93: Chapter 93 Official Top Secret

"Big sister, don't worry. Once we're finished, we'll explain everything to you all together."

Fox said with a beaming smile, "Everything is a gift from the gods. There's no need to worry at all."

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman finally felt at ease.

"I'm next!"

Chen Yao coughed and hurriedly dragged a young thug forward. Xiao Zei frowned but didn't say much.

The Bald Man remained silent and did not object.

However, an accident occurred this time. After groaning in pain for a while, the young thug entered a blank, catatonic state, his expression dazed and full of confusion.

"Damn it, a Spirit Washing failure! How is my luck this bad!"

Chen Yao cursed loudly. He took the slip of paper handed over by the White-haired Elder, scribbled his name on it, and then wrote the words "Spirit Washing Failed" in the "Baptized Person" column. Then, he forcibly dragged the dazed thug to leave a blood fingerprint before tossing the slip into the Alms Bowl.

Two coins, one silver and one bronze, soon emerged from the Alms Bowl.

The bronze coin was engraved with the number "5," and together with the "10" on the silver coin, it totaled exactly 15 spirit money.

"Lost Ones, go outside the temple and become a villager. May the gods bless you, and I hope you will wake up one day." The White-haired Old Village Chief patted the young thug's head. The latter stood dazed for a moment before wandering out of the temple in a muddle.

Chu Xuan stared at the figure's departing back.

At this moment, he finally understood why the attire of those so-called "villagers" outside seemed so out of place in this ancient-looking village.

Withdrawing his gaze, he saw that Chen Yao's expression was still very sour.

"Sigh, what a pity! Becoming a Lost Ones only shows that the compatibility was too poor, and there was still some resistance within the self-consciousness. Brother Chen Yao, your luck is just too bad. Let me take a turn instead."

Xiao Zei shook his head, his tone sounding quite regretful, but Chu Xuan could sense a hint of "schadenfreude" in his emotions. Chen Yao seemed to notice it too, as his eyes turned slightly gloomy.

Xiao Zei's gaze swept across the crowd. He raised his hand and pointed at a peculiar-looking, wretched-looking young man, saying loudly:

"You! Haven't you always wanted revenge on those who bullied you? Your chance has come; you must seize it! If you can directly step onto the God-Ascension Sequence, your life will soar from now on. Do you have confidence?"

The wretched young man's eyes burned with fanaticism. "I have confidence! I will prove myself and trample everyone who looked down on me under my feet!"

Xiao Zei encouraged, "Good, then go for it!"

The wretched young man nodded fiercely, but after a short while, blood leaked from his seven facial orifices. His body convulsed a few times before he fell silent and died a tragic death on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Zei stood in a daze.

"It seems the thing in the mist was somewhat incomplete, possessing only madness. Combined with this person's poor Mental Energy, he couldn't withstand it."

Old Wu sighed slightly. "Cases of immediate death are quite rare. Xiao Zei, your luck isn't very good either."

The corners of Chen Yao's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

"Motherf*cker!"

Xiao Zei spat forcefully and shouted unwillingly, "Let me try one more time."

As he spoke, without waiting for the last person, the Bald Man, to say anything, he called another passenger out from the crowd.

The person looked panicked but didn't have the intense reaction a normal person should. Under Xiao Zei's grim-faced persuasion, they still stepped forward.

Chu Xuan glanced at Wang Ruozi, who was trembling incessantly beside him, lost in thought.

All of this might be related to what those people ate at the foot of the mountain.

"Relax. Everything is a test from the gods. You need to fully open your mind and believe in the gods' guidance. Once you have the power of belief, you will surely succeed."

The person nodded repeatedly, but the end result was a roar of agony as their body quickly became covered in mold-like growths. Their head became sharp and elongated, their limbs rotted, and their white bones grew thick and sturdy.

Finally, with a "bang," their head exploded, turning into a bizarre corpse.

"The fellow coming over is quite fierce. But unfortunately, in a place like this, a direct parasite completion is impossible; otherwise, it would surely be obliterated." Old Wu muttered in slight surprise.

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow and looked at Old Wu.

Old Wu smiled slightly and explained in a low voice, "Little brother, it seems you don't yet understand the strength of our Resurrection Society! Even in a Dark Place like this, our Resurrection Society has means to impose constraints. It's impossible for a Specter to complete a direct parasite process. What we need is symbiosis with the Specter, using the Charm attribute to suppress and utilize it, ultimately achieving complete control over the Specter's power. This is called 'Learning from the Specter's skills to control the Specter'!"

"I see. It seems our Resurrection Society is the true savior of this world!"

Chu Xuan put on an expression of realization and agreed with him, then feigned confusion and asked, "In that case, why do we have to be so secretive and act against the authorities? Wouldn't it be better if we cooperated with them directly?"

Old Wu: "You're still too young. This world isn't as simple as you think, and some things are far more complex than you can imagine. At least for now, our Resurrection Society must continue to lie low."

"Oh."

Chu Xuan nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly as if remembering something, he asked, "Actually, I've always had a question. We all have a Specter inside us; won't the authorities detect this?"

"Of course not, you can rest assured about that! Because we are all still human, not Specters that have successfully completed parasitism. At least with the current official methods, it can't be detected... Not only that, even if it were a real Specter, the authorities might not be able to identify it accurately."

Chu Xuan's heart stirred. "How so?"

"The official Precision Detectors can only accurately detect Specters below B-rank. However, for B-rank Ghosts, they are hit-or-miss. At least two months ago, when I was still an Associate Professor in the official Research Department, we hadn't yet developed a detector that could accurately identify B-rank Ghosts."

Old Wu recalled, "Based on our arguments at the time, we all agreed that this might be related to the Specter's strength. Because once a Specter reaches B-rank, it can already disguise itself very well as a human, and can even exert impressive strength while in human form."

"As for A-Rank Specters, since we never captured a live specimen, no specific experiments were conducted. However, back then, our internal consensus was that detectors most likely have no effect on A-Rank Specters in human form."

Having said that, Old Wu suddenly gave a mysterious smile.

"This matter is a top secret within the government! To prevent public unrest, even the Night Watchers, who specifically handle Specter incidents, only allow members at the deputy captain level or above to know. They must also sign a non-disclosure agreement and are forbidden from spreading the word!"

Chu Xuan's heart shook violently.

He suddenly thought of a passage Qin Qing had said outside the dormitory building before she chose to stay behind and cover the retreat.