Sean learned from some sources that Catherine was the fastest-promoted Queen-level explorer in recent years.
He can probably understand why Catherine has such an outstanding performance - she is not only extremely intelligent and powerful, but also extremely mobile.
As soon as the team was formed, a pre-mission team meeting was requested immediately, and the action was scheduled for the next day. Everything was arranged in a hurry.
Sean was a little lucky. The day he first arrived in New York City and fell into the ghost world on Central Avenue, he met Catherine.
Sean and Yueguang arrived at the small conference room of Guling Quest Company in advance.
When he pushed the door open, he found Henry wearing a poker man mask already sitting in the conference room, with his fingers clasped together, seemingly deep in thought.
After mutual introductions, Catherine, who was wearing a violet nightingale mask, walked into the conference room, followed by her loyal Panza, who placed the information on the conference table and exited.
Catherine did not intend to sit down. She stood in the chief position and asked directly: "Have you heard anything about the secrets of Thirteenth Avenue?"
Sean was a little surprised: It turns out that Thirteenth Avenue has a story!
Henry slowly raised his hand and said, "I have some understanding."
"explain."
"I heard there is a...street where dead souls and evil spirits gather.
"Because there are several fallen people, that street has some basic order. Living people can enter there if they want..."
Sean and Moonlight's eyes fell on Henry, who shrugged: "After you have been in the industry for a long time, you will be able to learn some high-level information."
Catherine nodded and said: "Henry is basically right. Since 'Undercurrent Street' is Queen-level information, although I have heard similar rumors before, I only have specific understanding recently. Sean, you and Moonlight is considered a newcomer, so it’s normal to not know anything at all.”
"Undercurrent Street? Is it a spiritual world?" Sean couldn't help but ask.
"That's right. There is an extremely old spiritual world on Thirteenth Avenue. According to the research of some occult scholars, it is basically certain that the existence of Undercurrent Street is older than New York City and even New Zealand.
“Did this street exist before new immigrants arrived at Newland?”
Catherine hugged her chest and said in a calm tone: "This spiritual world was not so big before, and it was also called by other names. The reason why Undercurrent Street has developed to a considerable scale is because many evil things happened in New Testament City, which nourished the world. The reason for it.”
"A certain distant existence is like a seed. The evil events that occurred in the New Testament City watered it and allowed it to grow into the current Undercurrent Street."
Catherine pushed, and the information slid in front of Sean and others: "Since this mission has been confirmed, you can invoke special regulations and skip the level to view Queen-level information. Gentlemen, before reading, I must remind you that you are not allowed to share it with other people of the same level. Explorers who leak this information will be severely punished by the association."
"Understood." The three of them raised their hands and immediately started looking through the information.
In order to sort out the information and speed up understanding, Catherine began to introduce it while the three of them were reading: "Undercurrent Street is a spiritual world that sinks deeply..."
"'Sinking deeply'...what does it mean?" This part of the information already belongs to the Queen level category, and is not described in the "Explorer's Manual".
"Sean, have you encountered resentful spirits and evil spirits before? Can you tell me their causes and differences?"
Sean raised his head: "Every spiritual creature has a soul. If you encounter misfortune during your lifetime and die with strong emotions such as unwillingness, grief and anger, the soul of the dead creature may break away from the normal cycle of the spirit and stay in the material world. deep.
“Grudges pollute the soul like a curse, thus giving rise to resentful spirits.
"Resentment accumulates over time or external influences, and will grow stronger, causing that poor soul to further degenerate into an evil spirit..."
Catherine nodded with satisfaction: "You are very accurate. Then let me ask you again, if the evil spirit has not been driven away and his resentment and malice deepen, what will it become?"
Sean's face was a little confused, and this had entered the blind spot of his knowledge reserve.
Catherine continued: "This also involves Queen-level knowledge, so it is not explained in the basic knowledge.
"The soul degenerates into a resentful spirit, and the resentful spirit sinks into an evil spirit. If it continues to exist, or becomes stronger due to some chance, it will become a 'sinker'.
"The Sunken are different from evil spirits. The powerful energy of resentment has reshaped their once-lost consciousness and concepts, so they have the ability to think and no longer just follow their own malicious instincts. Some can even devise very vicious strategies.
"However, their thoughts are very... sick and scary.
"The spirit world is similar to the corruption of the spirit body itself. The resentment of evil spirits can create a chaotic and murderous spirit world. The spirit world formed by the fallen is further away from the material world. If we adopt a more religious approach, According to the theory, their souls are closer to the deeper layers of the world, which means they have sunk deeper.
"The spirit world that sinks deeper has more evil characteristics. For example, evil spirits will be more powerful... For example, you can see some order and landscape that involve the deeper layers of the world."
Hearing this, Henry couldn't help but rub his forehead: Isn't it very dangerous to be in the spiritual world that is closer to the depths of the world?
"Not only that, Undercurrent Street is not formed by a single sinker. There are at least four to five sinkers in this spiritual world, so its scale is very large."
"Four to five?" Sean sat up straight. "From what you're saying, the Sinker should be an existence that the Queen class can't fight against. So aren't we looking for death when we go there to perform a mission?"
Catherine shook her head: "Sean, the situation is different from what you think - it is not a battlefield between living people and evil spirits, as if entering it will cause conflicts.
"For some reasons, Undercurrent Street is a world with a strange order - if you don't provoke those powerful beings, you can treat it as a dangerous area without jurisdiction."
"It turns out that hell is around us." Henry raised the collar of his black clothes and said something meaningful.
"Hell is always around us." Catherine continued, "You don't need to worry too much about how to enter Undercurrent Street. I have some special methods to ensure that we don't receive too much attention when entering. However, although I will Try to be as prepared as possible, but this is still a dangerous journey, so I hope you can maintain your utmost focus on the mission.
“Next, let’s talk about some basic information about Undercurrent Street.
"There are five known sinkers in Undercurrent Street..."
…
After listening to Catherine's introduction, Sean still felt a little unreal. He had a strange association-compared to the New York gangsters, places like Undercurrent Street where evil things gather are the real "underworld" .
Sean had some instinctive panic about actually entering Undercurrent Street. Compared to the underground labyrinth in Levin Town, this fallen spirit world filled with evil spirits is more terrifying and dangerous.
He looked sideways at the moonlight and found that although the pianist's expression was serious, his eyes were shining.
Sean couldn't help but hold his forehead again.
