Becoming an indescribable god after failing to ring in the new year.

Chapter 23 Simulated Horror

May 9th, Saturday.

A new day has begun.

Lu Shi got up early, made preparations, and began planning for the new day.

Today is Saturday, and Lu Shi plans to go and call the cops for "routine simulated terror".

Judging by the speed of the metaphysical society, they will most likely make an internal decision today, and it should be approved after Sunday.

This morning, Sister Xu called specifically to explain that she had something to do and needed to pick up a large batch of documents, so she couldn't come to pick up Lu Shi.

Thus, Lu Shi never got to meet the master of the third reincarnation.

Having boarded his loyal bus, Lu Shi arrived at the Metaphysics Society and handed over the prepared note to the review department.

As for the rest of the day, it will probably be spent reviewing various materials about the "Jue Shi Hao" store.

This store has quite a few employees, after all, it's a popular online store.

They film various videos related to weapons and also run their own small factory.

There are also some workers in the factory.

All of these people are now out of work and need to undergo inspection.

Their data is being collected at an expedited pace.

When Lu Shi arrived at his workstation, he saw the files piled up there.

The Metaphysics Society does have computers, but they prefer paper files to computers.

The information in a computer is essentially a type of analog signal.

This type of information is too easily hijacked and altered.

And one thing is certain: there must be people with metaphysical abilities in this world.

Because the authorities themselves have a group of people with similar mystical abilities.

Simulated terror can be easily achieved through video, television, radio, and other means.

It is precisely because of such abilities that people can control the media and keep the public in a state of basic disbelief in metaphysics.

Furthermore, in the past, people have generally regarded major events as natural disasters or man-made calamities, and most people do not think about them in terms of gods and ghosts.

In this situation, many crucial documents are archived on paper.

Even Lu Shi and his colleagues' daily work logs are handwritten.

In the office, Sister Xu was already writing furiously, but Xiao Chen was still nowhere to be seen.

After saying goodbye to Lu Shi, Captain Fu continued his fieldwork.

He still needs to track down the whereabouts of the lost weapon.

According to the latest intelligence, the person who went to retrieve the weapon was a food delivery worker.

He needs to find the deliveryman and get information from him about where the weapon was ultimately delivered.

Lu Shi nodded. He was still in a state of deep reflection, and he would deal with the documents and study metaphysics before starting his fieldwork.

This is rather strange; despite having gained a deeper understanding of metaphysics, he has lost his eligibility for fieldwork.

But this is the truth of metaphysics; metaphysics is not a superpower without any side effects.

Recklessly using metaphysics will only bring disaster to yourself and others.

This touches upon the core of metaphysics—the degree of erosion.

All mystical abilities need to erode reality to be effective.

However, the degree of erosion is not simply a channel of power. The normal world's understanding is that the existence of erosion will inevitably lead to a counterattack.

If a novice metaphysical ability user doesn't handle the corruption properly, their combat power will be limited. They might even be targeted by the normal world because they are too eager to use metaphysics, thus ruining everything.

Opening the file, Lu Shi began to work diligently.

"Gao Mi... an internet celebrity, skilled in throwing knives and swordsmanship." Lu Shi read through the file while taking out his phone to pull up a video of Gao Mi.

Then one has to sigh that some people are born to make a living online.

Gao Mi is an internet celebrity heavily promoted by "Jue Shi Hao".

He has loved martial arts since childhood, especially throwing knives. He has practiced hard for many years and can now hit any target with a card, and even split wooden boards.

After that, he switched to swordsmanship and became incredibly skilled at wielding a sword.

That's right.

Gao Mi's combat ability is actually just average. He has some martial arts skills, but apart from wielding real throwing knives, these skills are actually of limited lethality.

Most of the performances in the video are half real and half fake; some are props, some are special effects, and some are real.

But Gao Mi's performance was undeniably cool; his natural and effortless style quickly garnered him a large fan base.

"As expected, many times, success requires mastering modeling."

Lu Shi flipped through the other party's file and then retrieved some of his movement records.

The other party is highly suspicious, as they are skilled in using melee weapons, and they recently filmed a very damaging video.

In the video, the long sword in Gao Mi's hand flies out and then moves freely under his control.

After the meeting, details of the video recording were naturally revealed.

To achieve this effect, they used a large amount of invisible thread, along with video editing.

But regardless of the truth, they did film a video of "bringing the weapons to life".

In ancient times, such behavior would have been sufficient evidence to warrant execution.

However, modern society is much more tolerant, so this video just seems a bit of a coincidence.

Furthermore, no spiritual senses have been detected in Gao Mi so far, so he, as the protagonist of the video, is most likely not the one presiding over the ritual.

Therefore, Gao Mi is most likely an interference item pushed out by the mastermind behind the scenes.

This is normal. Gao Mi's video theme is handsomeness, and while metaphysical rituals are not limited to simulating horror, other emotions form cognitive imprints slowly and are difficult to sustain.

"We are currently controlling the cold weapons in the southern district. That guy will definitely make more moves next." Lu Shi put down the file, noted down some suspicious points, and then began to think about what might happen next.

The simulated terror was conducted in the southern district of Changshi, and it is generally difficult for them to change the location.

However, with most cold weapons under control in Changshi, the other party either seeks to be backward compatible and touch upon kitchen utensils such as cleavers, thus incorporating more unnecessary elements into their rituals.

Alternatively, they could intensify people's fear of unusual weapon movements through other means.

Modern society is so convenient that people can develop a fear of something without actually having to present that thing to the other person.

Novels, videos, and radio can all be used as mediums to spread fear.

If the mastermind wants to continue the ritual, they will inevitably make moves in these areas.

Once they take action, they will quickly uncover his true identity.

The Metaphysics Society's oversight of the internet is much stronger than one might imagine.

Lu Shi flipped through the files, needing to memorize most of the information.

This is the only way to quickly locate the target in the event of an emergency.

"Xiao Lu, this!" Sister Xu suddenly said, and Lu Shi also heard the special notification sound from his phone.

I quickly opened the work group and saw that Sister Xu had shared a video.

The video itself is still Gao Mi's cool-looking video.

But things started to go wrong halfway through the video.

The video occasionally stuttered, and then some bloody marks appeared on Gao Mi's body.