It's half past six, the sun is about to set, and it's not dark yet.
Stuck between day and night.
There are gradually more and more people on the street.
Tang Rou stood in the middle of the road, exposed to the electronic eyes.
In front of her was a subway station that had been destroyed by violence. The entrance had collapsed and the signboard was cut off in the middle, as if it had been broken by something huge and hard.
An eerie sense of familiarity appeared.
On the broken sign, two words were vaguely revealed, Danbei.
Danbei...
The memories in the dream come back little by little.
To be precise, it's not a dream.
After a few seconds, the nearest shop window lit up, and the AI virtual human's face appeared on the TV screen.
"Ms. Tang, why don't you leave here yet? Our people are waiting for you two kilometers away from the city exit."
Tang Rou slowly turned her head and looked at the screen.
After a few seconds, he turned around and walked to the nearest phone booth. The moment he opened the door, the ringing tone was already ringing.
When she picked up, the first thing she said was, "I have a question to ask."
The sweet anthropomorphic electronic sound turned into the male voice she heard last time. Tang Rou vaguely remembered that he claimed to be the MTF commander of the Zero organization.
"Excuse me."
"On what day did Rakshasa Sea City disappear? You don't need to tell me the specific time, just say the day of the week."
"On Friday, the substitution behavior lasted for two days. On Sunday night, all citizens of Rakshasa City were replaced by unknown creatures and inherited all their memories."
The date in the dream is Thursday.
Tang Rou asked again, "What happened here in the first place? What caused these creatures to appear?"
"They are known to appear in the sea." The sound of a mouse came from the other end of the phone, as if he was also looking for information.
Soon after, the man behind the receiver said, "There is a wave of invasion of unknown creatures in the waters near Rakshasa Sea City. Those creatures did not have human form at first and looked like balls of mucus. In order to prevent citizens from empty talk, the official statement was released
It’s because of the emergence of an unknown virus that we are told not to drink direct drinking water, but to drink bottled water from agents distributed by the city.”
"But later, the city's water storage system was destroyed, and the entire underground reservoir was invaded by unknown organisms. They became transparent and their ingredients could not be detected, and were treated as harmless water and delivered to every household's dining table."
"Thus, a mutation occurred."
Rakshasa City issued a city closure warning, and supermarkets and convenience stores were sold out.
At first, no one realized what this disaster would bring. They participated in the blockade with curiosity and novelty. The sea water continued to rise, and a large number of people were infected and developed strange symptoms.
They vomit, have a fever, become comatose, pass away, their sense of taste becomes dull to temperature, they feel depressed, their reaction to the outside world slows down, and their thinking becomes stagnant.
Some people say that they are infected with the influenza virus, but the source of the virus cannot be found now. Lightning and thunder are still howling outside the window, and the same weather changes are coming along with the virus.
The violent heavy rain seemed to tear a hole in the sky. According to the law of conservation of matter, since it rains somewhere, there will definitely be water sources evaporating somewhere.
However, this is not the case in fact. Water levels continue to rise, and land water storage also rises. This rise occurs across the entire continental plate and only increases.
This is a strange phenomenon.
No one knew where the water came from. It seemed like it was pouring in from another world. It was endless and flooded most of the cities and various buildings. Only the highest point in the world was left.
Then, the plague appeared strangely, seeming to completely destroy the city.
Then one day, people infected with the 'virus' will start attacking other humans in an attempt to spread the virus to others.
This kind of attack is the parasitic spread of unknown organisms.
As for why these unknown creatures appeared, which the coalition used as a cover-up of "virus", it is still a mystery, but the people who destroyed the reservoir are on the list.
"The report says that a virus invaded. According to records, the actual reason for the destruction of the reservoir was a female high school student who developed some anti-social personality. She used her father's work at the water conservancy station to open the connection to the ocean through some means.
's gate."
Tang Rou frowned, "Open the floodgate?"
"Yes, according to her detailed information, the girl has been bullied at school for a long time, and opening the floodgates is an act of revenge."
"Then it seems she knew there was something wrong with the sea water."
"Yes."
But how would she know?
"The high school student fled in fear of crime after destroying the gate. Unfortunately, he fell into the flood outlet and died. His name was Lilychou. He remarried with his mother and entered Rakshasa Sea City. He was not a local."
lilychou.
Lily Zhou.
Her name in the dream is Lily Zhou.
In the flash of lightning, Tang Rou thought of something, "Then I hope you can help me check someone out."
"who?"
"Wen Nan."
There was the sound of keyboard tapping on the other side of the phone.
Soon after, the MTF commander said, "There are one thousand, three hundred and eighty-one people named Wen Nan in Rakshasahai City."
"It's Wen Nan, who is in the same grade as Lilychou at Tsugaru High School. He ranked first on the performance list that year. It shouldn't be difficult to find."
Ten seconds later, the person opposite said, "I found it, but I can ask, how do you know this person, and how do you know that he is at the same level as Lilychou?"
Logically speaking, as the first person to enter this city that was destroyed ten years ago, Tang Rou had no reason to know.
The electronic eyes flashed red, like a pair of eyes, turning towards the young woman in the phone booth.
Tang Rou had no intention of hiding anything and told the truth.
"I think I entered the Rakshasa Sea City last night before it was destroyed ten years ago, and saw Wen Nan in my dream."
She could vaguely recall her strong admiration for Wen Nan in her dream, and her hatred that was even stronger than her admiration.
That's a very deep feeling.
Zero is worthy of being an organization that deals with mysterious heresies, and he did not doubt the authenticity of her words.
Not long after, the commander's voice came again.
"His record is very interesting. He was one of the few people who left the city. He left Rakshasa City before the invasion wave broke out on Friday and entered the Noah Prefecture, where he received education and read all the way.
He obtained a master's degree in art and entered a well-known university in Noah's jurisdiction to work as a professor in the music department."
Tang Rou was surprised, "He survived?"
"A few years ago, to be precise."
The person on the other side of the receiver said, "He was married to a scientific researcher at Noah Base...but the data shows that he died unexpectedly a few years ago."
Music teacher, married to a scientific researcher in Noah, died unexpectedly a few years ago.
Several keywords were combined together, and a terrifying thought suddenly burst out.
Tang Rou clenched the receiver and asked coldly, "Who is his marriage partner?"
"You should have just met."
"That scientific researcher is Professor Ollie who set off from Noah with you not long ago."