Odd Containment Specialist

Edson turned on the projection screen, and a video began to play on the white wall, which was a headland.

At the end of the promontory is a towering lighthouse, and beyond is a hundred-meter-high cliff, with jagged rocks half-submerged in the sea below.

"There is a lighthouse on a promontory on the south coast. This lighthouse is an EX-level weird phenomenon called [Lighthouse of Fear]. This video was accidentally shot by a landscape enthusiast using a drone. Now we have it enlarge."

Edson moved the remote control and zoomed in on the details. Everyone saw a figure climbing up on the edge of the cliff. Although the clarity was not enough, the person's iconic features could still be barely discerned.

Su Weiyu recognized the other person at a glance: "It's Uncle Yi Lei!"

Edson explained: "Due to the characteristics of the lighthouse of fear, the Control Bureau usually does not use any means to monitor and observe the lighthouse. It only sets up a no-entry zone to isolate it, so ordinary people have no way to approach the lighthouse. of.

Originally there was a patrol fleet at sea responsible for guarding, but due to what happened a while ago, our personnel losses were too serious. The daily maintenance of various weird and anomalous objects has reduced the staffing, and the same is true for the Fear Beacon.

And he actually took the opportunity to climb up the lighthouse from the cliff!

Come on, let me enlarge it a little bit more.

Did you see it?

He was also carrying something on his back, which was obviously a branch packed in an acrylic box. Judging from the exposed part, the branch had seven branches, and each of the seven branches was divided into seven small branches. This is the symbol of the sacred tree of the Tree Root Eye Cult. It must be induced to grow by special means and cannot be cut manually.

Many of the Root Eye rituals require the use of this specially prepared plant specimen.

Yi Lei entered the Beacon of Fear with these things, and came out empty-handed about ten minutes later. Then he climbed down the cliff into the sea along the same route and left quietly.

If someone hadn't happened to be filming it with a drone, even this scene wouldn't have survived. "

Xia Shou raised his hand and asked: "He is holding the symbol of the Root Eye Cult, so he is from the Root Eye Cult?"

"It's highly likely!" Edson said.

"No, he should be a member of the Blood Mother Cult." Xia Shou pondered for a moment, and then recounted the relationship between Yi Lei and Su Zhengyi, as well as the causes and consequences of Su Zhengyi being lured to Edinburg.

Everyone present fell into silence and showed doubtful expressions.

"That is indeed strange. According to what you said, Yi Lei is very likely to be a member of the Blood Mother Cult. But on the other hand, he does hold the ritual tool of the Root Eye. This kind of natural growth Dead branches with forty-nine branches cannot be obtained casually.”

Bai He thought for a while and then said: "Since the Blood Mother Cult and Tree Root Eyes are originally hostile, is it possible that Yi Lei stole this token from the Tree Root Cult?"

Edson shook his head: "The possibility is very small. This kind of behavior is completely meaningless. It is difficult for outsiders to get ritual tools like the seven-branch tree, but even if they get it, it will be useless, because it must match the tree." The secret method of root religion.

There is no need to steal this kind of thing, because the Seven Branch Tree is only an important but not scarce prop to the Tree Root Cult. The Control Bureau has seized three complete specimens. "

"So, this thing can only be used in rituals." Xia Shou made a judgment.

Edson nodded, but said with confusion: "But if he is a believer of the Tree Root Eye Cult, why did the Su Zhengyi family he invited all go to the Blood Mother Cult? This is indeed contradictory."

"Yi Lei entered the lighthouse with those things, but left empty-handed. Can we go in and take a look? Is this [Lighthouse of Fear] dangerous?" Xia Shou asked.

Edson: "It's actually not dangerous. I've already contacted the watcher there. I estimate that the situation inside the lighthouse will be transmitted back in about ten minutes."

Bai He picked up the tablet on the table, clicked on the query software, called up the file of [Lighthouse of Fear], and handed it to Xia Shou.

"You can take a look, this is an EX-level weird phenomenon." Baihe said.

"EX level, which is the highest level?"

"It doesn't mean it has to be the highest level. Any weird phenomena that are clearly above level six but the exact level cannot be determined will be classified as EX level until the level is clarified." Shirakawa explained.

Xia Shou lowered his head and slowly slid his fingers across the documents on the tablet.

[Name: Beacon of Fear]

[Hazard assessment: low risk]

[Abnormal level: EX level]

【No.: 52-664】

[Management and control risk: extremely low]

[Introduction: Originally discovered on the west coast of the United States, it was an ordinary lighthouse with an unremarkable appearance. After descending the tower once, the keeper applied for a transfer. The reason was that the lighthouse was so scary that he did not dare to climb up again.

This application was rejected by the relevant departments, and the caretaker resigned. The second successor was also unable to board the lighthouse due to fear. Ordinary maintenance staff were also unable to board the lighthouse due to psychological reasons. However, through telescope observation, there were faint figures of people shaking at the top of the lighthouse. , and the lighthouse still lights up on time.

This anomaly attracted the attention of the US Bureau of Control, which intervened. 】

"Let's talk briefly about this lighthouse, although I think everyone should know it." Edson said, "The higher you go up, the easier it is to be scared and have weird hallucinations, but the risk is very low. Basically harmless."

"How many meters did that watcher record?" Bai He asked.

"78 meters, the first tier on the record list." Reed answered instead, "By the way, I'm 81 meters."

Baihe pondered and said, "As expected of Mr. Reed, the 81-meter record proves that your tolerance to fear is far beyond that of ordinary people, but you were still scared by An Gangxiongwu."

Reed nodded, that's what he meant.

There are many desperate people who are not afraid of death, but the upper limit of fear is never death.

The sense of oppression that An Gangxiongwu brought to Reed at that time did remind Reed of his desperate experience in the Lighthouse of Fear.

"Captain Bai seems to know the Lighthouse of Fear very well. Has Captain Baihe also been in it?" Reed asked.

Edson patted Reed on the shoulder and smiled, "Baihe's record is in the confidential document."

Reed's face changed suddenly. When he looked at Baihe again, his eyes were completely different from before, with a respect.

As expected of a man with such a special "fear", his tolerance to fear is so high.

You know, if the record is to be included in the confidential file, it means that it must have exceeded 100 meters.

People like Reed who stopped at 81 meters can't imagine what else can scare a 100-meter tower climber.

"Wait, is this lighthouse so high? From the picture, it looks like it's only about 50 or 60 meters high." Xia Shou suddenly said.

"This is the special feature of the Fear Lighthouse, and it's more strange than that." Edson said, and looked at his watch, "It's about time, the tower keeper should have walked again, and probably got the items that Yi Lei brought in."

Before Edson finished speaking, the door of the office was pushed open, and a brown-haired woman who looked like a secretary poked her head in.

"Minister, the tower keeper left the tower, and he said he didn't see any extra items in the tower."

Edson frowned: "How is it possible, did that person go higher?"