[The completion degree of the old house is happy: 39%]

The distorted lines of wood on the table constitute the system's crazy and indifferent text, flowing in Qiao Dui's field of vision.

"The degree of completion has increased a lot, is it because of the driving effect of [the rabble]?"

Qiao Dui turned her gaze from the system text on the desktop to the computer screen.

In the top ten hot searches of social news today, three are related to the fire case in Jiangcheng City.

【Notice of Jiangcheng Fire Case】

【Hengtai Real Estate executives disappeared】

[The truth revealed in a novel]

The first of these was the police notice, which was the most popular, and many of the comments Qiao Du could see worms made of black mist climbing on it, obviously, this was the effect of the [rabble].

Unconsciously, all living beings have also become part of the rabble, silently manipulated.

It's just that Qiao Duan knows very well that anyone who uses public opinion to fuel the flames will inevitably be countered by public opinion, so he must be cautious about the use of [rabble].

The third one points to the novel of "Science Exploration Bot", thanks to this, the number of followers of Qiao Du's Tree Cave account has exceeded 50,000, and it is still growing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

In the absence of MCN agencies, this rate of fan growth is considerable.

Rounding it off, Qiao Duan is also a big V of the tree hole network.

And the second hot search.

Qiao Du clicked in.

"Song Hengtai, the founder of Hengtai Real Estate, is missing, and the police are investigating his whereabouts"

"The Beginning and End of the Breakage of Hengtai Real Estate's Capital Chain"

"Hengtai Real Estate Faces Prosecution for Arrears, May Apply for Bankruptcy Protection"

After reading, Qiao Duan learned that this Hengtai Real Estate was the owner of that building, and the missing executive Song Hengtai was the father of the deceased whom Qiao Du met in the mourning hall at that time.

"It's not easy."

Qiao Du commented.

Judging from Liu Wan's notes, Song Zhongwei and Song Hengtai were involved, and the two even ate rice that was offered to the ghost, perhaps this was part of the ceremony.

In this case, Song Hengtai must have been polluted to a certain extent, and in this case, it is only a matter of time before he encounters an accident.

Speaking of the ceremony, Qiao Dui closed her eyes.

In his consciousness, layers of illusory whispers lingered, constituting a fragmented text.

"The Demon Arrests".

At the same time, blood-red words emerged, wrapping around the hallucinatory thread-bound book.

[A wonderful text with forbidden knowledge, you think you earned it?] You must know that in a foreign land, all gifts have already been destined for a price, and children are not deceived! 】

He skipped the hints and looked into the book.

This is a text that does not belong to this world, but Qiao Du can understand the meaning, which is roughly a special talisman and ritual that can detain ghosts in specific items and the like, so as to manipulate them for their own use, absorb luck, manipulate fate, and reverse the future.

This ritual first requires the acquisition of a newborn or stillborn soul, the detention of it in his own ashes, and the daily offering of raw wax and rice, at least 7749 days later, before the ghost is considered successful.

Then, by eating the raw rice that is being offered, you can transfer the luck that the imprisoned ghost has absorbed to yourself.

According to common sense, Qiao Du has mastered this knowledge, and he should be able to draw gourds in the same way to capture demons and detain ghosts.

But it is obvious that the backlash of this crooked evil way is very strong, how can Qiao Dui, as a weak man who has no power to restrain the chicken, bear it.

Look at the fire in the distance, family.

"A talisman?"

Zhou Mingke listened to Qiao Dui's simple description, she tilted her head, her fingers played with the ends of the three braids, and after a little thought, she spoke.

"It's good that you didn't tell me the exact name and content, otherwise the contamination would have spread."

"So, I'm contaminated?"

Qiao Du looked around, there were only two people in the editorial department of Scientific Exploration, he and Zhou Mingke, and his description just now should not have caused any splash damage.

"As long as you keep being exposed to the Chosen Game, you're going to be contaminated."

Zhou Mingke replied as a matter of course.

"Everything in the Chosen Game is polluted, and the more you advance in it, the closer you get to alienation, the loss of the anchor point of humanity, and finally you may even become an anomaly-like existence, completely disappearing from the vision of ordinary people."

"Like the guy standing in the corner?"

When Qiao Du heard this, he suddenly said.

“......”

Zhou Mingke didn't look back, just looked at Qiao Du silently.

"It's okay, boss, I'm kidding, you go ahead."

Jo Twilight smiled brightly and looked back from the corner of the editorial office.

[It's very shy, please don't disturb it and the corner of the wall, otherwise you have to keep an eye on whether your head is still on your neck! 】

Seems to be quite shy.

Zhou Mingke paused for a moment and continued to speak.

“...... Moreover, this talisman is not a product of this world, and the pollution contained in it must be even more serious. ”

"Not this world?"

Qiao Twilight had a vague feeling when he opened the Chosen One Mall before, many of the things in it didn't look like things that could be found in this world, and he hadn't seen anything like that in any fiction or animated movie.

"Exotic."

Zhou Mingke put down the ends of his three-strand braided hair, lightly tapped on the keyboard, replied to a message from a person who sprayed with him, and then looked at Qiao Dui.

"You should have seen this word, you can understand it as other worlds, the stage of the Chosen Game is not only our world, when you continue to enter the game, you will go to other worlds, and the talisman you get should come from other worlds."

"In this way, Liu Wan's grandfather may also be the Chosen One, or has he been in contact with the Chosen One?"

Qiao Du remembered that Liu Wan's diary mentioned that her grandfather had obtained these things by chance, and then he started to engage in those crooked things, since this thing came from another world, the source must be the Chosen One.

"Possibly."

Zhou Mingke bowed.

"Most of the things in the foreign land carry a knowledge that is completely different from this world, and it is a serious pollution, and sometimes when it falls to us because of the Chosen One or other reasons, it will cause disturbances and troubles, so we also need to contain and control these sources of pollution that flow into it."

"By the way, Song Hengtai is missing, boss, do you have any pigs?"

Qiao Du remembered the hot search of the tree cave network again.

"Well, it should be related to the anomaly, Su Hong has been investigating for this time, you don't have to worry."

Zhou Mingke replied, ignoring the strange words that Qiao Du had just learned to surf the Internet.

"Oh!"

Qiao Du felt that she could live in Su Hong's house for a few more nights, and she didn't have to go outside to find a rental room, so she was very satisfied.

After work, Qiao Du cleaned up, he stood up, and saw that the person in the corner of the wall didn't know when he was gone.

Maybe it's a corner squat?

"Are you leaving?"

Suddenly, from behind Qiao Dui, a voice came faintly.

He immediately turned around and found that it was Du Ruo.

I don't know when Du Ruo sat there.

Qiao Du thought about it for a moment, and quickly gave up the pursuit again.

"Eating together?"

In life, a meal partner is very important, even more than a girlfriend, Qiao Du invited him happily.

"Okay."

Du Ruo said quietly.

The two went to a small fast food restaurant in a nearby old and dilapidated residential area.

Du Ruo ordered a 15-piece green pepper shredded pork rice bowl, and Qiao Du served a bitter gourd fried pork rice bowl at the same price, and also gave a free seaweed egg drop soup.

This meal is a treat.

After the two chatted without a word, Du Ruo put down his chopsticks.

"Qiao Dui, I told you before, help me visit someone."

His voice is mixed with the noise of fast-food restaurant customers and the news on the TV, and it is difficult to make a deep impression.

"Now is the time."