Furue - Memorial Hall

"Did you test it over there?"

"The test was completed and no abnormalities were found."

"Captain, I've checked it here, and I haven't found any traces of Lethe's visit."

Nie Cang listened to the report of the team members, wrinkled his eyebrows and nodded.

"Although the patrol said that there was a residue of contamination here, it was only at the entrance of the memorial."

The researcher responsible for recording the record later said, "We didn't see any other energy fluctuations in the museum, and maybe Lethe didn't enter the museum." ”

Nie Cang was not at ease, "What about Yansu?" ”

"Professor Yan entered the game and hasn't come back yet," replied the accompanying researcher, "or a more detailed analysis could be given." ”

Nie Cang is not an expert in the study of pollution detection, and he has no way to identify it in detail if the instrument does not give relevant data, after all, pollution factors are not easily perceived by the human body.

But Yan Su is the personal disciple of the previous head of the research department, and he is also the best and most talented containment expert, young but early in the company, and his qualifications are not much worse than Nie Cang.

"Test again," Nie Cang looked at the team, "this place is no better than other places, if Lethe breaks anchor here and pollutes it, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Yes." The team members responded and watched Nie Cang walk towards the monitoring room, probably wanting to see the investigation of the other team members.

After all, the Lethe in this announcement is a migratory heterologous, and even has the ability to disguise itself as a human, animal, or other artifact, and does not rule out the possibility of using high positions to help conceal pollution fluctuations.

The team members' eyes couldn't help but fall on the historical relics around them, the golden fish hooks were shining, the blood-stained roster left traces of gunsmoke, and the mottled charge trumpets silently told the generosity of the year.

"Gu Gong," the team couldn't help but ask the accompanying researcher, "What is Lethe's danger rating?" ”

"Ekhi," the researcher surnamed Gu had a solemn face and an unusually serious tone, "It's a level 4 with great dangerous abilities. ”

The Global Occult Coalition has a hierarchy of disturbances for these aliens that permeate the human world: the classification criteria are the ability of the aliens to disrupt the normalcy of human society, disrupt the public and cause casualties, and disrupt the existing order.

There are five levels of hierarchy within the Alliance's current hazard level:

The lightest level is named "Dark", and the likelihood of disturbing the public and disrupting order is slim.

The second level is named "Vlam", which has a low potential for disrupting order, and the scale of disturbance is generally confined to rural areas.

The third level is named "Keneq", which has a moderate potential to disrupt order, and the scale of disturbance is generally small and medium-sized cities.

The fourth-class "Ekhi" not only has a high probability of disturbing the public, but the pollution can easily spread widely, and the scope of influence expands to large urban areas and even national continents.

The fifth level rarely appears, and it is recorded only three times in the archives of the Special Investigation Bureau, each time it is the effort and sacrifice of one or even two generations, which is why the Special Investigation Bureau attaches so much importance to the training of the younger generation.

The seniors at the forefront don't know when an accident will happen, so the responsibility of guarding will fall on the shoulders of the younger generations - this inheritance is very heavy, and the younger generation must be tempered if they want to carry it.

"Lethe's wanted profile details its ability: oblivion."

The researcher looked up at the historical objects in the glass case of the memorial, "Its ability to pollute can make the history they represent disappear." ”

"Disappear?" The team member was stunned, "Do you change people's memories?" ”

"It's not just people, it's time, space, logic, and traces of things."

The researcher nodded solemnly, "That's why the rating of this containment project is so high."

"History must not be forgotten, heroes must not be forgotten, and humiliation must not be forgotten. Forgetting and killing are undoubtedly connected with the words 'repeating the mistakes of the past', what does it mean behind this, I don't need to say it again, right? ”

The team moved their lips, and finally nodded with a tight frown, "That's ...... Since it is a globally wanted heterologous, or is it from the other side of the ocean, and the information is so complete, why can't it be caught? The danger level does not mean the difficulty of containment, I look at the data Lethe's force value ......"

"Shh

The researcher put his index finger to his lips, signaled the interrogator to silence, and said in a low voice:

"From the customs to Gujiang, Lethe was not discovered by the sub-bureau all the way, which is a problem in itself - but the handling of these things has nothing to do with the Special Investigation Bureau, and naturally the relevant personnel are responsible. We all know who wants to use Lethe to erase this history, so we don't need to talk about it anymore. ”

The pupils of the team members shrank suddenly, and they were instantly filled with righteous indignation, and they became angry like puffer fish.

"Gu Gong, do you mean that someone deliberately escorted Lethe to Gujiang?! Or the group of footpot chickens who haven't eaten enough mushrooms and their godfathers......"

Gu Xingze's eyelids jumped wildly, and he knocked on the team's head with a headache.

"Hiss......" The team member covered his head and looked at the researcher in confusion, "Gu Gong, what are you hitting me for?" ”

"It's good to know everything."

Gu Xingze sighed, "Can you all be smart, don't just think about what new weapons will be issued next month, and don't just think about what gifts to buy for your girlfriend during the holidays." You have a snack. ”

“…… Okay. ”

The team member nodded, and then corrected dissatisfiedly, "But Gu Gong, I am already engaged to my girlfriend, and we will get the certificate in November." She's my fiancée now, and you'll have to say the right thing in the future! ”

Gu Xingze: "............"

Ah, yes, yes, you're amazing to have a fiancée! You're going to get a certificate, you're amazing!

I can't wait to show off 800 times a day, why don't you go to the city center with a loudspeaker and shout?!

"Let's get tested, be serious." Gu Xingze wanted to kick him in disgust, "If you really hide the pollution fluctuations, you can only rely on this kind of carpet search." ”

He suddenly remembered something, "By the way, remember that places like vents also need to be inspected, and there are toilet pipes and stuff, Lethe can disguise and deform, and it can get in through these places." ”

"Understood, I'll go." The team members took the pollution detector and walked to the bathroom on this floor.

Just as he was about to walk to the door of the bathroom, a volunteer in a hurry went out with his head down and collided with the team members!

"Hey."

The boy was taken aback, and the materials in his hand were scattered, the child looked like he was fourteen or fifteen years old, but now he advocated practical education, and most of the volunteers were middle school students in the neighborhood.

The team members have seen the volunteers on duty at the memorial hall today, and this face is right.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He quickly apologized and helped pick up the materials.

"It's fine."

The boy dressed as a commentary volunteer replied in a muffled voice, picking up the scattered materials, his hair a little damp at the ends.

The student got up and took the materials in his hand, then walked to the storage room with his head down.

"Are all current middle school students so introverted? What was I doing in my second year of high school...... Is it to become an armored warrior and save the world? The team member scratched his head in confusion, and suddenly saw a wetness on his shoulder.

"Water ......?"

The team member reacted suddenly, his face changed suddenly, and he kicked open the door of the toilet-

The water pipes were still bubbling out, and it was a mess from the sink down to the floor.

Looking back, the middle school student just turned around, and his original human face was distorted into a big black mouth full of sharp teeth, and he rushed into the data room with a sinister smile!

The team member quickly took out the black piccolo in front of him and blew vigorously as he ran.

This polluted flute does not emit a sound that disturbs the masses, but allows other people who own the flute to receive a modified "babbling" signal that goes directly into the brain.

"Yes, this is the video, slow down, zoom in ......"

Nie Cang watched the technician zoom in on the video, and the tourists of the tour group were listening to the tour guide explaining the precautions at the entrance of the memorial hall, and one of the tourists at the back of the queue untied his sportswear jacket with the help of the crowd.

Something black suddenly fell from his coat, like a puddle of black mud, and at the moment it touched the ground, it propped up an irregular sphere the size of a fist, and the shark's fangs were hideously revealing at the top, as if something was about to struggle to get out of the seal.

"It's really embarrassing for them, they actually used the [Inner Space Domain Body]."

Nie Cang sneered, "Containment equipment of special level, containment Ekhi thinks that it is overkill, and two copies of each region are considered superior...... No wonder there isn't a hint of pollution leaking out. ”

The black ball in the surveillance kept spinning, and the vigilant person kicked it into the drain of the air conditioner next to it.

The road was still wet after the rain, and the sphere melted into fluid as soon as it was wet, and the fangs protruded sniffed around, stuck to the wall along the stagnant water, and then crawled into the pipe.

For a containment object to breach the containment barrier, it must absorb what would allow it to increase its contaminating power.

Lethe feeds on heavy emotional objects and memories, and the more it bears a heavy history, the more glorious or tragic memories and objects it engraves, the more conducive it is to the recovery of its abilities.

Not to mention the small area where Lethe fell, there is no better choice than the memorial in the whole of Furue.

"Search the pipes of the memorial hall immediately," Nie Cang ordered in a solemn voice, "apply for the ...... of micro-machines"

Buzz –

The piccolo placed in his front pocket suddenly vibrated as the specially modified containment equipment emitted harmless murmurs, the noisy background gibble was mostly weakened, and clear inorganic information poured straight into his mind!

Nie Cang's pupils shrank suddenly.

Not only Nie Cang, but all the members of the memorial hall received the signal!

"Turn on the jammer, lock down the data room, and stop Lethe from emitting pollution!" Nie Cang screamed, and rushed out of the monitoring room.

"Yes!" The researcher next to him immediately took action.

The range of the jammer is too small to be used on the memorial as a whole, and now there is a target range to block it to the greatest extent.

"Lethe must devour memories or objects with strong emotions in order to unseal," Nie Cang came to the door of the locked data room, his expression tense, "What did it swallow?" ”

"Here, Captain."

The team member who found it first opened the schoolbag in his hand and handed it to Nie Cang.

"I found this bag in the bathroom, along with a volunteer who had fallen to the ground...... It seems to be a student from a key middle school here. ”

"Students?" Nie Cang was stunned for a moment, and took the schoolbag that had become wet in the hands of the team members, he was wearing pure black isolation gloves issued uniformly, and he was not afraid of contamination residues.

Inside the bag were gnawed volumes, bright red crosses filled with math papers, and geometric questions were full of nonsensical line segments, like a crazy vent when they collapsed.

The tip of Nie Cang's nose moved slightly, he smelled the smell of blood from the schoolbag, frowned, took out an art knife from the schoolbag, pushed out the blade and saw the blood that had not been cleaned up.

"When I was a child, my studies didn't collapse so much, and my mother was always afraid that our 100-day oath of 'learning to die if you don't die' would affect me, so she trembled for a long time and gently persuaded me not to study, and it was enough to go to the front of the university to stall pancakes and fruits."

The team couldn't help but panic, "How much can this make Lethe directly break through the containment barrier......

"The resources at the bottom of the society are limited, if you want to fly out of the pheasant's nest and become a phoenix, learning is actually the best and closest way - small-town problem-solver is never a derogatory term, and the bitterness and collapse can only be understood by those who have experienced it."

Nie Cang sighed slightly, put things back in his school bag, and ended the topic, "Take that student's amnestics and send them to the hospital." ”

It was a blessing in disguise, as Lethe absorbed the emotions and painful memories, at least to give the student a temporary breather.

"Yes." The team members were ordered to leave.

"How's the instrument data?" Nie Cang bent down to look at the pollution imager, and in addition to the reflection of the items on the screen, a blurry humanoid black mist suddenly appeared on the screen.

"Lethe is indeed in it, but its ability to transform and abscond is very powerful, and it can be imaged entirely because it has just woken up, and it is not recommended that you break through easily." Gu Xingze adjusted the locking position of the jammer while looking at the imaging screen.

Nie Cang nodded, which was also one of the reasons why he ordered the jammer to be turned on in the first place.

On top of that, Lethe is located in the data room, and if he is cornered, the consequences of self-detonation are immeasurable.

"The jammer has been positioned, Team Nie can rest assured," Gu Xingze breathed a sigh of relief, "I just need to wait for a while......"

Nie Cang's gaze did not leave the screen, the perspective of the imager moved with Lethe's course of action, new scenes were recorded, and a blurred figure fell into the image.

Nie Cang's heart skipped a beat, "Who is by this window?" Anyone else in the reference room?! ”

Everyone present instantly became nervous, and before they could search, the narrator just now ran down from the upstairs office in a panic, "Data room? The curator is still in the reference room! What's going on in the data room?! ”

"The old curator is in the reference room?" Nie Cang's body tensed and his voice deepened.

"Yes, the curator will stay in the reference room for a while every time he remembers something from the past, not to mention that a visitor said that kind of thing today." The narrator was so nervous that his eyes were red, "And he was sitting in the innermost compartment by the window, the curator was more than a hundred years old, and he still had ...... behind his ears."

So there was no abnormality found in such a mess outside.

"The old curator has experienced too many things personally, and her memories are the same as the influence of the memorial hall," Gu Xingze's expression was solemn, "Team Nie, what should I do now?" ”

"Of course, save the curator first, people's lives are at stake!" The narrator trembled, and although she didn't know what was going on inside, she could guess the severity of the scene.

"Team Nie!" The narrator begged, "I beg you." ”

Nie Cang frowned tightly, the thin lines on his forehead seemed to be deeper, and his gaze swept over the surrounding structures, paused on the built-in central air conditioner, and then landed on the air conditioning vents everywhere.

"Air Conditioning Ventilation Duct ......"

Nie Cang whispered, already making a decision in his heart, "Is there an air conditioner in the data room?" ”

"Yes!" The narrator nodded hurriedly, "The equipment renovation that was just carried out last year is all built-in air-conditioning ducts, and there are at least two air-conditioning ports in each room. ”

"Okay." Nie Cang nodded.

"Pry open the nearest air conditioning duct opening, and the first and second team leaders sneak in through the pipe."

Nie Cang turned around and ordered, "Bring portable containment items, as well as breath concealment equipment - first ensure the safety of the old curator, and try not to alarm Lethe before containment." ”

"Yes!"