Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 307 The Heir vs. the Mastermind (Vote for monthly tickets and win gold in progress)
Heir!
The heir has appeared!

Han Su was unaware of the profound impact his appearance had on the eyes of the priests of Songchai and the various religious orders.

The leaders of these bronze cults originally held a very complicated attitude towards this successor.

One of their main purposes in doing this is to usher in a future where the Bronze Church has no successor.

But now that everyone is in despair and suffocating, they suddenly see the heir they have always longed for appear, and a strange excitement arises from it.

That mastermind was too cruel and cunning; we had to admit we were no match for him.

What about the heir?
Admittedly, these religious priests all knew that the successor was a special weapon created by the ancient nobles to suppress them, the believers, and to eliminate the Bronze Script faith. However, this was indeed the special being in the hearts of all believers who was closest to God...

The one with the most complicated feelings was the High Priest of the Mechanical Soul, whose face had turned green: 'I swore that I would kill him the moment I saw him, but now…'

"Heir?"

The moment Han Su appeared, the group of people around him, whose eyes sparkled like crystals, all retreated in a flash, as if Han Su's appearance among them had startled them as well.

Like a surging tide, they shifted their positions, tightly surrounding Han Su in the center. Countless crystal-like gazes focused on Han Su, their voices carrying a hint of coldness:
"How could there possibly be an heir to the Bronze Inscription Church among the investigators?"

"..."

Han Su also looked at these crystal polluters, or rather, through the colors of these crystals, he looked at their superior polluters, namely the important figures whose true forms were still in Qinggang, and smiled:
"Of course, no one among the investigators would be a successor to the Bronze Scribes. Just like Secretary No. 5 of Qinggang, our direct superior, he certainly wouldn't be a high-ranking follower of the Crystal Skull..."

"Of course, he wouldn't send his will down to White Wax Mountain to collude and entangle with the Copper Script believers, would he?"

"..."

Those who have been corrupted by the colors of crystals will not answer this question, and even if they feel they have the situation under control, they will never make any unnecessary self-disclosure.

He merely observed the gazes of these lower-level polluters and engaged in a standoff with Han Su, immediately concluding that this investigator would not yield to his will and possessed ambitions no less than his own.

Therefore, he ruled out the option of verbal confrontation, as well as the simple options of crystal pollution and hypnosis.

We should directly employ the strongest and most effective means.

All the crystal polluters simultaneously raised their palms high and snapped their fingers lightly.

"catch him!"

"..."

"Snapped!"

It was just a snap of the fingers, which at most sounded a bit louder and more imposing because of the large number of people and their uniformity, but it triggered a tremendous tsunami in the square of Bailashan Town, and in the middle of this tsunami was Hou Zhizhu.

As the most unique presence in the entire Bailashan Town square, he bears the weight of the entire area, but he just sat there forcibly enduring it. Now, with the snap of his fingers, he suddenly opened his eyes.

His own will, beyond his control, mobilized the boundless spiritual power of this region, like rows of waves encircling him, instantly overwhelming Han Su.

"That is……"

The priests, including Songchai, were quite startled, feeling a sluggishness of instinctively wanting to stop them but being unable to make a decision.

The domain controlled by Hou Zhizhu was originally their weapon!

They were cornered by Secretary Number 5, but this weapon was still their own. Who would have thought that with just a snap of his fingers, the other party would activate their weapon and even attack the heir who represented the only variable in the game?

How did he do that?
"Crystal Bullet!"

In the instant that endless shock and doubt arose in their hearts, the voice of Secretary Number 5 even rang out slowly and deliberately, continuing to exert mental pressure on them:

“You believers in the Bronze Script are already at your wits' end. If it weren’t for the coming tide, you would have no hope. You would just need one or two more generations of dilution before you would automatically disintegrate.”

"And the worst decision you made was that, after sensing the weakness of the will of God, you began to replace the will of God with your own."

"Doing this may deceive your followers and make them more loyal, allowing them to hear God's voice more clearly, but it also limits your potential. A clear voice cannot make your followers more devout..."

"It will only make people lose their sense of awe!"

"..."

These words stirred a storm of emotions within the priests, who remained silent for a moment, not daring to respond.

They came from different places and had different identities and disguises, but to have climbed to this point, they all did the same thing: replace the voice of God with their own will.

This was their biggest concern, and it could also be said to be the most direct reason for wanting to get rid of the heir. But unexpectedly, it was precisely this dark idea that was used by this important figure.

Earlier in Baila Mountain, the mechanical Buddha used the corrupting influence of faith to gain initial control over all the civilians in the entire Baila Mountain region.

This naturally included people from security companies as well as some members sent by others with ulterior motives.

This was supposed to be the most effective way to deal with spies among believers, but unexpectedly, the weakness of this method had already been discovered.

This important figure knew that the beliefs of his men were not pure, and that the corruption was not strong enough. He had already planted crystal bullets in the heads of the people he sent—a special kind of mental bullet that had been corrupted by the properties of crystal skulls.

Including Hou Zhizhu, all the special operations team members he sent had crystal bullets planted in their minds.

If activated at the most critical moment, it can steal access to the Baila Mountain domain.

The field weapon that he and the other priests painstakingly created was actually just a stepping stone for him.

Even Anwei, standing in front of the mechanical Buddha, narrowed his eyes slightly: "We couldn't even take over this area ourselves, we could only guide it, but we didn't expect Secretary Chen to have made arrangements all along."

He hadn't revealed this arrangement to me beforehand; it seems he had a backup plan for me too…

"..."

"..."

"You're using the faith of the Bronze Script believers against me?"

Faced with this earth-shattering storm, Han Su, being well-prepared, was not worried at all. With a cold laugh, he also raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

The collective snap of the Crystal Polluters caused endless spiritual power to surge towards him. As soon as he snapped his fingers, a fierce look suddenly appeared on Hou Zhizhu's face, which was intertwined with endless spiritual power.

The next moment, this surging spiritual power suddenly split apart in front of Han Su.

It was as if with just a glance from him, he had parted an entire ocean of consciousness.

It was as if the ocean revered him, and upon reaching him, it willingly split itself in two.

As they circled around his sides, they suddenly swept up the crystal polluters who were surrounding him, sending them flying uncontrollably into the air.

The crystal colors in some people's eyes suddenly dimmed, and some people's bodies were uncontrollably twisted and turned in the air. In the midst of the powerful impact, even the will of Secretary No. 5 seemed to be affected.

Han Su didn't even move a step, but instead laughed: "You've been scheming and plotting in Qinggang, but you never thought that the Mechanical Buddha already knew that you, his collaborator, were unreliable. Was this so-called field a trap set for you from the very beginning?"

“You…” Secretary No. 5 clearly did not believe it, but she couldn’t help but be surprised.

Those who had been swept far away managed to raise their heads and quickly glance at Priest Songchai and the others:
"Could it be that they have been secretly remaining loyal to the heir, waiting for me to show myself?"

"..."

Not only him, but all the priests around him immediately turned their gazes toward the priest Songchai, their expressions dark and uncertain.

Priest Songchai looked completely bewildered: "Did I?"

His entire design, from beginning to end, was focused on how to deal with this heir. But now he really couldn't understand it. This field was originally designed to deal with that heir, so why did it turn out like this?

Those violent spiritual forces could repel anyone except the absolute will, so why did they show such reverence for that successor?
Is it really because of the divinity within him?
Is this a special trait of heirs?
Each of them had endless emotional turmoil in their hearts, but the first one to get up, before the Crystal Polluter had dimmed, immediately snapped his fingers a second time.

This important figure made decisions exceptionally quickly. Upon discovering that Hou Zhizhu's tool was malfunctioning, he didn't even bother to investigate what the problem was before immediately issuing his second order:

Turn it off!
Of course, on a life-or-death level, this shutting down is called "killing"!
Hou Zhizhu was unleashing boundless spiritual power, cleansing the crowd corrupted by the crystal, when in an instant, he closed his eyes, his breathing stopped, and his spiritual power dissipated. He died without a ripple, without a sound.

"You're not allowed to die!"

Han Su also noticed the change in him at that moment, and then raised his hand and pointed.

Hou Zhizhu gasped sharply, then came back to life, his eyes widening with fear and wariness as he looked around.

From death to life, in the blink of an eye.

This change happened in less than a second, but the change caused the crystal colors representing Secretary Number 5 to tremble violently.

The priests, including Songchai, felt as if they had been struck hard on the head. A mysterious and terrifying atmosphere was forcibly instilled in them. They looked at Hou Zhizhu, who had come back from the dead, in disbelief, their knees trembling.

They had previously regarded the heir as a hypothetical enemy, imagining a thousand times how terrifying and difficult he would be to deal with. But now, he had only appeared for less than two minutes, yet he had repeatedly shattered their perceptions, grinding them into the dust and reshaping them...

make a mistake!
Did we really do something wrong?

The mystery and power of the heir are beyond our imagination, so we should never have had any thoughts of resistance in the first place!

From the very beginning, should we have faithfully welcomed him to his throne?

They even started making excuses for their ideas, and perhaps the heirs themselves don't blame us for our previous thoughts.

That's why he kept it from us regarding the issue of the field?
……

……

"As expected of someone who possesses the Bronze Code. Even though the ultimate weapon representing the power of the Bronze Code has disappeared, the person who possesses this code can still display an incomprehensible side..."

A moment of silence seemed to fall over Bailashan Town. After two consecutive failures, the crystal color representing Secretary No. 5 finally hesitated for a moment.

Then, the remaining crystal contaminants spoke at the same time: "However, regardless of anything else, you are still a member of the Bronze Order..."

"We've finally waited for the gate between reality and illusion to be built, aren't you afraid I'll blow this place up?"

"..."

The deathly silence all around grew even more somber.

Ultimately, the hurdle that all believers in the Bronze Script cannot overcome lies here.

Secretary No. 5 and Anwei did not display overwhelming power. They could suppress all the Bronze Script Cultists by means of methods that could threaten the foundation of the Gate of Reality and Illusion. They could deal with the three high priests and, of course, the successor.

The believers in the bronze inscription could not accept that everything would ultimately come to naught, so they could only talk about it.

Talking will only lead to suppression.

"fry!"

Faced with the same dilemma as the three chief priests, Han Su answered without hesitation.

Swish!Swish!Swish!
The Somchai Ritual, the Soul of Machinery, the Key to the Future, the Pillar of Civilization, the Crystal Polluter, also includes Anvi.

All eyes were on him; they thought they had misheard.

"It's just a gamble on who will suffer a greater loss."

Han Su even had a smile on his face: "I never said that I was the heir or anything. I'm just an investigator sent by Qinggang to solve the problem. Just blow this all up and be done with it. Let's see who can't accept the result in the end!"

The colors of the crystals all seemed to dim at this moment, as if the face of that important person had turned gloomy.

Han Su smiled even more broadly, then suddenly strode out and lifted up one of the crystal polluters.

The cross-shaped bronze hand gripped his neck, staring directly into the crystal-like color in his eye sockets, as if forcing the important figure to meet his gaze. It said coldly, "Even if you can't make a decision, I've already arranged for people to go to several places."

"Time was of the essence, and we were unable to find all the explosives you hid here, but we did find several locations."

"If we set them all on fire, we might not be able to kill all the living people in the entire town of Bailashan, but we could at least kill forty or fifty thousand, enough to cause this Gate of Illusion to collapse due to its insufficient foundation..."

"Let's destroy all of this, then go back to Qinggang to confront you, and while we're at it, report it to Abyss Studio..."

"See, is this how you want to play?"

"..."

"..."

Does he know what he is talking about?
He even reported it to Abyss Studio. Didn't he know that Abyss Studio was his rival who had been watching him all along?

At this moment, Secretary No. 5's heart was indeed churning with emotions. He did not know that Han Su had experienced the destruction of Qinggang in his previous life storyline and had clearly seen the contradictions and conflicts between Abyss Studio and Qinggang.

He was simply learning about and analyzing Han Su based on the information he had collected, so at this moment he felt that the young investigator's every word and action was so crazy and incomprehensible.

Ironically, a series of irrational words and actions ultimately pointed to the right thing.

"Snapped!"

Chen Gang, the No. 5 secretary in the highest-level protection office in Qingdao, suddenly slammed the pen in his hand to the ground, his facial features slightly distorted.

I really don't dare!

Having painstakingly planned and executed such a crazy scheme for so long, all for the chance to have a dialogue with the Abyss Studio, or rather, with those ancient nobles, how could I possibly sit idly by and watch it be destroyed?
He had just threatened the followers of the Bronze Script because he possessed the madness to destroy the very foundation of this world.

But now, this heir is behaving even more madly than he has!
Amidst this intense mental shock, he immediately made a judgment. Without engaging in any verbal confrontation with Han Su, he activated all the crystal wills remaining in Baila Mountain Town and summoned his most crucial pawn, which he had hidden in Baila Mountain.

——Wu Qi!
This was his final guarantee, because the call was so strong that he even shouted it out: "Activate the Qinggang Reality Defense Line!"

(End of this chapter)