[Devil's Feast] devoured the out-of-control energy around him, and he was not negatively corroded at all.
There were obvious signs of rummaging in the cellar. It was obvious that the two field agents had already come down to check it and took away everything that needed to be taken away.
There is nothing worth observing.
Everything will be done according to normal corpse collection procedures.
Ji Xun originally thought that he would be done with the sixteen corpses, but he didn't expect that when he had collected the third corpse and walked deep into the cellar, he suddenly saw Qi Di.
"You listened to the demonic whispers from the abyss, mental confusion saving throw, you touched the 'Old Miracle'"