Chapter 24: The Light Chaser
Lu Ming noticed that this time, Shu Changshan was really relaxed, and he was no longer as tense as before.
And, after relaxing down, Shu Changshan, after removing the slippery breath of an ordinary god stick, his temperament is really a bit out of the dust, and he looks like a master outside the world.
Lu Ming gathered his spirit, and did not directly ask him what he couldn't escape, but said: "Can you let Assistant Wang leave first, and we can talk alone?" Shu Changshan waved his hand a little weakly.
Next to him, Assistant Wang filled him with tea and left on his own. The door is closed. At this moment, only Lu Ming and Shu Changshan were left in this room.
At this time, Lu Ming said: "What can't you dodge?" Shu Changshan seemed a little tired at the moment.
He rubbed his forehead and said, "Mr. Lu, to be honest, I don't want to get involved in your affairs, I don't want to have any contact with you, I don't know anything, and I can't tell you anything." We're like that, you keep busy with your business, I'll keep busy with mine, okay? Lu Ming's brows furrowed slightly: "Do you have any concerns, so you don't dare to say it?" ”
"No comment."
"Or, at the very least, you can tell me why you can't work with us. If the reason is reasonable and necessary, I can leave. Shu Changshan pondered for a moment and shook his head again: "No comment." Lu Ming's voice became stern: "It is the duty of every citizen to cooperate with the work of the security guard!" Shu Changshan looked at Lu Ming: "Or, can you arrest me?" He seemed to have made up his mind and refused to cooperate with Lu Ming.
In the room, the atmosphere gradually stiffened. Lu Ming's face was cold, but the next moment he suddenly smiled.
"Maybe I can guess why you won't cooperate with us, or what your scruples are." Lu Ming stood up, put his hands behind his back, paced, and muttered to himself: "Life? Wealth? Close relatives? Someone threatens you? Well...... Each of them is possible. Shu Changshan looked at him coldly.
In this way, it is better to start with your identity background, family background, and interpersonal relationships. Master Shu, you are fifty-six years old this year, right? You had a daughter who was twenty-nine years old and married. You've always wanted a son, but you've never wanted it. It wasn't until you were forty-two years old that you had a son in middle age and a son. Your wife died in childbirth due to advanced maternal age, and you regard this only son as a pearl. Your son is 14 years old this year, but he is young and does not study well, he learns to mix with society, fights and fights at a young age, smokes and drinks, once enlarges the belly of several girls, and has been in a juvenile detention center three times, and each time you took a lot of trouble to get out. Shu Changshan's expression became more and more cold: "What do you want to say?" Lu Ming waved his hand: "Don't worry, listen to me." Your daughter originally had a good relationship with you, but since the birth of her son, her daughter knew that it was impossible for you to leave her last family property, so she became disgusted and worked with her son-in-law to be filial to you on the surface, but in fact, she has been plotting against your family property. Even, part of the reason why your son doesn't study well comes from the instigation of your daughter and son-in-law. You were diagnosed with cancer three years ago, and although you had radical surgery and never recurred, you still have less than 10 years left in your life expectancy. So I guess the thing you are most worried about now is that you won't live to the time when your son really grows up, and you're worried that after you die, your son will be framed and killed by your daughter and son-in-law, and the family property will fall into someone else's hands, right? Regarding Shu Changshan's practice of leaving all the family property to his son and not giving his daughter a little, Lu Ming did not comment.
The money belongs to him, and he will give it to whoever he wants, so he will not interfere. Shu Changshan's expression changed.
He didn't ask Lu Ming how he knew these things, but said coldly: "You threaten me? Lu Ming's words did seem to be threatening.
Lu Ming shook his head and sighed: "I am a staff member of the World Government, how can I threaten you?" What I want is for you to cooperate with us willingly, not under duress. That doesn't make sense. Shu Changshan snorted.
"Have you ever thought that I, I can relieve you of all your worries?" Shu Changshan was stunned. Lu Ming looked at him condescendingly: "If you are willing to agree to cooperate with us, I can find a way to let you get the best treatment and prolong your life as much as possible." Even if you don't live to grow up with your son, I will be able to preserve your son's property when you die. And I can put your son on the right path. Shu Changshan's breathing was a little shorter, but he still didn't speak.
"Well, of course, it's also possible that your concerns come from your own life. Maybe there is some reason for you to think that once you cooperate with us, you will not live for even ten years. Understandable. No one wants to die if they are alive. However, what I can promise you is that once you cooperate with us, I will provide you with the best security to ensure that no conventional force can harm you. It is also possible that your concerns come from unconventional forces, and you may think that we cannot keep you safe. In this case, it's up to you to make your own choice. Is it important that you have the rest of your life, or is it important that your son will go on the right path in the future and spend his life in peace and prosperity, rather than dying in the gutter in a fight without knowing which day? Shu Changshan's breathing became even more rapid.
After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "How can you ensure that my son will grow up healthy in the future, take the right path, and not take the wrong path?" Regarding the growth of his son, Shu Changshan himself obviously has nothing to do.
If there was a way, he would have used it a long time ago, and he would not have made his son crooked to the way he is now. Lu Ming said that he had a way, Shu Changshan couldn't believe it, but he was full of expectations.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I represent the Planetary Security Agency and the power of the world government. You don't think I can't do such a small thing, do you? It seems to you that it is a thousand difficulties, but in my opinion it is just a small thing. I will throw your son directly into a centralized training camp, and at the same time ensure his studies, cut him off from the outside world, and use semi-military means to reform his mind and quit his bad habits. After that, when he grows up, he will send someone to spy on him, and anyone who approaches him with bad intentions will be dealt with in advance. As for your family property, I will find someone to set up a fund, operate it in a corporatized model, and use legal means to ensure that the money can only be his, and no one can take it. On your daughter's and son-in-law's side, just a little warning, I promise they won't dare to have any more bad intentions. How, isn't it easy? Shu Changshan's face was full of struggle and hesitation.
After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "How can I trust you?" ”
"If you promise to give a beggar ten dollars, will you pay the bill?"
"Of course not."
"Yes. You won't default on your bills, because ten dollars is nothing to you. Then ......" Lu Ming took out another document and handed it to him: "Activate your relationship, inquire about this document, and you will believe me." Shu Changshan took the documents suspiciously, walked out of the room and made a call.
After more than ten minutes, he walked back and returned the document to Lu Ming.
"Believe me?"
"I believe it."
"Can you cooperate with my work?"
"Okay." Shu Changshan sat down again: "There is something I can do, just open my mouth." I will fully cooperate. Lu Ming didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Why didn't you cooperate with me before?" You say you can't escape, what can't you escape? Shu Changshan smiled bitterly: "I feel the breath of the evil god." Lu Ming was stunned: "The ...... of the evil god Breath? From me? ”
"Yes. I don't know what you're looking for me for, but I can feel that it must have something to do with the evil gods. I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing, and I don't dare to refuse directly, for fear that you will notice what I know, but you will have to contact me, so I will go to great lengths to send you away. I didn't expect you to see the flaw, but I didn't escape after all. It's fate, it's fate. ”
The description of "feeling the breath of the evil god" seemed too ethereal, making Lu Ming a little incomprehensible.
"How do you feel it? When did you feel it? Well, what does that feel like? Why can you feel it? Lu Ming asked a series of questions.
Shu Changshan organized the language: "I can't describe what kind of feeling this is. If you barely describe it, it's probably similar to intuition. Well, after you contacted my assistant yesterday, when he showed me the schedule, I had this instinct in my mind, and that's why I decided not to see you. As for why I can feel this, hehe, I don't know if you will believe it. ”
"It's my business if you don't believe it, just say it."
"Okay." Shu Changshan sighed and began to tell.
"You know about me, you know I'm a, uh, god, hehe. I don't know about other people, but I'm a god stick, and I may be a little different from others. I don't believe in a particular deity, and I don't think there is a god in the world who is compassionate and helps the suffering. Of course, I believe in the existence of gods, but I don't believe in them, I only worship them. I can communicate with this deity, and after offering my sacrifice, I can exchange it for some help from him. I have mastered some of his taboos, and I am careful not to violate them, so that he does not hurt me, and I have also mastered some communication skills with him, so that I can achieve some goals and do some things. Between me and the gods, it's more like a deal. Lu Ming said: "What kind of existence is your god?" How did you first come into contact with him? ”
"I only know very little information. His name is 'The Light Chaser', and he wanders through the universe, existing in a pattern that we cannot comprehend, eternally seeking the light. ”
"Bright...... Is it light in the physical sense, or light in the cultural sense? "There's a clear difference between the two.
Shu Changshan gave a definite answer: "In the physical sense." ”
"The brightest place in the physical sense is generally the existence of stars, neutron stars, or the accretion disks of some black holes." Lu Ming groaned: "What kind of chase is his chase?" What about after chasing the light? Shu Changshan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't know." That's all I know about him himself. ”
"How did you first get into it?" Shu Changshan recalled with emotion: "That was when I was a child. I remember when I was in junior high school, I had a fever and fell asleep in a daze, and I had a dream in which I felt like I had been in space, and there were stars everywhere and a sun, which was big, very bright, and very dazzling. In the starry sky, there was something like a comet, dragging its long tail, rushing towards the sun. Then I woke up. For a while after that, I would have this dream every night when I fell asleep. I told my parents, and they would just say that I wasn't sleeping well, and then I wouldn't talk about it. It wasn't until I grew up, graduated, and joined the workforce that I began to collect information about this, and by chance, I found information about a religion that had disappeared, and in the texts of that religion, I saw the figure of this comet that appeared in my dream every night. According to the texts, this is a deity that lives in the starry sky, and its name is the Light Chaser. It also records some rituals and taboos and the like, saying that holding a ritual can communicate with it. At that time, I was bold and curious, so I held a ceremony. And then...... I really felt it. I really felt it without sleeping...... The things written in the books are very simple. I slowly explored it myself, and gradually mastered some communication skills with it, as well as some taboos. In the process, I also paid a big price. Shu Changshan's face was full of bitterness.
A thought flashed through Lu Ming's heart. It's inexplicably connected to some strange mythical creature in a dream, well, it's very Cthulhu.
"At what cost?" Shu Changshan sighed: "Mr. Lu, do you think that my daughter and son-in-law are plotting against my family property and even want to kill my son, my son is not studying well, and my cancer ...... Did it all happen naturally? Lu Ming was stunned.
These...... Is that the price paid for breaking the taboo of mythical creatures? Of course, Lu Ming will not believe it all at this moment.
Everything Shu Changshan said, Lu Ming will not easily believe it, but will verify it one by one in the future.
"Can you show me the books of the extinct religion you mentioned?"
"Absolutely." Shu Changshan made a phone call, and after a while, Assistant Wang brought over a self-bound booklet.
"That's what I was able to do." On this, Lu Ming really saw the comet-like one, which Shu Changshan called it
The creature of the Lightseeker. The name of this religion, translated into modern prophecy, is called
"Neroth". Lu Ming wrote down the name.
"Let's talk about me. You said that you felt the breath of an evil god from me, so who is this evil god? Shu Changshan looked straight at Lu Ming and said slowly: "The evil god who is related to you is codenamed 'Demon Eye'. ”