After leaving the milk tea shop, Brother Qi called for a taxi online and the two of them rushed to Pingyang County.
It's getting dark and it's going to be night soon.
Passing the Ring Expressway, passing the rural road fork in the Ruyun Mountain Scenic Area, and then driving more than 20 kilometers toward the satellite town, you can reach Jiang Xueming's hometown.
Xueming and Qi Ge were sitting in the back row, chatting incessantly.
Regarding the group of armadillo hunters, Jiang Xueming still has many questions in her heart, and she wants to ask Brother Qi for advice.
"Xiao Qi, you said you are a newcomer? How old are you? How long have you been at the station? Have you ever seen a live armadillo hunter?"
"A woman's age is a secret. As for how long I stayed at the station, it's not convenient to tell you." Brother Qi hugged each other and glanced sideways at Mr. Xueming: "As for the armadillo hunter... I should
I’ve seen one before.”
Jiang Xueming: "What does it mean to have met?"
"Before we take up the job, we need to undergo training." Xiaoqi explained: "How to protect new passengers and how to look after old passengers. These things need to be rehearsed by watching some video materials. Among these materials, there are
Information about armadillo hunters.”
Xueming took out a pen and paper and cell phone, preparing to write down everything Brother Qi said.
Outside the window, the sunset sets over the top of Ruyun Mountain.
The sky and the earth darkened, leaving only the lonely street lights flashing by from time to time.
Brother Qi took out the toffee from his bag, tore open the package and threw one into his mouth.
She spoke slowly.
"In the video data, we see that most of the hunters are dead, and the state of death is usually not pretty. These people are difficult to deal with, and unconventional means must be used.
Regarding this, Mr. Xueming, after completing the safety inspection of the polarized sextant, you can also feel it during the armed test, right?"
Jiang Xueming asked: "Are you talking about the part where I tame my limbs?"
Xiao Qi nodded and continued.
"Yes, armadillo hunters were once passengers and highly inspired people, and they all experienced a transformation at one time or another.
It's like you suddenly learned the art of shooting.
It's like ordinary people suddenly possess extraordinary supernatural powers.
This extremely fast and violent change will make some passengers' hearts begin to swell.
When they return to the mortal world, they have already decided that they are no longer ordinary people. They are like the unjust people who won the lottery and have superiority over all living beings as gods."
When talking about this, Xiao Qi's two little eyebrows also wrinkled, as if he thought of something very disgusting.
"Speaking of which, after many passengers gained this kind of power, they felt like completely different people when they returned to their previous living environment.
There are several classic examples of hunters appearing in video materials alone.
Before becoming a passenger, there was a hunter who was a small boatman in Calcutta, India. He was 43 years old and had a happy family. Because his daughter had one of her kidneys removed by the local evil forces, she needed sky-high medical expenses.
With his extraordinary mental strength and inspiration, the train ticket naturally found the poor father and successfully helped him get the panacea and money.
But after he returned to the mortal world, he did not use a panacea for his daughter. Instead, he left a small sum of money for treatment and abandoned his wife and daughter.
He believed that all these were gifts given to him by Lord Shiva. The black cat was the mortal incarnation of Lord Shiva, and he was never a mortal, but a special son of destiny.
He couldn't find his place, and the boundary between the real world and the station began to become blurry. He never took the rules and regulations in the passenger guide seriously.
In three years, he killed forty-one ordinary people, three passengers, and stole four elixirs. Whenever something goes against his will in life, he is like a moody evil god.
In the same way, the death sentence is given to others. As a watcher at the station, the first person to be killed was his waiter."
"Didn't anyone at the station discover...that a waiter was killed?" Jiang Xueming's eyes widened, feeling unbelievable.
Xiao Qi explained patiently: "The materials in our training videos are all extreme cases. This hunter is very cunning and good at acting.
A few months after he joined the station, he gained the waiter's trust and completely understood what kind of person the waiter was, what he liked and didn't like, and even his dining habits and daily routine.
The two are almost confirmed to be husband and wife.
On the day before his wedding, this damn hunter poisoned his waiter wife to death. He also selected a fanatical female fan from among his followers.
He used drugs, brainwashing, hypnosis and plastic surgery to turn the female fan into the appearance of a waiter. Following his usual habits, he went back to the station to make record announcements. He also used the excuse of being pregnant to take a year-long pregnancy leave.
."
Jiang Xueming was stunned. He really couldn't imagine how a father who risked his life for his daughter in the underground could turn into a murderer in just one or two years.
Brother Qi looked sullen and continued.
"Because passengers were killed one after another, the station has also upgraded its security level. Not only did our waiters have to undergo fingerprint checks and personality tests, but we also had to go through polarized sextant security checks like passengers. When it came time for DNA verification, this was finally done
The fake waiter was discovered.
Unfortunately, by the time our Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted local law enforcement to capture this hunter, he had already committed many fatalities.
During the usual security inspection at the station, his various values had entered the danger level. Our medical department also conducted a lot of rehabilitation training for him alone. However, after he resisted arrest and was shot to death, we learned that——
——He has been taking various psychotropic hallucinogenic drugs and sedatives, just like a cup of soy milk every morning, and these drugs allowed him to forcefully pass the polarizing sextant test."
Jiang Xueming sighed for a while after hearing this: "Why should a good person become a ghost if he is not good enough?"
"That's not all..." Xiao Qi said worriedly: "This boatman also has many followers in Calcutta. He relies on extraordinary inspiration and can perform various psychic rituals."
Jiang Xueming: "For example?"
Xiao Qi rubbed her temples and had a headache thinking about this incident.
"There are many people who come to this hunter to show their magical powers in order to see their deceased relatives, loved ones, enemies, or just to have fun. But you know, we always regard supernatural things as spiritual disasters. But there is nothing good about disasters.
occur.
This incident involves many things, including the wife who is looking for her deceased husband's soul, and who sacrifices her womb to the hunter in order to see her deceased husband. There are also those who want to protect their son from being admitted to a certain high-caste aristocratic school.
, a terrifying family who stole the next door neighbor’s child and dug out his brain, then gave the brain to the hunter and performed an inexplicable psychic ritual. In short, it was very chaotic.”
Jiang Xueming held his forehead, feeling horrified, "Can he really do these things?"
"What is the most indispensable thing at the station? Tickets." Xiaoqi corrected: "If you want to deceive ordinary people, tickets can perform many, many 'miracles'."
Jiang Xueming still couldn't figure it out, and was so angry that he gritted his teeth, "He's not short of money anymore, why would he still harm people?"
"Because of that illusory sense of ritual..." Xiao Qi talked about this, and like Xueming, he had an expression of itching teeth: "Because these hunters all have a common characteristic. At the beginning, they were...
It’s not obvious, but as time goes by, they become farther and farther away from ordinary people... farther and farther away.”
Jiang Xueming: "Don't you regard yourself as a human being?"
Xiao Qi nodded and explained carefully.
"That's right, Mr. Xueming. Think about it carefully. When BOSS rescued the boatman, he only regarded him as a father who was in urgent need of a panacea - but what became of him later?
Mortal things have no value in his eyes. No mansion or luxury car can fill the hole in his heart. He abandons his wife and daughter as soon as he can. He wants to have fun by overcoming all the rules of the station and the world. He wants to become a god.
, but couldn’t find the method, so he thought that by building an evil temple and bringing in a group of evil believers, he would be able to create a golden statue for himself.”
"Mr. Xueming, please listen to it." Xiao Qi said as he rummaged through his handbag, found his cell phone, and played the video material to Jiang Xueming.
It was a recording of BOSS, and the big black cat’s voice was very recognizable.
"In the rituals of many ancient civilizations, many barbaric and bloody sacrifices included procedures for sacrificing animals or living people, and the hearts or various organs were presented as contents to various gods. Why is this?"
"Because people's subconscious common sense believes that life is the most precious thing for all living creatures - dedicating the most precious treasures to the gods is also the victim, the presiding ceremony, the initiator of the ritual subject, the participants in the ceremony, and even
Audiences, for these people, this is the closest they can get to God."
"The characteristic of most hunters is that they believe that they have extraordinary supernatural powers that can see all directions and for a long time, and they also like to perform many inexplicable and wonderful rituals. This is a very dangerous thing."
"Homo sapiens is a social animal that helps each other, uses tools to make tools, and is willing to fight for a lifelong goal of long-term coexistence - but all of this has nothing to do with gods. In other words, as the BOSS of the station, I
I have always been an atheist. Understanding animistic things and dealing with spiritual disasters has always been a process of getting rid of superstition."
"As for the terrorists among the passengers who turn traitor and turn into hunters, all waiters should pay attention to this phenomenon. Once they become obsessed and study various magic, theology, spiritual disasters and spirits, it will be difficult to turn back.
The station itself is not an illegal place for Homo sapiens civilization. Everyone has the citizenship of a natural person before becoming a member of the station. We respect every natural person.
When these hunters go to persecute other natural beings -
——Every panacea we hand over, like the Mad Butterfly and Vita Brand that have been haunting us, will become a weapon for the murderer to inflict violence on the victim."
"Although the road ahead underground is terrifying and dark, we still ask the waiters to help the passengers to light up new astral nodes."
The recording ends here.
Jiang Xueming finished taking the shorthand, "Your corporate culture is quite novel..."
"Yes, when I first joined the company, I wore a lot of pendants on my body and even had a skull tattooed on my arm." Xiao Qi recalled: "The big brother in charge of human affairs also repeatedly told me not to do anything on my body in the future.
If you have a tattoo, don’t bring anything like a cross in, just keep it clean.”
Jiang Xueming was curious: "How did you answer others?"
"At that time, I was still a rebellious girl in middle school." Xiaoqi smiled, but felt a little embarrassed: "Let me tell you, since no gods can enter this station, is it like a place like hell where no one cares about anything?"
Jiang Xueming: "What then?"
Xiao Qishen answered mysteriously.
"Hell doesn't care about anything else. Hell controls everything. That's what the big brother in the human resources department said.
If you want to think that the underground world is hell, then it is indeed true. The BOSS is not only the most difficult living hell to serve, but also a disgusting bad kid.
During each journey, we must keep our eyes open.
Take a closer look at its lava lake, the ancient runes on the rock walls, the colossus and the starry sky.
See every mysterious and weird place clearly——
——See it...
- Understand it...
——Tear off its veil and terror, and slowly and carefully, like a bride unveiling her veil."
"I understand..." Jiang Xueming put away his notebook and mobile phone, "The boatman, the hunter you just mentioned, what happened to him in the end?"
"The local government cooperated with the armed personnel at the station and used two helicopters to clear his hideout. As for him, he built a bunch of messy things, like an alchemy workshop and a private laboratory used to research panaceas.
, and there are many dangerous weapons. But human beings have their limits, and no carbon-based creature can withstand the 20mm machine cannon to clear the ground." Speaking of this, Xiao Qi thought of something again, half-jokingly.
Said: "You can't imitate others and poison me, right? Mr. Jiang Xueming?"
Jiang Xueming: "Are you kidding..."
Xiao Qi was suspicious.
"Then have you ever thought about this? Even a little evil thought? Have you ever felt that I, the waiter, is annoying for a moment? I have made it clear that the waiter not only wants to protect you, but also wants to keep an eye on you. After all, I don't know
your past.
If you are like the protagonist in Doraemon, who is bullied by Fat Tiger every day, there is no chance that the first prop you get in this comic is a do-over gun.
When you got the weapon, you hit your former school bully friend, and you used all your strength as bullets to hit back. When the time comes, I'll stop you, and I'm afraid I will be the first to take the bullet."
"I have thought about this..." Jiang Xueming answered seriously: "I have never had the habit of keeping grudges against people who have taken advantage of me or bullied me, so it seems that I have no need for this gun.
"
"That means, if you have the chance, you will still pick up this gun?" Xiao Qiduo was cautious - after all, BOSS told her that Jiang Xueming is a special person.
Jiang Xueming turned his head and looked out the window, not wanting to meet Brother Qi's interrogating eyes.
He just explained: "Don't worry, I won't do anything radical. Just because of Fat Tiger, how could I poison you?"
Under this subtle crisis of trust, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
In order to ease the embarrassment, Xiao Qi said with a smile: "According to the following story, if you don't poison me, then we will get married and get a certificate, right?! If you continue this, if we are in
What will you do during your pregnancy leave? You are so smart, make up a job for me worth fifty yuan."
"I thought of something." Jiang Xueming also said with a smile, "Is there a poison that can make you forget certain things and live a peaceful and happy life at the same time?"
Xiaoqi asked for trouble, lowered her face, and typed out her diary on her phone.
She wrote silently.
"He even poisoned me and still cared about my safety and health. He is so gentle. I cried to death."
"About the sense of ritual..." Jiang Xueming still couldn't figure it out: "Why does the boss want us to walk along the Moon Lane? You say it's for the sense of ritual? But what's the use?"
Talking about this, Xiao Qi felt a surge of unknown anger. She suppressed the incompetence and rage in her heart and explained in a good voice.
"This is an unnecessary and necessary road specially reserved by BOSS for every new passenger. You have various reasons and are anxious to come to the station to do things. For example, to save your sister, you must be in a state of excitement, panic and fear.
You walked for almost an hour, saw such a big house and bronze sculptures, and saw so many strange people traveling with you, and you would always think about it luckily, now, someone like you has come to this station. It must have happened.
There will be more powerful people to help you, and at least you will be quiet, and you will not disturb the brothers and sisters who are working in the Five Kings Council, and you will not be like a doctor trying to save your life.
When we put on our waiter's clothes and formally meet you passengers for the first time, we want to tell you - when you finish walking this road, you will find that the ritual of [walking] itself has no meaning, it is just to get from one place to another.
a place.
What matters is you, your goals, and the methods and methods you use to achieve your goals. Get rid of the superstitions in your heart. We are natural people when we walk into the station, and we are still natural people when we walk out of the station."
Jiang Xueming nodded: "It's quite interesting. I'm starting to like BOSS."
Xiaoqi continued: "So you are a cat lover. I will also raise a cute cat to charm you, hehe."
At this time, Jiang Xueming just looked out the window silently at the fields in the dark night.
He noted several characteristics in his mind.
Armadillo Hunter: Carbon-based Creature.
Guarantee plan: Use an airborne artillery with a caliber of 20 mm to kill. For individual weapons of the same caliber, you can consider an anti-machine rifle. The kinetic energy of the artillery shell is similar to that of an anti-aircraft machine gun using 14.7 mm ammunition, and the killing efficiency of the human body is also similar.
But it should be difficult to get these things,
Plans you can try: dump truck Iaijutsu. The price of a large sixteen-wheel freight truck with a license plate is less than 200,000. According to the National III standards, most cities can be on the road after ten o'clock at night. With the current financial resources,
Look, it can support at least thirty Iaijutsu releases. For the contents of the vehicle, you can choose earth cubes or sand and gravel with higher mass density. It is easy to get started, but the terrain requirements are more stringent.
When they arrived at the health center in Pingyang County, the two of them had just gotten out of the car and hadn't yet found their feet - the car door hadn't even been closed tightly.
The driver kicked off the gas and rushed back into the endless dark road with the sound of wind.
Xiao Qi scratched his head, and the scratching sound spread far across the cement floor of the health center.
"What's going on? Why was the order canceled? The driver information can't be found. I haven't paid yet..."