Infernal Artist

"I remember you fought with Liu Ping?" the old man asked.

"Yes, we are comrades in arms." Hua Qingkong said.

"That's good. You must be very good at cooperating together - Liu Ping, what else do you have to say?" the old man asked.

Liu Ping said: "Can I make a request?"

"What's the request?" the old man asked.

"I want to participate in the investigation of No. 21 Fudeng Road." Liu Ping said.

"Huh? What does that matter have to do with you?" the old man asked alertly.

Liu Ping took out a silver emblem and placed it on his desk.

——The emblem of the Loremaster.

"I see," the old man said with relief, "It's a good thing that you are willing to take the initiative. I will give you this authority, so you and Hua Qingkong go to investigate together."

The old man took out a document and placed it in front of Liu Ping.

Liu Ping picked up the document and saw lines of small words written on it:

"Top secret."

"Related information on the fifth naturalist exploration team."

"This team is tasked with going deep into the ruins of the Kingdom of Ceylon and investigating the cause of the kingdom's destruction."

"On March 22, the exploration team made significant progress and needs to return to the Imperial City to further analyze a certain substance with the help of the sequence machine."

"On March 23, the exploration team returned to the Imperial City."

"A fire broke out that night, and everyone in the team died. No one survived."

"By restoring the flame attributes, we can know that the flame is the soul-destroying fire on the curse side."

"The Soul-Destroying Fire destroys all traces of souls, and evidence cannot be found through backtracking."

"Further investigations are ongoing."

"The above is reported."

Liu Ping read it quickly and said thoughtfully: "The Kingdom of Ceylon? I remember that this country appeared about a hundred years ago."

"Yes, its existence was too short. Before it could develop, it was destroyed by an existence in the eternal night and ate up all human souls." The old man continued.

"What about our empire?" Hua Qingkong suddenly asked.

"Our empire has existed for three hundred years. When the royal family fell into eternal night, it brought the war machine sequence, and relied on this sequence to open up the territory step by step." Liu Ping said.

"You really look like a scholar." The old man joked.

"Three hundred years, not much knowledge, in fact, it can't be called erudition." Liu Ping shook his head naturally.

The old man looked at him and said, "This case has reached a bottleneck. All clues have been lost and there is almost no way to continue the investigation. What do you think?"

"How come there is nothing we can do?" Liu Ping asked in surprise.

"All the evidence and clues have been destroyed. The police station and us are helpless. Could it be..." The old man stopped talking.

The female secretary wisely exited and closed the door.

Liu Ping said: "Of course there is a way. We have to quietly send people to follow the trajectory of the fifth exploration team and walk through the ruins of the Kingdom of Ceylon again to see if we can find out what they found. Isn't this the most critical thing? "

The old man was silent for a moment, then suddenly took out a document and quickly wrote something on it.

"From now on, Hua Qingkong will be your leader. She will be responsible for your safety. As a scholar, you are just suitable to go to the ruins to investigate - the ruins have been explored many times, and there should be no big danger. ." said the old man.

"The two of us? Aren't we too powerful alone?" Liu Ping asked.

"You have to believe in Hua Qingkong's strength. She is the captain of the special force - and there are only two of you. It will be more efficient if you don't show off and act in a hidden way," the old man said.

"Yes! Commander-in-Chief!" Hua Qingkong saluted.

Liu Ping thought for a while.

It is true that the ruins of that kingdom have been explored many times, and Hua Qingkong is a spiritual summoner. After more than half a year of growth, his strength has reached an unknown level.

——Why did that monster kill everyone in the expedition team?

The answer is waiting for you in the ruins.

As a scholar, I just need to investigate the matters of the fifth expedition team.

If you gain something, not only can you legitimately bring the problem to the emperor, but you can also get a lot of merit points.

As soon as he thought of this, Liu Ping saluted along with Hua Qingkong.

——This means that you agree.

The old man laughed, called the female secretary in, handed her the document and said:

"Top secret operation, prepare all arrangements."

"Yes, I'll do it right away." The female secretary picked up the document, turned around and walked out of the office.

"Okay - you go, I still need to catch up on my sleep." The old man waved to Hua Qingkong and Liu Ping.

The two exited the office, closed the door, and left.

There was silence in the Commander-in-Chief's office.

The old man sat on the large armchair, crossed his legs, and lit a cigarette for himself.

He took a few strong puffs, blew out a smoke ring and said, "Review."

In silence, the light screen on the desk lit up.

Amidst the exciting music, the fighting game screen appeared again, with powerful fighters flashing on it.

Soon, the cutscene ends.

All the fighters stood together and looked outside the light screen.

"Lao Zhou, how do you feel?" the old man asked.

The steely fighter he controlled before stood up, looked thoughtful, and said: "That kid's fighting skills are not low... He can find the punches and combos I use after seeing them several times. The flaws in it.”

The old man looked at the other fighter.

——That was a fighter chosen by Liu Ping.

"You all know that I am more restrained than Lao Zhou," the fighter said: "I can't figure out whether he chose me to fight Lao Zhou because he was taking risks or because he had an innate fighting intuition. "

One of the onlookers among the fighters said, "In the last fight, you used your magical skills twice and your secret techniques three times, and you didn't miss every time."

"So we have a conclusion." Lao Zhou said.

"He was born to fight - I understand what he said now."

"Which sentence?"

"Before the fight, he said: 'I usually won't lose in a fight'."

"Tsk, do you think too highly of him?"

"Listen to what Bourbon has to say."

The fighters all looked at the old man.

The old man slapped the table and said: "War sequence!"

The void opened, and metal tubes stretched out, suspended in front of the old man.

A cold metal sound sounded:

"Your Majesty, Commander-in-Chief of the Empire, please tell me your to-do list."

"Use the special reserves to help that shameless boy improve his strength quickly." The old man said.

"Excuse me, your Excellency, who is 'that shameless boy'?" asked the cold metal voice.

"Liu Ping."

"Received, according to your authority, this matter has entered the preparation stage."

All the metal tubes exited and disappeared into the void.

"Are the special reserves given? Are the specifications too high?" A fighter asked in surprise.

The old man sighed and said tiredly: "Although the Holy Knight profession is very deceptive, its stance is very firm. It is a good hand in the Holy camp and is more trustworthy than those angels who often rebel and turn dark."

"Such a teenage boy? Not really." Another fighter said.

"There's no other way. I'm just taking a gamble anyway, just to prepare an extra hand of chips, no matter if I use them or not," the old man said.

"What are you worried about?" Lao Zhou asked.

The old man thought for a moment and murmured: "I don't know why, I always have nightmares recently..."

The fighters stepped aside and looked at a woman wearing a red robe and holding a long snow-colored fan.

The woman unfolded her fan, covering her face and said, "Bourbon, what did you dream about?"

"I dreamed about the boundless sea water - the sea was constantly erupting with earthquakes, and some terrifying guys I had never seen before emerged from the cracks in the depths of the ocean." The old man said.

"Okay, let me do some divination." The woman waved her fan gently.

I saw two big black characters gradually appearing on the fan:

"The country is destroyed."

…

"Liu Ping, you didn't sell the potion I gave you, did you?" Hua Qingkong asked as he walked.

Liu Ping slapped his head, took out the bottle of soul nourishing potion, and drank it in front of Hua Qingkong.

The elevator opens.

The two of them walked in.

"I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to drink this potion," Liu Ping said.

"I heard that this potion is very useful. Why don't we see if you can upgrade it this time." Hua Qingkong said with interest.

"Okay." Liu Ping said.

In the void, lines of burning small characters slowly emerged:

"You drank the soul nourishing potion."

"Your soul power has increased a little."

"Current soul power: 12/12."

Each point of soul power can release a basic skill.

Thanks to the ability of the heroic spirit to protect, Liu Ping once extracted a mutant ability from Yana: Soul Draining.

With that ability, his soul power suddenly increased to 11 points.

This is far beyond the average second-level professional.

Now, his soul power has reached 12 points.

——If you don’t advance now, you’ll wait until later!

Liu Ping took out the advanced card and poured all his soul power into it.

"Twelve points of soul power is enough!"

Hua Qingkong looked at the scale on the advanced card and said happily.

"I need to find a quiet place to complete the advancement." Liu Ping said.

The elevator opens.

Hua Qingkong pulled Liu Ping and walked outside.

"Follow me to my office," she said as she ran.

The two quickly came to the end of the corridor and stood in front of a wall.

Liu Ping looked around and realized that there was no one on the entire floor.

- There isn't even an office.

It seemed like a mezzanine between two floors, and it seemed like it was already underground, and it was impossible to tell where it was.

Hua Qingkong pressed her hand on the wall and read:

"Special combat readiness team, Hua Qingkong."

The walls suddenly opened.