I Am Your Natural Enemy

Chapter 949 - 346: Crossroads, Heavenly Demon Adversary

And the medium that causes people to sink into it is not just seeing the ashes of paper money; sounds also appeared later, which can cause people to sink.

The testimony recorded by one firefighter was slightly different from others. He lived a fulfilling life in a middle-class family. What he saw first in the illusion was a golden page, which later turned into his daughter, and then he sank into it.

This provided intelligence that not only could money be a trigger, but it might also involve other things that one’s mind thinks about, gradually pulling people down.

Utilizing this intelligence, along with several potential wondrous items in the Scorching Sun Department, the Sage Diagram proved most effective. It’s initially determined that there is an 80% possibility that this thing is a demon.

It’s just unclear what kind of demon.

Wen Yan reviewed the records and casually checked the usage records of the Sage Diagram.

These days, it was used once in Eastern Xiao Xiang County, then flown to Central Plains County, borrowed by people from Mount Laojun, and today it reached Luoyue County.

In between, they also gradually tracked down patients with Lost Soul Syndrome, borrowing it for treatment.

The number of Lost Soul Syndrome patients was more than Wen Yan had anticipated. Those he treated earlier were patients discovered promptly, while there were others whose hospital records were problematic, or who hadn’t been to the hospital at all.

The later discovered Lost Soul Syndrome patients were identified because the Scorching Sun Department found family members of patients posting online, celebrating their recovery.

The Scorching Sun Department gently nudged the matter, pushing it onto the hot search, attracting many patient family members. Some of them had tried various methods but couldn’t heal, while others posted saying they had recently recovered.

The incident immediately caught the attention of families involved, and patients whom the Scorching Sun Department had quietly searched for days but couldn’t find, all emerged while Wen Yan was on vacation.

The Sage Diagram flew around, primarily treating these patients.

The number of treated patients was several times higher than those Wen Yan personally healed in three days.

Although it seemed like a lot of people, if dispersed across the Divine Land, the majority probably hadn’t even heard of Lost Soul Syndrome.

Upon reviewing the whole process, Wen Yan once again felt that while Tuoba Martial God was few in the Scorching Sun Department, there was true abundance of talent, saving at least 90% of the resources, and accomplishing the task.

As an ordinary person, Wen Yan thought it must be nice to pay attention to rare diseases on hot searches, rather than focusing on a celebrity’s dog.

Previously, he hadn’t paid much attention to follow-ups on many matters, but this time he happened to look.

He continued to check the data and discovered an encrypted file that he could know might be related to what he was investigating, but couldn’t see the specific content unless he applied.

If his access were even slightly lower, he wouldn’t be aware of the file’s existence at all.

He put away his phone without checking.

However, just minutes after he put away his phone, the General Director personally called him.

"What did you feel at the scene last night?"

"I’ve already recorded and reported it. Based on the records, I feel it might be a type of demon, and I also found a particularly peculiar ash which should be left by that demon. I’ll send it for examination later."

"The file you were preparing to look at has been unlocked for you. You can have a look and provide some advice."

"What advice can I give? The demons I’ve encountered sum up to just one; let the Wudang seniors look." Wen Yan was aware that even Fuyu Mountain wasn’t particularly skilled at dealing with demons, their experience lags behind Wudang by far.

"That’s the opinion of the Wudang Sect Leader. He feels he has already fallen into a trap of experience.

The rich experience of Wudang usually allows them to smoothly handle 99% of problems.

But such abundant experience also limits his understanding.

He believes this time the problem is caused by something pre-making assumptions based on their experience.

This leads them into the 1% scenario during problem-solving.

The more they handle matters based on rich experience, the more likely they are to fall into traps.

They need someone like you who has both experience battling demons and completely lacks experience, someone whose thinking isn’t constrained, to provide insight.

Don’t worry, this search is not just for you; several people have been consulted.

But the insight requested was specifically from the Wudang Sect Leader."

"This is a compliment to me, so I’ll take a look then." Wen Yan could not refuse, and after hanging up, he opened the file.

The file documented the details of the case that the Wudang Sect Leader handled in Eastern Xiao Xiang County.

After reading, Wen Yan understood that the Scorching Sun Department suspected the fire incident was related to the dried well case in Eastern Xiao Xiang County.

Because it’s the only case with a high probability of involving demons since the dried well case, and particularly odd.

Moreover, the demon could escape from King Guilong’s subordinates, making it even more complex.

The dried well case contained sealed fragments of some core artifacts, upon examination showing human traces, initially dating results between three to four thousand years ago. The results varied due to interference from strange powers, making it unclear and only providing a vague large-range result.