Since the emergence of the fog zone, humans have built major urban areas and built thick and towering walls to block various dangers, including animals that become increasingly manic.
"It's dangerous outside the city, so don't go out at will." This is something that is spread by word of mouth and recorded in textbooks.
However, for many people who have been out of the city, they are actually very confused about this point.
Because they have seen animals outside the city. Compared with before the Mist Age, many animals are larger, violent, and extremely aggressive, and indeed pose a greater threat to ordinary people.
However, to be fair, these ferocious animals could not pose an effective threat under the army and firearms, and they were not enough for the people after the disaster to spend so much energy on building the city wall.
Nowadays, people usually spend money to hire professional teams for protection when they go out of the city, and most of those bloodthirsty animals take detours, which proves that they are not that scary.
Animals are not a source of danger, as many people know.
In the early days of the city's founding, a considerable number of deformed people appeared among humans. They were seriously infected by the mist, and their bodies were deformed. Like those animals, while their physical fitness was enhanced, they also became extremely aggressive.
The most terrifying thing is that these aberrants have extremely uncontrollable genetic chains. Their "evolution" does not require long-term accumulation, and will often undergo significant changes at the genetic level within a year.
The hatred brought about by being expelled from the city by humans is deeply engraved in the hearts of the aberrations, causing them to be full of malice towards humans, and some will even feed on humans.
In a sense, these aberrations can no longer be called human beings.
Deformed people are a general term for these humanoid monsters outside the city. The naturally born deformed people in the city do not have the same characteristics as them, but most people are not willing to make things so complicated and still believe that they are monsters.
This is also one of the reasons why District 19 is not popular. Due to the early personnel distribution, there are not a few deformed people in District 19.
Of course, the threat posed by the aberrants is an afterthought. When the wall was built fifty years ago, the aberrants had not yet been driven out of the city, so it was obvious that the presidential bureau was not guarding against them.
To this day, even people who know something about fog areas still can't figure out what the purpose of building a high wall is.
This is a completely abandoned city. The dilapidated high-rise buildings and charred vehicles remain silent. Tall weeds and vines grow out of the ground that is not covered by concrete, climbing up to the surrounding ruins.
Fifty years ago, this place should have been a very prosperous city, but now, deathly silence and gloom are the only tone here. No one can imagine what is hidden behind the creeping shadows under those buildings.
At the entrance to the city, on a road covered with weeds, four men in cloaks stopped in front of a collapsed street sign. They were hiding in the shadows, wearing masks similar to gas masks, and remained motionless, like sculptures.
"Let's go in and have a look."
After a while, a dull male voice broke the silence around him. The voice was strange, like a mechanical synthesis, with a hoarse electric sound.
The leader was wearing a red mask, and his eyes behind the mask were indifferent and deep. He looked at his watch and said calmly: "It's almost time."
It was almost dusk, and the sky was filled with red clouds, dyeing the entire sky red. But strangely, the city in front of everyone was covered with clouds, making it look particularly gloomy, as if it was a different world from the red clouds.
"Why don't you do the math first?" someone asked, with some fear hidden in his tone.
"Some things cannot be calculated." The red masked leader said, "The results of forced calculation may actually become misleading that will cost us our lives."
Everyone was silent. They knew that the guy in front of them, who called himself Cobra, had the ability to predict the future. There was almost nothing he couldn't calculate and he was very resourceful. That's why they were able to succeed in the "archaeological" operations in the past.
And such an enigmatic person, facing this strange city in front of him, actually said he couldn't forget it...
Suddenly, the danger level of this city in everyone's mind increased by more than one level, and they even had the idea of escape.
"Then what should I do? It must be very dangerous here. I wouldn't dare go in without guidance."
"Don't go in? Haha, when those people behind catch up, you may feel that death is a kind of enjoyment." Another person sneered.
The man hesitated to speak and seemed unable to refute.
"It's too late to bypass this city." The red mask muttered, "The only option now is to go in."
"You should have figured out this kind of thing before. Why didn't you change the route earlier?" The man's tone was full of complaints.
"I said, some things can't be calculated." Red Mask said calmly, "But I calculated another thing, which gave me the courage to enter the city."
"What's going on?" Everyone looked expectant.
"I asked 'Can we get out of here alive'..." The red mask's tone seemed to be more relaxed, "The answer is, yes."
"That's good." After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Time was running out. Under the leadership of the red mask, everyone stepped on the street signs and cautiously entered this strange city.
The moment they entered the city, a sense of malicious spying suddenly spread throughout everyone's body. They were trembling all over. When they looked back, the red clouds in the sky behind them had completely turned into clouds.
What is hidden here, and why does it feel so scary...
"Archaeology" is not a simple job. Everyone has experienced countless dangers, but they have never had the idea of running away immediately.
The only thing that comforts these people is that Cobra has never been wrong in fortune telling. If he says that if everyone can get out alive, then they will definitely be able to get out alive...
Compared to the other three, the leader with a red mask walked steadily, as if he was fearless. Danger and fear were all small things, and they could not stop his urge to pry into secrets.
He also believed in his fortune-telling skills.
But he lied about one thing.
He did ask the question "Can I leave here alive?" and received a positive answer. The only difference was...
The only person who can leave alive is himself.
…
In a Western restaurant opposite Xingfu Community, Gu Ji and Xia Yu were having dinner together.
Since the Age of Fog, a large amount of sea areas have been shrouded in fog. There are not many routes that allow fleets to travel, and airplanes cannot pass through them. Therefore, there is very little communication between the East and the West.
At least that's the case for ordinary people.
But even so, the Western food introduced before the Mist Age was still preserved. Gu Ji had never eaten Western food before, and his sense of it was very ordinary.
He was not used to using knives and forks, but after all he was a guy who could use himself as a knife and fork. The way he cut steaks looked like he was chopping someone... which made Xia Yu on the opposite side keep snickering.
Gu Ji had a sudden idea and asked Leng how they ate at that time, but the latter ignored him at all.
The reason why I chose to eat in the Western restaurant was not only because of Xia Yu's suggestion, but also because Gu Ji felt that it was relatively quiet and secluded, and suitable for viewing things that were not convenient for outsiders to see.
For example, the tips left by Xia Yu’s father.
It was said to be a tip bag, but it was actually a ball of paper packed in a gorgeous box. The paper was torn from an unknown notebook, and the handwriting was very sloppy.
If it weren't for this special box that enhanced its quality, I'm afraid Gu Ji would have thrown it into the trash the first time he saw it.
There were not many people in the restaurant at this time, and the two of them chose a remote location.
Gu Ji first looked around to see if there were any suspicious characters, and then opened the paper ball, intending to take a closer look at what message the cobra had left behind.
The note was covered with dense red letters, as if it contained a lot of important information.
The more he looked, the more frightened he became, his expression became more solemn, and his brows gradually furrowed into the character "Chuan", as if he had seen something quite terrifying.
Seeing his expression, Xia Yu couldn't help but swallow. Perhaps she was worried about her situation, so she asked cautiously: "Is this matter... terrible?"
"Hmm." Gu Ji made a nasal sound, raised his head and stared at her, and said in a tone of despair, "I can't understand your father's handwriting at all. This must be scary, right?"
He was simply dumbfounded.
As a doctor, Gu Ji naturally had to sign frequently, so he developed the ability to sign casually, and the words he wrote were like ghostly drawings.
He thought he had some skills in scribbling, but who knew he had overestimated himself, and actually couldn't understand what Cobra wrote...
"By the way, Cobra is engaged in archaeology. Could it be that he left the oracle bones as a password..."
Xia Yu was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "That shouldn't be the case. My father's handwriting is very good."
She took the note from Gu Ji unconvinced, and after just glancing at it, her expression instantly became wonderful.
After a while, the girl buried her head in her chest and said sheepishly: "How about you give me a little more time and I'll try to decipher it..."
Xia Yu's first reaction was that her father might have put the note in wrongly. After thinking about it, she felt that he should not have made such a stupid mistake.
The two of them looked at each other with mixed feelings in their hearts.
Who would have thought that when they were so nervous and prepared to learn the truth, they actually fell into "illiteracy"...
They were not the only ones whose expressions were also indescribable.
At this time, in the restaurant's monitoring room, a security guard was constantly mobilizing the camera. After some magnification and adjustment, he managed to capture the content on the note and saved the picture on his mobile phone.
He tried so hard, thinking he could get some great secrets, but who knew he couldn't understand anything either.
The security guard looked embarrassed, sent the photo to a number, and then deleted all the information on his phone. He was stunned for five seconds before he came to his senses.
He looked around and found everything was normal. He touched his head and felt that he had forgotten something...
"The hint has been lifted. It should mean that the nails I planted have paid off."
Farther away, in a room, a man wearing a peaked cap noticed the vibration of his cell phone and smiled proudly at the man in black next to him.
His [Suggestion] can be implanted into the target's body in advance, and no manipulation is required afterwards. The target will autonomously complete the instructions in the suggestion until the suggestion is lifted.
Compared with the [broken logic] of the woman in the cafe, his ability can be said to completely liberate the brain. You can upgrade and receive benefits by hanging up the whole process.
And because the hint was planted long ago, the process of activating the ability was omitted, and even Mei Xinyue could not find the location of the source of the ability.
The man in the peaked hat took out his cell phone, still feeling very proud, until he saw the crooked handwriting on the photo and couldn't help but fall into deep silence.
The smile on his face completely froze.
No, what is this?
The man in black next to him glanced at the screen, thought for a moment and then said: "Delete the photo completely, and then imply that we completely forget the content above and never think of it again."
The man in the peaked hat came back to his senses with a surprised expression.
The man did not respond to his confusion, but said to himself: "This time the Special Investigation Bureau is fishing in the open. I didn't expect that there are people fishing in the dark..."
He sighed slightly: "The guy who left this note...is not an ordinary person."
He did not say what was on the note.
…
Naturally, Gu Ji didn't know that someone was worrying about the contents of the note.
It didn't matter if he couldn't read the note. Anyway, he only needed to protect Xia Yu for three days. Seeing that the research was fruitless, he asked the latter to put the note away, and the two returned to Xia Yu's home after dinner.
The reason why they didn't choose to live outside was that they didn't know the identity and purpose of the invisible thing yet, and they didn't know whether the thing would follow Xia Yu around.
In order to minimize the impact, it was better to stay at Xia Yu's house. After all, Xiao Yu's helmet was still there.
Another point is that Gu Ji doesn't want to be accused of luring college students to open a room...
Since no useful information was obtained, then just continue to follow what Cobra said at the beginning and let Xiao Yu pretend that he didn't find anything.
However, judging from what happened last night, Gu Ji had already shown that he had discovered something, and nothing happened in the end, so he planned to explore the details of that thing tonight.
If the other party shows up again tonight.
He had already figured out what to do, which was to use the most old-fashioned method...sprinkling flour on the ground.
After that, Gu Ji will still maintain a serious and responsible attitude, continue to stay in the same room with Xia Yu, sleep on the floor to protect her.
The two of them watched TV boredly, feeling that the time was so long.
It is worth mentioning that, I don’t know if it was because of his unwillingness to give up, but around eight o’clock, there was a knock on the door, and Zhou Wei actually came again, and the excuse he gave was quite lame.
The door was opened by Xia Yu. At this time, she had just finished taking a shower and her hair had not yet been dried. After Zhou Wei was stunned for a moment, he suddenly saw Gu Ji watching TV in the living room. His expression changed for a while, and then he turned ashen.
left.
Gu Ji didn't think about what story this kid would come up with. Seeing that it was getting late, he drove Xia Yu into the bedroom, sprinkled flour outside, and entered the bedroom quietly.
"Crack."
The bedroom door closed, and the living room suddenly became dead silent.
