Chapter 388: Open Your Eyes (Part 4) (5000 words)
Actually, the attacking effect of the Hidden Buckle is greater on strangenesses than on physical objects. At most, the resulting shock wave might cause damage to the items. In fact, its main targets are the strangenesses themselves.
Using the Collapsing Hidden Buckle to damage the circuit breaker was a last resort, and its effect might not even be better than throwing a rock at it.
Currently, the prerequisite is that the aim must be good, and the strength sufficient.
Lin Guo stopped talking and lowered his head in contemplation, muttering to himself, "Why is this guy's intelligence so high?"
"It must be trying to use the 'Open Your Eyes' video platform to spread its Possession video further," said the number 4 woman beside him. "That's why it locked down the platform servers and the backup power in each district."
"No," Lin Guo shook his head, "Right now, in the whole of Huaying Great Capital, only the Tianmeng and Aries districts' video platform branches have set up independent servers, the rest have been shut down along with the main server."
After a pause, Lin Guo continued, "I wonder how many of these black Possession Spirits hidden within the circuit breakers there are. We might need to find that one from earlier..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the walkie-talkie at his waist suddenly transmitted a voice: "Exorcism Team 1 at Huadu Building, Exorcism Team 1 at Huadu Building, Exorcism Team 2 has successfully destroyed the server, mission complete. Exorcism Team 2 has successfully destroyed the server, mission complete."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then their expressions became one of relief.
Since the server upstairs had been destroyed and couldn't be rebooted, whether or not the backup power here was still on had become irrelevant.
Lin Guo lifted his head, his expression relaxed, and after glancing at the team members lying on the ground, he couldn't help but sigh lightly and said, "Since Team 2 has taken care of the server, and the mission is over, let's return immediately."
He had mistaken Yan Junze for the captain of the Semi-Spirit Exorcism Squad, and turned to Yan Junze, saying, "Please have your people help our team members up."
Yan Junze turned to Gao Meng and inquired, "Captain?"
By this time, Gao Meng's Semi-Spirit Body had completely receded, and he himself could barely stand up, managing to walk with difficulty. Upon hearing the words, he nodded and said, "Everyone go help, with Master Lin Guo here, we can dispel the Semi-Spirit Body and make it easier to tend to the other team members."
The number 4 woman was the first to return to solid form, went to the front, and helped up a frail male Exorcist Team member, wrapping her left arm around her own shoulder to support him as they moved forward.
The number 1 overweight man patted his belly, indicating that his size meant greater strength.
Gao Meng didn't say anything.
Then, the number 1 man went over, picked up an Exorcist Team member with one hand and carried him at his waist. Although the position looked awkward, it was indeed efficient.
The number 3 man who had been crawling in a flipped-over manner had also returned to normal and held another person, following behind the overweight number 1.
It indeed wasn't easy to take care of Exorcist Team members while inverted.
Lin Guo, carrying the magnetic knife, walked at the front of the group, behind him the number 4 woman supporting a team member, followed by the number 1 overweight man carrying two team members, and then the number 3 man supporting the last team member.
Because of the excessive energy consumption just now, Gao Meng's body was still trembling slightly, he could only barely stand up and walk.
After standing up, he looked up and said, "Number 2, you can dispel your Semi-Spirit Body now, come and follow me."
His intention was to have someone help him up the stairs, as the steel staircase here was somewhat steep, but he didn't want to say it outright.
However, the number 2 man seemed not to catch the hint and didn't come down.
Yan Junze smiled faintly, walked over, supported Gao Meng's right arm, and still held the Black Spirit Umbrella in his left hand.
"Is it cooler up there?" Gao Meng grumbled.
"Thanks to you for blocking the black aura just now," Yan Junze said with a smile. "Are you still feeling okay now?"
Gao Meng shook his head, "I'll be fine after a half-day rest, no problem."
A rustling sound came from above, clearly number 2 was still crawling on the ceiling, following the group.
Yan Junze kept the smile on his face, but spoke in a hushed tone to Gao Meng, "Do you remember the powerful Possession Spirit that Lin Guo mentioned he saw here?"
Gao Meng was startled, "I remember."
"That Possession Spirit might be inside number 2 right now," Yan Junze spoke evenly, but his words greatly surprised Gao Meng.
The words previously spoken by Lin Guo had inspired Yan Junze. Behind the whole affair, if it were a powerful and terrifying Possession Spirit causing mischief, able to spread Possession through electronic signals or videos, and the resulting Possession Spirits were also very strong...
These Possession Spirits could further propagate Possession through electronic signals or by touching hands. By the time they reached the negative second floor of Huadu Building, it was hard to tell what generation of Possession Spirit they were.
However, since Lin Guo had mentioned that he had seen another Possession Spirit even stronger than those black Possession Spirits earlier, it indicated that this one might very well be the mastermind behind everything happening on the negative second floor.
Now, with this Possession Spirit nowhere to be seen, it couldn't simply vanish without a trace. Although Lin Guo was confident that even if the Possession Spirit appeared again, he could eliminate the adversary, this didn't prove that the Possession Spirit had to reappear in its previous form.
After all, being able to lock down circuit breakers with black Possession Spirits demonstrated that the adversary's intelligence was decidedly non-trivial.
The maintenance worker strangeness that Yan Junze and the others encountered on the negative first floor seemed extremely ordinary at a glance, but the time number 2 took to kill it was unavoidably a little too long.