Chapter 405 Painted Skin
"Bah! I'm not a rag collector, I don't pick up everything and bring it home!" Jiang Nvxia looked at him with a frown, then suddenly chuckled, "In fact, I did pick up a 'big piece of trash', do you want to know what it is?"
Gao Fei heard that she was setting a trap for him, so he didn't respond. He put the human skin into the storage space of the star disk and asked Ma Tao and Wang Daqing to search for Hong Debiao.
After a thorough search upstairs and downstairs, no trace of Hong Debiao was found, nor were there any dark rooms or secret passages.
At this time, Jin Zhijian called and told them that the operation on their side had ended, and Hong Debiao's followers were caught in one fell swoop, but unfortunately the kidnapped Wu Xianyun was not found.
Gao Fei briefly explained the situation on his side and agreed to meet Jin Zhijian and others at the door of the church.
As soon as he went down the third floor, the star disk prompted that a new email had been received.
Gao Fei opened it and saw that it was indeed an analysis report sent by the laboratory.
The human skin that was just sent over was not a simple animated object, but a small undead creature, a "skin kite subspecies".
Gao Fei had never even seen a "skin kite", let alone a subspecies.
However, the name "Painted Skin" given to the human skin by Vida Laboratory was very much in line with his wishes.
The challenge level of Painted Skin was Level 2, and its attributes were Strength 4, Agility 19, Constitution -, Intelligence 10, Perception 12, and Charm 14.
The hunting method of Painted Skin was similar to the "Dark Curtain Beast" that Gao Fei had seen in the game. It attached itself to living creatures to suck blood, and could also completely peel off the opponent's skin, and imitate it and replace it.
When Painted Skin completely controlled the host's body and mind, it could act publicly as the other party.
After the Painted Skin sucked the host's blood dry, it could still control the activities of its corpse, just like when it was alive.
Until the host's corpse began to rot and could no longer hide the abnormality in the crowd, Painted Skin had to give up the puppet and quietly flew away to find the next victim.
Judging from the habits of the Painted Skin, it is a perfect match for her to be combined with an undead creature like a corpse demon.
If Hong Debiao does not mind the rotten corpse hidden under this beautiful skin, he may really regard her as a partner in true love.
Unfortunately, Gao Fei does not understand the physiological structure of the Painted Skin and the corpse demon, and the analysis report of the Vida Laboratory does not involve details in this regard. At present, it is still unknown whether Hong Debiao and his queen are just in spiritual love or can have a husband-and-wife relationship like normal men and women.
After clearing the monsters inside the light building, everyone received experience points from the star disk.
Ma Tao and Wang Daqing jointly saved six Gu corpse palace maids, each of whom received 600 experience points.
The ghost fire shot by Jiang Feng on the second floor and the corpse demon eliminated on the third floor are both level 3, providing a total of 1400 experience points.
Gao Fei killed two Gu corpse palace maids with the "Frost Star Magic Wand", plus a ghost fire and a painted skin, and got a total of 1550 experience points.
Gao Fei's team also reported the new species of Painted Skin, and all members received an additional 1,350 experience points.
The four of them went downstairs and returned to the campus. They saw Jin Zhijian and the public security officers escorting a group of handcuffed and dejected men out of the church and stuffing them into a van.
Gao Fei went to ask around and learned that the roundup operation was indeed a great success as he had predicted in advance.
The core members of Hong Debiao's cult criminal gang, including the eight princes he had conferred, were all arrested.
Unfortunately, Jin Zhijian failed to find Wu Xianyun, who was kidnapped by Hong Debiao, in the church.
Gao Fei also briefly described the situation on his side.
Jin Zhijian's face was a little heavy when he learned that the bandit leader Hong Debiao had not been captured.
After some interrogation, the arrested cult cadres all confessed honestly.
Combining their confessions, Gao Fei learned that Hong Debiao had left the den as early as yesterday afternoon.
In addition to Wu Xianyun, who was coerced, there were two bronze corpses and three iron corpses made by Hong Debiao himself.
Hong Debiao did not reveal his plan to his men.
But people saw him driving a truck on the road. In addition to the zombies, the truck was also loaded with a lot of digging tools. It can be seen that this guy is probably doing his old job of tomb robbing again.
Hong Debiao kidnapped the archaeologist Wu Xianyun just to coerce him to help him identify the cultural relics stolen from the ancient tomb.
The problem now is that no one can tell which ancient tomb Hong Debiao wants to rob.
Mulan Township is a place with many ancient tombs.
From the Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, no less than a hundred Jurchen royal nobles were buried here.
If all the ancient tombs are searched, it will take at least a week.
The clues stopped here. Seeing that it was getting dark, everyone had to withdraw the team and return to the police station first, and then find a way to hunt down Hong Debiao tomorrow.
After a simple dinner, Jin Zhijian went back to interrogate Hong Debiao's followers overnight, hoping to dig out more valuable clues from them.
Gao Fei and others were not in the mood to go out for a walk, so they returned to the hotel and upgraded their professional levels.
Ma Tao currently has 14,250 experience points, which is enough for him to upgrade his main profession "Tiangong Special Police" to level 6, and there are 6,750 experience points left.
Ma Tao added 1 free attribute point after the upgrade, together with the two points he had previously obtained, to perception, bringing the perception attribute to 18 points.
Wang Daqing's experience points today are only 200 points less than Ma Tao's. He first upgraded the special police to level 6 and added the new free attribute to charm.
The remaining experience points were enough for him to upgrade his main secondary occupation, the Paladin, from level 3 to level 5, and the channeling effect was increased to 2d6. "Holy Healing" had a built-in "detoxification" special effect, and the Paladin's signature passive ability "Courage Aura" was awakened.
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Courage Aura: As long as the Paladin is awake, it can continuously radiate supernatural auras to the surrounding 30 feet, making itself and all allies in the area immune to fear.
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The Paladin, who was upgraded twice, also added two 1st-level divine spells. Wang Daqing chose "Protection from Evil" and "Forced Duel".
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Protection from Evil: Lasts for 1 minute/level; the recipient's defense and immunity against evil creatures are +2; it is immune to "possession" by demons and evil spirits, and has an advantage in will immunity against enchantment effects.
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"Forced Duel" is actually the Berserker's "taunt", forcing the target that failed the will immunity to attack itself.
These two divine spells are very practical.
"Forced Duel" is needless to say, it is a must-have skill for MT to pull monsters.
"Protection from Evil" is more helpful for the current mission of Gao Fei and others.
As we all know, except for a few exceptions, all undead creatures belong to the evil camp. Among them, most virtual ghosts are good at possessing living people, which is commonly known as "resurrection from the dead".
"Protection from Evil" can prevent ghosts from possessing, and when fighting against undead creatures, it can also gain bonuses on defense and immunity, which is suitable for dealing with Hong Debiao and the evil spirits he summoned.
