Chapter 27 Limited Trust
Lu Ming was slightly stunned.
The meaning of Shu Changshan's words is very clear.
Even if the ritual was performed, he could no longer perceive the presence of the Light Chaser, and he could no longer rely on the power of the god. And this situation seems to be only because the Light Chaser has voluntarily cut off contact with him.
What is the reason for the disconnection? Combined with the current situation, we can only draw this only conclusion: because Shu Changshan participated in activities related to the top evil god "Demon Eye".
Lu Ming didn't know the status, entanglement, and strength ranking of the so-called evil gods and so-called mythical creatures. But in the end, it seems that this lightseeker is not willing to have any connection with the Demon Eye.
Moreover, even the light chasers retreated, and Shu Changshan, who was just a mortal, really felt the fear.
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At this moment, his mind collapsed, and the little confidence he had completely disappeared.
Lu Ming subconsciously began to appease and comfort. But Shu Changshan seems to have completely collapsed. At this moment, all he knew was that he was trembling, crying, crying and crying to leave at once, to get out of here at once. It seemed as if he was going to die on the spot if he stayed here any longer.
Faced with this situation, Lu Ming lacked some experience in dealing with it after all. He looked at Zhang Dingshan with some help, and heard that although Zhang Dingshan's voice was still calm, the volume was a little louder.
"Lu Ming, let him go and let him go!"
Lu Ming slowly let go of Shu Changshan. Shu Changshan froze on the ground, his body still trembling.
Zhang Dingshan walked over and looked at him condescendingly. Shu Changshan also raised his head and looked at Zhang Dingshan with fear.
"Aren't you leaving? Let's go. β
Shu Changshan uses both hands and feet, and when he gets up, he has to rush outward. Several of the guards did not stop him. But Shu Changshan ran a few steps, but he slowly stopped.
"If you want to go, no one will stop you!"
Zhang Dingshan reprimanded loudly. But I saw Shu Changshan's body trembling, and his feet moved several times, but he didn't take a step out several times. Eventually, he seemed to collapse again, and once again he fell to the ground and began to cry.
He's not leaving.
Zhang Dingshan calmly ordered the guard: "Take him to the lounge." β
"Yes."
Several guards walked over and helped Shu Changshan towards the lounge. In the process, Shu Changshan just kept crying, but he didn't resist.
Lu Ming looked at Zhang Dingshan with some concern, and heard Zhang Dingshan's words: "Let him calm down." He's not going to go. We didn't have a way out, and neither did he. β
Lu Ming nodded silently.
He Wei was summoned, and Lu Qingliang was summoned, and the video conference began again.
During the meeting, He Wei was full of unhappiness.
"What bullshit curse, curse pig diarrhea? Good guys, you don't see it, it smells ......."
He Wei's face was full of disgust.
Lu Qingliang ignored her, but shook his head with some concern. Lu Ming sighed: "Okay, we have no way to verify whether what Shu Changshan said is true or not." β
From Shu Changshan's past, it is impossible to determine the authenticity. Now, Shu Changshan claimed that the Light Chaser had cut off contact with him, and there was no way to verify it.
This has created a situation in which whether or not they choose to trust Shu Changshan lacks a solid enough basis.
The question then is, should you trust him or not, or should you involve him in your subsequent actions?
Lu Qingliang and He Wei's eyes looked at Lu Ming.
Obviously, as the person who first came into contact with Shu Changshan, Lu Ming had the most say on this issue.
Lu Ming pondered and said: "From my personal opinion, Shu Changshan is probably trustworthy. But...... I don't think we need to dwell too much on that now. Whether Shu Changshan is trustworthy or not, look at it first, and take one step at a time. β
Zhang Dingshan tapped the table lightly: "Limited trust." β
"Yes." Lu Ming nodded immediately: "We only take Shu Changshan's judgment and suggestions as a reference for our actions." β
With this principle established, the subsequent problems were much easier to deal with. The meeting was dismissed after some discussion on the course of action.
During this process, several people did not discuss the issue of what to do if Shu Changshan refused to cooperate with them. It seems that several people don't think this is a problem.
Sure enough, the next day, after a night of restβor a night of torment, a night of tossing and turning, Shu Changshan, who had weighed all night, took the initiative to find Lu Ming again.
He gritted his teeth, his face was full of fierce determination, and he seemed to have let go of all fetters, so that he had a kind of "a good man after eighteen years".
He didn't look at Lu Ming, but looked at Zhang Dingshan beside Lu Ming: "Leader, I, I want to confirm." Sheriff Lu, he promised me his conditions, can you ...... Can you guarantee it? β
Zhang Dingshan said calmly: "What Lu Ming means is what I mean. β
"Leader, I want to make it clear in advance, now, the gods have abandoned me, and I don't have any special abilities anymore. I only have some knowledge left in the occult realm, but I can't guarantee how useful these things will be. β
"I don't need guarantees. We can make the best difference, and if we don't, our commitment still works. β
"Okay, done! Dead is dead! Anyway, it's not much fun for me to live now! β
"You're welcome to join us."
After temporarily absorbing Shu Changshan as a supernumerary member of the second action team, the relevant information was finally released to Shu Changshan.
According to Shu Changshan's request, the three of them took him to the place where Luo Yang was imprisoned first.
This is the core place of the base, which is tightly guarded, with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and the guards are all loaded with guns.
As soon as he got close to here, Shu Changshan's expression was a little strange. He seemed a little nervous, his lips were dry, and he kept swallowing saliva. Lu Ming looked at him, and he smiled reluctantly.
"I, I feel the breath of an evil god. Very, very rich. β
In this regard, Lu Ming was noncommittal.
Finally came to the metal room, before the door was opened, Shu Changshan couldn't stand. He was limp and barely able to stand still with the help of a guard, like a condemned prisoner about to be taken out of prison to be executed.
When the metal door opened, through the double layer of tempered glass, the figure of the monster was really displayed in front of him, Shu Changshan's body was even softer like mud, and he needed the support of two guards at the same time to barely stand up. His face was pale, large drops of sweat were dripping down his forehead, his lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word.
At this moment, Subject No. 1, who had always been very calm in the past, and who had basically no movement other than being tortured, seemed to feel something. It turned its head with great difficulty, and its two small eyes, one of which was newly grown, as if the creature had a great ability to restore the body, looked at him with evil eyes, and at the same time, some indistinct syllables came out of its mouth.
Shu Changshan looked at Lu Ming with a plea of help. Lu Ming waved his hand, and the group exited the room. When the metal door was closed, and several people left a distance, Shu Changshan could be considered to recover a little.
"It's laughing at me, that thing is laughing at me."
Shu Changshan sat on the bench, wiped a handful of cold sweat, and slowed down for a moment before he forced a smile and said: "It's not wrong, it's the breath of the evil god, it's very strong, and the breath of the evil god is very strong......"
In this regard, Lu Ming is still noncommittal.
This so-called "breath of the evil god" is, after all, something that cannot be quantified and cannot be clearly shown by physical indicators. Shu Changshan said he could feel it, but there was no evidence. Lu Ming could only follow the principle set before, that is, limited trust, and only take Shu Changshan's words as a reference.
"I know what the monsters are up to."
Lu Ming's heart immediately became solemn.
To this day, this problem remains an unsolved mystery for the second team, and it has caused a great deal of passivity for their own actions.
We have discussed this issue many times, tried and explored many times, but we have not been able to figure it out.
"But I still need to find something before I can finally confirm it."
After resting for a while, Shu Changshan seemed to finally relieve, and reluctantly stood up: "Take me to the place where you found the monsters gathering to take a look." β
Zhang Dingshan, He Wei, Lu Ming, and more than a dozen heavily armed guards left the temporary base with Shu Changshan and came to the woods.
At this moment, after the passage of time, the traces of the monsters left here have disappeared. But the investigators still identified information such as the approximate range.
Shu Changshan walked around here with a solemn expression, checking all kinds of details. After a long time, he asked, "The altar you saw at the beginning is sure to be in this position?" β
"Sure."
"Good. Take me to see the altar. β
The group then came to the evidence place, and carefully inspected the altar and the altar through the tempered glass, although it had been embalmed, it was almost impossible to distinguish the original eyeballs, internal organs and other objects.
Shu Changshan nodded, as if he understood something. After that, he left the base with the people and went to another place.
The place where the monsters gathered was southeast of the temporary base. And this time, Shu Changshan led the people to the northwest direction of the base.
It's a wasteland. In the past, a large pit was left for unknown reasons, and it was not backfilled, so it was used as a dumping place by nearby villagers. It wasn't until the temporary base was built and martial law was imposed that no one came to take out the garbage anymore.
It's overgrown with weeds, sewage and a stench. Shu Changshan's expression was solemn, repeatedly observing the terrain, and he seemed to be silently calculating something. After a long time, he chose a place and said, "Dig." β
Lu Ming waved his hand, and several guards immediately stepped forward. After digging for a while, all I saw was dirt and nothing else.
"Go on."
After digging for a long time, Lu Ming suddenly saw that the soil below had turned black and wet. The guards dug around the perimeter and eventually confirmed that the black mass of dirt was about a few tens of centimeters in diameter. The center is the heaviest black, and the periphery is lighter, and it seems to spread from the periphery to the side.
A rotting stench emanated from the black dirt.
"Let's put it to the test. If I'm not mistaken, this is supposed to be left over from the complete decay of the animal's entrails. The entrails shall be the boar's tongue, the fox's heart, the bowels of a hare, the blood of a vole, and the stomach of a raven. β
Shu Changshan seems to be extremely sure. Lu Ming's eyes looked at him and couldn't help but be a little more convinced.
The guards quickly transported the mass of dirt to the base and began to inspect it. Shu Changshan led the people to the northeast of the base, repeatedly surveyed, and finally determined a place to excavate again. Sure enough, something was dug up again.
But this time it's not rotten entrails, it's something.
"It's supposed to be boar teeth, rabbit teeth, fox claws."
After that, they came to the southwest and dug up several animal skulls again.
The flesh and blood on the skulls had rotted away, and only bones remained. But looking at the appearance, Lu Ming could roughly recognize what kind of bones they were.
Wild boar heads, rabbit heads, bird heads, etc.
The group returned to the base, and at this time, the test results were also presented in front of several people. And, as Shu Changshan said before, this result was exactly the same.
At this moment, even Lu Ming had to attach great importance to Shu Changshan.
In any case, Shu Changshan predicted exactly what he didn't know before. This can only mean one point: Shu Changshan has his own logical system based on the Cthulhu system, or worldview. He relied on this system, or theory, to analyze and predict real-world situations. And his analysis and predictions are all consistent with the real world.
It's amazing. You know, why is the scientific system considered correct? It is because in this system, the results of analyzing and predicting the real-world situation according to scientific logic are correct.
For example, through scientific theoretical calculations, it is believed that uranium-235 can undergo a chain reaction under the right environment and trigger a nuclear explosion. Then, based on the theoretical predictions, the atomic bomb was built, confirming the correctness of the theoretical predictions.
Again and again, almost countless theoretical predictions are consistent with reality, confirming the unshakable position of the scientific system. And now, Shu Changshan has also made a prediction based on the Cthulhu system, and his prediction has been proved correct by reality.
Although the internal relationships and principles of this system are not yet understood, it can still be considered that the credibility of Shu Changshan's words has been greatly enhanced.
"Let me see what you observed, the star in the direction of the Magic Eye Galaxy."
Lu Ming took the relevant data.
In the photo, it is just a faint bright spot.
Lu Ming explained to Shu Changshan the special features of this bright spot, such as speed, such as brightness.
Shu Changshan was silent for a moment, and said solemnly: "If you hadn't dealt with it quickly when the monsters gathered, we might all be dead by now." We...... There is still a chance. β