Chapter 192 Lethe (Free 6K)
Gujiang-Memorial Hall
"Has that been tested?"
"It has been tested, and no abnormalities were found."
"Captain, we have also checked here, and no traces of Lethe were found."
Nie Cang listened to the team members' report, frowned and nodded.
"Although the patrol team said that pollution residues were found here, they were only at the entrance of the memorial hall."
The researcher in charge of recording behind said: "We did not find other energy fluctuations in the hall, maybe Lethe did not enter the memorial hall."
Nie Cang was not reassured, "Where is Yan Su?"
"Professor Yan entered the game and has not returned yet," the accompanying researcher replied, "otherwise, a more detailed analysis can be given."
Nie Cang is not an expert in pollution detection. He has no way to identify in detail if the instrument does not provide relevant data. After all, pollution factors are not easily perceived by the human body.
But Yan Su is the direct disciple of the previous head of the research department, and is also the best and most talented containment expert. He is young but started early, and his qualifications are not much worse than Nie Cang.
"Test again," Nie Cang looked at the team members, "This place is different from other places. If Lethe drops anchor here and pollutes, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Yes." The team members responded and watched Nie Cang walk to the monitoring room, probably wanting to see the investigation of other team members.
After all, the Lethe announced this time is a migratable alien, and even has the ability to disguise itself as humans, animals, and other objects. It is possible to use high-level assistance to conceal pollution fluctuations.
The team members couldn't help but look at the historical relics around them. The golden fish hooks were glittering, the blood-stained roster was left with traces of gunpowder, and the mottled charge horn silently told the generosity of the past.
"Gu Gong," the team members couldn't help but ask the researcher accompanying them, "What is Lethe's danger rating?"
"Ekhi," the researcher surnamed Gu looked solemn and his tone was also unusually serious, "It is a level 4 with great danger capabilities."
The Global Supernatural Alliance has a set of differentiations on the level of disturbance for these aliens that infiltrate the human world: the classification criteria are the ability of the aliens to destroy the normal state of human society, disrupt the public and cause casualties, and break the existing order.
The alliance currently has five levels of danger levels:
The lightest level is named "Dark", which has a very low possibility of disturbing the public and disrupting order.
The second level is named "Vlam", which has a low possibility of disrupting order, and the scale of disturbance is generally limited to rural areas.
The third level is named "Keneq", which has a medium possibility of disrupting order, and the scale of disturbance is generally small and medium-sized cities.
The fourth level "Ekhi" not only has a high possibility of disturbing the public, but also the pollution is easy to spread widely, and the impact range is expanded to large urban areas and even national continents.
The fifth level rarely appears, and the files of the Special Investigation Bureau have only recorded it three times. Each time, it was the dedication and sacrifice of one or even two generations. This is why the Special Investigation Bureau attaches so much importance to cultivating the younger generation.
The predecessors at the forefront do not know when an accident will happen, and then the responsibility of protection will fall on the shoulders of the younger generation-this inheritance is very heavy, and the younger generation must be tempered if they want to carry it.
"Lethe's wanted information details its ability: forgetting."
The researcher looked up at the historical objects in the glass cabinet of the memorial hall, "Its pollution ability can make the history represented by these objects disappear."
"Disappear?" The team member was stunned, "Change people's memories?"
"Not just people, but also traces of time, space, logic and things."
The researcher nodded solemnly, "So the rating of this containment project is so high.
"History cannot be forgotten, heroes cannot be forgotten, and humiliation cannot be forgotten. Forgetting and killing are undoubtedly connected with the four words 'repeat the same mistakes'. What does this mean behind it? I don't need to say it again, right?"
The team member moved his lips, and finally frowned and nodded, "Then... since it is a wanted alien worldwide, and it came from the other side of the ocean, and the information is so complete, why can't it be caught? The danger level does not represent the difficulty of containment. I saw the information about Lethe's force value..."
"Shhh. "
The researcher put his index finger on his lips, signaling the team member who was asking questions to keep quiet, and whispered:
"Lethe went straight from the customs to Gujiang, and was not discovered by the branch along the way. This is problematic in itself - but the handling of these things has nothing to do with the Special Investigation Bureau, and naturally the relevant personnel are responsible. We all know who wants to use Lethe to erase this history, so there is no need to discuss it anymore."
The team member's pupils suddenly shrank, and he was instantly filled with indignation, and he was angry like a pufferfish.
"Gu Gong, do you mean that someone deliberately escorted Lethe to Gujiang? ! Or is it that group of chickens that have not eaten enough mushrooms and its group of godfathers..."
Gu Xingze's eyelids twitched wildly, and he knocked the team member's head with a headache.
"Hiss..." The team member covered his head and looked at the researcher in confusion, "Gu Gong, why are you hitting me?"
"It's all said that it's fine if you know it well. "
Gu Xingze sighed, "Can you all be smarter in the task force? Don't just think about what new weapons will be issued next month, and don't just think about what gifts to buy for your girlfriend during the holidays. You should be more careful."
"...Okay."
The team member nodded, then corrected him unhappily, "But Mr. Gu, I'm already engaged to my girlfriend, and we'll get the marriage certificate in November. She's my fiancée now, so you have to address her correctly in the future!"
Gu Xingze: "............"
Ah, yes, yes, you have a fiancée, you are amazing! If you want to get the certificate, you are great!
I want to show off eight hundred times a day, why not take a loudspeaker and go to the city center to shout? !
"Go and get tested, be serious." Gu Xingze wanted to kick him in disgust, "If we really want to hide the pollution fluctuations, we can only rely on this kind of blanket search."
He suddenly remembered something, "By the way, remember to check places like vents and toilet pipes. Lethe can disguise itself and transform. It can get in through these places."
"Understood, I'll go right away." The team member took the pollution detector and walked to the bathroom on this floor.
Just as he was about to walk to the bathroom door, a hurried volunteer went out with his head lowered and bumped into a team member!
"Why."
The boy was taken aback, and the materials in his hand were scattered all over the floor. The boy looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, but now we advocate practical education, and most of the volunteers are middle school students nearby.
The team members have seen the volunteer on duty at the memorial hall today, and this face is suitable.
"Sorry, sorry." He apologized quickly and helped pick up the materials.
"fine."
The boy wearing the uniform of a volunteer commentator responded in a muffled voice and picked up the scattered materials. The end of his hair was a little damp.
The student stood up and took the information in his hand, then lowered his head and carried the information to the information storage room.
"Are all middle school students today so reserved? What am I doing in my second year of middle school...am I going to become an armored warrior and save the world?" The team member scratched his head in confusion and suddenly saw a wet patch on his shoulders.
"water……?"
The team member reacted suddenly, his face changed suddenly, and he kicked open the toilet door——
The water pipes were still leaking out, and there was a mess from the sink to the floor.
Looking back, the middle school student just turned around, his original human face twisted into a big black mouth full of sharp teeth, and rushed into the data room with a grin!
The team member quickly took out the black piccolo in front of him and blew "ring" hard while running.
This kind of flute forged by pollution will not emit sound to disturb the public, but it will allow other flute owners to receive modified "babble" signals directly into the brain.
"Yes, this is the video. Slow it down and zoom in..."
Nie Cang watched the technicians zoom in on the video. The tourists in the tour group were listening to the tour guide explaining the precautions at the entrance of the memorial hall. A tourist at the end took advantage of the crowd to unbutton his sportswear jacket.
Something dark suddenly fell off the coat, like a puddle of black mud. The moment it hit the ground, it formed an irregular sphere the size of a fist. The shark's fangs were revealed ferociously at the top, as if something was struggling. Come out of the seal.
"It's really hard for them, they actually used [Inner Space Domain Body]."
Nie Cang sneered, "Special-level containment equipment is overqualified to contain Ekhi. Two copies in each region is considered superior... No wonder not a trace of pollution leaks out."
The black ball under surveillance kept spinning, and was kicked into the drain outlet of the outdoor air conditioner next to it by someone who was looking around.
The road that had just rained was still wet, and the sphere melted into fluid as soon as it touched the water. The fangs sniffed around, followed the accumulated water and stuck to the wall, and then climbed into the pipe.
If a contained object wants to break through the containment barrier, it must absorb things that will enhance its pollution power.
Lethe feeds on items and memories with strong emotions attached to it. The more it bears a heavy history and engraved with glorious or tragic memories and items, the more conducive it is to the recovery of its abilities.
Not to mention the small area where Lethe fell, there is no better choice than the memorial hall in the entire Furukawa.
"Search the pipelines of the memorial hall immediately," Nie Cang ordered solemnly, "Apply for the release of micro machines..."
Buzz——
The piccolo placed in his front pocket suddenly vibrated, and the specially modified containment equipment emitted harmless murmurs. The noisy background noise was mostly weakened, and clear inorganic information was poured directly into his mind!
Nie Cang's pupils suddenly shrank.
Not only Nie Cang, but all the members of the memorial hall received the signal!
"Turn on the jammer and seal the data room to prevent Lethe from spreading pollution!" Nie Cang sternly said and rushed out of the control room.
"Yes!" The researcher next to him took action immediately.
The jammer's range of action is too small and cannot be used on the entire memorial hall. Now that it has a targeted range, it can be blocked to the greatest extent.
"If Lethe wants to unblock it, it must swallow memories or items with strong emotions." Nie Cang came to the locked door of the data room, his expression tense, "What did it swallow?"
"Here, Captain."
The team member who discovered it first opened the schoolbag in his hand and handed it to Nie Cang.
"I found this schoolbag in the bathroom, and a volunteer who fell to the ground...it seems to be a student from a key middle school here."
"Student?" Nie Cang was stunned for a moment and took the wet schoolbag from the hands of the team members. He was wearing the pure black isolation gloves uniformly issued and was not afraid of contamination residue.
There were chewed-up papers in the schoolbag. The math paper was covered with bright red crosses. The geometry questions were filled with nonsensical line segments, like a crazy vent during a breakdown.
Nie Cang's nose moved slightly and he smelled the smell of blood from his schoolbag. He frowned and took out an art knife from his schoolbag. When he pushed out the blade, he saw the blood that had not been cleaned up.
"When I was a child, my study was not so broken. My mother was always afraid that the 100-day oath that we swore, 'If you don't learn to die, learn to die,' would affect me. She tried to persuade me tactfully for a long time not to learn. It was enough to sell pancakes and fruit in front of the university. Live."
The team members couldn't help but panic, "How far can this make Lethe's emotions directly break through the containment barrier..."
"The resources at the bottom of society are limited. If you want to fly out of the pheasant's nest and become a phoenix, studying is actually the best and closest way - being a question writer in a small town has never been a derogatory term. Only those who have experienced the bitterness and collapse in it can Understand."
Nie Cang sighed slightly, put the things back into his schoolbag, and ended the topic, "Eradicate that student's memory and send him to the hospital."
This is a blessing in disguise. Lethe absorbs these emotions and painful memories, which at least allows students to breathe temporarily.
"Yes." The team members took the order and left.
"How is the instrument data?" Nie Cang bent over and looked at the pollution imager. In addition to the images of objects on the screen, a blurry human-shaped black mist suddenly appeared on the screen.
"Lethe is indeed inside, but its ability to transform and escape is very good. It can be imaged entirely because it has just woken up. It is not recommended that you rush in easily." Gu Xingze adjusted the locking position of the jammer while looking at the imaging screen.
Nie Cang nodded, which was one of the reasons why he immediately ordered the jammer to be turned on.
In addition, Lethe is located in the data room. Once cornered, he will self-destruct and contaminate, and the consequences will be immeasurable.
"The jammer has been positioned, Captain Nie can rest assured," Gu Xingze breathed a sigh of relief, "We just need to wait for a while..."
Nie Cang's eyes did not leave the screen. The perspective of the imager moved along with Lethe's movement route, new scenes were included, and blurry figures fell into the image.
Nie Cang's heart skipped a beat, "Who is at this window? Is there anyone else in the data room?!"
Everyone present became nervous instantly. Before they could search, the commentator just now ran down from the office upstairs in a panic, "Reference room? The curator is still in the reference room! Did something happen in the reference room?!"
"The old curator is in the reference room?" Nie Cang tensed up and said quietly.
"Yeah, every time the curator thinks about things in the past, he will go to the information room and stay for a while, not to mention that a tourist said something like that today." The guide was so nervous that his eyes turned red, "And he was sitting at the end by the window. In the cubicle, the curator is over a hundred years old and still deaf..."
So there was no abnormality in the chaos outside.
"The old curator has experienced too many things personally, and her memory has the same impact as the memorial hall," Gu Xingze looked solemn, "Captain Nie, what should we do now?"
"Of course, save the curator first, life is at stake!" the commentator trembled. Although she didn't know what happened inside, she could guess the seriousness of the scene.
"Captain Nie!" the commentator begged, "I beg you."
Nie Cang frowned tightly, and the thin lines on his forehead seemed to be deeper. His eyes swept across the surrounding structures, stopping at the built-in central air conditioner, and then landed on the air conditioner vents everywhere.
"Air conditioning ventilation ducts..."
Nie Cang whispered, having already made up his mind, "Is there an air-conditioning vent in the reference room?"
"Yes!" The commentator nodded quickly, "The equipment renovation just carried out last year has built-in air-conditioning ducts, and each room has at least two air-conditioning outlets."
"Okay." Nie Cang nodded.
"Pry open the nearest air-conditioning duct opening, and the first and second team leaders sneak in through the duct."
Nie Cang turned around and ordered, "Bring portable containment items and aura concealment equipment - first ensure the safety of the old curator, and try not to disturb Lethe before containment."
"yes!"