Volume I: Chapter 37: A Pact with the Devil

"That's right, I'm a demon." The man smiled slightly, and gently straightened his glasses, "Please introduce yourself, I am from the Dark Devouring Dragon Family, with the surname 'Luo' and the name 'Yun Xiu'." Dare to ask your honorable name? ”

Xiahoudun did not answer him, but subconsciously retreated half a step with his right foot, and raised his hands slightly, ready for battle.

"Why be so nervous," Luo Yunxiu shook his head with a wry smile and gently lifted his glasses again, "I'm not hostile." ”

Indeed, according to past experience, the demons that have been encountered are usually more aggressive, and their personalities are usually more brutal, compared to before, the man in front of him who claims to be Luo Yunxiu is indeed a little abnormal. However, Xiahoudun did not relax his vigilance because of this, and there was always a faint uneasiness in his heart.

"How?" Luo Yunxiu finally showed a displeased expression on his face because Xiahoudun had not spoken, he straightened up a little, and his voice was a little louder, "Is this your etiquette?" ”

Xiahoudun was shocked by Luo Yunxiu's suddenly improved aura and gasped, he felt that the demon in front of him was different from the previous one, the invincible and powerful spiritual power of the other party made him realize that the difference in strength between them was too great, and an inexplicable sense of loss and helplessness suddenly rose. But Xiahoudun still kept his calm, he calmed down, thinking that since the other party had already revealed his identity and was not rude, it was indeed a little inappropriate for him to be silent for a long time, so he said: "The surname is 'Xiahou', the single name is 'Xuan', and he is the leader of the northern group of the Linglu Bureau."

"Xiahoudun...... Is it? Luo Yunxiu heard Xiahoudun's answer, and then put away some of his anger, and returned to a polite and very friendly face.

"Team Leader Xiahou...... Alas? Suddenly, Yue Sha came out of the laboratory door, looked left and right, frowned, showed a puzzled expression, and muttered, "What about people?" ”

"Can't you see me?" Xiahoudun looked at Yue Sha suspiciously and asked.

"Gone so soon?" Yue Sha sighed lightly, then retracted her head and closed the door to the laboratory.

Seeing this, Xiahoudun couldn't help but panic, and then he felt that he was already in the Demon Barrier Array, but although he was obviously in the Demon Barrier, this array was not like the usual Demon Barrier Array, which could completely separate the inside of the array from the outside of the array, but the people in the Demon Barrier could observe things in the same time and space. This made Xiahoudun a little nervous, he took a deep breath and asked Luo Yunxiu, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Oh, that's the ......" Luo Yunxiu's expression was very natural, as if everything was normal, there was nothing to make a fuss about, and because of this, he couldn't understand Xiahoudun's questioning properly, and he didn't know that Xiahoudun was questioning his motives through the magic barrier, but understood that Xiahoudun simply asked him about the purpose of coming here, so he slowly took out an envelope in his arms, "My purpose is twofold: one is that I was ordered by the Demon Emperor to come here to investigate the rebellion within the Tiantun Empire; The second is that I found out that there was a letter in my secretary's office that had been omitted, and the signature of the cashier office was the Cheng Shangyuan you just mentioned, and according to the postman's information and the investigation of our defense agency, it was determined that this letter was sent from this location to a place south of us about four months ago. ”

"What did you say?" Xiahoudun was even more surprised, he looked at Luo Yunxiu with round eyes, "You said that this letter was written to you by Cheng Shangyuan four months ago?" ”

"Exactly," Luo Yunxiu nodded, handed the envelope in his hand to Xiahoudun, and asked rhetorically, "Is there anything strange about this?" ”

Xiahoudun took another deep breath, took the envelope and looked at it carefully for a while, and found that the envelope was old, and the words on it were written by a pen that is not commonly used now, which was very strange, so he looked at the strange man in front of him more vigilantly, and said, "What does this letter say?" ”

Luo Yunxiu thought for a moment and said slowly: "The general content is the consultation about the time of your place. ”

"Inquiries about time?" Xiahoudun was a little puzzled, "What is that?" ”

"To be honest, I don't really understand," Luo Yunxiu shook his head slightly, "but based on my current understanding, he probably wants to draw a judgment about the dimension he is in by using time. ”

Xiahoudun was a little puzzled when he heard it, he didn't rush to open the envelope, but looked at it carefully, and found that there was no other handwriting on the envelope except for Cheng Shangyuan's signature, "So, how did you tell that this letter was sent to you?" ”

Luo Yunxiu didn't seem to understand Xiahoudun's question too much, and replied in a reasonable tone: "Because this letter has a positioning." ”

"Positioning?" Xiahoudun muttered quietly, it was obvious that he hadn't understood Luo Yunxiu's answer, and he thought in his heart that it was probably a term for communication between demons.

"Excuse me, is Your Excellency familiar with this Cheng Shangyuan?" Luo Yunxiu asked.

"I only know that this Cheng Shangyuan was originally a member of the Spirit Record Bureau, and I don't know him well." Xiahoudun put down his hand holding the letter and looked directly at Luo Yunxiu, "But as far as I know, Cheng Shangyuan passed away twenty years ago, and the place to the south of here you mentioned should be the original site of the Secret Research Institute, and it has long been deserted." ”

"Died twenty years ago?" Hearing Xiahoudun's words, Luo Yunxiu did not express surprise, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing an interested expression, holding the folding fan in his right hand and gently patting the palm of his left hand, "Interesting, really interesting." ”

Xiahoudun didn't answer, the demon in front of him really made the well-informed him a little puzzled.

"I still have a question I want to ask Team Leader Xiahou, the woman just interrupted me before I had time to ask," Luo Yunxiu saw that Xiahou was silent, so he said again, "I see that the words 'Spirit Record Bureau' are written here everywhere, and you just mentioned that you are the leader of the Spirit Record Bureau, what does this Spirit Record Bureau mean?" ”

Although Xiahoudun hadn't figured out the details of the other party, he didn't hesitate to answer: "The full name of the Spirit Record Bureau is the Supernatural Event Recording Bureau, which is an institution that helps people deal with supernatural events. ”

"Paranormal events?" Luo Yunxiu craned his neck and thought for a moment, "The so-called supernatural events, does it mean something that is contrary to our common sense?" ”

Xiahoudun nodded, "It can be understood so." ”

Luo Yunxiu smiled and opened the folding fan. The fan is beige, and there is no text on it, only a "T"-like pattern, just like what I saw next to the Eastern Han Dynasty tomb that day. He slapped it lightly a few times and asked, "So I recently received a letter from someone who has been dead for more than 20 years, can it be regarded as a supernatural event?" ”

"This ...... Absolutely. Xiahoudun replied, but his eyes glanced at the pattern on Luo Yunxiu's fan.

"Oh?" Luo Yunxiu smiled happily twice, put away the folding fan, and said, "So, can you ask Team Leader Xiahou to help solve this matter?" ”

"What is this?" Xiahoudun didn't reply to Luo Yunxiu's request, pointed to the pattern on the fan, and couldn't help but ask.

"What?" Luo Yunxiu was stunned for a moment, looked at the fan in his hand, and replied eatingly: "This is a fan, which is used for cooling, shading, and playing with in your hands." ”

"I'm not asking about this," Xiahoudun raised his voice, "It's the pattern on the fan." ”

"Is this it?" Luo Yunxiu opened the fan and pointed to the "T" on it, "This is the emblem of the Dark Devouring Dragon Family...... How? Have you seen it? ”

Xiahoudun hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "I have seen this emblem before. ”

"Have you ever seen this emblem?" Luo Yunxiu frowned, "It seems that you have dealt with the Sixteenth Legion of the Heavenly Swallow Expedition. ”

"Yes," Xiahoudun nodded, "We met them next to an ancient tomb and lost badly. ”

"But you're lucky to have been saved by the Skyhawk." Luo Yunxiu said.

"Fluttering eagles?" Xia Houdun had never heard of this creature, and he was a little puzzled, but compared to these, what made him even more strange was that the demon in front of him actually knew what happened that night, could it be that he had been secretly observing himself? Could the "T" emblem be engraved by him? What is the purpose?

Luo Yunxiu seemed to see through the doubts in Xiahoudun's heart, but he didn't take the topic, just smiled slightly, and said, "Team leader Xiahou hasn't responded to my request yet." ”

"Request?" Xiahoudun woke up suddenly, slightly stunned.

Luo Yunxiu smiled again, "In this way, I will hand over this letter to Team Leader Xiahou Xuan, and ask Team Leader Xiahou to investigate the reason behind this letter on his behalf, I can try my best to protect you from the Heavenly Swallowing Rebels, how about it?" ”

Xiahoudun was a little overwhelmed by this sudden proposal, and he didn't know how to speak for a while. Obviously, Xiahoudun didn't trust the demon in front of him who he had just met, but he didn't have the slightest intention of attacking himself when his strength was very different from the other party, and the other party didn't offend him at all, which made Xiahoudun a little difficult to refuse. However, will the other party cooperate sincerely? Or is there something else going on? Xiahoudun hesitated.

"How?" Luo Yunxiu seemed to be able to see through Xiahou's thoughts, "Why did Team Leader Xiahou hesitate?" Is it distrustful? ”

"To be honest, distrust." Xiahoudun replied with little confidence, but it was categorical.

"Straightforward." Luo Yunxiu smiled, opened the folding fan and shook it a few times, saying it like a compliment to Xiahoudun. Instead, he put away the fan again, and his expression became more serious, "But I just entrusted Team Leader Xiahou to help investigate the incident, so don't be too cautious." ”

Xiahoudun glanced at Luo Yunxiu, his eyes rolled in his eyes a few more times, he thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "It's not just because of this ......"

"Why is that?" Luo Yunxiu asked.

Xiahoudun took a deep breath, relaxed a little, straightened his collar, and put his hand in his trouser pocket again, "The events I accept generally require a detailed statement by the client, and you just tell me casually, I don't know the direction of the investigation." ”

"I see, Your Excellency is reasonable, and you are abrupt." Luo Yunxiu frowned and thought for a moment, then smiled slightly, "In this way, there are many inconveniences today, the letter will be handed over to Team Leader Xiahou for safekeeping, and then he will come to the door in person another day to submit the entrustment to Team Leader Xiahou, how about it?" ”

Xiahoudun couldn't detect the other party's true intentions for a while, but since the words had come to this, it was difficult to say anything more, "Okay, I hope that next time we meet, you can give me a reasonable reason to cooperate." ”

Luo Yunxiu stretched out his hand and grabbed it out of thin air in front of Xiahou Xuan's forehead, as if he had caught something, and threw his backhand in front of his forehead, as if he knew something, and smiled lightly.

"What does that mean?" Xiahoudun was startled, and hurriedly took a step back.

"I already know your office address, and we'll see you in ten days. Please refrain from telling others about this encounter for the time being, as a precautionary measure. With that, Luo Yunxiu leaned over lightly and disappeared.

Xiahoudun couldn't help but panic for a while, but after thinking about it, since the other party was powerful, he didn't do it in this unnoticed place and did it himself, so he breathed a sigh of relief, put the letter in his hand into the inner pocket of his coat, and prepared to knock on the door of the laboratory again.

And before Xiahoudun could ring the doorbell at the door of the laboratory, the door of the laboratory opened first, and a tall and thin middle-aged man appeared in front of Xiahoudun. The man was dressed plainly, with a dark brown suit and gray suit pants that matched his age, a turtleneck sweater that covered his neck, and a tag on his chest with his position and name written on it: Qiu Daochong, director of the Northern Division Research Center of the Spirit Recording Bureau.