Vol 2 Chapter 46: "Sense of ritual"

At the back door of the "Afu Gun Shop", Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao saw An Ruxiang waiting here.
And in a room on the second floor, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, who had also been awakened, looked through the window to monitor their surroundings to prevent possible accidents.
In the moonlight at night, An Ruxiang was holding her left lower abdomen that had been simply bandaged, and some obvious blood stains could be seen on her hands and clothes.
"Is it all right?" Jiang Baimian asked with concern.
"Fortunately." An Ruxiang was quite calm.
Obviously, her injury was not too serious.
Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief:
"Then go up and talk about it."
There is a first aid kit in their room, which can be better treated to prevent subsequent infections.
After finishing this matter, Jiang Baimian happily said to Gu Chang:
"You go back and leave it alone.
"If you get involved, it will cause you unnecessary trouble."
Gu Changle thought about his children for a while, but didn't try to behave, and left Shang Jian Yao's room.
After closing the wooden door, Jiang Baimian turned around and looked at An Ruxiang:
"What happened?"
She didn't rush to ask just now because An Ruxiang didn't rush to say, this shows that there is no need to grab time, and it is impossible to catch the murderer if she knows it ten minutes earlier.
An Ruxiang said calmly:
"I was attacked."
"Assault?" Jiang Baimian was slightly surprised.
In her opinion, direct attacks are not in the style of "priests".
An Ruxiang said methodically:
"I am still working as a'temporary teacher' in another place at night, teaching people who are too late to read.
"When it was over at 11:30, I returned from West Street to where I lived and met someone on the way."
After 8:30 in the evening, only West Street and North Street will not be powered off. The "temporary classroom" is in a student's home over there.
"Wearing a black trench coat, looks very thin and sick?" Shang Jianyao interjected.
An Ruxiang was not surprised, nodded and said:
"Correct."
"Sure enough it is him." Shang Jianyao smiled.
An Ruxiang continued:
"He walked up to me and said,'Madam, knowledge is the root of the destruction of the old world.'
"I have always been very defensive against such inexplicable people, and I remembered the investigation you did in the afternoon. Without giving him a chance to continue, I just pulled out the dagger and let him stay away from me."
It really was An Ruxiang's style... Jiang Baimian nodded lightly, knowing that things had changed differently here.
Shang Jian Yao was puzzled and asked:
"Why didn't you shoot?"
"At that time, I just wanted to scare that person off. It would be more convenient to draw a dagger." An Ruxiang explained briefly, "Fortunately, I drew a dagger, not a gun."
"Huh?" Jiang Baimian voiced his doubts.
An Ruxiang pointed to the wound on the lower left abdomen:
"My hand was suddenly out of my control and stabbed myself."
"Another ability for the awakened..." Jiang Baimian was not too surprised, but more vigilant.
"I think so too." An Ruxiang has also seen the "higher unintentional", a relic hunter who has been in contact with the awakened. "If I am holding a gun, it is likely to shoot at myself."
"Then what?" Jiang Baimian asked.
An Ruxiang's expression changed slightly:
"That person didn't take the opportunity to attack me, nor did he leave directly.
"He stood there, looked at me, and continued: ‘You are poisoning humans, please stop this behavior immediately, otherwise the old sling will come for you.
"I controlled myself and didn't attack him again. After he finished speaking, he turned and left."
"Insane!" Jiang Baimian scolded sincerely.
Shang Jianyao sighed with understanding:
"It's so ritual."
When Jiang Baimian squinted at Shang to see Yao, An Ruxiang concluded:
"I simply did a dressing, and I came to you."
It's just early morning.
"That's'anti-intellectualism', and the person who attacked you is likely to have a nickname called'priest'." Jiang Baimian revealed some information he had here.
Shang Jianyao immediately shook his head:
"He is so pathetic."
"Huh?" Jiang Baimian failed to grasp Shang Jianyao's thoughts this time.
Shang Jian Yao sighed and said earnestly:
"This is the evil result of anti-intellectual education.
"Everything has to be done by yourself, and the subordinates are not useful at all, they will only hinder them."
Jiang Baimian heard this and smiled:
"indeed.
"The three consecutive attacks were made by the ‘priest’ himself, and this leader was too cheap, and I felt tired for him."
Having said this, Jiang Baimian thoughtfully "talked to himself":
"No wonder he wants to control Lei Yun Song Lin Feifei and the others. For the'anti-intellectual education', a good helper is too rare...
"Well, another reason may be to blame and provocation."
She suspects that the "anti-intellectualism" only knows that Lei Yunsong and the others are employees of "Pangu Biology", and then shot them, controlling them to do something that would severely offend Yecao City and "First City", thus provoking the two major forces. Disputes of power.
An Ruxiang often pays attention to the tasks issued by the guild, and knows about Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei, but he doesn't find anything strange about Jiang Baimian's "self-talk".
Jiang Baimian quickly recovered his thoughts and said to An Ruxiang:
"You will sleep here tonight.
"Wait for dawn, go to the city defense army, report the matter, and then cooperate with them, go to the guild to issue a task, and look for the leader of the ‘anti-intellectual’ nicknamed ‘the priest’.
An Ruxiang is a line that is not related to Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei, so there is no need to worry about getting started.
"Why not now?" An Ruxiang asked.
"With the city defense army alone, you can't do anything in the middle of the night. You still have to wait for the guild to open the door." Jiang Baimian explained, "Moreover, there is a small problem to be solved."
An Ruxiang no longer asks:
"it is good."
At this time, Shang Jianyao raised his hand:
"Where do I sleep?"
"Of course you sleep in your own bed." Jiang Baimian gave him a white look. "An Ruxiang squeezed with me."
"Abusing the wounded." Shang Jian Yao said one.
"That's fine!" Jiang Baimian said unceremoniously, "An Ruxiang sleeps in your bed, you either go to the opposite side and squeeze with Long Yuehong, or sit on a stool to sleep."
Although An Ruxiang didn't understand the interaction between the two opposite, she did not interfere with other people's habits. She followed the arrangement and lay down on the bed, brewing sleepiness.
Shang Jian Yao took the opportunity to go next door and told Bai Chen and Long Yuehong what had happened.
He didn't stay overnight, returned to this room, sat on the stool in front of the table, and slept on his stomach.
I don't know how long it took, An Ruxiang suddenly woke up and found that her neck was hung in a "rope loop", and her own hands were holding both sides of the "rope loop".
The "rope loop" connected to the upper bunk of the high and low bed was enough to hang her to death.
It was Shang Jianyao who awakened An Ruxiang, his eyes pierced in the moonlight in the middle of the night.
Jiang Baimian on the high and low bed also woke up, lying there, looking down.
"I made it myself?" An Ruxiang asked hesitantly, letting her neck leave the "rope loop".
"This is the small problem that needs to be solved." Jiang Baimian explained with a smile.
According to Zeng Guangwang's experience, there should be only one "suicide" caused by hypnosis.
Of course, it does not necessarily occur while sleeping.
An Ruxiang recalled what she had seen and heard:
"Hypnosis?"
"Almost." Jiang Baimian didn't say much.
She did not let Shang Jianyao use the "inference clown" to eliminate the hypnotic effect. On the one hand, she did not know the characteristics of the "priest" ability and was afraid of missing something, which would harm An Ruxiang. On the other hand, it was unnecessary. She didn't want to expose Shang Jian Yao's awakening ability.
"Is it relieved like this?" An Ruxiang asked cautiously.
"Theoretically, this is the case." Jiang Baimian replied, "You continue to sleep, we will observe again."
When I was another person, I would feel a little uncomfortable to hear such words. After all, few people can get used to sleeping under the gaze of others, but An Ruxiang has no problem at all, and soon fell asleep.
This time, she slept until dawn.
After breakfast, at about 8:30, they went out separately and went to the city defense army while looking for Odick at the Hunter's Guild.
As soon as Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao entered the hall, they saw Odick sitting in the waiting area on the edge.
"Good morning." Shang Jianyao greeted very energeticly, and there was no trace of not sleeping all night.
Odick nodded as a response.
Then he pointed to the stairs and said:
"City Lord Xu wants to see you."
"Good." Jiang Baimian agreed without hesitation.
This is exactly what she expected.
Followed Odick to the second floor, and after walking for more than ten meters, Jiang Baimian suddenly turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao.
Shang Jian Yao looked back and nodded after a few seconds.
Coming to the end of the corridor, Odick stopped outside a room guarded by four armed men.
After communicating in a low voice, after handing over the guns, they were allowed to enter.
The room was large and well-lit, making it quite bright.
There are large desks and two rows of bookcases inside, and several key places are guarded by heavily armed bodyguards.
Sitting behind the desk was a young man in his early twenties. He was wearing a rather old-fashioned black shirt and combed his hair neatly, as if he wanted to look mature.
He is of medium build, with more profound facial features, and seems to have a little red river blood.
"City Lord Xu, they are here." Odick took two steps forward.
Xu Liyan nodded slightly, pointed to the chairs opposite the desk and said:
"sit down."
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This man was wearing a robe with a hood, covering himself tightly.
After asking, Jiang Baimian took Shang Jianyao and sat down quite naturally.
Xu Liyan's gaze swept across their faces, and he said thoughtfully:
"You and Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei are in the same group?"
"We are investigating the reason for their disappearance." Jiang Baimian avoided the important things and asked instead, "City Lord Xu, at the time they were looking for you, what did they want to ask?"
Xu Liyan smiled and said:
"Something about'machine heaven'.
"They don't know where they heard that the'Machine Paradise' has a'master brain', which was operating before the destruction of the old world."
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