Chapter 76: The Haunted House (3)

The high dive ignored Sherlock, and instead let out his five senses.

He could hear water running through abandoned pipes, condensed droplets on damp walls, rodents and cavemen commotioning restlessly at human intrusion, and a few unidentified creatures moving delicately, though he couldn't tell what they were.

The smell in the air was complex and stimulated his sense of smell. The stale air, the dark mold, the rotting creatures, the foul smell of the beast, and ...... Hell, is that perfume? These scents mixed together to form a disgusting scent, and Gao Qian sneezed and immediately shut down all five senses.

That's why he always avoids opening the five senses, and most of the time the information obtained by opening the five senses is too complicated. When the five senses come out, it is like casting a large net on the bottom of the sea, and then dragging back a net full of mud, sand, seaweed, and other mixtures. The mixture may contain fish, shrimp, crabs, worms, microorganisms, as well as valuable rare pearls and ancient gold coins.

But how to filter out the huge amount of sediment and obtain something valuable is a huge project. At least the high divers can't do it right now. What's more, the price of opening up the five senses is often accompanied by torture of the nose.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Sherlock stared at the high dive closely, "what did you hear again?"

"Nope. Gao Qian glanced down at her, rubbed his nose, and suddenly approached her and sniffed, "Do you use perfume?"

"No. Sherlock's face flushed with a thin red, and she flicked her hair, oh the damn helmet, "That's useless today, it's a mission." Do you smell perfume?"

"Probably, sort of. ”

"Female ghosts don't use perfume, do they?"

"Female ghost, heh, you believe this too?"

High Dive saw a rusty sign hanging on the wall in front of him, and a skeletal finger pointing in one direction.

Gao Qian glanced at it and walked over first: "There are stairs ahead, be careful." ”

"You have such good eyesight? To be honest, I can barely see anything without night vision goggles. Sherlock put on the night vision goggles, and the image screen was black, and she had to discern it carefully to see the slight difference in color between the stairs and the wall because of the different materials. The pale white shadow of the high potential was like an indicator icon in front of her, and he was waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs.

Sherlock fumbled along, and there was something attached to the wall, it was cold and slippery, and she felt a wave of nausea, and quickly wiped her hands on her clothes. The high dive below seemed to notice her movements, suddenly turned around, and stretched out his hand to her: "Take my hand and go, let you go so fast, it's dawn." ”

Sherlock looked at the white silhouette in front of him, smiled slightly, and shook Gao Qian's hand. His hands are warm and dry, his fingers are slender and strong, his palms and fingertips are clean, there are no calluses and no scars. This hand is perfectly in line with his company's white-collar status, but it's more fun that way, isn't it?

Sherlock let go of his hand as soon as he descended the stairs: "Follow me, and if there's anything you need attention, I'll warn you." ”

"Good. Sherlock smiled sweetly.

Gao Qian looked back at Sherlock, "You don't seem to be nervous at all in this kind of place?"

"With you, I have faith in you. Sherlock grinned.

Gao Qian snorted, "Do you know anything else, how did you find out about this?"

"We tracked the delivery person at Three Eyes and then we found out about it. ”

The two whispered to each other as they walked down the narrow aisle. Sherlock could see through the night vision goggles that the aisle had been transformed into a bridge, flanked by iron half-man-high railings, of course, covered in rust. There were also a lot of wooden things on both sides of the railing, and Sherlock probably used them to scare people.

After Gao Qianqiaotou waited for her to follow, he continued the topic just now: "Since you have followed the delivery person, why don't you arrest it directly?

"We followed the delivery person, yes, and we did arrest him, but well, it was a scarecrow in clothes. ”

"What do you mean?" Gao Qian stopped abruptly and turned to look at Sherlock.

Sherlock wore night vision goggles to cover her eyes, but the corners of her mouth curled up strangely: "What do you mean by the scarecrow who can move, trade, drive, and attack?"

Gao Qian was silent for a moment: "What do your experts say?"

"Puppetry, a type of advanced sorcery, gives life to a puppet through spells and potions, and then remotely controls the puppet. Sherlock smiled, "Anyway, this puppet-making guy is quite powerful, and he can rank in the top ten on the list of wizards we have in the world." ”

"Wizard?"

"I guess only one of the top 10 is a witch, so it's more likely that this one is a witch. ”

"If you catch that puppet made by the wizard, he must know that this place has been exposed, and he will transfer the location of the medicine, how can you be so sure that he is still here?"

"Because the three-eyed potion is not very easy to make, and its main ingredient is a hallucinogenic plant called lucid dreaming, which is very rare and precious, and based on the characteristics of that plant, our experts deduce that the plant is planted in the ground of a haunted house. And the maturity of this plant is related to the angle of the moon. Anyway, tonight is when the hallucinogenic plant is ripe, and the wizard will definitely harvest the flower seeds before leaving. ”

Gao Qian looked at Sherlock and nodded, and suddenly asked, "Do you have a bazooka in your big bag?"

"Huh, no, what?"

"There's always a gun, right?"

"Where did I get a gun from a private detective? ”

"I see, you're planning to use your beauty to tie down that top ten wizard. ”

Sherlock choked in anger, she took off her night vision goggles and stared in the direction of the high dive: "Isn't this still you?"

"Why do you think I can deal with a great wizard?"

Sherlock stammered, and although it was pitch black, she could still feel the eyes of a high submersible knife.

"I think you can. She whispered.

"Think?" Gao Qian sneered, so angry that he didn't want to say anything.

"My instincts have always been accurate. Sherlock hurriedly said, "You see that I thought you could solve Gui Xiaoqian's problem before, won't you solve it?"

"That's when your blind cat touched a dead mouse. Gao Qian gritted his teeth.

"Maybe we'll run into one this time?" Sherlock smiled flatteringly, "High Diver, I have faith in you." ”

"I can't do it if I don't have confidence!" said Gao Qian angrily. Please, what's the difference between this and letting a rookie who hasn't left the Novice Village kill the ultimate quest boss?

Sherlock was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "High Diving, I know this matter is dangerous, but there is no time for us to make more arrangements, and after tonight that wizard will flee from here, bringing more flowers and making more harmful hallucinogens." Do you think I don't want to just blow this place up? But I can't, not only can't, but I have to bring the seeds back and let the lab do the research. ”

"So you're actually using me to collect some precious seeds for you. Gao Qian sneered, "Shouldn't I thank you for telling me the truth?"

"Don't you want to stop the archwizard who does hallucinogens to harm people?" Sherlock asked Gao Qian, "Can you just turn around and leave after knowing that this archwizard might leave with the flower seeds and make more harmful potions?"

"Why can't I? What's my business?" Gao Qian said coldly.

"You're lying, high diving, if you can do it, you can leave now, it's the car keys. Sherlock took the key out of his pocket and handed it to the high dive.

High Diving stared at Sherlock, the woman in the ugly helmet, looking back in his direction with a blinding, confident smile.

Gao Dive took a deep breath and grabbed the key suddenly:

"In a moment, do as I say, and if you dare to hold me back, I'll leave at once. ”

"No problem, it's all up to you. Sherlock said with a smile.