Fang Xian and Luofu drove a cart and entered the town disguised as businessmen who came to collect mushrooms from other places.
"Don't be nervous, relax... We have a full set of identity documents and proof of funds. We are the ones sent by Weijiali Department Store to collect mushrooms..."
Love lit a cigarette and lowered his voice.
"I'm not nervous... I just feel... a little uncomfortable!"
Fang Xian pulled open his collar, feeling a little irritated.
This small town looks ordinary, but as horses and carts enter, it immediately attracts a lot of attention.
It seems that the small town residents here have indeed been very sensitive to this since they haven't seen a strange face for a long time.
'Is this where my irritability comes from? Because of being watched?'
Fang Xian felt a little pity.
If my mystical view of Da Luo Cave was still there, I might not need to be so vigilant, which made me a little too nervous.
He followed Love and came to the only hotel in the town.
After showing their identification, they went through the accommodation procedures smoothly, and the hotel owner promised to spread the word for them.
"Only businessmen like you come to our town every year."
The enthusiastic shopkeeper, a middle-aged man who called himself Bullock, delivered a bottle of wine to Fang Xian and Love's table: "Come and try our specialty mushroom wine and dried mushrooms!"
"Thanks."
Love laughed, poured himself a glass of mushroom wine, and poured another glass for Fang Xian.
On his hand, he wore a unique ring with a white crystal inlaid on it.
This is a prop used by investigators to detect dark power. It has a very simple effect. When it comes into contact with dark power, the inside will become turbid.
At this time, it was natural to give Fang Xian a hint that a 'test' had been done.
Fang Xian pouted, not commenting on this.
Some mysterious influences do not necessarily require extraordinary power to be effective, such as your own, or hallucinogenic toxins!
The adaptability of this kind of ring is still too narrow.
If he had his way, of course it would be best to wear a fully enclosed air-tight protective suit when investigating the case.
It's just that this is unlikely.
Even so, he would not really eat some local specialties, but would just eat some food he brought himself.
When going out, it’s better to be careful.
Love didn't take it seriously, or in other words, he was a 'trial and error' person. He immediately drank mushroom wine, chewed dried mushrooms, praised him repeatedly, and soon became involved with Bullock.
Fang Xian secretly poured away the drink and recalled that the scenes he saw when he came to the town were all normal.
And he himself no longer had the power to sense the calamity, so he was unable to detect the anomalies hidden around him. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel very confused.
…
A week passed quickly.
The residents of the town also became familiar with the two mushroom merchants.
Fang Xian moved a bag full of dried mushrooms into the room and said to Love: "The goods collected are enough. If we hadn't used the excuse of collecting precious matsutake, we should have left a few days ago. The investigation still yielded nothing.
...There are no outsiders here. The family that recently moved in was fifty years ago, and they are not from the Land of the Rising Sun either..."
"I have also checked and found that there is no problem with the security office in the town. The sheriff there may be corrupt, but there is no supernatural power involved..." Love also frowned: "But... I just feel that something is not normal here.
, a pure feeling.”
This kind of intuitive thing is evidence for people with high inspiration like them!
"I have the same feeling. Maybe... those pagans are hiding outside the town and forming societies in the dense forest?" Fang Xian made a guess: "I went to explore the jungle today and felt that the plants there were overgrown.
A little denser?”
"Well, on the way to the town, even if no one is walking often, the weeds are covering too quickly... Do you want to say... that this area is too vital and has too much vitality?
"
Love began to think.
The more vigorous the vitality of the area, the more likely it is to be favored by pagans, because the probability of success of the sacrificial ritual is greater.
Fang Xian was also a little helpless.
Although his inspiration is high enough, it is only compared to ordinary investigators.
I have been wandering around the town these days, but I have found nothing. It seems like... this is just an ordinary town.
But beneath the ordinary characters, simple buildings, and ordinary things, there may be unfathomable undercurrents hiding, hiding the terrifying truth.
'The investigation is about to end...there are no clues at all...this is also the norm for investigators.'
'Actually, there are so many supernatural cases in this world, there are always some that can't be taken care of... Even if there are some in this small town, they are not the type of sudden outbreaks. The scope is small and the harm is low. Even if they are indulged, it seems to be nothing...
…'
After returning to his room, Fang Xian brought up the attribute bar.
After the investigator's study, he also added new display information to the attribute bar:
…
[Name: Fang Xian (Luo Ka)]
[Occupation: Alchemist (Level 6—Nirvana)]
【Spirit:156】
【Inspiration:199】
[Sanity: 50 (0~100)]
[Spell: Immortal Psalm, Bird with Broken Wings, Hymn of Worms]
"Mental power, inspiration, and reason are the three attributes that investigators value most. The attribute column is also based on my understanding, and the standards of my understanding are formulated by the secret keeper..."
"Spirit and inspiration were hidden when I tested them, but my sanity was not."
After all, if the sanity value is still low and it is tested that you have lost your sanity, it is no joke.
"There are areas for sanity, but there is no upper limit for spirit and inspiration... Love's data may not be as high as mine!"
"The higher the spiritual power, the better, but the inspiration may not be...the higher the inspiration, the easier it is to perceive terror and evil...It is said that there are some special divisions. For example...above 100, it is a deep water area, which is so 'psychic' that it is terrifying
The possibility of existence has increased significantly... My data is already a bit scary, I am probably almost reaching the abyss level, right? When you are in the abyss, everything you see is terrifying!"
Fang Xian sneered. He was suppressed by a level six personality, so he wasn't very afraid.
At this time, I couldn't help but focus on the worm's hymn.
"If the anomalies in this town and the Kailuo manuscript are really related to the "Secret Gu Manual"... then the two probably come from the same source, and my Worm Hymn should be able to sense it..."
Thinking of this, Fang Xian no longer hesitated and recited the mantra in a low voice:
"This is a hymn to the giant worm."
"The worms turn into hairs and whiskers and merge with you in the dream, making you hear the sigh of the night..."
"The crazy sea waves, the huge gasping, tore the worm's body apart, because when one worm died, a thousand worms came back to life!"
He had tried this spell before, but it didn't have much effect.
Because there is still one element missing, a kind of ‘vitality’!