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Jiang Lu found that the bathroom, which was like a ruin before, had become clean and tidy. The sweat on his body had made him feel sticky, and now he felt itchy all over.
Without thinking too much, he walked straight in and planned to take a shower.
The moment the hot water came out, Jiang Lu felt extremely refreshed and couldn't help humming a song.
"Use your bathroom and take your bath~"
"Your wife in bed said you died well~"
Soon, the bathroom door was pushed open and Jiang Lu came out wrapped in hot steam.
As soon as he walked out, he found that the woman who had just looked traumatized by the war was now sitting in front of the dressing table combing her hair.
Jiang Lu smiled, walked carefully to her side, and gently pressed her shoulders.
"You're still alive? That's incredible!"
The woman turned her head mechanically, but her face was still covered with hair!
The person in front of me... doesn't seem to be the woman just now.
"Gluck cluck..."
A strange laugh came from the hair, as if it was mocking Jiang Lu mercilessly.
But Jiang Lu smiled even more.
"I knew you were here! But why are you wearing the lady's clothes and using other people's things?"
The strange laughter stopped abruptly.
"You're so naughty!"
A terrified whimper came from my hair.
Jiang Lu didn't say anything and picked up the female ghost with hair all over her head...
Chapter 3: The Ultimate that Cannot Be Replicated
"Is it impossible to conquer the Spirit Realm this time?"
The morning light shone into the conference room, and both sides of the ten-meter-long conference table were already filled with people.
This is the headquarters of the Exorcist Guild's branch in Chishan City. All the senior exorcists who are qualified to enter the A-level spirit realm have gathered together to discuss the impending threat posed by the newly emerged spirit realm.
Twenty-three years ago, the supernatural suddenly revived.
Mysterious beings that have always existed in legendary stories appear one after another. In just a few years, the originally peaceful and harmonious world has changed its appearance.
In addition to the wandering ghosts that can be seen everywhere outside the safe zone at any time, there is also a threat full of uncertainty - the spirit realm.
If wandering ghosts are regarded as man-eating beasts in the forest, then the spirit realm is an independent forest full of such beasts. They exist in the form of a parallel space and influence the real world. They may lose stability and descend into reality at any time, turning the areas they descend into a paradise for ghosts.
Only the chosen exorcists can prevent the spirit realm from descending into the real world.
Fortunately, after more than 20 years of development, the spiritual realm crisis is no longer like a time bomb that could explode at any time as it did in the past, and has gradually been brought under control.
The crisis of the spiritual realm did not attract much attention at first, and the superiors thought that it could be easily resolved by sending a few senior exorcists.
But as several exorcists failed or even died one after another, everyone finally realized that the situation was not simple.
The person who was speaking at this moment was a person who had just luckily returned alive from the spiritual realm's "Family Portrait".
He is an official senior exorcist, his code name is Cleaner, and his level is 26.
"That's right, anyone with good intentions will not be able to conquer this spiritual realm!"
The cleaner, still in shock, spoke of the information he had gained at the cost of nearly losing his life:
“This spiritual realm can be described as changeable and bizarre. I have been to the northern suburbs many times, but before the advent of this spiritual realm, I have never seen the villa that serves as the core of the spiritual realm. So it can be said that it has already intersected with reality, making it impossible for people to realize that they have entered the spiritual realm.
At first, I thought this copy could become A-level because the ghost resident there had killed many people and was very violent. This was indeed the case. It took me a lot of effort to deal with it, but I succeeded in the end by chance.
But even if I eliminated the ghosts and monsters in the spirit realm, the system did not provide any strategy hints.
So I used props to purify the entire villa to ensure that there was no possibility of any evil spirits arising in the villa.
But when I thought it was over, it was just beginning.
I was just distracted for a moment, and the originally dilapidated villa became brand new, and the ghosts that originally existed in the form of rotten bodies became the same as ordinary people.
I guess this is a two-layer spiritual realm related to time. When I survive in the present of the first layer, I will be teleported to the past of the second layer.
There were three corpses placed in the hall of the villa in the past. Judging from the name of the spiritual realm and the information points in the villa, they were the family members of the resident ghost when he was alive.
Out of curiosity, I tried to communicate with the ghost who was still a human, but she was crazy and lost her mind, and kept saying "it's not me". I also found traces of ghosts in the villa at that time anchor point.
I immediately judged that perhaps the resident ghost was someone else, and the rotten female ghost in the first layer was just one of the victims, but she was transformed by the resident ghost into an accomplice of the evildoer.
So I'm going to find the real culprit who's hiding."
At this point, the cleaner showed regret on his face:
"I tried my best and searched almost the entire villa, but found nothing. However, I never thought that it was still a human's accomplice!
The spirit-retaining ghost was hiding in her body! As time passed, its control over the ghosts became stronger and stronger, and it seemed to have the ability to steal the vitality of others and feed it back to itself.
By the time I noticed that I had inexplicably become a little weak and finally reacted, it was too late. It had grown to the point where it could easily crush me.
Then I could only watch it tear off my face and take out my heart. If I didn't have the life-saving props, I would have been on the list of sacrifices now. "
The branch president sitting at the chief seat, a middle-aged man with the exorcist codenamed Scythe, adjusted his glasses. He was the strongest in the Chishan City branch, with a level of 60.
"In other words, the only solution is to kill the ghost the moment we see her, forcing the spirit-retaining ghost to appear. Otherwise, the longer we delay, the greater the threat will be."
"That's right." The cleaner said with a sad face, "But this is simply impossible. Who would kill someone who doesn't even seem to be able to protect himself, and under the premise that he is also a victim?"
Scythe's face was solemn: "Indeed, those who died were probably all killed in the same way as you."
A woman beside him, who was wearing a formal dress and was obviously attending some event late at night and was called here for a meeting, nodded and said, "This spiritual realm is rated A because if we can know this information in advance and kill the ghosts immediately, the resident ghosts will not be strong if they have not grown up yet. But now it seems that is only the most ideal situation. In fact, the difficulty of this spiritual realm far exceeds this rating."
"By the way." Scythe suddenly asked, "Does this spiritual realm have a confidentiality mechanism?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became nervous.
This is why they did not relax because of the information brought back by the cleaner.
Some special spiritual realms have confidentiality mechanisms. People who enter the spiritual realms will forget everything related to them, as if an invisible pair of hands has precisely erased these memories from the exorcist's mind.
Therefore, there are many spiritual realms that cannot be successfully conquered even by filling them with human lives, because the experiences of the predecessors cannot be brought in by the later generations.
According to past experience, most spiritual realms with puzzle-solving elements have such confidentiality mechanisms.
Hearing Scythe's question, the cleaner's expression suddenly turned bitter.
"Yes, I failed twice in the same place. If I hadn't been so experienced and had enough life-saving props, I would have been finished long ago."
Hearing this, the senior exorcists all took a deep breath, and even Scythe felt a little sympathetic.
This is like a person who gets a chance to be reborn, but memory will not be retained after rebirth, so the person who was originally full of fighting spirit and ready to change his fate will not change at all after rebirth. He will only realize in old age that he had experienced such a tragic life once before.
It is hard to imagine what kind of psychological trauma this spiritual realm will cause to him.
"This is troublesome."
While feeling sympathy for the cleaner, Scythe also looked worried.
Looking at the entire guild, if not all of them are saints who serve everyone, at least they are all good people with basic ethics. Who can successfully conquer the spiritual realm this time?
What's worse is that even if an exorcist who can conquer S-level or even higher-level spirit realms were to try, it might not necessarily resolve the crisis.
The first is the special ability of the ghost that grows and shrinks, which means it is destined to become stronger when facing a stronger opponent.
Even if we ignore this point, if an Exorcist who is beyond the Spirit Realm's stipulated attack range of [level 1 to 30] is allowed to attack, no matter how perfect the attack process is, the highest settlement evaluation he will get is a passing grade.
The settlement evaluations are: unsatisfactory, pass, good, excellent, and perfect.
You can survive if you pass the test, but if you are not evaluated as good or above, the spirit realm will still descend.
This is simply a vicious cycle!
Just as the conference room was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere, the woman in a dress beside Scythe, codenamed Secretary in the Exorcist and also serving as Scythe's secretary in real life, suggested: "Why don't we let the people from Heiyu try?"
Unlike the Exorcist Guild which focuses on conquering the spirit realm and clearing out the wandering ghosts outside the safe zone, although Black Jade is also an Exorcist organization, they are more like a group of mercenaries. Whether it is escorting security or going out of the city to open up new land, they will do it as long as they are paid.
More importantly, these exorcists live a life of hard work and are decisive in killing. Compared to exorcists like them who believe that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, they may be more suitable for conquering this spiritual realm.
"Black Jade..." Scythe seemed to be somewhat disgusted with them: "They have the ability to fight against weirdness but they want to take advantage of others to make a profit. As long as they think that the spiritual realm cannot bring them improvement and benefits, they don't care whether they come or not. To be honest, I don't want to deal with them."
The secretary held a different opinion: "But this is a special situation. What if we delay it any longer and the spirit realm really descends?"
The scythe was silent.
Seeing that he was somewhat wavering, the secretary arranged for everyone to vote.
This is also where the Exorcist Guild best embodies democracy. From the headquarters to the branch chapters, even the president cannot have a vote when faced with disagreements that do not involve issues of principle.
The results of the vote also proved that even though most people, like Scythe, disliked the Black Jade Exorcist, they still paid more attention to the issue of the advent of the spirit realm.
Scythe finally compromised. He sighed and said, "In that case, then..."
At this moment, all the exorcists present who had collected "Family Portrait" in the system received a notice.
[Spiritual Realm "Family Portrait" strategy successful]
【End of Advent】
[Evaluation: The ultimate that cannot be replicated]
[Strategist: The attacker chose not to disclose the information]
The secretary who was about to mobilize his connections to contact Heiyu was stunned, and then exclaimed: "Unrepeatable extreme? How come I have never seen such an evaluation?!"
Scythe glanced at him and said, "Shouldn't the point be that this spiritual realm has been conquered?"
"Did you choose not to make it public..." The cleaner seemed a little confused: "Who could it be?"
Scythe looked at the comments on the panel and fell into deep thought.
“Isn’t perfection the highest rating?”
Chapter 4 Am I Part of You Too?
"What kind of pussy?"