Scarlet Falls

Operation codename: Hide and Seek in the Black Abyss

Nature of action: Private

Action goal: Find the Lord of the Black Abyss and retrieve the missing team members

Action participants: Ouyang Jian, Chen Qiang, lucky, Lin Fengjiao, Zhu Zai, Ye Feifei, Wei Wei

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The preparations for the special operation of the White Ghost Knights have begun.

The codename of the operation was decided by Captain Ouyang himself, because he always believed that this operation was an endless game between them and the Black Abyss Lord.

Back then, because of a secret mission, they broke into a certain devil's paradise where the danger level should not be that high. However, they accidentally met the Lord of the Black Abyss inside. The team members were trapped in the maze set by the Lord of the Black Abyss. Struggling hard, originally, they should not be able to come out alive, but in the end, due to some reasons that they did not want to mention, they accidentally escaped from the despairing cage.

After leaving, Captain Ouyang expelled Xiaobai from the team and warned him never to appear in front of him again.

After that, the entire team frantically searched for the Black Abyss Lord for a long time, but in the end, they never found any trace of this demon.

This level of existence is like that.

When it finds you, you can never escape it, and when you look for it, you can't find it all over the world.

These totems possess all kinds of weird high-level demonic powers. They can hide in any kind of incredible location, such as the human spiritual world, or the shadow of a building.

Just like this Black Abyss Lord, everyone knows that he lives in a place called Black Abyss.

We also know that this place called Black Abyss is a huge folded space and must have some kind of access point to the real world.

Once you find the access point, you can enter the black abyss and find the guy who calls himself the monarch.

But this access point is the hardest thing to find.

It might just be a black light that appears when the sun sets somewhere in the wilderness, or it might be the dim look in the eyes of a dying beggar in a bustling city.

Or it might be a door reflected in the water on a rainy street.

In this world, there are always some people who accidentally fall into these entrances and break into the world of demons.

But whenever someone wants to take the initiative to find it, it is almost impossible.

For believers or people with other purposes, all they can do to the totem is pray, offer sacrifices, and long for its response.

It's like knowing its phone number but not its address.

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"Theoretically, the totem can definitely be found."

At the discussion meeting before the operation, Captain Ouyang seriously explained his plan to the team members, especially Wei Wei and Ye Feifei:

"The folding space must have an access point to the real world. This is the prerequisite for its existence."

"The access point cannot be found using normal logic, but because of this, it will strictly follow another logic."

"No matter how powerful the totem is, it cannot violate this logic."

"It can make its access point very complicated and mysterious, but as long as it is found, it will allow others to enter."

"If it violates this logic, then it will lose the surreal logic and fold the space, and it will no longer be folded by the real world."

"..."

"Uh-huh."

Ye Feifei behaved very professionally, listened carefully, and even took notes in a small notebook.

"This is an action plan discussion, not a professional training session..."

Captain Ouyang looked at Ye Feifei's professional look and felt helpless, so he had no choice but to continue explaining: "So, as long as we can successfully confirm the entrance of Black Abyss in the real world, we can enter the place called Black Abyss and find Black Abyss." Lord, this method of finding the entrance is exactly what we have been looking for for a long time but have never found. However, we are still relatively lucky..."

"Xiao Bai, our former team member, the one from the Banshee Knights, brought us this important piece of information."

"..."

"..."

Captain Ouyang said, opening the information in his hand. Everyone in the Scrap Iron City team already had a copy of this information, and Sister Lucky had already shown it to others.

"Messenger of the Black Abyss."

"..."

He pointed to the most important one and the first of all the information:

"If you want to find the Lord of the Black Abyss, you need to first find the subordinate demon next to him, which is the envoy from the Black Abyss."

"These messengers are the servants who walk in the world on behalf of the Black Abyss Lord, and they are also part of itself. According to the information left by Xiaobai, as long as they can pray to the Black Abyss Lord in certain specific places, the Black Abyss Messengers will There is a chance that it will appear in front of us. At that time, all we need to do is to please the messenger of the black abyss through our own sacrifices and make it agree to one of our wishes."

"When it agrees to grant us a wish, we can ask him to take us into the Black Abyss."

"..."

Ye Feifei's pen that was writing rapidly stopped and he asked in surprise: "Could it not refuse?"

"How can any criminal take the initiative to bring a police officer to his home?"

"..."

Captain Ouyang couldn't help but frown and glared at Wei Wei.

Wei Wei suddenly felt a little wronged and thought she was being stupid. Why was she staring at me...

"They were all led astray by Xiao Wei..."

Captain Ouyang looked helplessly at Ye Feifei, who was already heading towards a strange growth direction, sighed with emotion, and patiently explained:

"The Lord of the Black Abyss does not consider himself a criminal. In its eyes, everyone who tries to find it is a believer."

"So it will only set up a logical chain. If the logical chain is satisfied, you can enter his territory."

"If you want to find a totem or enter the folded space, the method is actually very simple. It is to find the logic that points to the black abyss in the complex surreal logic."

"The key information Xiaobai brought is this logic."

"And this logic was personally determined by Lord Black Abyss, and it is also a type of objective condition. Neither he nor his envoy will violate this logic."

"..."

"oh……"

Ye Feifei agreed with a confused look.

Wei Wei couldn't stand it any longer, so he had to carefully remind her: "We went there as private persons, so they don't know that we are law enforcement officers."

"You can understand that we are interacting with it as traders."

"If you want to meet the BOSS, you must first talk to the subordinates..."

"..."

"oh."

Ye Feifei suddenly realized: "Undercover!"

Wei Wei nodded happily: "Yes!"

The two people looked at each other and smiled. One was happy to teach, and the other understood clearly.

Captain Ouyang covered his face, feeling a bit toothache.

"In short, how to find the Messenger of the Black Abyss through prayer and withstand its test is the focus of our mission."

Captain Ouyang sighed and revealed his key point, saying: "Actually, the most difficult thing about entering the Black Abyss is the success of praying. But for this, I have made Lucky fully prepared."

"She has analyzed the exact records regarding the appearance of the Messenger of the Black Abyss in recent years, and found the location with the highest probability of the Messenger of the Black Abyss responding to our prayers, as well as the summoning ceremony with the highest success rate."

"Even the best time has been confirmed."

"So the first step in our plan is for all team members to rush to this place in advance."

"..."

"Is there another area?"

Ye Feifei's writing pen paused for a moment, with a look of doubt on his face.

Wei Weidao: "Criminals all have their own habitual activity areas!"

Ye Feifei was stunned.

Captain Ouyang covered his cheek and continued to explain with a somewhat painful expression: "How to please the Lord of the Black Abyss is the top priority of the mission."

"I need to remind you that you must be careful and cautious during this process."

"Don't forget, we are making a deal with the devil."

"When the messenger of the Black Abyss accepts the sacrifice, it will definitely agree to fulfill one of our wishes, but it will find ways to induce us to make simple wishes, and even ask some other questions that are easily confused."

"We need to ensure that we will not be confused by it, and firmly state our wish to enter the Black Abyss. Only in this way can we succeed."

"It's just that the specific situation we will encounter is not something we can discuss in advance."

"Try to adapt to circumstances as much as possible..."

"What I need to tell you two is that when the time comes, if the situation goes wrong, you would rather give up your wish and end the summons than accept their temptation casually."

"..."

Ye Feifei listened, obviously a little confused.

Wei Wei stood aside and said: "Criminals are very cunning. We must keep our mission in mind and not be confused by them."

Ye Feifei suddenly felt that he understood again. He crossed out a large section of Captain Ouyang's words written above and wrote down what Wei Wei said.

Captain Ouyang looked at it, feeling tired.

With this thought in mind, he quickly explained what needed to be ordered, and then directly said his last order:

"There are a lot of other things, but I've asked Lucky and Lao Qiang to take care of them. You two don't have to worry about it."

"More detailed information and clues are also clearly stated in the information."

"What you need to do now is to reach Haicheng in your own way before midnight tomorrow."

"Through the radiation trajectory of the Black Abyss Lord's power and the activities of his followers, we have calculated that the easiest place to successfully summon is the sea city on the second city's defense line."

"The best time is tomorrow night at midnight."

"The specific summoning formation, and even the appropriate types of sacrifices, have been written in the information. You can just prepare yourselves."

"..."

"Haicheng?"

This time it was Wei Wei's turn to be a little surprised.

The Lord of the Black Abyss, as one of the totems with a high ranking, is bound to become the foundation's key target.

I originally thought that his lair should be somewhere in the wilderness, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a city on the defense line of the second city of the spiritual barrier?

However, considering the mysterious logic of folding space, it is not surprising.

The access point may be at the second city's defense line, but the Black Abyss may not really be there.

In the devil's logic, doors and rooms are not restricted by space.

Ye Feifei didn't think so deeply, but she was a little surprised that the team members actually had to rush to Haicheng separately. Since everyone had the same mission and the same destination, why not act together?

Captain Ouyang saw her doubts and sighed lazily and said, "Because he likes to play games with people alone, which will increase the probability of us finding him."

Ye Feifei was obviously more confused.

Captain Ouyang saw Wei Wei ready to make a move again, and said impatiently: "Since we are undercover arresting criminals, how can we act collectively?"

Ye Feifei suddenly realized: "I understand!"

Uncle Gun and others next to him glanced at Captain Ouyang subconsciously: "How come you were led astray after taking so long to explain?"

Captain Ouyang also reacted and felt very uncomfortable. He shook his head violently and said seriously:

"In short, the first step of the mission is to enter the Black Abyss. If we can succeed, we will naturally meet in the Black Abyss, and you will also know my next action plan."

"any questions?"

"..."

"No."

Ye Feifei suddenly felt confident and answered loudly.

But unexpectedly, Wei Wei was silent for a while, and then answered: "Understood."

"Huh?"

Captain Ouyang discovered this keenly and was somewhat curious: "Why is Xiao Wei not as active as before?"

"Could it be that you are scared when you really have to face a monster like the Black Abyss Lord?"

"..."

I felt a sense of relief in my heart: "Great, he finally knows that he is afraid."

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After the combat meeting was over, everyone dispersed as promised and each prepared, except Sister Lucky who stayed.

She had collected all the key information, and she naturally knew what Captain Ouyang had concealed during this period, and cast a puzzled look at him:

"Since we have decided to take Xiao Wei and Feifei there, why not tell them the most important part?"

"..."

Captain Ouyang shook his head tiredly and said, "It's not that simple if you really want to enter the Black Abyss."

"It is actually very difficult to enter the Black Abyss by pleasing the Messenger of the Black Abyss. There is too much uncertainty."

"We are looking for the Lord of the Black Abyss to reclaim our own people, so we are not looking for some probability of entering the Black Abyss, but to ensure that we can enter the Black Abyss 100%."

"But that extreme approach doesn't work for either of them."

"So, it would be great if they also participate in the initial summons and help us determine the locations of two more Black Abyss Messengers so that we can calculate the location of the elevator."

"If they stay outside and serve as a backup then, that would be a good plan for us."

"..."

Sister Lucky nodded silently and whispered: "Are you sure?"

Captain Ouyang suddenly smiled and said: "Who can be sure when facing a guy who can already be called a devil?"

"We know what we have to do and that's enough."

"..."

"..."

"Now I know what I should do."

Wei Wei, who had left the base, was also thinking seriously at this time, and at the same time, the pressure in his heart became heavier and heavier.

He understood the captain's arrangements and every step was carefully considered.

But letting the team members go to Haicheng separately, is it really just an act to please the Lord of the Black Abyss, as he said?

Or does Captain Ouyang have other ideas?

Wei Wei thought about it, but he didn't intend to worry too much about this matter.

After all, he and Ye Feifei are still newcomers. Now that they have become regular members, they must obey the captain's arrangements.

The only problem is...

...How to get to Haicheng?

The captain only gave everyone a task, but didn't say how to buy tickets...

There are also complete and even more convenient high columns between the major city defense lines of the spiritual barrier, which can be passed freely, but the problem is that the ticket price is too high.

This is also to limit the uncontrolled flow of some people on the edge of the spiritual barrier to the inside of the spiritual barrier.

But Wei Wei felt a little headache when he thought about the little money he had left, but the atmosphere just now was so good that he didn't have the nerve to tell him about the ticket.

"It seems like it's time for me to speak to Goddess Feifei..."

With this idea in mind, Wei Wei had already thought of borrowing some money from Ye Feifei, but Wei Wei, who had never been able to ask, felt that the time had come.

After coming out of the base, Wei Wei got into Ye Feifei's sports car.

The battery of the previous eDonkey was stolen a few days ago, and Ye Feifei has not had time to replace it because as an official team member, she is too busy now.

On the way, Ye Feifei, who was about to perform a high-level task in the team, was very excited and asked Wei Wei many questions. Wei Wei answered them carefully, just thinking about how to find the right time to speak.

The car was soon approaching the place where he lived. Ye Feifei turned the car and entered the gas station: "No. 98, fill up!"

"I'll pay."

Wei Wei thought this was a good opportunity and immediately got out of the car to pay.

Ye Feifei was in the driver's seat, his eyes lighting up: "It feels so good to be a senior. I used to see Uncle Gun paying Captain Ouyang for gas."

"Now, Xiao Wei also knows to take the initiative to help Fei Jie pay for gas."

"..."

Although he took out almost all the money he had left in one go, Wei Wei was still in a good mood when he sat back in the car.

I paid you more than 200 yuan for gas, so if I lend you 2 million, are you embarrassed to refuse?

Just as he was about to speak happily, Ye Feifei said happily: "Brother Xiao Wei, you are so kind."

Wei Wei: "?"

Ye Feifei's little face seemed to be still red and a little embarrassed, and said: "Do you know that I have no money recently? I am too embarrassed to tell others about this."

"?!"

Wei Wei was stunned: "You! No money?"

"Yeah, it's my first time to have this kind of experience too."

Ye Feifei smiled and said: "I took over some properties from my father before. I spent a lot of money and only had a few hundred thousand left in my bank account. However, I gave Yaya 200,000 and gave Lao Dong 20,000."

"Later, the old director came to me and said that he had used a special grenade while helping, and asked me to reimburse him 30,000 yuan."

"As a result, my card is empty. Even the battery was stolen and I don't have money to replace it. Dad just gave me so much, so I'm embarrassed to ask her for it."

"My mother recently lost money playing mahjong, and I don't want to get in her trouble."

"..."

Wei Weiru was struck by lightning, and it took him a long time to test out: "Why do those two have to go so far to find you?"

"Have you ever thought about asking the team for reimbursement?"

"..."

"What kind of reimbursement is there for such a small amount of money..."

Ye Feifei said: "Anyway, I will have money next month..."

In the cold wind howling, Wei Wei was put downstairs by Ye Feifei and watched blankly as the sports car disappeared at the end of the road.

What a miscalculation...

Now it’s better, not only is the ticket unaccounted for, but even the money for the last meal is gone...

On the other hand, when Ye Feifei left Wei Wei and rushed back to the villa, he suddenly thought of a question. The gas in the sports car was full, but what about the ticket money?

After thinking about it, I called my father's secretary and asked him to book a first-class seat for me.

When I put down the phone, I was still thinking: "I forgot to ask just now. I wonder if Brother Wei also needs help ordering one."

"Forget it, he has never been short of money, let him order it by himself!"

"..."

While thinking about it, I happily went home to study the information.

Wei Wei returned to his bright red room in a daze, sat silently on the sofa, smelled the smell of cigarette butts, then stood up with a serious face and began to rummage through the cabinets.

The house is rented and cannot be sold.

Even though I have worn all my clothes, I can’t sell them.

The two weapons are treasures and cannot be sold.

As for the bullets... He hasn't returned the ones he lent to Old Crow last time, and what's left is not enough for himself.

He searched around a lot, and finally saw the ghost lady standing on the balcony, looking at him curiously, and his eyes lit up.

But soon he became frustrated.

Now that all the mysterious organizations inside and outside Scrap Iron City have been wiped out, even the Demon Trading Ground outside the city has been disbanded. Even if I want to sell it, I can't find a buyer...

Seeing the mission deadline approaching quickly, Wei Wei never thought that he would be stumped by this problem.

After sitting there for a long time, he took a deep breath, suddenly stood up, and took the last puff of the cigarette butt he had been holding on to for two days.

Then he put on the head pendant, filled the ghost lady with cans and bottles, put on his raincoat, sickle, gun and bullets, and strode to the balcony.

Taking a deep breath, he reached out his hand toward the window.

When his palm reached into the air outside the balcony, the space seemed to be broken layer by layer on the edge of the palm, refracting the light and the surrounding scenery, and everything began to become blurred.

Then, a black iron chain hung down from the distant space, like a twisted snake.

Wei Wei grabbed one end of the iron chain, and his body was immediately pulled into the layers of blurry space by the iron chain, as if he was flying on the dark sea filled with strong winds and tsunamis.

In the distance, the tall and dense buildings of Haicheng have appeared in front of you.

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"what?"

Similarly, when Wei Wei forcibly borrowed part of Noah's power and used space to travel, he rushed from Scrap Iron City on the third city defense line of the spiritual barrier to Haicheng on the second city defense line, causing endless panic in an instant.

The monitoring agencies that have been hidden in the cities around Scrap Iron City have set their sights on certain mysterious forces of the White Ghost Knights.

Even those unrelated high-level forces all felt the powerful fluctuations in the spiritual barrier with high-level power at this moment.

It was like a bullet flying through the grass, causing insects to chirp and birds to fly.

"It's him!"

Immediately, an emergency call came to the end of the monitoring agency: "The operation of the White Ghost Knights has begun. The person being observed directly traveled through space using deep logic and arrived at Haicheng."

"Is he crazy?"

The person in charge of the monitoring agency was horrified and in disbelief: "Only Team Xingtian has this kind of authority, why does he have to be so high-profile?"

"Haha, of course it's for demonstration."

Someone responded with a sneer: "Otherwise, do you think he has no money to buy a ticket?"

"You are monitoring him and the White Ghost Knights like this. Do you really think he doesn't feel it?"

"You are monitoring him, but you have provided so many conveniences. Even a fool knows that you are deliberately conniving and deliberately taking this opportunity to observe him."

"In this case, why should he keep hiding it? What if he just shows you his high-level power?"

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"..."

"It's too high-profile. Is this to scare us?"

At the same time, there were many totems observing Scrap Iron City in the deep world, and enlightenment suddenly appeared in their hearts.

"Perhaps this is indeed a conspiracy of his."

"We all thought he shouldn't have left Scrap Iron City, but he just left, and he left in a way that he was afraid that we wouldn't find him."

"Are you trying to attract our attention on purpose?"

"Or is this a way to show that he knows about our existence and the purpose of his trip, but is just to warn us not to interfere with his plan?"

"In the past, Scarlet always hid in the dark."

"Today's Scarlet is both cooperating with the foundation and acting in such a high-profile manner. It is indeed very different from the previous one..."