Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 345 Hell Path

"That's enough, Miss Xia."

Jiang Ming suddenly stopped, Xia raised her head and looked forward, and found a rather dilapidated thatched hut.

"Please come in."

"..."

Xia did not feel any dissatisfaction in her heart. Instead, she was very satisfied with this hidden thatched hut. She walked straight into the house with her brows slightly raised.

The seemingly dilapidated thatched house was very clean and tidy, without a trace of odor. Normally, this could not be the case. Someone must have come here a long time in advance and cleaned the house very carefully several times.

However, Xia did not point this out specifically. What she needed now was just information. Unless it was absolutely necessary, she should talk less and do more, which was what the Lord of Destiny taught her.

Seeing Xia staring at him closely, Jiang Ming pretended to sigh and took out the sorted intelligence. Some of this intelligence was prepared by Tianming long ago, and some was new intelligence deduced by Jiang Ming using the wisdom method through clues in the intelligence.

"The target is the former leader of the City Lord's Mansion's Shadow Guard - [Raiden Mei]." Jiang Ming's tone was steady, without any surprise. This was the result he had obtained a long time ago.

Of course, the Raiden Mei mentioned above naturally refers to the Raiden Mei of this world, not Jiang Ming's Mei.

"Former leader?"

"Yes, now she is just a wanted criminal on the run, hiding from the public. It will take some time to find her..."

This was completely different from the information Xia wanted, but she knew the other party hadn't finished speaking yet, so she asked.

"...Why are you wanted?"

"The official government statement is that they [stole banned books] and [touched forbidden techniques]."

"What about the inside information?"

"It's just a pretty standard spoils-cutting stunt."

"What about rational analysis?"

"A delicious scapegoat. Besides, as a character similar to your excellent colleague, Miss Raiden Mei is also proficient in tracking and hiding, so it is best for us to act at night."

"Okay...wait."

Xia responded subconsciously. This was her habit over the years, but she reacted quickly. She frowned slightly and looked at the boy in front of her.

"us.......?"

"Yes, that's us."

Jiang Ming repeated it again, but Xia shook her head and refused sternly: "No, you are just a spy arranged by the bishop here, how can you come out to carry out the mission? Your mission is just to provide me with the necessary intelligence, and I don't need your help. Besides, I haven't received any mission request to go with you."

Jiang Ming's expression remained unchanged, and he said with a smile on his face: "Miss Xia, I have to remind you that this mission is extremely heavy, and Tianming must ensure that the six methods of the outer path are in his own hands."

"Even if you are an Anbu ninja who has been trained by the bishop since you were old enough to understand, you cannot guarantee that this mission can be completed perfectly. Besides, you underestimate my methods. You should know that it takes more than just brains to bring you this information."

Seeing Xia was about to speak, Jiang Ming interrupted him directly.

"This is what the bishop meant. If you doubt my words, why not send a letter back to ask the bishop? Besides, even if you refuse, I will still appear in every corner of the mission."

"..."

Xia fell silent.

It would take at least several days to write a letter and have it transmitted from the Far East to Europe, assuming no unexpected events. A great deal of time would be lost in searching for the Six Dharmas of the Heretic, which would be a loss for no one.

"...What skills do you have that make me think I will let you go on this mission?"

"I know a little bit about boxing, swordplay, and stealth. I'm good at reconnaissance, and I also know a little bit about calculation."

"Conjecture?"

Xia narrowed her eyes slightly and carefully looked at the young man in front of her, but even after looking him from top to bottom, she didn't think that the other party was a martial artist, so what was this calculation?

Jiang Ming smiled and explained: "Deduction is to look for clues of an event, and then through special methods, you can understand the beginning and end of the event. Most of the previous intelligence was obtained by me in this way. The only disadvantage is that you must know a little clue to the event you want to deduce."

"......what ever."

If the other party really has such ability, then he is indeed worthy of her attention. Besides, she will need his information later. Since she needs clues of the incident to make inferences, it will be more efficient to keep him by her side.

"Haha, I promise I won't hold you back."

"So, what does this former Shadow Guard leader, who is unfortunately wanted, have to do with our purpose?"

Xia brought the topic back to the mission.

Jiang Ming thought for half a breath and then said: "[Stealing the Forbidden Book] and [Getting Involved in Forbidden Techniques], although the City Lord's Mansion's statements to the outside world are undoubtedly lies, they may not be all groundless. After learning about this matter, I briefly investigated the background of [Raiden Mei]."

"Her father [Thunder Ryoma], who is still in prison, seems to have inherited the mantle of an ancient school, and his imprisonment is directly related to the experimental accident he caused."

"Is there something wrong?"

"Well, the suspicious thing is that the information about the experimental accident is subject to a considerable degree of control, so I changed my mind and turned to investigating the research topic of that ancient school."

“And that topic is called [Mechanical components that can completely replace human body tissues], which seems to be what this school has been pursuing.”

After a moment's silence, Xia expressed her inner doubts: "...Although this is indeed a very advanced topic compared to a town like Yaemachi, such prosthetic limbs do not seem to be unusual within Tenmi. How do you find it suspicious?"

"On the surface, that's true, but Mr. Raiden Ryoma's research is something much more heterogeneous."

Jiang Ming seemed to have guessed that Xia would say this, and he had already prepared his words in his mind.

"Suppose we can completely replace a human's body tissue with machinery. In terms of results, this is equivalent to completely transferring the human soul to another mechanical body."

"A mechanical host that can completely replace a human body and [Soul Transfer], this already belongs to the realm of God and is undoubtedly a taboo..."

Xia immediately responded after hearing this: "So, I remember that among the original seals of the six volumes of Ninja Scrolls, there seems to be one with abilities related to the soul."

Jiang Ming nodded gently: "Yes, in the known intelligence, the abilities of three curse seals have been confirmed, and among them, [Servant Souls] is exactly the ability of the [Hell] curse seal."

There are six paths in the six external ways, namely: hell, animal, human, Asura, hungry ghost and heaven.

"What about Raiden Mei's location?"

"Oh, wait, let me do some calculations..."

After saying that, Jiang Ming closed his eyes slightly, made a gesture with his right hand, and activated the rules of the wisdom universe. Countless thoughts arose one after another, colliding with each other to assist in the calculation.

Xia was watching carefully at the side. She had been in the most mysterious Anbu organization of Sentence for many years, and had never cared about worldly affairs in her life. She had never heard of any divination techniques, but she really wanted to see it.

However, what surprised her was that the calculation process did not seem to involve any big noise, or even no sound at all.

"It's well calculated... Uh, why are you looking at me like that?"

Seeing Xia staring at him very seriously and seeming to be taking some subtle precautions, Jiang Ming subconsciously blinked and took half a step back.

"Ah... In my opinion, the technique of calculating the beginning and end of the entire incident with just a few clues is no less powerful than the six forbidden techniques of the outer ways. I thought there would be some big news."

"The art of divination is undoubtedly a disclosure of heaven's secrets. From this perspective, it is indeed a banned book. But unfortunately, as the saying goes, always leave a way out for others. There are always people better than you. If the person being calculated is very powerful, then the caster of the spell is likely to suffer backlash or retribution." Jiang Ming shook his head slightly and explained the disadvantages.

Then he added in his mind: "Although there is no one who can be above me now..."

Xia lowered her head slightly and murmured: "That's it..."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. I have figured out Raiden Mei's location. She is in the forest in the north. She is still on the run. When night falls, we will go after her."

Jiang Ming moved a chair and sat down, then pointed to the bed beside him: "Before that, let's rest here for a while."

"..."

After thinking for a while, Xia sat on the bed, crossed her legs, and began to meditate.

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