My daughter has been possessed.

Chapter 29 Double the Power

After unlocking the chains on the Buddha statue and discovering that his speed and agility had increased in tandem, Li Jiuhe knew that he had found the solution to the problem in this dark hall.

Because his physical attributes had been enhanced, his strength was doubled in the Morning Palace, while his speed and agility were obviously doubled in the Evening Palace.

Both of these benefits will allow him to accelerate the deciphering of the main hall's rules, and eventually the larger rules of the entire Morning Bell alternate dimension.

At this moment, Li Jiuhe felt his running speed increase dramatically, and his reaction time also became significantly faster.

He didn't even need to look back; he could roughly estimate the direction and distance of the stone man chasing him just by listening.

Of course, although he had become faster, he was still not fast enough compared to the terrifying speed of the stone man.

Running in circles inside the hall, he was still caught up by the stone man after only two minutes, and was still pierced through the back by the man's black iron chain.

Li Jiuhe was originally considering whether he could take this opportunity to unlock the chains on the second broken Buddha statue.

He stood outside the gate of the dark hall once again. Because the chains on the first broken Buddha statue had returned, his speed and agility boosts had returned to their normal state before the boosts were applied.

However, this time Li Jiuhe was fully confident that he could unlock the chains on the collapsed Buddha statue again.

He was not going to enter the main hall for the time being, but was waiting for an opportunity to go in when the time was almost up for the transition between the two halls.

After untying the chains of the collapsed Buddha statue, his body gained a boost, and he used the increased speed to evade the stone golem's pursuit.

If he can time his movements perfectly to coincide with the sound of the millstone, he can escape the palace gates without being punished by electric shock.

Fortunately, the Hall of Darkness only lasts for a short time, so we don't have to wait long.

His current goal is simply to remove the chains from the first Buddha statue.

……

At Li Jiuhe's home in Wangchuan City.

The living room door was wide open, and Xu Wei and team leader Chen Zhenghai were standing inside, while several other staff members were searching the bedroom and kitchen.

They have been investigating Li Jiuhe for two days.

For the past two days, we have been unable to find Li Jiuhe's whereabouts, nor the little girl mentioned by the museum staff, nor the black motorcycle she rode on.

These people seemed to have vanished into thin air.

As for the girl's portrait, it has been drawn by a professional artist, but after comparing it with the system, nothing was found.

Either the child is too young and their facial features haven't been entered into the database, or the person simply doesn't exist.

Upon inspection, Li Jiuhe's usual bedroom was clean and tidy, but the other bedroom was much more messy.

No children's personal belongings or clothing were found in that bedroom; it was simply unused.

Meanwhile, Xu Wei and her team have found out that on the fifth floor of this building, the person with the fear of eating had ingested the family's fear a few days ago.

The two people in that family have been detained by the police for plotting murder.

Xu Wei also discovered that a few days ago, Li Jiuhe had taken a little girl to the nearby police station to report that the little girl was not his daughter.

However, the police officers who responded to the call advised him to leave and see a psychologist instead.

The fact is that Li Jiuhe does not have a daughter, and the little girl's identity remains a mystery.

A moment later, a staff member in charge of the search approached Chen Zhenghai and Xu Wei and reported: "No traces of other Sequencer organizations were found in Li Jiuhe's home, but Li Jiuhe's bank account received a lottery payment two days ago."

"How much?"

"I won over 50,000 yuan in a scratch-off lottery at a lottery shop not far from my neighborhood."

Xu Wei glanced at Chen Zhenghai: "Team Leader Chen, could this guy's sequence ability be related to buying lottery tickets?"

Chen Zhenghai nodded: "Possibly. If he registers with the Investigation Bureau, we will definitely find out, but for now we can only speculate."

"If, and I mean if, the death of the Terror Eater is related to Li Jiuhe, he should already have collected the Terror Eater's tongue and the Morning Bell of the Second Seventh Day," Xu Wei guessed, "perhaps we should deduce what effect these two items could have if combined?"

Chen Zhenghai said, "The tongue of the Fear Eater is also called the Tongue of the Dead, because it has devoured the fear of more than a hundred people. Under certain conditions and occasions, that thing can release fear and create great terror. But we don't know what abilities the Morning Bell of the Second Seventh has, so we can't deduce it for the time being."

Xu Wei bit her lower lip: "If we can catch the 'Tracker,' we can get him to help us unravel these secrets. That guy can track down anyone and any information he wants based on known information and clues."

Chen Zhenghai smiled and said, "Don't worry, the tracker has already appeared in Wangchuan City, and we've made some progress. Go and help Group One. Once we catch the tracker, many of our backlog cases will be solved."

"Okay." Xu Wei nodded emphatically.

……

Morning Bell in a different dimension, central square.

Li Jiuhe wiped the sweat from his forehead and watched the sun slowly rise. The morning palace was bathed in the glow of dawn, while the evening palace was once again shrouded in deathly stillness.

He clenched his fist, feeling the power within him and the lightness of his body.

He had just successfully unchained one of the broken Buddha statues in the dark hall, his agility and speed had doubled, and he had escaped the dark hall when the sound of the millstone appeared.

At this moment, he also realized that he had been in this alternate dimension for a day and a night, but he did not feel tired at all.

This indicates that the flow of time here is unusual, and that his physical structure has also become abnormal.

The wounds to the heart and abdomen were still in a clotting state yesterday, but now both wounds have closed up, although they don't look very secure.

It is believed that the flesh inside the wound is slowly healing.

After the Morning Palace was completely stable, Li Jiuhe stepped into it again and redefined the task of solving the balance puzzle from yesterday.

However, he soon discovered that the bronze incense burners piled on the ground today were different in shape from those of yesterday, and their weight had also changed.

He needs to reassess and estimate the total weight of these incense burners.

After several more mission resets, I finally found the balance point where the weight of myself and the incense burner on the other side of the scale was stacked together.

He soon felt his internal strength double again.

This immense sense of power gave Li Jiuhe the illusion that he could lift the giant weight directly.

But an illusion is still an illusion, and he estimated that he was still far from being right.

Instead of wasting the mission reset points on another attempt, he continued to use the balance scale to weigh himself and the incense burners before nightfall.

Once the scales reach equilibrium, the pile of incense burners will immediately scatter, and the shape and weight of all the incense burners will change strangely, requiring him to make a new estimate.

Just before nightfall, he balanced the scales for the third time, and the power doubled once more.

This is a further doubling of the power that has already been doubled.

This time, Li Jiuhe believed he could lift that heavy weight.

However, the hall was already very dark, so he did not try again. Instead, he turned his gaze to the huge weight and wondered what should be placed on the other side of the tray after he placed the weight on it.

Should we put those incense burners again, or perhaps put ourselves on them?