Purgatory Artist

  Chapter 165 Investigation

   "I remember you fought with Liu Ping?" the old man asked.

   "Yes, we are comrades in arms." Hua Qingkong said.

   "That's good, you must be very handy to cooperate-Liu Ping, what else do you have to say?" the old man asked.

   Liu Ping said: "Can I make a request?"

   "What's the requirement?" the old man said.

   "I want to participate in the investigation of No. 21 Fudeng Road." Liu Ping said.

   "Well? What does that matter have to do with you?" the old man asked alertly.

   Liu Ping took out a silver emblem and placed it on the desk.

  ——The emblem of the polymath.

   "That's the case," the old man said relieved. "You are willing to take the initiative. This is a good thing. I give you this permission. It happens that you and Hua Qingkong will investigate together."

  The old man pulled out a document and placed it in front of Liu Ping.

  Liu Ping picked up the file, only to see a line of small characters written on it:

   "Top secret."

  "Naturalists' fifth exploration team related information."

  "The team is tasked with digging into the ruins of the Kingdom of Ceylon and investigating the cause of the kingdom’s destruction."

   "On March 22, the exploratory team has made significant progress. It needs to return to the imperial city and use the power of the sequence machine to further analyze a certain substance."

   "On March 23, the exploration team will return to the imperial city."

   "A fire broke out that night, and everyone in the team died. No one survived."

  "By restoring the flame attribute, you can know that the flame is the soul-extinguishing fire on the cursed side."

   "The soul-killing fire destroys all traces of the soul, and it is impossible to find evidence through retrospective."

   "Further investigation is ongoing."

   "Above, the report is complete."

  Liu Ping finished reading it quickly, and muttered: "The Kingdom of Ceylon? I remember this country appeared about a hundred years ago."

   "Yes, it has existed for too short a time. It hasn't been developed yet. It was destroyed by an existence in the eternal night and consumed all human souls." The old man answered.

  "What about our empire?" Hua Qingkong asked suddenly.

   "Our empire has existed for three hundred years. When the royal family fell into the eternal night, they brought the war machine sequence, relying on this sequence to open up the territory step by step." Liu Ping said.

   "You really look like a polymath." The old man joked.

  "Three hundred years, without much knowledge, in fact, it is not erudite." Liu Ping naturally shook his head.

  The old man glanced at him and said: "This case has reached a bottleneck, and all clues have been lost. It is almost impossible to investigate further. What do you think?"

   "How can it be impossible?" Liu Ping asked in surprise.

   "All the evidence and clues are destroyed. The police station and us are at a loss. Could it be..." The old man said nothing.

  The female secretary quit wisely and closed the door.

Liu Ping said: "Of course there is a way. We have to quietly send people to follow the trail of the fifth exploration team and walk the remains of the Kingdom of Ceylon again to see if we can know what they found. Isn't this the most critical thing? "

  The old man was silent, and suddenly took out a document, and quickly wrote something on it.

"From now on, Hua Qingkong will be your leader, she will be responsible for your safety, and as a polymath, you are just right to investigate the ruins-the ruins have been explored many times, and there shouldn't be much danger. "The old man said.

   "The two of us? Will it be too weak?" Liu Ping asked.

   "You have to believe in Hua Qingkong's strength. She is the captain of the special unit-and you are only two. If you don't sway, and act in concealment, it will be more efficient." The old man said.

  "Yes! Commander-in-Chief!" Hua Qingkong saluted.

  Liu Ping thought for a while.

  It is true that the ruins of that kingdom have indeed been explored many times, and Hua Qingkong is a spiritualist. After more than half a year of growth, she has not known what level of strength she has reached.

  ——Why did that monster kill all the people from the expedition?

  The answer is waiting for me in the ruins.

  As a polymath, I only need to investigate the matter of the fifth expedition.

  If you gain something, you can not only lead the problem to the emperor justifiably, but you can also get a lot of merit points.

  As soon as he thought of this, Liu Ping followed Hua Qingkong to salute.

  ——This means that I have agreed.

  The old man laughed, called the female secretary in, and handed the document to her:

   "Top secret action, go and prepare for all dispatch."

   "Yes, I will do it now." The female secretary picked up the file, turned and walked out of the office.

   "Okay-you go, I have to make up for sleep." The old man waved at Hua Qingkong and Liu Ping.

  The two left the office, brought them to the door, and left.

  The commander-in-chief’s office quieted down.

  The old man sat on the large chair, raised his legs, and lighted himself a cigarette.

  He took a few sips fiercely, spit out the smoke ring and said: "Replay."

  Silent, the light screen on the desk lit up.

  Amid the exciting music, the picture of the fighting game resurfaced, and a powerful fighter appeared on it.

   Soon, the cutscene is over.

  All the fighters stood together and looked out of the light screen.

   "Old Zhou, how do you feel?" the old man asked.

The steel-flavored fighter he controlled before stood up, showing a thoughtful look, and said: "That kid is not low in fighting skills...The boxing and continuous skills I used, he can find it after reading it a few times. The flaw in it."

  The old man looked at another fighter.

  ——That is a fighter chosen by Liuping.

"As you all know, I am more restrained from Lao Zhou," the fighter said: "I don't know if he chose me to fight Lao Zhou because he was brave, or because he had a natural instinct to fight. "

   Among the onlookers, one person opened his mouth and said: "In the last match, you used magic skills twice and secret techniques three times, and you didn't miss each time."

   "So there is a conclusion." Old thoughtful.

   "He is a natural seed of battle-I understand what he said now."

   "Which sentence?"

  "Before the battle, he said: ‘I usually don’t lose in fighting this kind of thing’."

  "Hey, is it too high to look at him?"

   "Listen to what Bourbon said."

  The fighters looked at the old man.

  The old man slapped the table and said: "War sequence!"

  The void opened, and metal pipes stretched out, floating in front of the old man.

  A cold metal sound rang:

  "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief of the Empire, please tell me your to-do list."

   "Use special reserves to let that shameless kid improve his strength quickly." The old man said.

  "Excuse me, who is'that shameless kid"?" the cold metal voice asked.

   "Liuping."

   "Received, according to your authority, this matter has entered the preparation stage."

  All the metal pipes exited and disappeared into the void.

   "All the special reserves are given? Is the specification too high?" A fighter was surprised.

  The old man sighed and said tiredly: "Although the profession of the holy knight is very deceptive, it has a very firm stand. It is a good player in the holy camp and is more trustworthy than the angels who often betray and darken."

   "Is this a teenage boy? Not so much." Another fighter said.

   "There is no way, I also gambled anyway. It is considered to be an extra hand of chips, regardless of whether it is used or not." The old man said.

   "What are you worried about?" Lao Zhou asked.

  The old man pondered for a moment, and murmured: "I don’t know why, I always have nightmares recently..."

  The fighters stepped aside and looked at a woman wearing a red robe and holding a snow-colored fan.

  The woman unfolded her fan and blocked her face and said, "Bourbon, what did you dream of?"

   "I dreamed of the boundless sea-the sea is constantly erupting with earthquakes, and there are some horror guys who have never seen before popping up from the seam in the depths of the sea." The old man said.

   "Okay, let me divination." The woman shook the fan gently.

  I saw two **** characters gradually appeared on the fan:

   "The country is destroyed."

  ……

   "Liu Ping, you didn't use the medicine I gave you to sell it, didn't you?" Hua Qingkong asked as she walked.

   Liu Ping patted his head, took out the bottle of soul nourishing potion, and drank it in front of Hua Qingkong.

  The elevator opens.

  The two walked in.

   "I'm so busy recently, I haven't had time to drink this medicine." Liu Ping said.

   "I heard that this potion is very useful, so let's see if you can upgrade this time." Hua Qingkong said with interest.

   "Okay." Liu Ping said.

  In the void, lines of burning small characters slowly emerged:

   "You drank the soul nourishing potion."

   "Your spirit power has increased a bit."

   "Current Soul Power: 12/12."

  Every point of soul power can release a basic skill.

  Thanks to the heroic protection ability, Liu Ping once extracted a variant ability from Yana: soul extraction.

  With that ability, his spirit power suddenly soared to 11 points.

  This is far beyond the average second-level professional.

  Now, his spirit power has reached 12 points.

  ——If you don’t advance at this time, when will you wait!

  Liu Ping took out the advanced card ~www.readwn.com~ and poured all the spirit power into it directly.

   "Twelve points of spirit power, enough!"

  Hua Qingkong looked at the scale on the advanced card and said with joy.

   "I need to find a quiet place to complete the advancement." Liu Ping said.

  The elevator opens.

  Hana Qingkong pulled Liuping and walked out.

   "Come with me and go to my office." She said as she ran.

  The two flew to the end of the corridor and stood in front of a wall.

  Liu Ping looked around, only to find that there was no one on the whole floor.

  -There is not even any office.

  This seems to be a mezzanine between two floors, and it seems that it has reached the ground, and it is impossible to judge where it is.

  Hua Qingkong put her hand on the wall and said:

   "Special combat readiness team, Hua Qingtian."

  The wall suddenly opened.

  (End of this chapter)