The Death Knell

Before seeing the scene of the first crime, Su Ming did not rush to give an answer. He just followed the strangulation instructions and drifted towards the place where the smell of blood was strongest.

The corridors are full of Cold War-era style. Typical American propaganda posters and slogans are hung on the walls and are well preserved.

Military green dado and light yellow walls. He didn't know who did the decoration, but he was sure that this person knew nothing about aesthetics.

The structure of the underground laboratory or factory is not complicated. It consists of four factory areas, namely the planting area, the laboratory area, the residential area, and the military logistics area.

Their arrangement underground is like a four-leaf clover, and the ventilation shaft where the three people entered is like the stem in the center of the four-leaf clover.

"I have to take back what I said before. This place is not like Indian Mountain, but more like Umbrella's hive base." Su Ming made a speech about the sightseeing while carrying his weapons and rushing on.

"What's the umbrella?" Professor Xu has gradually adapted to the fact that Deathstroke often says things he doesn't understand.

There is no protective umbrella in Earth 40K, so there is no need to explain this joke, so Su Ming fooled around: "You will know what the protective umbrella is when my game is made next time."

"I'm very curious, Master Su, why are you so keen on managing ordinary people's lives as the Supreme Mage?"

The cat face mask shows a cute expression.

"Isn't it the same for you? You are obviously a great mage, but you still have to go to the university to teach ordinary students." Deathstroke shrugged. The motivations of the two people are actually similar. There is no need to say too much. Smart people should understand everything. Understand.

Sure enough, Professor Xu stopped asking. She was floating swaying and asked Leonid aside other questions:

"Master Tesla, your situation is indeed very different from other mages. You are full of energy. Are you going very smoothly in the process of learning magic?"

Of course she was curious about human machines. Although she had heard the director talk about it, seeing it with her own eyes was a different concept.

However, Leonid in the nebula state shook his head. He talked about the difficulties he had encountered: "Master, just call me Leo. In fact, I have encountered a lot of troubles. The spells of the Kama Taj series They were all in Chinese, and I was once stuck in a language dilemma and almost gave up.”

"Is it difficult to learn Chinese?" Xu Xian's lips curled up. Many foreigners cannot speak Chinese well and think it is the most difficult language on earth.

"That's not true. To be precise, even now, I have a little difficulty in casting spells and fighting." Leonid laughed, but there was no face visible on his energy-enhanced body: "Master, do you have any What do you like to say when fighting someone?"

"I do. Indeed, every mage has his own mantra." The little white cat smiled, as if she remembered something pleasant: "For a mage, it is very important to choose the right spell in battle, and in It is also very useful to cast spells while psychologically striking the enemy. Only the mages of the older generation cast spells boringly."

"Yes, as you said, every time I release a magic, I have to think of some lines to demoralize the enemy." Leonid raised his hand and skillfully used a shield spell, just to see It looks like a purple eggshell defensive magic, and it says: "For example, I will say 'With the power of Ragdol's seven rings, I will let you die here!', like this."

"Oh, not bad."

The cat-faced Professor Xu nodded repeatedly, which indeed sounded more exciting. Although it was just a shield spell, strictly speaking, it had no lethality, but when I read this little word, didn't the lethality sound full?

This is the role of psychological warfare.

Leonid put away the shield spell, clasped his hands together and pulled the seal, and a red light lit up: "And this, I will say, 'With the crimson girdle of Sai Torak, you will be completely defeated by me! ’, doesn’t it sound good?”

Xu Xian also became interested when she heard that. She put her hands together and pulled out a magic belt, playing with it like a hawthorn roll:

"Indeed, just saying that makes my blood boil, nya, as if I could strangle Dormammu to death with a belt!"

"Oh, then I ran into a problem. I fought the same enemy many times, and I had to use new words every time." Leonid, who was flying on the road, suddenly sighed, looking very helpless: "The problem is On the enhancement spell - 'Hoggoth's Ancient Body', the name of this spell is too difficult to rhyme with. Recently, I can only end it with skr and force it to rhyme..."

After hearing this, Professor Xu, who was floating with her arms folded, probably understood that she actually had no worries in this regard, because she was strong enough and could kill any enemy once she fought against them, so there was no need to fight every time. The embarrassment of having to use new words when casting a spell repeatedly.

But she is a teacher, so she can naturally understand the mood of students when they encounter difficulties, so she nodded:

"Indeed, it sounds quite troublesome. You should work harder to expand your Chinese reading."

Unexpectedly, before Leonid could answer, Deathstroke, who was flying at the front, smiled, shaking his head as he flew back:

"Oh, Professor Xu, don't listen to his nonsense. He has indeed experienced some battles, but the battle targets are either tentacle monsters from other dimensions or orcs underground. They can't understand Chinese at all. No matter what Xiao Lie says, they are just playing the piano. , expecting them to be afraid of double pressing, it would be more effective to just imitate the ghost call."

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While telling a joke, the three of them found the crime scene. Next to a greenhouse in a certain botanical garden, there was a large pool of slightly dried blood at the door.

The greenhouse, which used to simulate sunlight, was severely damaged, with the glass and heating equipment smashed to pieces, as if it had been struck by a tornado.

There were sharp scratches on the ground, but there were also some strange mucus and some traces that looked like snakes swimming.

"Still haven't found the internal organs and brain." Professor Xu hugged her arms. She held the air and put it under her nose to smell, but this was where the only smell of blood remained.

Su Ming was also communicating with Strangler. The symbiote said that a creature had appeared here before, but the number, shape, and abilities were unknown. It had never eaten it before.

"Internal organs, brains, fractures on the body..." Deathstroke touched the blood on the ground and began to observe the scene, trying to find some clues: "Maybe those missing organs were eaten by the pursuers. "

The possibility of invasion by the Materialist Empire has been ruled out, because their 'Witch Hunter' looks like a giant warg, and it will not cause unnatural harm. It can remove all the internal organs through its intact belly. What they do Less than.

"Teacher, are you sure those monsters who are chasing another Supreme are still in the main dimension?" Xiaolie doesn't know how to conduct on-site investigation. He can only stand on the periphery and be vigilant to ensure that he does not cause trouble, watching the death knell in the chaotic scene. Looking for something among the plants.

"Sure, look at the ceiling."

Deathstroke answered without looking back, because he noticed from the beginning that the shiny mucus spread on the ground for a while and then suddenly disappeared. Then, there were wet marks on the ceiling at the corresponding location, and these marks extended to the entire floor. Fan location:

"Our murderer might be a group of molluscs, it might be a snake or an earthworm, it might be a tentacle monster, or of course it might be some kind of shape-shifting person. Anyway, it probably wasn't full. It ate the Supreme Mage last night. After removing its internal organs and brain, it went to the swamp, but now that Strangler has locked its scent, it shouldn’t be difficult to find.”