Endless route

Chapter 406 16. Ghost Suppressing Envoy

As time passed, the wind and rain outside the window became more and more intense. The cold wind howled among the dark mountains. The rainwater gathered into rivers in the boundless cliffs and thousands of miles of mountains. The dull sound of rain echoed in all directions.

The command room is warm and bright.

The firelight illuminates the eaves of the ancient building.

A few birds flew out of the rain and ducked under the eaves of the corridor to take shelter. They were stared at warily by the little Taoist priest.

"They're already in place."

Nia stared at the five non-human heat sources on the screen. Under her guidance and Zheng Yun's orders, there were several Yin soldiers squatting around each non-human heat source.

Judging from the location.

These five non-human heat sources are located in the middle of the cabins of the five ancient ships, on the central axis of the entire ship, and are located in front of the ship building, only one floor away from the deck.

This location is very particular.

Although ancient ships did not have the high technology of modern ships, their basic hull postures were much the same. The 'safest' position on the entire ship was the middle section of the cabin.

This is the center of gravity of the entire ship.

Theoretically speaking, even if the entire ancient ship hits the rocks and rolls over, or the hull is severely damaged and is about to sink, no matter what method or angle the ship sinks and pours.

The center of gravity is relatively safe.

It is not the last area to sink, but its sinking time is basically fixed, and its ranking must be in the middle.

By storing the most important things here, no matter how the ancient ship sinks, Triton will have time to deal with it.

This is indeed the case.

None of these cabins were soaked by the lake water.

It took the Yin soldiers a while to find the way. The five ancient ships seemed small in size, but their internal structures were extremely complex. There were many narrow paths deep in the cabins.

These paths are only one person wide.

Went left and right between the water-proof cabins.

Many areas are still broken or broken, and the conditions for traveling are very poor. Even non-locals need to go around for a while to reach the locations of these non-human heat sources.

"Is there anything unusual?"

Zheng Yun looked at Yin Bing's perspective and asked.

From the Yin Soldier's first perspective, the cabin where the heat source is located is well preserved, the wooden walls of the cabin are rarely rotted, and the wooden doors are tightly sealed and completely closed, with no gaps to peek through.

It seems that Zhou rarely comes here.

There weren't many people around.

But Zhou Jiu still came here, and the gaps in the ground and stairs along the way were repaired with wooden boards. The techniques were rough and reckless, and it was obviously done by Zhou Jiu.

Maybe Zhou Jiu came here when he was looking for antiquities, or maybe he entered here for other purposes.

"Not yet."

Nia shook her head and answered.

The Yin soldiers were already standing in the corridor outside the cabin, separated by a wall from the heat sources, but the heat sources in the room still did not move, as if they did not notice the arrival of the Yin soldiers.

"Then just wait a moment."

Zheng Yun nodded and asked everyone to continue monitoring.

"Other detection equipment has also made some discoveries. These heat sources seem to have the same 'shell'. From the thermal imaging images, the outline of this shell can be seen."

Nia continued her report.

Zheng Yun glanced sideways.

After determining the location, thermal imaging accurately detects the heat source of one of the cabins, covering the entire cabin inside and outside.

The temperature of the non-human body heat source is relatively high, and its temperature will be transferred to the surroundings, causing the 'shell' similar to a buckle box around you to have a temperature significantly higher than the ambient temperature.

It’s the same situation as with the skinny living people.

The propagation of temperature requires a medium. The occurrence of this phenomenon indicates that the non-human body heat source is in contact with the shell, and the two are in close contact, causing the temperature to be transmitted to the shell.

"Is it also a solid wood buckle box?"

Zhang Ergou looked at the outline and speculated.

The thermal imaging pattern is obvious. The heat source is warm in color and generally oval in shape. It lies flat in a cold-colored cuboid shell, causing the lower end of the cuboid shell to heat slightly.

"Maybe it's a coffin."

Nia couldn't tell the difference at the moment.

The detector is still far away from the ancient ship, and there are many obstacles between the two sides, making it difficult to produce high-precision imaging. Being able to achieve this level is already the limit of the detector.

"Master Immortal, I'm back!"

At this moment, Ji Dao's voice suddenly sounded from the window of the command room, causing everyone in the room to look sideways.

Ji Dao, who was dressed in ancient immortal palace clothes, led several ghost generals in ghost-suppressing officer uniforms, and ran quickly from the sticky rainy night. The cloth boots on his feet stepped on the accumulated water, and water splashed all the way.

After a while.

Ji Dao stepped into the door frame of the command room with a strange expression on his face. He didn't know if he had good news or bad news.

"Master Dao, what do you say?"

Zhang Ergou quickly handed over the towel.

"Several people have been suppressed and imprisoned. The condition of the skinny living man is very strange. I can't tell whether he is dead or alive at the moment. No matter how I communicate, there is no response."

"After I carefully inspected the tattoos on his body, I found that they are the same as those of the ancient Ghost Suppression Division. He is indeed from the Ghost Suppression Division and is one of my seniors in the Ming Dynasty Haiwei."

"I went to Tiangong Sutra Pavilion and did a brief search. His tattoo level is very high, and he is not a regular Ghost Suppression Department, but a transfer envoy of the Ghost Suppression Department, and his official position is also very high."

Ji Dao immediately reported.

He delayed for such a long time, in addition to arranging Harvest and Zhou Jiu, he also conducted preliminary torture research.

"Transporter..."

Zheng Yun spoke thoughtfully in a low voice.

"So he is the transporter of these ancient ships?" After hearing this, Nia also had some speculations in her heart.

In ancient times, there were salt and iron transport envoys, and in wartime there were grain and grass transport envoys. They were the imperial officials responsible for transporting salt, iron, and grain. It is self-evident what the Zhengui Division's transport envoys were transporting.

The Ghost Suppression Division can transfer it.

There are only things like ghosts and monsters.

Since the skinny living man is the transporter of the Ghost Suppression Division and appears in the cabin of the ancient ship, he is probably the transporter of these five ancient ships and is responsible for transporting something.

"It should be so. The five ancient ships in the underground lake are all commanded by this transfer envoy. However, we still don't know what they are escorting and why they appear here."

Jidao nodded and looked at Zheng Yun.

That's all we know so far. Other truths need to be inferred based on clues to get the full picture.

"What is the official position of the transfer envoy of the Ghost Suppression Department? What rank is he?" Zheng Yun frowned and continued to ask.

"Master Immortal, the transportation difficulty and importance of the Ghost Suppression Department is much higher than the transportation of other materials. It is the top priority of the Ghost Suppression Department, and there is no room for slacking off or dereliction of duty."

"Once the ghost escapes."

"The result is a loss of lives."

"So the official position of the transfer envoys of Haiwei Zhengui Division is much higher than that of ordinary transfer envoys. Using the Jinyiwei analogy, they are roughly equivalent to the Zhenfu envoys. From the fourth rank, there are only a few in a continent."

"All the ghosts captured and suppressed by the entire Xianzhou Ghost Suppression Department are transferred by these transfer envoys. They are all experienced experts who have suppressed ghosts for decades."

Ji Dao quickly gave an explanation.

It is simple and clear to put it this way. The Ghost Suppression Division's Transfer Envoy is a special official position responsible for transporting ghosts. There are only a few people in a fairy continent, and they are considered the elite among the ghost Suppression Division's elites.

The level is really high.

Starting from the fourth level is really not low.

However, this is just an analogy. The special minister of the Supervisory Immortal Division does not enter the first rank and is not considered a real fourth-rank official.

"Then this matter is not simple."

Zheng Yun sighed and nodded again.

This information Ji Dao provided was very crucial. It directly answered the identity and mission of the skinny living man, as well as the secrets of these ancient ships, and pointed directly to the secret center of this place.

Make assumptions from scratch.

These five ancient ships appeared on the surface of the underground lake, and they came with a transfer mission. They wanted to transfer a certain kind of ghost somewhere from its native area to another place.

But are they on the 'way to the native area', or have they loaded with ghosts, have left the 'native area', and are in the process of being transferred to the end point.

Zheng Yun guessed it was the latter.

Five ancient ships have been loaded with ghosts and are sailing towards the destination. They encounter some kind of event halfway, causing them to stop and stay in the underground lake forever.

The question here is.

Is there any relationship between this fleet and the wreckage of the fleet in the distance, and what exactly happened to them before they stopped.

"Master Immortal, this matter is indeed not simple. Several non-human heat sources in the ancient ship are probably the targets they are transferring, and this transfer obviously failed."

“We don’t know the cause of the failure yet, whether it was caused by ghost backlash, but we still have to be cautious.”

Ji Dao's expression was also very serious.

"Master Dao, is it possible that because of the weather, this fleet chose the river to sail during the rainy season, but was delayed halfway through the rainy season. After the rainy season, the river disappeared and had to be repaired."

"Then other things happened."

"Causing them to completely stop transshipment?"

"For example, due to missing the rainy season, the ghost died unexpectedly due to various reasons during the repair period. As a result, the transshipment was meaningless, so the transshipment mission was cancelled."

Zhang Ergou had another guess. He had lived here for the longest time and had a deeper and clearer understanding of the weather. The seasons in Wuhaixianzhou would definitely affect the fleet's navigation.

At the same time, he also has opinions on the methods of gods and ghosts.

He has also fed cranes and scooped up their shit. He has also fed Hanxian, and has seen the ecology of ghost figurines. He knows that these ghosts are also very fragile, and they will really die if they are not fed well.

The ancient ship was delayed on the road.

This may cause these 'ghosts' to stay in the ship without a matching living environment and lead to death.

"The possibility is not high. In fact, I just thought about the weather, but the course of these five ships is obviously not heading to Wangjingdusi. Their destination is Wubianya Immortal Gate."

"In other words, the end point of these five ships is the secret realm of Jianxian Division, so this is not just a simple transfer mission of Ghost Suppression Division, but a transfer related to Jianxian Division."

"For this level of transportation, the ghosts being escorted are extremely important. Even if the weather is abnormal, they must be transported by land. Even if they use any means, they must be transported."

"If they are left here, I'm afraid there is something hidden. It's not that simple, so we have to be careful."

Ji Dao sighed softly and continued.

Because most of the ghosts chosen by the Supervisory Immortal Division are not ordinary ghosts, but extremely 'valuable' ghosts.

The value here can be understood as use value. Only ghosts that can be used by Triton Suoyu and become the means of Triton's gods and ghosts will be transferred to other places by the Ghost Suppression Division.

As for the ghosts targeted by Jian Xiansi, they are obviously not just simple ghosts. Their potential and power have reached a higher level.

For example, the prototype of magic.

The simplest example is Hanxian.

The original Hanxian was very small, and the population was on the verge of extinction. It was mentioned in relevant records that there was only one very small one, several tens of meters in size, which was the result of the upbringing of Triton.

The Hanxian at that time could not be called an immortal.

It's just a rudiment of magic.

Therefore, anything that the Ghost Suppression Division chooses to transport is likely to be a prototype of fairy magic that has fairy magic potential.

This kind of ghost is extremely dangerous before it is cultivated. No one can underestimate it and must be cautious.

"Indeed, it is the most unbelievable and dangerous thing for these transshipment ships to stay here."

Zheng Yun thought roughly.

At this moment, this position is closer to the Immortal Gate of Boundless Cliff, but far away from the Immortal Sea on the other side of Wangjing Dusi.

In the era when these five ancient ships were performing transshipment missions, the foggy sea on the side of Wangjing Dusi was not yet closed, but they still came towards the Immortal Gate, almost within easy reach of the Immortal Gate.

This last distance.

The distance from the cottage to the fairy gate.

They actually didn't succeed in crossing over.

What happened to these five ancient ships that caused them to sink completely without anyone to help transfer them?

The Jianxian Division was involved, but this was the final result. It is really unimaginable what happened in the first place that prevented this transshipment fleet from leaving.

Maybe someone came to help.

But in the end the transfer failed.

The wreckage of the boat master not far away may be the escort team sent by the Jianxian Division. The final result is clear at a glance...

"Where's Zhou Jiu? Has he spoken?"

Zheng Yun suddenly asked about another thing.

"Zhou Jiu has become stupid. He only has some survival instincts left. He doesn't respond to any questions. He has the same symptoms as his son. He seems to be infected by evil things, but they and his son cannot bear it."

"I conducted a rough test and discovered a characteristic. This symptom is not contagious to each other. The infected people will not be transmitted to ordinary people, so the source is fixed."

"This source should exist somewhere in the underground lake, affecting everyone who comes into contact with it. Senior Ghost Suppression Division can resist a little, but ordinary people have no such ability at all."

Ji Dao shook his head.

Everyone who has been in contact with the ancient ship so far, including Zhou Jiu and his son, the transfer envoy of Zhengui Division, and Zhang Ergou beside him, all have almost the same symptoms, but the degree is different.

Neither Zhou Jiu and his son nor Zhang Ergou transmitted the symptoms to many bandits or other people, so the symptoms had a fixed source, located in an underground lake or an ancient ship.

People who have never been in contact.

Will not be contaminated by evil things.

Only those who have been in contact with it will feel as if they are possessed by an evil spirit, their faces will gradually change and become stupid, and eventually they will become a walking zombie.

"There are still not enough clues. We still need to look at the non-human heat sources first. The locations have been locked. Ji Dao, what preparations do you think need to be made now?"

Zheng Yun moved his eyes back to the screen.

Ji Dao has brought many clues, but there are still a few pieces of the puzzle that need to be searched for. The most important piece is what the five non-human heat sources on the screen are.

They are a source of heat.

It means they are still 'alive'.

Being able to live from hundreds of years ago to today in one breath means that they are a kind of ghost and evil creature, with the attribute of immortality, and have the qualifications and strength to be targeted by the Immortal Supervisor.

"Let's take a look first, Master Xian. I speculate that the things inside should not be able to escape or even move. Otherwise, they would have escaped in the past few hundred years."

"But I'd better bring some means to go down there myself. Since they have physical bodies, I'll bring a wisp of Hanxian."

Ji Dao touched his chin and said.

The basic requirement for the Ghost Suppression Division to transport ghosts is that the ghosts cannot escape. There is not even a one percent chance that the ghosts will be trapped to death or their limbs will be removed.

The attack was extremely ruthless.

Make other ghost hearers cry.

But after all, there are rumors that there is a mountain master who goes down the mountain to eat people. If these heat sources are the mountain master, then they may really escape, and they must be on guard.

"Get ready for action."

Zheng Yun directly ordered Jidao to use Hanxian to go to the ancient ship, and at the same time asked the Yin soldiers on the screen to start preparations.

Once the track is in place.

They went in and took a look.