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The three of them, Lin An, formed a small circle. They seemed to be in a daze, but they were actually talking to each other in the team.
"Captain Lin? You mean we can leave right away!?"
"You want me to use my child to threaten Aunt Zhou to go out and die!?"
Lin An nodded and did not reply for the time being. He just looked at Gao Tian:
"Gao Tian, after someone goes out, try to lock the puppet with hunting instinct and see if it works."
Gao Tian nodded hesitantly, but Zhang Tie was a little impatient.
"Captain Lin, we can't do this kind of thing!"
"You said you kidnapped those two couples and threw them out. I can admit it. After all, they are awakened people, and they may have lied."
"But kidnapping children threatens people..."
Lin An glanced at Zhang Tie, this idiot was good at everything, but he had an abnormal obsession with the weak.
"I didn't say we had to take action by force. Maybe she would go out voluntarily..."
"Moreover, we must not really wait here for the doll to go away. Our time is limited and we must take necessary measures when necessary."
"Besides..."
Lin An looked at the iron gate, and he felt that the puppet's strength was getting stronger and stronger.
In the memory of the previous life, if I hid, the doll would go away and so many people wouldn't die.
The power of the doll is getting stronger...
.......
"Brother Lin, am I too stupid..."
Gao Tian looked at Lin An distressedly and continued:
"I speculated carefully, and all I could think of was that the doll was chasing them. Is there something the doll needs among these people?"
"It's not just as simple as being seen."
"Didn't you say that memes came about after the apocalypse broke out? And memes need someone to be afraid of..."
"Just like the marrow-sucking spider and the spider egg, the doll is in front and the [death doll] is behind."
"Then the first person who saw a normal doll must have done something to make him afraid."
"Is the doll... made of a corpse? Did someone get scared while making it? Which caused the doll to become a meme?"
Zhang Tie suddenly understood and slapped Gao Tian on the shoulder.
"You kid think the same thing as me!"
"Captain Lin, is this true? Just like someone refining a corpse, and it turns out to be a zombie!"
"That's why you said this mission is easy! We just need to force them to tell them who made the puppets out of corpses, and the mission will be done!"
Lin An burst into laughter.
Someone lied, but that doesn't mean they knew what it was...
He walked straight to Liang Shaoguang and said hello with a smile.
"Old Liang."
Liang Shaoguang raised his head when he heard the sound, stood up quickly and grinned.
"What's wrong? Brother? Do you want something to eat? It's at the back! Take whatever you want."
He pointed his fingers behind his back, but his arms froze in mid-air following Lin An's next words.
"Why lie?"
"The doll's initial target is only you, right?"
"Why do you need to kill so many people?"
Liang Shaoguang's expression changed and he opened his mouth.
"Brother! What do you mean!?"
"You said I deliberately attracted the doll to harm people!?"
Everyone in the restaurant looked at Boss Liang, full of surprise.
Especially the survivors who joined later, they also saw the doll for the first time.
Lin An carefully observed Liang Shaoguang's expression. He was shocked and angry, and it didn't look like he was faking it.
Pretty much what he thought.
Lin An continued:
"Then it seems that you don't know about it either. If you put it that way...the only target at the beginning should be Zhou Fengling..."
Zhou Fengling's expression changed, she put down the bowl in her hand and turned to look at Lin An.
"Brother, this doll will chase and kill anyone it sees. What do you mean by killing people!?"
The woman stood up straight and seemed very angry.
"I think you are the ones with the problem! Why do the dolls come right after you come! We have been here for several days and everything is fine!"
"As soon as you come...Xiumei will die!"
The woman was choked when speaking, her eyes were red, and she seemed to be in a good relationship with Xiu Mei.
Liang Shaoguang took a deep breath, stood in front of the woman and looked directly at Lin An.
"Brother, do you think there is any misunderstanding here..."
Although he didn't have any scheming intentions, it was a coincidence that Lin An and others came, and now they suddenly mentioned these things out of nowhere, which made him feel a little unhappy.
Lin An's eyes were calm and he spoke slowly, minding his own business.
"I've actually been wondering what the dolls outside are."
"Before the apocalypse, dolls are children's toys; after the apocalypse, they are murderous monsters."
"Zhou Fengling, I believe what you said. Dolls will indeed kill people when they see them."
"But the problem is."
"Who did it see first?"
"The first person will only be among the six of you, right?"
Liang Shaoguang was just about to speak out when he was surprised to find that Lin An suddenly burst out with strong pressure, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Lin An glanced at the suppressed Lao Liang, chuckled, and continued:
"I know what you want to say, that the doll may have seen people before, but they were all killed by it."
"But I happen to know one thing."
"A doll needs an inducer to turn into a monster, a person who is afraid of it."
"If Yinzi dies and the doll doesn't see anyone else before killing Yinzi, it will disappear."
"So, the first person to see the doll must still be alive."
"Monsters will only appear after the doomsday breaks out. It's not long before the doomsday breaks out. You are likely to be the first people to be seen."
"And the person who was able to survive the appearance of the doll and survive the doomsday outbreak has a high probability of being an awakened person."
"So I would assume that the lead is between the two of you."
Lin An glanced at the couple who dared not move, and continued:
"Of course, there are big holes in this speculation. For example, the remaining couple are also alive, and they may also be the introduction."
"So, I have other evidence."
Lin An knew that what he said was a bit strange, but in order to facilitate the completion of the task, he simply restored the entire process again, and at the same time gave Gao Tian and Zhang Tie some experience in facing the task.
"First, who made the puppet before it turned into a monster?"
"It's your grandfather, right? Zhou Fengling."
He glanced at the toy in the child's hand, and heard Gao Tian's question in his ears. Of course, this was Lin An's encouragement for him to ask the question.
"I can understand that the dolls must have something to do with them before they turned into monsters. After all, they were the first people to come into contact."
"But... Lin... Boss, why can't the puppets be made by Aunt Zhou? I think the toys in the children's hands look like they are handmade."
"And even if her grandfather made the doll, what does it have to do with the doll turning into a monster? Her grandfather made the doll from a corpse?"
Gao Tian subconsciously almost called out Brother Lin, but after remembering Lin An's instructions, he changed his name to "Boss".
Did Team Lin hear any rumors about Grandpa Zhou Fengling?
Zhang Tie's eyes lit up, and he felt that he had guessed correctly this time:
"Boss, is it true that her grandfather used to be a corpse hunter?"
Lin An....
"No, Zhou Fengling's grandfather is just an ordinary carpenter."
Lin An sighed softly and looked at Zhou Fengling.
The woman's eyes were also full of confusion. She couldn't understand what Lin An and his companions wanted to say.
Lin An continued:
"But I'm sure the doll came from your grandfather because..."
"paint."
"I heard you say it when I was chatting with you and your wife. Liang Shaoguang married you to save money, and you all used Weibo to chat before the end."
"How could two people who have access to modern information and love children use paint to color puppets?"
"Plus, just like the toys in your child's hands, they are made of handmade wood."
"Because children can easily bite toys, you don't even dare to paint them."
"So, the only people who can do it with paint are the older generation of thinkers."
"And the young couple once said (the model is too old), this means that your grandfather has always been in the habit of doing carpentry."
Zhang Tie touched his head and frowned.
"Boss, what does it have to do with the fact that the puppet was made by his grandfather? You said that the material of the puppet is fine. At most, the old man made a toy for his children. He didn't think much about it."
Lin An nodded:
"It doesn't matter much, but it changes when combined with other information."
"The dolls your grandpa made can only be toys for children, but since they are not for your children today."
"Who could that be?"
"Zhou Fengling, you have a child, right?"
Liang Shaoguang's expression changed, and he turned to look at Zhou Fengling in surprise.
"Didn't you say you didn't have children before?"
He is a foreigner and a truck driver who travels away all year round. In addition, they say they are getting married, but in fact they are living together.
Zhou Fengling looked a little panicked and quickly denied it, but she saw a trace of disappointment flashing in Lin An's eyes.
"Why deny it?"
"First of all, if you can give birth to a child at this age, it at least shows that there is nothing wrong with your body."
"Second, you and the young couple are both from the same village, and you have the custom of early marriage. And your ex-husband is the son-in-law. If he is in poor health, will your grandfather agree?"
"Third, both of your parents died early, and you have lived with your grandfather since you were a child. As an old man, you will definitely want to have a child."
"Fourth, your grandpa specially made puppets. Who else can he give them to except children?"
Liang Shaoguang was not too angry, he just glanced at the mother-in-law who lowered her head apologetically, and saw several people from Zhou Fengling's village looking a little embarrassed.
Lin An ignored what was going on between them and continued:
"I've actually always been curious."
"Actually, you are very skilled in taking care of children. Liang Shaoguang would have noticed it if he were more careful."
"I'm curious why you want to hide the fact that you have a child."
"There's something wrong with that kid, right?"
"Do you think that if you tell the truth about your child, Liang Shaoguang might not be with you anymore..."
Lin An looked at the puppet that kept banging on the door and murmured to himself.
"Liang Shaoguang."
"Do you remember how you said puppets can't jump, they can only slide?"
"It's very stupid. Considering the speed of a monster, it even runs very slowly."
"Do you feel..."
"It's a lot like a kid in a wheelchair..."
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