Sima Yi? This name really startled Xiahoudun, he looked at the child in front of him blankly, and remembered that the boy was still surnamed Zhang a few days ago, why did he become Sima Yi today? Xiahoudun's eyes wandered, and he was speechless for a while.

"Oops, why did you get out!" The middle-aged woman in the communication room rushed out and pulled Sima Yi to let him go back to his room.

At this time, Xun Yu also came to the door, he looked at the situation in front of him, and asked the woman, "What's the situation?" ”

"This kid ran out on his own," the woman pulled Sima Yi, "and was bumped into by this man outside." ”

Xun Yu looked out, it was Xiahou squatting on the ground in a daze, glanced at Sima Yi again, and immediately shouted at the woman anxiously: "Quick! Bring this kid back! ”

Seeing that Xun Yu was in such a hurry, the woman nodded a little panickedly and took Sima Yi back to the room.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Xiahoudun finally came back to his senses, Xun Yu's panic made him more sure that this boy named Sima Yi had an inevitable connection with the boy surnamed Zhang before, and he asked, "Don't you want to explain?" ”

"What do I explain?" Xun Yu shouted at Xiahoudun a little impatiently, "Who asked you to come here!" ”

Xiahoudun pointed to the direction of Sima Yi's return, his forehead burst into blue tendons, and shouted at Xun Yu: "What is the situation with this child? ”

"What's going on?" Xun Yu said perfunctorily.

Xiahoudun grabbed Xun Yu's collar and roared angrily, "At that time in Beiqing, you were sloppy and said that the transfer of corpses was a normal situation, and now this child is actually alive and well, and he has changed his name to Sima Yi, shouldn't you explain?" ”

Xun Yu closed his eyes, slowed down for a while, and then opened his eyes and stared at Xiahoudun and said, "You are wrong, you are not alone. ”

"Am I wrong? So obvious, could I be wrong? Xiahoudun smiled bitterly, "Don't forget my achievements when I was training at the Secret Records Bureau's agent headquarters. ”

Xun Yu waved his hand, opened Xiahoudun's hand, teleported outside the welfare home, and shouted: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you!" ”

When Xiahoudun heard Xun Yu say this, his anger became even greater, and he also teleported over and summoned the Nine Infant Tooth Gun to block Xun Yu's way, "Don't leave if you don't explain it to me today!" ”

"Xiahoudun!" Xun Yu straightened his glasses, pointed to the gun in Xiahoudun's hand, and said, "Do you know what kind of sin it is to show your sword in any institution under the Spirit Record Bureau, including the welfare home? ”

Xiahoudun didn't speak, but the spear was there, glaring at Xun Yu angrily, without the slightest intention of backing down. Because he was afraid that this was Xun Yu's ghost, he was worried that Xun Yu would make an outrageous move, after all, stealing the corpse was not done by a normal member of the Spirit Recording Bureau, and he couldn't allow someone he trusted so much to betray him.

"Alright! I threw in the towel. Xun Yu helplessly pointed to a small restaurant not far away and said, "That braised noodles is okay, let's talk while eating." ”

Xiahoudun followed Xun Yu to this noodle restaurant, Xun Yu said hello to the clerk, and then took Xiahoudun to a compartment on the second floor. Xun Yu ordered two bowls of noodles and a few side dishes, and then asked the waiter to leave.

"Now you can talk to me." Xiahoudun couldn't wait to ask.

Xun Yu looked out the window, sighed, moved his gaze to Xiahoudun again, pushed his glasses, and said: "Theoretically, this kind of thing should not be told to the leaders of the action groups, but if you have to ask, I have to tell you." ”

"You don't want to prevaricate me again, do you?" Xiahoudun poured Xun Yu a glass of water, poured another cup and put it in front of him.

Xun Yu sighed again, took a sip of water, and continued: "Then I'll tell you about the fighting spirit." ”

Xiahoudun sneered, then looked out the window, "You should tell a story to a child?" ”

"Looks like you don't know." Xun Yu took another sip of water and explained: "The so-called fighting spirit, according to our current understanding, is the soul produced by the heroic spirits of the ancient dynasties due to some reason that the aura has not disappeared, but all the fighting souls we can find now are from the Three Kingdoms period, and they will be activated in some way and reappear in the world." Most of the activation methods are artificial, such as you and me, but it is not excluded that there are natural fighting spirits, such as Xu Chu. ”

"I know all of this." Xiahoudun took a sip of water and said angrily.

"You don't know!" Xun Yu explained: "In the fighting soul, only the fetal light is complete, and the cool spirit and ghost spirit are pitiful, and since it is a soul, it naturally has no spirit and cannot survive independently." ”

Hearing this, Xiahoudun began to be a little curious, and he asked, "How does that fighting soul survive?" ”

Xun Yu closed his eyes and hesitated for a while, he knew that he shouldn't talk about this to Xiahoudun, but he also knew that with Xiahoudun's character, he would not stop if he didn't investigate this matter, but he also believed that with Xiahoudun's thoughts, even if he knew, he wouldn't wantonly publicize it. So, Xun Yu sighed and explained: "Then you need a container that can receive fighting spirits, a container that has lost all your tires, has a large number of immature spirits and ghosts, and has a weak but still existing vessel, and the most suitable is a corpse that has died within 72 hours of death under the age of fifteen." ”

Xiahoudun was stunned, he finally understood the true identity of the fighting spirit, and also knew why the little boy that day would become today's Sima Yi, but he still didn't understand why the corpse that was cut into two pieces would be reassembled, and why everyone would forget the little boy, and even the newspaper was affected. Xiahoudun was about to ask a question, but when he saw the waiter coming over with two bowls of noodles and side dishes, he held back.

Xun Yu saw that the waiter finished serving, so the ward waiter left, and continued: "I know what you want to ask. The power of the fighting spirit is quite powerful, and it is also quite domineering. When the fighting spirit finds a satisfactory container, it will give a warning, and the task of the Spirit Recording Bureau is to bring the container that the fighting soul is satisfied with back to the Spirit Recording Bureau and let the fighting spirit activate. The fighting spirit will replace the original soul of the corpse and enter the corpse. You also know the recovery ability of the fighting spirit, it will use that powerful power to restore the original appearance of the corpse before its death, not to mention breaking it in two, even if it turns into ashes, the fighting soul can repair it when it is activated. However, the original soul of the embezzled corpse can only choose to be slowly devoured by the fighting spirit, and it is precisely because the soul is devoured that the collective subconscious of this world will determine that the original owner of the corpse has not existed, so all traces of the corpse before its death will be erased, and even the fighting soul itself that devoured it will not remember who it devoured. The only ones who will not be affected are the fighting spirits that have been activated. We don't yet know exactly what causes this, but it's exactly what we're observing. ”

"I see." Xiahoudun suddenly understood what had happened, the little boy's body was occupied by Sima Yi's fighting spirit, and it was for this reason that everything that the child had experienced in his life was erased. When Xiahoudun thought of this, he couldn't help but feel pity, "What a poor child, he has experienced such a thing. ”

Xun Yu smiled, pushed his glasses with his hand, and said to Xiahoudun: "Aren't our bodies the same?" ”

Xiahoudun smiled bitterly and nodded, he suddenly had a question again, so he spoke again: "So, will the awakened fighting soul remember the relatives of the container before his death?" ”

Xun Yu took a few bites of food and ate it, he thought for a while, and replied: "Although I haven't seen an example, it's impossible, because when the fighting spirit completely occupies the container, the original soul of the container will be swallowed up." Take the container that Sima Yi devoured as an example, even if the parents of the container were still alive, they didn't know each other when they met again. ”

"That's not right," Xiahou Ling was just about to pick up the vegetables, and when he heard Xun Yu's explanation, he put down his chopsticks again, "My body is occupied by a fighting spirit, but Xiahou Ling's body does not have a fighting spirit, why do I think she is my sister?" ”

"I'll tell you two things," Xun Yu said unhurriedly while eating, "First, it's not that your body is occupied by the fighting spirit, but that you occupy this body; Second, when you wake up, the aunt in the welfare home will tell you that she is your sister, and you will naturally believe it if you don't remember anything, and Xiaoling was still a confused baby at that time, she was taken care of by you and grew up, and she called you 'brother, brother' every day, so she naturally regarded you as a brother. This is the same as Xiahou Yuan thinks that you are an elder brother, the historical Xiahou Yuan is not Xiahou Yuan's own brother, but the current Xiahou Yuan thinks that you are his own brother, it is precisely because of the family affection generated by your long-term relationship, which has nothing to do with the fighting spirit. ”

For some reason, Xia Houdun felt extremely relieved when he heard these words. Indeed, Xiao Ling and Xiao Yuan were brought up by him, and he didn't know how much effort he put into his younger brothers and sisters, of course they were relatives, and they were all dear and beloved family anyway. And a few days ago, he was still anxious about whether Xiaoling was his own sister, which was really ridiculous to think about. Xiahoudun smiled, nodded, and finally lowered his head and ate a few bites of noodles.

"What's the meeting?" Xun Yu saw that Xiahoudun seemed to be very satisfied with the answer, so he asked other questions.

"Team Leader's Work Report." Xiahoudun replied to Xun Yu very briefly.

"Lao Cao said about the investigation plan related to the activities of corpses and demons?" Xun Yu continued to ask with a smile on his face as if he was in control.

When Xiahoudun heard this, he grabbed a napkin casually, wiped his mouth a few times, and showed a puzzled expression, "How do you know?" ”

"Hey, I don't know anything." Xun Yu pushed his eyes and glanced out the window, "Actually, when I speculated last time that the demons wanted to activate Sima Yi's fighting soul, I had a faint uneasiness in my heart, and I always felt that some of the recent things were related to the demons, and there was probably someone colluding with the demons within the Spirit Record Bureau." ”

"Wait." Xiahoudun was even more puzzled when he heard this, he put down his chopsticks and asked, "The demon wants to activate Sima Yi?" ”

"This is just a guess," Xun Yu explained, "The child who died on the Beiqingshan Road is very special, his brain is different from ordinary people, and his IQ is much higher than that of ordinary people. Although we can no longer confirm the child's growth environment before his death, I think that his qualities in all aspects should be similar to Sima Yi, so the child's death will definitely activate Sima Yi. And the demons cut off the spell immediately after killing him, and did nothing to the couple's corpse and the others, which shows that they simply wanted to kill the child. ”

"Then ......" Xiahoudun looked at Xun Yu with a confused expression, "What do you want Sima Yi to do with that demon?" ”

"Good question! Do you think I look like I know? Xun Yu said teasingly, and then suddenly his expression became serious, "In short, Sima Yi's appearance is not a good thing, Guo Jia said that he wants to domesticate him, but it is not so easy." ”

Xiahoudun nodded and continued: "Then where do you think we should start next?" ”

"Wait!" Xun Yu said one word.

"Wait?" Xiahoudun was a little puzzled.

"Although the purpose of the opponent is not clear, as long as they act, they will definitely show their flaws, and what we have to do is to seize the flaws of the opponent." Xun Yu also put down his chopsticks and explained, "To be honest, I always feel that the problem lies within the Spirit Record Bureau, if I have the opportunity to investigate our research institute, maybe I will find some clues." ”

Xiahoudun didn't speak, just sat there quietly and listened to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu didn't say a few words and didn't speak, just looked out the window, and after a while, he came back to his senses, picked up the chopsticks, and pointed to the bowl of braised noodles in front of Xiahoudun, and said, "Eat quickly, I still have work in the afternoon." ”

The three-day conference ended quickly. The meeting did not immediately arrange the next step, but simply collected the report of the team leader, and then consolidated it and submitted it to the council. This made Xiahoudun a little uneasy, because he knew that everything that passed the resolution of the council was very serious, and the situation must be very urgent.

However, although Xiahoudun was uneasy, the upcoming beautiful wedding still calmed his mood. He sat longingly on the high-speed train back to Yandu, fantasizing about the wedding scene and the moment when he put on Chen Xuan's wedding ring.

Suddenly, a thought shattered the joy. He thought of what Xun Yu said, Xun Yu said that it was true that Xiahou Ling regarded himself as an elder brother because he grew up with him, but Xiahou Ling vaguely remembered that when he woke up, before the aunt in the welfare home told him, he knew that he had a younger brother who was two years younger than him and a younger sister who was still in infancy. If I am not mistaken, then this situation is contrary to what Xun Yu explained. Compared with Xun Yu deceiving him, Xiahoudun preferred to believe that he had misremembered. Xiahoudun shook his head, and suddenly felt a little tired, so he sat down a little more inclined and decided to sleep the time on the train.