Chapter 14 Searching for Demons

"Is it necessary to be so nervous when demons attack?" Seeing Taibai Jinxing's nervous look, I said funnyly: "Isn't it true that heaven can't even deal with demons? If you said you were attacked by demons before when you were fighting Buddhism, you might be a little bit worried. It’s worth worrying about, there seems to be no problem at this moment, right?”

Taibai Jinxing shook her head helplessly: "You'd better go with me to see the Jade Emperor. You'll know then."

Seeing that Taibai Jinxing didn't look like he was just faking it, I felt that something really serious had happened, so I immediately followed Taibai Jinxing to the heaven. Using the teleportation array, we quickly arrived at the Lingxiao Palace. However, the strange thing is that there are no gods everywhere here as expected. I only saw a few familiar faces, all of them were prominent figures in heaven, and there were no small gods. Xiaoxian appears here, and this seems to be different from the usual heavenly meeting.

After seeing me arriving, the Jade Emperor waved his hand outward, and all the god generals and the fairy attendants beside him turned around and left the hall. It seems that something big happened. The Jade Emperor drove all these people out because the matter was too serious to be known by ordinary gods. Such a big thing has only happened twice in the history of heaven. One of them was when the black unicorn was suppressed, and the other was when the demon king was suppressed. Wait, thinking about the Demon King, I suddenly had some ideas.

"Jade Emperor, don't you know why you summoned me so urgently?"

The Jade Emperor asked: "With your intelligence, can't you see anything?"

"I can only tell that something big happened in Heaven, something too important to be publicized to the outside world. However, there are so many secrets in Heaven that I can't think of anything that requires such caution."

"You are not stupid." The Jade Emperor winked at Taibai Jinxing, and Taibai Jinxing immediately said to me: "You warned us before to be careful of demons coming to sneak attack when we were at war with Buddhism, but we arranged We put heavy troops to defend the Heavenly Court, and even Master Hong Jun and I stayed to guard the Heavenly Court to prevent accidents, but we didn’t expect that things still happened, but we didn’t launch a frontal attack as we thought.”

"Isn't it a frontal attack? Could it be that they sneaked into the heaven and did something?"

"Your guess is really accurate." Taibai Jinxing said: "The demon used the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain to lure me and leader Hong Jun, and then sent experts to steal some things."

I frowned and did not ask: "Who is so powerful that he can lure Master Hong Jun and me away? Are there such powerful people among demons?"

Taibai Jinxing nodded: "Here are the Lord Tongtian and the Great Wheel Pluto."

"What?"

I have met the Great Chakra Pluto. She was a master when she was in Buddhism. Even Tathagata cannot say that she can beat her. It is not difficult to lure one of the two masters from heaven away. As for the other one. His identity is even more interesting. Leader Tongtian is actually one of the disciples of Leader Hong Jun. Leader Hongjun has three disciples in total. The eldest disciple is Lao Tzu, and the following two disciples are big and small. One is Yuanshi Tianzun, and the other is the leader Tongtian. However, unlike Yuanshi Tianzun and Lao Tzu, Leader Tongtian is a traitor. He objects to everything that Leader Hong Jun agrees with. He was completely confronting the landlord Hong Jun. However, there must be something unusual about strange people. Although Leader Tongtian is very rebellious, he has really good qualifications. Among the three disciples of Leader Hong Jun, he may be the most powerful. If he was used as bait, even Yuanshi Tianzun would probably chase him together. It's not difficult at all to distract these two masters.

Taibai Jinxing said to me: "After luring away the two Immortal Lords who were sitting there, the remaining demon masters secretly sneaked into the Heavenly Court. Then they not only stole the Demon King's mana beads, but also some demon weapons secretly hidden in the Heavenly Court. They all were stolen away, and the most disgusting thing is that they even kidnapped Fairy Chang'e."

faint! Demons and heaven are indeed the same thing. When Heaven was first built, all the demons' treasures were snatched away when they were eradicating demons on a large scale. However, since gods could not use demon weapons, they were all sealed up. Now that the demon comes to retrieve those things, strictly speaking, it is not considered stealing, but from the perspective of heaven, this is even more frustrating than stealing. As for Chang'e, it's hard to say. Chang'e was supposed to be a loose immortal, but she had no right position at all. The reason why she lived in Guanghan Palace should actually be seen as a family dispute between the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother. Chang'e is a gold-worshiping girl who dreams of flying on a branch and becoming a phoenix, and the Jade Emperor belongs to the wealthy type. The Queen Mother was more strict, so the Jade Emperor couldn't eat the swan meat, and he didn't want others to eat it, so he had to put Chang'e into confinement in Guanghan Palace as a canary. The demon kidnapped Chang'e for the same purpose as the Jade Emperor. Everyone loves beauty, and the demon is no exception. Besides, this is not necessarily kidnapping. Chang'e's original desire to become a god was nothing more than a gold worshipper's idea. But later I discovered that I couldn’t be a phoenix. But she became a prisoner, so she was naturally unhappy. It just so happened that this time she encountered a demon sweeping through the heavens. It's not impossible for her to take the opportunity to hook up with a demon and have someone take her away. But speaking of it, even if I just threw some things, Heaven's reaction seemed to be a little too big. This is obviously abnormal. I think the Jade Emperor must have something else that he hasn't told me.

"Jade Emperor." I said very respectfully: "Is there something unspeakable in heaven? This situation doesn't seem to make you so anxious, right?"

"You are indeed very smart." The Jade Emperor looked at me and said, "Not only those things were stolen, but also this." The Jade Emperor took out a piece of jade from a box next to him.

Taibai Jinxing handed over the jade to me. I turned over and over again but couldn't see anything interesting. "This...I don't understand. Since it was stolen, what is this?"

"There should have been three pieces, but now only this piece is left." The Jade Emperor said: "It's just for this piece that I called you. After the demons took this thing, they hid it. No matter how we look for it, we can't find it. Even if we use Even if you search the world for spells, they will be useless."

"So..." I gestured for a long time: "Is there nothing to explain?" I shook the piece of jade.

"I think it's better that you don't know." The Jade Emperor said seriously.

I thought about it for a moment. "Then what do you need me to do?"

"If you find the place where the demon is hiding, you can even use clues. Heavenly soldiers and horses can be dispatched at any time. I only need you to provide information."

I nodded, then stretched out three fingers: "Three conditions."

"tell me the story."

"First, according to the old rules, I can't work in vain."

"No problem." Jade Emperor said: "You can get 10% of the final loot. And you pick first."

I nodded: "Secondly, I need to defend myself. The demons are no longer as accessible as when they first came out. At that time, they were imprisoned for tens of thousands of years. After they came out, they were unfamiliar with the world and relied on my sex." 'They are very big, so they are very polite to me. But now they know this world very well, and because of this incident in heaven, I and my acquaintances among the demons are very unhappy. Besides, the actual rights among the demons have already There has been a transfer, and my old friends may not be able to help me speak."

The Jade Emperor quickly said: "I will ask White Tiger and Xuanwu to go with you. I will give you a special order to take your white jade unicorn with you."

"Then there is the last one, and the most important one."

"Just say it."

"The Jade Emperor also knows that I have many friends among the demons. Although this time I had an unpleasant quarrel with my demon friends, it was just a disagreement, not a relationship between us. There have been changes, so I hope I can let go of my demon friends."

This time the Jade Emperor was not as cheerful as before. He thought about it for a long time before saying, "I can't completely agree to this." When he saw that I was about to speak, he immediately said, "Don't worry, I didn't say I don't agree at all, I just need to modify the content."

"Jade Emperor, please speak."

"You have to protect your friends. There is nothing to say about this, but Heaven also has to eliminate threats. Therefore, there are several masterminds that you cannot protect."

"Excuse me, which ones are they? Let me see if there are any people I want to protect among them?"

The Jade Emperor discussed with Taibai Jinxing, and then said: "I won't embarrass you, as long as the Tongtian Cult Master, the Peacock King, the White Elephant King, the Golden Lion King and the Eternal Demon King. You can choose other demons. But, you must Let them join your guild. If they follow you, they will be ordinary monsters. If they are simply released, they will cause trouble in heaven, so you must persuade them to join your guild. If If the person you want to protect doesn’t agree, then you can’t blame me.”

I nodded: "I am very grateful to the Jade Emperor for being able to do this. Then please ask the two holy beasts to come to Essinger to find me. I will leave as soon as they arrive."

The Jade Emperor reminded again: "Remember. What we want are those two pieces of jade, and we must confirm their location."

"clear."

After leaving Heavenly Court, I returned to Steel City first. The strengthening and transformation project of Ziyun Mountain still required me to determine some details. Baihu and Xuanwu arrived at Essinger in about half an hour, and I rushed back to Essinger after receiving the notice. You two have already understood what happened in heaven, so there is no need for me to say anything more. After taking the permission letter they brought to Yinxue to read, the system ban will be officially lifted. I can temporarily take Yinxue out of the guild's sphere of influence and go out for activities.

After the three thugs were ready, I didn't rush to take them out to find the demon's lair. Instead, I went to the combat command room of my guild first. There was a very large world map on the ground here. Then cooperate with the crystal technology of our company. We can even look up the location of a house in a city individually. I brought Xuanwu and the others here mainly to confirm the possible hiding place of the demon.

Although I don't know what the two stolen jade pieces were used for, since the demons stole such an important thing. Then it is impossible to hide in the original nest. The place where the demons used to live was given by Heaven. Heaven must know the place. If they go back there, they will surrender. The demons are not that stupid.

Xuanwu, Baihu and Yinxue have never seen the combat command center of our guild and are very curious about the environment of this place. However, only Yinxue can touch and see everywhere. Xuanwu and Baihu both know that they are Since they are not members of the guild, in order to avoid embarrassment, they will naturally not go to me to ask questions.

"You want to see me again?" As soon as I entered the room, the military god asked without raising his head.

I briefly talked about the monster, and then asked: "The monster is definitely not where it was now. I hope you can give me a guess on the possible hiding place."

The God of War pressed a few times on the crystal console, and three-dimensional images of four spheres immediately appeared in the open space in the middle of the room. I could easily tell that these four spheres were the earth, the moon, and the red planet. and gray planets. Unexpectedly, the God of War actually added information on these two planets during this period.

The God of War analyzed while operating: "The demons do not know the situation of other planets, and they do not have the ability to enter the moon, so the scope is initially determined to be the earth." The other three planets in the center of the room gradually faded and disappeared. , then moved to the center and enlarged. The God of War continued: "This world is controlled by many forces. During this period, demons rashly entering the control areas of other forces can easily cause wars, and the heaven is catching them. The feeling of being attacked from both sides should not be very good. So they will not enter the control of other countries."

Bai Hu asked: "You mean they are still within the scope of my Chinese territory?"

The military god shook his head and said: "That's not entirely true. I only said that they did not enter the territory of other countries, but this does not mean that they did not leave the territory of China, because there is still a small part of unclaimed land in the world."

Baihu and Xuanwu nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Apparently they had not thought of such a situation before.

Military God continued: "Although they may not be within the scope of China, this is only a possibility. It does not mean that they are not necessarily there, so we will separate the possible areas." The picture in front of us flashed, and the Chinese area and surrounding parts The unowned areas have become flat images and are enlarged and displayed individually. The God of War pointed at the picture and said to us: "According to the information I have, the demons have a great demand for spiritual energy, and they plan to confront the heavens head-on. Therefore, it is impossible for them to enter an area without spiritual energy. I put it on the picture The thin aura is not suitable for downsizing the area where they established their base, and the remaining highlighted areas are the possible range.”

As soon as the God of War processed this, the picture in front of us suddenly became much clearer. Things like spiritual energy are very rare, otherwise Heavenly Court would not be so fiercely competing with Buddhism. So, get rid of the areas that have no aura. In fact, 99% of China has been removed, leaving only a few hundred sparse points.

Xuanwu said: "Ziri, the equipment you have here is really convenient, and your friend is also very smart. This saves us a lot of trouble. Let's look for these hundreds of points separately. We should be able to find them within seven days." I can find them all.”

I shook my head and said, "Without me, you wouldn't be able to find the demon. Without you, even if I find it, I won't be able to come back to report it, so we can't be separated at all."

Xuanwu said with some regret: "Then the time may become very long!"

The God of War interrupted us and said: "That's not necessary at all. There are a total of 731 points marked on the map, and most of them are directly under the territory of Tianting. Or they are the training places of the loose immortals. You just need to ask for them. The Jade Emperor issued an order to ask these places to report information. If there is no normal reporting information in any place, it means that it has been occupied by demons."

"You are really smart!" Xuanwu said: "Now half of it is missing! I will ask the Jade Emperor to issue an order." Xuanwu took out a white jade pendant, and then said something to the jade pendant What? Then he raised his head and said to us: "The Jade Emperor said that he will issue an order immediately and will tell us the specific situation in an hour."

Military God said: "In this case, there is no need to take care of this part of the aura gathering point controlled by Heaven. Let's get rid of it." The picture is now much clearer. There are only about a hundred dots left in China and surrounding areas. The God of War continued without waiting for us to speak: "The remaining one hundred and twenty-three gathering points are large and small. The number of demons is very large, and this is the time to gather and prepare for war. So it is unlikely to be divided. There are places everywhere, and at most they can be controlled into three to five relatively close strongholds, or simply all concentrated together. Based on this, let us remove those places that are not large enough or the spiritual energy is not strong enough, so that There are only thirteen possible targets left.”

Thirteen points on the screen are displayed in red. Eleven of them are in China, and there are two more, one at sea and one on the Indian side of the Himalayas, but they are all It’s no man’s land, so there’s no ownership issue.

"Thirteen targets, even if we search for them one by one, it will only take one day at most." Yinxue said happily.

Military God added: "It's also possible that Heavenly Court directly reports that the target has been found, so you don't necessarily need to go out to look for it. Besides, these thirteen points can still be streamlined."

"Can we exclude some of them?"

The military god nodded. "One of these thirteen points is where the demons used to gather. The Jade Emperor must have sent people to check there before informing you to find the demons, so this point can be eliminated. There are two points among the remaining twelve points It was occupied by the player guild, and one belongs to the Dark Temple, so there are only nine real targets." The eliminated points on the screen gradually faded and disappeared, and the remaining nine points were displayed individually.

"Then let's search these nine areas." Xuanwu said.

The God of War took a special crystal pen and started drawing on the screen in front of him. The lines he drew also appeared in the three-dimensional image we saw, and we saw three points marked with crosses. Bai Hu asked in surprise: "Why did you remove three more?"

"Because these three are medium-sized strongholds. Although they can be used as branch strongholds, because their positions are too passive, monsters will not choose these three places as long as they have any brains."

Yinxue asked excitedly: "That means there are only six points that need to be investigated, right?"

"Yes." Military God said: "My reasoning model cannot eliminate more areas. The remaining six areas are all possible. But I suggest you check in this order." The points on the screen were numbered one by one. . "This is my analysis based on the monster's previous behavior patterns and the information you provided. As long as there is no small probability of hitting, you are 70% sure to find the trace of the monster at the first point."

As a battlefield management computer, Military God condenses our country's most cutting-edge information, biological and electronic technologies, simulates battlefields, estimates enemy behavior, and analyzes various tactics. These are its main tasks. Now that we ask him to help find the location of the monster, it is actually equivalent to actually calculating the enemy's possible hiding place. If Xuanwu and I go out this time and really find the demon in one go, it means that the God of War can already rely on very rough intelligence to analyze the approximate location and movement of the enemy. Such a supercomputer is simply more powerful than a spy satellite. To deal with spy satellites, you can use various disguise methods to get past them, but the God of War relies entirely on calculation, and no amount of disguise is useless.

It will be much easier to handle with detailed information, and it is much better than just pretending to be confused. Many people have always known that our motherland is very big, but people who have never really traveled can hardly imagine how big our motherland is. Without this information from the God of War, if we are unlucky, we may not be able to find it even if we look for it for a year. Find the right place.

After waiting for about an hour in Essinger, the reply from Heaven finally arrived. Reports have been sent to all the sacred mountains, and no monsters have been found anywhere. The owners of those sacred mountains are all local gods. It is impossible for demons to exist safely on their land without being discovered, not to mention there are not just one or two demons, so there is no way to hide them.

Xuanwu held the jade pendant for communication and said: "It seems that the demon is somewhere in these six areas. Let's go look for it one by one now, right?"