Yes, they had just fallen asleep. Although they couldn't figure out when they fell asleep and when they fell asleep, the three corpses that came into view after waking up reminded them of one thing all the time, a terrifying reality without any falsehood.
That is, after the strange unsolved murder case in the afternoon, as soon as night fell, there was another murder case in the carriage, and this time 3 people died, 3 people died surprisingly!
After being stunned for a moment, John woke up. He was awakened by the screams of the passengers all around him. He suddenly came to his senses, and immediately ran to the body without saying a word. Together with Grace, who then came to her senses, they divided into two groups to inspect the bodies separately.
An old lady who died for no reason and another man in a suit.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way! No one is allowed to move the body! Mr. He, the bodies in the back row will be left to you!"
Knowing that manpower was limited, John knew how to make reasonable use of it. With a greeting, he handed over the body at the rear of the car to He Fei and other FBI agents. He nodded. He Fei, who also had no ink marks, crouched down with the help of the bright lights in the carriage.
Lower your head and observe carefully.
(It seems that every time Qiwu kills, the number will always increase. The first time was 1 person, and this time he killed 3 people directly. The only thing that remains unchanged is that Qiwu kills people randomly, whether it is the executor or the plot character.
, there is a chance of being selected by the wolf, and Yang Zhibin is the best evidence. The method of death has basically not changed. Like Jack who died tragically in the afternoon, his body was covered in blood and his skin was pale. As expected, Yang Zhibin should also have his blood drained and died.
,only……)
At this moment, smelling the strong and pungent smell of blood in the air, and staring at the horrifying corpse of Yang Zhibin, surrounded by Cheng Ying and others behind him, He Fei had a solemn expression and his mind was racing. He first characterized the death as death from blood loss, and then
Later, he took advantage of the situation and classified the death into the same category as the afternoon case. Of course, this is a result that anyone with a discerning eye can see, but the point is not here, but that he really wants to know what Yang Zhibin experienced before he died, or what the man saw before he died.
?
After thinking about this, He Fei made a move. After confirming the manner of Yang Zhibin's death, he instinctively turned around and glanced behind him, looking at Zhao Ping, who had been haunted since he discovered Yang Zhibin's death!
Yes, unlike He Fei himself or other senior people who are currently mostly flustered and frightened, the man with glasses is not panicked or afraid, but is just confused and incomprehensible. Almost his entire face is filled with confusion, as if he is out of his mind.
Zhao Ping's strange reaction was first noticed by He Fei, so it was natural that after determining the cruel situation that Yang Zhibin had indeed stopped breathing, He Fei thought of something and recalled an incident that happened in the afternoon, one by Cheng Ying
An interlude that was originally brought and arranged by Zhao Pinglai.
Perhaps that matter was meaningless to the newcomers, but in the eyes of He Fei, who knew Zhao Ping, the matter was not as simple as it appeared, because, with his always excellent analytical and reasoning skills, he had made some guesses during the period.
After learning about Zhao Ping’s true intentions, he came up with a surprising answer.
, the reason why he did not say that he chose to keep it secret earlier still comes from Zhao Ping. After all, the man with glasses had stated at the beginning that his idea had no basis at all. Without any theoretical evidence to support it, he just said random things to disturb everyone's thoughts.
It is better to wait and wait for the results first.
The results have come out and are laid bare before our eyes, so it is time for Zhao Ping to announce the answer he had previously kept secret.
……………
From the beginning of this mission to the present, or from the time the bus entered Route 17 to the present, a lot of things have happened. Through observation, I found that the men in this mission are very secretive. Not only are their ways of existence mysterious and unknown, but their methods are also extremely secretive.
, the other party is never there
When appearing in the crowd, some method is always used to hypnotize the people before killing. The hypnosis is irresistible, and ordinary people's resistance is ineffective. Even Maoshan Taoist priests like Chen Xiaoyao, who has extremely high mental power, cannot resist the influence of hypnosis, so
The executive team was hypnotized twice.
From the time the bus departed until nightfall, hypnosis occurred twice and murders were carried out twice, once in the afternoon and once in the evening. In the afternoon, a plot character named Jack was killed. After an autopsy, it was found that all the blood had been drained from the deceased's body.
After a while, the body surface was covered with a large number of dense holes, indicating death from excessive blood loss. In the evening, the number of killings increased, and the method was still to draw blood to kill, but this time he killed 3 people, including Yang Zhibin, a new executor.
After integrating many clues, I came to the following four inferences.
First, first of all, it is certain that the current location of the team and even their experiences are very similar to the original video preview. It can be understood that the horrific killings that occurred in the video have now been experienced repeatedly by the execution team.
Secondly, this mango is good at hiding and has strange abilities. There is currently no way to counter it.
Third, the killings of Qi are randomly selected. Anyone may be regarded as the next wave of killing targets by Qi. What is even more frightening is that the number of Qi’s killings is gradually increasing. To put it bluntly, it can be understood that as the number of Qi’s killings increases,
As the number of attacks increases, the number of deaths increases, one after another.
Fourth, this worm has certain limitations. It seems that it cannot kill everyone in one go, so it can only kill in batches, and there is an interval in between. The specific time is not sure. In addition, the hypnosis time of the worm
There seems to be a limit. Through observation, I found that the first time that everyone and I fell asleep was about 10 minutes, and the second time was still around 10 minutes.
If this is the case, then can I understand that each kill of the worm cannot last long? It can only hypnotize humans for 10 minutes, and the time to kill prey is also limited to 10 minutes? Once this limit of 10 minutes is exceeded, by then
Do you have to stop and disable your ability to wait for the next round of attacks?
The above are all the clues I have found and summarized since my ride. Here are all the inferences and guesses I have drawn. It seems that there are many correct inferences, but unfortunately it does not really help the team's survival. After all, the task requires that the execution team needs to take a ride.
The bus rushed to Utah, and the journey took more than 20 hours. It was so long that there was enough time for the bastards to kill us all before the bus reached the destination.
Damn it, I still can't find the key to breaking the game. If I can't find the key, it means I can only defend passively. Passive defense just sounds nice, but in fact it means waiting to die on the spot, letting the beasts slaughter wantonly. I still lack clues. No, that's not right.
, it cannot be said that there are no clues, at least Cheng Ying found something during the day, a black wooden box containing 12 wooden dolls.
For unknown reasons, at Zhao Ping's suggestion, everyone assigned dolls and carried them with them one by one. As for the reason? Zhao Ping chose to keep it secret at first, choosing to wait for the result quietly, and with the passage of time,
In the evening, as soon as it turned dark, Qi launched a second round of attacks. This time, Qi killed three people, including Yang Zhibin who was holding the doll!
………
Hooray, hooray.
The stars are twinkling at night, the wind is blowing in the wilderness, and there is currently a bus parked on the empty and dark road. The bus is in chaos, and screams of men and women are heard frequently.
Let’s not talk about the panic of the passengers in the front seat, and let’s not talk about how John and Grace checked the body with fear, the people in the back...
Ignoring the noisy crowd in the carriage, and after examining Yang Zhibin's miserable body, He Fei instinctively turned his head and looked behind him, his eyes locked on one person, looking at Zhao Ping, who had been uneasy ever since Yang Zhibin's death was confirmed.
When He Fei's gaze came into contact, the man did not speak. He did not announce his guess under the young man's suggestive gaze. Instead, he walked through the crowd towards the corpse, then rummaged through the corpse under the collective gaze of He Fei and other members, and finally took it from the corpse's pocket.
He took out a doll and found that it was none other than one of the 12 human-shaped dolls that Cheng Ying had found during the day. It was also one of the dolls that everyone had carried with them at Zhao Ping's request.
At this moment, staring at the intact doll in his hand, the man with glasses frowned and sighed: "It seems that I guessed wrong after all. The purpose of the doll is still a mystery. The actual situation is far from as simple as imagined.
"
"Eh? Senior Zhao, what you mean by this is..." As expected, after hearing Zhao Ping's profound murmur, everyone except He Fei was curious. Chen Xiaoyao was even more curious and asked,
Chen Xiaoyao is like this, and so are others. It can be said that except for He Fei and Coma, who had already speculated,
Except for the unconscious Kong Ling, almost everyone was suspicious of the man with glasses. Fortunately, Zhao Ping did not overestimate the question this time. Seeing Taoist Chen taking the lead in asking, the man chose to announce the answer. However, before that, the man glanced at the back row from the corner of his eye.
, and glanced at the black man Gabri, who was handcuffed to the guest chair and unable to move.
Seeing this, Chen Xiaoyao immediately understood, and then...
"Hey! Dude, it's bedtime again!"
As Chen Xiaoyao suddenly turned around and grinned, the next second, the poor black drug dealer was attacked by Chen Xiaoyao before he could react, and was pinched on the back of his neck again and fainted on the spot!
Next…
Taking advantage of the chaos and panic in the carriage, Zhao Ping began to narrate, explaining his earlier guess to the curious executors. The guess was very simple, and he only said two words at the beginning:
"Suicide."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned. Zhao Ping continued to explain without pausing, describing his personal understanding of the doll in an orderly manner.
Through the narrative, it turns out that the moment when the number of dolls was equal to that of the executors, Zhao Ping, like He Fei, concluded that the dolls were mission props, and most likely it was the curse that left everyone a glimmer of hope in order to balance the difficulty of the mission.
But it was different from He Fei’s initially complicated thoughts.
, the bespectacled man had a clear mind, and even prioritized a certain aspect, that is, since the dolls are displayed in human form and the number is exactly the same as the executors, can there be an equal sign between the dolls and the executors? Or?
What if the doll itself represents the executor?
Sure enough, thinking of this, a bold conjecture quickly took shape in Zhao Ping's mind. The specific logic is very simple, that is, if the doll really represents the executor, wouldn't it be equivalent to the executor having an extra life? Even if a certain executor is unlucky
After being killed by a wolf, the person can still be resurrected with the help of a puppet. To put it bluntly, the puppet dies for the executor!
Yes, substitute death, using dolls to withstand attacks and face death on behalf of the executioner. This is also Zhao Ping's initial guess about the 12 dolls. Although there is no direct evidence that the dolls have the function of replacing the executioner's death,
However, the logic he said is very perfect, so perfect that there are almost no loopholes.
This was the purpose of Zhao Ping's initial request for each person to bring a doll. The purpose was to experiment and test whether the doll had the function of surrogate death. If the experiment was successful, there would be no need to say anything more. At this point, each of the executors would have two
Life is extremely conducive to everyone persisting until the end of the mission, but what is the result?
As a result, the dolls were distributed smoothly, and the executors did manage to carry each one with them. Unexpectedly, Yang Zhibin died anyway, and was killed by a tiger even though he was clearly carrying the dolls!!!
What does this result mean?
This means that the function of the doll is still a mystery and is still unknown!
"The above is my personal early guess about the doll, but it's a pity..." After describing the logical guess, Zhao Ping adjusted the bridge of his nose and glasses, and stopped talking. He stopped abruptly in the middle of the sentence. In fact, he didn't need to finish the sentence deliberately.
Anyone with some understanding ability
Any traveler can easily guess the unfinished words. What are the unfinished words? It was Yang Zhibin who died. He was killed by a wolf while carrying a doll! This alone is enough to prove that the doll has no substitute.
It has no function, at least it does not have the function of resisting locusts.
so……
As Zhao Ping's explanation ended, everyone fell silent. All the executors, including He Fei, bowed their heads and remained silent after listening to Zhao Ping's explanation. During the silence, many people were sweating on their foreheads, as if they were frightened.
, yes, I thought that the doll could die on behalf of the executor, and at the worst, it could help everyone find a way out, but it turned out to be useless at all.
So far, it is of no use at all, and the hidden locust has struck again. It has launched a total of two attacks from the afternoon to now, and each time it succeeded in killing people. No one can survive the locust attack.
The chance of survival is completely zero! What’s even more frightening is that every time the locust launches an attack, more and more people die, one after another!
The first time I killed 1 person, the second time I killed 3 people, including an executor. In that case, what about the third time? What about the fourth time? What about the fifth time? Keep killing like this,
Let alone the executor, if the mission ends at noon tomorrow, it is estimated that it will be difficult to even see the sun tomorrow!
Thinking of the third wave of attacks that will come at an unknown time, and thinking of the unavoidable hypnotic sleep, everyone can't help but feel frightened. Even the senior people who have always been bold and calm can't help but break out in cold sweat.
The extremely deep oysters were frightening to the point of death.
At this moment, feeling the depressing atmosphere of the scene, Zhao Ping frowned, Cheng Ying looked livid, Peng Hu was covered in cold sweat, Chen Xiaoyao also rarely looked helpless, and as for the already timid Chen Shuihong, needless to say, the fat man overall
The reaction was the same as that of the newbie, only slightly worse than the one whose whole body was shaking wildly.
Lu Chengbing and Jiang Liqing were slightly better, but Tang Meng was a bit more impressive. During the silence, the female doctor was diligently examining the corpse. After all, He Fei had ordered that the corpse needed to be examined, so despite the fear in his heart, Tang Meng still suppressed his fear.
Keep working, as for Li Tianheng...
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and swallowing the saliva from his throat, the hairy young man began to look around randomly. His eyes wandered and looked around due to the extremely serious setbacks. This was a typical panic reaction, an unconscious behavior caused by excessive fear.
, but just because he was flustered and looked around, Li Tianheng saw something and discovered something.
(Eh?)
"Wait a minute, Sister Tang Meng, please move to the right first!"
Suddenly, Li Tianheng spoke, without any warning, he opened his eyes wide and shouted. While urging Tang Meng in front of him to get out of the way, he pointed his finger somewhere and loudly reminded: "Everyone, look here!"
Um?
Driven by curiosity due to Li Tianheng's sudden shout, everyone looked down along his fingers, towards the corner of the guest chair, and towards Yang Zhibin's bloody right hand, which was half in the shadow of the guest chair because it was blocked by the guest chair.
Looking through the shadows, the first thing that caught my eye was a line of text, a message written in blood on the ground!
Perhaps it was due to too much pain before death or too much blood loss and physical exhaustion. The overall text is not long, and the font is skewed and sloppy. However, if you look carefully, you can actually understand the content. The content is very short, only a few words.
:
After falling asleep...people disappeared...in the car...I was left alone...
This is a message. It is a message that Yang Zhibin left before his death! And similarly, as soon as they read the message, the expressions of everyone including He Fei changed drastically! The group's heart suddenly stopped after reading the blood scrawled on the ground.
Trembling eyes wide open!
Yes, although the word "blood" is short, there is no need to explain it at all, because anyone who can understand Chinese characters will instantly understand its meaning after browsing the ground information. The meaning is extremely simple, that is...
However, the person hypnotized by the locust will disappear from the eyes of the victim, and the victim will stay alone in the car facing the locust!
"Disappeared? When Yang Zhibin was attacked by hawks, did all of us not exist?" At this moment, staring at the bloody words in the shadow, He Fei frowned and muttered to himself, and directly locked the key to the question from the message, and the key was just as he said
As mentioned in Yang Zhibin, in Yang Zhibin's eyes, all hypnotized passengers or performers, including the driver, have disappeared. In other words, only when the crowd disappears will the worms really appear and attack, attacking the isolated and helpless victims.
He Fei personally understands it this way and thinks this is the most reasonable explanation. Of course, other people may have different opinions, but in the final analysis, there should be no escape from the literal meaning, and the overall difference should not be much different from his guess.
(Yang Zhibin, Yang Zhibin, I really want to thank you this time. I really didn’t expect that you would leave such an extremely important clue of value to everyone before you died. You are a good person, but unfortunately you were unlucky and came to the cursed space.
)
Returning to the topic, after explaining the meaning of the deceased, He Fei stood up and turned to stare at everyone. Sure enough, because the content of the information was too incredible and even unbelievable, although everyone knew that the information was important and they all thought hard, no one could solve the mystery.
I don’t understand how he disappeared while sleeping? And why was Yang Zhibin the only one left in the carriage when he was attacked by a locust?
To be honest, everyone, including He Fei, initially understood this hidden locust, that is, the locust was just a simple hypnosis. Although most people were unconscious, they still existed in the eyes of the victims.
It still exists in the bus compartment, but it’s just that the sleep is deep and cannot be awakened.
This is true in theory, but the actual situation is completely different! The actual situation is that as everyone fell into sleep, they disappeared! They disappeared inexplicably in an incomprehensible way, and in the end only the victim was left in the car.
What is going on? What is the logic behind it?
Thanks to Yang Zhibin's message before his death, otherwise, everyone would have been kept in the dark and would have always insisted on the above point of view. It is also worth mentioning that, realizing the importance of clues, He Fei had a vague idea,
A thought emerged, an inspiring thought, that is...
If this mystery can be solved, although everyone may not necessarily be able to find a way to survive, they can at least find a way to resist hypnosis. As long as they are not hypnotized, they will be able to see, witness, and even discover pythons with their own eyes.
Essence, what is the essence? The essence is exactly what Peng Hu mentioned earlier, that is, what exactly is this locust? Is it a carrier locust? Or is it a different secret disguise?
As the saying goes, when treating a certain disease, the doctor will first determine the cause. If the cause cannot be found, it cannot be treated. In the same way, facing an unknown worm that is shrouded in mystery and cannot even be seen, if you want to respond to it.
To control, the first thing the executor has to do is to understand. He must give priority to having a certain understanding of the enemy. This is the so-called knowing yourself and the enemy. If you don't understand, you can't defend. If you can't defend, you can only be beaten passively until you are destroyed by the enemy.
In this tiny bus with no escape!
(Where is the cockroach hiding? What is its true identity?)
Thinking of this, He Fei couldn't help but look regretful, and together with a few senior people who had similar thoughts, he turned his gaze to the opposite side, looking at the unconscious girl held in Peng Hu's arms.
(It would be great if you were clear now. With your unique eyes, I believe you can find the worms, but it's a pity...)
Sighing, He Fei shook his head slightly and stopped observing. At this point, he and everyone were wondering whether they could unravel the truth of hypnosis. Everyone was in urgent need of time to think about it. They never thought about the reality, but they didn't give He Fei time or anyone to think about it.
Time to think!!!
In the blink of an eye, just when He Fei was about to analyze the clues he had obtained and try to analyze the logical relationship between hypnosis and the disappearance of the crowd, he felt something. His brain that was about to concentrate was suddenly filled with a hazy trance. Before he could
He noticed something was wrong and reacted. The next moment, only half a second later, his brain began to feel dizzy and his whole body shook!
Not only He Fei, but when the haze struck, the other executors gathered around him also looked sleepy, their bodies swaying, and they all slumped to the ground uncontrollably!
(How could it happen? Why did it happen so quickly? Oops, too bad...)
Plop.
This was the thought that came to He Fei's mind the moment he fell to the ground, and it was the only thought. Then, his consciousness faded, his thoughts disappeared, and his whole person fell into a sudden deep sleep!