Chapter 201

Chapter 201

Spire City, Tribunal Headquarters, Communications Section.

Solomon and Hui Cui were discussing how to handle the matters of the Protein City Tribunal. Lin, with nothing much to do, adjusted his posture, clamping a secret letter against his mouth as he yawned.

The result of weeding out several cities last night had once again led him to stay up too late. He had originally forced himself to be energetic for the conference, but now that the conference was on hold, the fatigue surged back.

But he couldn't sleep with the Apostles of the Silver Moon Maiden still at large.

No... he couldn't just wait for Yuan Sen Sebo in Heng Rujaken; she wasn't a foolish rabbit that would run into a tree stump on her own. He needed to find a way to actively search for her.

Lin glanced at the busy Hui Cui, borrowed a chair from a communicator, and sat down, propping his elbow on the table and supporting his forehead as he thought.

The second and third papers recommended by the Golden Hammer, which dealt with believer tracking and predictive modeling, seemed to have some content that could be useful.

Especially the paper "On the Recommendation of Installing Numerous Surveillance Cameras in Cities and Training Predictive Models with Surveillance Footage," which could solve one of Lin's current problems.

Currently, Lin's two biggest issues were: first, although more people were mentioning his name, there were even more who hadn't. Beyond Spire City, the Dark Sea Cave, and Oil Lamp Village, his vision remained limited.

The second issue was computational power.

The lack of computational power caused various inconveniences. Not only were there still many unprocessed prayers piled up, but theoretically, he should be able to see many things and gather much information through the mirrors he had activated. However, he only had one pair of eyes, and when the number of mirrors increased, he couldn't keep track of them all.

For example, mirrors were like surveillance cameras on the streets, capable of capturing a thief's criminal activities.

But if no one watched the footage, the fact that the thief committed a crime wouldn't be discovered.

In the country where Lin lived before crossing over, it was said to have the most surveillance cameras in the world. However, the police method of using surveillance cameras to investigate cases still relied on human eyes scanning the footage for hours to find clues.

Even though there were news reports about AI teams training large models with surveillance video to assist in investigations, Lin had not seen such models put into practical use before his crossover.

If this technology were truly implemented, it would definitely appear on exam questions.

Under these constraints, even if Lin knew what Yuan Sen Sebo looked like, he couldn't immediately recognize her the moment she entered the surveillance range.

But was it really impossible to recognize her immediately?

Lin allocated a large portion of his divine body array, simplified the model written by the Golden Hammer, and re-entered new commands piece by piece.

After constructing the new array formula, he input the conditions.

He was looking for a female Minkman, 1.72 meters tall, with short white hair, red eyes, and wearing a green suit.

Adding more facial details, Lin infused magic, making the divine body array start operating, searching for similar figures in all the currently activated mirrors.

The process of becoming a god was almost like turning oneself into a computer.

Sigh, his computer's search speed is so slow.

In reality, the blindfolded ritualist yawned again.

After yawning, he raised his head, and the communicator who had previously accommodated him stood in front of him, holding a receiver and microphone.

"It's a call from Glass City," the communicator said, "from the Ceremony Department of Glass City."

"Me?" Lin was puzzled.

The communicator nodded, and Lin took the receiver and microphone, putting the earpiece on his head, saying, "Hello, this is Lin from the Spire City Ceremony Department—"

"Judge Lin!" The voice on the phone immediately came through, "I've watched your speech and demonstration, but I still have one question I don't understand. Could you please..."

Ah? Wasn't the conference supposed to be on hold? How did the Q&A session continue?

But the person on the other end of the line clearly didn't care about the conference, only wanting an answer. As Lin listened, he began to provide answers.

After answering the first question, he noticed that Chixia and a few colleagues from the Ceremony Department had entered the Communications Section at some point, either squatting or standing, taking notes and surrounding him.

And the voice on the other end of the phone changed, saying, "Hello, Judge Lin, I also have a question regarding what you mentioned earlier..."

Part of his divine body array was monitoring Heng Rujaken, while another part was searching for Yuan Sen Sebo. Since neither side had yielded results, Lin started answering the second question.

By the time he finished answering the second question, he found that even more people were taking notes around him.

Most of his colleagues from the Spire City Ceremony Department, along with some ritualists from the lower-level branch offices, had gathered around him.

The entire front desk of the Communications Section was divided into two centers: one centered around him, and the other around Hui Cui and Solomon, with various movements causing a bustling scene.

Lin: "..."

Another voice on the phone: "Judge Lin, Judge Lin, regarding your paper..."

Lin covered the microphone with his hand and asked the communicator sitting behind the counter in a low voice, "Am I disturbing you too much?"

"No problem," the communicator shook his head, "we're behind the counter, so having more people at the front doesn't affect our work."

Lin then looked over at Hui Cui and Solomon. Solomon was also on the phone, seemingly in contact with the East Coast Tribunal Headquarters.

Standing next to the sniper rifle, Hui Cui had temporarily taken command of the Protein City Tribunal, tasked with protecting the fallen Protein City and coordinating the branch offices remotely.

Despite being so busy, when Lin looked over, the snow-haired Dover Birdman still looked up as if sensing something.

Although he only made eye contact with Lin for a moment before returning to his work, Lin felt somewhat reassured and continued listening to the questions from the ritualist in Glass City.

Another communicator approached, placing a new receiver and microphone beside Lin and mouthing to him that other city ceremony departments had also called.

Suddenly very popular, Lin cleared his throat and slowly answered the third question.

At that moment, several silver eyes in the divine body array monitoring Heng Rujaken widened.

Before their eyes, the seed on the mental reflection of Heng Ruaqin, or the latent Desire Spell, suddenly stirred.

A vine shot out from the unlit darkness.

The seed responded to this vine, growing itself with a rustling sound, sprouting black branches that intertwined with the vine.

Was it Yuansen Sebo? Or another relay?!

Fearing that the lead would be lost again, the silver eyes on the lens projected an illusory Lin who reached out to grasp the vine.

Feeling along the vine would waste too much time, so Lin grabbed the vine with one hand and drew his Thought Blade with the other.

He plunged the Thought Blade directly into the vine.

Detect Thoughts!

Silver magical light flowed through the vine as Lin read the various thoughts triggered by the Desire Spell through the Thought Blade.

"We can't let the 'Book of Blindness' go!" said a woman's voice.

"Of course not!" Heng Ruaqin's mental reflection replied, "I was actually hit by a dragon's breath cast by a ritualist! What a disgrace!"

"You're right; if you don't deal with him immediately, how will you stand in this world..." The frail female voice tempted, but suddenly changed to a male voice shouting, "No, disconnect, quickly disconnect! Otherwise, I'll be discovered by the Eyes in the Mirror!"

The female voice paid no heed to the male voice and continued to Heng Ruaqin, "Act faster, or even if you kill the 'Book of Blindness' after a long time, others will still see you as the apostle who once lost to a ritualist and dared not retaliate on the spot!"

Lin was a bit confused.

He had heard both voices before; the female voice belonged to the female Yuansen Sebo, and the male voice to the male Yuansen Sebo.

What's going on? Is this guy suffering from gender dysphoria-induced split personality?

Heng Ruaqin was not confused. He seemed to hear nothing of the male voice, only rebutting the female voice:

"I didn't fail! It was all because Solomon was there—"

"What do you think the Plague Seminar will say when they hear this news? Can't you guess? Back then..." The female voice continued, but the male voice struggled fiercely, shouting in pain, "Disconnect, disconnect! It's too late if we don't disconnect now!"

Ignoring the male voice, the female voice sighed, "...Back then, those plague mages treated you Shadowblades like dirt, claiming to be the true lineage of the Black Sun. Once your defeat by the ritualist is known, you know what they'll say."

"That's right! Damn it!" Heng Ruaqin's mental reflection roared.

In reality, Heng Ruaqin, inwardly roaring, was at the Shadowblade stronghold.

He was severely injured and needed treatment.

The light arrows formed from Solomon's Light Sword were still embedded in his waist.

It was these light arrows that illuminated Heng Ruaqin, allowing Lin to see him.

At this moment, under the light, Heng Ruaqin suddenly threw away his dagger in a fit of rage.

"Damn it!" he roared as loudly as his mental reflection, "Damn it!"

And his mental reflection said, "I must make that ritualist pay! Watch me sneak back into Spire City and strike again!"

What? He wants to sneak back? He wants to infiltrate the shadows again?

Lin couldn't follow him into that place, and without seeing Heng Ruaqin, the bait, he wouldn't be able to see Yuansen Sebo, the big fish behind him!

First, control Heng Ruaqin to stop.

Just as Lin was about to release a Mind Control spell, the ongoing Detect Thoughts brought him the voice of the male Yuansen Sebo:

"Disconnect! Disconnect! Alright, I can control it now, dis—"

Disconnect? No, he can't let him disconnect! Otherwise, he might never find him again!

But what should he do?

Why did Yuansen Sebo sound reluctant to control Heng Ruaqin but still cast the spell? Why was Yuansen Sebo tempting Heng Ruaqin with a female voice and struggling with a male voice?

Questions flashed through Lin's mind like sparks, and in an instant, Lin first judged that Yuansen Sebo was currently in a state of intense emotion.

He made an immediate decision, modifying the spell he was preparing to control Heng Ruaqin. A massive surge of silver magic flowed through the Thought Blade, piercing the vine and rushing toward its source!

Single-target Emotional Explosion!

Once, Bai Li, just a low-level practitioner, used this spell to kill a high-level practitioner, the leader of the Aberrant Cult!

Outside Protein City, in the fungal forest, Yuansen Sebo, whose desires were controlled by the Silver Moon Maiden but whose subconscious was still resisting, suddenly felt a force surge from within her, helping her regain control.

She had resisted the manipulation of the Silver Moon Maiden! Yuansen Sebo could not help but feel ecstatic and overjoyed, but she also sensed that the apostles were still expendable to the Silver Moon Maiden, feeling sorrow and fear.

These intense emotions battled in her mind, quickly reaching a stalemate.

A few seconds later, boom! The head of the Minkman girl standing under a mushroom exploded!

At the Spire City Court Headquarters, Solomon, who was communicating with the headquarters, sensed something and abruptly stood up.

His grotesque face was terrifying as he drew his sword from the light and bellowed, "Heng Ruaqin!!!"