From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 337 - 255: The Truth of the Holy Artifact

With the investigation leading up to this point, the whole context of the matter became clear.

Seven months ago, around the fourth month since the Abyss Descent, Chen Xuesong received an invitation from the Creator Organization.

Moreover, the Creator Organization offered him a deal he couldn't refuse, which made him agree to join the organization.

Afterward, the Creator Organization demanded that Chen Xuesong leak the scientific research data from the Biological Energy Research Institute.

Chen Xuesong didn't wish to betray his country and ultimately chose to commit suicide.

Although Xie Shi'en wasn't the biological child of Mr. and Mrs. Chen, he had been raised by them. Following Chen Xuesong's death, he began to investigate the matter and then assumed the identity of 027, infiltrating the Creator Organization.

This undercover period lasted for half a year.

Which is to say, the 027 that Lu Heng had been in contact with from the beginning was Xie Shi'en.

After Lu Heng had sorted out the entire sequence of events, he asked, "Was the reason Professor Chen agreed to join the Creator Organization because of his wife?"

Xie Shi'en originally didn't want to bring this up, but since he was asked, he didn't conceal the truth and nodded in acknowledgment:

"Yes, the Creator Organization has a drug that can control Alzheimer's Disease. One of the reasons I originally infiltrated the organization was to continue obtaining this medication."

Most of the necessary questions had been asked, leaving only one key issue.

"What is this Holy Artifact mentioned by 013?"

This question was the core issue of the entire incident.

Xie Shi'en fell into deep thought, his head bowed, fingers interlocked, thumbs circling one another.

Clearly, even he dared not casually reveal this so-called Holy Artifact.

Noticing his hesitation, Lu Heng asked, "The thing hasn't been destroyed yet, has it?"

If the item had already been destroyed, there would be no need for him to hide it; he could simply state what it was.

His expression clearly indicated that the item was still intact.

Xie Shi'en nodded, admitting, "Yes, the item hasn't been destroyed. In fact, I have been considering whether or not to destroy it."

"What is it?" Lu Heng grew even more curious.

It wasn't just Lu Heng who was curious; Su Muyu was equally intrigued.

She had been sitting quietly to the side, watching the two men converse.

She was very clever and had also figured out the whole context of the matter.

However, her greatest show of intelligence wasn't just in understanding the situation, but in not interrupting rashly, especially when men were discussing serious matters.

She also liked the feeling of silently standing by.

Her job was to fill in some details that Lu Heng might have missed.

Seeing Xie Shi'en's hesitation, she spoke up at the right moment, "After what happened last night, we're all tied together now. Auntie Liu surely needs someone to take care of her, and I can help if needed."

Even if Liu Lanying lived in a nursing home, someone would need to visit her often.

Having a girl help out with caring for Auntie Liu would be much more convenient.

Xie Shi'en sighed and answered, "The Holy Artifact mentioned by 013 is actually a very evil thing, presumably coming from Abyss World. This object is called the Life Protection Box."

Upon hearing this term, Lu Heng was a bit taken aback and pressed further, "The Witch Demon's Life Protection Box?"

Xie Shi'en confirmed with a nod, "Yes, but this Life Protection Box has never been used, which means it doesn't contain the soul of a Witch Demon."

The item in question turned out to be the Life Protection Box, which was completely beyond Lu Heng's expectations.

013 repeatedly referred to it as a Holy Artifact, but it indeed had a sinister nature.

Nevertheless, in terms of being sinister, the item wasn't very dangerous.

That's because the Life Protection Box is an item used by Witch Demons for self-preservation.

This item must have originated from an Abyss World where creatures like Witch Demons exist. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Witch Demons aren't naturally occurring monsters; they are transformed into existence.

In the Magic Plane invaded by the Abyss, when a powerful witch or a mighty Demon King is at the end of their life, without a pathway to divinity, they can choose to transform into a Witch Demon to continue living.

A Witch Demon is a special existence, belonging to the Undead Clan.

To transform into a Witch Demon, one would require a Life Protection Box to contain the soul of the spellcaster.

Simply put, a Witch Demon is a powerful being that has forsaken its body, placed its soul in a Life Protection Box, and transformed into an undying existence.

Since the body is already dead, it's difficult to classify whether a Witch Demon can still be called a living being.

But one thing is certain, after transforming into a Witch Demon, the soul remains "alive," or rather, the "consciousness" continues to exist.

However, to transform into a Witch Demon, just having a Life Protection Box isn't enough; one also needs to complete a special Witch Demon transformation ceremony.

From what Lu Heng understood about Witch Demons in his previous life, such a ceremony is extremely difficult.

If the ceremony fails, the caster can suffer backlash—a mild outcome would be insanity, the severe one being death.

Lu Heng had never witnessed this ceremony with his own eyes, but he had heard rumors that it required a very high price to be paid.

The fact that the Creator Organization had obtained a Life Protection Box and regarded it as a Holy Artifact was astonishing.

Could it be that a High Sequence member within the Creator Organization wanted to transform into a Witch Demon?

This was the only reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, the Creator Organization wouldn't value this Life Protection Box so highly.

The power obtained from transforming into a Witch Demon is highly attractive to many; they are an undying and indestructible existence. Attacking the spiritual body of a Witch Demon hardly causes any harm.

The only way to kill a Witch Demon is to find its Life Protection Box and destroy it.

However, the Life Protection Box can be hidden away, in any place, and can be kept at a vast distance from the Witch Demon, even in different worlds.

This makes searching for the Life Protection Box of a Witch Demon exceedingly difficult.