Not long after, the vehicles in Lingyi Town finally passed through the wind and snow and arrived at the location of the bus.
The passengers in the car were all happy. After all, they had come all the way to travel, and the townspeople came to pick them up in person. They felt flattered and honored.
The driver went down to communicate with the townspeople. Chen Ziang tried his best to look from the back row, trying to get a clear look at the townspeople, but he only saw a few thick figures wrapped head to toe in cold-proof clothing.
The two parties probably exchanged a few words, and then the few in cold-weather clothes returned to the snow plow truck and began to shovel the snow in front and guide the bus.
The atmosphere in the car became more lively, and many passengers even ran from the back to the front of the car and used their mobile phones to take pictures of the butt of the snow plow - after all, in the extreme northern city where the heat source is abundantly supplied, there are no snow plows all year round.
I saw snow once, let alone a special vehicle like a snow plow.
Chen Zi'ang was just thinking when he heard Yuegong Suzuna suddenly say:
"Those townspeople... their postures are a bit strange."
"How do you say it?" Chen Ziang asked quickly.
"They are all hunched over," Tsukimiya Suzuna said, "and their bodies are obviously leaning forward."
"Is it because I have to work bent over for a long time?" Chen Ziang thought about it, "Mining?"
The bus followed the snow plow and continued to move forward until the outline of the houses in Lingyi Town appeared on the horizon ahead, and the wind and snow gradually subsided.
"It's very interesting." Rio Honokaze looked at her phone and suddenly said, "Judging from the surrounding weather, Lingyi Town seems to be located at the center of the snowstorm and has hardly suffered any damage."
"And the surrounding area has been completely blocked by the snowstorm. Without snow plows, positioning equipment and guides who are familiar with the roads, ordinary people have no way to leave here."
"Is it okay?" The girl in the front row heard this and turned around and said, "The townspeople here seem to be very kind-hearted. They should send us out of town by then."
"That's right." The girl next to me also added, "And maybe the snowstorm will stop tomorrow."
They had exchanged friends with Tsukinomiya Suzuna before, so Chen Ziang knew that the black-haired single ponytail girl on the left was a girl from the Lu ethnic group, named Tian Xiaoyun; the one with brown hair and a hairpin on the right was an island ethnic girl named Sawada Ayaka, and they were colleagues.
Also a good friend relationship.
Chen Ziang wanted to tell them that this trip was not safe. Under the local mine in Lingyi Town, there were ceremonial relics called the "House of Remains"... But if he told these two ordinary people, he would only get a "I don't understand."
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Therefore, he could only advise tactfully:
"If it were a horror movie, this kind of snowstorm would be an obvious reminder, and our group is a typical protagonist group who turned a blind eye to the plot prompts and still chose to commit suicide and enter the town."
"Hahahaha." Sawada Ayaka laughed so hard that she said to Tsukimiya Suzuna, "Suzuna-chan, your boyfriend is so interesting to talk to."
"There's really nothing we can do against him." Suzuna Tsukimiya pretended to sigh, "But what he said makes sense, and it would be terrible if he couldn't go back to work smoothly if he was trapped in Lingyi Town. Our boss is not a very talkative character.
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These words moved the two girls. After all, if the snowstorm continues for a few days, whether they can return will only depend on whether the townspeople can help.
But if we go back with this bus...
"After all, I have been riding for 15 hours." Tian Xiaoyun sighed and said, "I am always unwilling to not take a bath in the hot springs."
"I can only hope that the return trip will go smoothly." Sawada Ayaka agreed.
The attempt to persuade the two failed, and the result was as expected. Chen Ziang stopped talking and concentrated on communicating with Suzuna Tsukimiya and Rio Hokaze on their mobile phones.
As the intelligence officer said, the closer we get to Lingyi Town, the less severe the blizzard will be.
By the time the bus officially entered the town, the wind and snow had completely stopped, and not even a single snowflake could be seen in the town.
Soon it drove into the bus station. The driver parked the bus and let everyone get off, while he went to the lounge to rest.
Chen Ziang followed the two of them out of the car and felt that the temperature was almost zero. Wearing cold-proof clothes seemed a bit exaggerated, but it was a bit cold without them.
He looked around carefully, and found that Lingyi Town was similar to most towns, with clean or old spacious roads, mixed-style houses of the mainland and island peoples, and an almost lifeless and desolate atmosphere.
Perhaps it was because it was too cold outside, neither local townspeople nor tourists showed up on the streets... Where did the people who drove the snowplow just go?
"Let's go to the hotel to settle down and rest first." Chen Ziang suggested.
The so-called settling down and resting actually has another meaning: to obtain information from the local people.
After all, in everyone's original perception, Lingyi Town was an abandoned town. But now that there are still townspeople active, it is of course more important to collect intelligence first than to rush to the underground mine rashly.
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Under the strong recommendation of Tian Xiaoyun and Sawada Ayaka, everyone went to the hot spring hotel recommended by the blogger.
The proprietress of the hotel, a middle-aged woman who still retains her charm, quickly opened rooms for everyone.
Regarding the fact that Chen Ziang and Tsukinomiya Suzuna did not live together, the two passerby girls showed obvious interest and began to gossip with each other again.
Chen Ziang winked at Suzuna Tsukinomiya and went upstairs first in the name of helping the girls carry their luggage.
Tsukimiya Suzuna took advantage of her affinity and got close to the boss lady:
"Mrs. Dongyue, are you running this hotel alone?"
"That's right." Mrs. Dongyue said with a smile on her face, "My husband passed away very early, and my children also work in Zhongnan City, so I can only come to visit the store."
"Hey, that's really hard work." Tsukimiya Suzuna sighed, "The business is so good, it will be very hard to run it by one person, right?"
"It's not that good, it's just that there have been more tourists recently." Mrs. Dongyue explained, "It seems that someone recommended the hot springs in our town online."
"So, can the hot springs here really beautify your skin?" Tsukimiya Suzuna asked curiously.
"Well, let me tell you..." Mrs. Fuyutsuki motioned to Tsukimiya Suzuna to come over.
Chen Ziang sent everyone's luggage upstairs, then returned to his room and began to look out the window.
He found that almost every household outside had their windows closed and their curtains drawn, as if they were on guard against something... This reminded him of the ancient city of Enrank in the dream world.
Tsukimiya Suzuna pushed the door in from outside and said:
"The landlady said that almost all the people in the town are elderly people over 60 years old and have limited mobility, so people hardly go out and walk around."
"The town was originally in a semi-abandoned state, but recently a blogger on the Internet recommended the hot springs in the town, which attracted some tourists, so people started to open shops one after another."
"So what do you think?" Chen Ziang asked thoughtfully.
"I think the proprietress must be hiding something." Tsukimiya Suzuna said seriously, "Adjusting from a semi-deserted and desolate state to a business model that can receive tourists will definitely require a lot of manpower and material resources. If nothing else, that's it.
In a large hot spring hotel, who will do the cleaning? Where will the food supply be? And where will the toiletries come from?"
"And the landlady said that almost all people in the town are elderly people over 60 years old, and their legs and feet are inconvenient and they can't walk around. The two are obviously contradictory."
"You didn't ask about the charnel house, did you?" Chen Ziang asked in confirmation.
"No, I was afraid of disturbing the situation." Tsukimiya Suzuna replied obediently.
"Hmm." Chen Ziang pondered.
Since we have to act together and face huge dangers, even if it is for better tactical coordination, I should at least explain my special abilities to my partner Suzuna Tsukimiya in advance.
"Next, we will conduct a full investigation of this town." Chen Ziang said in a deep voice, "Yue Gong, do you know what the 'collective subconscious' is?"