novelonline Chapter 3366 "Mouse Hunting Operation"
Chapter 3366 "Mouse Hunting Operation"
Chapter 3366 "Mouse Hunting Operation"
It was very unfortunate that the fake person who was discovered this time replaced a servant of a nobleman, and that nobleman was the "pica" patient mentioned by the doctor and Shade some time ago. The other party liked to eat nails, and it was very likely that he had eaten the fake person's nails. It was hard to say what consequences this would lead to, so Dr. Schneider and others who had contacted and had in-depth conversations with the nobleman were also taken away for investigation to confirm whether they were replaced and their mental state.
After all, as a derivative of a sage-level relic, the "pseudo-human" has a very strong ability to pollute the mind.
"The doctor is really unlucky."
After hearing the whole story, Xia De couldn't help but sigh, and the other three people in the group also thought the same thing. But no one was surprised at all, after all, doctors usually have bad luck.
[House of Pseudo-People] is one of the most troublesome relics among the sage-level relics. Its origin remains a mystery to this day, but what is certain is that this relic is quite old, and there are even records of it in the Second Era.
The only way to disperse this relic is to obtain information from "high-level pseudo-people" during the investigation of the "pseudo-people" and eventually find the true location of the [Pseudo-people's House].
No one knows what the inside of the building looks like. So far, all explorations into the interior of the relic have failed. There are rumors that there are ancient evil creatures of flesh and blood inside the building, and some say that it was the former residence of a certain evil god.
But the good news is that once the [Pseudo-House] appears, the location of the building is fixed and will not move. Therefore, as long as it is destroyed and burned from the outside, it can be dispersed from the city.
"Iluna said that the Five Gods Church in the Tobesk Diocese has held a meeting and named the operation 'Mouse Hunting Operation'. All the Five Gods Churches are involved in this operation, and the Sun Church and the Creation Church are currently only conducting reconnaissance work.
I think Tobysk City will be in chaos in the near future. Although I don't know how many "fake people" there are in the city, it will be impossible to find the real location of the "Fake People's Home" in less than a month."
Luvia concluded.
Although the matter of [House of Fake People] is indeed very difficult, Xia De is more concerned about the doctor:
"So when can the doctor be back? I'm still waiting for him to help with things over at the Snow Mountain."
No one could answer this question. The priest just judged based on experience that the doctor could be released around next Tuesday:
"Detective, is it urgent over there?"
"It's not an emergency. The thing has been severely injured by my sword, but it's better to deal with it as soon as possible."
"I'll ask Iluna to deliver a letter to the doctor for you. At least let the doctor know that you are waiting for him to go to the Snow Mountain to deal with the problem."
Although the doctor was not here today, everyone still went to Xia De's place to hold a group meeting. Of course, the doctor being "captured" by the church and the appearance of "fake people" in the local area must also be reported to the college. Although the college has received the report from the church, it is of course better to get first-hand information from the group.
The college even gave the group a £50 reward for this news, and everyone decided to leave the money to the doctor as a consolation to him.
However, the academy does not have a good way to deal with cockroach-like things like "pseudo-humans". Therefore, while reminding the correspondence students in the parish to pay attention to safety, it also offers a special academy reward, willing to purchase various information about this relic - [Pseudo-human House] has never been taken in, so any direct records are valuable.
"What we just discussed was the situation where this relic was successfully dealt with. If, I mean, if the [Pseudo-Human House] was not discovered and destroyed in time, what would happen in the end?"
Dorothy, who had never seen the information about the relic, sat on the sofa and asked Xia De.
"The fake people will occupy the city. In fact, once more than 50% of a city's population has been successfully replaced, the fake people will actively expand to the surrounding cities. When the erosion exceeds 50%, the city itself will also show abnormalities, such as the alienation of buildings, the change of the sky, flesh and blood becoming part of the city buildings, the sky cracking and blinking eyes appearing, and ordinary people becoming a minority and being hunted by the fake people.
The academy's materials mentioned a possibility that the interior of the "Pseudo-Man's House" might look like this. The origin of this relic might be related to the ancient god who created it, the "Dusk Creator", but there is no strong evidence yet."
Shade said, Luvia put forward another point of view:
"[Pseudo-humans] are actually related to fate. After they replace a living person, they take on all the fate of that living person and continue to exist in this world based on this. The association has studied this kind of thing. This should be the biggest trouble that the city we live in has faced since the summer of 1853."
The team members are not afraid of this kind of relic. Although there have been powerful pseudo-humans with code names such as "Queen of Hell" and "Mr. Gear" before, this is Tobesk, so they don't need to worry that this relic will really evolve into such a powerful pseudo-human.
"So since there are fake people, are there fake cats?"
Seeing Mia taking a nap on Shad's lap, Dorothy asked again with a smile. Everyone smiled, and Shad shook his head:
"[Pseudo-human House] only produces human and humanoid pseudo-humans, but if it replaces a guy who keeps a cat, it may split its own flesh and blood to form a cat-like thing as a part of its body. In short, this kind of thing is very troublesome, and the academy's advice is to kill it directly if you encounter it."
Of course, in addition to the matter of the "Pseudo-House", the afternoon meeting also discussed the things that needed to be discussed in a normal group meeting. At the beginning of the new semester, everyone's affairs were mostly focused on applying for grade skipping and selecting courses, and there was nothing special.
Therefore, the meeting ended at 3:30 in the afternoon. Before leaving, Father Augustus left behind the "ancient artifact" that Shade needed for his time exploration. It was a black pebble with an ancient rune symbolizing "soul" carved on it.
The stone itself, while having a miraculous element, is not immediately apparent, and the priest explains what it is:
"You have been to the real death. This is the stone taken from that shallow. The ancient god of death used it to measure the weight of the soul of the dead, but it has no meaning in this era."
The priest sighed and left. After returning from downstairs, Shad asked Luvia again:
"By the way, has Iluna found the Heart of the Living Dead?"
The purple-eyed girl shook her head:
"It probably hasn't been found yet. This item is very rare, and the church also has some rituals that require it, so it doesn't have any in stock. But there should be news soon, so let's wait a little longer."
Although Saturday was Dorothy and Lesia's "teaching time", it was still early, and Luvia was not in a hurry to leave. After all, she also had things she wanted to know:
"Shad, tell us, what did you say to Claire Rhinehart when you went to the snowy mountains this morning?"
Dorothy now showed an interested look:
"Although I know that Shade's methods are very unusual, I also want to hear what he did."
So Shad was forced to tell about his morning itinerary, and when he talked about his conversation with Miss Larson in the teahouse, Dorothy smiled and looked at Luvia. When he talked about climbing the snow-capped mountains and hugging Claire on the edge of the cliff facing the scenery of the continuous silver mountains, the writer couldn't help but sigh:
"I can totally imagine the scene you described. It's really a romantic scene. I will try to do this next time."
Shade laughed:
"Of course it's fine, just don't cry like Claire."
The two girls gave Shad a light kick with their feet, but they didn't know what it meant. Then Luvia, satisfied with her answer, stood up to leave, but Dorothy invited her to stay and have dinner with them:
"Although tonight is my and Leicia's time, it's not Red Butterfly Day, so only one of us can show up. Why don't you stay for dinner as well? It will be more lively this way."
Shad still remembered Ajelina's "invitation" last time, that is, if Resia took her to stay overnight at 6 St. Teresa's Square, Shad could go to her late at night to "tell stories". But unfortunately, Resia was accompanying Queen Diana to attend the dinner tonight, so Dorothy was still the "teacher" at home.
After dinner, after seeing off Luvia who was about to go find Iluna, the small classroom at home continued.
The fairy tale chosen for the new year is "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". In the last class, Dorothy explained that due to the complexity of the story, different meanings can be interpreted from different angles.
She led Shade to learn about the various popular versions of this fairy tale. This time, when the street lights on Saint Teresa Square outside the window came on, she first asked a question:
"Shad, if you were asked to divide this story, how many camps could it be divided into?"
"Of course there are three: the queen and the magic mirror, the dwarves in the forest, and the princess. The hunter who let the princess run away, the king and the queen who appeared at the beginning of the story, and the prince at the end of the story are all just marginal characters."
The writer nodded in agreement with Shade's opinion:
"Yes, last time I used the poison apple as an example to let you know the power that modern ring sorcerers can gain through enlightenment from the perspective of the queen. This time, I will continue to demonstrate the representative power of the three camps.
First, the princess. Although it may sound a little harsh to say this, her most famous attribute is her ability to resist poisons."
Xia De, who was sitting across from the desk, laughed out loud:
"Well, this ability to resist poison and be able to 'revive' in the face of lethal poison is indeed special. What else?"
Dorothy also smiled:
"There are many more. After all, this princess is the most typical fairy tale princess:
[Snow White's Suspended Death] is very similar to your [False Immortality], except that the use of this magic requires a golden apple, and it is a pure gold apple. However, this magic can temporarily keep a dying person alive, and it does not consume spirits when maintaining the state of suspended death, so the price is also reasonable;
[Snowstorm Blessing], yes, this magical skill that allows you to get protection from snowstorms actually comes from this fairy tale;
[Call Dwarf Guards], this is a summoning ability, you can call dwarf summons as helpers, this magic can only be learned at the sixth level, and with each higher level, one more summon can appear at the same time, and at the twelfth level, you can summon seven dwarves in total. "