Chapter 4 Sacred Objects
The hall fell silent again, with the corpses of the human-faced dogs and bullet holes all over the floor.
Chen Ke looked at the life countdown in the corner of his eye, took the life-shortening gun and shot, and his life countdown stopped at 4 hours, 45 minutes and 59 seconds.
He looked at Parker, who was lying motionless in a pool of blood, and felt that he was in great danger.
"Hey, hey... buddy." Chen Ke pushed Parker, but he didn't respond.
He turned him over and found that Parker's trachea was bitten with a big bloody hole, and he had no breath.
In this case, let's see what he has on him.
Chen Ke began to check Parker's things. Similar to the black man, Parker didn't have much valuable things on him. In his waist bag, there was a mobile phone that looked exactly like an iPhone 3G, a wallet, and the magazine was used up. There were only one in Chen Ke's hand and four rounds in the gun handle, which was only 11 bullets.
He turned on the phone screen, and the time on it was March 22, 2009, 10:32pm.
Chen Ke wanted to surf the Internet with this phone to get some information about the world, but the 2008 iPhone 3G did not use fingerprint unlocking technology, so he could not unlock it with Parker's hand. He could not guess the digital lock screen password, so he could only throw the phone aside and look at Parker's wallet.
He opened Parker's wallet, which contained photos of a family of three, several membership cards from various stores, and two 100-dollar bills. Chen Ke did not know which country these banknotes belonged to. Was it US dollars?
What caught his attention was the ID card holder stuffed inside the wallet, and he took it out to observe it carefully.
The lower part of the leather case is a round coin-embedded badge, on which is engraved a winged eagle holding a ball, and above it is a magnetic card with Parker's registration photo printed on it, which reads:
"Parker"
"Psychic Investigator"
"Class: D"
"Affiliation: Weber Spiritual Property"
"Qualification Issued: United Federation Psychic Administration Bureau"
The United Federation should be the name of this country. The Psychic Administration Bureau and Weber Spiritual Property attracted Chen Ke's attention.
It seems that the existence of monsters in this world is no longer a secret, and has even become a daily routine. And these monsters are not something that ordinary people can deal with.
Based on my own experience just now, neither the axe nor the Glock 17 can cause fatal injuries to the human-faced dog. But Parker's specially modified M1911A1 can kill them in seconds.
In order to deal with these monsters, the United Federation established the Psychic Administration Bureau to train "psychic investigators" like Parker to go to various places where the so-called "psychic burst effect" occurs.
What's more, these investigators are not employees of state agencies, but employees of companies like Weber Spiritual Products, which sounds like a bodyguard company.
Chen Ke removed the magazine and took out a bullet for careful study. The white .45acp bullet had no primer, and even the naked eye could not distinguish the boundary between the bullet and the shell.
Combining the white flash after firing and the fact that it cannot be used without consuming its lifespan, Chen Ke speculated that this bullet was made with a special process, and it is likely that the shell is not filled with gunpowder at all. The reason why ordinary people cannot use it may be because they have no "psychic energy" in their bodies. Only "psychic investigators" like Parker can use the psychic energy in their bodies to drive firearms and use them freely.
He made a random analysis, and an expression of "yeah, I understand" appeared on his face, and he nodded.
Chen Ke only took Parker's cash, gun, and bullets, and left the rest untouched. He remembered that Parker said that to leave here, he needed to go through a place called "psychic tunnel". Looking at Parker's body, he couldn't help but regret that he should have asked where the tunnel was!
He also began to calculate the plan for the next 4 hours. Now Chen Ke can only live in the other party's murderous intent, which is okay in a building full of monsters.
But what if he goes out?
In a civilized society, in a world with a sound legal system. Where can he find so much murderous intent?
Will he go astray and become a social cancer? Become a madman who burns, kills, robs and abuses everywhere to survive?
This is not what he wants, but he doesn't want to die either.
Chen Ke also has more optimistic ideas, for example, this life countdown may just be a byproduct of the psychic burst effect? As long as he can get out safely, he can return to a normal life?
Chen Ke was thinking in distress, as if he had lost his way in life. At this moment, he suddenly noticed that there were white balls of light flickering on the corpses of the dogs on the floor.
This white ball of light was very subtle, like a small ball of glowing fog, about the size of a fist. And not every dog's body was glowing white. Chen Ke counted them briefly and found that among the dozen or so dog corpses, only five dogs formed a white ball of light.
Chen Ke squatted beside the ball of light and looked at it carefully. The white light was not dazzling, and it seemed that something was flowing on the surface. The more he looked at it, the softer it became. He subconsciously reached out to touch it, and his hand passed through the ball of light and grabbed a handle-like object.
He grabbed the handle and pulled out the ball of light. With a "swish", the ball of light disappeared, and a vague afterimage of a sword suddenly appeared in Chen Ke's hand. It was as if he was holding a stick that was constantly emitting water vapor, twisting it in space, and the specific shape could not be seen clearly.
In Chen Ke's vision, a transparent interface emerged:
【Unknown Dagger】
【？ ？ 】
【？ ？ 】
【？ ？ 】
Chen Ke immediately remembered the dagger that had been inserted into his heart before. When he looked at the vague sword with a puzzled look, a line of small words appeared in the corner of his eyes:
"Use 20 minutes of life to identify the holy object."
A drop of sweat fell from Chen Ke's forehead, and his life changed from the original 4 hours and 44 minutes to 4 hours and 24 minutes...
At the same time, the sword in his hand suddenly changed, the white halo and water vapor gradually dissipated, and the shape of the sword became concrete.
A broad-bladed sword about 60 cm long suddenly appeared in his hand. Both sides of the sword were sharpened, and there was a blood groove in the middle. It was heavy in his hand. The wooden handle was tightly wrapped with a blood-stained cloth. It did not look like a decorative sword. Chen Ke believed that this sword had indeed killed people...
Looking at the information of this sword again, it became:
[Executioner's bloodletting dagger]
[Durability: Poor]
[Torn wound: The wound caused will never heal]
[Blood groove: Puncture causes heavy blood loss]
The sword trembled slightly in Chen Ke's hand, and a white light flashed, turning into a small bright diamond with a flashing white halo.
Chen Ke didn't know why a sword fell out of the dog's body, but he slowly found the way.
He collected the light balls of the other four dogs, and pulled out a coat, a helmet, a pair of boots and a shield...
When he looked at these light balls, he frantically suggested to himself "I don't want to know what these things are!" Sure enough, his life timer no longer had a life-shortening appraisal on its own initiative.
When he looked at these spoils again, a transparent interface appeared "Do you want to spend 20 minutes of life to appraise the holy objects?"
Okay, now he can freely control the use of life...
Chen Ke has obtained a total of five holy objects. Maybe it will be easier and more convenient to use these things to deal with monsters?
Unfortunately, holy objects that have not been appraised cannot be used. The life span required to appraise holy objects is really too much.
Moreover, it takes at least 30 minutes of life to summon holy objects from diamond form to entity. Holy objects that have condensed into entities seem to be unable to be used for a long time. After a short period of time, they will turn into diamond form again.
Even if these things are very useful, the excessive life consumption is destined to be used as a killer and a big move for Chen Ke now.
At this time, the lights in the hall suddenly changed. The chandelier that originally emitted warm orange light suddenly slowly refracted a cold green light, and the whole hall became gloomy and terrifying.
Chen Ke picked up the dark white diamonds that the unidentified holy objects had turned into and put them into the pocket of his woolen coat. He raised the M1911A1 and was at a loss.
At this time, several large white light slits suddenly appeared in various places in the hall. Through the slits, a group of black-clad team members similar to SWAT were running towards the hall from outside.
Chen Ke guessed that the special forces outside had forced the entrance to open, and he didn't want to deal with official people under such circumstances.
He looked at the other light slits, chose a light slit that showed a small alley, and jumped in.