Chapter 45: The First Mission
Black-17 held the steaming cocoa in both hands, and looked at Xia Min with some suspicion: "You... It's called Xia Min, right? ”
Xia Min nodded: "Yes, it was just a joke just now, you are Black-17, I'm sorry I'm late, because I just got the identity card, I don't know how to use it, so I kept you waiting for a long time." ”
Black-17 was very satisfied with Xia Min's attitude, and the dissatisfaction that he had been waiting for a long time dissipated a lot, and at the same time thought to himself: It seems that he is a very good talker, and he should be quite easy to get along with.
"It's okay, it's understandable, but next time, even if you're in a hurry, you still have to pay attention to safety, and don't ride a motorcycle without a helmet anymore."
Hearing this, Xia Min touched his nose in embarrassment: "You saw it all, it was just an accident." ”
Black-17 stretched out his right hand and said kindly, "Hello, first time we met, my name is Qiu Wei." ”
"Oh, hello."
Xia Min stretched out his hand and shook it symbolically, while a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Also surnamed Qiu? Something.
After the two introduced themselves to each other, they began to walk towards the inspection point, and as they walked, Qiu Wei briefly introduced the work to Xia Min and explained some problems at the same time.
"You've been to the headquarters, you should know something about the Divination Society, although the predictions of the Divination Society are very accurate, but there are also limitations."
Xia Min said clearly: "You can only find a spirit with a certain strength, right?" ”
"That's right." Qiu Wei nodded: "But not there will be evil spirits in the world all the time, in many cases, the haunts are just some ordinary spirits, and at this time, manpower is needed to patrol." ”
As he spoke, Qiu Wei took out a necklace from the small bag he was carrying and handed it to Xia Min, who naturally wore it around his neck after taking it.
Qiu Wei looked at the well-behaved Xia Min and was speechless for a while: "It's not... This is not for you to wear..."
"Oh oh, sorry, sorry, I said a boy is weird when he wears a necklace." Saying that, Xia Min took off the necklace and put it on for Qiu Wei.
Qiu Wei sighed, took off the necklace under Xia Min's bewildered gaze, and held it in his hand.
"This is the lowest-level magic weapon, automatic spell casting, as long as it is allowed to hang like this, it will be attracted when it encounters a faint spiritual aura, and you can follow its guidance to the spirit."
"Wow, senior." Xia Min once again suffered the loss of being uneducated.
Qiu Wei looked at the time, it was already half past eleven.
"Actually, I arranged for us to be together this time, mainly considering that you need someone to take you with you for the first time to carry out the inspection work, I can also teach you to use some low-level magic weapons during the inspection, and I can also teach you some ways to deal with it when you encounter Ling."
As he spoke, Qiu Wei handed Xia Min a small box: "This is the magic weapon used to capture spirits, and if you throw it at the spirit, you can automatically absorb the spirit." ”
"Poké Ball?" Xia Min flipped the incomparably familiar box.
"It can also be understood in this way, in short, you can use it to capture spirits that may have an impact on human society, but you have to remember that spirits that exceed the strength limit of the spirit trap box cannot be captured." Qiu Wei reminded.
"Wait, how can I judge the strength of the spirit? Temptation of the flesh? Xia Min raised his own question.
"It's very simple, this necklace and this spirit trap box are matched, if you are obviously facing the spirit, but the necklace is pointing in the opposite direction, then it proves that the strength exceeds the limit that the spirit trap box can hold."
"it." Xia Min flicked the necklace: "So spiritual? ”
"In short, this is the situation, in fact, this inspection work is done by two black robes, but because my partner has something to do to go to India, I can only bring you who have just joined the club and are still very idle." Autumn Road.
"Black robe?" Xia Min was a little confused: "Then why are you looking for me?" ”
Qiu Wei finished drinking the cocoa in his hand and threw the cup into the dry trash can, also with a strange face: "I don't know very well, I heard that there is a big guy who values you very much, and he pulled you to adapt in advance." ”
"After all, the gray robes are all doing odd jobs, and they are mainly responsible for some intelligence and logistics work, and the minimum standard for being able to really go out to do things is the black robe."
Xia Min was depressed for a while, and wanted to take a bite of snail noodles to suppress his shock, but remembered that this thing was too smelly, and it had already been ordered to be thrown away by Qiu Wei.
"So what are we going to do next?" Xia Min decided to accept his fate, so what can I do, it is said that the official level crushes people to death, but no matter what the big guy in Qiu Wei's mouth thinks, he will be the president.
Qiu Wei thought slightly and made a decision: "Originally, if you started at ten o'clock, you could finish it before four o'clock, but now it's almost twelve o'clock, and it's the first time you've done this, I'm afraid it's too late." ”
Hearing this, Xia Min had a bad premonition.
"Well, how about you patrol a few inspection points with me to see how I do it, and then we split up and try to finish the inspection before four o'clock?"
"Why do you have to be before four o'clock?" Xia Min didn't know how they came up with this time.
"Because the time of the spirit is active is from ten o'clock in the evening to four o'clock in the morning, after four o'clock the spirit will hide one after another before dawn, and when the dawn comes, it will lie dormant, waiting for the night to come." Qiu Wei explained.
"Okay... Then hurry up and get started, I might be in a hurry to hear you say that. ”
"Okay."
Two hours later, it was almost two o'clock in the morning.
Xia Min walked on the cold street, the vendors on the side of the road had long been closed, and only places like bars and Internet cafes were still full of lights and wine.
The streetlamp illuminated the silhouette of a withered poplar tree on the side of the road, and Xia Min involuntarily stopped to look at a homeless man lying by the window of a fast-food restaurant across the road.
After a moment, he walked towards the next patrol point.
The patrol point is sent to the badge through the execution committee, and the owner of the badge is able to receive mission information through the badge.
As long as the spirit exists in one place, it can catch its traces within a few hours, and then find it, so theoretically, as long as all the inspection points are inspected within the time limit, the possibility of the spirit and the inspectors missing it can be ruled out.
However, in order to achieve this effect, there must be a connection between the inspection point and the inspection point, and the time interval between passing through each inspection point is required, which is equivalent to each inspection point having a second chance to pass by after a certain interval to prevent the inspectors from appearing again after leaving.
After Qiu Wei explained it three times, Xia Min finally understood this magical setting, understood why the same inspection point may have to pass several times, and also understood why the inspection point was marked with numbers, and even the route had clear requirements.
"I understand everything." Xia Min, who asked for a glass of orange juice for himself and a homeless man at a 24-hour fast food restaurant, stood at the door of the fast food restaurant and complained: "But why do you give me the illusion of running and checking in in college?" ”
Just when Xia Min was bothering about how to complete the remaining half of the check-in task, the necklace that had been wrapped around Xia Min's finger suddenly moved by itself.