The overall incident was not complicated. Shen Lin simply explained the conflict with his circle of friends and concealed the transaction with the ghost pawnshop.
Shen Lin had his own considerations. Trading with ghosts was taboo after all, and the horror of ghost pawnshops was not suitable for the public to see for the time being.
A secret is only called a secret when one person holds it. There is no impermeable wall in the world, and Shen Lin knows this very well.
He briefly narrated part of the content, only clarifying the transaction part. As for who to trade with, why to trade, and how to trade, he was completely vague.
Li Meng and others had a tacit understanding and did not ask.
Under the gaze of several people, Shen Lin took out the gray old photo.
It was a very ordinary photo. Shen Lin once tried to use the ghost realm to infiltrate, but no clues were found.
He guessed that the ghost pawnshop might have two requirements.
The first one is to paint the eyebrows of the ghost mother. This idea is a bit scary and almost impossible to achieve.
The second one is to find the pen in the picture. A pen was lost in the ghost pawn shop. It just so happens that a pen appears in this photo. It is definitely not a coincidence.
Either of these two requirements is as difficult as the sky, and he has no clue at the moment.
"Don't tell me, this girl is quite pretty." Li Meng clicked his tongue in surprise.
An era has its own character, and every era has its own charm.
The ladylike temperament of the girl from the Republic of China in the photo is difficult to appear in modern times, especially when paired with the antique configuration of the old photo, it is very charming.
Shen Lin didn't say anything. He guessed that the girl in the photo was most likely the ghost mother when she was young. He even thought mischievously that if he told Li Meng the news, he wouldn't be so frightened that he withered on the spot.
"Mr. Shen, what exactly does this mean?" Xu Fang was mature and not as out-of-the-box as the two young men. He was keenly aware of what Shen Lin was hiding, but he didn't ask more questions out of awe.
"The information given by my employer and the clues about my mission, I don't have much clue yet." Shen Lin replied.
At this moment, Zhou Bin snorted lightly, and his somewhat doubtful tone caught Shen Lin's attention.
"what have you found?"
He looked at this photo many times and didn't find many clues. He took the photo out to brainstorm ideas. After all, a person's vision is limited.
There are ten thousand Hamlets in the eyes of ten thousand people, and others can always see something that you cannot see.
Zhou Bin was stunned for a moment by Shen Lin's question. Just as he was about to shake his head, he met Shen Lin's gaze and spoke hesitantly.
"I just think that pen looks a bit familiar."
"Um?"
Shen Lin's eyes widened instantly. He didn't expect to get part of the harvest so easily.
"Where have you seen it?"
The scene suddenly became anxious. Zhou Bin felt the urgency from Shen Lin and spoke again.
"I'm not sure, it just looks familiar."
"Do you still remember that we encountered a strange projector during the ghost staircase incident?"
A few people frowned, that experience was really not a good one.
That weird projector had a high level of terror, and seemed to be able to trap people in a weird world. Shen Lin tried his best but couldn't escape. If the night watcher hadn't happened to arrive, they and his group would have told him it was there.
"Continue." Shen Lin said.
Zhou Bin swallowed his saliva and continued.
"I once saw a graveyard in Fengmen Village. There was a strange corpse in the center of the graveyard. The corpse seemed to have something in its mouth. I felt it was very similar to this pen."
boom!
Zhou Bin's words were like a cannonball that opened the door to Shen Lin's thoughts.
He had indeed seen a very strange corpse in Fengmen Village. The corpse seemed to have been cut vertically and horizontally, only half of it was buried in a group of tombs, with something like a bone in its mouth.
Shen Lin once thought it was just a small bone, but now it seems that the unique shape is very similar to the pen in front of him.
Zhou Bin's statement is probably right. The pen is in the mouth of the half-corpse in Fengmen Village.
Shen Lin had never understood the strangeness of Fengmen Village. He had faced that kind of terror, and narrowly escaped death by snatching food from the jaws of a ghost of that level.
Moreover, the ghost projector is in Dongchuan City. There are ghosts and ghosts nearby. It is a chaotic area with a very high risk factor. Shen Lin does not want to set foot in that place.
This requires long-term thinking.
Wait, that's not quite right.
In Shen Lin's imagination, the ghost projector's ability is most likely to create a fantasy space that is suspected of being a ghost realm or simply a high-level ghost realm.
The ability of the ghost projector is most likely to be able to project some of the images that have been recorded into reality in the ghost realm.
In other words, the Fengmen Village that Shen Lin and the others saw most likely existed in the ghost realm of the ghost projector.
The real Fengmen Village exists in a corner of this world, and that pen exists in the real Fengmen Village.
This is a dilemma. If the ghost projector is not the ability that Shen Lin imagined, and the real Fengmen Village exists in the ghost world of the ghost projector, then this continuous running around is likely to cause Shen Lin to miss the best opportunity to act. .
Thinking of this, Shen Lin's eyes moved slightly.
His guess was right. Everything the Ghost Pawn Shop gave was right beside him. If this idea was true, then he might complete the transaction within fifteen days.
This is the scary thing about ghosts. When you face it in fear, it seems to be omnipotent. That feeling of powerlessness can drive people crazy.
The connection of clues has made breakthrough progress. At least it is not finding a needle in a haystack. Shen Lin is relieved.
The matter of the ghost pawn shop cannot be solved overnight, and it is extremely difficult to discover these things in a short period of time.
For the remaining location exploration, he planned to test the tone of the headquarters. In this kind of matter, Asia's largest ghost control organization can always do it faster than he can do it alone.
Shen Lin turned his attention to this old photo again. If he followed the above ideas, the ghost pawnshop would give this photo with profound meaning.
His eyes unconsciously glanced in the direction of his bedroom, where a golden coffin was stored inside the wall.
The golden coffin that suppresses the ghost mother!
If the woman in the photo is really the ghost mother, then this incident is most likely related to her. Shen Lin still doesn't know the extent of this relationship.
Republic of China incident? Or is it just a simple coincidence?
His thoughts couldn't progress at this point, and Shen Lin shook his head with a headache.
The main thing is to figure out the pen thing first. These things can be put aside for the time being.
"Did anything happen in Daxia City while I was gone?" Shen Lin asked.
"No, I have been relatively calm after the ghost staircase incident." Xu Fang answered immediately. He had done enough homework in this regard and wanted to leave a capable impression on Shen Lin.
Shen Lin nodded, the stability of Daxia City was within his expectation.
The ghost staircase influenced many evil spirits who planned to trap and kill Shen Lin. He cleverly used the ghost realm of upside-down ghosts to seal away a large number of ghost troubles. This also caused the evil ghost incidents in Daxia City to temporarily break down and became very stable. for a long time.
That's fine, it makes it easier for him to do his own thing.
A few people chatted for a few words and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Shen Lin's disappearance made their nerves tense a lot, and their recent work and rest state has been very irregular. Now that the owner is back and the burden has been relieved, they feel a lot more relaxed.
Shen Lin didn't care about them and was thinking about some things on his own.
About two hours later, the call from headquarters came late.
"You guys are slower than I thought." Shen Lin answered the phone and said.
He knew this call would come sooner or later, so he waited for a long time.
In order to plan many things, Shen Lin rarely calls the headquarters in daily life, which can be regarded as establishing some image.
Wu Qiu was obviously very familiar with Shen Lin's style and answered very quickly.
"We got a late report, sorry."
This was the truth, mainly because Yang Jian forgot to tell them, and it was already two hours later when he remembered it.
With this, this unscrupulous boy elaborated on the overall situation and obtained a lot of benefits.
"It's not a big problem. It just so happens that I need you to help me check something." Shen Lin said.
The criminal police at the headquarters have the right to search files, and Shen Lin wants to see if he can find any clues about Fengmen Village through the headquarters files.
"Okay, please tell me." Wu Qiu responded ably.
"Try your best to help me retrieve the headquarters' files related to village ghosts. How long will it take?" Shen Lin asked.
"It takes about five hours, but it may not be comprehensive. Some files are confidential and will not be disclosed to the public." Wu Qiu responded.
Five hours? Much faster than Shen Lin imagined.
In the information age, the most important confidential documents of various countries will be sealed in paper form. Secrets stored in the cloud are not secrets. There will always be more powerful information methods that can be stolen. Under these conditions, five hours is already quite short.
"You try to get it first." Shen Lin said.
Confidentiality is a very mysterious thing, and it is one of the disgusting tactics used by the headquarters. The Huanggang Village Incident is still recovering. Xiao Yang almost fell into the incident because of the incomplete file information that he concealed and failed to report. There are always a group of high-ranking big shots trying to save you. Sometimes, they decide what you should know and what you should not know.
Shen Lin didn't plan to do anything. At this stage, he was not qualified to get this part of the secret from the headquarters.
Exploring Fengmen Village from the headquarters is only one of his methods. He cannot rely entirely on the headquarters.
"Okay." Wu Qiu responded.
"Shen Lin, some people at the headquarters require you to elaborate on your actions during the disappearance and report it in the form of a file." After a long time, Wu Qiu spoke, carefully considering her words, trying not to anger Shen Lin.
coming! Shen Lin's eyes narrowed slightly. His state when he disappeared was obviously on the verge of recovery. Chen Zuo would report this, so now that he has disappeared and returned alive and kicking, it is inevitable that people will be suspicious of him.
In the early stage of recovery, both the headquarters and private ghost controllers were unscrupulous in obtaining methods to suppress the evil ghosts.
Shen Lin knew that this was just the first wave of testing.
I just don’t know if this wave comes from the headquarters or the circle of friends!
