Chapter 545: unnatural phenomenon
"This earthquake is abnormal? Miss Lindy, what does this mean?"
Ivy and Ai Xi both asked in surprise.
"This earthquake has many abnormalities, and it is suspected that it did not occur naturally."
Lindy said.
"It's not a natural phenomenon, this, how is this possible?!"
Ai Xi's eyes were shocked, almost thinking that he heard it wrong.
The earthquake that caused the death of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people was not natural.
"Even if it is extraordinary, it can't cause such a large-scale shock. Could it be a mistake?"
Ferring asked in surprise.
Although Chaofan has great strength, he is still only a human being after all, not an existence like an evil god.
Wanting to trigger such a strong earthquake and cause such huge damage, based on his understanding, Chaofan couldn't do it.
Even if the three secret arts are extraordinary, it should not be possible.
If it is an evil god, it is possible, but the evil **** cannot come to this world, and even if it is just to extend its power into this world, there will be many restrictions.
Under these many restrictions, it is impossible for the evil **** to cause such a huge destructive power.
"This is what I can't figure out at the moment. However, judging from the information obtained, there are indeed too many abnormalities in this earthquake."
Lindy frowned and said.
Hum!
At this moment, both Flynn and Lindy felt vibrations.
The two took out the elder's coat of arms, checked it, and immediately stood up.
Find an unoccupied lounge, the two connected, and their bodies appeared in a conference room in the form of a projection.
In the conference room, projections of other people appeared one after another.
Finally, six projections appeared in the meeting room, which were the six great elders of the Security Bureau.
"You should all know about the strong earthquake in the southeast side of the kingdom, right?"
Suleiman looked at the crowd and asked.
"It has been received. I really didn't expect such a disaster to happen. Unfortunately, it happened at night. If it could happen during the day, the casualties should be smaller."
Naga Harlowin said with a sigh.
"After all, it is a natural disaster, and no one can predict it."
Harvey Lopez also sighed.
"This time, it's not a natural disaster."
Suleiman glanced at the two of them, and said in a serious voice.
"Isn't it a natural disaster?"
Hearing this news, apart from Flynn and Lindy who had already known about it, Nadja Harlowin, Harvey Lopez and even Alonso Deco all showed astonishment on their faces.
Such an earthquake that affected more than a dozen cities and caused hundreds of thousands or even millions of casualties is not a natural disaster.
How can this be?
Such destructive power and scope of destruction are simply beyond the reach of manpower.
"Yes, not a natural disaster."
Suleiman nodded affirmatively, and then said.
"But most earthquakes have omens, but this time, there are no omens."
"If this is the case, I am afraid that it cannot be concluded that the earthquake did not occur naturally."
Naga Harlowin frowned slightly.
“If that’s the case, it’s true that we can’t be sure that this earthquake didn’t happen naturally.”
Suleiman nodded, and then said.
"The reason why I think this earthquake did not occur naturally is because in the nearby cities near the center of the earthquake, many high-ring mystics felt a strong fluctuation of extraordinary power when the earthquake occurred."
"Did you feel a strong fluctuation of extraordinary power when the earthquake happened?"
Felin's complexion changed slightly.
Normal earthquakes are impossible to cause extraordinary power fluctuations.
This earthquake actually had extraordinary power fluctuations. From this point of view, there are indeed signs of unnaturalness.
"It is certain that there are unnatural signs in this earthquake, but it is not certain whether it is man-made."
Suleiman said.
"It is necessary to conduct a thorough investigation to find out what caused the earthquake."
"If it is man-made, then we must let this force pay the due price."
Naga Harlowin said with cold eyes.
"That's why I initiated this meeting."
Suleiman glanced at everyone present and said.
"It's fine if it wasn't man-made. If it was man-made, then the force that caused the earthquake must not be simple. It is best to have Chaofan participate in this investigation."
"Hey, interesting, I took this task."
Alonso Deco said with great interest.
He became very interested in "things" that could cause earthquakes.
"The mission you are carrying out to hunt down that sea monster has not been completed yet, and this mission cannot be given to you."
Suleiman shook his head and refused.
Some time ago, a very powerful monster with near-supernatural strength appeared in the waters near the Kingdom of Heidelberg. Many ships were destroyed because of this monster.
The Security Bureau dispatched Alonso Deco to be responsible for the strange search and hunt in the sea.
"I'm in Conston City now, let me participate in this investigation."
Lindy said.
Seeing that Suleiman opposed Alonso Deco's acceptance of this task, Lindy chose to apply for this task.
"Count me in."
Flynn said.
Now his first task is to obtain enough mystery points to fuse the silver mirror of the secret technique with the eye of appraisal and the mysterious gun.
Since this earthquake involves mystery, it is possible to obtain mysterious points. He has always been interested in tasks that can obtain mysterious points.
"Okay, then the two of you will participate in this investigation."
Seeing that Lindy and Feilin voluntarily applied to participate in the investigation, Suleiman chose to agree.
Alonso Deco's application needs to be carefully considered whether Alonso Deco is competent and whether it will cause unnecessary riots.
Ferrin and Lindy don't need to worry about this. Both of them are well-measured people, and they don't need to worry about causing unnecessary riots.
…
Three carriages were driving on the dirt road in the wild, and there were four people in one of the carriages, namely Flynn, Lindy, Ivy, and Aixi.
After deciding to participate in the investigation of the earthquake, Flynn and Lindy recruited staff from nearby Conston City, recruiting a total of ten people including Ivy and Essie.
At this time, the place they were going to was a city called Waddell, which was closer to the center of the earthquake.
They plan to search for the center of the earthquake after arriving in Waddell City, find the center of the earthquake, and see if there are any traces of the center of the earthquake.
The reason for not taking the steam train is because the earthquake has already caused the interruption of the railway line.
Although repairs are currently underway, it will take at least a few days before it can be opened to traffic again.
"The two of you should not be far from the Nine Rings, right?"
Lindy looked at Ivy and Aixi and asked.
"It should be soon."
Both Ivy and Ai Xi nodded.
It has been a long time since the two became the eighth ring, and the two have faintly felt the threshold of the ninth ring.
"After becoming Gao Huan, where do you two plan to transfer to?"
Lindy asked.
In today's Constant City, Dorji is the director, and Shirley McGarrow is the deputy. The staffing is already complete, and it is no longer possible to install another director.
So, after the two become Gao Huan, they must be transferred to other cities.
"I haven't considered this yet. Besides, neither of us has the right to speak about the transfer."
Ivy and Aixi looked at each other, shaking their heads.
"Since I haven't considered it well, how about coming to the capital? Compared with other cities, the conditions in all aspects of the capital are undoubtedly much better."
"The most important thing is that the capital allows multiple deputy directors to exist, and the two of you can work together in the capital."
Lindy suggested.
"If possible, it would be a good choice."
Ivy and Ai Xi said.
The relationship between the two of them is quite good. It would be best if they could still work together after becoming Gao Huan.
"Then it's settled. After you become Gaohuan, I will transfer you to the capital."
Lindy said.
Ivy and Aixi do not have the right to speak in terms of transfer, but as the extraordinary elder, she naturally has it.
Being close to the two of them, within the limits allowed by the rules, she naturally wants to help.
After a day of rushing, Flynn and the others arrived in Waddell City.
After a short rest, the next day, Flynn and Lindy recruited some mystics from the Waddell City Security Bureau, and began to search for the earthquake center.
A few days later, in a temporary tent.
Others went out to search for the earthquake center, and only Flynn and Lindy were left in the tent.
"Could this earthquake be caused by some kind of relics left in the past?"
Ferring expressed his guess.
The relics handed down from the past, especially the relics handed down from the Empire of the Night period, some of which have defense rituals and attack rituals that have been lost now.
For example, in the tomb of the Empire of the Night period that was once discovered, there is a defense ritual that has been lost.
If the defense ritual had not existed for too long and lacked maintenance for a long time, Lindy, who only had the strength of the high ring at that time, might not have been able to break the defense ritual, enter the deepest part of the tomb, and obtain the chess of the night.
"possible."
Lindy thought for a while and said.
The period of the Empire of the Night can be said to be the peak period of the occult arts. According to historical records, during that period, there were even a number of extraordinary coexistence of the two occult arts.
One can imagine how powerful the Empire of the Night was at that time.
If it was the remains left during the Empire of the Night period that caused this strong earthquake and triggered this disaster, it is not impossible.
"Elder Sox, Elder Harlowin, the center of the earthquake has been found!"
One person quickly entered the tent and reported to Flynn and Lindy.
This is a man wearing a gray coat and gold-rimmed glasses. It was under Flynn's guidance that he obtained the qualifications to become a mystic and joined Kafei Colon of the Security Bureau.
"found it?!"
Ferrin and Lindy exchanged glances and stood up.
It took a few days to finally find the center of the earthquake. What caused the earthquake, the answer should be revealed soon.
Chapter 546: object of suspicion
Led by Kafei Cologne, Flynn and Lindy walked in the dense forest and rushed to the earthquake center.
About half an hour later, they came to an area where fallen trees could be seen everywhere and the ground was full of hideous cracks.
These ferocious cracks, some of them not only spread extremely far, but also were extremely huge, and the widest part was even enough to swallow a house.
Without Kafei Cologne's reminder, Flynn and Lindy realized that this place should be the center of the earthquake.
The earthquake center is the most severely damaged place. Given the damage to the terrain here, the possibility of the earthquake center is extremely high.
"The Great Elder Sox."
"Grand Elder Harlowin."
…
Other mystics who participated in the search have already rushed here. When they saw Flynn and Lindy, they all respectfully greeted them.
"Have you found any unnatural traces, such as buildings?"
Ferrin asked the mystic who arrived first.
"No, no traces of buildings were found."
Essie shook her head and said.
"Have you explored the ground?"
Lindy thought for a moment and asked.
"No."
Essie shook her head.
"Let me investigate, Night."
Lindy used the extraordinary ability of the night, and the darkness enveloped the surrounding area, making the surrounding area in the field of night.
Then, with the help of the perception ability of the night field, the perception goes underground.
For a moment, she canceled the field of night, ending perception.
"How about it?"
Flynn asked quickly.
"I didn't find it. It is possible that the previous judgment was wrong, or it may be that the depth of my dark night field is too shallow."
Lindy thought about it and said.
"Let me try it."
Ferring called out the mysterious gun, changed it into a sniper rifle, and then looked at the ground through the perspective of the scope.
As Flynn looked into the scope, the underground situation appeared before his eyes.
He slowly moved the scope of the sniper rifle, searching the ground area by area, looking for abnormal places.
After reaching extraordinary, today's sniper rifle scope, even without other assistance, is enough to see dozens of kilometers away.
And see through the ground, the deepest can see through to a depth of hundreds of meters.
If there are relics underground, it should not exceed this depth.
If this method still fails to find abnormal places, either the previous speculation was wrong, or this place is probably not the center of the earthquake.
"Um…"
Ferrin, who was searching the ground, suddenly changed his expression slightly, and looked at the ground through the scope more intently.
"What did you find?"
Seeing the change in Flynn's expression, Lindy hurriedly asked.
"Found a collapsed building."
Flynn said while looking down through the scope.
Through the perspective of the scope, he saw an underground building.
It should be because of the earthquake that this building has collapsed.
Many places were buried by the collapsed soil, only some places still have hollow areas, and artificial traces can be vaguely seen.
proves that this place was not formed naturally, but was excavated artificially.
"Is it a relic?"
Lindy asked.
"Not a relic."
Flynn shook his head and said.
"Judging from the architectural traces, this underground building has not been built for a long time, at most no more than ten years."
As a "jewelry antique appraiser", Fei Lin is extremely sensitive to age and workmanship, and can keenly judge the age and workmanship style of an item.
According to his judgment, this underground building is not a relic, but was excavated and built by some forces in recent years.
"It's not a relic, it took less than ten years to build..."
Lindy's eyes had a dangerous gleam.
From this information, it is almost certain that this earthquake did not occur naturally, but was artificially created by a certain force.
That is to say, this is a man-made disaster, which caused millions of deaths.
In the past few days, the Kingdom of Heidelberg has calculated the approximate casualties. A dozen cities plus the surrounding villages and towns add up to a million deaths.
"Look for any clues left, and see if you can figure out what force did it."
"OK."
Ferring responded, and carefully inspected the collapsed buildings underground, trying to find directional clues.
After a long time, Flynn stopped searching and said.
"No clues were found, and the clues may have been erased by the affiliated forces."
"It should be that the affiliated forces were worried about being discovered by the Security Bureau, so they erased the relevant traces."
Lindy frowned slightly and said.
At night, in a hotel in Waddell City, Flynn, Lindy, Ivy, and Aixi were discussing.
"Although we haven't determined what forces did it, what is certain is that this earthquake was man-made. Do you have any opinions?"
Lindy asked.
"Judging from the clues we have so far, this earthquake must be man-made, but I can't figure out how this force caused an earthquake of this scale."
"After all, an earthquake of this scale is simply not something Transcendent can do."
Flynn slightly supported his chin with his hand, and said.
"I haven't figured this out, but I don't think there should be any existence far beyond the extraordinary in this force."
"If there are existences far beyond the extraordinary, there is no need to sneakily create earthquakes."
Ivy said in a slightly cold voice.
"Ivy is right. I also think that this force should not have a supernatural existence. As for how to trigger such a large-scale earthquake, it is indeed very puzzling."
Essie said.
"As long as you find this force, you will naturally know how this force caused such large-scale destruction. The most important thing now is to find this force."
Lindy said.
"There is no trace of the underground building, so it is definitely not possible to start from the building, and the only way to start is through other aspects."
Flynn put down his hand on his chin and said.
"We can investigate which forces are most active in the vicinity in the past few months or even in the past year."
"Although it may not necessarily be the force that caused the earthquake, it is very likely."
Ivy said.
"This is indeed a direction."
Lindy nodded, and then said.
“Additionally, surveys can be conducted from beneficiary objects.”
"The beneficiaries? You mean the beneficiaries from this earthquake?"
Flynn asked.
"Yes, since this force created this earthquake, it must want to benefit from this earthquake."
"The force that benefits the most from this earthquake must be the one that caused the earthquake."
Lindy said with a sharp light in her eyes.
Some forces may benefit from the earthquake, but the one that benefits the most must be the force that caused the earthquake, because this force knows that the earthquake will happen, and must have made sufficient preparations for it.
"I agree with Miss Lindy's point of view. To investigate which force benefits the most should be able to find out the force that caused the earthquake."
Essie said.
"Investigate the forces that benefit the most? This is indeed a good way to find out the forces that create earthquakes."
Felin and Ivy also nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's investigate the forces that benefit next, and find out the forces that benefit the most."
Lindy made a decision.
…
Two days later, Lindy looked at the information she had obtained, and after reading the entire information, she said to Flynn.
"According to the investigation, there are six beneficiary forces, one of which is the Violet Eye."
"This is a secret art organization that accepts employment. The earthquake has caused public security to deteriorate. Many rich and nobles choose to hire mystics from the Violet Eye to protect their safety. This organization is one of the beneficiaries of the earthquake."
"The other five forces are all cult organizations, namely Death Eye, Hell Ghost Face, Scarlet Blood, Dragon's Evil, and Natural Calamity."
"These five cult organizations promoted the earthquake as a punishment from the evil god, and bewitched the survivors in the disaster-stricken area, and many survivors were bewitched."
"Among these six forces, which one has benefited the most?"
Flynn asked.
"The force that benefits the most is natural disasters."
Lindy said.
"It's a natural disaster?!"
Ferring was a little surprised.
Among the six forces, the most powerful are the three large forces of Death Eye, Hell Ghost Face, and Scarlet Blood.
The remaining three forces, the secret organization Violet Eye is just a small force.
Dragon's Evil once became a large-scale force, but because the previous Dragon's Evil Pope died at the hands of the Security Bureau, it was re-downgraded to a medium-sized force.
The natural disaster is also only a medium-sized force, even worse than the evil of the dragon, and can only rank second to last among the six forces.
Dragon's Evil, after all, was born beyond the ordinary and became a large-scale force, but natural disasters have never been born into the extraordinary and become a large-scale force.
Considering that in order to trigger an earthquake of this scale, his own strength must not be weak. He doubted the three large forces, but he didn't expect that the one that benefited the most would be the second-to-last natural disaster among these forces.
"It is indeed a bit of an accident, but judging from the intelligence, it is indeed natural disasters that benefit the most."
"Almost shortly after the earthquake, the cultists of the natural disaster appeared in the affected cities, secretly preaching and absorbing believers."
Lindy put down the information and said.
"Shortly after the earthquake, it appeared in the affected cities, and the natural disaster response was faster than the three major cult organizations..."
Flynn frowned slightly.
Natural disasters are nothing more than medium-sized forces. It stands to reason that their intelligence capabilities are not as good as those of the three major cult organizations. How could they react faster than the three major cult organizations?
After pondering for a moment, he said.
"It seems that the most problematic thing is indeed the natural disaster."
"Next, we will focus on the investigation of natural disasters, arresting and interrogating the cultists of natural disasters. Whether the earthquake is related to natural disasters will be known soon."
Lindy said with a cold light in her eyes.
Soon after, the order to search and arrest the natural disaster cultists was communicated.
Not only the mystics recruited by Flynn and Lindy participated in the operation, but also the mystics from the Security Bureau of Waddell City and the security bureaus of surrounding cities also participated in the operation.